Kaldan -
Thame - Loads his Crossbow
Trieste - Hits blue! Her damage is clearly less than expected.
Kragg- Miss
Lara- Hits but it seems to cause very little harm. (reduced to 1 nonlethal.)
Crysmal[Red] -Miss
Crysmal[Blue](-4Hp) - Miss
Kaldan -
Thame - Shadowtrap @ Red
Trieste -
Kragg-
Lara-
Crysmal[Red]
Crysmal[Blue](-4Hp)
Kaldan will attack Blue again.
Distressed at the lack of damage, Trieste drops her spear. For the most part, Trieste looks human, and she's prefers to think of herself that way. But there are a few distinctive characteristics that she likes to hide... like her claws. She prefers not to use her hands, but desperate times call for desperate measures. She hopes these people, whom she's come to regard as friends, will not think less of her.
Kragg steps into flank with Triests hoping that the tactical situation will favor him. Bringing down his Morningstar again he hopes for some solid contact this time.
Morningstar attack for
However seeing Trieste start attacking the gem creatures with claws that seem to have appeared out of nowhere was too much to handle as his Morningstar goes wide.
Kaldan - Miss
Thame - Shadowtrap @ Red
Trieste - Hits red twice
Kragg- Miss
Lara-
Crysmal[Red] (-10hp) @Trieste
Crysmal[Blue](-4Hp) @Kaldan
Annoyed at his lack of success Kaldan grits his teeth and keeps trying.
"Stand still an die you sparkly pest!"
Thame's brow furrowed as his spell was unsuccessful, then he shrugged and held the Crossbow up, firing into the nearby melee. The wizard calmly inserted another bolt in and started cranking the string into place once again. It turned out that Trieste had claws...that was a surprising development. Maybe he'd need to be more careful about interrogating possible allies in the future.
Lara takes another shot, and once again it bounces off the crystal-scorpion's carapace.
Kragg thinks that maybe on second thought they should have left these fellows alone. Clearly nothing they were doing right now was working at getting them to leave. Still perseverance mattered and Kragg would see Abadar's will done even if it took a while.
rinse and repeat with Morningstar for
crit threat? [for
Satisfied that at least that seemed to be more effective, Trieste attacks again. Jobert, nervous about the fight, moves over a bit to try and get a better view.
"Stay back," she calls to her companion, causing her first attack to go astray.
Kaldan - Miss
Thame - Miss
Trieste - Hits red
Kragg- CRIT! The blow from the dwarf's Morningstar shatters the creature completely leaving bits of crystal sailing across the cavern.
Lara- Miss
Crysmal[Red]
Crysmal[Blue](-4Hp) With the distruction of its matet the Crysmal is infuriated. It lunges at Kragg seeking revenge. @Kragg
"Hey, good job, Kragg! Wait, watch out for...never mind." The wizard winced as the dwarf took a painful sting, moving to where he'd have a somewhat clear shot before firing once again at the remaining enemy.
Still attacking the blue Crysma. "This time!" Kaldan mutters.
Kragg success was shortl lived as no sooner had he dropped the one when the oth r speared him with its tail. Biting back the pain of the blow Kragg turns to face the final assailant as he steps into flank with Kaldan.
Flank Morningstar for
Threat for
Oh my, that tail blow looked painful. Trieste maneuvers to focus her attacks on the remaining crysmal.
Lara snaps off another arrow, but she has to pull the shot at the last second when one of her comrades' dances with the creature obscures her line of fire, which causes the arrow to go very wide. Cursing, she drops her bow and draws her sword.
Kaldan -
Thame - Miss
Trieste - Hits once
Kragg- Hit for 6
Lara- Miss
Crysmal[Red]
Crysmal[Blue](-12Hp) It launches the spike from its tail at Kragg that explodes against Trieste cuttign her with the jagged edges.
This battle was not looking good for poor Kragg. The wizard reloaded his crossbow and took aim, but the devastation the crystalline creature has recently wrought makes his aim once again poor.
Kragg! Trieste yells as he's impaled by the crysmal's spikes.
Kragg made solid contact but not enough to end the threat. Before he could bring his Morningstar back to deliver another blow the creatures tail exploded before him...
Stability check stable at -2
Magical longsword drawn, Lara charges in at the crysmal and slashes at it.
Kaldan - Miss
Thame - Miss
Trieste - Miss
Kragg- Stable @ -2
Lara- Hit 1 dmg
Crysmal[Blue](-13Hp) With teh murdous dwarf down it turns its atention to Trieste using whats left of its tail.
The fight continues but eventually, you overpower the Crysmal
This leaves you all battered but alive and now have nothing able or willing to interfere with your collection of these valuable gems or future mining operations.
Trieste murmurs her thanks to Besmara and feels the blessing of the goddess. She extends the blessing likewise to Kragg.
"Kragg, are you alright? That was a heck of a hit. I'm sorry I can't heal you more."
Kragg opens his eyes and it takes him a moment to figure out what is going on. He is looking at Trieste but she is upside down to him. Finally it dawns on him that he is laying on the ground and she is standing over him. What happened? Is everyone alright?
After Trieste fills him in Kragg groggily gets to his feet. Thanks for the healing. I will be alright thanks to you and Abadar. Gather round though and I will give what blessings I can to you from Abadar. I pray it will be enough.
channel energy
Abadar has only blessed me with 1 last blessing today. I can heal one of us but whom of you shall I use it on?
Thame wiped his brow after the tough fight, the odds having been just even enough to make him nervous. "Well, looks like we won't have to share the gems, after all. It was for the best, really." The wizard shrugged, keeping his crossbow loaded as he waited for the others to compose themselves and deal with injuries.
Lara sheathes her sword and moves to Kragg after the crysmal is destroyed. Murmuring an arcane word of power, she presses a hand to the worst of Kragg's injuries. A soft blue glow surrounds the hand and some of the injuries fade. A moment later, she repeats that arcane word, and more wounds heal. "I have one more spell, but we probably want to save that until we're sure this cave complex is clear."
Kragg looks around as his companions. Thanks my friends. Let's gather these gems and then clear out thIs hole in the ground. I want o get back to the surface and get some sleep. This has been a long night.
Lara furrows her eyebrows, giving Kragg a look of concern. "It's already early morning. Are you sure you're okay?"
Any other downtime action can take place over in the discussion thread. Going to try and get things moving a little more smoothly now.
Early in the morning, you awake to shouts of alarm. One of the soldiers, Carver Hastings, knocks hard against your door. When you open it he relates a quick report. "In the early morning, Daib Joiner," "was attacked! And I be thinking that ye folks would want to investigate. "
Daib survived the attack and is recovering with a friend in the square if you're interested in interviewing him.
Kragg rubs his eyes blearily at Lara. Well if that is the case then I want to hurry up and go take a nap. Looking around he sees the path heading north out of hte room. Anyone chekced that area out yet?
Thame shifts his feet impatiently at the delay, eager to move on. Likely because he hasn't been bitten, stabbed, or stung yet.
The cave tunnel gradually begins to slope upward here, with a faint glimpse of light to the northeast and a warming of the air temperature.
The tunnel exits out of the other side of a small hill not far from Talmandor’s Bounty.
Tired from the fight and exploration Kragg longingly looks at the path to Talmandor's bounty before resigning himself back to the deep. Let us go finish this then. Be careful though as who knows what other creatures we may find down here. IF it looks like we are in trouble there is no reason we can't escape back this way and come back another day.
Lara nods her agreement and follows along back into the dark, arrow nocked to her bow.
Just past a small cave-in on the western wall, the tunnel opens into a rounded cavern with rough and irregular walls. Occasional piles of fallen rock litter the passage, but not to the degree that navigating it is impossible. A fair number of bones litter the cave floor here.
The bones are a minor curiosity, because most of them belong to bipedal creatures, but many are decidedly not humanoid, as evidenced by skull shape, finger bones, and other physiological differences. Proper identification is confounded because the skeletons are not intact; rather, their bones are separated and mixed together like a disassembled jigsaw puzzle.
heal check
Noty spotting anything threatening in the dark passage Kragg casts light upon his shield to inspect the cavern. Seeing the pile of bones he winces at the thought of the previous colonists fate. Trying not to show his worry he works his way over to them and inspects the m closer.
He was glad to see though that the vast majority of the bones were from other creatures than humanoids. Still there was a couple of humanoid bones that were disturbing to see. Pointing them out to the others, You see this bone here. This is most definitely the femur of some young human. You can tell that approximate age by the fact that the growth plates on the end are not fully developed. I would guess no more than 9 or 10 is all.
Trieste is thankful nobody said anything about her claws. With her longspear back in hand, she follows closely behind Kaldan and Kragg.
She takes a moment to notice the bones around their feet as they walk.
Filthy creatures. She is afraid to contemplate how many have died at the grasping hands of the chokers.
Kaldan growls in anger when Kragg shows the child's bones. Almost hoping to meet more of the filthy Chokers just to kill them.
Trieste is thankful nobody said anything about her claws. With her longspear back in hand, she follows closely behind Kaldan and Kragg.
Lara makes a mental note not to get into a catfight with Trieste back in the cabin as the group looks into the darkened chamber. "What are the other skeletons from? They don't look humanoid."
Thame wandered into the forbidding cavern with the others, the piles of bones making him forget the fact that one of the group's members was apparently a monster of some kind. Well, if you counted Kaldan, then two. As Kragg and Lara discuss the types of bones and what creatures they might have belonged to, the wizard decided that he very much would like to return to the settlement. Still, there was a bit more work to be done here, so the illusionist peeked around, looking for any valuables that might be resting here with the bones of the unfortunate victims of the chokers.
Kaldan examines the area more closely, "Careful." He whispers, keeping an eye on the unexplored passage. "This could be some predators bone pile."
As you move to leave the light suddenly goes out and two creatures fall from the cavern roof, they open like a hideous octopus, thin, hook-lined tentacles connected by a fleshy web.
While surprised by the sudden assault you soon subdue them eliminating the final threats in the cavern.
"Hmmph, serves them right to try to take us on when they must've known they were obviously overmatched. Very well, then, looks like we're done here. Back to the surface?"
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Trieste stretches her shoulders. "Let's go get some fresh air, okay?"