Max - lvl 1 elven Mage (part 2)
http://imgur.com/Ow0Xrcg - Profile Picture (can't upload images for 6 more days, sorry)
Gorion's RestA very sad day for Max, seeing his father getting killed in front of his own eyes when ambushed by a party just outside the Candlekeep gates. Max survived the encounter but only because Gorion told him to run, a decision that will probably haunt him for the rest of his days. To make matters worse, Max just realized that in all the hurry to leave Candlekeep he actually forgot to bring his most prized possession with him on the journey, his own spellbook. So having absolutely no spells to use and with only 2 pieces of gold in his pocket after spending everything on throwing daggers his future looked extremely bleak.
Luckily enough, his sister Imoen was apparently following them out of Candlekeep and appears out of nowhere to cheer Max up by giving him a couple of potions and a wand of magic missiles with 10 charges on it. Even though the wand shoots only a single magic missile he gladly accepts it, but declined Imoen's offer to join him on his journey because it's just too dangerous for her. So Max escorts her back to the Candlekeep entrance and makes funeral arrangements for Gorion with the Gatekeeper.
Max then returns to the area where his father was killed and finds a scroll case, a letter from Gorion and an Identify scroll. After memorizing his first spell which will come in handy he then procceeds to read Gorion's letter with tears in his eyes and swears revenge on his killer. So Max explores the rest of the area and finds 3 (!) black bears and a sole gibberling. Still having only 6 hp and no combat spells meant that if a bear (or even a gibberling) lands an attack on Max it would probably be a fatal one, so Max decides to kite the animals all around the map while throwing a bunch of daggers at them and hoping some of them actually hit. The gibberling was easily dispatched but the 3 bears were quite fast and only went down after about a dozen daggers in each.
After Max kills off the bears he notices a couple of shady looking characters standing by the road and laughing in his direction, apparently they found the fact that Max was getting chased by 3 different bears all over the area quite humorous. Despite not sharing their twisted sense of humor, Max says hello and learns that their names are Xzar and Montaron. They offer Max a couple of potions and more importantly 2 scrolls (Chill Touch and Larloch's Minor Drain) which Max happily accepts but declines their offer to join up with him, because he doesn't trust them despite their gifts. So Max continues along the road to the Friendly Arm Inn, a place that Gorion said was safe, when he notices a shiny diamond hidden in a tree trunk. He grabs it and immediately changes direction, this time to the south, in search of a powerful mage called Thalantyr with whom Gorion used to trade magical items with. Max plans to trade his diamond for some better spells to replenish his spellbook.
High HedgeFollowing the south road led Max straight to High Hedge, the home of Thalantyr. Thalantyr did not seem like a friendly type but he did agree to trade with Max. Unfortunately, Max only had enough gold to purchase a single lvl 1 scroll and he did just that, he bought a Find Familiar scroll hoping it would give him an ally in the battles to come. Max thanked Thalantyr for the trade and went outside to memorize the scroll so he could rest and put it to use, but was awakened shortly after by a Ghast. A ghast is a powerful undead foe but it was slow and went down easily to a combination of magic missiles from the wand and some throwing daggers. Fighting his first undead foe was a very good experience for Max (650 XP!) and I'm sure he'll benefit from it in future encounters.
So Max rests undisturbed this time and successfully summons a small dragon-like creature, a Fairy Dragon. Max was planning to use him in battle but after seeing how this innocent little creature flutters his wings so happily about, he decides against it because he couldn't bear it if any harm came to it, as he already feels an incredible bond between him and his newly acquainted friend. At least Max no longer has 6 hp and won't die to a single arrow from a random road bandit, he now has 30 hp despite still being lvl 1!
Max then explores the rest of the area around High Hedge, finding a huge spider and a few Gnolls who are easily dispatched by a few dozen of throwing daggers. After the area was clear Max managed to scrape enough gold for another lvl 1 scroll from Thalantyr so this time he purchased Grease, a spell that will be very useful! So with nothing else to do here he makes way for the Friendly Arm Inn.
CrossroadsThis place is absolutely swarming with road bandits and local wildlife but Max isn't worried as he feels he is well prepared. And soon enough a lone road bandit attacks Max with a ranged weapon but Max simply walks up to him and stabs him in the gut with a dagger, and soon after 2 more bandits suffer the exact same fate. Max continues north and after finding a Ring of Protection hidden in a rock gets attacked by a bloodthirsty Worg shortly after. Worgs are very fast and hard to kite effectively so Max uses his one and only memorized spell Grease on him, with great effect too! Max easily hits every single throwing dagger as the poor creature struggles to move out of the greasy area of effect.
http://i.imgur.com/TIAQf4O.jpg - Worg Battle
After the Worg dies Max finally gets enough XP for a level up, now he is level 2! He also gets 2 additional spell slots on his lvl1 mage spells and he chooses to memorize 2 more Grease spells. Max rests afterwards and with a total of 3 memorized Grease spells continues to explore the rest of the Crossroads area. He encounters the following enemies and decides to use Grease every time because it's super effective and fun too!
http://i.imgur.com/thEc5YM.jpg - Bandit & War Dog
http://i.imgur.com/NiqM0wp.jpg - A belt-thieving Ogre
Max found a Girdle of Piercing on the dead ogre's body which will come in very handy against these road bandits who prefer to use ranged weapons.
http://i.imgur.com/GThE5t6.jpg - Caravan Bandit Leader and her minions
To his delight Max finds out that the Grease spells stack on top of each other and are thus doubly effective! After the entire area was clear Max was left with only a handful of throwing daggers (9 from originally 300ish) but he didn't worry too much about it and continued north to find this Friendly Arm Inn he heard so much about.
Sorry everyone if I'm rambling too much or if I'm doing something wrong. I'm entirely open to criticism since I'm new at this 
Modifié par Bruce Leet, 21 juin 2013 - 07:19 .
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