adventurin' i go...

My continuing adventures in the exciting world of Baldur’s Gate…

Off adventuring the party went; Penelope Farhaven (the half-elf Ranger, female), Branwen (the human Cleric, female), Kagain (the dwarf Fighter, male), Xan (the elf Mage, male), Kivan (the elf Ranger, male), and Imoen (the human Thief, female). Off to the east somewhere, the six heroes had to fight the unwitting minions of a witless wizard who thought he could “control” Mustard Jellies and Green Slime. Next, they did some tomb-raiding (never saw Lara Croft, though), and killed some Ghasts and a Revenant. Then there was the waylaying by a vicious party of four other adventurers, who actually managed to kill Xan and Kagain in the fight before their own miserable lives ended. Even after reviving the dead two at the Nashkel Temple of Helm, they still made a lot of gold off of that now-dead party of losers.

The six found a boy in the woods SW of Nashkel, who was looking for his lost puppy. They found the dog nearby, then were ambushed by three Amnish hunters (one of whom was apparently the world’s fastest dart thrower – now he is the world’s deadest dart thrower, lol). When they returned the “puppy” to the boy, the two of them turned into demons and vanished back into the Nine Hells…

More adventuring. Monster killing, woods exploring. Found a little girl’s dead pet for her (a cat that had drowned while going over a waterfall). Ran into Montaron and Xzar again, just West of Beregost; they got ticked off at the six heroes and they had to be put down when the evil twosome turned on the others and attacked them.

The Beregost locals say that with the Nashkel mines running smoothly again, the bandit attacks on caravans and travellers have grown even worse!

The six heroic adventurers ransacked a village of Xvarts and killed them all (because the little blue midgets are evil, after all!). After that, they made a trek far to the SW and entered the Gnoll Fortress, where they did make glorious slaughter and rescued the witch Dynaheir. She asked to join with them, but Penelope could not bear to leave Mr. WhineyPants Elf-Boy (Xan) behind and did not need two magic users in the party. Dynaheir strolled off in a huff.

Picked up some nice magic gauntlets at the Gnoll Fortress. After identifying them, Penelope gave them to Kagain to wear, effectively affecting the dwarf’s dexterity (and armour class) by 4 points. They also found a Tome that, when read by her, raised Branwen’s Charisma by 1 point.

More adventuring. Picked on some Basilisks (if you don’t know, a Basilisk’s stare will turn a person to stone). Killed a whole bunch of Dread Wolves and Vampiric Wolves. Saved a farmer’s cow from an Xvart attack. Learned that both Baldur’s Gate and Amn blame each other for the bandit raids, and a war between the two may soon be brewing. Got the best of four or five other groups of adventurers, killing them and looting their corpses for goodies. The 6 heroes took on four evil Red Thay magicians and wiped the floor with them. The six went to the ancient ruins of the Ulcaster School of Spellcasting, visiting the dungeons beneath it. Then they went to Gullykin, the halfling village, and found a traitor who had been allowing kobolds safe passage into the village. Killed the traitor, then searched the Firewine Bridge ruins and dungeons and found the Ogre Mage who was leading the kobolds and killed him too.

Also, went to the coastal region of the Sword Coast. Rescued a young boy trapped in an old lighthouse. In the general area, killed over ten sirines.

Got invited into the bandit camp by some dumb bandit dude in Larswood. Went into the camp and slaughtered them all, including the local leaders of the Chill and Black Talon mercenary groups. They found a prisoner there, who says the Iron Throne is behind everything. Says Tazok, who is supposed to be in charge of the bandit camp, isn’t here now, but that he has been making trips deep into the Cloakwood Forest…Also, find letters from “Davaeorn” to Tazok, who it sounds like is tazok’s employer. The letters also mention “Sarevok”, who seems to be Davaeorn’s boss. The notes also speak about hiring assassins to snuff out Penelope Farhaven.

Finally, the party now has enough gold to go to the wizard at High Hedge and buy Xan the Robes of the Neutral Arch-Magi, which drop his armour class from a 7 down to a 2! Yay! Well worth the 21,000 gold it took to purchase it…

The six stock up on Antidote potions, because the Cloakwood is supposedly full of big and nasty spiders.