The brave heroes gathered to consider what steps they should next take. The ravages of the red dragon, let's call him Bumface for now, has put Mayor Wolverine on edge. However the heroes have acquired part of a magical relic that, supposedly, will keep the winged evil at bay. The fact that the kobold shaman and his hench reptilians thought so was enough for us to go on. Besides, we had no idea how to proceed in the wizard's tower anyway.
Our first mistake was believing that having Yama and Dingus (aka Gorebelly) drive the ox cart would be a good idea. Npcs are supposed to be good at tending to the draft animals while the heroes perform heroic deeds, right? Not these two. The ox bolted after getting plunked with an arrow from somewhere beyond the ford. Our sorceress (Sorry Angela, neither Beth nor I can remember your character's name ATM) toppled off the wagon into the stream whiole Yama nimbly avoided disaster by leaping into the bushes. Gorebelly, for reason unknown, jumped atop the ox rather than maintain control of the reins. We hoped he would die. He didn't.
Meanwhile Amra and Splinter were busy flushing kobold hunters from the under brush, largely by having them insert arrows in Amra's chest. Dordo the elf and Noname raced forward hoping to support the attack even as the wagon rumbled by in a tangle of maddened bovine and maddened dwarf. Dordo promptly startled a kobold and received a devastating wound as a result. Having left the city only hours before a series of grievous wounds so early in the day did not bode well for our continued survival.
Soon enough the kobolds were felled and we stumbled over to where Gorebelly and our ruined wagon lay. The dolt had slaughtered the oxen and received a horn in the side as a result. Sadly he still refused to die. later on Splinter found one of the kobold's giant deer traps. sadly he found it by remembering where it should be and springing it upon himself. A squad of kobold hunters promptly charged forward and skewered him with their spears after he taunted them with possession of their sacred stick.
Luckily the trap was built with giant deer proportions in mind and we were able to come to Splinter's rescue. In quick order we cut down the kobolds, ridding them of their accursed dragon shaped pewter necklaces. Well, everyone got one except for Dordo who claimed the items were tainted with evil. Soon after we were alarmed by the smoke and heat surrounding our little neck of the woods. Not content to raze parts of the town Bumface also felt it necessary to burn part of the forest while he was at it.
Once again we left Dingus to his own devices as he clubbed a giant hart with the ox horn he retireved from his chest wound. We fled hoping to distance ourselves from his alcohol-fueled insanity. The dragon caught up to us and threatened to kill us slowly unless we could prove ourselves in the field. Since we were headed to the kobold village anyway seeking to reunite the stone with the stick and the crystal skull, it wasn't such a hard deal to accept under the circumstances.
Our plan soured almost immediately. Animated statues provided extra assistance to the kobold guardians atop the wall. That Noname was forced to use her sling from an exposed position also hurt our chances of succeeding at a bold, brilliant and utterly doomed plan to have Amra and Splinter infiltrate the village covertly while the rest of us provided covering fire and a distraction. The statues detected the thief and barbarian's advances even as Dordo rained death upon the kobold ranks.
Noname hatched what could have been a brilliant plan, had it worked. Which it did not. She drew from her store of fire bullets determined to set either the guards or the pallisade alight. She mistimed her throw and instead incinerated her own sling effectively leaving the covering fire entirely up to Dordo. By this time Splinter had managed to get himself captured by the golem even as Amra scaled the wall only to discovered massed ranks of the foul creatures gathering beyond.
Luckily, though pinioned, Splinter remained invisible thanks to the sorceresses continued concentration on the crystal skull of invisibility. the same could not be said of Amra. Enemies soon piled onto the wall and rushed his position. Dordo felled several more kobolds before his accuracy took a devastating hit. Luckily the dragon chose that moment to reappear and marvel at how well we had done, in spite of our general failure.
Dordo wasn't paying attention but somehow Splinter ended up at death's door yet again, Sweet Club not withstanding. Noname, Dingus and Amra rushed toward the kobold temple and Noname was actually able to secure the sacred stone before the dragon could prise the roof off of the building. The sorceress moved in to support the recovery effort and prepared to surround the group in a fresh globe on invisibility even as Dingus and Bumface engaged in some futile pissing contest behind us.
In time we made it back to the town having reconnected the sacred stick, skull and stone that would effectively protect the city from the dragon's aerial predations. Mayor Wolverine was grateful, or, rather, as grateful as he ever was with a measly word of thanks. Fortunately the elder families showed greater respect for our prowess and bestowed upon us some treasured family heirlooms. Dordo certainly looks forward to plying his enchanted bow against whatever evils the gang will next encounter.
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