Mefighter beta team twenty third session notes

The Battle of Kher Keep

With negotiations breaking down with the Attendant in the Temple, the party takes a surprise round.
Benus takes out a kobold, while both Drem and Brunner are enlarged, and Thurmin commands a kobold to flee. Uhanimara casts Haste.

The attendant begins to cast a spell and Thurmin attacks. She passes her concentration check and casts Prayer.
The party engages with the kobolds in the room, killing several.
Brunner is hit by a Ray of Exhaustion from the Attendant.
Thurmin is surrounded at the altar, and uses the Obscuring Mist capability of his armor to gain some cover.
Uhanimara has a Bad Hair Day and misses on several attempts to attack kobolds.
One kobold bruiser escapes through the doors to the north of the Temple.
One kobold sneak - in a very non-sneaky way - escapes to the south, followed by a bruiser and the Attendant.
With the temple cleared temporarily, Torrek prepares for an assault from the main entrance. Brunner and Drem move to cover.

Benus, Uhanimara, and Thurmin investigate the hallway to the south where the Attendant has fled. The doorway is blocked by the Bruiser, while the Sneak and the Attendant flee. The Attendant is shouting about summoning the Lash.
Thurmin commands the Bruiser to flee, and Benus and Uhanimara continue the pursuit into the hallway. Torrek opens the south door near the main entrance and discovers the Attendant coming his way. Brunner resists a Hold Person spell.

Torrek uses Call Lightning on the Attendant and moves to trap her in the hallway between him and Benus.
Other doors to the south reveal a classroom for kobold instruction.
Soon, the counter assault begins as the main doors are thrown open, revealing Kobold Bruisers and the Lash of the Masters, wielding a whip wreathed in fire.

The Lash throws a rope at Brunner and Entangles him.
Drem activates his Devine Bond and has a flaming sword.
The north doors are opened, revealing Kobold sneaks who launch an attack, and the full counter assault is underway.

Uhanimara returns to the Temple, casting Aggressive Thundercloud on the Bruiser who is directing the Sneaks to the North.

Brunner and Drem engage with the Lash and the Kobold Bruisers, and it becomes apparent that they also have a Skald with them, boosting morale.
Uhanimara takes advantage of the Obscuring Mist by the altar to launch a Lightning Bolt, which kills one Bruiser and damages the Lash.
Torrek uses Call Lightning to take out the Bruiser in the hallway. Benus engages with the Kobold sneak.
With the fight at the door becoming more dire, Torrek returns to drop an Obscuring Mist cloud on Brunner, giving him concealment. Thurmin rushes forward to heal Drem.
Uhanimara vomits forth a Spider Swarm and sends it towards the Kobold Sneaks in the north.
Torrek casts Stone Fall on the Kobold Sneaks to the north.

Benus is hit by a Ray of Exhaustion as he continues to fight his way towards the Attendant.
The kobolds to the North begin to withdraw as the Aggressive Thundercloud, the Spiders, and the Stone Fall have made their position untenable. They regroup to cut off any attempted escape.

Torrek prepares Fire Sneeze as he closes on the Attendant, who uses Ray of Exhaustion on him. Uhanimara uses Piercing Shriek to damage the Skald. Drem and Brunner continue their assault on the Lash while Thurmin attempts to throw Holy Water.

Drem kills the Lash after several blows from both he and Brunner. With the Lash dead, the morale of the remaining kobolds shatters and they begin to flee.

Benus and Torrek corner the Attendant and Torrek knocks her down with his Fire Sneeze.
Uhanimara moves to help Torrek as Thurim, Drem and Brunner finish off kobolds who aren't quick enough to flee, and attempt to shoot down the fleeing skald.
Surrounded, and with the Lash dead, the Attendant surrenders.