Ayako taps Sebastion with the wand of CLW
I hear a buzzing sound to the south-east
"Lets go west then," Col concludes.
Ayako nods and gets behind the manly men for protection.
"Buzzing? That can't be good. Hear anything down this other path?" Nadya joins Ayako to trail behind Sebastian and Col.
I think Col heard something.
Sebastian stops to listen, straining his ears for anything that might tell what lies beyond.
"I don't hear anything. But can we get on with it? I don't want to stay in this place any longer than we have to."
He looks to Ayko, "Does it matter what I heard? It has to be better then running into a bunch of insects." Shivering at the the thought of bugs.
Testily he continues, "Sounds like voices and rat squeaking down the othe hall. Much better then bugs right?
Agreed, voices can mean people and thus we could find the one who stole the body.
You head to the west. Even before you round the corner, you hear the shriek of surprise as the creatures notice your light spell illuminating the corridor.
Rank with the stink of sweat and mud, this cavern contains four filthy straw pallets and a low table covered with dice and a miniature maze of carved clay.
Two pale blue humanoids with bulging white eyes and wild hair which must be derro squint in the light and hop around the room in a fit of madness. One holds a repeating light crossbow and the other holds a hooked pole that you learned from the bishop is called an aklys. They shout what sound like curses in Aklo, but you get the sense that even if you could understand them, they wouldn't be making a lot of sense.
The creatures have no intention of speaking with you and are going to attack.
Sebastian draws his rapier as he approaches the first of the little blue weirdos, circling around to fish for an opening.
Ayako ponders trying her new Murderous Command spell or Blessing the group.
Trying to save his sling stones Col draws his rapier as he advances on the creatures and strikes out at one of them.
Sebastian finds the opening he was looking for and stabs the creature with a powerful thrust.
Nadya targets the second derro with her slumber hex. Unfortunately, the derro was very strong-willed and it shakes off the effect.
Col approaches the same derro that Sebastian has engaged with and stabs the creature a second time.
The first derro, who is bleeding profusely from its two wounds, takes a step back utilizes its innate ability to produce a globe of darkness. Ayako's light spell is snuffed out in the area and two men find themselves effectively blind.
The second derro takes advantage of the darkness and sneak attacks Col with a poisoned bolt. You hear the creature then scamper away but only Ayako can see its new location through the darkness.
Ayako casts Light again to counter act the darkness and moves up some.
Back up! Unless you can see in the darkness, the derro will have all the advantage!
Ayako slings a stone at the injured Derro
Ayako's shot is way off course.
Col know good advice when he hears it and slowly backs up as his strenght slowly drains from his body. He finds the wall and makes his way out toward the light.
Not able to see anyone in the darkness, Nadya backs up and readies an action to slumber hex the second derro if it emerges from the darkness.
Sebastian stumbles out, joining the others in the light. "Well, this isn't going to work," he says, frustrated by the situation.
"Yes. Unfortunately, according to the Bishop, they can keep creating that darkness as often as they want. We'll have to sure if we can lure them out and catch them before they can do it again."
Teamwork! Or get something magical that they can't negate.
The party retreats up the corridor.
Ayako spots the injured derro run into the eastern tunnel and out of sight.
The remaining derro stays in the darkness. It notices Ayako's eyes following its movements and gestures a rude insult at her. Knowing he can't sneak attack her, he instead calls upon another one of the derro's spell-like abilities and a tremendous cacophony bursts around Ayako, Sebastian, and Col. The sound is so loud is causes your ears to bleed and leaves you dizzy. The horrible creature keels over with laughter as if it finds your suffering hilarious.
Ayako, Sebastian, and Col each take 7 damage and need to make a Fortitude save DC 15 to avoid being stunned for 1 round.
Moooooooo.
Col stands there stunned.
"Do you all think we should fall back? Maybe the Bishop would have something to help with them."
Moooooooooooooooooooo.
Sebastian claps his hands over his ears, nearly driven to his knees by the piercing sound.
Ayako (in round 2), Sebastian and Col (in round 3) all clap their hands to their ears and drop their weapons, unable to resist the ear-piercing sound. Nadya backs up slightly and waits for her friends to be able to retreat.
There is still no sign of the injured derro. The other derro sees that the party is disarmed and moves up to Ayako, dropping its crossbow and swinging its aklys. Luckily, Ayako recovered from the stunning sound and steps out of the way.
Dropping her sling, Ayako withdraws out of the darkness and into the lighted area.
"This is useless," Sebastian says a little too loudly, his ears still ringing. He backs up , still facing the darkness in case the derro decide to follow.
"We need to get out of here," Col warns as he backs up and keeps getting weaker.
The group begins to retreat up the corridor.
The derro chasing you steps out of the darkness and throws its aklys at Sebastian in an attempt to trip him but Sebastian is too quick for that maneuver and hops right over the hook.
As you return to the ossuary, the injured derro appears in the eastern bone pit. A secret door that the creature must have used, lies open. Nadya was ready for him and quickly chants her sleep hex. The derro gets caught off guard and falls asleep atop the bones.
A captive!
Ayako does a kind of weird hobble run as she heads towards the derro.
While the others make good on their retreat, Sebastian taunts the derro, waving it toward him as he continues to back up. "You almost had me there! Care to try again?"
"You sure you want to catch it and not just kill it Ayako?" Nadya moves up to the sleeping derro, drawing her dagger and preparing to cut its throat.
Well it could tell us about the corpse they stole.
While Sebastian backs up and taunts the derro, Nadya heads over to the unconscious derro to deal with it.
Col fails his final Fortitude save versus the poison but happily the poison has now run its course.
Col stands beside Sebastian and prepares to fire a sling shot at the derro as soon as it rounds the corner but the stone slips from his hand as he fumbles horribly.
The derro takes Sebastian's bait. It follows him into the other room and throws the aklys again. This time it is successful. It jerks the attached rope back and yanks Sebastian's foot out from under him. Sebastian falls flat on his ass and the derro laughs maniacally at his cockiness.
Hearing the thud of Sebastian's fall and the crazed laugh of the derro, Nadya decides she'd better deal with the one she has before it wakes and can help the other. She works to tie it up so she can go back to help with the other. "I'm not sure that we'll be able to converse with it Ayako. The Bishop said they only speak Aklo and Undercommon and not our tongue. Maybe this one is unusual though."
Ayako just moves
Deprived of her sling, Ayako flings her last vial of acid at the evil dorf.
Sebastian growls, annoyed at being made to look like a fool. Regaining his feet with surprising speed, he rushes at the cackling derro, his sword poised to strike.
Sebastian charges and hits the derro hard. Its laughing stops when its blood starts gushing from its chest.
Nadya ties up the other derro who continues to sleep.
Col follows Sebastian again, dropping his sling, and charging the standing derro as well. He also hits but the attack would have been stronger were he not weakened from the poison.
The derro panics at the turn of events. It conjures another globe of darkness and Ayako can see it flees down the southeast tunnel.
Pursue? It is heading southeast and I can lead us.
"Aren't we pushing our luck in that darkness? If you're sure we can catch it, maybe its worth the risk, but I can't help but think we're better off leaving and coming back better prepared."
You are right, there might be more of them with their darkness magic. Best try to interrogate our captive and bring powerful light magic.
Sebastian spits into the darkness and flicks the derro blood off his sword before sheathing it. "Let him run. We'll be back."
Plus Col is weakened by poison, I can bleed him to get rid of it.
"That's probably for the best. Sebastian, since Col is suffering from that poison, can you grab this thing and carry it back up top. I'll help watch to make sure we don't get jumped on our way out."