Vondal's Vandals: Into the cold
The next portal took us to the frozen wastes of the pyramid and right into the lair of a white dragon. Veralus spied an amethyst stone amongst the dragon's hoard, another part of her fractured soul. Explaining to Harkill afterward that we were carrying around the soul of an evil invoker warlord in the body of a friend and the head and spiritual essence of the woman that betrayed both Karavakos and Thrullzon was interesting to say the least. The dragon however was quite reasonable and when we offered to trade it the old orb we picked up back in Thunderspire Mountain. It agreed, not immediately of course, dragon's never do anything immediately, but Harkill, in the tongue of dragons was eventually able to talk him around. Lucky for the dragon too because Enna was just about to steal the damn thing right from under his nose.
The Eladrin in the next chamber were not so friendly. With their floor covered in ice and their teleporting ways we had to use a lot of tricks to take them down. I do not know much of the Eladrin, so I have no idea why they attacked us on site. Perhaps they are wardens here and they thought we were some evil band of mercenaries come to free Karavakos. Perhaps they themselves are just twisted and evil from being trapped in this pyramid so long. Because they choose to fight though, I will never know.
Notes
Both of these encounters were pretty cool actually. The dragon was especially cool as it turned into a skill challenge as we tried to convince the dragon to trade. After cries of roll initiative, to have two encounters in a row when it wasn't the first thing we did upon walking into a new map it very cool.
The Eladrin were interesting, though teleportation is a complete pain in the ass and lets you escape marks and attacks of opportunity which is just annoying. I really think you should be able to drop and attack of opportunity on someone as they teleport away, surely it can't be that instantaneous. Regardless the fight was still interesting with the slippery floor that was impossible to move on unless you were Enna with her ridiculous acrobatics check, or Vondal with his ability to shrug off a knockdown. The enemies themselves weren't so tough, especially as the ice knights keep taking damage for the minions, but the fact that the main girl could zap back and forth across the battlefield made her slow to take down.
Total Fail
~THRULLZON is a complete idiot. He claims to be a general, he claims to understand the ebb and flow of a battle, even when lying on the floor. He said he would use one power, cued up the wrong one on his iRod, used it, missed the bad guy but hit Vondal and then wasted an action point to use the power he initially intended.
Point of Fashion: Owls
Current Obsession: What will happen to Clary?
The Eladrin in the next chamber were not so friendly. With their floor covered in ice and their teleporting ways we had to use a lot of tricks to take them down. I do not know much of the Eladrin, so I have no idea why they attacked us on site. Perhaps they are wardens here and they thought we were some evil band of mercenaries come to free Karavakos. Perhaps they themselves are just twisted and evil from being trapped in this pyramid so long. Because they choose to fight though, I will never know.
Notes
Both of these encounters were pretty cool actually. The dragon was especially cool as it turned into a skill challenge as we tried to convince the dragon to trade. After cries of roll initiative, to have two encounters in a row when it wasn't the first thing we did upon walking into a new map it very cool.
The Eladrin were interesting, though teleportation is a complete pain in the ass and lets you escape marks and attacks of opportunity which is just annoying. I really think you should be able to drop and attack of opportunity on someone as they teleport away, surely it can't be that instantaneous. Regardless the fight was still interesting with the slippery floor that was impossible to move on unless you were Enna with her ridiculous acrobatics check, or Vondal with his ability to shrug off a knockdown. The enemies themselves weren't so tough, especially as the ice knights keep taking damage for the minions, but the fact that the main girl could zap back and forth across the battlefield made her slow to take down.
Total Fail
~THRULLZON is a complete idiot. He claims to be a general, he claims to understand the ebb and flow of a battle, even when lying on the floor. He said he would use one power, cued up the wrong one on his iRod, used it, missed the bad guy but hit Vondal and then wasted an action point to use the power he initially intended.
Point of Fashion: Owls
Current Obsession: What will happen to Clary?