2021.07.25 Shipwrecked on Drow Island

We get caught in a storm. The captain tries to find a sheltered inlet of some sort. We lose our mast and are forced to beach the vessel. This is on an island.

There are fire lights on the side of the large mountain at the center of the island (that's how we found the island in the storm). The tree line is quite far away. I setup a watch post in a high pile of rocks near the ship.

I realize the rocks I am in is a ruin of some sort.

In the morning light, we see more ruins across the cove. It is still lightly raining. The captain needs to send crew into the forest to gather materials. Captain can't get a fix until the stars are visible.

We accompany the foraging party into the woods, looking for a new mast.

1. Round
   1. Creatures advance and attack us
      1. One charges me but gets stuck in some tree branches.
      2. …
   2. I shoot one and pull out by sword.
   3. CedricVonSaberhagen misses.
   4. OswynVanDyse hits once.
2. Round
   1. CedricVonSaberhagen hits hard (crit) twice! Hamstring and guts it. He jumps aside as it falls.
   2. Creatures …
   3. OswynVanDyse attacks, crits.
   4. I miss
3. Round
   1. I stab one attacking OswynVanDyse. It turns to me.
   2. Creatures
      1. Smacks me with its horns and throws me against a tree, and I land prone.
      2. Stabs OswynVanDyse.
   3. CedricVonSaberhagen attacks and drops one.
4. Round
   1. Remaining Creature breaks and runs.
      1. I throw a dagger, but it bounces off
      2. CedricVonSaberhagen attacks twice, hurting it pretty bad.
      3. OswynVanDyse attacks twice, killing it

Looks like giant lizards. OswynVanDyse rallies the sailors (they fled down the trail) and we eventually get the logs back to the shore.

We decide to go inland and contact the locals. It take several hours to get to the ?temole?.

We go to the entrance. There are two statues that cross halberds in front. CedricVonSaberhagen recognizes them as Drow! CedricVonSaberhagen attacks one of the statues.

1. Round
   1. …
   2. CedricVonSaberhagen attacks and hits one.
   3. OswynVanDyse attacks and misses
   4. I shoot a statue and it shatters.
2. Round
   1. CedricVonSaberhagen attacks the remaining statue, but it flicks away his hammer.
   2. I run up and miss baddly.
   3. OswynVanDyse recovers.
3. Round
   1. Flames from the murder holes.
   2. I miss.
   3. OswynVanDyse misses.
   4. Statue htis
4. Round
   1. …
5. Round
   1. CedricVonSaberhagen hits twice
   2. OswynVanDyse misses
   3. I barely miss
   4. Statue misses
6. Round
   1. CedricVonSaberhagen recovers his hammer
   2. I miss
   3. OswynVanDyse misses
   4. Statue misses, wedging halberd in the floor.
7. Round
   1. CedricVonSaberhagen shatters the last statue.

We open the door and then enter the castle.

Go upstairs and look at the murder holes. Wander about a bit.

We find a bunch more drow statues (15!) and we attack them.

1. Round
   1. I hit one.
   2. CedricVonSaberhagen …
   3. OswynVanDyse misses
   4. Statues get ready
2. Round
   1. We withdraw from the room
   2. Statues …
3. Round
   1. …
4. Round

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