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Soooooo....
I ran my group through Tower of the Elephant last night, didn't finish it though.
Everything went according to plan; I love my players, as they aren't prone to being plot-bombers.
Lamach (Shemite Nomad3/Thief1)
Damir (Zamorian Thief4)
Ulf (Aesir Barbarian4)
They meet up with Buryal and agree to steal the poison from the caravan. Damir the Zamorian Thief sneaks onto the caravan and witnesses the Lesser Son of Set about to attack Vanku. For a moment , he ponders whether to allow the snake to kill this guy holding the chest, then opts to help him as not to have him scream out and alert the guards. Both thieves finish off the serpent and agree to work together. They sneak back to where the other characters are hiding and decide to screw Buryal out of his share of the poison.
Next, they head to the tower and proceed into the gardens. Damir is attacked by the vines and takes a total of 14 hp of damage and gets poisoned. They finish off the vine and cross into the inner garden. Vanku dispatches 1 lion with the poison, but misses vs a second. The party finishes off the second lion in short order and proceed in the darkness to the tower.
After over a dozen attempts with the grapple, they finally get it hooked onto the ledge; luckily, they didn't alert the guards. They climb up the tower and get onto the roof, where they notice a dessicated body; Vanku recognizes it as his long lost father; a tear rolls from his eye as he swears to succeed where his father had failed.
They enter the roof building (6:1) and Damir quickly scans the room and proceeds across to the opposite door. while crossing the room, he and Vanku take some gems from the open chests.
As Damir begins checking the door for traps, the guardian spider drops on him. He takes damage and is poisoned by its bite. He decides to tumble away from the beast, but fails his tumble check; an AoO later, Damir is down to 4 hp as his friends battle the spider.
After they finish it off, Ulf the Aesir Barbarian applies short-term care to Damir's wounds, but secondary poison damage causes him to drop to 0 hp.
That is where we left off; the party plans to rest for 3 hours to allow Damir to regain his ability loss. Figured that after 3 hours of rest on a couch (bed rest), he will be back up to 12 hp (out of 30 hp) and full STR and CON.
Soooooo....
I ran my group through Tower of the Elephant last night, didn't finish it though.
Everything went according to plan; I love my players, as they aren't prone to being plot-bombers.
Lamach (Shemite Nomad3/Thief1)
Damir (Zamorian Thief4)
Ulf (Aesir Barbarian4)
They meet up with Buryal and agree to steal the poison from the caravan. Damir the Zamorian Thief sneaks onto the caravan and witnesses the Lesser Son of Set about to attack Vanku. For a moment , he ponders whether to allow the snake to kill this guy holding the chest, then opts to help him as not to have him scream out and alert the guards. Both thieves finish off the serpent and agree to work together. They sneak back to where the other characters are hiding and decide to screw Buryal out of his share of the poison.
Next, they head to the tower and proceed into the gardens. Damir is attacked by the vines and takes a total of 14 hp of damage and gets poisoned. They finish off the vine and cross into the inner garden. Vanku dispatches 1 lion with the poison, but misses vs a second. The party finishes off the second lion in short order and proceed in the darkness to the tower.
After over a dozen attempts with the grapple, they finally get it hooked onto the ledge; luckily, they didn't alert the guards. They climb up the tower and get onto the roof, where they notice a dessicated body; Vanku recognizes it as his long lost father; a tear rolls from his eye as he swears to succeed where his father had failed.
They enter the roof building (6:1) and Damir quickly scans the room and proceeds across to the opposite door. while crossing the room, he and Vanku take some gems from the open chests.
As Damir begins checking the door for traps, the guardian spider drops on him. He takes damage and is poisoned by its bite. He decides to tumble away from the beast, but fails his tumble check; an AoO later, Damir is down to 4 hp as his friends battle the spider.
After they finish it off, Ulf the Aesir Barbarian applies short-term care to Damir's wounds, but secondary poison damage causes him to drop to 0 hp.
That is where we left off; the party plans to rest for 3 hours to allow Damir to regain his ability loss. Figured that after 3 hours of rest on a couch (bed rest), he will be back up to 12 hp (out of 30 hp) and full STR and CON.