Session 8 (Vanedir)

DAY 8 BEGINS We awaken in the middle of the night for the raid on the griffons The coming slope is walkable instead of needing to climb We head up the cliff towards where we saw the glint Mountain brush, half covering an object Plate armour, dented, slashes into the armour Similar to what Nilus had on his armour - Belongs to Pernus? Blood dried onto the damaged section Looks to have been forcibly removed Lots of animal bones Vanedir scavenges half a lower half of plate armour Katerina looks for Jewelery Leo picks up the scent from the armour Leads us up the slope, gets to a sheer cliff

Katerina fires a grappling rope arrow, 80 foot up With a 50 foot rope attached Vanedir climbs up the 30 foot, attaches more rope, and gets to the top of rope First natural ledge of two A second natural ledge can be seen from here, with the cries of griffon babies audible from there A griffon flies at vanedir, scraping against the side of the cliff, but misses

B'Rock transforms into a giant wolfspider, begins climbing Takes a claw attack from the griffon flying by Mahala misses a shot, Katerina hits one, B'Rock bites as it flies past

Durnivir starts climbing the rope, gets 70ft up, then jumps off to try to mount the griffon Fails spectacularly, then jabs a javelin into the cliff face and saves himself

Durnivir climbs back up the rope Vanedir starts making a din, bashing his shield and sword together to try to attract the griffon Griffon comes in for the attack from above Durnivir manages to hit it with an axe, severing a wing, B'Rock misses with a bite

The Griffon crashes into Vanedir, taking them both off the cliff We both land onto Mahala, Katerina successfully saves herself and Leo the dog The griffon dies on impact Mahala and Vanedir both on 2HP Vanedir immediately heals with lay on hands and a potion Offers another potion to Mahala

Initiative begins Big griffon attacks Mahala, Vanedir deflects some damage A small one goes for Durnivir, two others are descending Vanedir compels a duel with the big one, chucks a javelin, then it dies to Katerina's crossbow B'Rock fucks off to loot the nest while we fight the griffons Big nest, made of sticks, bones, 6 half eaten humanoid corpses

Mahala avoids getting grabbed, then whips and slices the griffon that attempts to carry her off Vanedir mounts one of the griffons above Mahala's head B'Rock finds the eggs in the nest are still healthy Durnivir grapples another griffon Vanedir gets shaken off, but catches himself on the rope More arrows shot More faffing about Vanedir slices a griffon in half Durnivir beheads another

Katerina gets dropped from 90ft Lands on Mahala Takes 33 fall damage Split, KO's Mahala, Katerina up on 1HP Durnivir jumps off the 80ft cliff onto the final Griffon, killing it Out of combat