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By now. Anzath is itching for a fight. She stands ready with blades in hand and volunteers Bedlam to be the one to open the door. Her hands are full, you see.
Bedlam drinks his Mutagen. The even more bulkier dwarf opens the door.
Ten feet from the door, Talathel is keen to begin.
Since the party departed Zelkor's Ferry and Brand wished a tender goodbye to his bonny lass, he'd been a decidedly more muted halfling. Indeed, while talkative, his typical devil-may-care attitude has been strangely absent, and he has seemed to be lost in thought at times. Clearly, the rogue's new role as a fiance and future tavern owner have drawn his attention elsewhere.
Yet as the party descends into the dungeon, a spark seems to re-emerge in the little rascal's demeanor, and standing beyond the door holding back an as-yet-unknown growling beast, a rye smile crosses his face. "Time fer a bit o' trouble, if'n ye ask me! I kanno be deh gud lil lad all de time..."
As you burst open the door, you see a pack of gnolls.
From behind the brave warriors, Tragershen uses an arcane syllable to send a stream of glittering dust through the air at the gnolls. Once the end of the stream is in their midst, it explodes soundlessly, coating the mangy creatures.
Glitterdust, DC 17 Will or blinded.
Three gnolls are coated in glitter--they yowl in dismay and rub at their eyes.
With a menacing grin, Anzath rushes into the room and puts her blades to work .
Anzath's gleaming purple blade gashes one of the dogmen. It falls over, dying.
Aurora casts some of that sweet, sweet Bless, lofting her holy symbol.
Bedlam hefts his heavy pick while entering melee.
Taking advantage of catching their foes unaware, Brand rushes forward, thrusting a brutal jab at one of the gnolls.
With his characteristic grace, Talathel leaps into action, spear spinning.
With the warriors leaping into the fray, Trag looks for little ways to contribute. He drops his club and draws a flask of acid from his pack. With the alchemical component in hand, he casts a spell and lobs a bit of acid at one of the gnolls.
Acid Splash, targeting the gnoll that isn't blind or wounded.
To hit
Damage
These gnolls aren't going to last too long. One is about to strike at Anzath when Brand severs something particularly vital. Tragershen's glitter and acid are both doing their part.
Talathel and Bedlam may act.
Bedlam positions himself in a flank, before bringing down the heavy pick!
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That Gnoll's down to gnull HP.
The blind gnolls use their keen doglike sense of smell and super-perceptive dog ears to zero in on their prey! Ah, who'm I kidding, gnolls don't have scent and they get +2 perception.
They have no idea what to do. They hold still and whimper, trying to get a read on their foes.
Talathel, Aurora, and Brand may act.
Talathel presses his attack, driving his spear towards a blinded, panicking gnoll with an expression of calm on his face.
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Aurora pushes in to play WHACK-A-GNOLL!
A valiant effort was attempted.
Brand gives a cross-eyed glance at his companions who are focusing on the blind gnolls rather than the one still posing a legitimate threat. Luckily the chamber is small, and with so many allies in close, it takes Brand but a quick step to put him in a flanking position across the lone non-blind gnoll while also allowing him to strike one of the blinded gnolls.
As the last gnolls bit the dust, you hear rustling and frightened barks behind a ventilation grate in the corner of the room and then the sound of receding footsteps.
Beyond the grate, the second half of the gnoll gang pleads gnollo contendere and rushes to escape.
There's a door in the room you're in, and that vent is about man-sized. How do you proceed?
“Pitiful,” Anzath sneers at the retreating gnolls.
She inspects the grate, it can’t be too hard to remove if these yelping dog-people could do it.
“Vell, shall ve put dem out of misery?”
In the corridor outside the door, Tragershen listens. Can he hear the gnolls fleeing from one way or the other?
You entered the room from the north. To the left/east, there's a door in the wall. To the right/west, there's a grate, and the gnolls have a second room on the other side of the grate. Those gnolls are running away and you may either pursue them or let them go into oblivion.
Place be stink'n like wet dog! Let's be moving on.
"We pursue.", says Talathel, favouring brevity in his explanation, as begins to move.
"On one hand, they are fleeing. On the other, they are mangy dogs living in the house of Orcus... ones who will likely only be a nuisance.
We pursue," she echoes.
As you examine the grate (likely in preparation for smashing it) you notice something eerie--it is pitch black on the other side. You definitely heard what you heard, but this is weird. Smash? Or out the door and around, hoping to find them that way?
"Out the door!" , Talathel says in halfling.
The chase is on! Whether or not the rest of the party agrees with Tal's assessment, surely you won't leave him out there alone once he takes off?
As he leaps through the door and turns to the west, a doggish face emerges from the gloom about forty feet ahead, and, after a quick yap of fear, this gnoll immediately wheels in a skittering of toe claws--the whole pack takes off in the other direction.
Tragershen sprints after the other elf, not willing to let him run off into the darkness alone again. When he sees the gnolls in the darkness ahead, he throws a spell ahead.
Casting web, filling the corridor beyond the gnoll we could see.
Anzath grins excitedly as she follows Talathel's command. She knew she liked this elf for a reason.
...Wait.. what?
Nevermind, the hunt is on!
...Tragershen catches all six gnolls in the web.
New initiative inbound.
Initiative
Trag readies an action to dismiss the web if it becomes a hindrance to his allies.
Something cruel and violent stirs in Anzath's blood. Fleeing and helpless gnolls aren't going to gain her sympathy. They are mere prey to her now. She catches up to the nearest one caught up in Tragershen's spell and...
Plunges her gladius deep in its side.
Bedlam trots after the group.
Running along with the hoard of elves, Brand surprises his taller companions as he keeps pace with them. Drawing in close, he takes a swing at one of the restrained dog-men.
FAQ
The official errata didn’t say to change this but under concentration it says…. “Casting a spell while you have the grappled or pinned condition is difficult and requires a concentration check (DC 10 + the grappler’s CMB + the level of the spell you’re casting). Pinned creatures can only cast spells that do not have somatic components.” It is our opinion that the condition should also be updated to match but until errata or an FAQ is provided indicating such, we will not alter the actual text.
A grappled creature is restrained by a creature, trap, or effect. Grappled creatures cannot move and take a –4 penalty to Dexterity. A grappled creature takes a –2 penalty on all attack rolls and combat maneuver checks, except those made to grapple or escape a grapple. In addition, grappled creatures can take no action that requires two hands to perform. A grappled character who attempts to cast a spell or use a spell-like ability must make a concentration check (DC 10 + grappler’s CMB + spell level), or lose the spell. Grappled creatures cannot make attacks of opportunity.
A grappled creature cannot use Stealth to hide from the creature grappling it, even if a special ability, such as hide in plain sight, would normally allow it to do so. If a grappled creature becomes invisible, through a spell or other ability, it gains a +2 circumstance bonus on its CMD to avoid being grappled, but receives no other benefit.
Casting Spells while Grappled/Grappling: The only spells which can be cast while grappling or pinned are those without somatic components and whose material components (if any) you have in hand. Even so, you must make a concentration check (DC 10 + the grappler’s CMB + the level of the spell you’re casting) or lose the spell.
Brand and Anzath murder the outermost entangled gnoll, leaving a pack of them deeper in the goop.
Aurora, Bedlam, and Talathel may act.
Talathel moves in and spears the nearest gnoll, content to slay them in such a manner.
Talathel manages to wound the horrified gnoll, who howls in pain.
Aurora grumbles under her breath about the immense size of near every room in the complex. Someone's bitter about being a slowpoke who always lost at playing tag.
She marches forth, doubly so, quarterstaff still brandished in hand.
Bedlam walks up to the Web.