Black Cauldron Woods Battle
		   based on the book by Lloyd Alexander

This battle essentily involves 2 or 3 teams.  Each team has one common
goal.  Posession of the Black Cauldron.  One of the teams begins with
posession of the cauldron, this team is thought of as the "evil" team and
members should act accordingly.  

The sole purpose of the cauldron is to create undead warriors (generaly
considered an evil act.)  This is acomplished by placing the cauldron
over a fire (a pile of sticks), throwing the body of a recently dead
warrior into the mouth of the cauldron, and chanting the following spell:

	Bubble bubble toil and trouble,
	Fire burn and cauldron bubble,
	Seep and soak and sear this soul,
	Make it mine for ever more.
	It's death shall make no difference eyre,
	For tis bound to blackness of the mire.
	So now arise this slave of mine,
	and do my bidding for all of time.


Once created, these Cauldron Born must serve the one(s) who created it.
Cauldron Born are mute servants, they do not even scream when wounded.
They take 3 times normal damage and have the equivilent of maile armor.
However, their deathlike state greatly reduces their dexterity, making
them unable to dodge effectively.  (Players must remember this while in
combat) 
If actuauly slain, the soul raped by the Cauldron is free to return to
Valhala.  No resurection or healing is posible.  Also the body can not be
placed back in the cauldron untill it has returned to Valhala, and been
slain again.  

Some important things to remember about bodies.  Once slain several things
can happen.  The soul can return to Valhala after combat has moved off 50
feet, a healer or magic user can try to bring the body back to life, or
the body can be carried off, either to a healer or to the cauldron.  A
body must either be caried to the cauldron or the cauldron must be brought
to the body.

  BE CAREFULL when carrying bodies off!!  These are real people and can
  still feel bumps and bangs.  

There is only one thing the Cauldron Born fear, the mighty sword Drydyen,
which belonged to the former king but was lost when he left the kingdom.  
This sword is silver-gray and has a padded handle. (It is the only one in
the kingdom like this)  If they see this sword, the Cauldron Born WILL
flee in terror at the sight, keeping at least a 10 foot distance between
them and the sword.  One strike from this sword will destroy a Cauldron
Born utterly.  The Name of the sword must be spoken while striking

It is important for the witches to be relatively farmiliar with the rules
of the Cauldron Born so they can explain.
basicaly it boiles down to this:
	Cauldron Born are created by putting bodies in the cauldron.
	CB fight with reduced dexterity, ie, not dodging too much.
	If the CB are killed, they return to Valhala and are resurrected as
		normal living folks.
	The CB fear the silver sword and will stay 10 feet away from it if
		posible. 
	The sword Drydyen (Dri-dee-n) can destroy a CB with one stroke.
	CB cannot be healed or resurected.


Several points.
	THe destruction of the Cauldron is the ultimate goal of at least
one of the teams.  The method of destruction is a secret, but several
people have read the book and know how to do it already.  
	The magic sword Drydyen will be hidden in a secret location before
the battle.
The team which starts with the Cauldron should probably find a safe place
to keep it.
All of the outside of the Eckerd campus is our battle field.
Valhala will be at a location to be determined.