Unless you want to question them I can take them out silently and move on.
stealth
coup d'grace with bow point blank +
second stealth
coup d'grace with bow point blank +
Brother Hawthorne nods and makes a throat slitting motion while gesturing at the two giants.
The giants do not hear Kurag Approach and are quickly slain!
Kurag quickly rifles through the dead bodies possessions looking for any loot before making his way to the next door and listening for sounds of approaching foes.
perception
stealth
An immense L-shaped table, carved of black walnut and polished until it gleams, serves as the centerpiece of this large circular chamber, surrounded by several chairs. Numerous arched windows look out over the surrounding countryside. Between the windows, a variety of maps, drawings, and diagrams have been tacked to the walls. A line of severed heads skewered upon long iron pikes runs around the perimeter of the room. Interspersed among the pikes are five large iron perches. To the west, a flight of stairs descends out of the room. On the opposite side of the chamber to the east, a second set of stairs curves upward along the wall.
Urathash’s cyclops servant Surog toils in this room, carrying for the stone giant’s pets: a small flock of five juvenile rukhs, large two-headed vultures with greasy feathers, which occupy the iron perches in the room.
Purple and Green fly over to attack Kurag and Rask!
Fall back! We are surrounded!
Sven raised his hammer and shouted a prayer to Torag. The stone walls expanded, cutting three of the large creatures off, so that they and their giant master could not reach the dwarves. The stone wall extended from the ceiling, but did not reach the floor. There was enough room for a dwarf to easily run under it, but anything large in size would have to squeeze to get under.
”Surrounded? We are not stuck in here with them. They are trapped in here with us.”
Hurting from the rukh bites, and not able to move back, Rask lays hands on himself, then swings Agrimmosh twice, hitting the first time.
Kurag thinks maybe the party should retreat.
Rask wounds one of the Rukh and Sven creates a wall of stone.
Surog starts to climb under the wall of stone.
With the wall of stone protecting the front Kurag tries to slip past the creature to the north to give him some space to fire from.
acrobatics north all the way past purple as full round movement
Brother Hawthorne will start a song, granting +2/+2 to everyone, as a move action.
He will then swing his greatcclub at whichever one Rask attacked...
x2, B
Rask wounds Purple with one of his hits and Brother Hawthone misses.
Purple will try to hit Rask again.
Red will attack Brother Hawthorne
Kragg unloads on the Rukh before him with all 3 arrows.
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Brother Hawthorne will keep singing and attacking...
x2, B
x2, B
Kurag hits with 2 of his arrows. Brother Hawthorne misses.
With enemies swarming in around them, Sven let forth some of the divine energy that he had channeled within him. It was not so much of a question about the strength of his God, rather, it was a matter of how tough he was. The limitation was really about what his soul could handle in channeling divine power. He attempted to keep up with the needs of the grouop as best he could, causing the Forge Father's favor to shine upon them and to darken their enemies.
Rask quickly lays on hands and then continues to attack the Rukh that he attacked last time.
Sven casts Prayer and Rask hits his tormentor!
Purple will attack Rask and Brother Hawthorne.
Red will attack Brother Hawthone and Sven.
Brother Hawthorne will keep singing and attacking...
x2, B
x2, B
Sven took a blow to the chest, nearly knocking the wind out of him. The old dwarf refused to go down though. Lifting his hammer, he swung it back, giving as good as he got.
Rask falls to the ground, unconscious.
Kurag was too far away from Rask to heal him with a wand and the creature was still up in between them anyways. Without else to do Kurag continued to fire his bow praying that an arrow found a weak spot and dropped purple.
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Kurag just misses with his 1st shot , but hits with his other two.
Rask while staggering, manages to take down the Rukh.
Rask brings down Purple!
With one finally dropped down an avenue of escape has opened if some needed it. However, the immense creature would just follow them somehow. To that end Kurag just kept firing in hopes that red would die and they would have time to heal up before the other made it past the stone wall.
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Brother Hawthorne will keep singing and attacking...
x2, B
x2, B
... and then he will 5' step due north to where purple is no longer in his way.
Rask uses his Lay on Hands, healing himself a bit, then swings Agrimmosh at the Rukh that has been wounded.
Kurag and Rask both put a hurting on Red. Brother Hawthone seems unable to connect with it!
Old age weighed down on Sven as heavily as his wounds. He swung his hammer again with skill, but it lacked the strength needed to really make it count. Breathing heavily he did his best to keep the exertion from this face, lest he look weak before his kinsmen.
Sven hurts the creature!
Sven is bleeding out!
Old. Too old. Sven thought this to himself as he was buffeted by attacks. Out of pure stubbornness he remained on his feet, as defiant as a boulder weathering the ceaseless assaults of the elements. Standing firm until it finally shattered. He refused to go down without a fight, though. Tasting his own blood that filled his mouth, he decided that if he was too slow to dodge then he would have to go forward. Stepping towards the enemy he raised his hammer and moved to attack.
Kurag watches Sven go down and clears a path for Brother Hawthorne or Rask to be able to heal him!
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A path is clear, heal Sven and then we need to recover!
Brother Hawthorne moves to Sven and hits him with CMW...
"That one dang near killed me" says Rask. Looking at Sven he says to the others, "I am out of Lay On Hands"
Unable to channel anymore positive energy, Sven instead got to his feet, muttering a thank you as he did so. Focusing, he caused the worst of his remaining wounds to heal.
As the giant attempts to make it under the wall Kurag wastes no time in planting 6 arrows into the giant's body as it is squeezing under the wall!
Round 1
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Round 2
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Seeing Kurag continue to pour arrows into the Rukh, Rask swings Agrimmosh and hopefully finishes it off.
That should at least mean the other creatures lost their handler and may even roam free taking out their aggression on the giants left in this place.
Looking at the wounds on the others and himself he sighs, I think we need to find a place to hole up and recover for tomorrow. It needs to be a location that we have enough space for all of us, including Lucky, and we can barricade the entrance if we need to. I still have a few traps that I can place to make sure no giants take us by surprise. Shall we head back to the forge area? One of the paths there at least seemed less used and dusty.
After a nights rest Kurag shakes the sleep from his eyes as he looks to how the others have faired. Hopefully the rest brought about a revitalization and a readiness to attempt another trek through the castle fortress. How is everyone this morning? Are we ready to delve deeper and see what mischief we can cause to the giant army before we need to retreat back here again. Any recommendations as to where we should head first? Shall we finish with the strange vulture creatures and see if anyone knocked down that wal yet?