Maruf attack a gremlin, but the tiny creature dances away from the alchemist's blows!
Alpha has an even harder time keeping the little fey in view!
Richard swings hard and connects, slicing into a tiny body. Though the blow would have killed most creatures of that size, the gremlin seems to resist the blow!
Kharax holds, looking for a opportunity to aid the battle!
The gremlins continue to attacks, chittering and screeching wildly as two manage to land blows on Maruf and Alpha, but merely bruise the skin with the strikes.
That should have taken it down. Richard is surprised the little creature survived his strike.
Richard drops his rapier and aims his crossbow at the little monster instead, firing a bolt point blank.
Richard drops his blade and puts a bolt in the face of a gremlin, taking it down!
"If anyone has a cold iron weapon, I suggest now is the time to use it!"
"Negative." Alpha swings again.
Alpha strikes the nearest gremlin, but it seems to resist taking any injuries!
"Nyyeehhh! You little s*$#s!"
Maruf hits a gremlin, but once again, its hide seems to resist any damage!
With positions marginally better, Kharax moves to aid Alpha in slaying the gremlin
Kharax pokes at the gremlin near Alpha, distracting it!
The gremlins attack the androids, but miss!
Alpha nods at Kharax's aid as he swings his shield again.
Frustrated that he can't hurt it, the Cobbler backs up with a loud SNORT! and throws a nasty concoction of chemical at the blue gremlin.
Richard steps back, reloads, and shoots a bolt at one of the gremlins.
Alpha swings, but misses a gremlin!
Maruf tosses a flask, throwing long and splashing everyone in the tunnel!
Both gremlins fail to dodge the splashing contents of the flask, taking burns!
Richard reloads and fires, but misses!
Not paying attention to his ally's lobbing, the fire burns the half-orc. "Yeowwww! Watch it, will ya?", he barks back, wounded by the blaze.
Deciding to take a more active role, Kharax swings his steel at the gremlin to wound it!
Kharax slashes with his blade and takes out one of the gremlins!
The last gremlin attacks Richard, bruising the man again.
Alpha strikes at the gremlin again!
Richard backs away and calls out to everyone. "Back off and let the Cobbler bomb it!"
Once everyone backs away, the Cobbler tosses in another batch of chemical compounds.
DC 14 Ref for half splash damage
Kharax keeps his distance upon Richard's words, not wanting to get hit by 'friendly fire' again.
Alpha swings and misses, as Richard moves away.
Maruf tosses a bomb, missing the gremlin, but the creature is concerned with Alpha to avoid being splashed. The gremlin's skin burns away as it collapses!
"Note to self; forge some cold iron when we are done here. And get another healin' kit. Shoulda restocked that before goin' down here.", the half-orc binding his burns.
"Agreed." Richard nods to Kharax, looking a bit ragged from multiple cuts, bruises, and burns.
"Think I'll use this potion now."
After taking the potion...
"Cobbler, do you have more of those bombs? I think they were much more effective then our current weapons, and I think we would fare better with a withdraw and bomb tactic."
"That would be a logical tactic."
Maruf fingers the vials on his belt. "Only two more for the day, it will take some time and energy to mix up more tomorrow. The trick is to channel spite into the ingredients for a little extra burn SNORT!"
Kharax moves over to Richard, placing a hand on his ally's injured frame. "Ork'anga, bring forth your offerin' of healin'!" as some of the wounds bind...
"Hmmm, seems my powers are now clear of the foul water.", Kharax notes behind his adamantine-infused mask.
I thought I healed Cobblier.
"SNORT! Come on, there might be more gremlins to blow up!"
"Yes, but let's be more vigilant about dem traps. But if we can take these guys out, the skulks could let us lair with them for a night to recover."
"Agreed." Richard says, though he still seems concerned about the caves ahead. "We have one potion left and I think we should save it for an emergency. Cobbler, would you lead for now? I'll be right behind you. And let's take our time. Falling into another trap would be very bad right now."
Moving deeper into the caverns, the party weaves your way toward the north. Coming to a larger cavern, you see several different passageways converge on a narrow ledge overlooking a rubble-filled cavern. The far wall is made of a smooth, dark gray metal. A single circular door, tightly closed, sits on the metal wall just above the upper level of the rubble.
Standing on the ledge is a taller, more advanced looking gremlin! It sneers at you as you spot it!
Richard grabs his flask of alchemist fire, hopes for luck, and hurls it at the gremlin, then steps back, trying to take cover.
Kharax copies Richard, flinging a vial of the explosive fluid at the small menace!
Richard and Kharax tosses flaming flask at the gremlin, both hitting the creature. The creature falls to the ground, a burning corpse!
Now that the apparent leader of the gremlins has been dispatched, all signs of the fey have disappeared. Returning to the skulk chieftan, she nods. "Thank you for honoring you end of the deal, now I will honor mine. You are free to pass through this territory, and in addition, take these." She says, handing you a pouch containing 49 silverdisks and five strange cards made of a flexible, smooth material. These five cards each bear a brown stripe. Sef confesses that she does not know what the cards are used for, but the purple haired lady that passed through asked about them. At the time, Sef did not have any, but the lady's interest in them is enough to make her believe the cards hold value.
"Thank you, chief.", the half-orc bowing politely. "Do you have a space that we may rest for the evening? We sustained some injuries routin' the lil buggers."
Richard examines the silverdisks and tells his companions about them. "I think we could trade these in Torch. There is a gaming hall called the Silverdisk that makes use of them."
"About resting here - I think that would lead to a problem later. Joram's water breathing spell only lasts 6 hours, and would run out, leaving us trapped here. If we are to rest I think we should consider returning to town and taking up Val on her offer for a room at Khonnir's Tavern. But first," Richard turns his attention to the skulk chief. "You mentioned a woman with purple hair came through here? Was she with the group that killed your previous chief or by herself?"
On a man's body in the Blindheim's cave:
42 gp
a silver unholy symbol of Zyphus worth 25 gp
2 potions of cure light wounds (1 used)
In the mold's cave:
agate worth 55gp
In the rubble pile:
7 silverdisks
Reward from the Skulks for defeating gremlins:
49 silverdisks
5 cards made of a flexible, smooth material, bearing a brown stripe
Maruf pokes at the gremlin corpse before giving it a hefty kick. Worthless bag o' bones!
He returns to the skulks with his companions, deigning not to speak in his wisdom.
Later on he says, "Yes! Let's go rest at the Tavern, I could really use some SNORT! food and a nap."
"Recharging now would be logical."
Heading back to Torch, the party returns to the Foundry. Val looks up with hope in her eyes as you enter. "Did you find my father? Any signs of him?"
Her head hanging a little when she is told of your progress, she nods and wipes a tear from her eye. "I understand....make yourself at home. I'm afraid I can only offer a few bedrolls you can lay out in the tavern and a little bit of food."
Resting and recuperating, the following morning, nervous-looking courier delivers a message to the party: an invitation to come visit Torch’s “illustrious tavern and card room,” Silverdisk Hall. The invitation is from the hall’s owner, Garmen Ulreth, and includes certificates for each of you worth 100 gp for use in gambling and entertainment at his establishment, redeemable anytime during the next week.
Kharax, never big into the gambling scene, shrugs. "Interesting development. Can't say I've been to the Silverdisk Hall."