The way back to Galath's Roost was uneventful, that is until the party decided to go back and try to take down those scary dogs. Liarrin was very apprehensive, she was the only one that had been frightened by them before. Trying to approach stealthily, the party crept towards the bushes in the north west corner of the keep. Suddenly the bushes to the left erupted and the Krenshars leapt out! One of them devouring Falin and the other peeling back its face and screaming - trying to frighten the party again!
The
fighters moved up and took down the first Krenshar, the second one tried
again to frighten the party - and Falin ran away!!! Magic missiles
and mornigstar smashes finally took down Krenshar number two. Samo
searched their den while Rantric hid the bodies in the forest. Liarrin
tried to calm down a frightened Falin.
Seeing that there is still a few hours of sunlight left in the day, the group decides to explore the keeps upper levels some more. Going back to the tree that had the pseudo dragon in it, Liarrin notices that most of the branches have been cut away and the dragon is no longer around. What happened to poor little Rossal? Did the bandits get him?
The room next to the tree used to be a stable. Hay and straw cover the floor, rubble is piled up in the south wall. Falin notices some movement off to the left. Rentric charges in and suddenly is surrounded by three huge beetles. Long mandibles begin sampling Rentric's legs as these six foot long beetles attack. The beetles are capable of spraying acid and everyone gets splattered! Magic missiles and arrows fly in all directions. Rentric swings his mornigstar and Liarrin smashes them with her mace. By the time there is one beetle remaining, even Samo is involved in melee combat with his longsword!
The final beetle is killed and the party almost is. Falin lies in a bloody heap but at least has stabilized. Rentric can hardly walk (0 hp) Samo and Liarrin each have many open wounds and are losing a lot of blood. (1 hp each) The battle is over and the companions have won! And even gained a level!!!!! The party returns to Ashabenford to rest, relax and train.
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