Sven dodged most of the incoming mud. Seeing the caster's Gug as the most dangerous creature in the room, he followed Aiuda and focused on it all its arrows.
Whitestripe dodge all the mud beginning to fall on him but began to sink in it !
He moved through the mud to be able to bite the gug
but missed !
Visibly quite impeded by the mud as he's unable to avoid it, Grûkh steps back and attempts to trip the green-skinned gug.
Bill casts a spell, hitting the caster gug with three rays of fire! The gug stumbles forward, then collapses!
Sven fires three arrows, but only lands one!
Whitestripe bites the gug as it stands, but misses with its follow up bite!
Gruhk moves backward, dodging a blow, then tries to trip the gug, but fails!
The green skinned gug steps south and slams the oread with an awesome blow, sending him flying ten feet and knocking him prone!
The yellow skinned gug steps north and bites, then claws the prone Grukh!
The blue gug takes a swipe at Whitestripe as it nears, but misses!
Enraged by the cat, the blue gug steps south and slams Whitestripe with an awesome blow, slamming the cat into the far wall and knocking it prone!
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Grûkh appears to be surprised by the ferocity of the gugs. His wounds are serious, though the stoneskin took most of the hits. He decides to cast a spell while maintaining his focus before standing up.
Aiuda aims for the one in the back , moving on to the others if it falls. "Are you ok, Grukh?"
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"My... these seem a bit tougher than the last batch. Perhaps a change of tactics is in order." Bill remarks.
He does a few calculations in his head, waving his finger around, causing arcane symbols to appear in the air. "Ah yes, the perfect position."
He raises both hands, brandishing his master's staff. He releases it in front of him as it becomes enveloped in a orange aura.
"Fove ventorum vi manus eorum. Pallere siccat ossa relinquunt." The eye of the staff flickers brightly before the caves chilly air turns hot as a severe downdraft slams into the three gugs, searing their flesh and buckling their knees.
Whitestripe was bounce 10ft. away from the creature. But thanks to his heavenly skin he felt nothing.
He stand up and moved through the mud
Grrrrr
Still following Aidua lead, Sven target the same Gug she did.
Ok, I had a few minutes. I think I did the math right to fix that mistake.
26 for 34 damage
36 for 37 damage
24 for 25 damage
18 for 24 damage
Grukh casts a spell, disappearing, then stands up!
Bill unleahses a whirlwind of fire, taking out two of the gugs, and knocking down the last one!
The remaining gug is taken out by the party's arrows!
Searching the bodies and the room, you find nothing of interest, save an iron key around the neck of the large gug. It also weras the battered remains of a Brass Guardian.
Well done all ! he said to his comrade after the fight
Good boy, Withestripe he added to his friend.
Finding the iron key, Sven tried to know if it could be use with the strange chest they find previously.
"I never thought I'd curse the earth so much. Those creatures sure are clever enough to use the terrain to their advantage. Anyway, I'll use the opportunity that I'm invisible to scout ahead. Remain about thirty feet behind in case something goes wrong. I'll whisper where I'm going to guide you. But first-"
Grûkh gets his wand and heals himself before continuing his exploration.
Aiuda receives a few hits from her own wand as well. "Indeed, that was a crafty use of the terrain. I wasn't prepared for it. At least we now have this key, wherever or whatever it unlocks. What about that chest I couldn't open earlier? Should we go back and try it with this key?"
Sven used his wand to heal the small hematomas he took when the ceiling fall on him.
Yep, a nasty trick ! As for the key, did we have the third ? In my memory we needed three keys to open the safe.
"Ah yes! You are right. Let's press on then."
Bill follows the trail left by Grukh. "Quite a clever chap for having a head full of rocks." The wizard grins and looks around for recognition of his award-winning joke.
Moving north, you come to a sort of workshop. The thick layer of soot and dust covering the scattered tools and abandoned mine carts in this alcove indicate that this old workshop likely hasn’t been used for quite some time. Two gugs look up from rummagin through the tools and charge toward you!
Whitestripe, attack ! commanded Sven to his friend before taking a 5ft. step toward the closest Gug and shooting at it calling for the bull and the Tiger.
At his master's command, Whitestripe moved to the Gug and attacked it.
Sven steps over and fires three arrows, missing with the first, but zeroing in and connecting with the second and third!
Whitestripe bounds foward, gets bitten by the gug, then bites back, dragging the creature to the ground!
"Only two? You have this in hand it seems... Should I prepare for afternoon tea?" Bill asks around.
Bill holds his action, waiting got the gugs to be taken care of by his allies!
The upright gug moves south and tries to knock Sven back, but misses the agile hunter!
The second gug stands with a cry of fury and attacks the mean kitty!
The creature's balled fist hits the cat, sending it flying and knocking it prone!
Aiuda once again releases a rain of arrows on the gug!
Bill looks up from his conjured wooden table, adjusting the freshly laundered tablecloth. "Hmm... I guess I can help for a bit if necessary."
He waves his hands about, intoning in his magical language. "Dum tuus ignis indignatio mea et caro sentit corpus vertit in pulverem."
A light green beam erupts from Bill's finger at the gug.
Still invisible, Grûkh has no trouble manoeuvering around the gugs to find an appropriate spot to strike. He comes into view as his massive flail sweeps one of the gugs.
Aiuda fires four arrows, hitting with the first two!
Bill casts a spell and fires a green ray, hitting the eastern gug and flaying it flesh from its body. Nearly dead, the creature manages to keep standing!
From invisibility, Grukh trips the western gug, the slams his flail into the prone creature!
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Whitestripe stood up and moved to the last Gug standing
Sven began to shoot at the less hurt Gug before targeting the worst
Whitestripe and Sven dispatch the gugs!
Searching the area, you find the eastern area served as a workshop of sorts. Three ounces of stone salve remain in an otherwise unassuming cylindrical ceramic jar.
The western area of the mine holds some sort of mechanism. A thick stone cylinder is almost ten feet across, and sits atop another peg that’s attached to the ground. Four stone levers jut from the sides of the cylinder, making a cross shape.
To the north, you find a long tunnel that has a significantly steeper grade to it than the rest of the mines. The tunnel’s mine tracks run north and south as far as the eye can see.
"I think we have fully explored this part of the mines. Shall we move northwards?" suggests the oread, ready to lead his companions.
I agree.
Said Sven, while looking for tracks
Aiuda nods in silent agreement as she passes out the stone salve to everyone but herself.
"No time for afternoon tea, then?" Bill quips.
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Bill will offer to try and fix the winch. "I'm not an engineer, however I could give this bit a go to see what's what."
Bill tinkers with the winch, but finds it is missing four pieces.
Bill think on whether he has seen any of the pieces that are missing...
Bill isn't really sure if he's seen the pieces, anywhere.
"We could ask our ratfolk friend...." Aiuda proposes.
Yes, it seems to have a lot of strange device. May be some of them are the missing pieces ?
agreed Sven
"Probably wise if I can't figure out this piece of machinery, however machines and gizmos aren't quite my bag." Bill states, trying to save face. He agrees with whatever anyone else suggests for the time being, trying to downplay his failure at being the intellectual of the group.
Returing to Habblegash, the ratfolk ponders for a moment, before snapping his fingers. "Have you checked the gug's traps? I think I noticed some odd bits of machinery in them."
"Let's push north and hope we can find that third key," Aiuda suggests.
Thanks Habblegash
Said Sven before agreeing with Aidu to push north.