Team MeFight Fifteenth Session

The party found itself waiting for the beasts to emerge, and it wasn't long before a form emerged--a monstrous woman, stinking of filth and rotten meat, emerged from around the corner, its shoulders boasting two heads. Tossing a javelin, she accepted a charge from Gilerl, who ripped into the beast, and received equal punishment. Nevin, Thed, Thoven and Anise took advantage of their distant positions to unload their ranged attacks, each shot dealing another solid blow to the Ettin. Following the first closely came another of the same species, a male, who joined into the tiny barbarian with fury. Finding himself close to mortally wounded, Gilerl retreated after doing significant damage to the first Ettin, while Kib held ground to keep the giants from giving chase. One of the mighty beings fell, but not before setting Kib a shattering blow. The second, enraged at the sight of his companion falling to the ground, stepped over her body to set into Kib, with vengeance. He managed two solid blows that knocked Kib senseless before falling to the earth with his own, crashing thud.

The dust settling, the group managed to revive Kib and bring Gilerl back into a semblance of health. Looking over the beasts possessions revealed a pile of gold and a wand topped with the head of a bear which Thed naturally pocketed. Before they had any time to rest, however, two brown bears rushed around the corner, sporting collars--presumably, they had been kept by the Ettins as pets. Before Nevin could get a word in edgewise, Gilerl rushed to the party's defense, hacking into one of the beasts, while Kib, magically enlarged with Thoven's magic, held back to prevent the other from charging the rest. Kib managed to disable one of the beasts with a sweeping blow to the legs, keeping it from doing any damage while the rest of the party subdued it, and Gilerl managed to closely avoid death while engaging his own beast. Despite the party's best efforts, one of the beasts died, much to Nevin's dismay.

Once again, silence fell upon the area. Thed impulsively took the opportunity to test out the bear wand on the unconscious, ursine body with inconclusive results.

The party then managed a search. A third body was found roasting on the spit. Assuming that it belonged to one of the wizard's companions, it was removed and wrapped to be transported, like the other. Kib managed to find a silver figurine in the ashes--he kept it, hoping that it would serve to identify the charred corpse. In this room was also a chest, containing what was probably the man or woman's shield, and some ten thousand loose copper pieces.

In their searching, many items of some interest were found. The group made camp to rest and tally their findings, hoping to find the wizard's first friend on the next day.

Ettins:

• 800ish gold [help me remember, please]
• a wand with a bear figure carved into it [zapped twice]

Workshop:

• 4x Masterwork Artisan Tools
• 1x Hourglass
• 1x Masterwork Thieves' Tools
• 2x Crowbar
• 3x Superior Lock

The Armory

• 3x Small Chain Shirt
• 1x Small Half-Plate
• 1x Medium Plate
• 4x Medium Studded Leather
• 1x Medium Heavy Steel Shield
• 1x Dwarven Waraxe
• 1x Med. Longsword
• 3x Small Shortsword
• 2x Med Light X-Bow
• 2x Med Dagger
• 8x Small Quarterstaff

Storage Room

• Mundane tools and cleaning equipment
• 4x 50' of Hemp Rope
• 2x 25' of Silk Rope
• 2x Masterwork Healing Kits

The Stash Room

• Many boring lockboxes filled with boring documents.
• Some pretty nice statuary and artwork.
• 8x Alchemist Fire
• 5x Acid Flash

XP

• 900-800-750 for the ettins.
• 300-something-something for the bears.
• 40 each for the trapped door.

Speculation: There's a good chance the wand is what caused the bears to follow the ettins. We'll know if the bear acts strangely when it wakes up, at about the time we will in the morning.