D&D at the Games Tower

(Scroll for tl;dr) The echo of a hammer hitting steel reverberated around the caverns. The Adventurers™ now somewhat rested, followed the sound and found a makeshift smithy in a large chamber. They saw a fire pit in the middle of the room and a dishevelled dwarf working steel on an anvil.  He was chained to one of the natural stone columns.  There were also two Black Earth priests leaning amongst the weapon racks and boxes around the edge of the room.  As the party attacked the priests, one of them shouted “Protect the weapon!” The other attempted to run off down a tunnel.  Skonn pursued the priest and cut him down.  Aubrey took aim at the remaining priest and began to cast a fireball.  Garon realised that the spell’s area of effect would include and most likely incinerate the dwarf so he cast counterspell and nullified Aubrey’s spell.  This resulted in some bickering between the mages while the remaining priest was hacked to death. Now that his captors had been killed, the d

(Scroll for tl;dr) Sorin dropped the poisoned mushrooms down the Xorn’s throat.  Its mouth snapped shut and a noise like stone grinding together could be heard in its stomach.  The Xorn convulsed as Skonn attacked it from behind.  A Dragonborn cleric appeared and rushed to the party’s aid.  The Xorn gained some composure and lashed out at the party as the priest, who had been feeding gems to the Xorn, was quickly cut down.  Once the Xorn had been dealt with Sorin slashed at where he expected the stomach to be, looking for the treasure that had been poured down its throat.  He eventually found some gems and gold while Aubrey found a magic scroll on the priest.  The dragonborn, Fendril explained that he had been hired by the Lord’s Alliance to eradicate the Black Earth Cult.  He and his friends had fought their way through the monastery and mines but only the dragon born had survived.  They decided to join forced for now.  Balderpoor had disappeared again during the battle, probably

(Scroll for TL;DR) Skonn slashed at the giant with a hand axe and managed to get free of its grip.  The giants were tough but eventually bested, with Skonn and Sorin each strikingly a killing blow.  Garon hurled spells from a safe distance, managing to stay conscious in this fight.  The giants didn’t have many items of interest except for a kite shaped gem that pulsated with an eerie glow.  Garon examined it but did not believe it to be magical.  They found a strange suit of armour in a crate by the giant’s bed.  On closer inspection the party found that the armour was solid and could be fitted together.  In the chest plate was a kite shaped recess and the party immediately placed the gem in it.  The armour came to life and started to speak.  It was disorientated and said that its name was Warden. It had been a bodyguard for the Hand of Yartar.  It agreed to follow the party as it believed the earth cult was responsible for its disassembling.   Balderpoor announced that he needed to