Nightstone Under Assault

by Thomas Tallfellow

After defeating the bandits and freeing the mule that was pulling the bandits' cart, the partied continued along the trail of the goblins and wargs until nightfall where camp was made to rest and prepare for the likely goblin encounter the following day. Early the following day, Thomas and the party tracked the goblins to the small village of Nightstone. As they neared the town, they could hear a steady ringing of a bell. The warg tracks lead directly to the open drawbridge. The party cautiously entered the town and investigated the two guard towers, one on each side of the town gate. Both towers were empty but the mechanism to close the drawbridge was in one tower and the party decided to close the drawbridge, trapping the goblins in town where, with any luck, they'd be able to recover the crown and with the help of townsfolk, slay the invading goblins.

Once the drawbridge was closed, the ringing of the bell stopped. Expecting it was goblins ringing the bell in the temple, the group slowly approached the temple with a plan to burst the door open and use ranged attacks on the goblins inside. Unfortunately, the plan didn't account for warg mounted goblins hiding behind the temple. Once Prax magically opened the door, the hidden goblins and wargs got the jump on the party and struck some vicious blows. The party was no easy pray however, so one of the mounted goblins raced towards the guard tower to open the drawbridge allowing for an easy goblin escape. Prax was able to mortally wound that warg after its goblin rider entered the guard tower and Prax proceeded to race towards the guard tower to bring an end to that goblin. Ruby and Thomas, both of whom were severely wounded in the initial stages of the conflict remained to fight the remaining mounted goblin. Both Ruby and Thomas managed to bring down the warg but suffered serious wounds, rendering them both unconscious. Ruby was able to snap out of it as Prax approached to render aid and Ruby used divine powers to stabilize and heal some of Thomas' wounds. The two goblins hid inside the temple while the party retreated to the guardhouse to reclose the drawbridge and determine a next course of action. They didn't have much time to plan however, as smoke began to billow out of the temple. The party rushing towards the temple to extinguish the fire, noticed the two goblins climbing ropes over the village wall in an attempt to escape. Sending ranged attacks in the direction of the goblins, one was slain but the other managed to escape. After a short period of time, the party managed to extinguish the flames within the temple. It was then decided that they would make their way towards the keep at the southern most portion of the town due to the lack of townsfolk in this portion of town.

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The Beginning

King Baptiste's Feast

Pursuing the Goblins

Nightstone Under Assault

Nightstone's Last Stand

Nightstone's New Troubles

The Whispering Caves

The Goblin Boss

The Goblin's Prisoners

Nightstone's Residents Come Home

Returning the Crown

The Council's Decision

The Departure of the Congenial Bastard

Turtle Bay

The Party's New Look

Arrival in the Dwarven Isles

Cleansing the Mine

Explaining the Mine Mission

Exterminating the Fire Newts

The Diner at the Edge of the Universe

The Underground Fights

Another Ghostly Encounter

Jade and Eebrock's Fight

Maxwell Boulder's Story

Dino Island

Cornelius Doolan's Mission

The Dinosaur Research Cave

The Crystal's Ultimate Purpose

Return to Arcadia

Something's Up in Arcadia

The Rush to Nightstone

The Comfy Room

The Final Puzzle

Chaos Erupts in Arcadia

A Bold New Voyage

The Derelict Ship

The Rock of Bral

Commodore Krux

Trouble on Braal

Off to See the Wizard

The Wizard Topolah

The Vampirates

Retaking the Last Breath

Off to Doomspace

Vocath's Arena

Nightstone Under Assault

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