"Goblin no food!" The one of the orcs responds when Yraalik suggests that the goblin can have his share. They eye the kobold suspiciously as he eats his rations.
Strangely the goblin almost looks relieved when he is disallowed food.
Grigg wilts as the beast backs away from him.
"a healer's hand can only heal so much I suppose"
He sighs and joins the rest of the party around the fire, partaking of whatever food the orcs are eating.as he settles down, he takes a look around the camp, beyond the chief and their supposed champion.looking for someone who might be a beast trainer of sorts, or a medicine man.
All orcs look the same to Grigg!
Grigg looks for any sort of animal around the camp.
The Orcs have no pets or mounts.
"strange.they claim to be nomads, but don't seem to have pack animals for transport.perhaps their might allows for easy travel."
Grigg wanders away from the rest of the party, letting the stronger fighters handle the matter of challenge. Surely kax or ipreek could easily bring down the champion.lost within his thoughts, grigg finds himself moving towards open tunnels.
"perhaps time alone will clear the mind"
He mumbles
All the orcs have packs, though they seem to have left them at the camp when they went off to attack the goblins.
Scram observes the interaction between his and theirs. Their leader was more intelligent than most given for. He could be an useful ally or a deadly enemy. Grigg seemed to have healed Scratch and the Orcs were now playing host but the challenge.....it seemed that there is more to the challenge than expected. Indeed this orc was more than what his kind normally allowed.
The tribe was small though.
The gears in Kax's mind start turning at the mention of the Trisgraks.
At the Murdit's challenge, he turns to Ipreek, a look of smug satisfaction obvious on his face. "Well, who is it to be great leader? Which of us is the strongest?" he asks in Draconic.
Boom-Boom pats the hilt of one of his pistols, and reverses Kax's insinuation. "Me. But it is not good to kill ally unnecessarily. The 'clicks' and the 'booms' do not like prisoners. You should be our champion."
The Cheiftan interjects
"Do not feel the need to fight, we do not need you to prove yourselves to us" behind the Chieftain Gugrog snorts.
"no harm in exploring i suppose."
He looks at some of the spiders,trying to identify them from previous ventures around the tribe cave
That done, he slows down his pace,taking light steps towards to the heart of the spiders.
There are 3 spiders that are about a foot long (30cm), everything else is smaller.
Grigg slows down,almost to a snail's pace.he attempts to squish as few of the spiders as possible,even if it means he'll take ages to reach his destination.He attempts to use a little finesse to get past them.
The task is a difficult one and Grigg steps on more of the creatures than he wishes. Some of them leap on his legs to avoid being stepped on, but they're easily shook off. It's only when he's close to the mound that he feels the first bite
As you near the mound the three larger spiders stop and look at you, while the rest continue to scurry around
Grigg starts to hum as he approaches the mound.He attempts to overcome the posion plaguing him
He pushes on.
When you move closer the larder spiders rear up and start to hiss, while most of the smaller ones scatter a horde of them remain on the mound.
Grig takes 3 HP damage and is entangled. He needs to pass a DC 11 strength or escape artest test at the end of his turn to escape.
The swarm scurry forward and attack the kobold for and is poisoned again
Grigg surges forward despite. he mutters a prayer to kalinahat
"oh winged stranger.Grant me protection from those who so seek to harm me,and those i dare not lay hands on."
The swarm attacks again
The 3 larger spiders charge in at the Cleric
but none land any attacks.
Scram speaks up now.
"Is there a need to prove strength now? Have we not prove enough to each other against our foes? The Murdit tribe is strong though they be few. Few can match them!" playing up their obvious superiority.
"We too are strong though in different ways. In fact this is but a step. We shall need more allies. The Murdit tribe is strong and cunning, which other tribes are there?" Scram fishes around for information.
Grigg quickly throws aside the lightly heaped dirt and at the bottom of it finds a small pocket sized book. It is bound in black material and on the cover there is a white spider web where not all the lines connect.
The spiders attack again you take hp damage from the swarm and are poisoned again
but none of them manage to get through your armour
Taking the burst of energy from the healing, Grigg scurries off with the book in tow and his tail between his legs.
Kax chortles. "Afraid to fight without your toys?" he says to Ipreek as he saunters to the fore. The fearless red nods in Gugrog's direction and cracks his knuckles. "Any time you is ready big'un."
"Sigh. First one to yield or knocked senseless?" he asks.
As Grig flees from the swarm they sting him twice more
The larger spiders attack once more also
but Grigg gets lucky once more
"Indeed little Kobold, by those rules" Murdit nods "Though you will find that Gugrog never yields"
The spiders chace Grigg back to the camp but turn back when they see the light of the fire
Grigg renters the camp,looking significantly more tired and scratched up as he is.
Boom-Boom nods, "Well, we have our champion, you have yours. Lesee how the night's entertainment plays out, shall we?" As the words pass Ipreek's lips, he glances towards Griggs as he reenters the camp, and then in draconic sputters, "What? ...What? Where did you go?"
"To yonder caves brother Ipreek.I met with an unfortunate gathering of pests,but I'll be fine after a night of recovery."
Grigg chuckles and pats his wounds,winching slightly."I think i'll retire early tonight. I'm sure by our lord's grace you'll do fine without me."
Grigg wheezes and trudges off.As he leaves,he turns to Ipreek and mentions
"i'll be with the weasel or just sleeping on the cave floor,patching up.Wake me up if you need me for anything at all, though i doubt you will" Grigg is just rather tired and there is no trace of sarcasm in his voice
Grigg wipes his mouth with his hand and sets the chalice back into his robes.Content with his current state of health he cups the chalice with both hands and begins: "Oh stranger of bright darkness,I know not why you have chosen me,nor why you have granted me this gift, but i thank you for your divine watchful eye."With that done,grigg Retrieves his bedroll, and goes to sleep/
Boom-Boom nods at the obvious flattery, still looking confused. "Alright, guess we're only scouting tonight anyway." Shrugging, Boom-Boom turns back to matters at hand.
"I had thought we would go out tonight, but if your healer is so unwell and your fighter is just about to become beaten until unconciousness... Perhaps you will be needing the rest!" the Chieftain comments on seeing Griggs condition.
Gugrog removes his weaponry and armour, strippinbg down to the waste. He is large even for an ork.
"Ready when my Chief say"
Murdit gestures to Kax
"Traditionally we fight without weapons or armour little warrior, but we will understand if you wish to keep the armour. Gugrog is intimidating!"
Kax lifts his snout with pride and defiance. In the common tongue he says "I understands. Gugrog afraid of serious fight, Kax will not use weapons on his delicate hide."
The Orc champion laughs at Kax's words. As he does so the chieftan's signals to start and Gugrog's laugh turns into a bestial roar
The orc charges his foe, pure rage overflowing in his eyes
As the fight begins, Ipreek grins widely. After all, regardless of who won, he did! If Kax won, the glory and strength of the kobolds was proven, and Kax would prove himself reliable in the eventual destruction of these green pig-men. If Kax lost, it would be absolutely hilarious!