The Cursed Cove - 7 - Session 58

Party meets the pirates. Learns about the witch and Blackstache. Tries to cross the river. The hobbit falls in. Gilganthos potions of growth, plucks out hobbit.

The Cursed Cove - 6 - Session 57

The ape men captured the party and lead them high into the mountains. Meneleus turned invisible and followed at a distance. The party met the witch who persuaded them to assist her to find the Heart of Kings gemstone. She had them look into her cauldron where they saw images of Gilganthos, Brother Perceval, Gimlet Magee, and Jean Que Scrabblhair. All but Cullen chose to trade places with the resurrected adventurers. And they all succumbed to sleep. The next morn they requainted themselves but the dark cleric evilly tried to kill Cullen. He cast Light and blinded the entire party save Garett. Garret defended the party but fell to the cleric. Though blind, Jean Que scrabblhair felled the cleric and the party headed out down the mountain in search of the Heart of Kings. After fighting more island wildlife, a village appeared far below.

The Cursed Cove - 5 - Session 56

Thack found his rope hanging on the cliff in the light of day and the group crawled up out of the swamp. After walking the trail into the mountains for half a day they heard approaching voices from behind and scattered into the woods to ambush. Several ape men appeared and Thack misread a signal and stepped into the middle of trail. The ape men yelled Get Him! and one kicked Thack deep into the trees. Finally an arrow was loosed and the battle began. Cullen broke his +1 bow, and Meneleus summoned a Phantasm Force of the jaguar.

The Cursed Cove - 4 - Session 55

After making their way back the cliff wall, the weather finally broke. The thieves tried desperately to climb the cliff but both fell from great heights. The rest explored a nearby cave and after defeating the boar that lived inside, spent a much needed night's rest.

The Cursed Cove - 3 - Session 54

Thoroughly exhausted and the night creeping in, the party decides to stay in the hut for the night. However, since both spell casters need a full night's sleep and the thief fears tomorrow fatigue, they tie the sword and the mace together with the magic user's small sacks and place it over the cracked door. Near dawn, the thief awakens to the strange sounds outside but cooly doesn't investigate. At dawn the tide is in, and after relearning spells, they battle 4 lizard men that emerge from the water. 1 is killed but 2 get away. A forth is captured and interrogated rather harshly by the thief. Words are exchanged and a vendetta is vowed as the last lizard men gets away. Behind the hut a small path leads to a second hut. The cleric casts detect evil and the sky thunders and the hut's roof glows briefly. At the hut, the thief finds a strange glowing cursed sword -2 labelled "BS". He takes it.

The Cursed Cove - 2 - Session 53

After driving the dinosaur back into the jungle with Meneleus's dagger stuck in its eye, and healing the fallen dwarf, the party separated. Marti Martini went up into the hills and fell victim to a giant spider's web. The dark Cleric and the thief, Garrow wandered through the jungle and were attacked by Gorillas. The cleric managed to escape but Garrow was slain and his body taken by the beasts. The rest ventured into the swamps in search of food. Thack fished and once the tide receded a path led to a thatch hut protected by a gang of lizard men.

The Cursed Cove - 1 - Session 52

Before the party can board the pirate ship, a strange dark Cleric (C2) warns them that they are carrying disease of the rats. He leads them back to his monastery, where they are able to get potions of Cure Disease from the cleric's master. They rush back to the ship and leap for the deck. The dwarf falls into the water and is rescued. They sail for a day and the wind ceases. After five days adrift, the pirates grow weary of the dark cleric. Finally the pirates turn on the party. Meneleus casts Phantasmal Force of a dragon, and chaos erupts. Suddenly the lookout cries Squall! and its every man for himself. The ship is battered by the storm and finally at dawn crashes on a reef surrounding a small island. The party manage to swim to the beach. They are attacked by a huge dinosaur. The dwarf is rendered near dead, but Thack brings the dark cleric's Potion of Healing.