Scath will finish his snooping while the two-legs prepare to enter the cave, they always take forever to do things anyway. If he finishes before they enter, he'll start making his way toward the entrance so he can flank evil nasty dead things.
"There is a cave which is probably full of these creatures. I saw someone up there, you saw it too right Wylliam? If there is someone other than these mindless creatures we should go after it. I bet it's the one responsible for all this. He was on top of the cave, so there must be another entrance to it."
"Our priority is the kids, if he did not have any child shaped bundles then he is a mystery for another night," Luther weighed in.
As for those outside the cave, the figure is long out of sight. You could try to climb up the cliff side to follow, or you can wait at the front for Trusk. Or something else if you so choose. To climb the hill, you'll have to go about 15ft west or 25ft east into the woods to reach a place to ascend the hill.
Once he get's drowsy, he'll try to leave the cave as fast as possible, if possible. He'll chance AoO's from the zombies and head out of his side opening and try to make his way around to the front. If not, he'll collapse where he is.
Scath can feel the tug of sleep, and not wanting to crash here, he tried to rush away. About halfway through his run, he heard something behind him. It was a voice, female and soft. "خواب"
Alexis waits eagerly for the half-orc to returns. "Has the 10 minutes passed already?"
There are about 3-3.5 more minutes left of the 10.
Hearing the voice begin to speak, Scath will let out a battle roar as loud as he can.
Scath let out a roar but part of it was cut off as the sleep spell took effect. He fell asleep where he stood, collapsing in a pile. His roar distorting and echoing through out the cave.
Though his friends seem totally oblivious, Wylliam hears something from the cave. His head turns around quickly.
"Wait...i heard something from the cave. I can't quite make it out, but something's going on in there."
Looking at the (likely questioning) faces of his friends, he points with his thumb towards the cave.
"If the kids could be in there, who knows what that sound could have been. Would you like to risk it?"
"Yeah, let me get a torch going," Piers said, pulling one from his pack and setting it aflame.
"Are you sure you aren't just hearing things?"
Soon though, right as the party was about to enter, Trusk was heading out of the cave.
"Good Lord, we were about to go after you... Wylliam said he heard something weird..."
"I didn't hear anything. Well, at least not anything unusual for a cave full of dead kobolds. And that place is definitely full. We're going to want to take it slowly going through there, make sure we don't attract too much unwanted attention."
Trusk grabs a torch out of his pack and starts using the handle to scratch a very crude drawing of the cave into the dirt.
"There's one about 20 feet inside the cave and a second about 10 feet past him so we can expect to fight them together. Then it opens up a bit into a cavern, where I counted 5 or 6 total by a caved-in wall. A small offshoot tunnel heads into another cavern with another 6 or 7 in it, along with a small stream that flows deeper into the cave. In all, there's 15 or so in the areas I was able to reach."
"On the West side of the cave there's a small opening to the outside. There were also drag marks leading out of the cave there. I suspect that's where that false body was dragged out. I didn't check it out more because I was afraid of my spell wearing off and leaving me stranded in there."
Trusk stands up from scratching his crude map and packs his torch away again.
"I saw that cat skulking around in there too. I told him we were getting ready to come in and clear the place out, and that he should follow me so he could help. Since he isn't here, I'm going to guess he's still sniffing around in there for whatever reason."
"No sense standing out here then," Luther said, cracking his knuckles and his neck.
"Ok. Let's go." Alexis seems more determined than ever. She have the posture of a leader now. "Wylliam, Trusk and Valeria are hurt. Trusk, can you defend the front line? We will go in and call their attention from the farthest point we can. Trusk, take my crossbow. It's loaded, and you have the best vision among us. When you see them, shot a bolt to kill or to call their attention. We will be several dozens of feet away, so they will probably come one at a time. We will wait until they get close and move as a coordinated group, giving it all we got. Are you ready?"
Alexis will move beside trusk with a torch in hand, and will shot a ray of frost on the first kobold on range.
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Trusk kindly declines Alexis' crossbow.
"Ranged weapons aren't really my idea of a good time, so you keep it. You might just need it more than I will. Besides, if we take things slow and careful, we should be fine."
Trusk will lead the way into the cave, moving in a defensive stance and ready for the attacks that he knows are coming.
Order: Luther, Alexis, and Wylliam = > Enemies => Trusk
Alexia, as she enters the cave and spots a zombie, let a ray of frost fly, leaving a frosty mark on the zombie. It lets out a ragged, growlish moan. Pointing it's spear at the intruders. A zombie behind that one points a crossbow at the intruders.
"Crossbow!?"
The sorcerer moves to get cover from the crossbow and shots another Ray of Frost at the closer Kobold.
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Luther moves next to the first zombie and lashes out with a fist, trying to keep it distracted as he set his eyes on the crossbow wielding zombie down the hall.
Wylliam walks forward, sword drawn and sticking to the wall, watching carefully at the crossbow armed zombie.
He'll likely end up the square behind Luther.
More flesh freezes on the undead Kobold. It lets out another cry as the ray hits, but only for a moment before Luther sends it's head flying down the tunnel, leaving the body to stand there for a moment before it disintegrates.
The crossbow wielding kobold aims a bolt at Luthor, who is standing in front.
The bolt flies true, slamming into Luther. The zombie's mouth moves silently. Could it possibly be laughing at you?
Luther stumbles back as the feathered bolt blossoms from his shoulder but twists the rope around his hands and advances on the miserable creature.
Trusk moves forward, brushing past his allies.
The kobold momentarily forgets the crossbow in it's hands to slam into Luther as the monk attempts to grapple it.
It fails, and is soon grabbled.
Alexis moves in closer, and delivers a Ray of Frost at the grappled zombie.
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Trusk steps past Luther and swings at the Kobold, still missing despite the creature's current predicament.
Wylliam sees the kobold grappled and sees an opportunity.
"Hmpf, have at you!"
Wylliam landed a solid hit, but it was not enough to take the creature down. It hissed and moved it's mouth before slamming itself into Luther.
But it only feels like Struggling.
A zombie, hearing the noise, stumbles forward from back in the cave, as another moves almost as if curious to what is making the noise from a side path. Trusk, can see them.
Time Passed: 1 min 12 seconds
Luther hefts the kobold zombie and slams it against the cavern wall before starting in with the ropes.
"Hey guys, we've got more incoming. I guess a couple of them heard the fighting."
"Finish this one up before engaging more!"
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Wylliams grunts as his last effort did not kill the zombie.
"One more time then."
Wylliam's attack strikes true, and the zombie stops laughing. But the moment of celebration is cut short as the freshly killed zombie explodes! Coating Luther, Wylliam and Trusk in a bath of rot and decay.
One of the Zombies , charges Trusk and slams into him.
The other zombie moves quicker than it should, and it too slams into Trusk.
Though it seems that its angle was off as it got off balance for just a moment from the uneven floor.
Time Passed: 1 min 18 secs
"Bah...disgusting. I only slashed it with my sword, this looks more an effect from a fireball."
Spitting rotten kobold and stepping forward to continue the punishment Luther punches at the quick zombie.
Trusk takes the blow from the first zombie in stride, though it hurt like hell. In retaliation, he swings at it with all his might and wrath. After it hits, he takes a step back to where the last zombie exploded.