Gameplay Date 10-14-07
Players present: Mordek, Taneus, Brynn
All hell breaks loose
Ragnat had waited for us outside the Mausoleum, and he followed along as we made our way over to the Temple of Pelor, where we were going to ask to speak to Gohla. But as we were heading across town, there was a large commotion coming from behind the High Temple. We decided to split up... Taneus & Brynn would head on to the Temple, while Ragnat & I would go check it out. I pulled out my small shield and morningstar and handed them to Ragnat in case there was trouble. When we came around the side of the High Temple, we saw that the orcs up here were killing some of the townspeople. Even as we watched, one worker was thrown off the cliffside while a second was dragged to the ground and speared. Ragnat & I didn't need more reason than that, and we gave out a dwarven war cry and charged headlong at the orcs. The responded by grabbing a few of the other workers and using them as living shields, much to my shame as my first swing at an orc was instead taken by a woman the orc pulled in front of him. Switching tactics, I reached out myself and grabbed the woman, pulling her free from the orcs grasp and yelling for her to run. As she did so, the orcs around us started slaughtering everyone they could. Ragnat & I each managed to kill an orc as the workers on the project started fighting back, ganging up on the orcs and bringing them down. The group up here at the top had better odds and put up a better fight and they managed to kill Ragnat as I was bringing down another of their number with my hammer. Then the orcs started running away, and I saw why... the workers were beginning to come up from the dock project en masse now, and the orcs would've quickly been overwhelmed if they hadn't run.
Going over to Ragnat's body, I knelt down saying "Be at peace brother!" and reached down to retrieve the morningstar, slipping it back into my belt, put the small shield on my left arm and held my hammer in my left hand for a quick grab, then picked up an orc spear. The townspeople had started chasing the orcs through town in the direction of the Scarlet Jester. I started following the crowd, but as I came around the High Temple again, there were sounds of combat coming from the front side of the Temple. Looking over I saw Brynn... and a wolf?!?... fighting Aglim, very near to the raised dais in front of the High Temple. I didn't see Taneus anywhere in sight and Brynn looked like she was having a little trouble with Aglim as both she and the wolf were a bit bloody. And she was about to be outnumbered, as 4 orcs came running out of the HIgh Temple to help Aglim. They maneuvered around the side of the dais and out of my direct sight as I headed in their direction. Racing up the steps of the dais, I saw that I had a clear shot at Aglim, about 15' away, with Brynn and her wolf off to one side, and so I took a running leap off the top of the dais in order to land right next to him. As I was coming down, I hurled the spear I had in hand at him and stuck him pretty good... but he was still standing and swinging his morningstar back at us. Brynn yelled for help, saying "We're going down fast!" as she and the wolf turned to fight off the orcs. I grabbed for my hammer as Aglim got in a damn hard strike on me... he hits pretty good for a human! Then the next few moments were a bloody dance as Brynn and I were set upon by the orcs, allowing Aglim to retreat a few steps to remove the spear that was sticking out of him. We took some hits, but we gave better than we got and soon there was only one orc left. Aglim reentered the fray and Brynn & her wolf turned to face him as I finished off the last orc. When I landed the final blow and he gave out a death gurgle, dropping to the ground, I turned to help Brynn finish off Aglim. But before I could get close enough, the combination of the wolf biting at his legs and Brynn's repeated blows from her quarterstaff finally brought Aglim down. Dammit woman! I put a lot of time and effort into being able to get close to him... I will not be denied the death blow!!! And I promptly pounded his skull flat into the ground with my hammer.
I asked Brynn where Taneus was and she said he had taken off with the clerics of Pelor, heading for the Scarlet Jester to rescue another cleric that was being held there. I asked if she was alright as she looked pretty beat up, to which she said she was still able. I told her to go and help Taneus if she could, and that I'd be along in a moment. That I wanted to check and see if Aglim had anything important on him that might be able to help us. Brynn took off with the wolf close behind as I knelt down over Aglim's body. He's got a ruined suit of plate mail, and a very nice looking belt with a money pouch hanging from it. Doesn't look like he'll be needing those any more, as I removed the belt and coin purse, putting them into my pack for the time being. There's also a bloody short spear nearby, the one I had stuck him with, and there's a heavy, blunt, well decorated morningstar lying on the ground where he had dropped it. I stuffed his morningstar into my pack as well. Then holding my hammer in my shield hand, I picked up the spear again and started off for the Scarlet Jester.
To be continued...
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