Frostgrave Game 4
With the death of Father Christmas' treasure hunter, a new one is hired - Grryllan (from Reaper 1986 minis) and quite the find. With Snappy also deceased, a spell to summon a new animal companion is attempted, but ultimately fails.
Gryllan has heard of a dwarf that set off after a great treasure in the frozen city outskirts and has foolishly decided to enter the spider forest to claim it. When the dwarf never returned, Gryllan suggested they follow.
Both parties follow the sound of a dwarf in peril. The Ice Spiders have him poisoned and bound. He promises gold and service for his release, but warns the crates of loot scattered around are guarded by spiders and a single touch will bring them down to feast.
At once, Azmuth and his raised zombie move to the dwarf, Robbie and Tantrum the bear move at full speed through the snow. On the other side, Swinton the Apprentice and Jeffery the Knight move up with Simmo the archer and the hunchback.
Father Christmas casts Fleet Feet on Sluggers who can now run as fast as Chopper the wolf.
Silver and Ginger team up with Grryllan and head for the nearest crate.
Swinton sees the opposing party and rasies a thick fog from the snowy ground, obscuring line of sight between Father Christmas and potential targets.
Azmuth casts a telekenisis spell on a grate to move it away from the dwarves, triggering the spider to come down out of its tree. Noah sees the opportunity and casts an elemental ball, hurling it at the arachnid and burning into its hide, wounding, but not killing it.
Crossbow Guy shoots at the spider but the bolt does not wound it.
The ice spider rushes at the nearest targets, Silver, Ginger and Grryllan. The dwarves flee whilst Grryllan faces off the wounded creature.
Chopper and Sluggers charge through the fog, eager to secure a crate, while Christmas and the apocathery struggle through the miasma, relying on sound rather than sight to guide them through.
As they appear on the other side of the fog bank, Simmo seizes an opportunity and fires an arrow at Father Christmas. The missile passes through the long sleeve of his robe, as he clenches his teeth and glares angrily at the archer.
The hunchback wastes no time grabbing a crate, and a large ice spider descends from the web covered tree to pounch upon the theif, biting him and leaving him poisoned.
Meanwhile, Robbie snatches a crate from the other side, leaving Tantrum to deal with the emerging ice spider. Azmuth and Sir Jeffery run to the captured dwarf.
Grryllan expertly cuts of all eight legs and finishes off the spider with a death blow to the thorax.
Hearing the combatants all around, the captured dwarf pledges 200 gold and a month of service to the one who releases him first.
Silver and Ginger arrive first but lack the additional action needed to free the dwarf, and the ice spider lurking above, drops down to menace them all.
Thiry feet away, Sluggers snatches a crate and legs it, assisted by magic, leaving chopper to tangle with the ice spider. Bitten and poisoned, Chopper succumbs to his wounds and ends up snout first in the snow.
Azmuth and Sir Jeffery rush to the dwarf and the knight kills the spider in a single sword thrust. Azmuth slices throught the webbed encasement and the dwarf is freed.
Silver and Ginger snarl at the audacity, while Father Christmas sneers and considers which destructive spell to cast.
"Back off, Christmas," warns Azmuth. "The dwarf is ours. Take what else you can and leave, or suffer the possibilty of further injury and death."
"Back off, Christmas," warns Azmuth. "The dwarf is ours. Take what else you can and leave, or suffer the possibilty of further injury and death."
Grudgingly and with hands at the ready to cast, Christmas decides to cut the losses and retreat to where Grryllan fights off the spider that downed the wolf. The cat warrior dispatches the eight legged freak, proving himself a worth addition to the Christmas party.
Sluggers wastes no time hauling the crate over a frost topped wall and out of the forest.
Silver and Ginger, robbed of their change to rescue a brother, rush off to grab a lone crate and make for the forest edge.
Simmo shoots the spider between all its eyes, killing it dead and rescuing the hunchback.
As Tantrum stomps the last spider, Robbie makes off with the final crate.
Azmuth and Sir Jeffery also back away steadily, assisting the poisoned, but grareful dwarf throught the snow, back to their encampment in the crypt.
Game results, 2 crates for each side and the dwarf fights as a barbarian for Azmuth's team next game.
Merry Christmas!
