DavesGaming

Gabrella unlocked her fighter levels just as the team escaped Candlekeep. So suddenly, she’s back to dual wielding short swords and being a 7th level fighter. She has the Gauntlets of Ogre Power now, Minsc and Bull both have exceptional strength and Jaheira gets all the strength potions. *Very* strong melee unit.

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Being wanted criminals, we decided it was a fine time to go explore Durlag’s Tower.

Unfortunately for Ike, he was soon killed by a Demon Knight who seemed to take issue with tours in his domain. Hunting down that demon will be a good excuse to explore the tower.

The lower levels of the tower got a lot tougher. Several were hard enough we set camp in some dark and scary corners to recover.

We found and slew the Demon Knight on the lowest sub-level of the tower. He held the dagger we’d been searching for. But it was stolen from us on our return to Ulgoth’s Beard. It wasn’t hard to spot the home with demonic cult activity.

We destroyed the cult and the demon they summoned. Then we met with the eccentric scholar Mendes, we had lawfully gained the maps and charts he wanted. His willingness to suggest a more nefarious course of action left us suspicious of him. But when he suggested we lead the search for Balduran’s Ship, well, it gave us an excuse to disappear for a few weeks when we were still wanted for murder.

But we would up shipwrecked, and the island seemed to be inhabited by two warring factions.

Werewolves are funny opponents. They are far from the most fearsome things we’ve faced, but they always think they are. You would think, after we’ve slain a dozen or more, they would learn more caution.

There was a boat on the island we could take back home. Mendes himself was the last of the werewolf bloodline and had to be put down.

[Gabrella’s naration breaks off here. I’m sure we’ll get her back for more at a later time]

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There are three of the toughest sort of Werewolf to fight that need special weapons, only Minsc was proficient in the sword he had. Gabby had the dagger, in most PnP games I’ve played there would be some sort of “related weapon” rule. Since she has High Mastery in Short Sword, she might use Dagger as a Master or Specialist? But we have no such thing in the EEs.
But it hardly matters. Gabby and Bull both are high enough level to have a low thaco, and they have good strength bonuses. The fights are not hard.

Some happy accidents with the renders this time. My intent for Minsc and Jaheira talking was Boo perched on Minsc’s head. Just a silly sort of moment. But that one came up with Boo on Jaheira. It immediately made me think of their “NPC Project” exchange when Boo gets into Jaheira’s pouches. Very funny. So this worked out well.
Then Gabby and Bull, oof, those two! My idea was for her enthusiastically knocking him over out of frame. What can I say, I like physical humor. The renderer (Kling2.5) had its own ideas! So we’ll just give them some time. I have no idea why this inn is so popular with warriors.