Jumblegrin snaps again at Meredith, almost killing her. But she manages to persevere, and makes it to the shore.
Merisiel gets to the other side at about the same time.
Elendril takes aim at the croc with his longbow and fires, but the arrow flies harmlessly into the water.
You both miss the croc, but seem to convince it to stay in the water, allowing Meredith to escape. The crocodile submerges and seems to disappear.
How does everyone else cross?
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"Anyone have some meat we can toss in the river to distract the crocodile while we cross? I'm not volunteering!"
Etune watches the river warily, and the bridge... and then the river...
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"I think you can cross the river by the logs now. Those axes already have the flesh they wanted. It seems to be the more safe way."
You are all able to navigate across, and when you find the archer, you see he was hiding in front of a very well camouflaged hunting blind. You also find that he had 4 scrolls fo cure light wounds, a masterwork composite longbow (+1 Str rating), and 20 silver arrows. It appears he was hunting lycanthropes, which a couple of your now resemble.
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Wilhelm shakes his head, and snarls.
"Yet another misguided fool, being led astray by what they wanted to see, rather than trying to get to the bottom of the situation. Let's keep moving - I would rather avoid any similar 'accidents', and to get this sorted out as quickly as possible, so that we don't have every lycanthrope hunter in the inner sea congregating on this area."
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The halfling considers this for a moment.
"Makes you wonder if maybe the druids are on to something, doesn't it? I don't think that's the case, but we're on a timetable and we need to get moving, right?"
Etune is ready to move along as soon as the rest of the party is, because time is of the essence...
You continue your journey, and eventually arrive at your destination.
Briar Henge is a bristling fortress. The compound is roughly circular and approximately 100 feet across. The walls are made of tangled thorn bushes twelve feet high, although the compound does not appear to have a roof. The only break in the prickly wall is a gap five feet wide and eight feet high. Hanging ivy covers this doorway and blocks the view of the interior of the compound.
As you approach, you see a Wolfhound sniffing the air, barking after catching your scent. You think you see something fluttering near it's ear.
Elendril begins to sing a song with a lovely tune, inspiring you all to greatness.
The fluttering creature disappears from view.
The dog, of course, attacks Meredith (who apparently still hasn't noticed the big target painted on her back as a joke in act 1).
Meredith takes another nasty wound, as the dog pulls her to the ground (prone).
The arrow pierces the dog's side, almost putting it down. But it continues to fight.
The dog takes the opportunity to bite at Meredith.
Ouch! The dog grabs Meredith by the neck and shakes her to unconsciousness.
Elendril's arrow thuds into the dog, who drops dead. (Well, mostly dead..definitely dying)
This allows Meredith to stand without being torn to shreds (which was what would have happened).
Merisiel feels the tinglings of a spell being cast on her.
As you see the dog fall, and look around for your invisible friend, Merisiel feels funny, and suddenly starts shrinking.
As she shrinks, you see wings pop into view as the small creature flits around and lands next to Merisiel, now a little closer in size.
"En garde!" is says in its diminutive voice, pointing an appropriately sized rapier at her. "I challenge you to a duel."
The little Merisiel hits the little opponent directly.