The group rests peacefully.
Whilst collecting the items they have discovered Vaneer
finds a written note in an old tome referring to a magical island in relation
to an old Centaur god.
The group head towards the tannery, out the back they
discover some Centaur hides which Natalia points out that they are missing the
“human” part of the body.
A crow could be heard off in the distance and a murder of
crows could be seen flying right towards the group, the group race back into
the tannery when they realise that these birds were actually aiming right for
them.
The crows attack the tannery building, they attempt to fly
into the windows and down the chimney. Natalia gets a quick glimpse at one of
the birds and believes them to be undead, at this point Vaneer attempts to turn
them which he manages to only destroy half the flock.
Otto finishes off the remainder of the flock with a juicy
fireball,
Slowly the group now head towards the Church.
The church of Erastil appears to have been completed looted
by the sprigans but Miro’s nose led him to a secret compartment where he found
a couple of scrolls which Vaneer agreed could be taken to aid the party.
The next stop was the Weavers hut, a family of 6 appeared to
have lived here and whilst searching the group discover the family’s
half-starved cat. Natalia and Vaneer tries to coax the animal out of its hiding
spot, Natalia tries to calm it and casts speak with animals to help
communicate.
The cat tells Natalia that its feeders left a while ago
during the red sun after hearing a new bird song.
The cat asks if the druid has
any fish for it and so the group go fishing.
The group then head to the Grange where they find the large
barn full of barley and grain. Natalia notices a rather large amount of rat
faeces and reckons that by that amount there is probably approximately more
than a thousand rats in the barn so the group decide to leave them be.
The next head to the tailors and find nothing.
They then head to the livery where Natalia discovers a pit
trap the wrong way as she falls into the 20ft deep hole, the group then lower
her a rope to help her out. After that excitement they carry on looking in the
livery and find a number of deceased horses.
Whilst looking through the livery
the group then notice that something is moving through the haystack, Vaneer
shouts that they just wish to talk but the lobster like creature bursts out of
the hay with the obvious intention of wanting to eat the group.
Vaneer misses with his trident,
Natalia cast flaming sphere but the giant lobster avoids the
ball of fire,
Hugo misses,
Miro attempts to flank and misses,
The lobster swipes at Miro and Vaneer but misses both,
Otto casts scorching ray with both rays hitting the
creature,
Boris misses,
Vaneer hits with his trident,
Bob attacks and also hits,
Natalia starts casting another spell,
Boris manages to land a hit,
Miro only just manages to wedge his dagger in to the back of
the lobster,
The Lobster swings at Hugo and Vaneer and misses both
targets,
Boris takes his time and shoots an arrow into the combat
successfully killing the group’s dinner for tonight.
The group now move on to the potters hut to find that the
place had already been looted and smashed up, though the roguish nose of Miro
was able to sniff out a hidden door where a custom made flagon and platter set.
Closer inspection of the inscription on the platter showed that it must have
been commissioned by Van of Vanhold in readiness for any grandchildren that
Vaneer produces, the cleric gulped in uncomfortableness.
They now moved onto what they knew was Gundersons house, the
door appeared to have been kicked in and a hand axe could be seen lodged into
the kitchen table, hoof prints could also be made out in the mud covered floor.
On closer inspection Natalia believed that the hoof prints
are most likely just from one centaur as Kyrander finds the remains of a torn
journal strewn across the hut and when it was finally put back together seemed
to implicate a “Willis” for stealing from the centaur tribe whom now believe
that Van is to blame.
Whilst discussing about what might have been stolen the
group make their way to the gem cutters hut where Otto manages to set off a
trap.
His lordship seemed pretty smug at the fact he was able to
cast feather-fall in time but whilst bragging he failed to notice the sharp
spikes that he was now slowly floating down to and landed awkwardly enough to
still suffer some nasty injuries as the rest of the group above snigger and
laugh.
As the group finally help Otto out of the pit 3 sprigan’s
take advantage of the opportunity by getting the jump on the group hitting both
Vaneer and Miro.
Hugo attacks sprigan(1) and misses,
Miro flanks sprigan(1) and couldn’t miss the creature any
more if he tried harder,
Vaneer attacks sprigan(2) and misses his target,
Otto casts scorching ray at sprigan(3) and kills it,
Boris misses sprigan(1),
Bob attacks sprigan(2) and misses,
Natalia delves into her bag of tricks and pulls out a Rat which
attacks and misses sprigan(2),
The 2 remaining sprigans miss their targets,
Hugo misses sprigan(1),
Miro misses sprigan(1),
Vaneer hits sprigan(2) with his Morningstar,
Otto Misses sprigan(2),
Borris misses sprigan(1),
Bob attacks and hits sprigan(1),
Natalia misses sprigan(2),
Sprigan(1) attempts to run away,
Hugo chases after sprigan(1) and hits the creature,
Miro also gives chase after sprigan(1) and flanks it,
Vaneer misses sprigan(2),
Boris shoots at sprigan(1) and hits,
Otto casts a magic missile at sprigan(1) killing it,
Natalia uses flameblade on sprigan(2) and misses,
A combo attack from the Rat and Bob fails to connect with
its intended target,
Sprigan(2) attempts to escape and runs towards the gem cutters
hut.
Vaneer fails to hit the sprigan at his only chance to hit
it,
Borris also misses his opportunity,
Natalia manages to succeed at what the others have failed to
do and kills off the remaining sprigan,
Once Vaneer had finished dishing out the healing they
continue to the inside of the gem cutter's hut. The hut appears to have been
raided already and to Miro’s disgust there was nothing of worth to find.
Just as the group head off towards the stockade Natalia
morphs into a small bird and takes flight to scout the area.
The druid reports back that she could see 5 sprigans out in
the open at the stockade and providing the group doesn’t approach via the road
they should be able to get close without being spotted.
The group take the long way round towards the southwest with
a plan to crawl under the stone house that makes part of the stockade
perimeter. On arrival they find out that the plan wouldn’t work as expected as
a palisade had been placed in front of the stone house.
With this new hitch in the plan the group come up with a new
plan, Otto casts invisibility on himself, Miro, Hugo and Boris whilst Bob
starts to burrow under the palisade to allow Natalia and Vaneer to climb under.
Bob begins his digging in hopes that the sound of digging
may draw the attention of the enemy which will then allow the invisible members
of the group to sneak in through the front gate.
Miro fails to spot a pit trap at the front gate as he falls
into a 20ft pit which re-attracted the sprigans attention to the front gate.
Miro attempts to climb out of the put successfully just as
the sprigans move to the trap to investigate what is happening, 2 of the
sprigans grow in size and draw their axes in preparation.
Miro takes advantage of his invisibility and necks a potion
of healing.
Hugo waits and watches the sprigans,
Otto casts fireball at the 3 sprigans and hits them causing
the small sprigan to fall down into the pit where it ends up impaled on the
pits spikes killing the creature in an explosion of blood.
Boris shoots at large sprigan(1) and hits,
Hugo hits the large sprigan(1) and kills it,
Vaneer gets stuck in Bob’s dugout passageway,
Natalia casts flaming sphere at large sprigan(2) but misses,
Large sprigan(2) makes a run towards the stockades main
building,
Miro gives chase in hope to cut off the fleeing sprigan,
Otto kills the fleeing sprigan with a barrage of magic
missiles,
Boris and Hugo prepare their bows ready for any new targets
that may appear whilst Bob helps to pull Vaneer out of the tunnel,
2 other sprigans emerge and rush towards Vaneer and Bob
whilst they begin to enlarge and draw their halberds.
Miro raced over and sneak attacked one of the new sprigans,
Otto killed a sprigan with magic missile,
Natalia burns the remaining sprigan,
Boris shoots and hits the sprigan,
Hugo also shoots and hit,
Vaneer finally gets to stand up and prepares to attack,
Bob charges at the sprigan and kills the creature,
3 more sprigans(1-3) emerge from the stockade building
whilst another 2(4&5) shoot from the murder holes and another 2 sprigans
appear at the top of the stockade (6&7).
Sprigans(4 + 5) shoot at Otto and Vaneer but miss both
targets,
Otto casts haste on all the party minus Natalia,
Boris shoots at Sprigan(2),
Miro observes the battlefield whilst picking his target,
Hugo charges into Sprigan(1) but triggers a pit trap and
falls in seriously injuring himself,
Vaneer hits Sprigan(2),
Miro races into combat and stabs Sprigan(2) killing it,
Natalia casts a summoning spell to summon some eagles,
Sprigan(3) throws a dagger at Boris and hits,
Sprigans 4 & 5 shoots at Vaneer but miss the cleric and
hit Otto instead,
Sprigans 6 & 7 shoot at Miro but end up hitting Boris,
The Boss sprigan now emerges from the doorway and attacks
Bob where he critically smashes the honey badger with his great club.
Otto cast lightning bolt at the Boss sprigan,
Boris shoots sprigan(3) and hits,
Vaneer casts prayer,
Miro and Bob back off from the combat,
Natalia casts a spell at the sprigans on the roof and
injures them,
Sprigans 4,5,6 & 7 shoot at Vaneer, Otto, Miro and
Borris but only hit Borris and Otto,
Sprigan(3) attacks the summoned Eagles and kills one,
The sprigan boss moves and attacks Vaneer but misses,
Borris attacks Sprigan(3) and hits,
Otto casts Fireball engulfing the sprigan boss and sprigans
3 to 7 killing sprigans 3, 6 & 7,
Vaneer casts a healing burst,
The fight ensures…..
Otto casts magic missile at the Boss sprigan injuring him
further,
Vaneer casts another healing burst,
Miro attacks sprigan(1) and kills it,
Sprigans 4 & 5 along with the Boss retreat back into the
stockade,
Otto peers into the stockade entrance and sees no sign of
the enemy,
The rest of the party joins Otto whilst Natalia flies up to
the roof to investigate that area where she finds no trace of the sprigans so
she returns to the group,
Vaneer casts Bull strength as the group head into the
stronghold to find the sprigan boss,
After a while Bob picks up the scent of the sprigans and the
group decide to follow the badger upstairs whilst Miro discreetly falls behind
to pick up a small number of coins he saw on the floor.
Eventually Bob leads the group into a room where the sprigan
boss was waiting for them,
Miro jumps into the action by throwing a flask of
alchemist’s fire at the boss,
Sprigan(4) runs round the corner of the corridor and misses
hitting Vaneer,
Sprigan Boss hits Bob with his club and critically injures
Bob,
Vaneer quickly administers some healing to the Badger,
Natalia attacks the Boss with a lightning spell,
Otto also casts a lightning spell from a wand,
Miro tumbles towards sprigan(4) and stabs the creature in
the back killing it,
Hugo moves to defend Bob from any further attacks,
Sprigan(5) charges at Vaneer but misses,
The sprigan boss attacks Borris,
Vaneer attempts to attack sprigan(5) but misses,
Otto attacks the boss and hits,
Miro fumbles past Vaneer again and stabs sprigan(5) killing
it,
Hugo attacks the sprigan boss just as the boss attacks Hugo
both injuring each other at the same time,
The boss then takes another swipe at Boris knocking him flat
to the ground,
Natalia attacks the boss but misses whilst he retaliates
against her hitting her hard,
Otto casts magic missile,
Hugo tries to drag Boris’ limp body out of the fray but the
sprigan boss attacks Hugo knocking him out along with Boris,
Vaneer casts a healing burst,
Otto casts another magic missile,
Boris at this point has come round and attacks the boss from
his prone position but misses,
Miro tumbles behind the sprigan boss and kills him,
Vaneer casts 2 healing bursts before setting out to heal the
entire party as best as he can before the group begins searching the stockade.
The group rest for the night.
