Day 50 & 51 Caves of Chaos

Belzedar Ranger/Thief played by Channing

Cassius Cleric NPC

Frederic Cleric NPC

Breanna Cleric played by Emily

Bobo Ranger played by Bobo

Chieko Thief played by Treasa

Picolo scrub Fighter played by Devan

Day 50

Party has camped in the woods east of the caves.

We search for healing herbs and small game. We find some black squirrels but don't catch any; no herbs are found. Breanna travels to the caves from the keep and makes it safely. We eat lunch rations and head to "cave 7". We make it there about 1:15 PM.

We go to the far end of the cave and then take a right and go down the stairs. We continue north and see a passage that goes to the NW. Belzedar unlocks the door after two attempts. Bobo opens the large oak door. We discover a store of goods. Bobo chugs 2 flasks of high quality ale. He begins to sing and dance uncontrollably.

Belzedar finds a magical sword. As he unsheathes the sword, he is uncontrollably drawn to this weapon. This is now his favored weapon even over the missile weapons. The sword gives off a 30 foot light equal to torch light, but it is a bluish light.

We head back down the cave to the east where we encountered the gnolls earlier. We go to a large room at the end of the tunnel. We had been there before, but we wanted to go back and check for secret doors. Bobo's drunkenness starts to wear off (due to his high Ogrish constitution no doubt).

We find no passages. We loot the room in the NW and take the fine ale. Bobo somehow manages to cover it with a bag, so that he is not tempted to drink it. We take some dwarven chain mail and head to the keep.

We receive some grave news from Groucho, the head guard: the Silver Palace is having troubles and there are forces of chaos that have been spotted to the south of the keep. We sell the fine ale to Trevor, the innkeeper, and then eat dinner.

Day 51

At 8:00 AM, meet in the inn's common room. We head to the caves and on the way, discover caves "8 and 9". "Cave 6" is the orc cave; we take the head of the gnoll leader from "cave 7". Bobo yells into the cave HELLLOOOOO!!! Orcs come from all sides; we request to speak to their leader. We give the orcs the gnoll head and they shoo us awa and shoot at us with arrows. Bobo is hit once and Belzedar is hit twice - we make it to "cave 8". As we enter the cave, we feel dizzy and nauseous.

We go into the cave anyway and find a minotaur. After we defeat it, we stop feeling dizzy and sick. Cassius is unconscious. We rest for 4 hours and he recovers. We find a hidden chamber in the minotaur's quarters. It has a trapped chest and we manage to get it open. We find magic vials and chests full of treasure!

We run into 2 insect creatures that glow red (fire beetles). Bobo does a sweep attack and kills them both stone dead! We continue on and run into 3 more fire beetles.

We awake to the sound of squeaking. It dies down and then picks back up the further we get into the cave. We encounter some mosquito fly type creatures. They take down Bobo! and Fredrerick. Three of the mosquitoes escape and fly out the entrance of the cave, leading us out of the cave maze.

Day 48/49, Game date of 18th Sept

Day 49???

Bobo Played by Nick

Paxmax played by Vance

Frederick NPC Cleric

Troy Fighter played by Channing

Baltezar Magic User played by Channing

Cassius NPC Cleric

7:00 we get up. We are the last group in the inn/keep. We buy a sling for Paxmax. We make it to the caves at 10:00 AM. We enter "cave 7". Paxmax lights a lantern and hands it to Bobo. Bobo returned to the room with the orc children and sees nothing.

Day 48

Belzedar Ranger/Thief played by Channing

Cassius NPC Human Cleric

Frederic NPC Human Cleric

Breanna Human Cleric played by Emily

Bobo 1/2 Ogre Ranger played by Nick

Chieko Thief played by Treasa

Picolo Scrub Fighter played by Devan

Good weather and good food. Hear a rumor of lizard tribes in the marshes to the SE of the keep. Go to the caves anyway, reach by 10:00 AM, go to "cave 4". A foul stench fills the air, reeks of death. Breanna remembers an incident that turns us around to go to cave 7 filled with gnolls.

As we entered "cave 7", half of our party was surprised by 4 gnolls; the 4 gnolls were also surprised in turn. 3 of the gnolls went down with bows from Cassius, and Chieko, and then a charge from Bobo. The 4th gnoll took a few attacks to bring down but between the party, it was brought down with the final blow belonging to Bobo, the stinky ogre!

We continue through the caves, choosing to move down a corridor on the right. We move 30 feet down this corridor when Chieko was surprised when she looked down a path branching off to the left. She was shot at by two of the gnolls in the adjoining room. Belzedar attempted to fire an arrow but missed. Picolo attempted the same and damaged one of the male gnolls. Bobo approached this same gnoll and one swing of his sword brought the gnoll down. Breanna cast a light spell to blind a couple of the creatures. A gnoll in the back of the cave is playing on a flute, a special battle tune dedicated to the Bobo. Bobo, inspired by the tun, takes out another of the gnolls. Picolo runs to the front and takes out a gnoll as everyone starts chanting his name: Picolo, Picolo, Picolo...and then he woke up. (Ed. I think it was Bobo who journaled this entry, therefore, there might be some falsehood to it).

All the gnolls are killed but 1 female who surrenders. Our party then noticed that there were children gnolls also in the room. We debate on our course of action for a short time and guard the children in the corner. We loot the bodies and we leave the children and the female is tied up and left; we then leave the cave.

2 hours later we make it to the keep, buy lunch for 3 1/2 gold and sold extra weapons and armor, earning 8 sp. XP gained was 182 humans, 173 others.

(Ed. some other crazy Bobo entry here). We enter a room and face several gnolls. We take them all down but Cassius and Frederick are now badly injured. It's 11:00 AM now. We campout and wait. We rest and eat. Everyone is healed to full health.