Today's Topic is "What Was Something Wild in Your Game?" as we continue our celebration of International Original Dungeons and Dragons Month!
Continued from Part 1:
They hatched a plan and ambushed the caravan in the middle of the night. Successfully slipping in close, surprising and overcoming the two guards and then casting two spells so 17 more of the 25 were rendered senseless and they then engaged the other 6 in combat. Seizing the initiative, they pressed them fiercely and overcame them after a hard fought battle. Several party members were grievously wounded and almost died. Using healing magic they fully recovered over the next few days and gradually started to learn to talk by words and signs with the servant slaves. They also were able to unchain everyone, although they had no way to remove the collars.
They had thought to hijack the whole caravan, but the leader of the servants, prevailed on them to send the creatures off toward the north along the trail and only taking food, some clothing and weapons, along with gold, silver and gems and other valuable items. Then they spent quite a bit of time covering up all signs of the fight, hoping that this would delay any pursuit. So they continued on with the rescued towards the ruins they were originally moving towards. They went to great lengths to conceal evidence of their passing.
They encountered a few strange creatures on the way, but their new friends showed them the best way to fight them. When they reached the ruins a large fountain was present in the center of the ruined city and it soon became apparent that the ruins were still inhabited. The leader of the party called out while making signs of peace and in a little while a single person came out of the shadows. Once the former slaves told of their rescue more people came out and they all made their selves known to each other. It developed that a group of about 180 people were living in these ruins and they were a remnant of a long vanished civilization.
The players learned that once the caravan was missed that the whole area would be scoured by a sizable armed force on agile mounts and that they were all in danger here in the ruins, even though they had left no trail. The players inquired if there was anything below the city and they were told it was likely, but they knew of no one who had found anything. The players proposed looking for an entry and perhaps they would find somewhere to hide until it was safe to come out again. They looked to have about 2-3 weeks to either hide or prepare to fight, no one considered fighting to be an option.
They searched for nearly a week (and in the process found the most defensible location, but it would have trapped them away from water) and finally located an entrance, and the party went in alone to investigate. The first two levels below the city contained nothing of value and had clearly been trashed and looted. There were no obvious ways, no stairs or ramps leading down to anything lower. They searched what they considered the most likely areas and were finally rewarded with a hidden door that lead to a stairway.
They reported back and both the rescued and the locals started immediately to carry every container they had or could salvage down into the lower of the two levels with water. They spent much time trying to erase as much as possible the evidence of their above ground activity and they laid a false trail from the central fountain south out of the ruins and one at a time they walked backwards except for the mage using fly spells she would head off into the desert and then fly back to the end of the trail and head of in another direction. she did this several times and then at the end of the last side trail fly back to the group near the secret door.
After the final check had been done, she also used a fly spell on the final day to move around and make the ground look untouched as she flew to the secret door. They were also able to rig a large flat rock across the secret door. Then they proceeded to block the entrance so that a large amount of debris would have to be removed to gain entry. Then they set about preparing to defend the area.
Continue on to Part 3
Continued from Part 1:
They hatched a plan and ambushed the caravan in the middle of the night. Successfully slipping in close, surprising and overcoming the two guards and then casting two spells so 17 more of the 25 were rendered senseless and they then engaged the other 6 in combat. Seizing the initiative, they pressed them fiercely and overcame them after a hard fought battle. Several party members were grievously wounded and almost died. Using healing magic they fully recovered over the next few days and gradually started to learn to talk by words and signs with the servant slaves. They also were able to unchain everyone, although they had no way to remove the collars.
They had thought to hijack the whole caravan, but the leader of the servants, prevailed on them to send the creatures off toward the north along the trail and only taking food, some clothing and weapons, along with gold, silver and gems and other valuable items. Then they spent quite a bit of time covering up all signs of the fight, hoping that this would delay any pursuit. So they continued on with the rescued towards the ruins they were originally moving towards. They went to great lengths to conceal evidence of their passing.
They encountered a few strange creatures on the way, but their new friends showed them the best way to fight them. When they reached the ruins a large fountain was present in the center of the ruined city and it soon became apparent that the ruins were still inhabited. The leader of the party called out while making signs of peace and in a little while a single person came out of the shadows. Once the former slaves told of their rescue more people came out and they all made their selves known to each other. It developed that a group of about 180 people were living in these ruins and they were a remnant of a long vanished civilization.
The players learned that once the caravan was missed that the whole area would be scoured by a sizable armed force on agile mounts and that they were all in danger here in the ruins, even though they had left no trail. The players inquired if there was anything below the city and they were told it was likely, but they knew of no one who had found anything. The players proposed looking for an entry and perhaps they would find somewhere to hide until it was safe to come out again. They looked to have about 2-3 weeks to either hide or prepare to fight, no one considered fighting to be an option.
They searched for nearly a week (and in the process found the most defensible location, but it would have trapped them away from water) and finally located an entrance, and the party went in alone to investigate. The first two levels below the city contained nothing of value and had clearly been trashed and looted. There were no obvious ways, no stairs or ramps leading down to anything lower. They searched what they considered the most likely areas and were finally rewarded with a hidden door that lead to a stairway.
They reported back and both the rescued and the locals started immediately to carry every container they had or could salvage down into the lower of the two levels with water. They spent much time trying to erase as much as possible the evidence of their above ground activity and they laid a false trail from the central fountain south out of the ruins and one at a time they walked backwards except for the mage using fly spells she would head off into the desert and then fly back to the end of the trail and head of in another direction. she did this several times and then at the end of the last side trail fly back to the group near the secret door.
After the final check had been done, she also used a fly spell on the final day to move around and make the ground look untouched as she flew to the secret door. They were also able to rig a large flat rock across the secret door. Then they proceeded to block the entrance so that a large amount of debris would have to be removed to gain entry. Then they set about preparing to defend the area.
Continue on to Part 3
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