Part VII: Bridge of death
This should probably be he theme of today's update.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OyYnstGB3rM
Alright, out to find the heartstone gem... again!
: Alright let's hope we find that gemstone
this time...
: I think we will be luckier this time, besides nothing to worry about? I mean we literally slaughtered our way through that temple.
We head off to the new place on the map.
: Into the underworld!
Some trolls attack us!
: This vs that which is better and why discuss!!!
: Well both do have their merits and...
: Snap out of it man! The only way to deal with these things is to kill them with flames.
Last troll goes down with a big splat, seems that you can kill them without acid/fire if you simply do enough overkill damage.
From one cave to the next.
: Why am always I in front when we o through doors?
: Exciting isn't it?
I really, really hate how the game keep putting the party members that should be in the back in the front when you enter a new zone, especially since the game designers thought it would be a good idea to place a bunch of monsters after each entrance.
Shiny shiny lights.
Is there even a penalty for making critical misses? If not, how popamole.
The lizard men go down like a ton of bricks.
The last one sleeps with the fishes... uhh that came out wrong.
Some flaming oil of fiery fire is found, excellent for purging trolls.
The reptilians attack.
Sabeth takes a look ahead.
¨He's got a talent for getting hit with 'hold' spells.
: Help me I can't move and they're coming for me!
: What? Risk my self I think not.
: We leave no man behind, charge!
: Good thing some people help each other, unlike some...
:you must have miss heard me, I obviously said forward and save him!
Further down the cave some moar reptilians are encountered.
Though they are easily defeated with out their lies and deception
The lizard-men they are every where, I think Risen was inspired by this game.
We set up a trap for the lizard men.
We hired Morte as a suicide bomber, armed to the teeth with explosives.
Though only a single reptilian follows and gets caught in the trap, and he certainly can't walk out.
The others are out for revenge.
They're not much of a threat though.
What we've explored so far.
Additional lizard mens.
A choke point utilized to great advantage.
: What are all these lizards doing in
my underworld?
: Dunno maybe I should explore it, maybe I can find out...
A taliban beetle, luckily we gun it down before it comes close.
And there is more, and they some ow manage to walk around the grease spell, and oh they hurt like hell.
: I really, really hate those bugs...
: Oh I think I could do something interesting with them, wait and see.
: Hat were those things?
: I believe they are called wraith spiders.
: What? Rape spiders?!
: No no w-r-a-i-t-h spiders, though the other part may be true as well.
: Why am I always the one going down alone in these dark tunnels... there could be spiders.
: Oh great spiders!
Morte is back for more.
Dealing some damage to the
rape sorry wraith spiders.
: Ahahhaaha fire!
Once again the evil spiders have been defeated and law abiding citizens every where may once again sleep peacefully.
: Looks like some unfortunate fellow over there encountered these spiders, perhaps he has something interesting on him...
: Go look would you
: damn it! These knee high rocks and that little stream over there makes getting there impossible! If only there was some way to cross this insurmountable object!
: We mere mortals are obviously not meant to do such things
Instead they look for a way around.
: Oh more spiders, I can't stand those things!
: It's just a little spider, nothing to worry about.
Sabeth goes down, despite a slow poison spell, seriously that poison is insane.
Another unfortunate is bitten, ensuring a quick death, and probably painful death.
: that spiders dynamite, can't shoot arrows at it or something?
: it's immune to them!
Well eventually it goes down any way, we head back to town for some reinforcements.
We pick up a new cleric, Pennyprofane
: Hello there beautiful, wanna go on an adventure?
: Fuck you.
: yes please, also I'll take that as a yes.
Also we get a new thief, perhaps this one can find traps instead of into traps.
: Well if we are going to find our way through trap ridden depths filled with primordial horrors we are going need a new thief.
: Ph'nglui mglw'nafh Cthulhu R'lyeh wgah'nagl fhtagn! *cough* cough* sorry I mean I'm in!
: What just like that? No questions asked?
: No I thought that whole 'primordial horror' thing sounded awfully exciting.
: Indeed doesn't it?
: back we go!
: What a magnificent example of cyclopean architecture!
: Architecture? Looks like a pile of rocks to me.
: Ah but you are looking at it with untrained eyes!
back into the caves, and we've got a new guy to go look for traps etc. RIP Sabeth
: Ssstop, he who would crosssss the bridge must answer me these questionssss three!
:Ehm.. Let me think about it...
: Bunch of lizard men over by the bridge...
: Well lets just get to killing them.
: Well they say that if we answer three questions we can pass.
: Sounds good whats the catch?
: They say if you answer a question wrong you get thrown into the chasm below,
: How exactly are you thrown in?
: I don't know, I guess they just pick you up and throw you in.
: Right lets just kill them.
These bridge keepers were rather bad, not even any gold!
Lizard shaman, kill it!
: Wonderful another bridge
: Well we aint stopping to answer any silly questions.
The bridge keeper is very upset about this.
: Oh great another one of those spiders.
: Whats to worry about it's just a bloody spider!
:
Magic Missile!
: Told you it's just a damned spider!
Finally we get to the stuff that we were looking for before.
+2 broad sword with some extra bells and whistles, sweet! First +2 weapon, not counting the +3 mace Penny is wielding, as so cheap it's crazy, a mere 7k gold.
Also the journal of the fool with the nice sword is found.
Pushing on...
King DraQ and his minions attacks us!
: Guys by the way I was just joking about the human flesh part.
Chzr goes down, she shall remain forever in her beloved underworld
: What do these fucking lizard men want?
Another brave warrior falls, we barley fucking knew ye
Though all is not lost.
One last Lizard man!
: This is for Chzr! ... oh and that other elf whose name I never got to know.
The day is won, but at what cost?
: hah i knew there would be plenty of loot!
: Show some respect perhaps we just lost two of our group.
: I suppose you are right we did lose Chzr...
: Not only Chzr but also... uh forget it.
A very nice new robe is found.
It gives a nice bonus to Alais' armor class among other things.
Also fireball! If we only had this earlier we might have gotten through this fight with out casualties, oh well.
We "retrieve" the items of the fallen.
Seems the room wasn't completely cleared.
Well now thats taken care off!
Next part we head back for some more party members! Four party members killed in a single update, bloodiest so far and likely to remain so for a while.
Moar later tonight probably.
