So the uprisers returned to Lizardtown, the city we liberated 9 months ago & renamed independence. Evil versions of ourselves were running the place. Malnourished brainwashed citizens were throwing bodies into the well. The grainery was being fertilized with dung. The sports arena had degenerated to thunderdome & the Pelor temple had been twisted to worship of a belor demon. Zombie rot was rampant. Deep sick rumblings of sporatic earthquakes shook the ground.
There were so many problems we didn't know where to begin but we didn't know the half of it. The eternal flames from our battle of liberation had turned sickly purple. In that field we again fought for the future freedom of the lizardmen. It turned out the zombie rot had infested the mind flayers who in their deranged state chose to impersonate us shortly after we left. Against the real, now more experienced and better equipped versions of Rholain, Hadji, Willikers, Jones, Aurora, Shamash & Elle they could not stand for long.
The encounter was tough & we no sooner caught our breath before we saw purple worms (like from Dune) devouring our city. Citizens running in terror were being cut down by an army of kobolds led by a red dragon. Jones convinced some of them to switch to our side but the dragon put a claw to his chest & their red hand symbols blew our new kobold allies up instantly. So much for that. Shamash gathered up weapons & organized 24 lizardmen to fight back. Each defeated kobold exploded, killing any lizardmen standing toe to toe with it.
The kobolds served another purpose for the dragon: we couldn't ignore them & they were softening us up and directing some of our attacks away. But Hadji managed to get on top of the dragon, stabbing it in the back of the neck until it shrugged him off like an insect & he fell 40' to where Shamash & Rholain stood below. Terrible fiery breath & even more punishing physical attacks, plus paralyzing fear attacks had us on the defensive, burning healing surges. Good thing we've got Aurora.
An upper echelon of kobold shamen and tougher exploding warriors kept coming in wave after wave over a hill until Hadji caved in their surface passage. Meanwhile the druid kept the dragon slowed enough that he couldn't attack Jones & take the Cup.
When the smoke cleared the kobolds & lizardmen rabble all lay dead. Shamash lay motionless until Rholain brought him back, coughing bugs & ash.
Oh and the red dragon surrendered, Jones cured his zombie rot & he works for us now. Right now he's helping rebuild the city.
Xp & treasure TBA. We are still 15th level.
We will play Magic next Sat (May 22nd) at 11 Am prior to D&D at 3.
Good game Rod.
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