Game summary for August 2, 2012, Priscus Venatus campaign, G1: The Steading of the Hill Giant Chief adventure; present PCs included Crularin Gellantara (druid), Drake Spellking (human cleric/magic-user), and Emeran Galathar (elf fighter/magic-user).
Crularin rushed into the room and wrapped the silenced scroll case and rope to the hanging gong to prevent an alarm. The team then moved forward as the bugbears charged into the silence. Drake hit one with a magic missile, Crularin hit the other with his spear, and Emeran activated his wand of wonder! From the ether, a massive rhinoceros appeared and charged the bugbears! Emeran continued using the wand which resulted in a field of darkness and an area of driving rain. In the chaos, the team took down the bugbears.
The group then examined the cells and found Mara Woodstride, an elf warrior maiden eager to fight the giants. They also rescued an engineer but left a crazed man locked away. The fourth cell contained three skeletons that animated to attack Emeran as he entered. Drake used his clerical might to destroy the undead in a moment, however. The final cell contained five energetic but stupid orcs eager to reunite with the orc rebels and fight the giants. The group finally worked out an arrangement for the orcs to lead them to their caves and unite with them.
The team moved down the hallway, led by the orcs, and used silence to creep forward. They by-passed a group of bugbears using stealth and met up with the orcs in their cavern where they found nearly a hundred rebels with a handful of weapons.
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