Saturday, December 5, 2020

Round One versus Arkhan the Cruel and the Dark Order



After the defeat of the Elder Brain and the Mindflayers the party found the missing member of the 7 just to watch him die.  They got some cool loot and were then taken back to the council of the (now) six and the assembled armies of good.  They learned that the evil army was assembled at the large glacier that bisects the realm and they were readying to move against it's inhabitants.  Arkhan the Cruel and his Dark Order were holding up in a magically produced keep to the rear of the armies.

The group decided to head off to stop their advancement.  As our heroes stealthily made their way to the keep they launched an attack with their dragons to try an lure the other dragons away.  They were successful and the dragons are settling their own scores.

Upon entering the keep the discovered Arkhan the Cruel,a heavily muscled, red-scaled dragonborn who is nearly seven feet tall. 

Around his neck he wears a loop of golden thorns inset with dozens of gems, representing each of the chromatic dragon colors. It is an exalted legendary magical artifact called The Wreath of the Prism and grants him control over powerful beasts and monstrosities. His holy symbol is an amulet adorned with the five-headed dragon sigil of Tiamat built into the chest plate of his heavy armor.

He wears a suit of jagged, spiked, obsidian-metal plate armor with green dragon scales embedded throughout the main plates. He carries Fane-Eater, a magical battle-axe carved from deep cerulean sapphire and adorned with numerous runic sigils.

With him are his Dark Order:

  • Torogor Steelfist - A fierce and tireless warrior, Torogar was skilled with the use of double scimitars, which he could wield in a mindless rage. He also dealt devastating attacks with his horns
  • Krull - a tortle cleric of Tiamat with his entire shell engraved with prayers to Tiamat
  • Chango, Arkhan's pet Manticore
  • A berserker loyal to Arkhan
  • A white Abishai - that was later revealed to be the soulless form of Elric's grandfather
After learning of Elric's grandfathers fate and a short conversation a battle ensued...

Travis the pseudodragon was polymorphed into a young gold dragon and the fight got rowdy.  The baddies took heavy damage and the abishai and berzerker fell. As it stands now:

  • Elric is badly hurt
  • Hannalore is badly hurt
  • Isabrix is doing fine
  • Kali was badly hurt but transformed into a Young Blue Dragon by Zofia
  • Shardon is in bad shape
  • Zofia has taken some hits
and

  • Chango is somewhat hurt
  • Torogor is very hurt
  • the Balor is wrecking shit
  • Krull is feeling frisky
  • Arkhan has taken some blows
Tonight we'll start with the army battle (simplified) and it will directly impact the hero fight in a fun way.  We will be making a perception and wisdom check to start as well, so warm up those dice!

Tonight is the END GAME!!!

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