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The final scenario in Ghost Stone for Rangers of Shadowdeep. Due to previous successes they were aided by three soldiers and the first event card would wait until turn 4. The distraction had proved useful. Link and Gwalchmai led the group tasked with guiding the sorcerer to the stone in order to destroy it with her powerful magic. They also had the scrolls and the stone ring from previous scenarios which they gave to the sorcerer tasked with destroying the stone.

The Ghost Stone. A portal through which the evil cultists are summoning spectres to ravage the armies of the kingdom.
Dark Tom had opened the battle by casting a fireball at the cultist leader and his group but they mostly dodged out of the way .
Link and Birdo take on the Cultist Leader and the werewolf supported by spectres and cultists!
Gwalchmai and Steel blaze took out the spectral horse rider in one round.
Link shouted over that the werewolves were nigh unkillable due to regeneration. Birdo took it out with a critical !
Birdo is beset by cultists and spectres . Link took heavy damage from the cultist leader only surviving through a potion and a healing spell from Emilia.

Birdo is taking damage fast .

The cart mounted arbelest is dealing heavy damage whilst Recruit Bobby is sniping back with his bow. The sorcerer is keeping under cover out of sight until Gwalchmai can clear the way . His magic sword is vital against these spectres.
The battlefield
Steel blaze charges the gnoll archers but is knocked out . Dark Tom has cast Transpose on Link who is now in place of the gnoll firing the arbelest .
A lightning flash and the ghost stone stands out.
The Sorcerer runs across the battlefield now that the arbelest has been dealt with and the way is clear . She finds a magic sword wrapped in leather and secures it for later .
Gwalchmai clears the archers allowing Link to use the arbelest.
He uses it to shoot the hapless arbelest firing gnoll with his own bolt and took him out in one critical hit !
Birdo is taken out by the spectre which proved resistant to none magic weapons.
The sorcerer successfully cast her spell using the knowledge from the scrolls, aided by the stone ring, the death of the shaman and the will bonus from Emilia’s strengthen heart spell . The timer is set to one round . A spectral horseman appears through the portal intent on giving chase as the portal begins to surge with power.
Lightning flashes.
A green mist rises .
The portal is set to explode as the sorcerer flees. The stone is pushed over and shatters . Our heroes try to escape but Link is stunned in the blast . Only one guardsman makes it away . Gwalchmai defends Link from the two cultists and the horseman and then they both join the others in escape.

The sword turns out to be a 9 of clubs enchanted sword . Birdo and Steel blaze will recover from their wounds. Emilia found 4 healing potions which are distributed. Birdo uses his armoury skill to unlock all the sword’s potential and link claims it. The sorcerer may join them again if they can be persuaded.

For now however the ghost stone is silenced and the kings armies are able to hold back the evil for some time more .

Posted January 15, 2024 by wargamesdiary in Uncategorized

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