Orc Camp Prison Break

The group spends the night in the Faerie Grove to recover. Bono spends some time getting to know his sword. It has had 16 previous owners. It was forged by a dwarf and imbued with magic by a wizard. It is an old weapon but has not been used in some time, most likely since the Melurbian King fell.

The orcs have declared Marshall Law in response to the recent spate of problems caused by the group and the Resistance.

Ingrid and the resistance is looking at breaking out 70 prisoners from the orcish prison camp which is guarded by 2 dozen orc/human guards. The camp is surrounded by palisades.

The group also considers going after the orcish stronghold containing 3 dozen orcs hidden behind thick stone walls, fortified with seige weapons. The stronghold will most likely send reinforcements when the attack on the prison camp becomes known.

The group decides to help Ingrid and concentrate on the prison camp in the hopes of getting everyone out prior to the reinforcements arriving.

The Plan

The plan is as follows:
The group will use Gaseous Form & Invisibility Sphere to sneak into the camp. Then work from the inside out.

The Resistance will make a assault on the front gates to free the prisoners.

Primary concern for both groups are the four Guard Towers.

Combat

The group moves into the camp, and places Fire Berries at the positions noted on the map (Towers, Barracks & Chapel). They expect to face approximately 24 orcs.

The group materializes as Tyke hits Guard Tower (1) with a Fireball. The camp's alarm goes off.

Round 1
	Prentice	Summons Celestial Elephant
		Orcs come out of the barracks
	Orc 10	Sol missed aoa
	Orc 9	Sol & Rondax hit with aoa
	Orc 2	No aoa
Round 2
	Tyke	Fireball Guard Tower (3)
		Guard Tower (1) 19 dmg
	Herman	Bless
	Bono	Sneak Atk Orc 10, miss
	Rondax	Killed Orc 2 with club, claw, claw
		Cleaved into Orc 9 and killed him as well
	Elephant	Atk Orc 1, Slammed Orc 2, Stamp Orc 1 who died
	Prentice	Fire berries. Guard Tower (4) burning
		Barracks set ablaze Orc (10, 11, 12 (16 dmg))
	Sword Orc	Approaches and hits Rondax
	War Priest	Fireball Orc 8, 1, 6, 7, 11, 12 (36 dmg)
	Sol	Kills Orc 10
	Orc Archers	(2) 4 hits on Elephant
		(2) Atk Sol & miss
		(2) Atk Rondax and hit
		(1) Atk Prentice
	Orc Soldiers	go after Elephant
	JL	Attacks cockatrice
	Great Axe Orc	hits Rondax
	Cockatrice	hit Sol (failed will save)
Round 3
	Tyke	Magic Missle Tower (3)
	Herman	Heals Rondax
	Bono	Cat's Grace, climbs up Barracks
	Rondax	Trips Great Sword Orc, 4 attacks follow up (30 dmg)
	Elepant	Trample 2, 3, 4 (1/2 dmg) - 1 of 3 aoa hit
	Prentice	Guard Tower (3) Flamestrike 48 dmg
	Ingrid	Blows camps gate
	Great Sword Orc	hits Rondax
	Sol	1 hit on Cockatrice
	Orc Archers	(2) Elephant, no hits
		(1) Bono, hit
		(1) Prentice, hit
	Orc Soldiers	2 & 5 hit Elephant
		3 & 4 hit Elephant
	Great Axe Orc	2 hits on Sol
	Cockatrice	moves away and takes aoa's from Sol and JL
		Sol turns to Stone
		hits JL
	Warpriest	Wretched Blight 62 dmg
		stuns JL & Bono for 4 rounds
		1/2 dmg to Rondax, Prentice, & Herman
	JL	Stunned
Round 4
	Tyke	Cast Disintigrate but missed. Distracts War Priest
		Guard Tower (3) Falls
	Herman	Heals Rondax
	Bono	Stunned
	Rondax	Charges WP, 15 dmg
	Prentice	Cure Mass Moderate
		20 fire dmg to tower
	Elephant	Stampede, kills 2 & 3
		3 of 4 aoa hit, 15 dmg
	Great Sword Orc	moves
	Sol	Stone
	Orc Archers	Elephant 11 dmg
		Prentice missed
		Bono, critical hit, -1 hp
	Orc Soldiers	2 attack Elephant
	Great Axe Orc	moves toward Prentice, took aoa hit for 4 dmg
		attack misses
	War Priest	Moves away from Rondax
		Spells Rondax who saves
	JL	Stunned
Round 5
	Tyke	Lightning Bolt War Priest, 36 dmg (1/2 dmg)
	Herman	Heal Bono
	Bono	Stunned
	Rondax	hit War Priest, 35/12/miss
	Elephant	kills 5, hits 4
	Prentice	19 dmg to Guard Tower (4)
		Break Enchantment to free Bono, Sol, & JL
	Great Sword Orc	Flanks Sol, 2 hits
	Sol	Kills Great Sword Orc, Cleaves into Orc 8
	Orc Archers	2 hits on Tyke, counter Atk
	Orc Soldiers	Orc 4 1 hit on elephant, aoa from elephant kills 4
	Great Axe Orc	2 hits on Prentice
	War Priest	hits Sol with a spell
	JL	hits Great Axe Orc
Round 6
	Tyke	Cone of Cold against Guard Tower (2), 1 dead
	Herman	Heal Bono
	Bono	Sneak Atk on Great Axe Orc, 25 dmg
	Rondax	hits War Priest for 31 dmg, and kills him
		Reflecting Dmg Ability of War Priest dmg's party
	Prentice	Mass Heal
	Elephant	Moves
	Sol	Charges the Axe Orc
	Orc Archer	2 hits on Sol, 1 on Elephant
	Axe Orc	Kills Sol
	JL	Laying of Hands -> Sol
Round 7
	Tyke	Lightning Bolt - takes out 2 archers
	Herman	Heals Rondax, +11 hp
	Bono	Full Atk Great Axe Orc, 1 of 2 hit
	Rondax	Boomerang atk, kills 2 archers
	Prentice	Kills Great Axe Orc
	Elephant	Sent back
	Sol	Dieing
	JL	Uses Dimension Door to get him and Sol out

Tyke loots the storage area
Herman takes the Dimension Door
Bono climbs out of the rubble and loots the Chapel
Rondax loots the bodies
JL heals Sol

Last Archer disappeared.

Loot

From the loot:
Bono
2 Black candles with gold holders (candles are magical)
4 Incense burners
1 Box Exotic Incense (magical)
Ritual Dagger (magical)
Spell Book, small
Small Locked Trunk, 700 Gagnerian Marks

Rondax
(Great Sword Orc)
Great Sword (magical)
Light Plate Mail
Warhammer (magical)
Hvy Gold Ring with 18 Tiny diamonds (magical)
Ring of Heavy Keys
Unholy symbol of Dukash
2 sealed Flasks
(War Priest)
Breast Plate (magical)
Shield
Warhammer
Wand, unkown power (magical)
Scroll, sealed in Bone Tube
Red Cloak of Dukash (magical)

Tyke (Armory)
Greatsword (6) Lt. Crossbows (2) Quivers (30 arrows)
Craghammer (4) Hvy. Crossbows (4) Chain Shirts
Lt. Flail (2) Cases of bolts(50 bolts) (2) Breast Plates
(8) Longbows Large Shield


The group returned to the Grove. Sol's shield arm is useless from the last hit by the orc with the Great Axe. His shield is in no better shape. Ingrid lost 1 fighter and 1 prisoner during the raid, 2 other prisoners were turned to stone. Rondax was hit with a dieing curse by the War Priest.

Ingrid declares that Dierthane wants to be free, the resistance will remove all orcish influence. The populace will fight and the orcs can not maintain control.

Ingrid returns with three people when the group requests to speak to some of the alchemists.
Albert Brecht
Theoprostus Brecht

Inquiries

From the alchemists the group learns that the orcs had multiple alchemists working on the same formulae. Albert was testing materials' resistance to the fire compound. Theo was working with the Kawaneze fire makers, combining the firepowder with a white powder to control/temper the explosion. Both were removed from the project and jailed when they attempted to compare notes.

The Alchemists were overseen by *Grimlash*, a tribal orc with an understanding of alchemy.

A long discussion followed on morality.

Ingrid tells of her father's catpure by the orcish army. Both Ingrid and her brother were captured when the city was taken, since her father would not abdicate the throne.

An old turnkey in the palace let her out. She then freed her brother and the two of them went to their father, who led them out of the dungeon. He jumped into the surf among broken rocks and began swimming north.

The Royal family can not reveal the location of the crown jewels due to an enchantment, but she does not believe it is out of hiding.

She has not had any contact with the southern cities. The northern tribes are at war with one another, yet they may be able to help disrupt the orcish supply lines. She knows her brother is with the Southern Resistance fighting against the orcs.

She would like to speak with the Baron, but rejects his proposal (as offered by Jean-Luc). She believes the Baron should not meddle in her affairs.

The group teleports out of Dierthane with a quick stop in Serinn to drop off the alchemists before continuing on to visit with the Baron.