Kuunari

This one comes from the player of Val, the hobgoblin warlock:

Valker, Bud, & Rana, upon hearing of a disturbance once again in the mines decide to investigate to assist the miners in their time of need.  It seems that the miners have been hearing voices coming from the first level of the mining complex and the miners are concerned with what it could be.

The hero’s are forced to sneak into the mine since both Bud and Valker are forbidden to return, but even with some fatal stealth errors on the part of the adventures, a large crock from Rana (and 5 Gold) successfully see the adventures inside.

The party proceed to return to the entrance of the mine in search of what could be the source of voices.  First checking the Dwarven door to ensure it is sealed prompts the adventures to continue north, as the mine map reflects the adventures have 2 options to go, 1 toward the collapsed tunnel and the second toward the intelligent rats nest.  It is at this time Rana’s companion Wolfy realizes the party has people following them.  A race towards the intelligent rats tunnel shows the group that in fact the rats had returned.  With some smart thinking on Valker’s part, we attempt to speak with the rats and find out that in fact it was they (the rats) who were the voices in the tunnel.  The rats new lair was besieged by a colossal snake and they required assistance with defeating it, so they could move in.  The industrious rats had performed the necessary alchemical techniques to develop potions for shrinking, it is only through this approach could the party get to the rats new nest.  All the heros take the potion and shrink to rat size and proceed down the path (4 scratches in stone) toward the nest.

Encounter 1 (The Sightless Mole);

The party is attacked by a Large (or at least to our new small forms) Mole Rat, and our first battle ensues.  This battle is not good for those who based the beast for not only does it bit hard (really hard Right Rana) it also grabs.  So while Bud misses with every swing even while in the Mole Rats mouth and Rana goes to sleep, Valker performs amazing feats of heroism and slays the Mole Rat single handedly.

The party continues…

Encounter 2 (Huge Hobgoblin Dash);

A large room filled with the wonderful warmth of a Hobgoblin den.  Here the party in its infinitely poor attempt once again to stealth, have to run across a huge room without being stepped on by Hobgoblins.  While my people aren’t normally this aggressive, I feel they must have been starved being stuck in the mine to want rat stew to feed their families.  Valker once again easily runs across the battlefield to the other side to safety all the while stinging the Huge Hobgoblins to leaving the rest of the party alone.  There was an explosion to and some falling, but that happened to Bud and Rana, no big deal, Valker was safe.

The party continues…

Encounter 3 (The Collosal Snake);

The party lead by Valker’s extreme heroism sees fit to follow his lead into the new rats den (or snake pit, depends on who you are asking), Valker suggests to everyone to prepare themselves by readying the regrowth potion for when the see the Snake.  It take no time at all to realize snakes likes to eat frogs and Rana looks o’so smacking good.  Battle begins, some stuff happens and Valker does what he always does and defeats the Snake, allowing Bud to finish him off because he was kind of tired of killing everything.

Rats are happy, we get a little pay and have to decide what kind of info we want from the rats:

About the mine

About the wizards alcove where the potions formula was found

About the Dwarven door

Or about something else

To be continued…