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Ali closes with the troll...very nervous about her current wounds, but not willing to leave Kappi in there alone. before closing, though, she pops out the wand of Shield and uses it on herself, then drops it...
* retrieve wand (free action); cast Shield; move.
Very nice practice of your Drunken Boxing technique, Kappi!! she throws him a wink before eyeing the troll.
Davosh's quick thinking stops the regeneration on the trollhound!
Kappi moves into the room, almost immeidately thinking better of his actions!
Ali activates a wand and closes in, immediately putting the rogue in a more comfortable state of mind!
Furious at the loss of his pet, the troll goes into full attack mode on Ali!
"Behold my Wicked Eye ye foul beast. Despair at this, your final struggle! "
Evil Eye, attacking Saves.
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Ali swings!!
. OMFG
Round ?
Very nice practice of your Drunken Boxing technique, Kappi!! she throws him a wink before eyeing the troll.
Kappi gives the elf warrior an odd look. Clearly her joke goes completely over the Varisian lad's scarf wrapped head.
The rogue watches the elf and ice troll meet in battle. Ali seems to be holding her own, at least for the moment. Though clearly more than she seems, the elf maid looks like such a slight force standing against the troll.
Standing on the far side of the table Kappi feels like a bit of a coward watching Ali fight alone. Giving him some grit in his gut the lad manages to move around the table (without bumping it) and get into flanking position.
Kappi moves in his strange quick, but awkward jerkiness trying to dodge the ice troll's long reach as he moves in to strike.
Acrobatics
flanking attack
sh sword
On flanking attack, gives the "bewildered" effect. For 1 round the creature struck has a -2 AC to party members and a -4 to Kappi.
(Insert battle bugle sound here)
Vojtek sees his opening and drops his head and shoulders down. He sprints forward in a raging, galloping, greatsword-wielding charge!
Power Attack with Greatsword: for damage. Damage x 2 for charge.
The ice troll beholds Davosh's wicked eye!
Edward's arrow bounces harmlessly off the ice troll's metal armor!
Ali makes breezes in the air! Her movement to close with the beast provokes!
Kappi deftly moves about the ice troll, and his flanking attack is successful!
The ice troll is bewildered...but not bewildered enough to be hit by the raging Vojtek!
Even as its wounds begin to heal, the ice troll flings open the door to his north with a Move action.
Inside can be seen a room with three prison cells along the north wall, alongside which stands a seven-foot-tall, thick-bodied, white-furred humanoid adorned in bearskins and bearing an axe made of ice and bone.
Tactically sound, the ice troll moves to eliminate his opponents' advantage.
Kappi takes 4 points of nonlethal damage and is knocked prone five feet away from the ice troll, whereupon it takes a five-foot step into the space Kappi involuntarily vacated.
Giantish, "Bonepick shall be the next to fall!"
Taldane, "We're gunna have company!"
Giantish, "Behold and tremble, for fortune has abandoned you!"
Misfortune Hex, Will DC 18 or take the worse of two rolls.
Ali imbues her blade with her (dwindling) arcana before stepping up to the troll to actually cut him this time!!
Kappi lays on the ground and blinks. It happened so fast he hardly registered what happened. Then a touch of rage comes over the lad. By the STD ridden vag of a Calistrian whore! . The rogue rolls to his feet . Kappi tries to savagely slice the troll's leg as he regains stands.
Attack Remember the troll has a -4AC vs Kappi
Sh sword
Davosh hexes the ice troll again, but Ali and Kappi can't seem to hit it !
Vojtek ducks and weaves nimbly, then spots his chance and shuffles forward to make a ferocious attack, just at the moment when the foe seems distracted by the exchange from the other room.
With deftly timed footwork, Vojtek's blade and wartooth are brought to bear on the foul beast!
Power Attack with Greatsword: for damage with for damage.
Vojtek's charge provokes from the ice troll!
Then the barbarian's blade lands in the ice troll's hide! His bite, however, draws little but metal from the troll's armor!
It then retaliates, even as the wounds start to heal, with a full attack on Vojtek!
Bursting through the door, the white-furred humanoid from the other room charges through the door at Ali with a huge, crude crook of sharpened metal!
"YOU BACK OFF MY ELF!" Davosh steps in with a cackle to chill the bones (Official Cackle) while he stares intently at the new creature. The Big Eye focuses on him going right for the jugular: Misfortune Hex.
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Round 3
Seeing Vojtek get smashed by the trolls axe, Edward starts an incantation of his own, hoping Davosh's cackle will hinder the trolls ability to resist.
Burning Disarm Reflex Save, or take 1d4 pts of fire damage.
Ali grits her teeth at the latest attack. She steps back, and lets loose a sheet of flame at both foes, just missing Vojtek.
<--ref DC 15 for half
Somewhat frustrated by getting knocked off his feet and not being able to flank the bastitch ice troll, Kappi jukes left then right. While the Varisian lad manages to avoid the troll's ire, he is not happy to see his good friend Vojtek take the brunt of the troll's fury. Though just armed with a small sword and dagger the lad goes full attack on the ice troll.
Full attack!!
+1 sh sword
offhand
dagger
Immediately after his failed attacks, the lad tries to remember that rage and fury is not his way. He must use his speed, finesse, and cunning to lay into the beast.
The troll falls and stops moving (also regenerating)!
The white-furred thing avoids the worst of the flames, though!
Vojtek steps to flank with Ali, and ENDS THIS BATTLE!!!
Vojtek tries.
His maw manages to hit.
His blade does not connect, however.
Bonepick grins malevolently and retaliates against Ali!
doesn't Bonepick need to roll twice to hit?
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When he sunk his teeth into the beast, he clamped down mightily, even through its attack on Ali.
Vojtek releases his jaw, and with bits of blood a white fur clinging to his chin, the crazed barbarian follows up immediately with a massive downward strike with his Greatsword!
After the forward momentum of the sword strike carried him closers to the beast again, Vojtek's gnarly wartooth again sought the creature's lifeblood.
Power Attack with Greatsword: for damage with for damage.
(Crappy rolls - bah!)
Ali growls at the Wooly Bully and trims his fingernails to the elbow.
<--YYYEEEAAAAHHH!!
doesn't Bonepick need to roll twice to hit?
Ali hits (though not critically) and Vojtek misses twice!
"Liska, see to this rude intruder."
The winter fox leaves the safety of her master's robes and springs forward. The fox's snout brings with it a dark cloud of crackling energy. She darts between Ali's legs and uses her snout to boop Bonepick in the leg: .
The cloud leaves her snout and enters the creature at the heart, squeezing it. Bonepick is also Staggered for 1 round.
"Rest in hell ye foe of good."
Liska's nose delivers the touch spell, and Bonepick reels from the effects! The beast still stands, though!
"Strike now!"
"Strike now!"
As if jogged into action by Davosh's command, the awkwardly nimble rogue hops over the dead troll's legs and brings his short sword around in a deceptively looping attack, which then turns to a sharp thrusting movement.
attack!
sh sword
OMG - EFF this fight already!
Power Attack with Greatsword: for damage with for damage.
Confirm:
for damage.
Bonepick is distracted by the rogue tripping over the dead troll long enough to find Vojek's blade taking his head clean off!
Bonepick had a suit of studded leather armor, rank but well-constructed (mwk); and a necklace made of severed fingers. A small pouch also holds a trio of blue quartz gems (75 total gpv). The ice troll wore a necklace with smaller blue quartzes (100 gpv). He also had a masterwork Large battleaxe and a Large mithral chain shirt!
The room from which Bonepick came has cells along the north wall, each holding children, who are wide-eyed at the five of you.
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"AH! Devil children! We must cut their heads off!"
Davosh fumbles for his morningstar before the entire party stops him. "Ah yes, you're right. These are probably real children. Let's not do that."
The speaker-to-ancients knows full well he'll frighten them if he talks, so he looks to Edward. Instad he searches for magic in the items... and then turns his detection spell on the children, just in case.
"AH! Devil children! We must cut their heads off!"
Davosh fumbles for his morningstar before the entire party stops him. "Ah yes, you're right. These are probably real children. Let's not do that."
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Kappi lets out a breath he didnt realize he was holding and his stomach settles down. He was about to throw up hearing that they must murder all these kids. The young rogue believes Davosh to truly be "touched" by the ancients or something and treats his words as gospel. Kappi is really glad that Ali and Edward convinced Davosh the kids are alright.
Not being much for words either. The rogue pulls out three old winter apples. To put the children a bit more at ease he begins to juggle them. He is able to toss them quite high in the air and even manage to spin around and still be in time to catch them. Trying not to push his luck too much the lad brings them in and deftly slices the apples up and gives each child a piece. With one left over, he tosses it to Wartooth.
Sleight of Hand
Munchkinny treasure-related question. Armor for a Lg humanoid is double the price. Does the cost of the mithral also get doubled (since the weight is also doubled)?
How many kids are there?
The young rogue kinda wonders what to do with them. He mentions to the party about leading the kids to a safe place. Or have them stay there while the party continues to explore. The rogue thinks the last unexplored door should lead to a stairwell.
Ali: the cost/value is also doubled, but you'd have to find a buyer on the black market...or a smith to work it into a Medium-sized shirt.
Kappi: there are a half-dozen children here, between 6 and 12. The littlest ones are fascinated by Kappi's antics, though the two older ones begin to softly plead for release.
Vojtek moves to free them. Do the cages seem smashable? Vojtek starts examining the cages with a kindly wink in their direction.
Before going into apple juggling the rogue goes right into freeing the kiddies.
Kappi searches the room and the bodies for a key. He even asks the older kids where the key is.
If needed he will pick the locks.
Disable device
....but they COULD have been devil children.....
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A large ring on the back of the entry door contains a handful of keys, one of which fits a different cage. In addition to the three along the north wall, there is a fourth cage, empty, to the east. The oldest child states that there were a pair of children in that one too, but they were taken away a couple of days ago and have not been seen since.
Once freed, the youngest cling to your legs in a mixture of gratitude and desperation. A few more questions reveals that they are orphans and runaways captured by — and in one case simply a strong-willed child that was given to — a certain Granny Nan, who locked them in these cages. Bonepick loved to come in and terrorize them, as he was doig when the party arrived.
"Ummmmm small people, where did they go, where is Granny Nan, and what does she look like?"