SableWyvern
Mongoose
Just played through Castle Death last night, and I think most of my group ranked it up there with Fire on the Water and Shadow on the Sand for overall enjoyment.
The highlight:
Having been thrown into the Maze with no weapons (thus being sans Sommerswerd, Dagger of Vashna, Rune Spear, Jewelled Maces et al), the group, after retreating from the bouncing bubbles to the left and the flame men to the right, finally decided to risk it and grab the sword on the slab (Poor Quality, -1 to hit and damage).
Emboldened, and with little option, they tried their luck against the bubbles, popping them with ease with their new found sword. Crossing the invisible bridge was achieved before the Invisible Whipmaster had a chance to complicate things. Then, they spotted the Oudagorg heading towards them.
The sword was quickly handed off to the Sommlending Knight, while the Border Ranger, after some difficulty, convinced the knight to hand over one of his gauntlets, just as the beast was upon them.
So, our knight charges in with his rather pathetic sword, the Border Ranger - armed with his single gaunglet - manoeuvres around for a flanking position, the unarmed, unarmoured Telchos Warrior does more damage to himself than the beast with several of his fire effects, and the Kai Lord hangs back and engages in psychic combat.
In the end, the creature was taken out without too much difficulty, but the way the group was forced to completely re-evaluate their strategies was quite enjoyable. As was the obvious excitement every time in the next hour or so that they managed to claim a dagger, battle axe or shortsword from a fallen foe and eventually re-arm themselves.
The highlight:
Having been thrown into the Maze with no weapons (thus being sans Sommerswerd, Dagger of Vashna, Rune Spear, Jewelled Maces et al), the group, after retreating from the bouncing bubbles to the left and the flame men to the right, finally decided to risk it and grab the sword on the slab (Poor Quality, -1 to hit and damage).
Emboldened, and with little option, they tried their luck against the bubbles, popping them with ease with their new found sword. Crossing the invisible bridge was achieved before the Invisible Whipmaster had a chance to complicate things. Then, they spotted the Oudagorg heading towards them.
The sword was quickly handed off to the Sommlending Knight, while the Border Ranger, after some difficulty, convinced the knight to hand over one of his gauntlets, just as the beast was upon them.
So, our knight charges in with his rather pathetic sword, the Border Ranger - armed with his single gaunglet - manoeuvres around for a flanking position, the unarmed, unarmoured Telchos Warrior does more damage to himself than the beast with several of his fire effects, and the Kai Lord hangs back and engages in psychic combat.
In the end, the creature was taken out without too much difficulty, but the way the group was forced to completely re-evaluate their strategies was quite enjoyable. As was the obvious excitement every time in the next hour or so that they managed to claim a dagger, battle axe or shortsword from a fallen foe and eventually re-arm themselves.
