Owing to Rolen’s clever use of the Hypnotic Pattern spell, the three giants were mesmerized… for a brief time. The group knew that the giants were more than a match for them in open battle.
And their time of reprieve was being consumed by the ogres coming through the door to the west!

This is Session 5 of my recap / walkthrough / playthrough series ofTHE FORGOTTEN TEMPLE OF THARIZDUN(1982) byGary Gygax. [PDF for $5 at DTRPG].
Previously:
- THARIZDUN: Session 1 – Brawl at the Entrance of the BlackTemple
- THARIZDUN: Session 2 – The TrollOnslaught
- THARIZDUN: Session 3 – Let’s Take ThisOutside
- THARIZDUN: Session 4 – Breakthrough into the BlackTemple!
Lower Temple

The ogres weren’t a serious challenge to the party. [In contrast to the stone giant, who’d earlier knocked the dwarf Yebarinscrud to half hit points with a single toss of a…
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