viorec slides past Tabitha positioning himself to target any of the gremlins before winging a stone at the knee striking enemy attacking Jasper.
Cade sees the two attacking Dejah and growls in anger . "You better worry about me instead of her!" He steps up and attacks the gremlin that is furthest from the group.
Jasper looks down at the tiny little thing attempting to kill him and says Aww...aren't you adorable! He then attempts to kicks it's legs out from under it.
Cade's hammer falls on the gremlin, piercing through its defences with contemptuous ease and crushing it with a *SPLAT*. Both of Viorec's & Tabitha's attacks miss their marks.
Jasper aims a kick at the gremlin's feet, causing it to leap at his leg to stab it...
...and is caught in mid-air before the blow can land, knocking it clean off its feet.
Dejah takes a 5 ft step back, on top of the dead gremlin, calls upon Fortune's Favour and attacks the one that jumped on her back earlier with her pike.
Dejah's pike catches the gremlin squarely in the chest, knocking the wind out of it. Unfortunately, the wound once again heals over only a few seconds after she pulls her pike free.
The gremlin, witnessing the gruesome death of its friend and suddenly realizing it's boxed in, tries to skitter past Dejah & Cade... once again misjudging the reach of Dejah's pike.
...unfortunately, it stumbles before it can get past the changeling, drawing Cade's wrath on it as well.
The gremlin Jasper knocked over gets to its feet and growls. It then winks, disappearing in a *POP*!
Dejah struck out at the Gremlin as it tried to run past, but her aim went askew, as it stumbled.
"Grr. Put this thing down, Cade!"
Transferring the sling in to his other hand Viorec steps forward as he pulls out the cold Iron dagger at his belt striking at the remaining gremlin that is within sight.
Viorec's knife sinks into the gremlin's hide... and this time, the wound doesn't heal over. The gremlin squeals in surprise and pain as it feels blood welling up from the wound.
Cade swings as the gremlin attempts to moves away.
Cade tries to finish the pesky creature.
Cade's opportunistic strike misses wildly, but he manages to catch the little nuisance on the backswing. He crushes it against the cavern wall with a *SPLORTCH*, leaving a bloody mess on both the wall and his hammer.
Val looks over the carnage and starts shaking. "Geez--that's... that's awful."
Jasper smiles and says to the others Well that was invigorating!
Stepping back around the corner he says Sef, how many were there? Are there more of them or can we consider the job done?
Sef smirks. "Found a few already, did ya? There's at least six of them in there, including their leader."
"They're not too threatening out in the open, but don't let 'em catch you off-guard. They're small, but if they catch you unaware they can REALLY hit where it hurts."
"Good work, everyone." Dejah felt the bruises between her shoulder blades from the Gremlin that had climbed onto her back and tried to stab her with his little sword.
Quietly to Cade she said, "Glad you know how to whack Gremlins, hard. Thanks for not letting them overrun me."
Watching as Jasper made his way back toward the Skulks' encampment, she asked the gunslinger, "Ask Sef what the leader looks like - if there is any distinguishing mark/feature", ensuring her voice was not overly loud and would not carry to the remaining, hidden Gremlins.
Only three so it looks like we got a few more ta clear out. Viorec, He says looking over, I'm sorry I missed it before but ye said ye had some cold iron sling bullets right? I'm pretty handy with a sling do ye mind if I borrow em?
Once he gets an answer one way or the other, he says Alright everyone good to go? Dejah since we two seem to be able to move the quietest and you have the eyes let's scout a few steps ahead of the others. Maybe this time we can catch them by surprise.
Unless there are objections he'll start moving north all sneaky like.
Turning back real quick he says to Sef Oy Sef, whats the leader look like? The same as them others or different?
Then once answered he'll start moving north.
Once she received the answer to her question about the leader and Jasper asked for her to scout ahead with him, the Changeling nodded her head.
Dejah will quietly follow behind Jasper and very quietly guide/instruct him using her darkvision. She will keep an eye out for Gremlin and trap.
"Oy Sef, whats the leader look like? The same as them others or different?"
"Only saw it once--it's got this weird crown made out of junk, and it has a scar on its gut from where I stabbed it last time." Sef calls back.
-------------------As Dejah and Jasper creep forward, the changeling notices the gleam of a tripwire from Tabitha's light in the northwest passage. Presumably, it's connected to yet another spike trap the gremlins have set.
The pair catch a glimpse of what appears to be a massive scrap heap in the large cavern beyond.
Jasper continues creeping forward towards the scrap heap chamber.
Viorec offers the sling and the remaining 9 cold iron sling bullets to jasper. Here you go. I can use it but you will probably make better use of the limited ammo.
Dejah pointed out the new spike trap to Jasper and she wondered if she should disable it ... but when Jasper moved forward, she noted its location for possible disabling afterwards. The Jinkin Gremlins were their first priority.
Creeping quietly forward, just behind the tall gunslinger, she grabbed hold of Jasper's arm to slow him down until she could take a better/closer look inside the cavern/at the scrap heap to determine if anything was hiding within or another trap was there or something of note was left in the pile.
My thanks Viorec. You are a gentleman and a scholar! When he hands Jasper the sling and bullets.
Jasper takes a moment while Dejah is looking to concentrate on listening for signs of movement.
"Glad you know how to whack Gremlins, hard. Thanks for not letting them overrun me."
Cade smiles at Dejah. "And I am glad you are good at sneaking and traps. My large, clumsy self would already be dead if it wasn't for you." He bumps her playfully.
"I am good with you two leading. Keep a careful eye out for those gremlins. They are sneaky lil bastards."
Cade follows from a distance.
As the duo observe the cavern, a pair of sharp *CLANGING* noises echoes throughout the cavern. Jasper looks up...
...and spots three gremlins clinging to the stalactites on the ceiling, ten feet high. Two of them have looks of sheer astonishment on their faces as they grasp at air, their short swords having fallen to the scrap pile below. The third one is shooting a blistering glare at the two clumsy ones.
The chief looks up as the echoes ring throughout the cavern.
It blinks in confusion as it looks past the scrap pile. It cocks its head before pointing a finger at the passage entrance.
"Che cos'è quello?"
Jasper looks at the stalactites to see if they are trapped somehow. Grinning he waves and says Sef says HI! before he whips a sling around with a cold iron bullet and hurls it at the leaders head.
The sling bullet arcs across the pile and strikes the leader squarely on the cheek, tearing a bloody wound open. The leader shrieks in pain!
With the sounds of battle Viorec moves just past Caedmon to be able to see everyone in the group he raises his head and calls out to his patron for his attention, Cayden Cailean patron of risk takers and lovers of freedom I ask for your favor in our fight. with the call a nearly invisible wave emanates from Viorec passing through each member of the group. With its passing the blood seems to rush to your ears like the cheer's of thousands urging you on before passing away leaving you feeling braver and more certain of your success.
Cade moves up in front of the rifleman and readies an attack should one of the gremlins move into melee range. "Come meet your end!"
As Cade charges into the room and starts waving around his hammer, one of the gremlins leaps down from its perch... and promptly gets swatted like a fly. The gremlin's corpse flies into a stalagmite at the other end of the cavern and crashes into it with a meaty *thud*.
The remaining gremlins leap at the massive berserker, trying to knife him.
They land on their feet with ease and make a beeline for him!
Their knives fail to pierce his armour when they stab at him.
The chieftain hangs back and throws the sharpened piece of metal at him...
...managing to stick it in his chest, despite the gremlins throwing themselves at him!
Jasper steps up and kicks one of the creatures legs out from under them, trying to get them off of Cade and keeping them from flanking him. Calling over his shoulder he says Feel free to jump in at any time. He then trails off laughing, clearly he is having fun and you can tell he meant the statement in jest.
Cade swings at the first gremlin who attempts to stab him, but misses.
Shortly after his miss, a piece of metal thuds soundly in his chest. Pain courses through his body as he looks down and sees where it pierced his armor. He instinctively reaches down and attempts to slow the bleeding.
The gremlin Jasper tries to trip stabs at him as well...
...but it's still not enough to stop Jasper from knocking it flat on its back.
Dejah moved up 5 ft to stand behind Jasper and using her pike (reach weapon) attacked the gremlin who was now prone on its back near Jasper's feet.
The prone gremlin manages to squirm out of the way of Dejah's incoming pike.
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Tabitha moves forward slightly with her dagger in hand beside Dejah to see into that part of the cavern. Seeing both Caedmon and Jasper taking care of the gremlins, she is not sure what she can do. So she tries to hit the closest one with her dagger.
"Drat!" As Tabitha exclaims when she sees her dagger fly out to strike, but she doesn't see if it connects or not.
Tabitha's dagger flies wide.
Seeing the prone enemy "Great job Jasper!"
Cade regrips his hammer and attempts to finish the prone Gremlin.
Viorec moves next to Dejah and Tabitha keeping his dagger out and ready to use. As he scans the combat waiting to see the best time to support his comrades.
Cade's hammer comes down on the prone gremlin and crushes it with ease.
The chieftain grabs another sharp spike and throws it at the berserker...
...but it sails over his shoulder without hitting either him or the gremlin stabbing him. The gremlin keeps up his assault...
It keeps on stabbing, only causing bruises.
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Jasper smiles and seeing that knocking them down so that Cade can turn them into gremlin goo seems to be working, steps up and does it again to the other one on him. I love a little game of whack a gremlin! I'll knock em' down you smash em!
The gremlin tries to stab at Jasper...
...and while it manages to bruise his shin, gets knocked over for its trouble.
Dejah takes a 5 ft step inside the larger cavern, making room for Tabitha and Viorec behind her. Using her pike (reach weapon), she attempts to attack the prone gremlin by Jasper's feet.
This time, Dejah's pike manages to break the gremlin's skin and draw blood. The wound isn't as deep as she hoped, but it's still seriously injured.
Tabitha's dagger, on the other hand, slices open the chieftain's throat as it leaps from her hand. The boss' eyes widen and it grabs at its throat before pitching backwards onto the cavern floor, twitching twice and then laying still.
Viorec's healing magic radiates from him, fixing Jasper's bruises and some of Cade's spear injury.
"Time to die little bastard" Inspired by Tabitha and Dejah's successful attacks and reinvigorated by Viorec's healing, Cade raises his hammer one last time.
Cade crushes the gremlin decisively, leaving little more than a red smear on the cavern floor.
Cade, winded and injured, drops his hammer and bends over to catch his breath and calm his anger. Breathing heavily again, "Great job team." He looks around assessing the damage. Smiling at Jasper, he offers his hand. "I didn't know what to think about you when we first met, but you are pretty alright. Your combat skill aided me significantly." He turns to Dejah and checks the wound in his chest. "You alright?"
Same to you big man! Jasper smiles broadly clasping Cade's hand, trying to keep his own from getting crushed in the man's grip. Everyone else good? Tabby cat? Vu? You all doing well?