Jolis bolts up the stairs drawing his longsword once more, and attacks one of the bugbears around the table, but the bugbear dodged the strike.
Grelda shouts a few quick words before dashing forward, leaving a multi-hued cascade of images behind her. She stops right in front of one of the bugbears and smashes him with her greatclub!
Boiling up out of the stairs, Vitranna takes aim quickly with her spear and throws it!
Lera fires a sickly green ray at Bugbear 1. "Feel your bile thicken; feel your body sicken."
Jolis narrowly misses his target, his blade slashing into the table and sending coins flying. Vitranna's spear comes close as well, but her target just manages to avoid it. Grelda strikes true, sending a bugbear tumbling to the ground but not enough to incapacitate him. Miya crosses the room in her fox form and bounds up the stairs to block the way, though it doesn't seem like the bugbears have any interest in running.
With his previous swing a miss, Jolis fully engages his bugbear opponent.
Vitranna holds out her hand and her spear suddenly reappears in her fist with a flash and a small crack of thunder!
She then throws again!
Rather than give the bugbear a chance to react, Grelda smashes him with her greatclub again!
Pinching her nose with one hand, she waves the other in an arcane gesture. "Let their body grow weak, let their guard be dropped, Let their defenses be broken, Let not a blow be blocked." A black aura surrounds Bugbear 1.
Miya shifts into her human form on the stairs and draws her blade, ready to cut down anyone who tries to get past her. Before the bugbear on the ground is able to get up, Grelda brings her club down on his head a second time and he goes limp. Vitranna's spear comes close once again, but her target dives out of his chair just before it hits. Jolis is less lucky.
As Jolis moves in to attack, he steps in what looks and smells like some several weeks old fruit and starts to slip. He manages to catch himself just before he goes down though.
Jolis connects with his second swing, but the enemy is still on his feet. He draws the morningstar from his belt and takes a swing.
The other two bugbears still on their feet go after Grelda and Vitranna
The absalomian continues his attack against his bugbear foe.
Vitranna's spear comes close once again, but her target dives out of his chair just before it hits. Jolis is less lucky.
Lera continues her witchly assault, hexing the Bugbear attacking Jolis. "Your fate to sever; reclaimed never."
Grelda blocks her foe's weapon with her own before swinging her club in a broad arc that misses the bugbear. Instead of bringing the club back around, she lets it fall from her hands as she draws her two smaller clubs, twirling them in her hands in anticipation.
Jolis manages to take down one of the bugbears with one powerful strike, as Vitranna and Grelda fight their opponents.
Jolis advances on the bugbear attacking Vitranna.
Grelda lowers her shoulder to take the hit on her armored pauldron. She swings her clubs at her opponent.
A golden thread appears over the bugbear's head as Lera's hex lands. A blade of black aura cuts through it.
Sighing at Jolis' difficulties in hitting the bugbear, she weaves a new hex. A new golden thread appears, this time connecting Jolis and Lera. Despite being immaterial, she grabs onto it anyway. As her hand clasps it, it becomes brighter and thicker.
"Heed these words of gold; fortune favors the bold."
Summoning her spear again from wherever it landed, Vitranna grimaces and attempts to simply stab the bugbear!
"Heed these words of gold; fortune favors the bold."
With two quick strikes, and a bit of extra help, Jolis is able to take down the bugbear advancing on Vitranna. With nothing in her way now, she can step forward and spear Grelda's opponent from behind. With one last swing, Grelda finishes the last bugbear.
"Dump them in the hole with the other one Jolis. Does anybody hear any other enemy response?"
Vitranna immediately starts casting her cantrip spell to clean the area of the quick combat's mess.
Miya(bot) whispers from the stairs. I hear movement, but don't see anyone yet. It doesn't look like they are coming this way.
The big warrior drags the bugbear bodies up to the hole. Before he dumps them, Jolis checks the bodies for loot.
Viska hops up and sniffs the air.
Aside from their weapons and armor, the bugbears are carrying 30 gold between them. One of them was also carrying a potion of cure light wounds.
Viska sniffs at the air and picks up the scent of about six more goblinoids. However, the harsh smell of garbage overwhelms their scent and makes them difficult to pinpoint.
Viska bounds down the stairs and informs Lera of what he smelled.
"Viska says that there are 6 more on the way. We should be prepared. I have a few tricks I can lay down or we could just rush them. Either way, I'm going to cast a protection spell on myself."
"An armor against hate and rage; a force to surround and protect this mage." A purple force effect hugs her body then disappears.
Jolis quickly splits the gold between the 5 of them.
"We seemed to do very well, lying in wait. How do our 'wild women' feel?" questioned the big warrior to the skald and band.
Leaning on her spear, Vitranna speaks up with a smile.
"I have another similar idea. Quickly: Everybody hide as best you can or at least set up out of direct view of where they come down. I will cast a cantrip to make some noise and to see if I can get them to come investigate down here. When they do, we hit them suddenly from every direction."
As Jolis hides, he slips on some bugbear blood and hits his 'funny bone' really hard. The big warrior does his best to remain silent.
Grelda can't help but snicker at Jolis's mishap, spoiling her own attempt at stealth.
Vitranna smacks her forehead quietly and shakes her head in frustration.
Lera sighs but manages to keep it mostly silent.
She shifts to Fox form
::"We could set an ambush here, I could lead them into it":: She sends to their minds
Miya moves to see if she can spot the others coming.
Once everyone settles into their hiding places, Vitranna sets off a cacophonous spell that sounds like a bugbear getting into a nasty accident. You hear some movement and chatter from above but it's difficult to make out. After a few minutes, a single goblin takes a few steps down and pokes his head out over the side of the stairs.
In goblin: "Hey! Where is yous guys?"
The goblin narrows his eyes and sniffs at the air. He looks at the battle damaged table, fresh blood spilled all around it. Then, his gaze falls on Valeriya and he panics.
"Longshanks! It's the longshanks!"
Vitranna immediately starts casting her cantrip spell to clean the area of the quick combat's mess.
Shifting Miya comes up behind the goblin and attacks, her hand chap coming down heard on the back of its little green neck. Is it did a magic like foxes head bit deep into his head.