"Guys, I think he has Quinn's wife trapped in that ice shard around his neck!"
Hecktor moves to I4 (if hideous luaghter is still in efect by then)
otherwise he moves to I6.
(add +2 if flanking is possible)
Silas walks over to Quinn and gently but firmly says, "Quinn! Snap out of it! Your WIFE is there, help us!"
Michael moves to put down the giggling quickling.
Combat Round 2
Silas [poisoned DC 17] casts Hideous Laughter at the Quickling the quickling falls with gales of laughter!
Brownie[5 images] takes a 5' step and casts a spell and disappears from sight.
Gilmork misses.
Hecktor hits the quickling for 14
Quickling [prone] hahahahahahhahahahouchhaahahahahhahahah
Lucanor strikes for 7
Michael hits for 12, the quickling goes still.
Combat Over!
Namdrin Quinn snaps out of it for a moment and walks over to the Quickling's corpse.
Seizing the shard, he casually snaps it in half and kneels over the fragments, sobbing. As his tears trickle off his face and onto the fragments, they slowly begin to melt and grow, eventually expanding into the unconscious (but living) form of Tessa, his lost love. With a smile, he picks up her sleeping form and carries her into a nearby wagon.
Silas watches Quinn go and says softly, "We'd better give him a moment, although the Fae won't stop killing until we force them..."
Shacking his head, Silas turns his attention to the dead and examines the remains of the Quickling.
Silas holds up the bag, the beads and the dagger, "I'm not sure what the bag and this bead does exactly, but the dagger stores a single offensive spell which can be triggered upon hitting something. That could be really useful..."
"Nice work everyone, whatever else happens, we've reunited two souls tonight."
Michael heaves his hammer over his shoulder after crushing the quickling's skull. "Serves the thing right for trying to do that to a man. But we still need Quinn to break this spell he's cast on the people that's keeping them here. And we need to know what else the fey're doing. More people than him have been affected here; his grieving can wait until we've cleaned up this mess."
With that he stalks after Quinn.
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Nice work everyone, whatever else happens, we've reunited two souls tonight.
"Yes, that a good thing. However we'll have to keep this up if you wish to reunite or keep people united longer than tonight.
Silas nods, "You and Michael are right, we'd better get after Quinn."
As you get to the carnival wagon that Quinn entered he emerges with a determined look on his face. Thank you, for restoring my life to me. he hands you a belt of vials and then says Now let us put and end to these vile creatures and drive them back to the dark shadows where they belong. He turns his head to the north and says The Cold Rider will know that Tessa is freed, but he will not know the means yet, we should end his influence over the Carnival. Should we stay together or should we split up?
"Seeing as how the past couple of things went, i'd rather stick to groups of at least 3 with 2 hitters and 1 healer, but running into 2 dark fey then would be a bother. We'd cover more ground splitting up, but encountering this Rider with just 3 would be too risky.
It's weighing off potential bodycount against a careful cleanup, that's the impression i'm getting."
"Good to have you back to your own senses." Gilmork says as he looks at Quinn (and probably behind him the fleeing citizens of Falcon's Hollow).
"We have a lot of ground still to cover in cleaning out the carnival. Could you rally a group of others of the carnival to help you out? In that case we might best split up. Else we should stick together and be faster in shutting down the evil attractions."
Gilmork draws out the map and looks at the other close attractions they have."An attraction called Biggy-Piggy and Candied Apples are close by. Else that Minotaur called Gradzaal and the Icy Maze lie to our north."
"If those fae cast illusions on people, i'm hesistant to speculate what the "apple" actually is."
Silas turns pale, shudders and says, "I dread to think what the Fae have done to the Candied Apples, I nearly bought one earlier. Oh and I've a bad feeling they've done something horrible at the Pie eating contest... If it wasn't for the cold rider I'd say split up, but we'll likely need our combined strength to face him!"
Quinn replies I know Graadzal, I convinced him to join my troupe...I'll deal with him if you go to the Pie Eating contest.
"I don't like that we went into this blind to begin with. I refuse to split up, otherwise we just make ourselves more likely to be picked apart one by one. There's strength in numbers. Though it may take us longer to fix this, it's better to lose a few townsfolk and succeed than to fail and lose all."
"Cold as that may sound, he's right. But best to keep it to "a few". None, if possible."
Lucanor frowns "Town can't afford to lose that many folk so I'd be all for splitting up but since the vote seems to be for staying together I won't wast valuable time arguing it. Let's head to the pie eating contest and whatever is next closest to it after that. I DO suggest we let Quinn keep the minotaur busy while we do it. Quinn, if you feel you can't take him in a fight, just lead him on a merry chase instead. We can try to come back for you to help out. Quinn goes solo, rest of us stick around? Sound good?"
Namdrin Quinn smiles a cold smile at Lucanor. These are not just for the show. he says indicating his twin swords that are carved with strange symbols and siguls. But I hope to convince Graadzal to abandon the fey and follow me once again. This carnival has suffered, and my choices have brought ruin upon those who once trusted me. I must make this right.
Quinn decides to go off on his own. He heads north to the Ice Maze.
Silas watches Quinn depart for a long moment, before muttering, "Typical. Ah well we'd better head off into the unknown, again!". He heads off to the area where the Pie Eating contest is staged...
The delicious scents of sugary berries and
fresh-baked pastry wafts by, drifting from
a tent near the river. Waving high in the air
above it, a blue silk banner beckons “Biggy-
Piggy Pie-Eating Contest!” in bright gold
letters. Beneath the banner sits a twentyfoot-
long table covered with a red-checkered
tablecloth. Seated at a bench before the table,
twelve local contestants eagerly stare at the
tremendous steaming pies placed before them.
With napkins tucked into their shirts and their
hands tied behind their backs, they await the
signal to begin. Near the table, a wooden
sign staked into the ground reads, “Entrance
Fee: 2 Coppers, Winner Gets Fat Prize!”
To the left of the table, the event’s sponsor
emerges from behind a wheeled cart bearing
the weight of a coal-burning oven. With a
bellowing voice that compliments his immense
rotundness, the pie chef yells, “Begin!” Within
seconds, contestants’ faces greedily plunge into
the fresh-baked pies as they slobber and gnash
their way to victory.Once the competition starts, the chef
happily fills new pie crusts with a strange
device that looks like a giant butter churn
attached to a spinning wheel with a big
foot pedal. In the front of the churning
chamber, a metal spigot attaches to a
10-foot hose. When the pie chef stomps
the pedal, steam shoots out the top of the
churn as gouts of pie filling erupt from
the hose
The smell of offal and death fill your nostrils as you realize that the "pie filling" is actually entrails covered in flies! The "chef" is a large anthropomorphic pig and his two assistants are fey! The "contestants" spend their time eating and retching as the noxious mixture is obviously diseased!
The creatures squeal in anger as the party approaches.
Combat Round 1
Forlarren Square casts a spell on Hecktor Hecktor's armor begins to heat up. Round 1/7
Forlarren Circle casts a spell on Michael Michael's armor begins to heat up. Round 1/7
Swineomancer grunts in frustration and casts a spell targeting Lucanor but Luc resists the spell.
Michael
Gilmork
Silas
Lucanor
Hecktor
"Guys, those two smaller fey are Forlarren, twisted unions of nymphs and fiends. The big guy is probably their leader. It's a manimal, an unseelie fey that is an union between an animal and a humanoid."
Gilmork begins casting a spell himself and then moves closer to the three fey in order to whack them next turn.
Silas stares malevolently at the Swineomancer and in icey tones he says, "Today I've seen it all, beauty and now the beast! I have to admit I'm surprised fey could look quite so ugly! More pig than fae if you ask me. I wonder if you squeal like a pig when shanked... Let's find out! He's vulnerable to silver or magic!"
Combat Round 1
Forlarren Square casts a spell on Hecktor. Hecktor's armor begins to heat up. Round 1/7
Forlarren Circle casts a spell on Michael. Michael's armor begins to heat up. Round 1/7
Swineomancer[shaken 5/5] grunts in frustration and casts a spell targeting Lucanor but Luc resists the spell.
Michael double moves to engage one forlarren.
Gilmork moves to C7 and messes up a spell.
Silas intimidates the Swineomancer, alot.
Lucanor
Hecktor
Hecktor will move to D7
Demoralize the Forlarren adjacent to Michael
"The pig's not the only one going to get eviscerated, you'll make a fine pie filling yourself!"
"Hecktor, Michael, your armor's going to be burning before this fight is through..." Lucanor warns them.
Lucanor moves forward and tries to tilt the table so the pies fall to the ground and out of 'eating range'. If he can flip it over, all the better.
Combat Round 1
Forlarren Square casts a spell on Hecktor. Hecktor's armor begins to heat up. Round 1/7
Forlarren Circle casts a spell on Michael. Michael's armor begins to heat up. Round 1/7
Swineomancer[shaken 5/5] grunts in frustration and casts a spell targeting Lucanor but Luc resists the spell.
Michael double moves to engage one forlarren.
Gilmork moves to C7 and messes up a spell.
Silas intimidates the Swineomancer, alot.
Lucanor moves forward intent on flipping the table but cannot manage to budge the heavy table.
Hecktor moves forward and demoralizes the forlarren which is threatening Michael.
Combat Round 2
Forlarren Square attacks Michael but Michael's armor proves tougher than the Forlarren. Round 2/7
Forlarren Circle attacks Michael but Michael's armor proves tougher than the Forlarren. Round 2/7
Swineomancer [shaken 4/5] casts a spell! a cloud of golden dust blinds all three!
Michael [blind 4/4]
Gilmork [blind 4/4]
Silas
Lucanor
Hecktor [blind 4/4]
Silas moves forward and locks eyes with the swineomancer and with false sympathy he declares, "I'm terribly sorry, but its bad news. That queasiness at the pit of your stomach? Its going to get worse. Much much worse... Probably something you ate, in the circumstances it may prove fatal."
Michael swings at the fey directly in front of him.
Combat Round 2
Forlarren Square attacks Michael but Michael's armor proves tougher than the Forlarren. Round 2/7 Hecktor takes 1 fire damage.
Forlarren Circle attacks Michael but Michael's armor proves tougher than the Forlarren. Round 2/7 Michael takes 4 fire damage.
Swineomancer [shaken 4/5 nauseated 4/4] casts a spell! a cloud of golden dust blinds all three heroes!
Michael [blind 4/4] swings at the Forlarren but his blindness cause the swing to go wide
Silas casts his spell the pig doubles over, retching from a taste of his own medicine.
Gilmork [blind 4/4]
Lucanor
Hecktor [blind 4/4]
Gilmork stumbles to E9 and takes Total Defense, as he can't see.
To move full speed: DC 10
Hecktor stumbles down to D10 and then 2 squares to F10 to attack where he thinks he heard something.
Combat Round 2
Forlarren Square attacks Michael but Michael's armor proves tougher than the Forlarren. Round 2/7 Hecktor takes 1 fire damage.
Forlarren Circle attacks Michael but Michael's armor proves tougher than the Forlarren. Round 2/7 Michael takes 4 fire damage.
Swineomancer [shaken 4/5 nauseated 4/4] casts a spell! a cloud of golden dust blinds all three heroes!
Michael [blind 4/4] swings at the Forlarren Miss1-5: 1d10 ⇒ 3 but his blindness cause the swing to go wide
Silas casts his spell the pig doubles over, retching from a taste of his own medicine.
Gilmork [blind 4/4] moves.
Hecktor [blind 4/4] moves and hits the Forlarren for 13!
Lucanor
"Down right embarrassing," Lucanor hisses to himself as he fails to budge the table. Giving up on that, and seeing that going among a group of blind men stabbing away might be a good way to get his head carved off, he zips towards the swineomancer while the pig faced fellow is busy with Silas' spell
Combat Round 2
Forlarren Square attacks Michael but Michael's armor proves tougher than the Forlarren. Round 2/7 Hecktor takes 1 fire damage.
Forlarren Circle attacks Michael but Michael's armor proves tougher than the Forlarren. Round 2/7 Michael takes 4 fire damage.
Swineomancer [shaken 4/5 nauseated 4/4] casts a spell! a cloud of golden dust blinds all three heroes!
Michael [blind 4/4] swings at the Forlarren Miss1-5: 1d10 ⇒ 3 but his blindness cause the swing to go wide
Silas casts his spell the pig doubles over, retching from a taste of his own medicine.
Gilmork [blind 4/4] moves.
Hecktor [blind 4/4] moves and hits the Forlarren for 13!
Lucanor moves to engage the big pig. It takes a feeble swipe at him with its rolling pin! .
Combat Round 3
Forlarren Square attacks Michael even while blinded Michael's armor protects him. Round 3/7 Michael takes fire damage.
Forlarren Circle attacks Hecktor Hecktor is hit with one claw for damage. Round 3/7 Hecktor takes fire damage.
Swineomancer [shaken 3/5 nauseated 4/4] the piggy retches again and tries to move away from Lucanor's bare blade! Luc hits for
Michael [blind 3/4]
Silas
Gilmork [blind 3/4]
Hecktor [blind 3/4]
Lucanor
Hecktor attacks the one he hit previously again.
"Stand still you little nuisance, so i can rid this so called carnival of another pest."
Gilmork slumps closer and thinks to attack where he hears the Forlarren. Knowing he is blind now, he attacks cautiously.
Combat Round 3
Forlarren Square attacks Michael and even while blinded Michael's armor protects him. Round 3/7 Michael takes 5 fire damage.
Forlarren Circle attacks Hecktor. Hecktor is hit with one claw for 2 damage. Round 3/7 Hecktor takes 6 fire damage.
Swineomancer [shaken 3/5 nauseated 4/4] the piggy retches again and tries to move away from Lucanor's bare blade! Luc hits for 11
Michael [blind 3/4] attacks the Forlarren! but in his blindness he misses!
Gilmork [blind 3/4] moves up to engage but misses.
Hecktor [blind 3/4] being used to fighting under adverse conditions, Hecktor slays the forlarren!
Silas
Lucanor
Michael continues to blindly swing at his enemy.