Sellswords in Bogland Game 2

Ian and Ross came over for the second game in our Boglanders mini-campaign. This time they needed to traverse the Webbed Wyldwood and search the Giant's Lair for the missing pieces of the necklace of Jenny of the Bog. 

The table layout. The three standing stones mark the extent of the Webbed Wyldwood and the pile of skulls marks the entrance to the Giant's Lair. A piece of the necklace is with one of the mummified spider meals scattered around the wood, the other in the friendly-sounding Giant's Lair!

Not a great start. With Ian's first activation his Ranger stood on a poisonous scorpion and took a point of damage and stepped back into a spider web trap he hadn't noticed! Did I mention he was a ranger?

This attracted the attention of a giant spider, who started moving closer to the party. 

Fortunately the bad luck didn't continue. The group quickly despatched the giant spider and a wandering bugbear and, after pausing for the Sorcerer to cast a couple of healing spells, found the necklace part in the first body they searched!

The Squire led the way out of the wood, but paused at the edge and called bgack "Sir, I think you should come and see this!"

 

The Knight, Squire and Warrior (why are they too lazy to name their characters?), lined up shoulder to shoulder to face the charging giantess. Not a good move as she threw boulder at them as she advanced, knocking them all to the ground. Luckily their armour saved them from serious injury. The Sorcerer was no so lucky when he was hit by a second boulder, as he doesn't wear armour!

All the commotion attracted the attention of another threat, the much feared onion knight!

The party managed to kill the angry giantess before the onion knight reached them, which was fortunate, as the fumes exuded by the onion knight causes the PCs eyes to sting and water copiously (-2 on all combat rolls!).  Ian's Knight was unable to assist his friends as some dodgy activation rolls meant that he was trapped as sentient vines wrapped around his legs while, simultaneously, a poisonous spider attacked him!

The Ranger and the Squire fought off the onion knight's attacks and eventually killed him, although both were wounded.

Still in the woods, Ross' Elf saw a strange figure stirring a bubbling cauldron and went to investigate, only to be attacked by another poisonous spider.

Having dealt with Mrs Giant, now Mr Giant turned up!

The Sorcerer valiantly faced the giant down and zapped him with a brace pof magic darts (channelling Gandalf and the Balrog?)

The giant took exception to this behaviour and ignoring the rest of the party, charged towards the Sorcerer (Ross had drawn the Target on Your back card!). He flattened the Sorcerer with a boulder, then stamped on the prone mage, taking him Out of the Fight.

The Warrior and the Knight plunged into the fray, killing the giant after a bloody melee. But, on pulling the Sorcerer's body out from under the fallen giant, they discovered he was dead!

Searching the Giant's Lair, the remaining PCs found the next part of the missing necklace in the pile of skulls. As everyone was injured they decided to leave immediately, while they could still walk!

With no magic in the party now, they decided to wait before continuing their quest, to allow time for the Sorcerer's apprentice to join them. Especially as they had now found another magic wand the giant had taken off a previous meal. One good thing for the PCs, once the Elf re-joined the party, they discovered he had been given 4 flasks by his mysterious new friend that turned out to contain healing potions. Probably going to come in very useful.