Month: May 2005

Party Roster:
Felix, 8th level half-orc fighter, 81 hp, played by Alex
Rathbane, 5th level dwarven fighter/cleric of Clangeddin, 45 hp, played by Katherine
Donald Collins, 8th level human mage, 43 hp, NPC
Gates, 6th level dwarven cleric of Moradin, 39 hp, played by Aaron Schweinsberg
Hendel, 7th level dwarven thief, 38 hp, played by Joel
Nakumanu, 5th level orc fighter, 32 hp, henchman of Felix, played by Jay Bates
Psue, hit dice unknown but rising, unclassed mimic, “pet” of Rathbane
[events of March 11, 2005 in Manhattan]
(For orientation and background, see the previous Felix summary, I’m just jumping right back in here.)
We last left our party recovering from slaying two out of the three fomorian giants in their lair at the top level of the ruined dwarven city. We knew the last giant would be back from his hunting fairly shortly, and camped protectively in a place that the giant couldn’t directly reach if the worst occurred and we were ambushed. The noblink ex-slaves remained with us for the time being until we could clear a path to freedom for them.
Hendel scouted the corridor up ahead and lay hidden, waiting for the giant to approach (most likely having driven off a number of giant slugs in the corridor). Hendel spotted him approaching (or at least another crazily deformed giant), and ran back to warn the party. Hendel, Felix, and Nakumanu were turned Invisible, Nakumanu and Rathbane were Strengthed, and Prayers were cast. The stage was set for a devastating ambush.
The fomorian entered the room and was immediately hammered by spiritual hammer and handaxe from the clerics, a Lightning Bolt from Donald, and was caught completely off-guard. A Darkness spell was intended to screw the giant up further by blinding him (by dropping the ball of darkness at the height of the giant’s head it affects only the giant and not the little shrimps pounding on him), but it actually didn’t even finish casting before the fight ended. Felix and Nakumanu buried their weapons in his gut, and Hendel jammed his daggers into the creature’s back. Unfortunately the giant didn’t fall, and slammed Nakumanu to his knees in a single blow. Rathbane started a Cure while Nakumanu fell back, and the fomorian collapsed under the rain of blows shortly thereafter.

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