Game summary for August 9, 2012, Priscus Venatus campaign, G1: The Steading of the Hill Giant Chief adventure; present PCs included Althion Whiteoak (fighter), Ardel Blueback (dwarf fighter), Crularin Gellantara (druid), Drake Spellking (human cleric/magic-user), and Emeran Galathar (elf fighter/magic-user) along with henchman Mara Woodstride (elf fighter/magic-user).
Crularin spoke with the orcs and agreed to find them weapons to use against the giants. They learned of a nearby forge as well as armed bugbears. The team opted to try and take the weapons of the bugbears first. The group moved into the bugbear area and started a fight.
The team unleashed a barrage of spells from magic missile to lightning bolt to fireball as well as numerous charges from the wand of wonder, and the bugbears kept coming! Wave after wave went down under spell and blade. Eventually, the group had over a dozen bugbears in a narrow corridor when Crularin sent a wall of fire along one wall, sending waves of scorching heat over the goblinoids. Emeran used his wand of wonder and dropped a stinking cloud on the enemies and the party. Mara and Ardel went down in a helpless heap of spastic vomiting. Fortunately, so did many of the bugbears, and the wall of fire finished them off.
With nearly 50 bugbears slain, the party can arm over half of the orc rebels!
