Session 5 Report: The Great Escape

General Summary

Askaladd, Ginger, Valthurg and Vendar were placed into separate cells within the bandits hideout. A few hours pass as Askaladd waits for the rest of his party to gain consciousness. Eventually he wakes up Ginger and Vendar with ease, but has to pinch Valthurg's nose to get him to stir. They make plans to attempt an escape and Valthurg manages to bend the bars for all but one of the cells in which Askaladd is in. Vendar comes in clutch by picking the lock to the cell and freeing their druid companion.   Ginger pokes his head through the entryway of the cavern's room and sees one bandit walking around guarding the area. Vendar then sneaks up on the unaware bandit. Using the ropes he was previously bound Vendar wraps it around the bandits neck and drags him back into the room with the rest of the party. The Group then proceeds to interrogate the bandit to discover where their belongings are and any other potential threats in the area. Ginger had heard the sound of others coming from further inside the tunnels.   They put the bandit in a cell and gag him with the rope so he cannot alert anyone, and leave him there. They venture further in where they find 3 other bandits in the dining hall eating, drinking, and playing cards. Valthurg bursts through the door and attempts to snap one's neck but fails. He then proceeds to throw this bandit onto the table. Vendar throws a dagger he had gotten from the bandit in the cell, but misses his target. Askaladd turns himself into a bull with Ginger on his back.   They run off down the tunnel in the direction of everyone's gear. After a few moments of traded blows and Vendar dodges in the other room, Askaladd and Ginger reach their destination. Inside the room they find their belongings and many different stolen goods. Ginger grabs a random potion and attempts to identify it but in the process, and rolling a nat 1, he accidentally consumes this potion. Unbeknownst to him, Ginger will fall in love with the next living creature he see's.   As Askaladd's bull form walk's into the room to help Ginger grab everyone's gear, Ginger is struck with pure feelings of love. They grab what they need and run back to help their comrades. When they rejoin the fight Valthurg and Vendar seem to be handling themselves well. After 2 of the bandits lay dead the third drops his weapon and tells them he does not wish to die. The party then interrogates this bandit for more information to determine the location of their leader, Lyla's room. During the interogation Askaladd returns to his humanoid form and Ginger is distraught by the disappearance of his true love.   While Valthurg and Askaladd consul Ginger, Vendar notices the bandit attempting to sneak away. Letting lose a hatchet he picked up, Vendar strikes the final bandit directly in the chest. Leaving him to slump down against the wall. Valthurg finishes the bandit off with the hatchet that was stuck in his chest. The party then makes their way toward the bandit leaders room where Vendar avoids a sneak attack from the bandit they left in the cell.   With a quick reaction Vendar grabs the bandits arm and holds him while Askaladd entangles him and Ginger removes his hands. Leaving him to bleed out in the hall they continue on their path to the leader's room. They enter the room and do not find anoyone. A shortsword Ginger named "Mineotaur", a bag of gold and a journal were found in the room. Reading the journal the players found it to be a log of events related to the bandits spoils. Though, they find nothing related to the gold missing from Tartarans vault. There is only one entry that mentions Hargram, he has hired the group of bandits to steal and to kidnap merchants. They also read that there is a secret tunnel somewhere in the hideout that leads back to the surface.   Askaladd tranforms into a Black Panther to follow the scent of the bandit leader. They find that she escaped through a secret exit in the room. Following the trail they come to a wall where Ginger finds a switch to open another secret tunnel. Askaladd attempts to pursue before he turns back into his humanoid form once again. The party catches up to Askaladd and they make their way further up until they see daylight at the end of the tunel. Upon getting closer they notice 7 bandits waiting fro them above. Ginger attempts to be diplomatic but with a few failed rolls and some party banter, battle ensues after Ginger gets an arrow in the gut.   Ginger, casting gust of wind prevented the bandits from pushing further into the tunnel. Askaladd then caused it to reign fire down from the cieling onto the bandits. Valthurg trades strikes with the bandits in close combat. Vendar fires an arrow stealthily, hitting his target. Many actions of battle go buy before the bandits are clearly losing to the party. Lyla who had gone invisible during combat waited at the tunnel entrance with a bomb. She released it into the room killing her 2 bandits and sending the party running to avoid the blast. Askaladd was the only one launched back and hurt by the explosion.   After the explosion and everyone has regained their bearings, Askaladd attempted to entangle the bandit leader but failed. Vendar began to rush forward as the tunnel began to collapse on the party. Rocks were tumbling from the cieling and all seemed hopeless. Were they going to be stuck in this tunnel? or worse crushed in this tunnel? As the tunnel came crashing down the party felt the ground begin to shake, but not because of the collapse. It was a familiar feeling, and a large stone figure burst through the floor to catch the cieling from caving on the party. It was the earth elemental whom to they had returned it's jewel eye.   The party now must escape the tunnel and pursue Lyla to get some answers. What answers will they seek and can they get them from her?

Rewards Granted

Shortsword
Life Shot (minor)
15 gold