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Now quite bloodied by several encounters of the day Jos begins to work on his realize his wounds have left him weak. He puts away the oil reconnecting it to his bandolier. Still bleeding he begins using whatever bits of cloth he can tare from a sack he has in his backpack.
Is there anyone who might be able to help me bind my wounds as I do not believe I can not staunch the bleeding alone.
Each of the wounded is able to stop the bleed with their remedial first aid, and while some healing may be prudent, it certainly isn't' required to save a life at this point.
Having explored the Temple of Nethys, and run face first into a bat swarm, the group only has up the stairs to go. Going back to the inner spiral staircase, they climb to the 4th level where a door awaits. The stairs also continue upward to a higher level.
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A smile and a look of relief comes across Ruinor's face as Maximilian heals him. "Thank you very much kind sir. I will definately be staying towards the back if we encounter any more combat. That was too close for my liking. I don't think we should leave any unexplored areas behind us."
Ruinor looks at the door.
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"We should have shut that door," Silverback says with some venom. "It yielded us no good thing to fight that swarm...now I am wounded for whatever we have yet to face. Even so...we may yet survive that mistake. Let's go," he says as he calls Splittooth to his side and prepares to move to the next floor.
Aarion finds no traps on either the stairs or the door.
Crude bunks line the walls of this room, which is filled with the nauseating stench of troglodytes. As Aarion bursts in like a house on fire, three trogs stand ready to do battle with the intruders.
Barracks - Round 1
19 Silverback
16 Ruinor
12 Orovan
10 Josnavaarin
9 Aarion
7 Maximilan
4 White Trog
3 Red Trog
0 Green Trog
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Orovan moves into the room swiftly and attacks the second trog before it can react.
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Silverback attempts to urge his animal companion into combat, but once again the barely-trained creature looks confused in the face of battle, especially when Silverback almost throws up as he begins to give his commands.
Cursing and dry-heaving, the druid moves behind the closest creature and slashes at it with his scimitar.
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Barracks - Round 1 - continued
Silverback is first out of the gate, and while he almost loses his lunch as the stench of the lizard creatures, and while his animal companion won't heed his commands well, the druid strikes a home-run with his scimitar cutting the Red Trog to ribbons and ending his fight.
Ruinor vomits in his mouth a bit as the door opens, and his acid splash spell, which misses hitting the trog, is only slightly less noxious than his stomach bile.
Orovan's lurching rush prevents him from catching as potent a whiff of the trog stink as the others. He barely contains the gorge rising in his belly, and instead strikes out at Green Trog, his fists battering against the lizard's scales for good effect.
Rushing alongside his mates, Josnavaarin is able to throw one of his chakram skillfully enough, despite his illness. The razor-sharp disc clips the troglodyte, the elf rushes forward ready to do battle.
Aarion approaches the nearest surviving trog, and after studying the way it moves and attacks, he stabs at it with his fauchard, but the long pole-arm fails to hit the target this time.
Maximilian leaps into the room with a flourish, his rapier ready to striking a killing blow. Unfortunately, his target is just ducking the fauchard of Aarion above, and the Varisian misses with his pouncing attack
White Trog hisses fiercely as the warm-blooded intruders rush in, attacking pell-mell. He sets his sights on the elf who winged him with a thrown object and returns the favor with his javelin. The stone tip buries in teh ground near the feet of the elf, harmlessly.
Knowing he is in a bad scene, but needing to do something heroic, Green Trog takes a full round of attacks on Maximilian. The trog is able to hit t he newcomer with his club and his toothy bite for 6 hp dmg.
End of Round 1
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Orovan shifts to the side and throws another punch.
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But the smell is distracting, and he loses balance while gagging.
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Aarion watches as the green Troglodyte attacks, its movements seem fluent and steady, its aggression is ferocious. Aarion sees little flaws in its stance, yet he watches for even the slightest advantage. After the creature finishes its desperate flurry, Aarion brings the hook of his Fauchard between the creature’s legs and attempts to trip the thing.
"ahiiiiissss!!!"
The dinosaur enters the room, snapping at the air and not sickened, but otherwise does little else.
Barracks - Round 2 - continued
19 Silverback (sickened)
16 Ruinor (sickened)
12 Orovan
10 Josnavaarin (sickened)
9 Aarion
7 Maximilan
4 White Trog (2hp dmg)
0 Green Trog (6hp dmg)
Silverback's gut-wrenching sickness to the smell of the troglodytes causes his next attack to miss, but he is able to signal the allosaur to come to his aid. The great lizard attacks Green Trog, but cannot get through the creature's defenses.
Orovan isn't sickened, but his proximity to the trog makes his eyes water, and throws off the accuracy of his knock-out punch which connects with only air.
Aarion continues his study of the lizard-like opponents, and when he thinks he's seen a flaw, he uses his fauchard to trip one of the beasts. Unfortunately, the creature is able to step over the tripping foil without incident.
Maximiian takes a withdraw action moving back towards the stairs both to recover from his wounds and for a little breathable fresh air.
Seeing he has an open shot at the far trog, Ruinor takes aim with his heavy crossbow.
[dice=Ranged attack]1d20+3-2
[dice=Damage]1d10
Barracks - Round 2 - concluded
Ruinor winds back the mechanism on his heavy crossbow, getting it ready to fire in the next round.
Josnavaarin launches his other chakram at White Trog standing at the back of the room. Knowing the sting of the metal discs, the trog jumps back avoiding this one.
Barracks - Round 2 - concluded
After avoiding the spinning disc, White Trog leaps forward swinging his claws and club at the nearest target which is Silverback. His comrade turns on his lizard cousin, attacking Splittooth with savage ferocity.
In the end, however, neither the druid or his animal companion suffer any injury from the flurry of attacks, and they stand tall with the intent to counterattack in the next round.
End of Round 2
Barracks - Round 3
19 Silverback (sickened)
16 Ruinor (sickened) (already posted SA)
12 Orovan
10 Josnavaarin (sickened)
9 Aarion (already posted)
7 Maximilan
4 White Trog (2hp dmg)
0 Green Trog (6hp dmg)
Splittooth, as he has mostly done to this point, simply hisses and snaps and claws at the air.
Barracks - Round 3 - continued
Silverback, despite his sickened condition, finds a way to power through the defenses of White Trog striking the creature with his scimitar and cutting him down where he stands.
Ruinor finally gets his big crossbow loaded and then sights and pulls the trigger. With a loud twang the bolt is away, but the aim is errant, and the result is a miss.
Josnavarrin rushes the Green Trog, flanking him wiht the allosaur. However, his sickened condition weakens him enough that the attack is a miserable failure.
Aarion's fauchard fails to strike anything this round.
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Maximilian puts a hand to the bite wound, then looks at the blood covering it. His eyes flash red and lock onto the creature that inflicted the wound, and he begins to intone:
"Sinister and yellow among the dream
We condone bright ghosts beyond the ground
Bizarre! The fun will come again
Dark and sensuous below the spirits
I summon scary ghosts below the towers
Be wary! The evil keeps going
Weird and huge on the tomb
You poke dream-like rubes about the air
Be watchful. The fun continues
clouded curious
trying to recall
a sense of danger
Down what streets
our neighbour
look for landmarks
never knowing how"
Barracks - Round 3 - concluded
Orovan's unarmed strike catches the remaining troglodyte under the chin, crushing its jaw and causing it go down in a mighty heap.
End of Combat
This room has many smelly beds in it, but does not appear to have any lootable or noteworthy items besides. Two doors remain unexplored here, one to the north and one to the south.