The Ramblings of Jobin late edition (map fixed, kinda-sorta)
by: Tomoe (Mickinzee)
Day 63:
- Carmarin highly suggests just sticking to the paths to the trolls
- Tomoe scouts out in front
- 2 ogres seen ahead, allowed to continue
- Ogres enter small cavern (5’ entrance) and meet up with 2 more ogres
- Party attempts to sneak past doorway to cavern
- Ortree fails to do so
- 1st ogre squeezes through tunnel
- Tomoe’s sneak attack finishes off ogre
- Remaining ogres pile into tunnel, pushing on both sides ensues
- Jobin kills 2nd ogre in tunnel (difficult terrain)
- Halforcs charge in, Tomoe follows eventually
- Remaining 2 ogres finished off with little trouble
- Slaverer Troll tribe
- Tomoe spots large troll and wolftroll
- Humanoid dancing light lures them to awaiting party
- 3 caverns
- 1st: 3 large trolls & 3 medium trolls
- Dagger w/runes (Later ID as +2 dagger)
- 2nd: Cavern smells really bad, 4 large, sick? trolls
- Ortree shoots at tentacle in pool in corner
- Otyugh found
- Later found out the otyugh is both intelligent and speaks Common
- Party shoots and runs, otyugh retreats
- 3rd: 3 large trolls & 3 medium trolls
- Cowl and Erol casts fire and acid spells, proceeds to steal many a kill
- Party finds out that they’ve been underselling loot (DM: Whoops, your WBL is more than fine anyway)
- Party rests in cabin for the night
- Party travels down connecting path between troll tribes
- Alternative path found between the two, smells awful
- Party decides to avoid for the time being
- Top Knot tribe
- 1 large troll and 1 wolftroll standing guard
- After much debate, party charges in
- 3 additional large trolls joins party
- 1st cavern: Empty (DM: There was a sinkhole)
- 2nd cavern: Appears empty, moss/fungus covering floors and walls, no intense search made
- 3rd cavern: 2 large trolls and 1 huge troll eating mushrooms from the wall
- Mushrooms ID as poisonous
- Jobin becomes large, Tomoe flanks, Rogtar aids
- Melee PCs retreat from huge troll
- Rogtar casts grease, huge troll fails repeatedly
- Ortree charges in, takes AO
- Tomoe and Jobin follow after, finish off troll
- Jobin and Cowl crit against huge troll
- Cowl and Erol continue trend of previous day
- Party returns to 2nd cavern
- Tomoe and Jobin scout deeper into cave, remaining party remains near entrance
- Large 2headed female troll emerges from wall & large pierced male troll springs from pile in corner, surrounding Tomoe and Jobin
- Female troll sends a fireball upon casters
- Erol unconscious; Rogtar, Cowl, Ortree severely injured
- Ortree has difficulty healing Rogtar
- Tomoe acrobatics around female troll to flank w/Jobin; quickly dispatched
- Similar system on male troll
OrTree's Journal 1/3
The party decides to identify the spear from Garundzer - 550gp
And purchase 2 x scrolls of delay disease, then heads back to the Underdark.
On their way to the Kill trolls in order to prove themselves to the Dark Gnome Carmenarin The party encounters a group of two ogres walking through the tunnels. The Party decides to not immediately engage with the hope that they might engage the trolls. After following the ogres for two-three hours. The Ogres headed towards the trolls, but take a small tunnel off the main tunnel and meet up with two additional Ogres. (ogre dinner time, much good to eat)
The party decides to sneak past the Ogres as it would be a good idea to deal with the mission at hand. Like I said the party decided to, Ortree on the other hand is unable to hear himself and the four Ogres decide dinner can wait. The party backs up into the main tunnel and flanks the entrance to the ogre lair. The lairs entrance was only 5ft wide and the party decides the best plan is to lure the ogres out and gank them with readied actions. Jobin trips the first ogre and Tomoe takes it down while flanking the ogre from.(no dinner for that troll) The rest of the ogres charged the party but by doing so ran straight into the tiny tunnel where the party made short work of them.
Loot:
94gp
Masterwork Longsword - Sold
Scroll of Entangle - CL 8 - Sold
Scroll of Delay Poison - CL 8 - Ortree
Magical Punching Dagger +1 - Sold
The party continues down the main tunnel to the slather troll camp. Outside the camp the adventurers encounter a Troll and a Wolf Hybrid who appear to be roughly playing with each other (Best Friends forever). Tomoe Casts Dancing lights near the pair drawing the monsters towards the team. The party makes quick work of the Troll and his Wolf Hybrid Companion with Cowel and Erol both laying down some Fiery Acid goodness neither regenerate.(not even a little bit)
While scouting the area around the Slathers Troll Den Cowle smells water from two of the tunnels joining the main entrance: one cave smells of trolls the other smells of "nastiness" and trolls the party assumes it is the troll bathroom. Jobin would prefer to go to the nasty one first as he would prefer to get clean in the "non-poop" room Ortree wasn't paying attention and has no idea why they didn't follow Jobin's advice. The party decided to head to the non-"poop-room" first.
While sneaking through the tunnel to investigate the party makes a wide range of stealth checks. Several trolls (three large three medium) notice the party as they attempt to sneak up on them while they rest. The party engages said Trolls; Tomoe & Erol Quickly bring down one of the small trolls. Cowel charges in and uses his Acidic High Five to attack one of the trolls, the Troll retaliates via spiting on him and slashing him with his own claws resulting in quite a bit of damage to Cowel(Trolls… don't like high fives). The next round the party lays the smack down and brings down two of the larger trolls. The fight is finished off by Rotgar and Tomoe flanking the remaining troll bringing it down.
Loot:
Pouch of gold - 400 gp
+2 Dagger
Potion of Bulls Strength - Jobin
The party then decides to investigate the smelly "poop" tunnel next. While entering the tunnel the party notices four large trolls clearing fungus off the walls. These trolls appear to be very sickly and the party decides to engage from afar, or attempt to at least. The party just isn't stealthy triggers combat. Combat begins and one of the trolls moves towards the party and spits an acidic goop hitting Tomoe temporarily blinding her in the process(OH so no now they spit). Erol and Cowel lay down a good amount of fiery and acid damage on the group of trolls allowing the party to strike down the trolls. (still no regeneration)
Loot:
4000 gp
100 PP
+2 Heavy Mace - Ortree
+1 Heavy Shield - Ortree
While exiting the smelly tunnel the Party notices a moving tentacle coming out of the murky water. Ortree attempts to shoot the tentacle (totally not for experience) and Crits a "Sensory Organ" attached to a Otyuge. Congrats the party found an Otyuge. Rogtar is not impressed with this Otyuge as he has seen much larger Otyuges and intimidates it into to being shaken. The party fearing the smell and reach of the Otyuge begins to kite it its away from its home. The Otyuge is having no part of that and runs back to its watery home. The party shouts at it to come back because it speaks common. It ignores them.
The party rounds the next bend in the cave and encounters four smaller Trolls & two larger Trolls. One of the Trolls snaps a stalactite off the ceiling in order to use it as a weapon. A bunch of trolls rush the front of the party. Only to get RIP'd, by the party laying down the law & for Ortree to realize tanking is no fun.
Loot:
450 gp
Troll Ear Bracelet - 450gp
Twenty minutes after departing the Slather Troll Den the party starts to see fungus growing on the walls progressivly getting thicker the apex of the fungi is at the mouth of a tunnel that was not on the map, Cowel was able to determine that the smell from the fungus is not troll based. The party decides to bypass the tunnel to quickly finish their mission. Heading further along their route the party arrives at the Top Knot Cave.
Arriving at the Top Knot Troll cave A troll and a Wolf Hybrid are guarding its entrance. The party decides to rush in in quickly destroying the two mobs Jobin trips the Troll, however in response the Troll gets a good swing in (party discovers Trolls are stronger while prone ) almost simultaneously Tomoe takes down the "Rending Jobin Troll". Three more trolls approach from inside the cave to greet the party. The party handles them pretty handily but takes quite a few hits.
Exploring the camp the party heads down one of the tunnels discovering three Trolls. One of the trolls is larger than the others and its skin has a grayish tone. Tomoe recalls she was told by Carmelarin that the fungus growing on the walls in this room is poisonous. Jobin drinks his Enlarge Person potion and charges in felling one of the trolls with the assistance of Erol(Erol and Cowle have all the kills). The Large Gray troll begins screaming so loudly that the party is unable to cast verbal spells while charging towards the group. Simultaneously the Second Troll becomes flanked by Rogtar and Tomoe, Tomoe brings the Troll down. Rogtar sees this massive gray troll "COMING RIGHT FOR US" and casts grease on the large Gray troll putting it prone(big man can't skate), the party descends on the Large Gray Troll and they bring it?(Him/Her) down quickly.
Loot:
Lots of Poisonous Fungi (DM: Greengill) on the walls.
The party continues to explore the area after recovering and in one of the outlets of the cave the party sees fungus on the ground and Cowel comments that it smells nicer in this area and that "He likes it here". As the party enters the room with Jobin and Tomoe taking the lead they lock eyes troll female wearing Hide armor with two heads(one set of eyes for Tomoe, one set of eyes for Jobin). While the "stare down" is going second troll jumps up from underneath the moss and fungi, this troll is studded with gold and covered in jewelry.(IT appears this is a love nest)
The fight begins with a cast of fireball from the two headed troll landing square in the middle of the majority of the party. (24 damage to reflex failure) Erol is down. Tomoe bounces around the Two headed troll and waits for Jobin to get in range to perform a sneak attack and as he does the two get in great hits Cowel lands an acid arrow and the combination of hits bring the troll down. The second troll is quickly brought down by the party.
Loot:
+2 Headband of Wisdom - Tomoe (until vendoring)
+1 Hide Armor
1800 gp
750 pp
600 gold of baubles
+2 short sword
2 flasks of Holy water
Scroll of Prayer
Scroll of Meld to stone
Scroll Conjure animals (DM: all @10th level)
Slaverer Guard and Trollhound - 400 EXP
Slaverer Crab Fishers (3 big, 3 little) - 1100 EXP
Slaverer Disease Cave (4 big) - 1000 EXP
Slaverer Spear Cave (2 big, 4 small) - 900 EXP
Topknot Guard and Trollhound - 400 EXP
Topknot Sinkhole Trolls (3 big) - 800 EXP
Topknot Fungus Gorgers (2 big, 1 really big) - 1000 EXP
Greezelet and Hunk the treasure troll - 1150 EXP
