Acacius is pleased that his first blow against an actual troll succeeded so well. But considerably less so when the bag sails in and burns his new companion.
He speaks up so Nakoma can hear him clearly. He does not assume that she has seen everything that just transpired.
"An attacker is throwing down alchemical bags, Zan is glued! I will try to keep knocking the beast down!"
As he speaks, he swings.
Zan looks down in disgust quickly followed by pain as the goo burns him for a moment. He grits his teeth and stiffles a profanity as he swings his scimitar down on the flood troll while it tries to stand but strands of the sticky substance slow his blow.
Nakoma puts the potion into her belt pouch and moves closer to the battle.
Ambush - Round 1 - concluded
18 Nakoma
17 Acacius
16 Zan (entangled, glued, 5hp dmg)
13 Creature (13hp dmg)
As the monster rises from the floor, Zan strains against his glue to make an attack which just does hit the prone troll cutting it mildlly.
From the side, Acacius this time pierces the troll with his polearm, gouging a deep hole in the beast, which struggles for a moment, falters and falls limp.
End of Round 1
Ambush - Round 2
18 Nakoma
17 Acacius
16 Zan (entangled, glued, 5hp dmg)
14 Unseen foe
As the attacks from Zan and Acacius cut down the flood troll, whatever is upstairs still has to be dealt with.
"We can't let them get away!" Zan begins hacking off chunks of the glue so he can assist in the pursuit but for now he's a bit stuck.
If the glue remains:
Acacius quickly assesses the situation.
I would be slow and lumbering up that ladder, and bereft of my main weapon. So I will aid Zan and re-assess then.
With great care, Acacius moves the sharp edge of his polearm to his right to scrape glue from Zan.
If the glue should be destroyed before his turn:
Acacius quickly assesses the situation.
Upstairs. Now!
And runs for the stairs.
NOW Nakoma puts the potion in her belt pouch and moves closer to the battle.
Ambush - Round 2 - concluded
Nakoma takes some time to get herself squared away, putting her potion away, keeping her wand in hand, and moving into the room proper, away from the bear traps.
Acacius uses his glaive-guisarme to slash at the glue holding Zan fast. He manages to scrape a bit of the sticky stuff away, but not nearly enough for the ranger to return to mobility.
Frustrated, Zan cries that they need to chase the remaining foe, but he while works to free himself, he remain entangled and glued.
Heavy footsteps thud across the floor of the Plague House main floor as whoever was at the top of the trapdoor moves away.
End of Round 2
Ambush - Round 3
18 Nakoma
17 Acacius
16 Zan (entangled, glued, 5hp dmg)
14 Unseen foe (moving away)
Acacius immediately breaks for the stairs, planning to follow the fleeing villain.
Zan shatters the last of the glue as he starts moving up the ladder hastily trying to pursue their mystery attacker.
Seeing that the solvent won't be needed after all, Nakoma taps Zan with the wand.
Then she moves up the ladder.
Ambush - Round 3 - concluded
Tapping Zan with the wand as she goes by, Nakoma races for the ladder trying to shimmy back to the upper floor to chase the unseen foe. As she scrambles to the upper floor, between the burnt and charred bed frames, she hears someone else in the room, moving towards the other door in the dark.
With the portcullis lowered, Acacius takes off for the stairs in the corner room, moving over the snapped bear traps as he runs, slowed by his heavy armor.
Zan finally knocks the last of the glue off his feet, and then starts climbing the ladder.
The unseen foe opens the door of the infirmary, and exits to the hallway.
End of Round 3
Ambush - Round 4
18 Nakoma
17 Acacius
16 Zan
14 Unseen foe
Acacius continues his dash upstairs.
Zan moves as quickly as he can after their unseen foe knowing how much Acacius's heavy armour will slow him down and not wanting to let Nakoma face them alone.
Nakoma hurries after the sound, not as fast as usual in her weakened state. As she moves she draws her starknife. Pushing past the door she suddenly finds herself right behind a figure...
Ambush! - Round 4 - concluded
Nakoma scrambles to her feet in the infirmary after coming up through the floor and rushes after the fleeing foe, which she can now see is a half-orc dressed in leather armor, with an ugly looking morningstar at his belt. He is trying to flee out the front doors of the Plague House, but opening them has slowed him enough that Nakoma has caught up to the villain.
Hurrying, Zan is able to get up the ladder and onto his feet in the infirmary, following the light cast by Nakoma's spell.
Bogged down by his heavy armor, Acacius plods along bounding up the stairs as fast as he is able.
The fleeing half-orc growls his frustration. "Leave me be, woman! Don't know what you are doing here, but you won't catch me." He throws a cloud of dusty ash at Nakoma's eyes. But the dirty trick only succeeds in coating the warpriestess with ash, not blinding her as intended. The half-orc then opens the door behind him, which has a drop of about 8 feet down where the burned out stairs used to stand.
End of Round 4
Ambush - Round 5
18 Nakoma
17 Acacius
16 Zan
14 Unseen foe
Zan moves far more nimbly than his new armoured associate and deftly moves through the door past Nakoma to get into a good position to strike their foe.
Hearing the sound of swordplay, Acacius plans a clear run. If he ever gets up these stairs.
Back at the house, Zirelle's baking experiment turns out a little less well than planned. She scraps the project and starts over, wondering what her allies had gotten up to at the Plague House.
Nakoma slashes at the half-Orc with her starknife.
Zirelle wakes up on the couch from a bad dream and decides to try a cinnamon roll, and she almost yogs from how bad it is.
Zirelle dumps the disaster in the trash, and cleans up so no one can tell that she even tried. Too embarrassing. She decides that she will just buy her friends something at the inn... if they come by to let her know how it went. Getting pretty late. She stares outside at the lights near the plague house, hoping her friends are okay.
Acacius will have to turn but swings slightly north so he can engage soon.
Ambush - Round 4 - concluded
Nakoma swings her starknife at the half-orc foe, but she cannot hit him as he deftly dodges the attack.
Zan hustles onto the floor of the infirmary and into the hallway, ending up just behind Nakoma, too far away to make an attack.
Acacius high-steps it up the stairs, into a small room on the ground floor where a door blocks his path.
The half-orc, using the momentum of Nakoma's swing against her, tries to grab her wrist and jam the weapon into the burnt wood of the hallway, and while the starknife hits the wall, it doesn't stick as the trickster intended. Growling his disapproval, he steps back off the ledge falling the 8' or so to the ground, landing on his feet, ready to scramble away.
End of Round 4
Ambush - Round 6
18 Nakoma
17 Acacius
16 Zan
14 Half-Orc
Acacius cannot recall his companions mentioning a trap on this door, so he turns the handle swiftly and resumes moving as quickly as possible towards the fight.
Gritting his teeth Zan knows he's being foolish but tries to make the jump. As he lands Zan tries to bring his blade down on the half orc, though he's a little of balance from the landing he stays on his feet.
Nakoma leaps down after the half-orc.
Then she stands up.
Ambush - Round 6 - concluded
Nakoma takes a flying leap over the head of the half-orc intruder, but she can't stick the landing, and ends up on her belly. Trying to stand up, she suffers a shot from the him, crushing her back painfully.
Acacius tears the door open, and seeing a long straight space, breaks into a trot (about as fast as he can manage in his armor), turning the corner just in time to see his allies leap down to the ground ahead.
Zan takes a more careful jump than Nakoma, landing on his feet, and making a slashing attack draws blood and a pained cry from the invader.
The half-orc takes a small step between the two, and tries to counter-attack against Zan with his morningstar, but Zan parries the attack without any harm to himself.
End of Round 6
Ambush - Round 7
18 Nakoma (4hp dmg)
17 Acacius
16 Zan
14 Half-Orc (6hp dmg)
Turning the corner and seeing his companions jumping down from the other end of this corridor, Acacius makes a split decision.
RUN!
He will run for the ledge, aiming to leap over the entire fight and cutting off the intruder's escape!
Here goes nothing!
And he leaps.
Zan tries to bring the heavy blade down on it's flat against the man's head to disorientate him. It makes an odd thudding sound as it connects.
Nakoma quickly moves over, flanking the orc with Zan.
She stabs at him with her starknife.
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Ambush - Round 7 - concluded
Stepping over to block the escape of the running half-orc, Nakoma slashes at him again, but again, the orc's wily moves lets him avoid any damage from her attack.
Acacius runs forward at full speed, stopping himself as the teeters on the edge of the drop off down to the ground below. With the rapid advance, the fighter is just about ready to join the melee again.
While the intruder is focused on Nakoma, Zan bashes him on the head with the pommel of his sword, hitting maybe a little harder than he intended but the blow seems to stagger the foe slightly. He drops his morningstar, and cries out "Yield! I yield! Blast you, I give in!"
End of Combat
Acacius takes his time getting down safely, intending to cover the others once he reaches the ground.
Zan kicks the morning star to the side"You're the kind of sneaky person who ambushes and ambush with a troll so that means you get to start slowly stripping of your gear til you are in your pants because you've probably got some other tricks up your sleeve. Now what have you been up to here?"
Nakoma watches the half-orc carefully with her star knife at the ready, prepared to attack should he resist Zan...
When Acacius gets to ground level, he immediately circles with polearm drawn and flanks the half-orc's position. Once he is in place, he relaxes slightly.