Game
Date: 04-21-14
Cast:
Sparruu, Gul’Daryh, Skat
Supporting
Cast: Norgyl, Oda, Urtel
Excited
and scared by the prospect that his brother Argus may be near, Norgyl
rushes south down the road in search of the last place the cyclopean
orcs may have been. The party, battered from recent battles,
accompanies.
They
soon find a wagon seemingly abandoned on the road, it's beast of
burden, a hairy pig-like creature, dead before it. Sparruu stealthily
takes a closer look to find blood and signs of battle. Inside,
he finds Skat...a rather confused gnome waking up with a nasty bruise
on his head. The orcs had attacked the wagon, knocking him out.
Skat
had been traveling with two human men who he believed to be wizards
called Li and Odur, spice merchants. Afraid for his companions, Skat
is eager to find out what happened to them. Gul'Daryh determines that
orcs carried their victims off the road to the north.
The
group hides the wagon in a snow drift and, upon Skat's suggestion,
takes some of the spices...which seem to have peculiar properties.
Sparruu's experimentation determines that the red spice burns the
eyes, though not magically. The blue spice seems to have the power to
heal. The purple spice makes you blind. And the gold spice doesn't
seem to have any particular properties besides being quite tasty.
Recon
reveals a small orc encampment nearby to the north. The orcs have
constructed semi-permanent lean-tos. After getting some much-needed
rest the team set out to see if the lost humans and perhaps Argus
himself are being held by the orcs. Alas, they discover the orcs have
already killed poor Li and Odur and are going to have them for
dinner. But there is no sign of Argus.
A
well-laid plan is hatched. Unfortunately Skat is not as silent as he
would like to have been and Gul'Daryh's magic is...unpredictable.
Battle ensues amid an inexplicable swarm of bees, the result of
arcane misfiring. While Skat struggles to deal with a stubborn orc,
temporarily blinded by a dash of the red spice, Sparruu handily
dispatches several orcs on the backside of the encampment. Gul'Daryh
blinds several orcs with the purple spice and engages the rest in
battle while Norgyl, Oda, and Urtel deal with the orc guards below
the lean-tos.
The
battle is short. The orcs do not prevail. One orc remains living and
Norgyl stays the killing blow of Skat to ask it about his brother.
The orc, half-blind and wounded, reveals that the spice merchants are
indeed for supper but the barbarian Argus - and a "small woman"
- escaped the orc chief's captivity. Rather than betray his chief the
orc makes a break for it...and feels Gul'Daryh's arrow mercifully
take him down.
The
party is battered once more as they begin to examine the orc camp for
clues and, perhaps, a bit of ill-gotten treasures.
End
of Episode #4.
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