[Neo the Warrior Cat]

Problem occured again tonight so I'm currently hoping and praying to Tymora that we don't have to reformat the hard drive.
Progress so far:
At the startup I had around 1502 gold!
So my party was equipped with the best money can currently buy. Splint mail for the Fighter multiclasses, Studded Leather for the druid, Everyone who can use a shield has one, etc.
Weapons Proficiencies:
Ivan, Dwarven Fighter/Cleric, 2 Hammers, 1 Flails, 1 Missle Weapons
Fighter/Druid, 2 Spear, 2 Missle Weapons
Druid, 1 Large Sword, 1 Missle Weapons (Uses Darts)
Thief/Illusionist, 1 Short Sword, 1 Bows
Cleric/Mage, 1 Maces, 1 Missle Weapons,
Mage, 1 Daggers (Using the Throwing variety of course) [img]smile.gif[/img]

Once out of there I quickly proceeded to clear out the mini-quests such as Killing the wolf in the warehouse, etc. With Insane mode on I got 2400 Exp for each mini-quest completed! Turned Insane mode off to avoid AIDBG. (An ignomious death by goblin)
With everything done in this area that I can do, I headed for the orc caves, no laughing matter for once again I turned Insane mode on. I was okay until I reached the large area where I knew there was an ambush of Orc Archers waiting for me. After a couple tries I turned of Insane mode but even then one person got killed just before the fight ended. Needless to say I wasn't going to do all that over again so I quickly picked up her stuff and headed back to town to the temple where she was quickly returned to the world of the living. A quick trip to Pomab's to buy ammo and to sell some of the junk I found and a quick trip upstairs nets me some Tchazar Gems and a Chromatic Orb scroll. I have Azzmar (Elven Mage) copy the spell from the scroll into his book then head downstairs to sell these Tchazar Gems. After that I head to the inn for a quick rest and return to the Orc Cave to finish some unfinished business. Venturing northward after the large cavern I find a couple of Orcs and Quickly dispatch them. Venturing westward from there I come upon a Treasure Chest guarded by three Orcs. The orcs fell quickly and a quick examination of the treasure chest found it to contain some stelth-enhancing boots. Bjorn quickly tried these on but the boots simply did not provide enough of a boost to his skills( or lack thereof) in stealth. Bjorn decides to keep them anyway saying that they feel more comfortable than his regular footware so the party quickly decided against trying to separate the gnome from the magical boots. We press onward, backtracking a little eastward then taking a passage southward when lo and behold we run into a gang of three more orcs. Once again we find ourselves easily exterminating these vile creatures but wisely decide to rest. When we awakened we decided to venture southward and the truth of our wisdom hit us. We were faced with seven orcs, all archers, and four ogres!
We gave everything we got but ultimately had to retreat to regain our energy. Re-entering the cave we met up with our pursuit somewhere near the fist large cavern and instead of sniping from a distance we decided to rush into combat in close quarters. This proved to be the best choice for when we felled one orc, two more would appear behind it, having been left behind when the chase began. The ogres proved less troublesome. Once they appeared the party quickly mobbed them from all sides. They didn't stand a chance. Retreiving a contract from the lead ogres body we ventured to the cavern that these foul creatures had been camping in. Another treaure chest was discovered, this one holding a scroll of horror and a winter wolf pelt. We decide to rest here for the night and return to Easthaven in the morning.

[ 08-21-2004, 11:31 PM: Message edited by: Neo the Warrior Cat ]