April 19, 699

- Main Page; April 699

Left Keep on the Borderland in morning. Traveled east along main road to Caves of Chaos.

• Turn 1: Enter Goblin caves. Arthrella and Joe have torches lit. Head south-east to Guard Room.
• Turn 2: Find Guard Room completely empty.
  • Encounter green slime. It falls to floor, narrowly missing Richie. Dayrell burns the green slime with oil.
• Turn 3: Travel up stairs to door.
• Turn 4: Enter door. Encounter Neanderthals.
• Turns 5-6: Spend with Neanderthals.
• Turns 7-11: Travel halls with Neanderthals.
• Turn 12: Exit caverns.
• Turns 13-15: Locate owl bear cave and set up traps. Fight and kill owl bear.
• Turns 16-24: Wait for paralyzation to wear off Richie.
• Turn 25: Enter owl bear lair. Arthrella and Joe have torches lit.
• Turns 26-32: Search owl bear lair south of entry cave.
  • Find sealed bone. Save until later to investigate.
  • Find partially consumed torso of unknown humanoid.
  • Light two new torches.
• Turn 33: Richie attacked by moving rock. Group moves around it and on to the north chamber.
• Turn 34: Examine north chamber from entry.
• Turn 35: Return to entrance.
• Turn 36: Rest.
• Turns 37-39: Return to hobgoblin entrance.
• Turn 40: Go south to intersection and beyond to stairs up. Arthrella and Joe have torches lit.
• Turn 41: Go to intersection, encountering three Neanderthals.
• Turns 42-43: Go west to large Neanderthal hall.
• Turns 44-45: Explore Neanderthal hall, rest, and eat.
• Turn 46: Return to intersection at top of stairs. Arthrella and Joe have torches lit.
• Turns 47-48: Explore passage to east to dead end.
• Turns 49-52: Leave caves, hike across the ravine to the cave directly across on the north side.
• Turn 53. Enter cave. Travel to intersection. Get caught in net trap. Fight orcs from north, east, and west, defeating all. Arthrella and Joe have torches lit.
• Turn 54. Loot corpses.

Return to town to split loot and heal. Knuckles and Dayrell advance to 2nd level.