Spotting Aristu, the four giants in the courtyard yell with anger and fire their crossbows at him.
The twisted gnomes keep ineffectually firing crossbows.
The spriggan warlord yells in rage, sweeping his morningstar into Kern's chest, then whirling to the right and slamming it down on the elf's head with a sickening thud. Kernithar collapses to the floor, bleeding from the head.
STATUS
Agai, Spriggan Warlord - 70 damage. Frightened 1.
Piotr - 25/80 hp
Alister - 83/96 hp
Aristu - 42/72 hp
Mikhail - 95/112 hp
Kernithar - 0/102 - Dying 2
Spriggans outside - B - 21 damage; E - 20 damage; F - 38 damage; G - 37 damage (3 persistent acid)
Spriggans inside - Frightened 1.
Mikhail calls on Abadar to stop Kern from passing to the next world and then swings again at the foul warlord.
With a tremendous blow, Mikhails rocks the spriggan warlord back on his heels. Bleeding and beaten, he nonetheless knows his kind will get no quarter in this realm. He spits up blood and grimaces at Mikhail. "For the Rose Queen!" he snarls.
STATUS
Agai, Spriggan Warlord - 116 damage. Frightened 1.
Piotr - 25/80 hp
Alister - 83/96 hp
Aristu - 42/72 hp
Mikhail - 95/112 hp
Kernithar - 0/102 - Dying 2
Spriggans outside - B - 21 damage; E - 20 damage; F - 38 damage; G - 37 damage (3 persistent acid)
Spriggans inside - Frightened 1.
"NO!!!" Alister shouts at he seens Kern go down. His words echo and ring off the tower stones, reverberating in an cacophony. As they continue to fill the spaces in the tower, he draws his bow and fires down at the Spriggan warlord repeatedly.
Aristu continues to use the top of the wall as cover. He flourishes his wand and launches 3 bolts of force at the nearest spriggan.
Alister's arrows slice into the warlord's shoulder and back, driving him to his knees. With blood pouring from his mouth he tries to speak, to reach for Mikhail, but he collapses, dead.
Outside, Alister's own missiles slice into an angry spriggan who roars and swats ineffectually at the harrying spell.
STATUS
Kernithar - 0/102 - Dying 2
Piotr - 25/80 hp
Alister - 83/96 hp
Aristu - 42/72 hp
Mikhail - 95/112 hp
Spriggans outside - B - 21 damage; E - 20 damage; F - 51 damage; G - 37 damage (3 persistent acid)
Spriggans inside - Frightened 1.
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The ravens continue to attack the spriggan.
Piotr will send a magical missile towards the farthest of the spriggans that he can see from the tower.
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As Piotr’s summoned birds continue to harrass, he kills one of the spriggans with a well-placed spell.
The three remaining giants in the courtyard yell with anger and fire their crossbows at Aristu and Piotr. Aristu takes two powerful bolts to the shoulder and chest and is badly injured.
Enraged by the death of their leader, the twisted gnomes keep firing crossbows. Mikhail strides through their storm of bolts like an angry god, catching bolts on his shield, his armor and even batting one away in contempt.
On the floor, Kern continues bleeding out.
STATUS
Kernithar - 0/102 - Dying 3
Piotr - 25/80 hp
Alister - 83/96 hp
Aristu - 24/72 hp
Mikhail - 95/112 hp
Spriggans outside - B - 21 damage; E - 23 damage; G - 40 damage (3 persistent acid)
Spriggans inside - Frightened 1.
Mikhail calls on Abadar to stop Kern from passing to the next world and then swings again at the foul warlord.
Alister slides down the ladder into the blockhouse, landing near the unconscious Kern. He motions and a piece of rubble flies at the nearest Spriggan.
Mikhail calls on Abadar to stop Kern from passing to the next world and then swings again at the foul warlord.
Alister's spell causes a heavy butcher's cleaver to fly across the room and strike the nearest gnome, cutting it badly. The gnome flies into a rage and swiftly grows to giant proportions!
STATUS
Kernithar - 0/102 - Unconscious, Wounded 1
Piotr - 25/80 hp
Alister - 83/96 hp
Aristu - 24/72 hp
Mikhail - 95/112 hp
Spriggans outside - B - 21 damage; E - 23 damage; G - 40 damage (3 persistent acid)
Spriggans inside - Frightened 1. W=20 damage, Enlarged.
Mikhail sends healing energy to revive Kern to ensure that he can care for himself before turning and moving to the next foe.
The ravens continue swarming the spriggan.
Piotr looks through the trap door, seeing Alister below. Seeing the way blocked, Piotr flies down through the hole that Kern opened in the roof.
Piotr's birds scatter as their victim waves his huge crossbow at them, shooing them off for a moment.
Kern wakes with a start!
STATUS
Kernithar - 11/102 - Wounded 1
Piotr - 25/80 hp
Alister - 83/96 hp
Aristu - 24/72 hp
Mikhail - 95/112 hp
Spriggans outside - B - 21 damage; E - 23 damage; G - 40 damage (3 persistent acid)
Spriggans inside - Frightened 1. W=20 damage, Enlarged.
Aristu points his wand and launches another bright point of light at one of the spriggan. Then he drops down below the wall and flies around the outside of the barrier. Out of sight of his enemies, he retrieves a healing potion from his supplies.
Kern's eyes flit open as he springs up and into the corner of the room, taking in the giant spriggan in the room adjacent during his retreat.
"Alister, wary of the one in the room over!"
A last stray missile shoots from Aristu's wand and hits the enemy before the sorcerer moves to safety in his ongoing game of hit-and-run.
Kern studies his foe while moving into position.
Outside, two spriggans load their crossbows and rush to the gatepost to try to spot Aristu. One manages to shoot the mage from close range and puts a heavy quarrel directly in to his chest. The pain is exquisite and Aristu is barely hanging on.
One of the spriggans (G), reduces his size and runs inside the blockhouse.
Meanwhile, up in the upper blockhouse, the enlarged spriggan (W) steps into the kitchen, smashing aside tables, pots and pans. He drops his crossbow, pulls out a morningstar and attacks Alister. Another (Z) steps away from Mikhail, drops his crossbow and pulls out his morningtar, then steps back to face the warrior. Two more (X, Y) lean out to take potshots at Mikhail from a distance.
Two more spriggans emerge from the stairs (U,V). One of them spots Alister and fires his crossbow, then reloads.
STATUS
Kernithar - 11/102 - Wounded 1
Piotr - 25/80 hp
Alister - 83/96 hp
Aristu - 4/72 hp
Mikhail - 90/112 hp
Spriggans outside - B - 23 damage; E - 23 damage; G - 43 damage
Spriggans inside - Frightened 1. W=20 damage, Enlarged.
Mikhail swings once at the creature to guage its defense and then comes in with a mighty second strike to take off it's head.
Mikhail bats aside the spriggan's guard with contemptuous ease, stabbing the overmatched warrior twice in the chest!
STATUS
Kernithar - 11/102 - Wounded 1
Piotr - 25/80 hp
Alister - 83/96 hp
Aristu - 4/72 hp
Mikhail - 90/112 hp
Spriggans outside - B - 23 damage; E - 23 damage
Spriggans inside - Frightened 1. ; G - 43 damage; W=20 damage, Enlarged. Z=33 damage.
Lightning erupts from Alister's hand, arcing to two of the Spriggans. Then he fires his bow at the enlarged one.
Piotr uses his Staff to cast a spell, summoning a solifugid to fight for him.
The solifugid attacks the spriggan between it and Mikhail.
Kernithar scrambles to his feet, blade arcing up and to the side as he goes.
Alister's electric arc kills the enlarged spriggan, who shrinks back to small size, and injures another. He then fires his bow at the survivor, but the arrow smashes into the doorframe.
Piotr summons a disgusting arachnid, which threatens one of the spriggans.
STATUS
Kernithar - 11/102 - Wounded 1
Piotr - 25/80 hp
Alister - 83/96 hp
Aristu - 4/72 hp
Mikhail - 90/112 hp
Spriggans outside - B - 23 damage; E - 23 damage
Spriggans inside - Frightened 1. ; G - 43 damage; V:18 damage; Z=33 damage.
Kern quickly string up a few daggers on a trip wire just inside the door.
You affix a trip line or other trigger to a group of either stones or wooden stakes to strike a creature that enters the snare’s square. The creature must attempt a DC 26 basic Reflex saving throw. If you choose stones, the snare deals 9d8 bludgeoning damage; if you choose spikes, it deals 9d8 piercing damage. (flavor daggers)
You specialize in creating quick traps to obstruct your enemies on the battlefield. If your proficiency rank in Crafting is expert, you gain the formulas for three common or uncommon snares (page 589). If your rank is master, you gain 6. If your rank is legendary, you gain 9.
Each day during your daily preparations, you can prepare four snares from your formula book for quick deployment; if they normally take 1 minute to Craft, you can Craft them with 3 Interact actions. The number of snares increases to six if you have master proficiency in Crafting and eight if you have legendary proficiency in Crafting. Snares prepared in this way don’t cost you any resources to Craft.
Creatures can detect snares as they would any trap or hazard (as described here), using the creator’s Crafting DC as the snare’s Stealth DC. As you become better at creating snares, your snares become harder to detect by those with lesser ability. If you are an expert in Crafting, only a creature that is trained in Perception can find your snares; if you are a master in Crafting, only a creature that is an expert in Perception can find your snares; and if you are legendary in Crafting, only a creature that is a master in Perception can find your snares.
If your proficiency rank is expert or better in Crafting, only creatures actively searching can find your snares.
Unless stated otherwise in a snare’s description, when a Small or larger creature enters a snare’s square, the snare’s effect occurs and then the snare is destroyed.
After zapping one of the spriggan with another missile, Aristu keeps low and continues to zip around the stockade a few feet above the ground. When he gets to the far side, he stops and drinks the potion he pulled out.
Leaning around the corner, Kern unfurls a length of coiled wire embedded with daggers and lays it across the doorway.
Outside, Aristu hides behind the blockhouse, relying on the chaos inside and hoping that no one has time to drop boiling oil out of the conspicuous murder holes above him. He downs an oily potion and feels slightly better.
The spriggans in the courtyard rush into the blockhouse.
A hail of crossbow bolts showers Mikhail as the spriggan before him attacks furiously, but the warrior of the gods is in his element, smashing aside wooden bolts and shoving his shield into his opponent's face.
As Kern's snare erupts, whipping daggers around on the wire, the incoming spriggan shows an amazing celerity, diving over the trap and only getting a single serious laceration. He tries to smash Alister with his morningstar, but the bard dodges out of the way.
STATUS
Kernithar - 11/102 - Wounded 1
Piotr - 25/80 hp
Alister - 83/96 hp
Aristu - 21/72 hp
Mikhail - 90/112 hp
Spriggans outside - B - 23 damage; E - 26 damage
Spriggans inside - Frightened 1. ; G - 43 damage; V:36 damage; Z=33 damage.
Mikhail began swinging his blade at the creature in front of him while considering where he was needed next.
Kern studies the spriggan that leapt over his snare, noting the gash left from the daggers.
Regripping his sword, he whips it out at the spriggan between him and Alister.
Mikhail kills the spriggan between him and Piotr with two short and efficient thrusts of his blade. Whirling on his heel, he goes to confront one of the crossbowmen, who stares at him in terror.
Kern leaps out, slashing down with his beautiful elvish blade, catching the spriggan at the joint between the neck and shoulder, slicing through bone and muscle. With a groan, the spriggan falls to the floor, bleeding out.
STATUS
Kernithar - 11/102 - Wounded 1
Piotr - 25/80 hp
Alister - 83/96 hp
Aristu - 21/72 hp
Mikhail - 90/112 hp
Spriggans outside - B - 23 damage; E - 26 damage
Spriggans inside - Frightened 1. ; G - 43 damage
"Your Lord has fallen! Flee or you'll be next!" Alister motions to the next two Spriggans near him and tattooed lines flare to life along his left arm. Eristhea has marked his skin with complex runes allowing him to tap into magic more easily. Lightning snaps between the two spriggans and a sharp burning smells fills the air.
Piotr commands the solifugid to change direction, sending it past himself to circle around the tower and explore the northern corridor.
He then follows it.
Aristu flies up to the top of the watchtower and looks down through the trap door. Seeing Alister below him, he calls out, "The courtyard is clear."
If there are any foes in his field of view, he casts two force bolts at the spriggan.
Alister lights up two of the spriggans with a lightning bolt from each hand!
Piotr and his weird buggy servant open the door to the room and see a ruined bedroom. The only hint that this room once housed the leader of Varnhold is the large map of the Nomen heights tacked to one wall. The map has been torn to shreds, and the other bedroom furnishings are either similarly ruined or else missing.
Aristu flies up the to the watchtower, sees the situation below and helps out his brother with a well-timed missile.
As the spriggans (U,V) push into the room, more surge up the stairs, boiling out like hornets from a shaken nest.
The team defends well against the onslaught, even though badly separated.
STATUS
Kernithar - 11/102 - Wounded 1
Piotr - 25/80 hp
Alister - 82/96 hp
Aristu - 21/72 hp
Mikhail - 89/112 hp
Spriggans - Frightened 1. ; B - 23 damage; E - 26 damage; G - 43 damage; U - 16 damage; V - 24 damage
Aristu sticks his head down through the trap door and summons magic to quicken Kernithar. Then he summons a shield for himself.
"Fine! You'll join your Lord and Queen in Hell!" Alister turns to some of the wounded Spriggans and directs the electricity to them. Eristhea's tattoos glow brightly up and down his left arm.
Kern attacks his prey with a magical vigor.
I'm fairly certain V has been dead from just after the Snare went off
Aristu fills Kernithar's nerves and sinew with magical speed, which the elf uses to carve a bloody path through the evil spriggans assailing him and Alister.
Alister, meanwhile, sends more lighting to harrass the spriggans still in the hall.
STATUS
Kernithar - 11/102 - Wounded 1
Piotr - 25/80 hp
Alister - 82/96 hp
Aristu - 21/72 hp
Mikhail - 89/112 hp
Spriggans - Frightened 1. ; B - 37 damage; E - 40 damage; G - 43 damage
Piotr commmands the solifugid before it advances around the corner and springs upon the spriggan.
Piotr follows his summoned creature around the corner before casting a cantrip.
Mikhail sends a flurry of blows at the creature in front of him.
Piotr’s summoned sun spider bites the startled spriggan, inflicting a terrible wound and follows it up with another bite. Piotr himself follows this up with a stream of acid that hits the spriggan warrior directly in the chest. The spriggan screams as the acid burns into his flesh.
Mikhail lays into the creature in front of him, wounding the spriggan twice.
One brave Spriggan (B) strides into the kitchen of death, stepping around the corpses of his fellows to attack Alister.
A second (G) steps up and fires his crossbow at the human leader, then reloads.
A third spriggan (E) steps up and fires his crossbow at Mikhail, then reloads.
A fourth (Y) attacks Mikhail twice, then takes cover.
Finally, a fifth (X) drops his crossbow, draws his morningstar, steps up to the solifugid and bravely attacks!
Our heroes battle the evil spriggans without taking any further damage, though the summoned solifugid does take a morningstar to the face with a crunch of steel versus chitin.
STATUS
Kernithar - 11/102 hp - Wounded 1
Piotr - 25/80 hp
.....Solifugid (12/20 hp)
Alister - 82/96 hp
Aristu - 21/72 hp
Mikhail - 89/112 hp
Spriggans - Frightened 1. ; B - 37 damage; E - 40 damage; G - 43 damage; X - 35 damage; Y - 30 damage.
Alister flinches as the crossbow bolt and morningstar bounce off his armor. Then he begins to berate the Spriggans. "You're a bunch of pathetic guards! You've allowed your lord to die and us to come into your castle!" As he yells, his tattoos flare and lightning crackles as it arcs between the closest Spriggans.
Piotr directs the solifugid to continue attacking the spriggan.
Piotr hurls another glob of acid at the spriggan while maintaining the summoned solifugid.