OffDET108

Ref: NewGallo / DragonStar

The Office of Deaths, Exploration & Treasure

 Session:  108 - Wednesday 8th May 2002
 Referee:  Tim "The Mechanic" Evans
 Location: What goes Up/2
 Author:   Tim Evans

CD/173 = th of th Month in Year Zero

Characters

    HowardW?:
        Filthy Ike - Half Orc/M - Barbarian/2 - CN

    DaveF
        Silverbark = Elf/M = Cleric/2 = N

    PeteN
        Klick = Halfling/M = Monk/2 = LN

    Philippe
        Lady Rhyad de Grances = Halg Elf/F = Paladin/2 = LG

Encounters: (E450 each)

    6x Orcs
    3x Gnolls (Chased the party off)
    Lots of Elfs
    1x Albino Elf (Tries to understand)

Trophies:

   1 x Compound Bow
   16 x Carbon Fibre Arrows

Events:

   The party start this session still on the station. After a few more
   futile attempts to open various door, by brute force (Filthy Ike),
   the party are commanded to leave the station by a feature less man
   (Golem). This creature is made totally of some flexible metal, he
   escorts the party back to room they entered in, with the alter.
   Filthy Ike, is working himself up, to attack the Golem, the Golem
   follows the party into the elevator, and shuts the door, the
   elevator then begins it's decent, white the Golem stands near the
   doors unmoving. Filthy formulates a plan, to attack the Golem as
   the Elevator stops, but before that happens, the Golem moves to the
   side of the elevator opposite the doors, so when the elevator get
   to the bottom, he can usher the party out. Which is what happens.

   The party then decide to carry on North, to try and find where the
   Gnoll's were taking the Captive Elf's a few days ago. After going
   north some way, they spot, a Gnoll Barricade, they creep up to
   get a closer view, and see there a 3 Gnoll's standing behind the
   Barricade blocking the road, they try to find a way to get into the
   building next to the barricade, but it is 50 Meters tall, and all
   the doors and windows have been blocked up, they go south around
   the building to see if they can find another way in. Having gone
   all the way round the Building, they find another Barricade
   blocking the same road, with another 3 Gnoll's. They retreat out of
   site to formulate a plan. Filthy want to charge them, Calmert just
   wants to shot every thing. They then think about luring them out,
   and then ambushing them, just no one wants to be the bate.  While
   the party is discussing this Filthy spots what may be Gnoll at the
   top of the wall with some sort of Club, the party duck behind there
   shields just in time, as some sort of magic burns into Rhyad's
   Shield. The party rush to a nearby building, which is taller than
   the Castle, in the hope that they will be able to get a view in
   side. Silverbark points out that this may not be a good idea, as
   the chances are that there will be guards at the top of the
   building. They rush into the bottom of the building, and find that
   all the floors have collapsed, so there is no way to get to the
   top!

   The party then circle round in a effort to get a different view of
   the castle, as they cross the road some way from the barricade,
   they notice that there are now 6 Gnoll's there.

   As they are crossing the road they come under fire from a build
   close by. the party charge towards the building, and rush into the
   building, and are confronted by 4 Orcs, who have come down from the
   archery position, to attach the party. The party win, and find on
   the bodies 16 Carbon Fibre arrows, and one of the Orcs has a
   Compound Bow, Ryhad takes the bow.

   They manage to get into a building that gives them a slight angle
   to see pass the barricade, and into castle, what they see seems
   very strange, the walls of the castle are very thick at the bottom,
   slopping up to thin at the top. The party decide to circle back
   round to the original barricade, as this one is now too heavily
   defended.

   On there way back to the original barricade, they encounter a Gnoll
   Patrol with 3 Gnoll's. The party attack, and subdue the Gnoll's the
   Paladin then works on making sure the Gnoll's do not die. Filthy
   does not like this idea, for the one he has attacked, as he thinks
   it was a fair fight, He won so the Gnoll should pay the price, so
   while Ryhad, is helping one of the others, Filthy kneels on his
   Gnoll's neck while searching him (It dies). Ryhad is beside herself
   with anger other this and believes tha Filthy is turning Evil. The
   party take the remaining 2 Gnoll's to see the Albino Elf. After
   some banging on the door to the under ground complex of the Elfs,
   they are let in, they are taken to see the Albino, with the Gnoll's
   in to. Silverbark has cast 'Comprehend Languages' on one of the
   Gnoll's. when the Gnoll see's the Albino Elf, he goes berserk,
   screams something about Die you Scum, and charges the Elf, the
   Elf's body guards Kill him. The elf's also want to kill the other
   Gnoll, but Ryhad wont allow it, as it is his prisoner. A stand off
   then occurs, there everybody except Silverbark, have retreat back
   to the entrance way, where the door is shut. and Silverbark has
   been escorted to a guest room, to rest and get refreshed. Filthy
   and Calmert attempt to smash there way though the door, or find the
   mechanism that opens the door, all they manage to do is remove the
   plaster covering on the door, to reveal a solid metal door
   underneath. The party decide to sleep in shifts, hoping for the
   door to be opened, during Calmert's watch, the Gnoll dies, it
   appears that some of his bandages have been cut, and he has bled to
   death. Ryhad is yet again angry, so takes a Elf hostage, believing
   that they had something to do with the death of the Gnoll.

   To be continued....

Sheriff Sir Karl Tsukin OGE <sheriff@newgallo.net>, The Office of New Gallo Law Enforment and Aggressive Defence