Blastikus embarks on his journey to Mijo-han the Mad's sanctum with the Hench-orcs and the Brocenary Lancers Third Cohort (17 light horsemen with an L7 captain and two L1 sergeants) in support. Their journey is uneventful and no wandering monsters are encountered. They find the ruined village without much difficulty and after some searching uncover the remains of Mijo-han's dwelling. As they prepare to enter the strange building, the ground begins to shake with great violence before a purple worm (73hp) erupts from below and attacks!
Surprise comes up 3-3 so we proceed to melee.
Round 1: Tied 1-1; all actions simultaneous
Captain Severus orders the Third Lancers to charge and they score a total of 5 hits for 46hp, seriously wounding the beast. Medium lances vs a large opponent on a charge are clearly a devastating attack, as history has so well recorded.
Blastikus hits the worm with his Wand of Frost for 20hp, but the worm makes it save and only takes 10hp.
The hench-orcs make a decent account of themselves as Johnny Smash scores a critical hit for 16hp and Denzel Ramondo hits the worm for another 10hp, killing it.
Since initiative was tied, the worm still makes its attacks before going to Wormhalla. He chomps Johnny Smash for 16hp, neatly bisectig him in its death throes and hits Blastikus with his tail stinger for 6hp. Blastikus, fortunately, makes his save vs poison, rolling a 14 against his target of 13. It is better to be lucky than good, as the saying goes.
Blastikus, still woozy as he metabolizes the worm venom, leads the remaining hench-orcs into the ruined sanctum. After a thorough search, they uncover a hoard of 2,350gp and gems and jewelry worth another 31,296gp. They also discover a Cloak of Displacement (which Blastikus claims for himself) and a Potion of Heroism that goes to Joey Slash. Further exploration yields a hidden room containing the most valuable part of the hoard: the library containing the life's work of the infamous mage. Blastikus quickly orders the hench-orcs and Brocenaries to load up every last scrap of paper. They make camp overnight and leave in the morning for an unenventful return journey to the Obsidian Citadel.
The Blastikus and the hench-orcs all make enough XP to level-up and will be out of play until 6 June 2025.
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