I wanted something weird for the Bros to fight as part of the Circle of Pelagea Dagon cult, so I broke tradition and picked a Thessalhydra from MM2 instead of pure random rolls. Plus it felt right as a boss monster vs the rando hydras I've been rolling - let's see what happens. I decide the cult's spies have seen the Bros coming and sent the avatar of Father Dagon to deal with the interlopers.
No surprise (4-3) so we proceed to initiative.
Round 1: Thessalhydra wins 3-1
Round 1: Thessalhydra wins 3-1
Thessalhydra hits Brogallo for 12hp
Thessalhydra hits Voon deGoon for 8hp
Thessalhydra hits Kleptikos for 8hp
Thessalhydra hits Blastikus for 7hp
Thessalhydra hits Jack Stabby for 5hp
Thessalhydra hits Culrink twice for 10hp, killing her
Thessalhydra hits Yelu Falone twice for 12hp, killing her
Brogallo hits twice for 17hp; -1 head
Voon deGoon hits for 5hp
Kleptikos hits for 8hp
Krall Diacan hits for 8hp
Blastikus casts Charm Monster, but loses the spell due to Thessalhydra hit
Round 2: Thessalhydra wins 6-3
Thessalhydra hits Brogallo for 3hp
Thessalhydra hits Voon deGoon for 4hp
Thessalhydra hits Dejing pan Ark for a total of 30hp (including tail grab+bite and acid). Her leather armor and all potions fail the acid saving throw and are destroyed. She's naked and angry!
Thessalhydra hits Blastikus for 1hp
Thessalhydra hits Jack Stabby for 2hp
Brogallo hits twice for 13hp; -1 head
Kleptikos hits for 4hp
Krall Diacan hits for 11hp
Round 3: Tied 4-4; all actions simultaneous
Brogallo hits twice for 21hp; -1 head
Voon deGoon hits twice for 15hp; -1 head
Kleptikos hits for 8hp; -1 head
Krall Diacan hits for 12hp; -1 head
Blastikus casts Polymorph Other (let's go with "white fluffy bunny" cuz that's hysterical) on the Thessalhydra which fails its save. It fails the mental check and now believes it is a white fluffy bunny. Awesome!
Thessalhydra hits Brogallo for 8hp
Thessalhydra hits Voon deGoon for 6hp
Thessalhydra hits Jack Stabby for 9hp
The Bros give Dejing pan Ark a spare cloak and garments, but this will do little to soothe her ire at losing her hench-bros and armor. The cultists will pay for this humiliation!
Their blood is up as the Bros approach the village. The cultists are waiting for them as the ragged villager cultists form ranks to protect their leaders who are in the middle of a ritual. Blastikus knows that this must be related to the astronomical and metaphysical conjunction he warned the Bros about and tells them as such. Every cultist must die if the Bros are to live!
I roll a d8 and come up with a 6. The Bros have 6 rounds to stop the ritual before the Avatar of Dagon appears (let's go with a reskinned Shoggoth from Deities and Demigods First Printing because I want to flex with my Old Skool collection...)
I've rolled up the Dagon Cult as a group of Pilgrims from the MM. We'll be using the campaign mass rules as described in Campaign Procedures and Generators for the troop battles and the Bros will engage in standard AD&D combat
The Circle of Pelagea cult stats:
- 44 are equipped with Leather armor and club
- 44 are equipped with Leather armor and dagger
Leaders:
- Patriarch L8 Cleric
- Canon L6 Cleric, assistant to the Patriarch
- Curate L4 Cleric, assistant to the Patriarch
- Adept L2 Cleric, assistant to the Patriarch
- L5 Monk, bodyguard to the Patriarch
- L1 Fighter, bodyguard to the Patriarch
The Brocenary stats:
Brogallo's Mercs:
- Brocenary Lancers First Cohort, 10 medium horsemen with Lt and Sgt
- Brocenary Lancers Second Cohort, 24 light horsemen with Capt and 3 Sgts
- Brocenary Crossbowmen, 24 light crossbowmen with Capt and 3 Sgts
Blastikus' Mercs:
- Brocenary Lancers Third Cohort, 17 light horsemen with Capt and 2 Sgts
- Brocenary Cataphracts First Cohort, 15 heavy footmen with Capt and 2 Sgts
No Surprise 6-5
Round 1: Tied 4-4; all actions simultaneous
Brogallo charges and hits Patriarch for 18hp
Voon deGoon charges and hits Canon for 16hp
Kleptikos charges and hits Curate for 6hp
Dejing pan Ark charges and hits Monk for 6hp
Adept hits Krall Diacan for 6hp
Brocenary Lancers First Cohort score 7 kills on Cultist Unit 1
Brocenary Lancers Second Cohort score 14 kills on Cultist Unit 1
Brocenary Crossbowmen score 9 kills on Cultist Unit 1
Brocenary Lancers Third Cohort score 13 kills on Cultist Unit 2
Brocenary Cataphracts First Cohort score 10 kills on Cultist Unit 2
Cultist Unit 1 score 7 kills on Brocenary Lancers First Cohort
Cultist Unit 1 score 8 kills on Brocenary Lancers Second Cohort
Cultist Unit 1 score 8 kills on Brocenary Crossbowmen
Cultist Unit 2 score 6 kills on Brocenary Lancers Third Cohort
Cultist Unit 2 score 5 kills on Brocenary Cataphracts First Cohort
Cultist Unit 1 fail morale and flee; Brocenaries run them down and kill them all
Cultist Unit 2 fail morale and flee; Brocenaries run them down and kill them all
Round 2: Tied 5-5; all actions simultaneous
Brogallo hits Patriarch for 13hp
Voon deGoon hits Canon for 9hp, killing him
Kleptikos hits Curate for 6hp
Dejing pan Ark hits Monk for 5hp
Patriarch hits Brogallo for 8hp
Canon hits Voon deGoon for 4hp
Curate hits Kleptikos for 2hp
Monk hits Dejing pan Ark for 3hp
Cult Fighter hits Jack Stabby for 2hp
Round 3: Bros win 3-1
Brogallo hits Patriarch for 19hp, killing him
Kleptikos hits Curate for 7hp, killing him
Krall Diacan hits Adept for 8hp, killing him
Dejing pan Ark hits Monk for 9hp
Blastikus hits Cult Fighter hits for 6hp, killing him
Jack Stabby hits Monk for 7hp, killing him
The Bros have wiped out the Circle of Pelagea, ending the threat...for now.
Downtime will be interesting...
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