That really was a nail-biter of a final fight! The one before it was also pretty brutal and strained us to our limits as well. We got some good loot in exchange though. My novice character now has most of my standard kit (well, every part of it that someone of his strength can carry), and he earned enough money to pick up a breastplate, a "cold iron" dagger s a back up weapon, and still has a stash of coin saved for future expenses. I've also figured out that, since I'll be pulling out that holy symbol on a fairly regular basis, I'd better just stick to a buckler and forget about using a standard shield in the off hand. No need to keep dropping the thing. It was tricky with all of us being new to PAG, but as players, we figured things out quickly enough and in four hours time were able to manage 4 interesting fight scenes (two of which were very challenging, tactically), and a couple of good puzzles/obstacles.
