Text by Paul O'Connor, Dungeon Master
The next day saw our heroes sneaking into a giant's fortress, and trying to overcome a door guard roused to action by the untimely collapse of a rooftop trap door. Don't ask me how it happened, but the (ahem) climax saw the party sneaking past the giant engaged in the amorous embrace of an imaginary paramour. Huzzah.
With the doorman giant finished (but not dead), our heroes are gathered in the inner courtyard of the icy castle, deciding what comes next.
Text by Paul O'Connor, Dungeon Master
Not only did the lads make short work of the giant brothers, they did so with excessive and even obnoxious style. Furious double-hatchet attacks, Thunderwaves, spiritual hammers, and a tour-de-force from Arthur, skipping up the arms of a giant to have his blades overlap in the brain when thrust from either side of the head, or unleashing arterial spray with a pass-by whisper cut. All capped off with Zach Snyder three-point landings. Oy.
Text by Paul O'Connor, Dungeon Master.
Singing the song of the hills led to a voice singing in reply -- sure enough, it was the Frostdaughter herself. After an exchange (in Elvish) with Sommpher, full of tales of castles full of treasure and a mean old two-headed father that deserves killing, the party elected to follow the bewitching lass ...
... right into an ambush from her giant brothers! But they couldn't hit water if they fell out of a boat! The Frostdaughter managed to charm Art and Sarkagain for a span, but her brothers were savagely inept, failing to clobber the heroes, and in fact failing to protect their sister, who was eviscerated by a raging Blah.
Text by Paul O'Connor, Dungeon Master.
Hiring a local hunter -- Oohlan Appa Oooh -- our heroes trek off into the mountains, looking for the Frostdaughter. What could go wrong? How about a random encounter with that white dragon (and you can't say it wasn't foreshadowed). Arthur spots the terrible drake in time to raise the alarm, and Blah and Arthur manage to dive for cover. But the dragon swoops in on Sommpher, claws extended for the kill ... before Sarkagan knocks it off-track with a thunderclap. "Run for the cover of the crags!" Oohlan shouts, and Sommpher obeys, but the dread dragon has swooped about and is coming in for another pass ...
Session 16 (6/22/21): Yeti Or Not, Here We Come!
Racing against darkness, the party nevertheless spots an ambush before the ambush could be sprung. Stealthy investigation from Arthur and aerial pyrotechnics from Sarkagan flushed two Yetis from hiding. Enraged, the creatures charged their prey, running into various clever traps laid along their likely line of attack. It was over in a blink, but not before Dee Dah grew up and threw himself into battle, administering the coup-de-grace and earning himself a Yeti meat for a treat. Victory!
Text by Paul O'Connor, Dungeon Master.
