"Jorgan, help the new guy with this one. Rog, follow me!!"
Kraygan sidesteps the first giant, closing in on the Lieutenant. Once he and Rogzul are in position he takes a powerful sweep at the giant's legs with Gorum's Thorn.
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Round 1, Init 11
Wren opens up at whichever giant is still standing.
to hit; (Haste, Heroism)
magic damage.
to hit; (Haste, Heroism)
magic damage.
to hit; (Haste, Heroism)
magic damage.
HP: 79/79
AC: 18 (+4 w/mage armor) +1 haste
[ dice]1d20+11+1[/dice] touch to hit;
[ dice]1d6+6[/dice] acid damage.
Effects: mage armor, overland flight
Right: bow
Left:
Iron Ring 1/1 used
Rod Lsr Extend 0/3 used
Rod Lsr Quicken 2/3 used
Firestorm 1/3 used
Staff of Ice: 0/10 used
Acid 2/10 used
Blip: 0 of 72 5' steps
12th Level: The bow counts as a +2 Adaptive Flaming Composite Longbow. Scorching Ray now only costs 1 charge and replaces the arcane bolt. The fireball spell is now under the effects of the quickened metamagic feat though only for the use of a full attack with the bow itself with the fireball itself counting as one of the attacks.
[ dice]1d20+13-2+1[/dice] to hit; (PBS,rapid)
[ dice]1d8+3+1d6[/dice] magic fire damage.
As the halfling dives into combat, Rog nods grunts in approval and nods at Kraygan. The dwarf has significantly less ground to cover, so Rog decides to handle that by swiftly casting enlarge on himself and stepping closer to the green Lieutenant.
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The Fire giant lieutenant is a bit quicker at reacting then his counterparts as Kraygan rushes in.
The greatsword snaps around as Kraygan tumbles underneath the blade and gives a powerful sweep with his own at the Lieutenant's calves.
The Lieutenant topples as his hamstring his cut, allowing Kraygan to stab is blade downward into the giant's gut. The giant screams in pain.
Farin gets a bit risky as he steps up to the nearest giant, slashing his shortswords all around the giant's legs, not afraid at getting in close to the heat. The giant nearly topples to the ground as the blades strike a severe artery.
Rogzul slides in behind Farin and stabs his spear into the giant's neck, twice in quick succession. Blood sprays against the cavern wall as the giant falls to the ground dead.
With the Lieutenant down on the ground Wren knows he will have a difficult time with the giant taking cover and aims for the only standing giant. One arrow pierces into the back of the giant's hand as it whips about.
Kraygan
Jorgan
Farin
Rogzul
Wren
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Fire Giant Lieutenant (-136)
Fire Giant (-9)
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Jorgan rushes forward as Kraygan takes on the giant on the floor. "Ay, Kray, that one's sleeping, it's not even a fair fight!" He puts his spear down as he charges in and tries to hit the other giant right in the gut.
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The prone giant swings his greatsword about wildly as Jorgan advances.
As the blade slashes upwards Jorgan digs the haft of his spear into the ground and hurtles up and over the arc of the blade before landing back on his feet and jabs Heartspit into the fire giant guards gut.
Realizing that Kraygan is well trained in the art of bringing a giant to the ground the Lieutenant decides to stay put and jab his blade at Kraygan in hops of bringing the dwarf down as well.
Kraygan easily deflects the blow of the prone giant.
The fire giant digs his heels into the ground and rams through Jorgan, Farin and Rogzul.
The fire giant skids to a halt as too many small folk block his path, jabbing spears into the air with enough force to stop an advancing cavalry.
Kraygan
Jorgan
Farin
Rogzul
Wren
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Fire Giant Lieutenant (-136; prone)
Fire Giant (-39)
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Jorgan plants his feet and puts his shoulder to the fire giant to stop him in his tracks. He laughs as he backs up to stab at the giant again!
Kraygan jumps on the officer, hacking and slashing with his greatsword.
"GGHRAAGH!"
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Round 2, Init 11
Wren opens up at whichever giant is still standing.
to hit; (Haste, Heroism)
magic damage.
to hit; (Haste, Heroism)
magic damage.
to hit; (Haste, Heroism)
magic damage.
HP: 79/79
AC: 18 (+4 w/mage armor) +1 haste
[ dice]1d20+11+1[/dice] touch to hit;
[ dice]1d6+6[/dice] acid damage.
Effects: mage armor, overland flight
Right: bow
Left:
Iron Ring 1/1 used
Rod Lsr Extend 0/3 used
Rod Lsr Quicken 2/3 used
Firestorm 1/3 used
Staff of Ice: 0/10 used
Acid 2/10 used
Blip: 0 of 72 5' steps
12th Level: The bow counts as a +2 Adaptive Flaming Composite Longbow. Scorching Ray now only costs 1 charge and replaces the arcane bolt. The fireball spell is now under the effects of the quickened metamagic feat though only for the use of a full attack with the bow itself with the fireball itself counting as one of the attacks.
[ dice]1d20+13-2+1[/dice] to hit; (PBS,rapid)
[ dice]1d8+3+1d6[/dice] magic fire damage.
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Kraygan leaps on top of the fallen officer and repeatedly stabs his blade into the Lieutenant's neck, ending the giants life in a steady stream of gurgles before falling still.
Jorgan's spear catches the remaining giant between its ribs as the giant tries to get past. Using the momentum Farin rushes underneath the Fire giant, cutting at its underside.
Wren finishes the giant off with a single well-placed arrow into the Fire giant's eye.
Catching the giants initially off guard seems to have worked in the Trunau Militia's favor, though with this being a main entrance there is bound to be several patrols passing through this gate any moment.
Just past the recently deceased is a second portcullis used to trap any unwelcome guests between the two portcullis while stones can be hurled from the other side.
Although there are small vents in the caverns to cycle fresh air through these lower parts of the lair, the smell of goats, pigs, and manure has built up to a disgusting level. This reek is debilitating in all the caverns and tunnels in this part of the mountain.
The primary tunnel continues on for several hundred feet before branching out into a fork, one leading north and another leading east.
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Fort
Inured by this long exposure to the odoriferous emanations of yak and dwarf, Wren is easily able to shrug off the sickening vapors. In comparison, they are delightful.
"That's wasn't too bad. Even your yaktender acquitted himself well. Let us continue."
Wren floats to the top of the ceiling and follows the dwarvenhorde forward.
Jorgan nods in agreement with Wren. "Aye, off to a good start." He then pulls out a small figurine and sets it on the ground, speaking a word to bring his giant god-given goat back to life. Spirit, now towering over everyone in the chamber, lets out a low bleat of contentment as Jorgan leaps up and pulls himself onto its back. "Oh Captain, My Captain: want a ride? There's room!"
Jorgan than moves forward and says, "How about north? It's like going up."
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"Heh! Sure, I'll ride." Farin jumps up on the yak, but it seems clear he has never seen one up close before. "North works for me."
"You guys weren't kidding when you said you hunt giants. This will be fun. Can we do anything to at least hide these guys? Seems like we just announced ourselves to the next one that passes through."
"Good." Rog says in response to Farin.
"Let them see how quickly and violently their kind die at our hand. It is a warning they should heed."
Rog keeps his eyes focused further in the cavern and waits for the dwarves and elf to join him in moving forward.
After catching his breath, Kraygan puts up a gauntleted hand. "Hold up jus a second, all these bodies r' gonna cause problems. We should try and do somethin 'bout it."
Looking at the two portcullis, he wonders aloud. "What if we add some rocks to th' heads of these bodies, bash 'em in a bit, n' make some giant tracks leading back out through that portcullis? Rog's still large enough that his stompin' feet should do th' trick. Ye know, make it look like th' stone giants did this? Could leave a symbol o' the stone giant god for 'em to find too. Then we go through th' inner portcullis and close it behind us so they think th' problem's outside th' mount'n not inside, where we're goin."
Kraygan looks around for some good rocks suitable for throwing by giants.
"You're losing your memory Elf. Maybe we should replace you with a halfman too." Rog snorts, aggravated that the dwarves are wasting time with a cowardly ruse.
"If you are dont playing with the dead, lets go."
"Almost..." Kraygan waves Rogzul over and points to a pool of blood. "Step in that and stomp around a bit, walk outside, then fly back here. Then we move on to more giant killin."
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Wren digs through the corpses and finds:
- Potion of CSW (2)
- Large +2 Half-Plate
- Large +1 Greatsword
- A ring that feels chill to the touch.
DC 26 Spellcraft:Minor Ring of Cold Resistance
- Everburning torch
Once Wren is done stuffing the equipment away Kraygan ties a rope around one of the Giant's legs at a time so that Spirit and Haggis are able to drag their bodies a small distance.
Taking a small bit of time the group stages the area to look as if Stone giants committed treason and murder within the confines of Ashpeak.
The passage continues on for several hundred feet as it slowly climbs upward in elevation before opening up into another cavern. This large, magma-formed cavern reeks of animal waste, sweat, and despair. A few braziers hang from the ceiling on stout chains, bathing the chamber in flickering fire light. Multiple patches of large mushrooms grow on beds of dark soil. Two hewn passageways lead out of one side of the cavern.
This is one of several fungal gardens the giants use for food. Slaves bring carts of manure here from the pigs and goats, while other slaves load up carts with harvested mushrooms, and one of the larger inhabitants of Ashpeak (usually an ettin or stone giant) hauls the food carts away to another part of the lair.
A gang of defeated-looking orc slaves tend the fungi here; some shovel manure from a cart onto the plots while others cut down the tallest mushrooms and stack them in a different cart. Amidst the slaves stands a single Fire Giant that watches over the progress with a stern gaze as he redirects orc slaves that stop for but a moment to wipe their brow.
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Spellcraft
Unsure what it does, Wren offers the ring around. If it is not taken, he stuffs the equipment away.
As they move on, Wren is feeling pretty dang comfy in his Blazing Robe (and Endure Elements as necessary).
"This might be their food stash. Might be we destroy all of this, it would be good. Are we worried about keeping the orcs alive?" Wren flicks a glance at Rogzul as if he might have an opinion.
Jorgan nods along and offers his response to Farin and Wren. "Right, I don't think they look physically ready to revolt anyways. I say we set 'em free, give 'em some strong words not to go killing dwarves and other folk anymore, and send them on their way."
To Wren's idea of sabotaging the food supply, Jorgan counters, "That would only be effective if we wanted to starve them out. I think we'll kill them faster than that. Let's leave the food in case we or an ally needs it later. Let's just take out the giant...."
Kraygan glances at Wren. Then glances at Rogzul.
"I don't know 'bout the rest of ye, but I've recently developed some respect fer orcs. If these r' unwilling slaves then we should worry 'bout their lives."
Speaking of orcs seems to have given Kraygan another idea. "Rog, do ye think ye kin get down there and blend in? Could be these orcs know a lot 'bout this volcano and what might be behind those doors across th' cavern. Also, if ye kin get close t' that giant, maybe ye could lure it closer to us so we kin ride it down before it summons more trouble."
Pointing to the mushrooms, he adds for Farin's benefit. "Those look big enough for ye to hide behind. Think ye kin get inta position fer a surprise attack?"
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The Fire giant's head whips around as he is quite observant while on duty watching over the orc slaves, for any to get out of hand, lazy or look to take an unwanted nap in the rooms to the north.
Squinting his eyes he growls low as he notices the small Halfling trying to sneak through the field of mushrooms. With each step Farin steps on one of the squeaky morsels.
His voice echoes off of the stone walls as the two doors to the north open up, revealing another pair of fire giants.
Bending down the fire giant that noticed Farin breaks off one of the larger, heavier mushrooms. The mushroom snaps off with a crunch like celery snapping in half and is the size of a boulder.
Wren
Rogzul
Kraygan
Farin
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Vanguard
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Jorgan
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Fire giants
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Round 1, Init 28
Wren moves up, still overland flying (at 15' up) and casts Magic Missile at the giant.
force damage
How was the yaktender seen?
[ dice]1d20+12+2+1[/dice] to hit; (Haste, Heroism)
[ dice]1d8+3[/dice] magic damage.
[ ooc]Haste (round 3/13): +1 to hit, AC, reflex, attx, yadayadayada. [/ooc]
HP: 79/79
AC: 18 (+4 w/mage armor) +1 haste
[ dice]1d20+11+1[/dice] touch to hit;
[ dice]1d6+6[/dice] acid damage.
Effects: mage armor, overland flight
Right: bow
Left:
Iron Ring 1/1 used
Rod Lsr Extend 0/3 used
Rod Lsr Quicken 2/3 used
Firestorm 1/3 used
Staff of Ice: 0/10 used
Acid 2/10 used
Blip: 0 of 72 5' steps
12th Level: The bow counts as a +2 Adaptive Flaming Composite Longbow. Scorching Ray now only costs 1 charge and replaces the arcane bolt. The fireball spell is now under the effects of the quickened metamagic feat though only for the use of a full attack with the bow itself with the fireball itself counting as one of the attacks.
[ dice]1d20+13-2+1[/dice] to hit; (PBS,rapid)
[ dice]1d8+3+1d6[/dice] magic fire damage.
Kraygan stays back in the cave and says something to Jorgan in dwarven.
"Lure 'em out of the mushrooms so I kin charge."
Seeing the halfling discovered, Rog frowns and calls upon his spirits to bolster his weapon, making it even stronger against his giant foes.
Lifting himself from the ground, he flies forward close enough to be seen and hopefully draw some of the giants from Farin.
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Seeing the giant turn towards Farin Wren hovers in the air as a wave of missile careen across the field and rocket into the Vanguard.
Rogzul throws his large orcish frame into the air, hoping to be seen by the giants as he tries to take some of the heat off of Farin.
Kraygan tries to formulate some sort of a plan Jorgan as Haggis nudges the dwarf.
Farin throws his spear across the long distance, though he had not thrown it so far before. The dagger falls short as it sticks into a mushroom.
heaving the mushroom high into the air it begins to steam and hiss as it grows incredibly hot. using both hands the giant hurls the massive, heavy mushroom at Farin. As the rock is in the air the Vanguard uses his feet other free hand swatting another pair at the halfling.
Each of the mushrooms arc and spin through the air and bounce off of mushrooms just above Farin's head. Though being superheated from the Fire giant's touch the mushrooms split open, emitting a 10 foot cloud of intense steam that obscures all view.
Wren
Rogzul
Kraygan
Farin
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Vanguard (-17)
Red steam 4 rounds
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Jorgan
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Fire giants
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"Hey! Don't waste food, you nincompoops!" Jorgan yells at the giants as he kicks Spirit forward. The ram leaps across the terrain, hopping over mushrooms with ease as Jorgan comments, "Besides, these mushrooms need nice damp soil to grow properly." The ground beneath the giant's feet begins to grow soft...
"Balls..." Kraygan mutters as everyone advances into hostile terrain. Urging Haggis ahead, he joins them.
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Kicking Spirit through the large mushroom field Jorgan pours his energy into the compact mountain.
A large line of the soil becomes soft like a bog.
The pair of giants seem to be unaffected for the most part as they only sink a couple of inches as the stone just begins to soften.
Kicking into high gear Kraygan and Haggis circle around to cover Farin's flank while both Fire giants to the north leave the rooms and break into a full run towards the northeast tunnel as the blue fire giant pays little mind to the orc slaves and steps onto one of the orcs. The green form wriggles and twitches as it yells in pain or what could also possibly be the sweet release of death.
Wren
Rogzul
Farin
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Vanguard (-17)
Red steam 4 rounds
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Jorgan
Kraygan
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Fire giants
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"Hey there! Where do you think you're going?" Jorgan calls out as he strikes at the giant.
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Round 2, Init 28
Wren moves up in the air and along the west wall.
Seeing the blue giant flee, Wren puts up a wall of force in the passage.
"No, no, no. You ain't going nowhere nohow."
[ dice]1d20+12+2+1[/dice] to hit; (Haste, Heroism)
[ dice]1d8+3[/dice] magic damage.
[ ooc]Haste (round 3/13): +1 to hit, AC, reflex, attx, yadayadayada. [/ooc]
HP: 79/79
AC: 18 (+4 w/mage armor) +1 haste
[ dice]1d20+11+1[/dice] touch to hit;
[ dice]1d6+6[/dice] acid damage.
Effects: mage armor, overland flight
Right: bow
Left:
Iron Ring 1/1 used
Rod Lsr Extend 0/3 used
Rod Lsr Quicken 2/3 used
Firestorm 1/3 used
Staff of Ice: 0/10 used
Acid 2/10 used
Blip: 0 of 72 5' steps
12th Level: The bow counts as a +2 Adaptive Flaming Composite Longbow. Scorching Ray now only costs 1 charge and replaces the arcane bolt. The fireball spell is now under the effects of the quickened metamagic feat though only for the use of a full attack with the bow itself with the fireball itself counting as one of the attacks.
[ dice]1d20+13-2+1[/dice] to hit; (PBS,rapid)
[ dice]1d8+3+1d6[/dice] magic fire damage.
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As the fire giant passes by it deflects Jorgan's spear, though gets a thousand puncture wounds all over his hands as he grabs ahold of Spirit's barbed horns.
As the giant flees to the tunnels, Wren blocks his path with an invisible wall of force.
Farin uses the mushrooms to slowly inch forward in the hopes of catching the Vanguard unawares.
Wren
Rogzul
Farin
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Vanguard (-17)
Red steam 4 rounds
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Jorgan
Kraygan
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Fire giants (Blue -37)
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Rog flies forward, over the mushrooms and toward the middle of the field, hoping to back up Jorgan on his end of the fight.