Session Report: [Olostin's Hold] - Felling The Evil Treant

Rootshaker's friends raced into the evil chapel and were immediately challenged by huge, angry wolverines! The evil Treant Nockmorton was nowhere to be seen!

Sturv, Hagis and Reagan clanked up the corridor, trying to catch up to the Treants and Cortahl the Elven Warmage. Cort peered into the chapel, using the doorframe as cover and let fly with his first spell at one of the dire wolverines.

The wolverines tore into Rootshaker's friends, but soon Rootshaker joined them, dealing punishing strikes to the wolverines with massive wooden limbs.

The rear wall of the chapel contained a bas-relief scultp of a giant tree taking over the world. In front of this was a raised dias with an 8' high altar. Obviously some large-size evil here!

Reagan and Hagis paused so that Reagan could prepare them for battle by laying the magical strength of a bull upon them! This choice would prove pivotal in later parts of the encounter.

As the fight with the wolverines continued, Nockmorton his presence felt by opening a door in the bas relief and heading over to an un-noticed floor trapdoor. Cortahl, who had been focused on the wolverines, moved to attack the evil Treant, but a fireball came streaking from behind the bas-relief to strike Nockmorton, Rootshaker, and the dire wolverines. This fireball also burnt Cort slightly as he rolled to the ground to avoid the worst of it.

Cort changed his plan and fired back at the arcane caster behind the bas relief. Reagan moved into the room, taking up a position to fire into the room behind the bas-relief to also engage the sorceress.

The fireball had weakened some of the good Treants and the wolverines. Soon, there was but three of the good Treants and no wolverines and Cort urged Rootshaker and company to engage Nockmorton before he escaped.

Hagis moved to engage the evil Treant and Sturv moved up to and healed Cort. Reagan, displaying pinpoint marksmanship, scored a critical strike with his crossbow that blew right through the creatures Protection from Normal Missiles spell.

Nockmorton realized that he could not escape the grappling hands of 3 Treants. He took out his huge sickle and began laying about him, slaying one of the Treants immediately.

Reagan dropped his crossbow, ran the length of the room, up the dais, and then chraged down the corridor at the arcane caster, drawing his glowing magic longsword! Hagis, encumbered by his armour choices, lumbered after Reagan. Cort tried varieties of spells against the enemy arcane caster, finding several ineffective.

Meanwhile, Rootshaker lost another Treant friend, but eventually Nockmorton was downed. Sturv went to hammer upon the downed Nockmorton to convince himself that there was no stratagem of evil being employed here.

Reagan's charge took him into a room at the end of a short corridor behind the bas-relief, but a stone door swung closed behind him, plunging the room into darkness except for Reagan's blade's green glow. The green glow revealed a creature of legend - a Naga! His sword lashed out, scoring the creature, who in turn tried to command him and then to use unseen forces to unsuccessfully push him into her deep pit.

Reagan swung with a vengeance, slashing open the creature with a viscious swing, a critical strike! This drove the creature down and out of sight into her pit, allowing Reagan time to fall back to the door, shouting for help and putting his shoulder into trying to open the door.

Hagis, having lumbered down the Corridor, and Cort having nimbly raced past, both heard Reagan calling for aid. Cort and Reagan helped as Hagis bunched his magically-enhanced muscles and, with a ferocious shout and a huge effort, the three managed to push back the locked, wizard-held stone door! This huge effort, only possible because of the Bull's Strength earlier allows Cort and Hagis to join the fight with the ferocious snake!

Is Nockmorton dead?

Can Rootshaker survive another hit?

Is the Naga in her pit fortifying herself for another clash?

Can Reagan, Hagis and Cort handle the Naga, even if Sturv arrives to help?

These questions will be answered in the next installment....