"I ken move, and you can brawl wit da beastie"
Hammerfist will stay put and swing at the creature.
"Nice, Hammer! Now who is laughing goat thing?. "
"'eats me, probably some fiendish reject o' som'tin'"
Lia fires an arrow through the bars of the gate, but at the last moment, the arrow deflects off the bar and misses the creature!
Ares fires an arrow through the bars and his arrows manages to pierce the creatures hide!
Hammerfist then swings his weapons through the bars and hits the creature, but doesn't do as much damage as he thought he would!
Rey pulls out his other vial of holy water — lather, rinse, repeat.
Reynaldo tosses another flask, but just misses the creature. It lands on the ground, splashing it!
The creature swings through the bars again! This time, he manages to connect, slicing into the dwarf!
Using the bars for cover, Hammerfist will cast True Strike again.
Ares will continue to shoot his cold iron arrows over the dwarf at the goat-creature.
"You shall never escape your cage, go back!. "
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Lia takes aim, holding the arrow a little longer to try to hit a vulnerable spot on the thing.
Hammerfist shakes off whatever foul toxin was trying to invade his person, then casts a spell!
Ares fires two arrows with one hitting the creature!
Lia tries to fire and arrow as well, but it ricochets off the gate's bars!
Reynaldo looks about at his companions. I'm all out of holy water! Any ideas?
"If you gib me a sec I ken unlock da door. Not sure dat's really a good 'dea dough."
"I will keep plinking away at it until you decide if we go in or let it out. I for one like it locked up . "
"We need to do something!" At that moment, it occurs to her a new tactic for her to try.
Reynaldo queries his companions!
The creature chops again and cuts viciously into the dwarf!
Using her free hand, Lia makes a pattern in the air, muttering a few choice words before pointing at the creature's halberd. It grows hot in response to her gesture!
Ares, seeing the blood streaming from the dwarf, will reach down and call healing power to staunch the wound.
healing
"Give it another whack, Hammer! Rinaldo, I have a glaive if you want to wield it?"
Reynaldo nods and holds out his hand, waiting for the blade.
(+1 more vs poison)
Lia casts a spell and lights up the creature's weapon! The thing just grins wickedly and holds on to it!
Ares heals Hammerfist!
Hammerfist then puts down the hammer, striking the creature!
Reynaldo grabs the glaive held out by Ares, but doesn't manage to hit the creature!
The creature growls as the dwarf hits it and returns the favor!
"Nothing special about the glaive, but I was going to bless it. I fear the amount of blood our dwarf is losing may delay me for a bit.. "
Guessing by the looks of Hammer, that he will not be able to withstand another hit.
"Fall back if you need to Hammer. I cannot keep up with those wounds . "
If Hammer withdraws, Ares will shoot at the beast.
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If the dwarf bravely continues to fight, Ares will hit him with a wand.
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Hammer will swing at the critter through the bars before backing up to allow his companions to continue the assault.
Agreed, Reynaldo says without taking his eyes from the outsider. See to Hammer before anything else.
With two concise hits, the party puts down the creature!
Hammerfist will dismiss his hold portal and move up to pick the mundane lock if necessary.
Disable Device Take 10 = 20.
Hammerfist tries to unlock the gate, but is unable. After a few more tries, he manages to get it though, and the party enters the room. Looking around finds nothing of interest. The is a pit in the eastern section of the room, but it looks only as if the creature was in it prior to attacking.
Lia looks around, disappointed that there was no clue about the being they just faced. "Nothing. Absolutely nothing here..."
"Well... Back the other way, I suppose? That hallway went down a ways, right?"
"grumble grumble, dirty wounds, grumble grumble wand grumble grumble"
What an odd place for a...a whatever-that-was, Reynaldo remarks, echoing Lia's disappointment. I guess there's nothing for it but to go back the other direction.
The party leaves the room and returns to the north/south hallway. Going north, the corridor turns to west, ending in a door. Hammerfist finds no traps and the party enters a large room.
Six stone slabs sit on the floor of this chamber. Heaped upon each are metal tools, gears, springs, and other parts for the construction of mechanical creations.
Ares will tap Hammer with a few charges from the wand if only to get him to stop grumbling.
"Hold still!"
"Now, back to our cataloging."
Ares will look at the polearm the creature had and check for magic or quality. If either, he will pick it up and carry with them as potential loot not belonging to the deceased wizard.
Lia circles the room detecting magical auras. "This guy had some really interesting tastes..."
Lia finds no magical auras within the room.
"Is this all that's down here, then? Some bits and pieces of who knows what and that creepy thingy in the other room? There has to be more..." Lia starts circling the room looking for some sort of hidden door or panel in the walls.
Hammerfist ceases his grumbling and begins looking for secrets.
(+2 Stone, +1 Traps)
Looking around the room, Lia notices a concealed door in the eastern wall.
"Hammer dwarf! Over here!" She points to the door she found in the wall. "Is it guarded or trapped or anything?"
Grumble grumble, check the wall, grumble grumble.
Take 10 => 18 (+2 Stone, +1 Traps)
"Good call, Lia. Keen eyes indeed pay off. I wonder where this leads?
Ares follows behind.
Hammerfist does not find any traps and the secret door is not locked. Opening the door reveal a narrow passage that goes south, then turns west. The passage continues west, then twists north, only to turn west again, before turning to the south once more. Looking down the corridor, the party sees two passages coming in from the east.