Tybek whispers a message back to the company. "We've got twa wee bugbeasties cookin up a disgustin meal. Get ready fer a fight!"
"Tell Ty to charge when the very earth attacks the bugbears."
"Dannae tell me that yer wee dug is diggin fer bones under the ground!"
Tybek readies a charge to deliver a sneak attack when the earth elemental makes his appearance.
Arindale will cast Guidance and move up 30 feet probably ruining any chance of surprise. Clank, clank!
Tell Ty to try and not get himself killed before we get up there!
The bugbears' perception check proved that they were pretty oblivious to what was going on.
Arindale:
Berashel:
Braden:
Maegge:
Ranim:
Tybek:
Elemental:
Bugbears: <-- yep, these two bugbears are really out of it, 1 perception and 1 init
Surprise Round
Tybek
Elemental
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Round 1
Tybek
Arindale
Ranim
Elemental
Berashel
Braden
Maegge
Completely Oblivious Bugbears
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Battlemap
Berashel will double move to L51. "Ty, you got that one?"
The ground erupts and a creature of earth reaches to bear hug the northernmost bugbear.
In round 1 Arindale waits until just after Ranim, then he moves up to in front of the other Bugbear and attacks.
Surprise Round
Tybek attacks the bugbear (at J51) with his Battleaxe.
Round 1
If the bugbear is still standing, Tybek will do a two weapon attack on the humanoid (at J51). If the bugbear at J51 falls to the ground dead, he will then take a 5 foot step to K50 and attack the bugbear at L51.
Round 1. Rocky
The earth elemental will keep his grip and squeeze his bugbear for
Surprise Round
Tybek silently sprints across the room - at least he thinks it is a sprint, due to the fact that he is a dwarf, it more closely resembles a penguin attempting to escape from a ravenous sea leopard. He then raises his axe and cleanly slices the northern bugbear across its chest leaving a gaping wound. Nonetheless, the bugbear remains standing, but just barely from the appearance. The earth elemental then silently rises from the ground and grasps the bleeding bugbear.
A second later, Tybek, seeing the bugbear bleeding, shifts to the right and slices out at the other bugbear with his double axes. This time he leaves the bugbear with a massive gouge to its head. Realizing that its foe is nearly finished, the elemental squeezes its arms as the northern bugbear slumps to the ground bleeding out.
Hoping to finish the combat quickly, Arindale then charges quietly across the room, at least quietly if one is deaf or finds thunderclaps to be quiet, and delivers a deadly blow which drops the southern bugbear like a log.
With the bugbears lying bleeding on the floor, the room is once more silent, although the smell of burning bugbear hair from where one partially fell into the cooking fire is not a pleasant smell. Looking around, the room is mostly empty except for the dead bugbears and the fire. To the east are three evenly spaced doors while to the north a passage leads into what appears to be another room.
Ty, you can see in the dark, what is down the open passage? he whispers to his dwarven friend.
He obviusly hasn't yet realized that the sound of his breasplate, shield, and morningstar waking up the dead probably also alerted anyone in the next room.
"Frae the look of it, Braden's wee dug is awfully dirty! Mebbae he should gie it a bath! And Priest, hae yae ever considered padded armor?"
"Ty, you can see in the dark, what is down the open passage?"
"Aye, Ahh can go and check it oot!"
Tybek creeps forward, ever vigilant for traps and monsters.
Maegge gapes in astonishment at how quickly his friends had massacred the bugbears - he hadn't even had a chance to help!
"Wow, Tybek - I've never seen you fight like that before, that was amazing!"
Thinking for a moment, he tried to remember everything he could about bugbears - specifically, if there might be more of them around as part of a larger tribe.
Not many will be this easy Maegge. There is a Necromancer around here somewhere...we may end up being his next zombies...but with your help hopefully not. he whispers as ee pats Maegge on the shoulder.
The battle over quickly, Ranim ends her dance before truly beginning it. "Very well done, though as quickly as it was over I hardly had a chance to perform."
Braden smiles and addresses Maegge: "You can get summon the next creature. I admit, by swallowing whole, you are ahead of me in style points with the frog."
Maegge grinned sheepishly at such public praise from his most-respected elder.
"Maybe, but I don't think I'll be able to find another frog like that down here," he said glumly. "Wherever 'here' is, specifically."
Taking a look around for anything 'interesting' or 'out of the ordinary',
Like a large big nosed mouse, Tybek slowly creeps forward until he can see into the next room. What he sees is a large cavern carved from the natural rock into an almost square room nearly 40' to a side. It appears as though someone was recently here as there is a fire burning beneath a large cauldron in the northern corner and next to it is what appears to be a rather crude altar to some unknown evil god, one that demands sacrifices as you can clearly see the blood, and a few body parts, splayed about the altar.
The rest of the room contains an assortment of mismatched furniture. Broken barrels and kegs, a crate, a chest, several piles of pelts which appear to be used for sleeping. In addition, the entire room reeks with a horrible smell. Whatever lives here clearly is not to particular on their hygiene.
Tybek whispers a message back to the party, "We've got a goblin designed livin room here. Mismatched furniture, horrible smell, broken barrels and stink pelts fer sleepin. Braden, Ahh dare yae tae climb intae one of them fur beds and tak a wee nap! Hehe!"
Tybek looks around quickly and quietly to see if there is anything worth looting.
Maegge, you have sharp ears, why don't you listen at the door? With Cayden's blessing of course!
Guidance.
While Maegee begins to head toward the door, Tybek begins to root around in the room. Suddenly a number of shadowy shapes leap from behind boxes and other semi-broken furniture including one from behind the cauldron and the unholy altar.
Surprise Round
Bugbears
From out of the shadows several bugbears attack Tybek while a large bugbear and another wearing a necklace of what looks to be finger bones, teeth and eye sockets begins to speak in some unholy tongue.
The shaman raises his arms and speaks in an unnatural hissing tongue.
Mother of fire, drain these foes.
All but Maegge, DC13 Will. (List any bonuses vs fear or mind-effecting).
Bane is the spell being cast, +5 to DC for distance/poor lighting.
As he does this, the large bugbear draws a huge morningstar and yells at the other bugbears. The other four immediately charge Tybek.
Bugbear 0: <-- +2 charge
Damage:
Bugbear 1: **HIT** <-- +2 charge, +2 flanking
Damage:
Bugbear 2: **HIT**
Damage:
The first bugbear makes a mighty swing with his morningstar, which results in the morningstar slipping from his grasp and falling to the floor. The second two however manage to easily sight the smaller dwarf and manage to land solid blows.
Round 1
Tybek
Arindale
Ranim
Elemental
Berashel
Braden
Maegge
Slow acting, but got the surprise Bugbears
Round 1
"Ach! The damn bug beasties were hidin on me! It also looks like we hae a damn spellcaster tae boot! Stop yer lollygaggin and get in here at once!"
Tybek attacks the bugbear at A51 first.
"Hang in there! I'm not letting you have all the fun!"
Berashel will charge the bugbear at A51 (Unless someone gets there first)
Charge+PA
Damage
Round 1
"We're under attack!" cried out Maegge, likely completely unnecessary. Gathering his wits, he scurried over to Berashel and began casting a spell.
Move 20' to (50,H) and cast Barkskin on Berashel.
"Go get the big one!" he advises - also a statement likely to be completely unnecessary.
Status hp 25, AC 16
Round 1
Braden advances to just behind the wall (G52).
He is sad to watch his elemental disappear, too long for this world.
This time he casts after he selects the toy shovel and throws it in the air and gestures toward the back of the cave.
A 10 foot deep pit forms under the feet of the shaman and companion.
Create Pit
School conjuration (creation); Level sorcerer/wizard 2, summoner 2; Domain caves 2
CASTING
Casting Time 1 standard action
Components V, S, F (miniature shovel costing 10 gp)
EFFECT
Range medium (100 ft. + 10 ft./level)
Effect 10-ft.-by-10-ft. hole, 10 ft. deep/2 levels
Duration 1 round + 1 round/level
Saving Throw Reflex negates; Spell Resistance no
DESCRIPTION
You create a 10-foot-by-10-foot extra-dimensional hole with a depth of 10 feet per two caster levels (maximum 30 feet). You must create the pit on a horizontal surface of sufficient size. Since it extends into another dimension, the pit has no weight and does not otherwise displace the original underlying material. You can create the pit in the deck of a ship as easily as in a dungeon floor or the ground of a forest. Any creature standing in the area where you first conjured the pit must make a Reflex saving throw to avoid falling into it. In addition, the edges of the pit are sloped, and any creature ending its turn on a square adjacent to the pit must make a Reflex saving throw with a +2 bonus to avoid falling into it. Creatures subjected to an effect intended to push them into the pit (such as bull rush) do not get a saving throw to avoid falling in if they are affected by the pushing effect.
Creatures who fall into the pit take falling damage as normal. The pit's coarse stone walls have a Climb DC of 25. When the duration of the spell ends, creatures within the hole rise up with the bottom of the pit until they are standing on the surface over the course of a single round.
Round 1
HP 26/26
AC 15 T11 FF13 CMD16
F/R/W 1/4/2
Bardic Music 8/12
Elemental Assault 1/1
Spells
1st - 3/4
Effects
Inspire Courage
Feeling the power of the charge, Ranim joins in the chorus of yells to charge ahead. "To battle, we charge, ever onward in a glorious march!"
Arindale resists the evil energy and casts one of his most powerful spells, and moves up behind Ty .
How about stop getting hit?!?!?! You should have moved back and make them come to us ya big dummy! he almost shoves the Dwarf but remembers they are in the middle of combat.
Seeing the cleric as he lights up the room, Ooooh, I bet he is the Necromancer or maybe an evil cleric capable of raising the dead! Prepare to meet my holy Morningstar oh Cleric of evil! he challenges the cleric.
Round 1
After the initial surprise attack of the bugbears, Tybek suddenly finds himself surrounded by large creepy bugbears with mottled fur and bad hygiene - even Tybek finds their lack of bathing to be rather offensive and Tybek is the first to skip bathing if anything else of interest is going on.
Tybek quickly grasps his dual axes and flails about in a manner more reminiscent of an old lady swatting at annoying flies that a trained warrior. Shortly thereafter Ranim moves forward singing a song involving flying monkeys and evil witches. While not on point, it is more apt than some of her past tunes. This is followed by Arindale and Berashel charging forward. Berashel lands a devastating blow which while not felling the bugbear does leave a large slice from the bugbear's shoulder to its hip. Arindale does not attack, but instead calls on the Lord of Drink to provide him with something called Red Bull.
As this is going on, the two diminutive members of the team also spring into action. Braden causes a huge hole to open up beneath the feet of the two presumed leaders in the back of the room and then bravely hides behind a wall while the rest of the party fights.
Reflex(chief):
Damage:
Reflex(shaman):
The large bugbear falls into the pit with what you are pretty use are words that even goblins would not say to their children. The shaman, however, manages to nimbly dodge to the side and avoid falling into the pit which swallows the chief and the burning altar.
Finally, Maegge begins to cast a spell and move forward to touch Berashel. However before the rather slow halfling is able to reach the sort-of-elflike warrior, Berashel has already taken off down the passageway.
Round 1 - bugbears
Finding themselves all standing after the charge by the hated humans (these bugbears consider everything that is not a bugbear or goblin to be a hated human), the bugbears renew their attacks focusing on one of the most hated humans, the short one with a big beard that presumptively (ok, the bugbears don't know this word) lives under the ground.
Attack-Bugbear 0 @ Tybek: **HIT** <-- +2 flanking
Damage:
Attack-Bugbear 1 @ Tybek: **HIT**
Damage:
Attack-Bugbear 2 @ Tybek:
Damage:
Attack-Bugbear 3 @ Tybek:
Damage:
Two of the bugbears once more land solid blows leaving the dwarf again bleeding from several holes in his body.
Climb:
At the same time, the party hears more shouts from the chief stuck in the pit.
At the same time, the shaman again begins to wave his hands calling upon whatever dark power is granting him divine powers. Suddenly in his hand appears an orb of twisting chaotic colors which churn and seem to almost boil. The shaman reaches back and throws this churning ball at Berashel striking the paladin and causing the paladins body to shriek in pain.
Attack-ranged-touch:
Damage: + slowed <-- DC14 Will for 1/2 damage & no slow
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Battlemap
HP 26/26
AC 15 T11 FF13 CMD16
F/R/W 1/4/2
Bardic Music 7/12
Elemental Assault 1/1
Spells
1st - 3/4
Effects
Inspire Courage
Continuing her song, Ranim lashes out with her whip towards the nearest of the creatures.
Arindale waits for the rest of the group to act before moving up to in front of the cleric.
Summon something behind the evil cleric if you can. Time to meet justice Cleric of evil! Cayden, bless this Morningstar.
Arindale moves up and lands a rather heavy blow on the Bugbear, a staggering overhand chop that cracks bone...it appears that Cayden was listening.
Berashel pushes through the pain given to him by the evil cleric shaking off the worst of the pain then follows up healing some of the damage
Feeling better, Berashel takes a 5' step closer to the cleric and flanks the bugbear he hit before with Tybek. "Tybek, this one is yours!" Berashel indicates to the dwarf to attack the flanked bugbear. Berashel aims for the one next to the flanked one
Swift=Lay on Hands
Standard=Attack
Move=None
HPs 28/31
Rnd 2
Braden calmly awaits the next spell, disappointed he couldn't get the shaman with the pit.
When the shaman acts, two force bolts hit for
...
Round 2
"Hey, where're you going? I was going to cast a spell on you!" Maegge asked in consternation when Berashel scurried off to fight the monsters.
Grumbling, he took off after him and released the contained magical energy into the elfesque warrior. Satisfied in his help of Berashel, he turned to dealing with the gouts of blood from an eviscerated Dwarf.
"Tybek, you're hurt! Get back here and I can help!" shouted Maegge over the din of battle, casting a spell to have ready for when he could touch Tybek with the magical, healing energy.
"Maegge, summon help. Another creature. Send it at the shaman. Ty runs away when he is too hurt! "
I still need Will saves for the Bane in the first round from Berashel, Ranim and Braden.
The chaos bolt hit Berashel.
Will Save for Bane
It was sort of stuck in the middle of the post. Will try to ** or it next time.
Just waiting on Tybek "Whiffmaster" Odeon before moving on.
""Tybek, you're hurt! Get back here and I can help!"
"Hurt?!! Aye, Ahh'm hurt!! Dae yae think the holes in mae vest is because Ahh want some fresh air?! Mebbae yae think all this red stuff all o'er me is me Grannie Odeon's secret tomato sauce recipie! Make way! Here Ahh come!"
Round 2
Tybek withdraws from battle (to F50) and goes seeking healing from Maegge.
Braden darts to the other side of the corridor to keep the shaman in sight as he lines up his force bolts (G49).
Maegge 'tags' Tybek as the Dwarf falls back to re-group.
Round 2 - recap
Following the assault by the bugbears, the party attempts to regroup. The party starts off with the cleri-tank deciding to ignore the bugbears before him and instead advance on the crazy, even for a bugbear, shaman.
AoO-@Arindale:
Damage:
As Arindale runs by, one bugbear makes a massive swing with his weapon, which results in small shards of stone from the floor to fly about the room, but no damage to the cleric. When he reaches the cleric, Arindale lands a nasty blow with his morningstar.
Tybek, realizing that there is more dwarven blood on the ground than in his body, decides to fall back and receive needed treatment from the nature hobbit. Fortunately, the bugbear near him was still regripping his weapon after the failed attempt to knock out the cleric. A moment later the diminutive druid calls upon the powers of nature and a strange green glow envelopes the dwarf. Looking down, he sees his wounds being bound by what appears to be tiny green stitches that look almost like very small vines. Despite their rather odd appearance, his wounds appear to close greatly reducing the blood exiting his body.
While Tybek and Maegge play doctor, Ranim attempts to bring his wicked barbed whip to bear on one of the bugbears. However, her swing, rather hitting the bugbear, instead simply make a loud snapping sound which appears to surprise nobody but herself. Despite the unorthodox whip usage of the bard, the dragon worshipping paladin decides to continue the attack on the bugbears near him by moving to one side and then slicing across the midriff of a bugbear revealing that its last meal apparently included small frogs. After demonstrating its prior meal, the bugbear collapses to the ground unmoving.
As the rest of the party attempts to subdue the enemy, the almost-as-brave-as-a-schoolgirl hobbit wizard moves over to the other side of the passage remaining as far from the actual combat as possible. Despite seeking to avoid getting any blood on his robes, he does prepare to snipe the bugbear shaman should the crazed overgrown goblin attempt to cast any more spells.
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After the party finishes off one bugbear and moves about the room, the bugbears continue their attacks against the party. First, the three remaining bugbears renew their attacks with two attacking Berashel and the third moving to strike at Ranim.
Attack-Bugbear0 @ Ranim: **HIT**
Damage:
Attack-Bugbear2 @ Berashel:
Damage:
Attack-Bugbear3 @ Berashel:
Damage:
One strikes landing a glancing blow on the singing bard, but the two facing the elvish appearing paladin fail to connect with their blows.
While the lesser bugbears fight for their lives, the shaman continues to call upon whatever dark power it revers. First it steps back and then raises its hands and another ball of chaos begins to appear in its hands. At that very moment, two white darts suddenly erupt from Braden's hands flying across the room and striking the shaman in its chest.
Concentration: vs DC17
Despite the blows, the tough bugbear manages to shrug off the damage and throw the ball of chaos at Berashel once more.
Attack:
Unlike the prior attack, this ball fails to connect with the warrior of light, instead striking the wall behind the warrior creating a bizarre spectrum of colors to appear on the wall for a moment before flickering out of existence.
Climb:
While this is going on, the huge bugbear chieftain suddenly appears pulling himself out of the pit. When he appears, his face is almost bright red and it is clear that he is less than appreciative of the welcome the party gave him.
Round 3
Tybek
Arindale
Ranim
Berashel
Braden
Maegge
Still slow but no longer surprised Bugbears
Battlemap <-- note, the shaman is 5' farther north, I forgot to move him.
"Aye that healin is nae bad, but Ahh better get back tae this battle b'fore we all get toasted by that bugger witch doctor!"
Round 3
"Getta outta mae way! Up front is nae a place fer wee halflins. Lemmae get through and drive mae axe intae their thick skulls!"
Tybek does an acrobatics check to avoid an attack of opportunity as he maneuvers past Maegge to B51.
He then swings at the bugbear at B50 with his Battleaxe.
Rnd3
Braden shrugs and begins the casting the summoning spell himself.
Worried about the chief attacking him from behind, Arindale puts up a defensive shield then steps up to box in the cleric.
I'm gonna be the end of you evil one! he yells at the Bugbear
HP 26/26
AC 15 T11 FF13 CMD16
F/R/W 1/4/2
Bardic Music 6/12
Elemental Assault 1/1
Spells
1st - 2/4
Effects
Inspire Courage
Ranim continues her song, bringing it to a high point as she focuses the magical onto a single person in a scream so loud, only the one can hear, the chieftan.