Session 5 Recap

This was a combat heavy session.

The heroes opened the game moving along the Chisel Path to the Border Watch Keep. Torv recognized the unseasonably cold weather blowing in from the south as having an unnatural source. After a bit of noodling over it with Aeral they came to the conclusion that some magical force in the Witch Wood has triggered the great dark clouds hovering over the forest and bringing a great mass of cold air to the mountains . . . from the South.

On the march up the Chisel Path spur heading to the keep the party met a mixed patrol of elf and human bandits. They quickly dispatched the soldiers and minions, but the elf archers made a quick escape. The Silver Elites caught up with the archers at a guard tower a couple of miles away from the keep . . . and the archers had more friends. A hard fought battle ranged over a large battlefield and eventually ended when Kalim and Grim managed to ride an elevator to the top of the tower to bring down the archers and a goblin sharp shooter.

They captured one of the archers and questioned him about patrol patterns. The elf told them to expect a guard force to arrive around nightfall to replace the tower guards. He also told them there are about 25 or 30 people at the keep.

The Silver Elites set up an ambush at the guard tower and wait for the evening guard change. In their prepared state they make very quick work of the soldiers coming to take the night watch.

Another bit of subterfuge wins the way into the keep. They approach after nightfall pretending to be the relieved guard force returning to the keep. After they get in the gate, one of the guards recognizes them as imposters and a great melee ensues. The heroes beat down the guards and take on wave after wave of soldiers and archers coming up from the underground barracks. Finally, the leadership of the keep emerges.