Stonehell: Demonic Hob-Scorpion Assault!

Session 47 was played on 9/19

Eiric, wizard 6 (Kat)
- men at arms (Lindal the Elf, Gar, E)
- Naideen(dog)
A-A-Ron, Thief 5 (Henchman)
Orpheus, Human Fighter 5 (Henchman)
Karl, Dwarf 4 (Julia)
- Hobart (dog)
- men at arms (Kanye, Stable Boy, MonGo, Barr)
Daryll (NPC Cleric 6)
Brie, wizard 1 (Apprentice to Eiric) - Stayed in town researching

Skittering around the corners, the massive red demonic hobgob-orpion bellowed, and several of the hirelings screamed and ran. Those who stood their grounds launched crossbow bolts at the monstrosity, but none could penetrate its demonic armored skin. A-A-Ron let loose a screaming arrow that cut through his chest and out the other side. Eiric finished her incantation, and the boom of thunder and flash of light of a lightning bolt sent the demon staggering. The smell of burning flesh, sulfur, and ozone filled the hall.


Manscorpion by DoodleMoogle

As the demon shook off the blast, and pushed off against the wall, charging for the party, Eiric quickly launched another lightning bolt! When everyone’s eyes could finally see again, the demon lay unmoving uncomfortably close to the barricade.

After a brief pause, while everyone waits to see what’ll happen next, Karl and Orpheus leap over the barricade and charge around the corner. MonGo and Stable Boy follow. Unfortunately the waiting hobgoblins with crossbows pepper the two of them with bolts. Piling in, with Lindal, Gar, E, and A-A- Ron shooting from cover, the first line of hobgoblins are cut down, but reinforcements, complete with a spell caster who provides magical darkness to counter Eiric’s magical light. Lindal and Gar both drop from crossbow bolts, while Orpheus splits the hobgoblin lieutenant from shoulder to belly button. MonGo and Stable Boy also drop. The hobgoblin shaman flees the fight.

Orpheus, blind in the magical darkness stumbles into the wrong hallway, and finds himself by the elevator, where a couple of hobgoblins look on in horror. He kills them, and the ones mucking about with the elevator machinery. He flips the switch, sending the elevator down.

Karl follows the priest through the darkness and into the very edge of the hobgoblin’s territory. Finding himself without backup, he returns to the rest of the party.

Speaking of, while Karl and Orpheus were off on their own, the party stripped the hobgoblins of their goods, and took the tail of the scorpion. The heads of the hobgoblins are chopped off and dropped back around the entrance of the hobgoblin lair. Checking the rooms the kobolds had occupied, they find where the priest had been staying, and destroy the shrine within. Gathering up their goods and their dead, they head back to their holdout.

Kills: 1 Demonic Manscorpion, 12 hobgoblins, 1 hobgoblin Lt.
Gains: demonic scorpion tail, 48gp, 1000sp, gold broach (18gp)
Losses: Gar, MonGo, Stable Boy