With a yelp, Porablum steps clear of the doorway with the troll and then casts a spell on Hjorleaf, saying,
"There's a clear path to the troll. Go get him!"
Taking in the battlefield with a quick glance, Hjorleaf makes his approach to the troll out wide until he can get a bead on her. Hefting his ax he steps into the arc of her weapon.
He now notices the other guards and tilts his ax. A mixture of human and troll blood dripping from it.
Your sergeant chose poorly...think about that
Brominate continues stabbing at the guard against the wall, and thinks one sinks into its target's flesh.
He remains alert in case the guard doesn't fall.
Not wanting to face any more blows from the troll Easlis jumps back behind the wall and exchanges his weapon with the newly acquired longbow. He aims at one of the guards standing next to the troll and fires an arrow which flies wide of the target.
Still grimacing from that last shot, and knowing that another will be along shortly, he still bends his bow again, targeting the giant, and hoping.
Hjorleaf strikes the troll as hard as he can, drawing blood but not felling the massive beast. He tries to intimidate the guards, but with their big blue ally still fighting hard they are less scared.
Grim tries to add in a shot from his bow, but takes a swing of the axe while doing so...
Brom manages to slip past the defenses of the last guard near him, cutting him down
The troll lets out a yell, still trying to get to the fire-user but can't reach Easlis. she starts flailing around, swinging once at each person in reach
she doesn't hit the others, but deals a major hit to Grim which puts him down to the ground.
her flesh appears to knit together ocne again.
the green guard tries to aid her ally
the other swings at Hjorleaf
both fail to do anything. maybe they are scared of the big guy after all
the party may act
Global Condition: None |
Global Condition:
Grimgisli HP: -6/28 - AC: 16/14/12 Status: dying
Porablum HP: 24/24 - AC: 17/13/15 Status:
Easlis: HP: 10/23 - AC: 16/11/15 Status:
Brominate HP: 6/26 - AC: 17/14/13 Status:
Hjorleaf HP: 21/31 - AC: 15/11/14 Status: shield of faithNPCS:
Ice Troll HP: -16 | AC: ??? |
Yellow guard HP: ??? | AC: ???
Blue guard HP: ??? | AC: ???
Red guard HP: ??? | AC: ???
Dark Green guard HP: -14 | AC: <27 >12 | dead
purple guard HP: -10 | AC: ??? | dead
black guard HP: -10 | AC: ??? | dead
orange guard HP: -14 | AC: <22 | dead
Light Green guard HP: ?? | AC: ??
sergeant HP: -38 | AC: <24 | dead
Hjorlead hears the grunt of Grim and looks to see where the Ulfen ranger went to. The trolls large form blocks the large humans vision past the immediate area.
Damn it...Grim is hurt. Hard to know where he is...have to step up and take the pressure off of him.
Hang in there...We are cutting through now. Keep the arrows coming. The others should have the gate open by now and this will be over.
Hjorleaf swings his ax again at the troll. The blade coming in low and cutting up high from navel to head.
That is going to leave a mark that even you can not heal...
He laughs out loud...
After seeing Hjorleaf chopping the troll to pieces Easlis jumps out of the shadows releasing another arrow at the furthest guard, all the while wondering why the guards are still thinking that Hjorleaf is the black rider.
Porablum appreciates that her new friends are apparently bad at lying. After all, honesty is the foundation of any good friendship.
Although, to be fair, it meant they were terrible at tricking their foes. Still, she was in a bind. She couldn't get through to Grim, who sounded hurt based on the grunt she'd heard, until the troll was down. So, she decided to try and help Hjorleaf avoid being hit.
The rogue, in a ridiculous moment of bravery, or recklessness, steps between Grim and the troll, both of whom were hurting, or even dying.
"Don' know if you can hear me Grim, but just hang in there."
Hjorleaf hits the troll again with a big swing of his axe, biting deep and drawing more blood.
Easlis fires an arrow that takes out one of the guards.
Brom steps over to Grim, stabbing the troll again doing a little more damage.
Porablum tries to distract the troll to help Hjorleaf
the troll swings it's axe at Hjorleaf, followed by a bite and a swipe with its claw
the final guard retreats, heading towards the south of the room
The whole party may act
Global Condition: None |
Global Condition:
Grimgisli HP: -6/28 - AC: 16/14/12 Status: dying
Porablum HP: 24/24 - AC: 17/13/15 Status:
Easlis: HP: 10/23 - AC: 16/11/15 Status:
Brominate HP: 6/26 - AC: 17/14/13 Status:
Hjorleaf HP: 10/31 - AC: 15/11/14 Status: shield of faithNPCS:
Ice Troll HP: -35 | AC: <24 |
Yellow guard HP: ??? | AC: ???
Blue guard HP: ??? | AC: ???
Red guard HP: ??? | AC: ???
Dark Green guard HP: -14 | AC: <27 >12 | dead
purple guard HP: -10 | AC: ??? | dead
black guard HP: -10 | AC: ??? | dead
orange guard HP: -14 | AC: <22 | dead
Light Green guard HP: -11 | AC: ?? | dead
sergeant HP: -38 | AC: <24 | dead
Seeing as the troll would not budge no matter how much the human was slashing at him and that Brom was yelling from outside, Easlis loses his composure and attempts to fire an arrow at the troll.
He tries to guide the arrow with his magic but fears it would not be enough.
Seeing the Hjorleaf wasn’t doing the best, Porablum cast a spell to heal some of his wounds.
Trying his best to keep the door frame in the way of the troll's attacks, Hjorleaf still takes a solid hit. Which brings laughter to his mouth.
That is all you got troll...come on...the elf hiding back there with the dress on...he can hit harder than that...
Hjorleaf laughs some more. Spitting blood out of his mouth.
Let us see if you can take this one.
Without waiting to see if his strike took down his opponent, the large human turns towards the gnome.
Little Nisse...the moment big blue goes down...go find what happened to Grim.
Porablum heals Hjorleaf a bit, energizing him for another big attack. finally, the troll has had enough and falls to the ground, another huge gash in its gut. the flesh heals itself a bit, but not enough to get the troll back on her feet.
the last guard inside the tower runs to a set of patterned tiles on the floor and yells out a phrase
A gathering within the hall, take one take us all!
as soon as he finsihes speaking, ice forms around his legs and starts climbing up his body, freezing him in place.
the party may act
Global Condition: None |
Global Condition:
Grimgisli HP: -7/28 - AC: 16/14/12 Status: dying
Porablum HP: 24/24 - AC: 17/13/15 Status:
Easlis: HP: 10/23 - AC: 16/11/15 Status:
Brominate HP: 6/26 - AC: 17/14/13 Status:
Hjorleaf HP: 17/31 - AC: 15/11/14 Status: shield of faithNPCS:
Ice Troll HP: -48 | AC: <24 | unconscious
Yellow guard HP: ??? | AC: ???
Blue guard HP: ??? | AC: ???
Red guard HP: ??? | AC: ???
Dark Green guard HP: -14 | AC: <27 >12 | dead
purple guard HP: -10 | AC: ??? | dead
black guard HP: -10 | AC: ??? | dead
orange guard HP: -14 | AC: <22 | dead
Light Green guard HP: -11 | AC: ?? | dead
sergeant HP: -38 | AC: <24 | dead
As soon as the troll falls to the ground Easlis bursts out of the tower looking for Brom and Grim. He is distracted for a moment by what is happening to the guard and watches with interest how ice engulfs the human. Remembering about his companions Easlis turns around and sees Grim bleeding on the other side of the yard.
"You Ulfen with your bravado... Look where that has taken you. Miss Blum? Could you patch up our friend here?"
In rage at the way they have been treated by the enemy but also feeling a pang of guilt that he was partly to blame for what has befallen Grimgisli, Easlis fires an arrow at the frozen guard.
"Let us take him from the tiles before something similar happens." he says to Brom preparing to drag the human to a more secure location.
Porablum runs past the troll, saying,
”Someone dump acid on the troll or light it on fire!”
Then she runs over to Grim and casts a spell to stop his bleeding.
Rhyming while escaping? Must be some sort of special phrasing... better log that away for now.
Brominate rushes past the fallen troll towards the fleeing guard,
"Troll's down! Someone make sure it stays down!"
Unsure of what's happening to the guard, but not wanting to take chances, the rogue hurls his silver dagger at the guard, hoping to get him before he's encased in ice.
Grim....where are you.?
Hjorleaf takes a swing again at the troll for good measure.
the man being encased in ice takes an arrow and a dagger, doing enough to kill him. within seconds his body is encased in ice. as quickly as it formed the ice melts, but the body is gone!
the troll takes another slash from Hjorleaf, but is still mending itself
Brominate, unsure of what to make with the disappearing guard, runs forward to collect his weapon.
"Is that thing dead yet?! Dead dead? Someone cut off its head or something! Oughtta do the trick" he shouts over his shoulder.
Once he has both daggers and makes his way back, he'll slit the creatures throat and stab both eyes, all the way to the brain, unless the head has already been severed.
"Try not to get blood spattered all over my cloak." said the half-elf trying to get his head around how the way the guard disappeared.
After concentrating very hard on all the effects of the spell Easlis turns back to the group.
"He's been trying to escape. I don't think he made it though, looked pretty dead to me...."
Easlis spends the next seconds searching through the sergeant's and the guard's lifeless bodies for any healing potions or bandages
To reiterate, Brominate will stab the thing in the eyes until he hits squishy brains, as well as slit the throat.
"Try not to get blood spattered all over my cloak."
Hjorleaf grabs the half elf by his shoulder and turns him around to face him. Anger flaring in his eyes.
If we do not stop this thing he slams his ax into the trolls chest from getting up, the blood splattered on your cloak will be yours. Now figure a way to help us keep that thing down!
Brom and Hjorleaf keep stabbing and slashing the troll, cutting it up. however, no matter how much you do it still seems to be trying to fix the damage. it is only a matter of time before it stands again, but it will take a while now.
Porablum shouts, ”Light it on fire! Fire kills trolls! Acid does, too, so we can dump acid on it if we have any.”
Turning, she casts a spell to heal Grim’s wounds.
Easlis turns around startled by the appearance of the black rider grabbing him by the shoulder. "He's already dead H... how deader, do you wish me to make him." the magus protested at first then after seeing how the troll manages to stick himself together he sighs and begins to look through his sack drawing out a torch. He then reenters the tower near which most of the fighting has taken place in search of a light source, and would light up the torch if he finds any.
"It seems fate has taken me back to the same path. I am sorry Bazikian." the half-elf said as he reluctantly drops the burning torch on the throlls remains.
a quiet comes on the atrium of the tower, punctuated only by the sounds of the burning torch. the smell of blood and of burning troll fat is almost overpowering. for now, though, it seems that the combat is over.
what do you do now?
Hjorleaf relaxes a bit more after seeing the half elf put the troll to the torch. Wiping sweat from his for head, he leans against his ax. His features changing back to his normal self.
Grim...where are you?
A moan comes from the back corner of the room. "Hurts too much for me to be dead. Not tied up, so we must've won . . .."
He starts to stand up, but stops, obviously trying to catch his balance. "Did we lose anybody?" Apparantly trying to focus on something other than his own state.
The blue-haired gnome shook her head. "Nope - you came closest, but I can get you back on your feet."
Porablum casts another healing spell.
"That's better. Thank you, Porablum. Okay. Good. So, any prisoners? Any idea where the portal might be, or do we need to get started looking? I doubt that was the entire garrison, so we need to keep moving before they get here." He points at the closed doors leading out of this room.
Porablum pulls out the wand of healing they bought and uses it on Grim to get him back up to mostly fighting strength. She then goes over to Hjorleaf to heal him.
"Does anybody else need healing?"
"Brom! Come check these doors!" Grimgisli indicates the 3 doors on his end of the great hall, pointing at the one to the East first, and indicating a counter-clockwise rotation with hand gestures.
"Brom! Come check these doors!" Grimgisli indicates the 3 doors on his end of the great hall, pointing at the one to the East first, and indicating a counter-clockwise rotation with hand gestures.
Brom does so.
The rogue examines and listens at each door for signs of life, tampering, as well as frequency of use.
Following Grim's gestures,
"Unless you hear snoring I doubt there's someone just behind those doors. That foul-smelling troll made quite a racket." Easlis said while searching through the sergeant's pockets for any instructions or potions.
Grimgisli turns and stars at Easlis, but says nothing. He's obviously not pleased, however.
Looking back at the half elf...and he just shakes his head in disgust.
Turning to the others.
There were two behind the door we came in...no idea where they are.
Thank you little nisse. Much appreciated.
the guards are all similarly equipped, other than the sergeant.
each has
chain shirt
light steel shield
cold iron longsword
dager
light crossbow
10 bolts
cold weather outfit
10gp
the sergeant has
4 potions
2 magical crossbow bolts
chain shirt
spiked light steel shield
mwk cold iron longsword
mwk light crossbow
a magical hand mirror
a magical item that looks like a small scroll case, but made of ice and with an intricate pattern written on it
24 gp
brom checks the doors. he hears nothing behind the closed door to the small room, which is locked.
the other doors are actually oepened and lead to what looks like barracks. it appears that all those guards that poured into the atrium were in here previously. there is nothing useful, as the guards collected their weapons and such. just a lot of extra clothing.
Returning to the locked door, Brominate attempts to remedy the door's stubbornness. However it took him some time, and a broken pin to coerce the door to cooperate.
"Well I certainly won't be opening it for them." Easlis said while picking each bottle and inspecting their contents in the light of the moon.
After checking his image in the mirror Easlis gestures to Porablum. "Plum, look at what I found!"
Picking the scroll case Easlis turns it on each side and even inspects it with the mirror.
Porablum looks over from watching Brom try to pick the lock. "If any of those are healing potions, we should give one to Hjorleaf - he seems to get hit a lot, and he may need it. I've never seen a magic mirror. Does it make you look silly when you look in it?"
Porablum looks over from watching Brom try to pick the lock. "If any of those are healing potions, we should give one to Hjorleaf - he seems to get hit a lot, and he may need it. I've never seen a magic mirror. Does it make you look silly when you look in it?"
Over his shoulder Brominate chimes in, "..More likely someone else, somewhere else, is looking at you. Whether you can see 'em or not, who knows?"
the potions are 2 CLW
1 potion of endure elements
1 potion of interrogation
the bolts are Screaming Bolts
the mirror is an Attentive Mirror
the cylinder is not a scroll case after all, it just has a similar shape. it appears to be a magical key of some sort that activates something when held nearby. Easlis is able to determine that by reading the runes that it seems to be a key to an ice teleporter.
I'm afraid he's right on this. Easlis says wrapping the mirror in a ripped cloth from the sergeant's armour. He also throws the interrogation potion towards Brom. "And for this, he wins a bottle. Miss, you can have the mirror and this potion to get you accustomed with the weather around here." The half-elf approaches Hjorleaf and hands him one of the healing potions avoiding his gaze.
"We might be able to use this to activate the shortcut...." The magus continues to turn the cylinder around unsure as what to make of it [b]... to the witch's quarters. But after seeing what happened to the fellow over there I'm not so sure it's worth the risk."