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LP: Realmz - City of Bywater; Ch 3 pt 10

Sitra Achara

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Chapter 3, Part 5: Attrition


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Alright guys, don't panick, we can always just use the Crown of Safe Return.
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A handy little trinket.
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Now's a good time as any, I'd say.
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Fergetit! We go forth!






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Feh! Run away, from these puny lizards? Never!






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While each hatchling encounter is hardly a life and death situation on its own, they quickly wear us down.






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As the fight ends, we find ourselves too deep inside the cave to retreat.
We find an opening to the south, and just as we are about to use the Crown of Safe Return...





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Hey eklektyk, guess what...







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I want my mommmmmmy!
 

Ashery

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I feel a TPK coming on :smug:

Oh, and there's at least one +3 short sword readily available. Pretty sure the witch you rescued on the streets sells it.
 

Sitra Achara

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Chapter 3, Part 6: Here Be...


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Crimson...
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Don' ye even think about touching that crown thing. These sickly wyrm-chidren have met their doom!
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Yeah, I've seen worse. Charge!
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Damnit! Why didn't I swipe the crown earlier...




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Hmmm... they do look a little skinny...







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As usual, the boisterous dwarf is gone in one hit.







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Haaa!







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You call that a fireball??







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That make my blood sing!







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Look out! It's spitting acid!







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Oh no, Bee's down too! For crying out loud, use the crown!
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Raaar! Crimson smash! :rage:
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Why, god, why have you forsaken me?







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Fight like a man, you sissy lizard!







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[after surveying the situation] Charge!








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Ultimate DOOM expansion!






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Hyaaaa!







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Is that all you got?! Huh?!







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Well well, we might make it after all!








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Bullseye.






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[huffing and puffing] almost dead!
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Yeah, we can beat 'em!
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No, I mean me...






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Bye guys






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(the Dragon knocks Crimson unconscious)






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The crown! You goddamn bastard! I'll pry it from your cold dead fingers! AHHHHH! [closes eyes and flings his axe]







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As the din of battle subsides, Malac cracks open one eye...
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We... won?
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You betcha.
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AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA








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FUCK ME I'M ALIVE 5000XP WAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA






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I WIN HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
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GOD DAM
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[clobbers Malac over the head]





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Exhausted from battle, our still standing heroes collapse to the floor for a well earned rest...



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Ashery - correct, forgot about that one. I'll give it to Radisshu later on. (I splurged on a Robe of Enchanters)

Bee - Ultra Bee is pretty badass, but for sheer raw firepower, Ultra Thin (Man) takes the cake.

Which also reminds me that I have a scroll of Annihilation, and several other powerful ones, that I keep forgetting about. Malac can use Arcane (Sorcerer) scrolls, so I should really take advantage of that.
 

Ashery

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Damn, really surprised that wasn't a TPK. Maybe it's a different encounter that I'm remembering in that cave (Played through it just a week or so ago), but I recall not having several of my characters one shot for 30+ damage from an area of effect spell the dragons were using.
 

Sitra Achara

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I think I had some luck + assistance from stupid AI (they should've just constantly Acid Breathed me instead of casting Flame Spikes/Fireball, which are shitty spells for that level).

Also, there's another, nastier encounter in that cave :) but at least it prompts you with a warning, and you can defer it till later.
 

Monocause

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@Sitra:

I don't recognise the place you're currently at (it's been a while) but there're quite a few places in CoB that are very nice for low level parties:

-the arena south of the bywater castle
- the Bywater graveyard with a small dungeon
- The brothel
- The goblin/orc locale at the south end of the scenario map.
- The kobold caves

Avoid Waterford for a while, there's quite a few dungeons and random encounters that will rape you. Avoid the spider temple as well - the battle there is IIRC close to the toughest one in the whole scenario.

EDIT: Ah, sorry, just reread the OP and realised you ain't a newbie. Carry on :salute:

For those who'd like more scenarios (in case it hadn't been posted yet, I've seen only the incomplete file in the OP):

http://xa.yimg.com/kq/groups/2637356/sn ... umbers.jpg.
 

Sitra Achara

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Here you go.

Chapter 3, Part 7: Spelunking, continued


Having bested the four Green dragons, our slightly shaken adventurers continue their quest for fame and glory.

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Vvvvvvvvvv [Bee chants a mantra while patching up the last of Crimson's injuries]
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Thanks Bee, all better now. [Crimson takes off the bandages off his chest and stretches his arms]
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You did well on that fight, Crimson. I'm really impressed.
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I did okay, but without Nex's summons, we'd all be dead, five times over.
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And don't you forget that!
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Soooo, anyway... I was thinking... don't Dragons usually keep hoardes around?






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Way ahead of you, mate!







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[muttering] Figures...







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Ooh, a scroll case! Maybe I can-



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Dammit!

(scroll cases allow you to scribe a few scrolls; unfortunately I don't have any Sorcerers in the party)







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Our party manages to quietly slip by the dino-eggs back to the main cavern. (taking the obligatory rock-fall damage on the way)






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We patch ourselves up and rest a little.







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We are interrupted by a random encounter. It is mostly unremarkable - except...







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What do we have here?








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:M:





The fight is quickly and painlessly ended, and we continue exploring in peace, until we find...



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Whoa, Red Dragons are around? Awesome.
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Just kill me now...
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Hey, even I am not that crazy!


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This should be easy.






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Sure enough, we soon find ourselves faced with none other than...


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Anyone feeling suicidal lately?
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YES! CHAAAAARGE!!!!
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What the hell is wrong with you? Aaaaagh!





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Burnt biscuits! Malac is dead! What have I done?!





(nah, that was just for shits; I rewind, because I'd obviously get TPKed)


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...another day, perhaps!




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Let's crush these foul insects!
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BZZZZZ!
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Errr... I mean...
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It's a good thing you can heal yourself, eh?







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The ants are swiftly defeated.





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Where's the option to befriend them? Why must we always resort to violence to solve our problems?
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When the only tool you have is a Morningstar +2...
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AH TACK!


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At this point, they're not much of a threat either.





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One thousand years from now, some Paleontologists are going to be very confused.







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The ogres are decimated in short order.





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Color me surprised, another Sorcerer-only item.



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Note: Updates will continue (I still have a sizeable backlog, even now), but at a slower pace due to uni/work.

Monocause - thanks for the reg numbers.
 

lightbane

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Sitra Achara said:
Yup.

With a name like lightbane, it had to be a vampire, and that one seemed the most fitting :P Feel free to submit something else.

Well, at least you could take a sprite and portrait that doesn't look fugly...
 

Ashery

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Sitra Achara said:
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Anyone feeling suicidal lately?
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YES! CHAAAAARGE!!!!
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What the hell is wrong with you? Aaaaagh!





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Burnt biscuits! Malac is dead! What have I done?!





(nah, that was just for shits; I rewind, because I'd obviously get TPKed)

Heh, now that's closer to what I expected from the green dragons. Just goes to show how random the game can be (I TPK'ed on the green but rolled the red).
 

Sitra Achara

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A quick little update. I'm mostly playing Maxwell's Equations lately.

Chapter 3, part 8: Out and About



'Twas a bright and sunny day, when our sassy sextuplet emerged from the Kobold Caves back into the wild.



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Fresh air, at last!
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Yeah, it felt like crawling through dirty gym socks in there.

We continue exploring the lands in the counter-clockwise direction.





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On the other side of this secret cave, we are set upon by...






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THE SHROOM OF DOOM!

As is often the case, we are cut off from our summons and have to fend for ourselves.





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They don't look so tough... but watch out for their spores!







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Reinforcements have arrived.


The battle proceeds with the usual melee, until one creature perishes...





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Hold your breath! It's some kind of toxin!







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Mommy?


Fortunately, the effects are short lived.






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Let's play global thermonuclear war.

And occasionally amusing.






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The mush-men are slowly weeded out.






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Let's just flail wildly till they come out of their hidin' spot!

(which is more or less what happens)






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A few rounds later, the last of the mush-men is slain.







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Man, my head is spinning.
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Reminds me o' that time when I put blackpowder in me pipe...

Dazed and confused, we settle down for some rest, and then proceed.







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It doesn't take long for something to seek our premature deaths...







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One of the Sabre Felines gets the drop on Nex, its fangs clamping tightly on her neck.







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Ever the fountain of situational awareness, Radisshu provides an assessment.

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Five hostile oversized cats ahead, one of them already as good as dead.





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Quickly recovering from the surprise, Bee heals Nex, and our wrecking crew proceeds to slaughter the kitties.






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Bee cooks up a double kill for Crimson...






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And he takes her assist up, cleaving through one hapless cat into the next. The rest soon follow.







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Be afraid!






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Be VERY afraid!







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Think anything dangerous lurks within?
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I sure hope so!
 

Mrowak

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Project: Eternity
Keep'em coming! :salute:

(From filthy hypocrite who just won't update his own LP :oops:)
 

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