Presto McSpark: And welcome back to Dungeon Tonight, as ever I'm your host, Presto McSpark and my co-pilot, noted dwarven fighter, Slab Bulkhead. Joining us tonight we are fortunate to have the famed Barbarian Chad Hardchest and the Deva, Slyren. So Slab, moving on to the Company of the Purple Eclipse, good week for them this week do you think?

Slab Bulkhead: Actually pretty much, we left them squaring up for a battle and we rejoined them just as it kicked off.

PM: For the benefit of our viewers, they were facing one Vampire, two Eladrin Knights plus some minions, looking at it, it seems relatively straight forward.

SB: Certainly seemed that, way, some good initial maneouvering and it seemed to be going to plan, but then the Vampire's Domination came into play. Picking what was probably the highest damage dealing member of the party who also happens to have the weakest will, let's be honest the Barbarian was always going to be a first choice.

Chad Hardchest: You saying Bararians stupid?

SB: Not at all but I'll wager a barrel of Dwarven Ale that Athon needed to change his pants when he turned round and saw the Barbarian swinging the Axe of doom towards him!

PM: Absolutely, they were fortunate that the Barbarian was able to snap out of it so early on.

Slyren: I feel your pain!

PM: Thank you for that. We should probably spend some time talking about the Rogue and the wretched time he had.

SB: It happens to all of us, like that time I was in the Tower of Heinous Death, sometimes you can't hit for toffee, it seems to happen to Athon all the time it seems.

PM: Unless of course he's dominated.

SB: Absolutely, dominate him and suddenly he's a killing machine, bloodying the Sorceror can't have gone down well, and how long was he dominated for, can't help but think there may have been a little payback going on?

S: I feel his sorrow!

CH: Barbarian should have smashed little pretend wizard.

PM: Getting back to the main battle, the two Eladrin certainly caused more problems than I bet the party thought they would.

SB: Certainly that grab attack caused the rogue a few issues adding to the issues he was already having and occupied Delamor for longer than it probably should have. And Athon should have broken that domination sooner than he did.

PM: Well bearing in mind what happened next perhaps he shouldn't have.

SB: Well Garard was just in the wrong place in the wrong time, Gregg gets dominated and then proceeds to cut him in two.

PM: Can't be easy the last thing you see is a Barbarian swinging his axe towards you..

SB: And then when you wake up, you see the same axe sticking out of you!

CH: Barbarian have mighty weapons, do mighty blows!

S: I feel your agony!

PM: Well thank you for your comments there...

SB: Once the Knights were down it was only a matter of time for the Vampire and she probably knew it, dominated Athon again and sent him after Belgarath again.

PM: Belgarath did get in a retort...

SB: And Athon gets a repair bill..

PM: But ultimately the Vampire merges back into her cauldron of blood that is subsequently tipped over ending her reign for ever.

SB: A tough fight, tougher than it initially looked I'm sure, as usual Delamor first to hunt the room down..

PM: But both Belgarath and especially Gregg benefitting.

CH: Shiny Axe!

SB: Very much so in this new age of spirit of co-operation.

PM: So after an extended rest they are back on the trail and walk almost entirely into a party of Doergar.

SB:

PM: After the Rogue engages the enemy, the party are left almost too far behind to do anything effective.

SB: Aye, I thought the Rogue should have waited until the party had moved up as close as it could but oh well, tactics and all that..

S: I feel your misery..

SB:

PM: Battle seems to be going well initially until two things happen, two Dark Mantle's lower themselves from the ceiling and start screaming and after a particularly nasty blow, one of the Doerger's suddenly swells up in size and becomes a Doerger Hulk! Add in that one of them is a caster and suddenly it's fight on for the Purple Eclipse..

SB: You say that, all enemies were despatched fairly quickly, even the one that ran, Gregg soon caught him up and sent him to the next world.

PM: Yep, can't say much more than that, certainly a more straight forward battle than their previous one. Moving on they get to the causeway that leads to the tower with some more Doerger and a couple of Xorn in their way.

SB: I tell you I wouldn't be happy fighting on that narrow causesay.

PM: Not at all, it's what, 150 feet long, just wide enough for two at a time? Not fun to fight on, but it looks like Delamor is going for the ole Diplomatic schtick again, certainly with the Xorn but with the Doerger pulling out Crossbow's it doesn't look brilliant.

SB: Not forgetting the 'undead' presence in the tower..

PM: Well I think that about wraps it up, so thank you to all my guests and catch us next time.

CH: Barbarian SMASH!