Dumarest
Vaquero de Alta California
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The kids abruptly asked to play D&D again so I made up a bunch of stuff off the top of my head. Luckily I sketch things as I run the game so I could pick up from last time, plus they remembered where we left off. So Mystic and Iron Will explored the underground levels of the Temple of the Dog and then ascended a staircase up to the monks' sleeping chamber, which had been befouled by orc excrement as they learned my orcs just defecate and urinate wherever they happen to be and don't care if it's where they eat or sleep. Then they entered an adjacent kitchen/mess hall occupied by three orcs eating some kind of raw, recently killed meat. Iron Will shut the door quickly and cast his Hold Portal spell and the two elves fled back the way they came to seek another way up. Iron Will only had 3 of 13 hit points left at this time. So they returned whence they came and entered the Temple of the Dog via the main entrance and ascended a spiral staircase where they surprised the head orc digging through the monks' treasury. Mystic decided to take advantage of her higher Charisma and the circumstances and tried to offer the head orc the chance to surrender, but Iron Will ruined things with a clumsy threat.
Meanwhile the three orcs from the kitchen were coming up the stairs behind the elves, so the head orc decided to attack since he had a numerical advantage. Mystic beheaded him and since one of the three advancing orcs rolled a 1 I declared a fumble. I chuck dice in the open so everyone knows it's fair,and it turned out the orc's sword flew out his hand and I said,laughing, "Okay, if I rolls 6 he gets cut by his own sword, if I roll a 5 it may cut someone else, otherwise it just clatters against the stone wall." Sure enough after rolling it ended up the orc accidentally decapitated himself, which my kids found hilarious as I described the head spinning and rotating in the air until it landed atop the treasure chest.
The remaining orcs failed their morale check and fled upon realizing their leader was dead and their companion had just cut off his own head. Mystic and Iron Will let them run away and merely shouted threats and warnings after them. They then rifled through the treasure chest and selected some choice gems and precious objects to stuff into their backpacks before exploring the rest of the temple.
In another tower they found the imprisoned leader of the monks, named Schmendrick, chained and manacled. They rescued him and explained they were hired by his brothers Bendrick and Hendrick to clear out the orcs. Finding no orcs anywhere else in the temple, the duo went back to the boathouse and crossed the river to collect their reward. Realizing now that the treasure they took before made them thieves, they gave it back to the monks and apologized, explaining they thought it was the orcs'. The monks, being impressed by the elves' honesty, gave them a larger reward than the originally agreed upon 500 good pieces each.
Mystic and Iron Will now want to return to their elf village to spend some of their money and try to learn some new spells.
Meanwhile the three orcs from the kitchen were coming up the stairs behind the elves, so the head orc decided to attack since he had a numerical advantage. Mystic beheaded him and since one of the three advancing orcs rolled a 1 I declared a fumble. I chuck dice in the open so everyone knows it's fair,and it turned out the orc's sword flew out his hand and I said,laughing, "Okay, if I rolls 6 he gets cut by his own sword, if I roll a 5 it may cut someone else, otherwise it just clatters against the stone wall." Sure enough after rolling it ended up the orc accidentally decapitated himself, which my kids found hilarious as I described the head spinning and rotating in the air until it landed atop the treasure chest.
The remaining orcs failed their morale check and fled upon realizing their leader was dead and their companion had just cut off his own head. Mystic and Iron Will let them run away and merely shouted threats and warnings after them. They then rifled through the treasure chest and selected some choice gems and precious objects to stuff into their backpacks before exploring the rest of the temple.
In another tower they found the imprisoned leader of the monks, named Schmendrick, chained and manacled. They rescued him and explained they were hired by his brothers Bendrick and Hendrick to clear out the orcs. Finding no orcs anywhere else in the temple, the duo went back to the boathouse and crossed the river to collect their reward. Realizing now that the treasure they took before made them thieves, they gave it back to the monks and apologized, explaining they thought it was the orcs'. The monks, being impressed by the elves' honesty, gave them a larger reward than the originally agreed upon 500 good pieces each.
Mystic and Iron Will now want to return to their elf village to spend some of their money and try to learn some new spells.
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