Yoon-Suin: Session 2 Recap
Yoon-Suin: Session 2 Recap
In hot pursuit of his mule, which had been 'borrowed' by the party, the fray was joined by Marc, a Dwarf cleric of the Sun Lord. Hailing from the Hill Cantons far northwest of Yoon-Suin, he had ventured to the Yellow City to escape the constant squabbling of those of his faith. After all, he knows that his interpretation is the right one.
The tide of battle turned strongly in the party's favor. Thanks to some good initiative rolls, more of them were able to squeeze down into the openings at the bottom of the stairs. With a beachhead established, and Milo the Halfling thief and Rumi the Slug magic-user providing ranged support, the Axolotl Men began to fall. Within seconds, two more axolotls were dead. Sadly, Surya, a little person from the club-fighting circuit, met his doom at the tip of an axolotl's spear. But he was to be the last of the party's casualties.
Between Milo's bow, Gasthire the Elf fighter's sword, and the vicious attacks of Yo the guard dog and Karagak the hunting worm, three of the Axolotl Men were driven to flee and one more dispatched, leaving only their leader, Ók, and one of his guards. Gasthire and Ók clashed, the elf barely parrying the Axolotl's enchanted blade. Ók took a club to the back, an arrow in the chest, and a thrown dart in the eye before having his head split in two by Gasthire's longsword.
Taking a breather, the party negotiated the surrender of the remaining Axolotls and sent them on their way. While exploring the nest, Gasthire fell down a pit trap, badly wounding his leg. He was helped out of the hole with a ten-foot pole and treated with magical healing by Marc. The dwarf then successfully spotted a trap: the Axolotls had hit a paralytic gas leak in their mining, and so had hastily sealed the corridor with a scavenged door and plugged it with mud and cloth. Marc saw some of the cloth fluttering and remembered the perils of his own subterranean home, and so the party avoided the door.
Searching the rest of the area, they found massive piles of coins, gems strewn about in Ók's nest, returned Redmane's scabbard to him, and kept the Axolotl Man's shiny saber. Now they had returned to Mud the mule to load him up with their loot and camp for the night -- tomorrow, they plan to drive the remaining Axolotls out of the above-ground structures in the old compound, and maybe even find the hidden temple of Yīxak, She Who Drinks, where thirsty stirges dwell!
In hot pursuit of his mule, which had been 'borrowed' by the party, the fray was joined by Marc, a Dwarf cleric of the Sun Lord. Hailing from the Hill Cantons far northwest of Yoon-Suin, he had ventured to the Yellow City to escape the constant squabbling of those of his faith. After all, he knows that his interpretation is the right one.
The tide of battle turned strongly in the party's favor. Thanks to some good initiative rolls, more of them were able to squeeze down into the openings at the bottom of the stairs. With a beachhead established, and Milo the Halfling thief and Rumi the Slug magic-user providing ranged support, the Axolotl Men began to fall. Within seconds, two more axolotls were dead. Sadly, Surya, a little person from the club-fighting circuit, met his doom at the tip of an axolotl's spear. But he was to be the last of the party's casualties.
Between Milo's bow, Gasthire the Elf fighter's sword, and the vicious attacks of Yo the guard dog and Karagak the hunting worm, three of the Axolotl Men were driven to flee and one more dispatched, leaving only their leader, Ók, and one of his guards. Gasthire and Ók clashed, the elf barely parrying the Axolotl's enchanted blade. Ók took a club to the back, an arrow in the chest, and a thrown dart in the eye before having his head split in two by Gasthire's longsword.
Taking a breather, the party negotiated the surrender of the remaining Axolotls and sent them on their way. While exploring the nest, Gasthire fell down a pit trap, badly wounding his leg. He was helped out of the hole with a ten-foot pole and treated with magical healing by Marc. The dwarf then successfully spotted a trap: the Axolotls had hit a paralytic gas leak in their mining, and so had hastily sealed the corridor with a scavenged door and plugged it with mud and cloth. Marc saw some of the cloth fluttering and remembered the perils of his own subterranean home, and so the party avoided the door.
Searching the rest of the area, they found massive piles of coins, gems strewn about in Ók's nest, returned Redmane's scabbard to him, and kept the Axolotl Man's shiny saber. Now they had returned to Mud the mule to load him up with their loot and camp for the night -- tomorrow, they plan to drive the remaining Axolotls out of the above-ground structures in the old compound, and maybe even find the hidden temple of Yīxak, She Who Drinks, where thirsty stirges dwell!
Fun stuff! What system are you using again?
ReplyDeleteNice to see axlotl men getting some love!
ReplyDeleteAncalagon TheBlack I'm using Labyrinth Lord Advanced Edition.
ReplyDeleteDavid McGrogan I rolled them up as a random lair, and they were so fun to sketch that I couldn't not use them!