As Harrold closes the distance he pulls out a flask which gets lobbed at the trolls.
Jominda also continues to throw bombs at the troll.
The troll is hit hard by the fire and in panic tries to put the flames out. But he doesn't succeed and within very short time he burns to death.
Herm bashes the Troll in the stairs again.
"Now he is preventing us from getting upstairs."
Not wanting to endanger Herm by firing any acid past him, Kendra instead decides to augment him instead with some of the Diviner's fortune.
Herm squeezes up the stairs to meet the troll halfway and kills it. But as it doesn't burn anymore you see how the wounds close and the troll regains consciousness. And it immediately starts clawing and biting at Herm.
The one on top of the roof decides to not share the fate of his companions and jumps off the building to run off.
The final Claw slices through Herm's armor drawing some blood.
"By the Inheritor that stings, someone bring me a torch."
Jominda screams at the top of her lungs "It is trying to get away!" But with her ability to fly this is a futile attempt. She follows the troll and keeps throwing bombs at it.
The large troll crashes into the ground but gets up and starts running.
As it becomes clear that even running away won't save the troll he jumps again into the river flowing over 100 feet below the cliff.
At least he got rid of the fire that way. But what good that does him isn't clear. He disappears in the lively waters and doesn't come up again.
Herm Swing again at the Troll.
As the troll falls limp again, Kendra steps past Herm and rolls an orb of acid in her hands, which she simply lets drop onto the Troll.
The troll dies and doesn't recover from that. Hunks of dubious meat (mostly local mountain goat) hang from meat hooks attached to an old staff among piles of timber. The trolls have collected several sacks of plunder, including a pair of bellows, a shovel, a sledge, a battered tankard, several pretty (but valueless) stones, 208 gp, and 345 sp.
Kendra looks about at all the loot. "This is a weird collection of pillage. I think the Trolls had a different idea of value than we do."
She then remembers an earlier train of thought, where the trolls would've captured this gatehouse, and looks around for any signs of battle other than the one just fought - destroyed or damaged items or doors, splashes of blood, or other evidence.
Herm follow Kendra up the rest of the stairs, looking around just a perplexed as Kendra.
"I think you are right, maybe they just like odd things?"
Herm looks for anything that could be clues.
As Kendra looks through the piles of garbage and partly useful stuff, she sees something that looks like a green ear. Grasping it she pulls out an ugly green goblin. It looks rather unhappy.
Kendra sets the goblin upon a nearby chair, and then straightens herself to look a bit more dignified.
"Greetings. Do you speak Common?" she asks, nevertheless being at the ready should the Goblin make a run for it.
"Yes." The goblin answers, looking at Kendra with big eyes.
"You must be hungry." Kendra says.
"I imagine, so is Jominda. Would you like a sandwich?" she asks, as she starts rummaging around in her backpack for the sandwiches she prepared that morning.
The goblin stares at Kendra like the bunny at the snake, but he accepts the offered sandwich and indulges on it, even faster as Jominda would.
Jominda lands at the edge of the cliff and stares at the water, trying to figure out if the troll comes back up somewhere. After a while she gets drawn to the gatehouse. She doesn't know why, but she gives up on looking down the river and walks to the entrance. "Oh, is it lunchtime already." she says and queues up at Kendra to get a sandwich too. "Who is your new fried." Jominda asks, suspicious of the food competitor.
"Well, I decided to feed him before starting asking him all kinds of questions." Kendra says to Jominda. She returns to the Goblin, asking "But I guess you worked to guard this place before the trolls came? Or were you brought along by the trolls to tend to their hounds?"
"Zobmaggle be prisoner of big green uglies." the goblin replies staring at the backpack of Kendra.
Herm is very taken a back by Kendra's kindness towards the Goblin, but allowing her to take the lead right now Herm holds back his temper and feelings of wanting to dispatch the vile little beast.
"Just be weary Miss Lorrimor, they can be tricky."
Kendra nods at Herm, signalling her understanding. "And you were scared, weren't you?" She digs out some more sandwiches, handing one to Herm, Jominda and Harrold, and holding one up for the goblin.
"How long were you here already? And did the big green uglies scare anything out of here?"
"The green uglies found empty house. Many rounds of sun ago." Zobmaggle replies holding his hands up showing all fingers and some to indicate how many. But he changes them back and forth as he is unsure himself. "Moved in. But bad dog on bridge bites trolls. Can't go to next house. Last troll behind door." he points to the barricaded door at the back of the gatehouse.
"There were four trolls?" Kendra asks.
Herm picks up his hammer from where it is, finishing his sandwich in 2 quick bites. Taking a swig from his water skin, Herm moves towards the stairs.
"What is the big dog and why did they keep you around? To eat you?"
"You go on tower and look." Zobmaggle replies. "You also see big green ugly."
[]b" Herm, check if the troll is there, and if the dog is another flesh golem." [/b] Kendra yells up, as she hands the sandwich she had been holding to Zobmaggle.
Looking over the edge of the battlement on the roof reveals that Zobmaggle tells the truth.
This broad stone terrace has no rails at its edge. To the north, a stone bridge arches above a waterfall that drops into the river two hundred feet below. In the midst of the bridge stands a golem hound like you know it from Vorkstag & Grine's Chymic Works. In front of the gate house sits a troll with a troll hound. On the bridge between them and the golem hound is a barricade.
Out of the trash jump two more goblins who take to their heels and flee into the marsh. Zobmaggle longingly looks after them. Obviously he'd rather be with them than on this interrogation chair.
Herm looks a bit shocked at the other goblins fleeing then back at the captured goblin.
"Kendra Ask it if he knows anything else if not we might as well let it go."
Herm points at the necklace, detecting evil as he speaks.
"Ask him about the necklace please. What is the purpose of it"
Kendra looks from Herm to Zombaggle.
"Answer the man. As you can see, we have no ill will against you, and you got two of my 'famed' sandwiches. If you help us with anything you can, and tell us the purpose of your necklace, you may join your companions."
"Oh, and please also do tell if the troll understands Common."
"Necklace is from dead man. Is pretty." Zobmaggle replies. "Trolls speak gibberish."
"Which dead man?" Kendra inquires
"Dead man in black robe. Was so bony that green uglies throw it in river. Also was gnawed on by evil dog." Zobmggle answers.
Kendra turns to her companions. "Herm, Jominda, Harrold - any more questions?"
She then turns back to Zombaggle. "This won't hurt, but I need to see." She casts a quick spell before reaching out to touch the little greenskin.
Kendra casts detect magic as well, and looks at Zombaggle.
"Those smooth stones you found on the dead man, do you still have them?" Kendra asks.
Zobmaggle reluctantly produces a stone. It's an onyx.
Kendra smiles. "You can keep them. If the rest has no further questions, you're free to go."
Kendra thinks of all the spells that require onyx as an ingredient - such as Animate Dead.
"What is your favourite food?" Jominda inquires.
"Mountain Goat." Zobmaggle replies.
He is lying.
"See, he is not worthy of your Sandwiches." Jominda states.
Kendra looks puzzled at Jominda, surprised that she would be so defensive of Kendra's sandwiches. Then again, perhaps she shouldn't be.
"He's not telling the truth anyway," Kendra notes to Jominda.