10/01/04 8:00 AM -1:30 PM

D&D Open Shadow Marches

Team: The Ones for Fun – Starrin (Beld), Luke (Corlin), Jason (Larric), Neil (Reginald), Nat (Sarlis), Jodi (Tannix)

Overview:
Overall, the Ones for Fun had a stronger start on the opening encounter, sticking together as a group and waiting for the shambler to close. As Beld the Monk, Starrin had a long stand-off trying to hit a ghast, which also managed to partially evade a lightning bolt; we concluded that the ghast must have been the corpse of another monk, suggesting the movie "Crouching Monk, Ninja Ghast." But although the group generally held together, this didn't stop the shambler from killing Sarlis in its initial attack. Nat accepted his fate with admirable patience, sitting through the remaining three and a half hours and even fetching fish and chips for the final battle. 

The second encounter went over without a hitch, and the party proceeded to their goal. As Larric, Jason had a moment of remorse when they determined the nature of the seal, and briefly lobbied for the party to abandon adventuring and become Gatekeeper druids. Of course, this would have prevented the group from advancing in the open, so they eventually went forward with their original plan. However, an interesting placement of characters presented a completely different tactical scenario. The group had a great deal of trouble with an enemy archer, who seemed determined to turn Larric into a pincushion. The final encounter proved to be even more difficult; the group had troubles with spellcasting and managed to lose the weapons that could most effectively penetrate the damage reduction of the major enemy. Ultimately Tannix and Larric gave their lives so the others might escape… at least, Tannix gave her life so the others might escape, and Larric gave his life because hey, all the cool kids were doing it.

While luck was often against them, the Ones for Fun faced adversity with good cheer and made excellent tactical decisions (I now hate ray of enfeeblement). Special thanks to Nat for his good sportsmanship regarding his early death!

Highlight: As Reginald, Neil managed to conjure a 50-foot pit beneath himself and Larric in the middle of battle. Luckily, he had feather fall. Jason's question: "Can I shoot him as I'm falling?" 

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