2021.05.18 The Caverns of Bordobaar

I go up some stairs and look into a room to the south. There is a room to the south, several statues. To the west is a collapsed wall, caused by a Giant Worm! Nobody else believes that it's a Worm, but I know better.

AlinaBrowning finds some clawmarks (she thinks the BeastmenOfBordobaar dug it–pfft). RachelRoss finds some wires and blasting caps in the rubble.

RachelRoss moves through the south door, into a corridor.

We move out of the corridor into a large, multi-level room with a large statue surrounded by 4 columns in the middle. RachelRoss hears the savages coming from a doorway at the lowest level (of 3). We establish a firing position covering that doorway.

1. Round
   1. RachelRoss shoots …
   2. Savages
      1. A bunch of them burst into the room, running almost too fast to shoot.
   3. I shoot and miss
   4. MichelStMarie shoots at one and misses
2. Round
   1. AlinaBrowning shoots one, but has little effect
   2. DoctorGrant shoots one, killing it.
   3. ElizabethWhite …
   4. MichelStMarie shoots one, killing it and scaring the guy beside him.
   5. I hit one with a shotgun slug, killing it.
   6. Savages
      1. Several start to climb up the ledge to us
      2. Several run around and attack RachelRoss.
   7. RachelRoss misses, and runs back towards us.
3. Round
   1. RachelRoss shoots one, killing it
   2. I drop one clambering up the ledge
   3. MichelStMarie moves to get a shot, and kills one
   4. Savages
      1. Three of them clamber up onto our level and attack.
         1. One scores AlinaBrowning, driving her back a bit
         2. One scrabbles at DoctorGrant, but he parries it away
         3. The third claws ElizabethWhite, but with little effect
      2. The others run around and attack RachelRoss
         1. One misses but the other claws her, shaking her.
   5. AlinaBrowning gathers her courage, and shoots one in the face. Well, just 6 inches to the left. Close.
   6. DoctorGrant whips out his sabre and slashes at them, but they duck his blow.
4. Round
   1. AlinaBrowning shoots one dead
   2. I reload and shoot one dead
   3. RachelRoss recovers, and bayonets one, dropping it.
   4. DoctorGrant cuts one bad.
   5. Savages
      1. One runs up on RachelRoss and wounds her.
   6. MichelStMarie kills the one on RachelRoss
5. Round
   1. RachelRoss kills the last one

We search back north. I am checking a small room. A giant bug lunges out.

1. Surprise
   1. It grabs and shakes me.
2. Round
   1. DoctorGrant treats RachelRoss' wounds
   2. Bug stings me, grabs me, and pulls me into the darkness
   3. RachelRoss runs after and stuns it.
   4. AlinaBrowning shoots it, but the bullet bounces
   5. MichelStMarie moves over and shoots it, but it only scores its tough hide.
3. Round (Joker)
   1. AlinaBrowning hits again
   2. I pull out my sword and kill it.

We search the room. MichelStMarie finds an old leather satchel with some notes inside. Something clanks inside as well. He finds three vials. Professor MaximillianBennet (name on satchel).. I find an old martian longsword/pistol.

We continue searching the ruins. We find a room with large scratch marks, and in the next room we find an empty gun carriage.

We find another area to the west. Occupied by Savages!

1. Round
   1. DoctorGrant misses
   2. ElizabethWhite misses
   3. MichelStMarie shoots one, wounding it.
   4. Savages charge up on us
      1. The one in front swipes at DoctorGrant
   5. I step up and try to stab him, but he's pretty quick
   6. RachelRoss shoots one on the right, killing it.
   7. AlinaBrowning shoots one, shaking it.
2. Round
   1. AlinaBrowning kills one.
   2. DoctorGrant stabs the one attacking him, killing it
   3. RachelRoss kills one.
   4. I wait for them to come to me
   5. MichelStMarie shoots one, killing it.
   6. Savages
      1. Attack MichelStMarie (both miss)
      2. Attack RachelRoss (miss)
      3. Attack DoctorGrant (miss)
      4. Attack me, and I counter. We both miss
      5. Attack AlinaBrowning, hits and drives her back a bit.
3. Round
   1. AlinaBrowning gathers her courage, and shoots, it ducks, but she still hits, killing it.
   2. I miss
   3. DoctorGrant …
   4. ElizabethWhite misses
   5. MichelStMarie hits (little effect)
   6. Savages
      1. Attack MichelStMarie, second hits but little effect.
      2. Attack RachelRoss, second hits and shakes her
      3. …
      4. Attack AlinaBrowning, hitting once (no effect)
   7. RachelRoss kills one with her bayonet
4. Round
   1. Savages
      1. Attack …
      2. Attack RachelRoss, wounding her
      3. Attack me; no damage
      4. Attack AlinaBrowning shaking her
   2. DoctorGrant is still shaken
   3. RachelRoss unshakes and attacks, killing one
   4. AlinaBrowning unshakes, shoots, and kills
   5. MichelStMarie hits, shaking it.
   6. I cut one, shaking it.
5. Round
   1. DoctorGrant shoots one
   2. ElizabethWhite shoots one, killing it
   3. I tickle one.
   4. RachelRoss attacks. RachelRoss kills.
   5. Savages
      1. Attack MichelStMarie, wounding him
      2. Attack me, tickling me. Just a tickle fight over here
   6. AlinaBrowning shoots one dead
   7. MichelStMarie gathers his wits, shoots and misses
6. Round
   1. AlinaBrowning shoots the one fighting me, shaking it.
   2. MichelStMarie misses
   3. I kill mine.
   4. Savages
      1. Attack MichelStMarie but no damage
   5. ElizabethWhite tends DoctorGrant's wounds.
   6. RachelRoss heals herself
   7. DoctorGrant shakes the last one
7. Round
   1. RachelRoss shoots the last one down.

We search a tunnel opening to the south. It opens into a vast network of caverns. We explore for a while, and, realizing we can never clear such a large network of the BeastmenOfBordobaar, we fall back and prepare to blast the caverns shut.