Tombs of Scoria: Episode 03

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== Synopsis ==
The McGary Brothers leave Bergshire to search for a tomb in a nearby hill range. They encounter and kill a brown bear before resuming their quest. The next day, they discover the tomb of Terra, occupied by kobolds. They attempt to smoke the kobolds out, but when this fails, they break in using a tree as a battering ram. Inside, they battle and defeat the kobolds, including a particularly ornately dressed one. After securing the tomb and its contents, they return to Bergshire, presenting some items to the Baroness while hiding others. Despite facing dangers and sustaining injuries, they manage to gather valuable items and plan their next steps before returning to the capital.
==Recap==
=== July 2nd 1511 ===
The McGary Brothers have left Bergshire searching for hills where a tomb should be located. A guide has told them that there is a range of hills, a ridge. They are searching the hills within a day's march of Bergshire. 
Out in the woods, in The Pocket. They encounter a brown bear. It's sitting 60 ft across the pond. They decide to open fire on the brown bear. Anton casts . Pinning the bear to the ground. Imrik and Tyrael unleash arrows on the bear. Anton dashes around the poor bear and gives the bear a quick death with his spear. Tyrael skins the bear, and Imrik finds a nice spot and drinks some wine.
Anton does nighttime prayers. During the night Imrik, fuelled by confidence from wine, starts reading in the magical book known as Alcaister. Pulling the book out, he feels a sticky slimy substance, but can't see any slime. Imrik looks at the first page, the spells are written in magic, and Imrik doesn't have read magic.
=== July 3rd 1511 ===
The next day, three hours into their journey, they find the tomb of Terra. It seems that the kobolds found it first. On either side of the door, there are tunnels. Both of the tunnels have kobolds in them. Imrik starts gathering dry wood. Their plan is to have two large piles and smoke the kobolds out. Anton will casts to keep them in. Two kobolds run out and shoot shots at Tyrael missing by a mile. 
Anton chucks a light stone in the right tunnel. The only kobold in the tunnel runs grabbing the stone with it. They throw a light stone in the other tunnel, stunning a kobold like a dear in headlights. Tyrael attempts to pick the lock, but can't quite manage it. They try to smoke the kobolds out and cover the tunnels up. They wait to make the kobolds die to smoke. But when they go to fuel the fire, the see it's already gone out, covered by dirt. They head into the forest, after 45 min of searching, they find the perfect tree to be used as a battering ram. They haul the tree over to the tomb. And slam it into the door over and over again. After 30 min of slamming, the door breaks open. They open the door and it smells smokey. Anton heals Tyrael. Anton in the front, Imrik in the middle, and Tyrael in the back.
A large volley flies at Anton. Two arrows fly out of the darkness, striking Anton, Imrik throws his lightstone for vision, giving sight on the kobolds. Two kobolds on the ground, and two on Terra's sarcophagus. Anton casts on one of the four kobolds. Tyrael bursts into cheetah speed, unfortunately, Tyrael bolts into traps, he kicks a tripwire, an old dusty axe swings forward, to rusty swings past him. He comes to a screeching stop, instead of eating all the traps to the face. Imrik fires arrows at kobolds, killing the two kobolds atop of the sarcophagi. The last kobold ducks around the corner hiding. Tyrael starts checking for traps, with Imrik having an arrow readied. Anton holds a torch for light. Tyrael nearly falls into a pit trap. Inside the tomb room, in the sarcophagi, there's no body, no magical items, pilfered. The held kobold, Anton chops it ears of.
A brilliantly dressed kobold steps out, wielding a crystal axe, and a ruined yellow cloak, what appears to be once human-sized now kobold size, thus breaking the magical item. Anton casts . Tyrael moves out with Anton behind him. Tyrael shoots them with his bows, and Imrik has an arrow readied for the fancy kobold. The kobold hurls their spears, all missing. Anton goes out to execute the now spear-less kobolds. When he steps out, ten kobolds fire arrows at Anton, at his sides. Only one of the kobolds actually hit him. Anton steps back in, with the kobolds taunting them. The finish of the kobolds stuck in the entangle. The use the darkness stone, to hide their distance, bolting out, grabbing cover by a rock. Anton casts , hitting the last kobold running back in through the tunnel. As Tyrael fires an arrow at it. Killing it and breaking its rib cage.
They talk about their plans. Imrik is going to wait at the right entrance, Anton and Tyrael go through the middle tunnel, throwing the ring of free action, back and forth, to cross the entangle. Imrik underhand throws his light stone through the right tunnel, illuminating the main room, and the tunnel. Tyrael and Anton bursts into the room. They were ready, some of them hit, hitting a terrible blow against Tyrael groin area. Tyrael starts killing the kobolds. The fancy kobold appears on top of the sarcophagi. Anton jumps up on the sarcophagus, thrusting his spear at the fancy kobold, and punching him with his shield. Anton battle with the kobold atop of the sarcophagus. A kobold that looks like a jester, with a sock on his head, gets blasted by Imrik with a magic missile, nearly killing it. The kill all the kobolds. The cloak of protection the find on the kobold king, ruined, the new moon dagger with the jester kobold, and the static axe. The coin purse was used as a toilet, just filled with shit. 
Anton goes to take his light stone, but Tyrael tells him to sit down and take a breather since he is heavily wounded from the previous battle. Tyrael grabs the stone. 
=== July 4th 1511 ===
The next morning, they sit and plan. They talk about handing some of the items back for goodwill, Imrik argues that the risk is massive. They talk making sure all their bases are covered. 
The party heads back to Bergshire, and back to their tavern. They hand the bear pelt to their servant(Valet Enaya), hiding the axe in the coin purse, in the bear pelt.
They travel to the Baroness' keep and tell her a tale, about how they killed a brown bear. Found kobolds, followed them, finding them desecrating the tomb, and killing them. They hand back the ruined cloak and new moon dagger. The Baroness gives them food and beds.
Imrik starts to read through Babylon's Alcaister book, taking damage and strength damage. Imrik so far inside finds the spells , , , , , , , .
=== July 5th 1511 ===
They eat breakfast with Baroness, hand in the ears for silver, and leave town and take their carriage back to Wikkthronrarenta.
While in the carriage the brothers remember they never handed back the jewels they stole from the dead husband of the Baroness.
=== July 8th 1511 ===
When back in the capital Imrik tries to learn Sting, but fails.
Recap done by Odysseus
== In Retrospect ==
A solid finish to the 2 part goblin slaying quest sees the brothers embroiled in a tug of war style long combat encounter broken up in multiple chunks of fighting interspersed with RP and planing while Neal throws in a motley crew of goblin characters at them. Afterwards they turn in some of the less impactfull magic items to the baroness to bolster their prepared story and reputation. Unclear if their good deed ever had an inpact on them, it can be said that the full moon dagger wouldnt have seen any action. The Static Axe beeing a cool and usefull item sadly only saw very little use, mostly due to beeing an axe. 3,5/5
== Experience ==
950 experience split between classes.
* 660 fighter exp each (30 exp per hit die defeated
* 500 priest exp (50 exp per useful spell level cast)
* 100 wizard exp (50 exp per useful spell level cast)
* 894.3 rogue exp (2 exp per gold treasure obtained)
* Clever Idea exp: Anton gets 100 exp spit between his two classes.
* Clever Idea exp: Tyrael gets 150 exp spit between his two classes.
* Tyrael's rogue experience gets a 10% bonus for having 16 dex.
Imrik levels Wizard to level 3
* Max HP from 13 to 15
Learns the spell (decided start ep 4)
Anton levels Cleric to level 4
* Max HP from 13 to 13.5
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