Tales of Tolvenia, Chapter Ten, Part One

Date: 27 September 2011. Present: Andy (Dolo), Eric (Goblina), Zach (Haley).

The party entered the cave system through the secret opening they’d found. Footing was treacherous – Malack in particular had trouble and kept slipping and falling over. However, they still managed to make reasonable time.

At one point the party entered a large cave that had a great rockfall dozens of feet high on the far side. Goblina, with the first of about 12 critical successes, spotted everything that there was to be spotted. There was evidence that the elf and his party had ascended this slope of rubble. In the midst of it, the hand and leg of a humanoid were found sticking out, with the rest of the body covered by rocks. Tracks of cave lizards called rishtuks were also to be seen around and about.

Dolo began ascending the slope to unearth the poor unfortunate beneath the rubble. The body’s hand and leg had been chewed down to the bone. Concerned about the rishtuks, Haley and Goblina also started to make their way up. Then Haley was attacked by one of the pale lizards darting out from between rocks.

A hard-fought fight ensued that saw Dolo wrestling with one of the small-sized rishtuks and bashing it repeatedly on the ground. Haley was bitten repeatedly in the legs. And Goblina’s mount, Snowflake, was critically wounded. Jaren and Malack fought off another rishtuk between them. The party’s guide, Randak, proved quite effective – once he managed to scrabble up the slope.