Deranthil also fires at the fleeing creature.
Diomedes stabs at the grindylow grappling Gizmo... carefully.
Dio manages to take down the one grappling Gizmo.
Joshua points to the fleeing grindylow and Albert charges after him.
Albert killd the remaining grindylow before it can flee.
Well now, that was not so bad. Lets see what is beyond the gate guard.
"Presumably something worse. Watch your backs in there, sea caves get really twisty and tight."
You press on to the next chamber and see two more grindylow this time acompagnied by a large squid.
The squid jets right past your blocking you exit (jet lets it move 240 feet in a straight line as a full round action)
the grindylow are still 100 feet away.
Your turn.
to see what he knows about squids
As the cephalopod jets by, Diomedes spins his spear to thrust back the way they had come.
The squid would stop about 30 feet behind the group so yes it is in range behind you that you can reach it but approaching provokes attacks from it's tentacles and it has combat reflexes.
Deranthil targets the squid before any of his party moves in and gets in the way.
With the grindylow far off, Jordy also targets the squid.
Bastien keeps imposed himself between the enemys and the party.
"Shoot over me!"
Joshua shouts, "Keep them back! I'm bringing reenforcements!". He then begins to cast a spell.
Did everyone act I feel like I'm still missing a few.
Watching Deranthil, Gizmo muses I gotta get one of those crossbows.
Derantil and Dio both hit the squid.
Alright the squid move closer (5 foot step) and attacks dio while the grindylow get closer.
Tentacles
Grapple if hit
constrict if grappled
Bite secondary attack
Your go again.
More worried about the squid than the grindylows, Deranthil fires a magic missile at the creature. and then moves closer to it.
As Joshua finishes casting his spell, dolphins appear and attack the squid.
He then readies his weapon for the grindylow to approach.
Diomedes grunts a little as the beak tears into him. Unable to use his spear in these close quarters, he drops it to attack with his morningstar.
Seeing that the squid seems handled, Jordy turns back toward the grindylow sneaking up on them from behind and shoots off another bolt.
Bastien swims closer and thrusts his polearm deeply into the enemy.
The magic missiles, 1 dolphin and Dio hit the squid.
Jordy hit a frindylow.
The squid attacks dio with this tentacles and tries to bit the dolphin that hit him.
The two grindilow see that jordy is isolated and go after him.
Your go again.
The dolphins attack the squid again.
Seeing Jordy in trouble Joshua orders Albert to attack and then follows.
Very glad for the dolphins' help, Diomedes moves (5') to flank with one of them.
Turning on the grindilow's Dernthil moves for a clear shot and fires.
Bastien, frustrated attacks again. Fighting under water is definately not his expertise, but nevertheless he presses the attack.
Jordy switches to his sword, pulling out the Azlanti blade and slashing at the grindylow on his right.
Your combined attacks bring down the giant squid.
Jordy brings down a grindilow and you manage to bring down the last one as it tries to flee.
The way is once more clear for you to proceed.
"Anyone hurting?" Diomedes asks as he watches the squid sink down.
Deranthil reloads his crossbow and remains silent.
Jordy shakes his head and reloads his crossbow.
"Let's head on then," he says, picking up his spear and pointing the way.
Gizmo heads to where Diomedes points, looking for dry land.
After a sharp switchback in the tunnel, a gradual upward slope leads out of the water and into this roughly round chamber with a dome-like ceiling. The floor is covered in a mixture of sand and coarse stones. Rising from the ground near the center of the room is a massive statue of a hand, carved from a smooth, pearlescent, sea-green marble. The hand is bent back at the wrist and posed as if to catch something or to cradle something in its palm. If anything more exists of the statue, it is buried beneath the earth.
This chamber is not submerged, and sounds echo off its rounded walls. The hand sculpture is feminine in form and is the topmost part of an enormous statue buried deep underground. Unearthing it would require powerful magic or a significant amount of labor resulting in a major change of the landscape.
A larger than normal female grindylow sits on a chair at the base of the statue. (She is medium size while they are normally small) she wields a ornated trident that looks magical.
"I am brinetooth queen of the shellcrackers. You wont find me easy prey!" she says as five grindylow guards take positions in front of her.
You can try to talk or attack. If you attack just roll init and post your actions.
Diomedes would love to try to reason with these creatures, but he somehow doubts they'll be amenable. Still, you never know til you try, right?
"Queen Brinetooth," he says with a small bow. "Please forgive our intrusion. This may simply be a misunderstanding. We're trying to find several of our colonists who have gone missing. I'm sure if we could have them returned, we could work out some sort of beneficial arrangement between our people and yours."
Lowering his shield, Bastien smiles and replies.
"We will see!"
Jordy also tries placating the queen. "Great and powerful queen, if we can come to some arrangement I am sure both your tribe and our people can benefit. We can trade surface goods for resources only your people can access. Your tribe will prosper. War is not inevitable between us."
Deranthil's eyes flash about taking in the room and looking for other threats. He holds his crossbow tightly.
The queen hesitates. "Your here for the sailors? If we return them you'd leave us alone?" she motions to some guards and tells them something in globlinoid.
"You've shown your strenght, we will release the prisoners and will not bother your people anymore."
Deranthil hesitates. They should leave this island completely. he voices quietly.
Gizmo doesn't understand the language, but is a bit surprised that they don't speak aquan.
Gizmo whispers back. "What are these shellcrackers? This appears to be their home. Not sure us just telling them to move out is going to get very far."
"Why did you take sailors? Surely they were not intruding on your area down here."
Diomedes whispers to Deranthil, "To be fair, they were here first. If they're willing to live and let live, we might even be able to come to a trading arrangement."