Tonight's Background: Orange is the New Black

Whatever the circumstance, whether highway traveler or explorer, mercenary or merchant, you have been waylaid and captured by Gnolls and brought to their dark prison cave. There were many others grouped in adjacent cells but over the days, one by one, they were taken out and you never saw them again. All the other cells have been cleared out with the exception of yours (where you are all gathered) and a smaller cell where the beasts have kept young children whom they are saving for some final devilish need. Jute is held in that cell while her father Zahl is held in the cell with you (the party). Zahl has been held here for days and has seen the rest of his family taken, one by one, by guards never to return. He does not know what has happened to them but fears the worst. Zahl has heard talk of someone called “The Big Guy” and that there is a symbol of an eye painted above every cave opening.

You know that there are Gnolls wandering about, Gnolls who's eyes are a pale white as if they were being controlled by some outside force. There are also Orc guards that have handled the prisoners who do not seem to be under that control but are acting of their own malicious accord.

Though you have been kept alive with rancid water and rotten meat of some kind which none of you have touched you all have been healed of all wounds by Su the cleric who has also been captured.

In short you have full hit points but no armor or weapons.

Clerics (and druids for that matter) can start the session with all their spells.

Magic-users will only have 2 spells remembered before they were captured, their spellbooks missing at the moment.

Experience points for the survivors of the last adventure:

6 Mephits: 1,440

10 Gnolls: 300

Sending Xuthal to hell and destruction of Earth Stone: 800

Total: 2,540

Most of you will have new characters except for Mike and Zach if I recall.  Tim, I don't recall if your ranger survived, my notes are a bit scattered at the moment.  If you haven't rolled up characters yet you can do it this evening using the compete rules for race and classes.