Taerix shoots again, targeting the one who just spotted Vaxfar. This time the giant should feel it.


21:25, Today: Kane Taerix rolled 3 using 1d6 with rolls of 3.  arrow damage.

21:25, Today: Kane Taerix rolled 23 using 1d20+4 with rolls of 19.  Bow shot.

Bolstered somewhat by the sight of the elf's magical help, Valthur charges in with his axe, striking the nearest giant somewhere in the leg.

23:52, Today: Valthur Ironhelm rolled 16 using 1d20+3 with rolls of 13.  Axe vs. nearest giant.
23:53, Today: Valthur Ironhelm rolled 5 using 1d8+3 with rolls of 2.  Damage.

Blazing tiara settled firmly upon her head, Eoni continued to dash across between the giants and the city in her attempt to distract them.

Sarah remains unseen . . .

[Private to DM Pawn: OOC: Continue getting in range and position for a backstab on an injured giant.]

One of the hill giant hurls a massive boulder at one of three Vaxfar's. The stone slams into the mirror image, and then the ground, with a heavy thud. After the dust settles, only two Vaxfars remain.

A second giant slams its meaty fists into Valthur, hitting the dwarf with a heavy blow.

The third hill giant hurls a giant stone at Eoni. The stone hits the cleric and almost knocks her to the ground, but somehow, she manages to stay on her feet.

The webbed giant continues to try to extract itself from the sticky webs and is beginning to make good progress on that front.

Meanwhile, Sarah stalks into position for a backstab attempt...

OOC: One mirror image gone. Valthur takes 9 points of damage. Eoni takes 12 damage.


Hill Giants:
AC: 4
HP: 40/40 (webbed, round 2), 17/40, 25/40, 40/40


PC         AC   HP    9  8  7  6  5  4  3  2  1  0 -1 -2 -3
Eoni       8  16/28   8  9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20
Sarah      4  21/21   8  9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20
Taerix     1  24/24   6  7  8  9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18
Valthur    4  24/33   6  7  8  9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18
Vaxfar     2  33/33   7  8  9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19
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6+ to 7    4   5   6   7   8   9   10  11  12  13  14  15  16
7+ to 9    3   4   5   6   7   8   9   10  11  12  13  14  15
9+ to 11   2   3   4   5   6   7   8   9   10  11  12  13  14


PCs are UP!]
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Scrambling to maintain her footing after the blow, the Sister ran for the nearest cover.  She'd be hard pressed to sustain another blow like that.  It was up to the others now.

Vaxfar casts Magic missile and directs all three at the most wounded giant causing 11 more points of damage.

22:05, Today: Vaxfar rolled 5,3,3 using 1d6+1,1d6+1,1d6+1 with rolls of 4,2,2.  Magic missile .

Valthur clenches his teeth and charges again at the giant in front of him. "You hit hard. Let's see how hard you hit after this!"

21:59, Today: Valthur Ironhelm rolled 22 using 1d20+3 with rolls of 19.  Axe vs. nearest giant.
21:59, Today: Valthur Ironhelm rolled 5 using 1d8+3 with rolls of 2.  Damage.


Also OOC: Way back in March, Valthur scored an additional 7 hp when he reached 6th level, putting him at 33 by my calculations... which could be wrong but I hope not because he's probably gonna' need all 33 of 'em!!!
23:56, Mon 18 Mar: Valthur Ironhelm rolled 7 using 1d8+1 with rolls of 6.  Level 6 hit points.

Taerix shoots again, at the one he sees just got hit by Magic Missiles. He doesn't add much damage, though.


23:45, Today: Kane Taerix rolled 1 using 1d6 with rolls of 1.  arrow damage.

23:45, Today: Kane Taerix rolled 15 using 1d20+4 with rolls of 11.  Bow shot.

Somewhat nervously (not that anyone can tell), Sarah readies herself to attack one of the giants from behind and thereby reveal herself.  Closing her eyes one last time she opens them and swiftly sidles in.

Her strike could not have been better.  The blade slips through the giant's back, between the ribs, and into vital organs within.  (Likely the spleen; it's always the spleen.)

She stifles a cry as she tries to wrench the blade out.


08:14, Today: Sarah rolled 22,8 using d20+4,d8 with rolls of 18,8.

Doubled for backstab makes that 16!

Eoni runs for the nearest tree while her companions get down to the business of taking down the hill giants.

The darkened sky is illuminated by three glowing bolts, all of which pound into one of the giants. Taerix sends another arrow into the staggering foe and Sarah comes up behind it and runs her sword through its spleen. The giant stumbles to the ground and plops down to unceremoniously bleed out, eventually fading to black.

Valthur squares off against one of the giants all by himself, trading blows with the huge enemy. Unfortunately, the giant gets the better of this proposition and slams the dwarf with a weighty fist that rattles Valthur's skull.

Another giant hurls another stone at the tricksy elf. The stone smashes into another illusion. "Ha! Next time, smash you good!" it bellows in crude common.

Meanwhile, the third giant has just about worked itself free of the webs...

OOC: Vaxfar's Mirror images are now gone. Valthur takes 12 points of damage.

Hill Giants:
AC: 4
HP: 40/40 (webbed, round 3, 0/40, 20/40, 40/40


PC         AC   HP    9  8  7  6  5  4  3  2  1  0 -1 -2 -3
Eoni       8  16/28   8  9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20
Sarah      4  21/21   8  9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20
Taerix     1  24/24   6  7  8  9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18
Valthur    4  12/33   6  7  8  9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18
Vaxfar     2  33/33   7  8  9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19
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1+ to 2    9   10  11  12  13  14  15  16  17  18  19  20  20
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6+ to 7    4   5   6   7   8   9   10  11  12  13  14  15  16
7+ to 9    3   4   5   6   7   8   9   10  11  12  13  14  15
9+ to 11   2   3   4   5   6   7   8   9   10  11  12  13  14


PCs are UP!]

You should fear me stupid creature! Vaxfar shouts as he points his wand of fear at the Giant throwing stones at him.  He moves to have 3 giants in a line.  Then he points the wand at such an angle that the bottom of the cone should hit the giants at shoulder height and above in an effort to avoid affecting his companions.  Then he releases the spell.  A cone 60 ft long and 30 ft wide issues from his wand.

Eoni hugged her tree and prayed Avandra's Grace would shine upon them.

Taerix shoots again, this time at the webbed giant.


19:44, Today: Kane Taerix rolled 4 using 1d6 with rolls of 4.  Arrow damage.

19:43, Today: Kane Taerix rolled 23 using 1d20+4 with rolls of 19.  Bow shot.

Valthur staggers under the weight of the giant's attack, his helmet cocking sideways upon his head. The dwarf tries to blink away the spots that now cloud his vision. He considers whether he can withstand another hit as hard as the one he just suffered. He realizes the answer is no, yet he staggers forward with a determined growl and swings again, sinking his axe into the giant for a 3rd time.

21:42, Today: Valthur Ironhelm rolled 11 using 1d20+3 with rolls of 8.  Axe vs. nearest giant.
21:42, Today: Valthur Ironhelm rolled 9 using 1d8+3 with rolls of 6.  Damage.

Sarah moves behind the giant fighting Valthur and attacks (regardless of whether she gets a bonus for backstabbing).

10:29, Today: Sarah rolled 16,3 using d20,d8 with rolls of 16,3.  Attack Valthur's Giant.

That hits for 3 regardless; it does 6 if I can backstab.

A wave of magical force sweeps out from the wand's gruesome head, washing the giants in a rush of cloying fear. Terrible visions race through the hill giant's dim-witted minds and moments later, they recoil in abject fear, before breaking out in an all out retreat. The hill giants drop everything and sprint off into the darkness, running quickly away from Vaxfar.

The adventurers manage to take down another giant as it attempts to flee, but two giants, including the one whom had previously been caught in a web, make good on their escape.

The two giants lope off, eager to put as much distance as possible between themselves and the object of their relentless fear.

OOC: Combat over.

Eoni ran back up to watch the giant's retreat.  She tried to use the staff of healing on Valthur to see if enough time had passed.

"They may just come back," the Sister said unhappily.  She looked around to see how the other group was doing against their giants.

Not aware of Vaxfar's timely spell casting, Valthur incorrectly assumes the giants' retreat is the result of his own axemanship.

"Run for your lives you bloody cowards," he taunts to the pair as they escape. "And don't ever come back unless you want more of this axe!"

Sarah says nothing, but she exhales audibly, as if she'd been holding her breath through the entire encounter.

"They won't come back for some time, if they do at all.  The spell should last for some time.  At least we have stopped their attack on the walls and we can now recover from some injuries.  Should we go back to Brindol to see where we would be of best use next?"

The party waits around for a few minutes to see whether the hill giants return to the hill to continue their barrage of the city from afar, but it seems the giants have lost the will for battle after being gripped with fear. It seems the adventurers have claimed victory in their first confrontation...

But any opportunity to celebrate is immediately cut short as Eoni receives word, via telepathic means, that the other group sent to dispatch the second siege have not been so lucky. It seems the second group of hill giants have managed to breach the wall at the western gate!

Lord Jarmaath has ordered his army to fall back to the breach in an attempt to keep the hobgoblin hordes from streaming into the city.

Sarah sighs and starts to collect her horse.

"They've lost the western gate," Eoni informed the others as she dowsed her tiara into a pocket of her jacket.  "Drink a healing if you need one and mount up.  We'll sweep around and see if we can surprise the other giants."

Before mounting with Taerix, she pulled a healing potion and downed its contents.

OOC: oni Daflin rolled 7 using 1d6+1 with rolls of 6.  Healing Potion, Eoni.

"Moradin's beard," Valthur grumbles. "Do we have to do everything ourselves?" The dwarf does his best to speak bravely, but knows he is badly hurt. He pulls his potion of extra healing from his backpack, unstoppers the flask, and downs the contents, nearly gagging on the disgusting liquid as he does.

"Sheesh. That was absolutely wretched! But I must admit I do feel a little better."


23:26, Today: Valthur Ironhelm rolled 16 using 3d6+3 with rolls of 4,5,4.  Potion of extra healing.

Somewhat revived, Valthur returns to his horse and manages, with great effort, to remount it.