Haven't played Castle Ravenloft in a while but an upcoming game night put me in the mood for a dungeon crawl so I whipped it out recently to have a quick play. And promptly got my ass handed to me by Klak and his infernal artifact.
>:(
Clearly, this was unacceptable and there was only one recourse. Revenge!
Naturally, if this was going to be revenge, I had to use the same team as last time.
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| A fighter, a mage and a cleric walk into a dungeon |
Things started out fairly innocuously with just a simple wolf threatening us as we entered the dungeon.
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| Pah - puny wolf |
Naturally, the wolf tried to flank the fighter but its fangs proved no match for his strong armour. Our cleric was then able to get the drop on it and take it out.
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| Flank attack! |
As we moved deeper into the dungeon, we adopted standard PC marching order. Fighter in front with the mage bringing up the rear.
Little did we know that the dastardly monsters had anticipated such a strategy!
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| Behind you! |
Our first real test was a stone gargoyle. No matter what we tried, we just weren't able to penetrate its defence.
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| Fighter needs food! |
Ultimately, our pitiful attempts to deface the gargoyle were laughed off with ease. And things really took a turn for the worse when the gargoyles mate showed up and wasn't appreciative of our attempts to deface the original. Alas, this proved too much for the poor cleric who promptly keeled over with fright.
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| Alas poor cleric, we hardly knew ye |
Nevertheless, one healing surge later and the cleric was back in action. Not just back in action but also venturing further into the dungeon. At least, that is how he described it. At the time, it looked like he was running for his life.
Nevertheless, progress was made. More importantly, the laboratory was found! Klak and his infernal artifact finally making its appearance. Which can only mean one thing.
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| Cue dramatic dungeon lighting! |
The fighter charged forward and, using his Brute Force power, dealt a devastatiing blow to Klak which left him at deaths door!
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| Take that! |
It didn't take much longer for Klak to fall as the fighter pressed his advantage.
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| And that! |
At this point, despite our best efforts to roll poorly when attacking the artifact, we were able to hold out to get the win.
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| Final board position |
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