Krissina listens, noting how much richer the the tongue sounds when spoken with a mouth designed to speak it. However she remains silent and lets Rakish speak.
The Lizardman is silent for a second after Rakish speaks, then with a splash, he turns and starts swimming away at speed!
Rakish losses the arrow. Do not let him escape.
Having missed, he immediately draws another arrow and fires (action surge).
With no ranged weapon, Hung can do nothing to try and stop the lizardman from escaping. He grips the side of the boat in frustration.
Sera kept quiet while Rakish tried to negotiate, hoping lizardman to lizardman would have better results. When the foe turns to flee, pink sand begins to flow from her hands, and with a clap, she causes an explosion of the grains around the fleeing lizard.
Krissina snatches up her crossbow and looses a shot.
"Um... you sure this is all right?" Glenda says.
She flings Fynn at the lizardman, but the fish just slaps the water before flying back to her hands.
Glenda flings Finn at the Lizardfolk scout as he turns to swim but the fish slaps against only water before returning to the halfling.
Ravvek lets his arrow fly but his aim is thrown off by Draco's spell.
Sera casts her spell, pink sand bursting over the lizardfolk scout, his head droops but then he shakes it off and prepares to keep swimming!
Burning golden flames decend on the scout searing his scaly skin and boiling the water around him!
Rakish fires two arrows in quick succession the first hits the water harmlessly but the second strikes his target in the shoulder!
Hung grips the side of the boat unsure of how he can stop the scout from getting away!
Krissina snatches up her crossbow, her eyes able to pick out the scout with ease she fires a bolt straight into the Lizardfolk side!
Wounded and burnt the scout takes a deep breath and dives below the surface swimming away at speed, leaving a wake behind!
Scout 1:
AC: 15,
HP: 2
"I don't know much about the boats but we can't let that scaly skin one get away!" Glenda says.
Ravvek looks quickly to see if someone else is going to help Glenda row, then decides to set his bow down and take up the other oar!
Krissina squints and tries to take a final shot before the creature gets out of range
Sera grumbles as the lizardman shakes off her sleep, but strikes her magical girl pose, determined not to let it escape and warn his companions. Lining up a shot with the best of her abilities, she waits until she has a shot before firing off one of her pinkish power projectiles.
Glenda and Ravvek struggle with the poles, trying to get the boat moving in the right direction they manage to get it to move about 25ft in the right direction...
Seeing a flash of scales through the darkness and rain, Krissina takes a shot with her crossbow, but cant tell if she hit or missed...
Sera strikes a pose and shoots a crackling pink bolt of energy that arcs down into the water striking the lizardfolk scout and outlining his form in the murky water. His body jerks violently and then falls still, floating on the surface!
"Oh dear..." Glenda says. "I guess that stopped him.." she says. She tries to pole the boat towards the corpse of the lizardfolk.
Ravvek quickly begins falling into rhythm with Glenda and begins moving the boat toward the body.
Keep watch for more.
Glenda and Ravvek manage to steer the boat slowly over to the floating body.
You pull the body into the boat and find the lizardfolk was equipped with a net, a heavy wooden club and a spiked shield made from wood and bones. He also has a wooden blowgun and five small darts carefully stowed in a leather pouch and likely poisoned...
You notice another scout retreating slowly and carefully to the north west
Glenda pulls the body to the boat and takes out the net, club and spike shield that it wields, as well as a blowgun and darts.
"Guess he was ready for a long fight..." she says.
"We may have only delayed the inevitable, we will doubtless run into more scouts before long. If we encounter another perhaps we should take pains to capture them alive..."
Do not bother. They will not hesitate to kill us for this feast, Rakish surmises.
"Be that as it may, at least a live one we can question."
Ravvek grunts in frustration as he works the oars.
So where to now?
The staccato beat of drums echo all around, now from this way and then from that... each burst is 'answered' by a burst from further south. With no other indication of where the group should head they continue to move further towards the centre of the marsh and the loudest drum beats.
The rain continues to pour down and everyone is thouroughly drenched as Draco Ravvek and Glenda move it through an area thick with tall, wide, and dense blades of greenish brown grass bordering the labyrinthine waterways. The wall-like growths make it appear as though the boat is traveling watery hallways. Crossings occur frequently, opening suddenly to one or both sides. A slow current guides your way.
Standing on the boat, characters six feet in height can barely see over the tops of the grasses, which wave and rustle in a strong, breeze. The plants are growing in the shallower areas, and the channels you are using are only a few feet deep.
Rakish notices two massive toads lurking in the reeds on either side. He gives a quick warning as one hops forward shooting out a long tongue straight at Sera!!
With Rakish's timely warning everyone has a chance to react!
Giant Toad
"TOADS! Hmm... they're huge. How would they taste stuffed with garlic and onions and slowly roasted... would they taste like pig or chicken..." Glenda says.
She takes out Fynn and hurls it at the nearest toad. It stops in front of the toad and slaps three times in rapid succession. It then flies back to her hand.
Krissina unloads her crossbow at one of the toads, , but taken off guard her shot goes wide.
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They bring the taste of chicken with the texture of squid.
Rakish leaps out of the boat and goes for one of the toads, drawing his axes at the same time.
At Rakish's warning, Sera looks towards the toads, noticing its beady eyes focused hungrily on her. A variety of emotions flash across her, from fear, to anger, to curiousity. She unleashes her pew pew posing, firing off a blast of eldritch energies, before popping her finger in her mount, Nope, don't taste like candy.
Ravvek stands up and draws his shield and slim longblade, readying a strike at the first toad that comes into range.
Flynn flashes out from Glenda's hand slapping the toad furiously, its wide head snapping back and forth!
With a click and twang, Krissina sends a crossbow bolt flashing through the reeds, and past the toad about a foot to its left...
Rakish keeps from the boat and slashes at the toad with his axes, the first flashes past as the toad jumps to the right, but the second cuts deep into the creatures bloated green body!
Sera strikes her pose and sends pink energy careening off its shoulder, leaving a nasty burn!
Ravvek draws his sword facing off against the toad on the left, ready to strike if it shoul;d approach!
Suddenly golden flames roar up in front of Rakish, catching the toad fully burning and scaring it's green skin!
The toad leaps away as quick as it can! Leaving itself open to an attack from Rakish!
On the other side of the boat the toad on the left leaps forward sending it's tongue towards Ravvek! Ravvek stabs at the toad piercing it's side, but only shallowly. The toad attacks, opening its maw wide!
Ravvek fends the toad off easily with his shield!
Rav thrusts a second time at the toad!
"Shoo! Go away! Be grateful I'm not making a stew with you!" Glenda says. She tosses Fynn at the toad attacking Ravvek.
The fish whacks the toad but doesn't do much against the toad's rubbery skin, before flying back to Glenda's hands.
"EWWW.... YOU'RE ICKY!" she says.
Rakish turns his focus on the other toad, crossing the water to get to him.
As to toad leaps for the boat Krissina drops her crossbow and draws her Rapier
Sera turns towards the toad still assaulting the group and fires off another blast of energy.
Rakish cuts deep in the toad as it flees, it still manages to hop quickly away, but leaves a trail of blood as it does so!
Glenda sends Finn flying at the other toad, the fish slaps at the toad, which shudders as a chill runs through its bones, leaving an ice burn on its slimy skin
Krissina leaps forward drawing her rapier and sends a quick cut at the toad, but not quick enough to catch it...
Rakish turns his attention to the other toad, diving under the boat and flashing up onto the other bank near Ravvek! He slashes with his axes and gives the toad two deep cuts!
Sera fires off another blast that scorches the toads head as it passes by!
Ravvek thrusts his rapier deep into the toads belly, blood pumps out from the wound as the toad sways and lets out a weak croak.
Finally as Draco chants another pillar of golden flames roars up around this toad, scorching and burning it's flesh! When the flames subside a second later, the toad lies still, burnt to a crisp!
With the toad defeated, a quick search of the imediate area reveals the skeletal remains of a few less fortunate folk, their ruined weapons and packs and a few coin purses!
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Glenda picks up the remnants of the toad. "Well.. looks crispy enough... but even I wouldn't eat it right now. Maybe one day when I have enough to open my restaurant I'll get a few tadpoles and make it a specialty," she says, letting it drop into the water.
Glenda will help retrieve the belongings of the skeletons, and says a prayer to the halfling god Sheela to guide their souls to the afterlife.
"I'm no druid, but does it seem odd these creatures would attack a boat? Do lizardfolk keep toads as watchdogs?" Krissina directs this last question at Rakish, on the chance he knows something...
My kind bring many threats, Rakish relies, but this one was brought by the swamps.
Ravvek would ignore the coin purses and ask Rakish, Which way?
Glenda will use her mage hand to retrieve the coin purses.