LEG: Trip 1.

Lugubrion Exploration Group (LEG), Trip 1 Report:

The team made our first exploration of the Western Keep today. The most important thing people will want to know is that we did not reach the end and we did not find anything of value. It was successful in that we reached further than before and managed to kill a significant amount of Watery Guardians, but along the journey we made many mistakes, one eventually significant enough to cause some departs and bring a end to the trip, followed by a short rescue.

When we first entered the Western Keep about 8 Thoom fell within a single minute. It was a bad start with a lot of water elementals at the entrance. Eventually we were chained to safe room 1 and more Thoom joined the team. In the history of Puddleby I can say with confidence this was the single greatest gathering and cooperative effort of Thoom recorded.

Once we got established, we cleared the first hallway rather quickly. Backspawns occur frequently, but not enough to overwhelm our team. After the first hallway we found a larger room with a lot of Watery Guardians. South we confirmed another hallway with what appears to be more safe rooms. In the larger room, after the first hallway, the group became split-up by a kudzu mistake (by me) allowing four watery guardians into our safe spot. And with backspawns taking a toll on the survivors a couple of us were left fallen in the large room with no chance of a rescue.

We learned a lot about future tactics that will lead to our eventual success. We are planning our next trip in two weekends, giving us more time to think, plan, and become stronger.

At the entrance of the western keep. Safe room 1 visible to the north. We got kudzu setup which allowed for a effective way to kill the guardians. Not pictured is fighter and runner, Scout, who lured the guardians away, allowing kudzu to be placed without distractions.

The room after the 1st hallway. Lots of Guardians. Here we faced a lot of icey lightning. This is as far as the team progressed. The big kudzu mistake is visible which allowed the guardians to come through and mark the end of our trip.

We came back to rescue Scout in a safe room, after some departs and portaling to town from the previous sketch. A parting team shot of a successful first trip to the Western Keep.

LEG trip 1 roster:
Healer: Another, Coriakin, Phroon, Xenos.
Fighter: Eden, Genmo, Patino, Scout, Vanusanguia (BBer).
Mystic: Kassaarh (apprentice), Org du Lac.

-Thoom!