OK, so there we were, watching the season opener of the Dallas Cowboys when there was a weather delay during the game. It was estimated to be an hour, and of course I thought "I can play my next Five Leagues From The Borderlands campaign turn with that much time!" So I did just that.
It was the fourth Quest turn, and I rolled up the "Ingredient Hunt" task. This entailed fighting an Aberration it's lair, which would be a particularly destroyed part of Armskirk, the Ruined City. In this case, it would be an Ogre, with a roll of 08 on the Creatures Most Vile table. So I set up the game, marked the Entry Point and three points of interest, and selected Brarkisy as my Scout. In her first move, she spotted the Ogre, and it was ready and aware. It moved towards her...
The first turn saw the arrival of the rest of the warband at the Entry Point. A good initiative roll allowed Brarkisy to backpedal a bit towards the rest of the warband and Plog The Elder to try and get up the Wall Of Fire (no good reason to, I just anted it up, but he didn't get the spell cast after all.) The Ogre for it's own part advanced towards Our Heroes but didn't quite close the gap. Which left everyone else in range to move and attack. In the ensuing melee, Tudaline, Morgan, and Brarkisy all went down, while the Ogre took a Monster Point of damage from Grushnag.
Turn Two was a bit more successful. Plog The Elder managed to successfully summon a Construct in the form of a giant Evil Clown doll, which moved to attack the Ogre. While the attack was unsuccessful, it would provide a bonus to Weppi when she attacked (which caused another Moster Point of damage!) The Ogre caused no damage in it's return attacks against Weppi. Grushnag, following up, landed a few blows but was unable to overcome the Ogre's inherent Toughness.
On Turn Three, Weppi act first and rushed the Ogre. A solid hit and the beast was down! But at what cost?
The cost was Brarkisy, who was found to be dead, squashed by the Ogre's club. Morgan was moderately wounded and will need to recover for a campaign turn. Tundaline as just knocked out. We were able to loot a Fine Crossbow from the assorted debris in the Ogre's lair, but that was all. And a lucky die roll resulted in the next Quest Turn being the Finale! A site battle against one of the campaign Threats.
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