Wesley waits for his opening.
As soon as Eva fells the ogre, Wesley waits to rush in and set the webs afire with burning hands.
Eva continues on the ogre
If Eva brings the ogre down, stepping up and using the cover of the wall, the hobbit sprays fire over the webs and the next ogre.
Abroshqualimie sends another wave of healing energy into Eva as the enraged barbarian slams another blow into the standing ogre. This one too falls, leaving a mound of blubber and muscle on the floor, further blocking the door. The next ogre took a face full of flames from Wesley's spell, but the fire didn't deter his next strike. This one landed square on the hobbit's head, making the conjurer see stars.
Wesley withdraws to let Eva face them again.
A big hit from the ogre made him give up facing them directly.
Eva moves 5-feet in (5-foot step) attacks a ogre.
Abrosh continues his healing ways
CLW
Eva's strike reached through the doorway and cut down the ogre holding watch there. As the ogre fell, Wesley moved back out of danger and Abrosh healed the raging barbarian once more.
Eva moves 10ft east
[ooc] delay to learn if she sees another ogre[/ioc]
As Eva moved forward, the Ogre captain still in the room roared and launched a pair of heavy blows. The first licked through the doorway to score a heavy hit on Evangline, tearing skin and breaking bones. The second barely deflected off the doorframe, saving her from a vicious head injury.
Evangline takes 28 damage, and barely avoids a killing blow.
Abrosh casts Burning Disarm on the Ogre Captain
if he makes the save he drops his weapon but takes no damage
Abrosh tosses a light heal to Eva
Eva attacks the ogre.
Evangline sighed in relief as Abroshqualmie's spell lessened some of her more serious wounds. Gritting her teeth, she attacked with fury. The ogre roared in fury as Evangline's axe bit into his chest. In response, his club lashed out. Eva took the first blow on her axe, rocking slightly at the force of the attack. The second blow blasted through her defenses and ripped into her open left side. The pain was excruciating, and the barbarian saw black spots dancing in her eyes as bone broke and muscles tore.
Eva takes 29 damage
Initative:
group
ogre
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Eva attacks continues on the ogre.
stop getting holes torn in you!!
Abrosh casts another CSW
Wesley fires three force bolts.
They unerringly hit the ogre.
Wesley's spell rocked the ogre as Abrosh desperately raced in to heal Evangline. The ogre grunted in pain once more as Eva's strike landed true. The brute is looking rather beat up, with massive gashes across a third of its upper torso. The wounds don't seem to slow it down much though, as it lanced another pair of heavy blows out at the barbarian. The first blow hit an invisible barrier, slowing it enough that Eva was able to get out of its way. She wasn't fast enough to dodge the second, though, and it nearly took her head off. The raging barbarian hit the ground, her great size reducing to that of her normal stature.
Evangline takes 27 damage. With Abro's healing spell, that should put her dying at -5 hit points.
Initiatives;
group
ogre
I thought I said stop getting holes torn in you!
Abrosh uses some of his dwindling magical energy to send a fiery
blast at the ogre, hoping to drop it, before it turns him into pulp as well.
Wesley also fires a blast of fiery flames at the ogre.
As Evangline hit the ground, both Abroshqualmie and Wesley leaped forward and cast their magics in a desperate attempt to kill the badly wounded ogre before he could turn that giant club on them. Waves of flames washed over the ogre, and its roars of fury turned into wails of pain and then to silence. Like a great tree toppling in the forest, the bulk of the ogre crashed backwards onto the floor of the chamber. So large was the creature that the floor trembled slightly under your feet.
1866 XP each. That takes you to level 6!
clw as abrosh quickly heals the barbarian at his feet
i thought we were already level 6? or have I just been cheating for a long time
"Let's search and rest in this lair."
Abrosh nods
let me heal the big oaf.
2 csw castings
The room had two exits, one with an open wooden door, and the other a natural opening in the rock wall. The natural opening led to a large dirt cave. The walls, floors, and ceiling are packed dirt, with a trickle of dirt falling from the ceiling. There is a large tunnel to the north, easily large enough for an ogre to squeeze through, though it would indeed be a squeeze. The exit tunnel is extremely sharp, maybe a 70-80 degree incline. Another, smaller tunnel heads to the south. That tunnel is a tight squeeze for any normal humanoid, though Wesley and his dog would have no problem navigating it. That tunnel heads slightly downward.
The wooden door led to a small room, maybe ten by fifteen, that had obviously been used by the ogre captain as his personal room. A pile of furs lay in one corner, smelling rank, but not as foul as you might believe. A pony keg of brandy lies on top of the furs.
The door to the hallway cannot be closed until the dead ogres are moved, and no one except perhaps a raging Evangline would be able to lift them with mere muscle.
Oh was there any loot worth keeping?
We might want to rest, I am almost drained.
The ogres had very little on them, other than their weapons and armor. The coins on the floor were a mixture of gold and silver, totaling 230 gold. The champion had a sliver ring on a necklace, and a folded map stuffed in his waistband.
In the smaller room, in addition to the pile of furs, obviously a sleeping area, there was a small trunk in one corner. Inside were four hide pouches, each containing teeth, bits of bone, buttons, and a few coins. In all, another 35g in coins were in the bags.
Wesley produces 4 scrolls of reduce person when Eva inquires.
When Eva wakes up,
"I feel like a dragon sat on me."
she quickly looks around
"This room could be a good spot to spell for a while, but to remove the ogres I think someone casting Reduce person would be of great help moving these corpses."
The reduce person was indeed helpful, and it was only a matter of a few minutes' work to shrink the corpses and drag them into the dirt cave area. With the ogre bodies removed, the door was closed, and a locking bar put in place. Other than the tunnels leading from the cave area, the room was secure...or at least as secure a spot as you were likely to find down here.
"Let's rest here for a while, and gain back our strength."
Abrosh curls up and falls asleep, completely drained, AFTER making sure that everyone is fully healed.
Wesley also rests.
"With limited people to haste, I will be switching to the fireball. We will have to drop enemies quicker and rest more now that we are three."
You divided up the watch into equal portions, though there was little indication of the passage of time in this dark dungeon. Perhaps the watches were only an hour, or maybe three. Still, Wesley ended up with the last watch, so that he could take the time to prepare his spells for the next "day". Wesley awoke with a start. Some noise, perhaps? He squinted in the darkness, his aasimar eyes giving him the advantage of clear sight, even in the darkest of places.
He looked over the resting forms around him. Evangline lay with her mouth open, snoring softly and hand laying on the haft of her axe. Abroshqualmie lay off to one side, nearly buried in his bedroll. Bob was...not there. The bard was supposed to be on watch and he wasn't in sight!
"Eva, Bob is gone. I gotta learn my spells. You can take my dog and stay close while I study."
We wait for spells to be ready and move out.
Uneasily, Wesley and Abroshqualmie prepared their spells for teh day, whether meditating or in prayerful contemplation. Their nervous glances to the door and the cave entrance showed how little they were concentrating, though, and their rituals took about half an hour more than normal. Finally, they were prepared to move on, though there was still no sign of Bob the Bard.