Erastus 29th 02 - Great Balls of Fire!

The group woke to a blustery day and when ready they moved west to the pre-agreed combat location just as Hargulka the Troll king arrived with his entourage and a small ugly fey sitting in a pouch on the back of the troll.

Hargulka was wielding a large magical Morningstar, basic armour and was still sporting a necklace of fireballs that had been given to him by the fey at the Spring Fey Feast.  His companion, Giz, was an ugly hairy fey with a long snout, funny pointy ears and wielded obscene gestures and sharp one-lines; as expected the Troll King's +1 was a participant that wouldn't be fighting but instead insulting the party!

The group and Hargulka approached each other until they were standing with a 20 foot gap separating them.  With some cutting quips, threats and then a small nod of acknowledgement between the combatants they ready themselves for all out warfare.

Natalia starts casting.

Otto casts a haste spell on the group and backs away a little.

Kyrander shoots and hits.

The Troll king regenerates his wounds and throws a bead from his fireball necklace (see the dancing lady entry) at the group which gets the party pretty good!

Vaneer casts a healing burst.

Miro moves away and drinks a potion.

Natalia casts flaming sphere which doesn’t seem harm the troll at all, as the troll nimbly moves around it.

Otto casts hideous laughter which takes hold of the Troll King.

Kyrander walks up and smashes a jar of oil on the troll king with the flaming sphere setting oil on fire which seemed to work.

Vaneer attacks with his trident and misses.

Miro tries to sneak attack the troll and misses.

Natalia's flaming sphere further injures the troll king.

Natalia casts another spell.

Bob attacks the troll king but just misses.

Otto starts to realise that Giz, the troll kings companion, has some sort of ability that makes it harder to hit the troll with spells, melee and ranged attacks!  [Turns out that Giz is a Pugwampi Gremlin!  A creature that brings bad luck to opponents]

Otto then changes target and magic missiles the small ugly fey, seriously injuring him.

Kyrander shoots the small creature hitting it and killing the laughing fool.

Spot attacks the troll king and finally manages to connect.

Hargulka overcomes Otto's previous laughing spell.

Vaneer hits the troll king with his trident.

Miro hits the troll king multiple times.

The flaming sphere continues to injure troll king.

Natalia summons a lightning bolt to strike the troll king.

Bob attempts to bite and hits.

Natalia casts a barkskin spell.

Otto casts hideous laughter again at the troll king which is again successful.

The Troll king doesn’t take as long this time to shrug off the laughter spell and then mockingly laughs at the group.
Kyrander draws his cold iron longsword and swipes at the troll king and hits.

Between the fire from the oil, the flaming sphere and the heat from the lightning strike, all the orange spheres around Hargulka's neck begin to glow rapidly and then the previously inert fireballs on his necklace suddenly crack and explode all at once, killing the troll king instantly with a surprised expression on his face!  The explosion damages everyone nearby, with Kyrander, Bob and Spot all getting blisters and burns as a result, whilst Vaneer is propelled across the field, unconscious and bleeding out heavily.
[Turns out that the fey-gifted necklace of fireballs was as cursed as their other gifts and was both more susceptible to damage and also stacked up the damage it dealt the remaining spheres finally detonated]

Miro and Otto rush over to the cleric and provide healing potions to the very charred Vaneer.

Once the cleric is awake and cooled down he begins healing the rest of injured and charred party.

A cheer goes up from the tree line as the Wyvernshore army celebrate the defeat of the Toll King, whilst the monstrous forces that had been spectating slink 'home' to the forest to await whatever new developments are about to occur.

Slowly the group head east back to their camp to rest.