Session 014 Report: Tunnel Rats

General Summary

Date:

Xabacus 9-10, 5730 AE

Synopsis

After taking a break after doling out some well-deserved vengeance, the party continued their navigation through the tunnels found within the Mountains of Lacrob with their new ally Derthag, a Sipaki within the ranks of Gashnag's faithful.   After a few hours, they found themselves ambushed by two bulettes! One of them crashed into a couple of wooden beams holding up the ceiling, starting a race to survive. The bulettes bounced around and nearly chomped the party members in half, but our group of "heroes" killed one of the bulettes and drove the other to retreat.   Continuing their seemingly futile attempt to navigate to the Orcish territory, the party found themselves wandering for half a day before breaking camp. Overnight, they found themselves assailed by the very air itself! Seriously, they can't catch a break. They beat back this foe in about 12 seconds, which retreated without coming back.   The next day, after a few hours, Derthag mentioned that he recognized the area that the party and he found themselves in. Excited to move forth, the party almost didn't notice that they wandered into a small pack of four wolves. The battle was rough, and it was revealed why when the first wolf died, taking a human form in death, revealing that they were, in fact, fighting werewolves! They managed to exterminate the pack, though NAMES found their bite wounds tingling.   Derthag led the party to the Orcish encampment, which was a dimly lit tunnel carved into the rocky walls of the cavern containing a great hall, forge, living quarters, and a shaman's den. The sentries here saluted Derthag and explained that everyone presumed him dead when he didn't return with his Warband. He demanded to know if the High Sipaki, Pushkrimp, was here, which they confirmed, though they informed him that he was with an important guest and didn't wish to be interrupted. Derthag waved off their concerns and told the party to follow him...  

Combats

Bouncy Bulettes

Enemies

Two Bulettes

Result

Victory; One Bulette Retreated

Windy Ambush

Enemies

One Air Elemental

Result

Enemy Retreat

Fenrir Pack

Enemies

Four Werewolves

Result

Total Victory; three party members infected with lycanthropy