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Night attack on an encampment. The distraction.

The heroes approach in the dark.

This time we are using our low level group, with Blue Wizard and Valdour.

All is quiet in the camp. A boat arrives with supplies steered by two cultists. Gnolls guard the supplies in the camp marked by the torches. The heroes need to set ablaze these targets and steel the boat with the supplies.
First turn The crossbowmen shot dead a gnoll fighter guard as the wizard advanced. The rogue donned a disguise and hid by the small tent. Valdour and his team advanced quietly. His axe missed its target completely thus the alarm was not raised.
Blue Wizard sets the camp ablaze with his twinned fireball. One guard is killed outright whilst another escapes unharmed only to be smashed into the flames by the charging bear. Valdour and Clansman are unable to strike down their foe with Valdour suffering 9 hit points damage. The alarm is clearly raised as two supplies are in flames from the fireball. The crossbowman finds a prayer book.
A gnoll charges blue wizard only to be met by a critical magical bolt and is defeated. Crossbowman finally sets ablaze a third supply set and Valdour and Clansman defeat their opponent. Finding a flask of oil. They will then set ablaze the supplies nearby and advance slowly towards the boat.
Cultists an Ogre and a Troll have arrived. Only the cultists are near enough and move towards blue wizard. The Rogue tries to move towards the final supplies in the encampment wearing her disguise but somehow fails and is spotted. Only the timely intervention of the bear saves her. Eventually the cultist leader will knock out the bear but is in turn slain by the enraged clansman. The crossbowman tries to shoot at the cultists from the river bank but misses so they climb up the steep bank and rush towards blue wizard.
Now the rogue has escaped her opponent and jumped into the boat with the crossbowman. Meanwhile the two heroes clear away the cultists whilst poor clansman is surrounded by skeletal knights who avenge the cultist leader.
Finally the two heroes jump into the boat steered by the crossbowman and rogue and are able to swiftly make their escape downstream. Unfortunately the supplies are worthless otherwise.

Our heroes have made good their escape and amassed 85 xp . Clansman escaped in the confusion but like crossbowman before him sustained a nasty leg wound and will be speed minus one now. Bear was very badly wounded and will need to miss the next fight if possible.

A really fun scenario and our heroes got away just in time pushed by a horde. It was the sacrifice of bear and clansman that gave them the time they needed.

Posted January 1, 2024 by wargamesdiary in Uncategorized

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