Robert moves forward.
seeing the others take off after the creature, Ratel gives a smile, "Come on Bear let's see if we can catch it." He and Bear begin moving after the thing as well.
Hedran, Fly should be able to charge him?
If so...
Two-Handed Power Attack (Forstbite).
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Hedran tries charging after him but in his zeal to avenge Weasel, he swings too much to the side.
The chimera withdraws still, at top speed.
Cirieo, Father Noelan and Grenwold struggle to keep pace but they are clearly losing sight of the creature.
"Hedran, be careful out there!" Father Noelan yells a warning.
Robert still moves forward.
Grenwold retrieves his bow and hustles after Hedran.
Grenwold continues to move as quickly as possible.
Charge flying eyes full of rage.
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Hedran manages to charge after the chimera and lands another strike that bounces harmlessly off its scales, then chases hot on the chimera's tail and sees it duck into a large clump of twisted trees in the middle of the slough.
The party continues in the general direction that Hedran went flying off to.
following with the others, Ratel watches as Hedran flies after the creature, he turns to Nigel, "Do you think he can catch it?"
Hedran would continue. Cautiously.
You see the wounded chimera alone licking it's wounds in its lair. It does not look pleased to see you, and after you strike it with your scimitar , it unleashes its lightning breath on you.
Hedran is looking bad so he will use his arcane pool to make his weapon a +3 (swift). And continue with next set of rolls.
On the next blow, Hedran manages to knock the chimera out. In its lair, he finds 136 gp, 15 agates (worth 10 gp each), a rod and a hand of the mage clutching a blue sapphire worth 1,000 gp.ges to knock the chimera out. Hedran realizes the rod is magical but does not know what it is.
Hedran will rest leaning against the chimera and wait for the group to get there. Hoping father will help him with his wounds.
Hedran moves out of the clump of twisted trees and the party eventually catches up with him and finds a rather badly scorched Hedran leaning on a clump of twisted trees for support.
Father Noelan tends to Hedran's wounds while lecturing him. "You really shouldn't go flying off like that. What would happen if something happened to you? We wouldn't be able to help!"
Smiling when he see's Hedran and the dead Chimera, Ratel draws his shortsword and asks, "Do you mind if I skin it?"
To father, "You are right. We should also work on our mobility. I assume Weasel did not make it?."
"Be my guest, I need to rest."
The chimera isn't dead, but that's fairly easily fixed as Ratel uses his shortsword and stabs it in the heart. He then skins the chimera for a blue scaly hide.
"Weasel didn't make it."Father Noelan affirms sadly. "I'm sorry about that. Do you want to lay him to rest here, or back at Misthome?"
Inside the chimera's lair, Grenwold also finds a fairy cap.
Hearing that Weasel didn't make it, Ratel stops skinning the Chimera long enough to look up to Heran, "Sorry Hedran, I don't know what I would do if I lost Bear."
Robert hugs Pila tightly.
Grenwold approaches Hedran and says dejectedly while holding the shard of Ringo's antler hung around his neck, "this fight we are in claims more than any of us wanted. The legion will answer tenfold. Your friend will not be forgotten, and you should take as long as you need to process this." Not really knowing whether an embrace will go over, Gren simply pats him on the hand, and returns to Fenton, kissing him on the nose and wiping away tears.
"Nigel, we have this fairy cap that I found. Could you make something out of it? You might be better at the process required to preserve it."
"I will bury him here. Weasels like to burrow and now that his magic is gone he is just a weasel again."
"Could I borrow your traveler's multi tool, please, Ratel?" Father Noelan asks Ratel, before laying Weasel on the ground, then assembling the traveler's any tool into a shovel and digging a small pit in the ground. Then he looks at the poor-lighting in the chimera's den and starts looking for mint seeds.
"I wonder how many graves we'll have to dig before this is over," Father Noelan remarks sadly.
He then places Weasel's body into the grave then starts praying, "Today we mourn the death of our companion, Weasel, who may not have fully understood the reasons on why we fight, but gave his life to protect Fangwood all the same - out of devotion to his friend. As we leave his body here to be returned to the earth to be part of the Great Balance, we ask for Erastil to welcome his soul to the just rewards he deserves."
He then fills the small grave, and plants the mint seeds in the shape of an arrow.
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Nigel breathes a sigh of relief when he sees Hedran nonchalantly standing outside the 'nest'.
"You had us vorried zere, for a vhile..."
When the fairy cap is discovered, Nigel nods.
"I vould suggest drying it - zat should preserve it vell enough, vizout compromising its usefulness."
When Ratel skins the beast, Nigel looks at what is left thoughtfully.
"I zink I might be able to get ze missing ingredient zat I needed from zis beast... its immune system seems to be primed to enable ze mixing of multiple creature grafts..."
He then goes about extracting its bone marrow, and spleen.
Nigel then turns to the others.
"Alright. Shall ve go after ze next castle? I zink zat I might have a very nunpleasant surprise for ze Hobgoblins," he says, smiling nastily.
The party travels through the muddy slough, back into Fangwood forest. Nigel's wolves inform him that they discovered a cave with squat but nevertheless large aggressive beetles.
In the third hour of their travels, they run into 3 fearsome creatures with prominent tusks and unruly green fur.
Ratel recognizes them as canopy trolls and they have 5 regeneration(acid and fire) and have a poisonous sting.
A canopy troll’s tail sting injects a single tumorous lump of its own regenerating flesh into its target. On a failed Fortitude save, this tumor grows beneath the victim’s skin, sprouting bristly hairs and stubby teeth that cause debilitating pain for its host.
The sickened condition lasts 2d4 days before the mass dissolves, though a host can attempt a Fortitude saving throw each day to overcome the pain and ignore the condition. Alternatively, the tumor can be removed with a successful DC 20 Heal check.
Sting—injury; save Fort; frequency 1/round for 3 rounds; effect sickened for 2d4 days; cure special.
Handing Father Nigel the tool, Ratel stands quietly nearby showing his respects.
Nodding in agreement with Nigel, "Yes, let's go clear out the hobgoblins." As they travel, seeing the trolls, he warns the others, "Watch out, these canopy trolls have a poisonous sting it will make you really sick."
Grenwold nods at Nigel, "Sounds good, we can start the process at misthome. It'll be interesting to see if it's an embiggening or ensmallening one. And we should keep storming these castles."
"Ugh, more disgusting creatures." He and Fenton move up, he looks a little faster, and he casts a spell on the assembled foes.
Swift Action - Animal Focus Tiger (+2 Dex)
Move - move 40 ft
Standard Action - Cast howling agony on foes, DC 16 Fort Negates
The red canopy troll is affected but the other two shrug it off.
Hedran cast shield and moves.
Robert and Pila move behind Fenton. +1 Longbow, 2 Arrows on unbordered.
Robert shoots the unbordered troll twice in its ribs.
The arrow wounds inflicted by Robert heal.
One of the trolls approaches Gren,and he strikes at it with his glaive, cleaving a nasty line in its stomach.
The troll attempts to grapple Grenwold to prevent him from using his glaive on its packmates.
Another approaches Grenwold and he also tries to fend it off with his glaive, giving it a nasty gnash on his arm.
The second troll attempts to grapple Grenwold, and manages to grab the little gnome fast.
The last troll moves in and tries to sting Grenwold, but it goes wide.
Grenwold notices that the trolls can squeeze into a square fine, as if they are used to fighting in such quarters, and also seem to be good at grappling.
Father Noelan shoots at the unbordered troll, while Cirieo tries to keep his seat while shooting at unbordered as well.
Father Noelan's arrows bounce off the trolls hide Cirieo manages to stick it in its shoulder.
Working around the brush, Ratel moves north of Hedran follow by bear, pointing at the one in the rear. "Attack this one Bear." as he tries to punch the thing and Bear bites at it.
Ratel manages to punch the green troll while bear savages its stomach.
+1 Longbow on unbordered.
Robert's first shot goes too high as he is trying to avoid hitting Fenton, but his second shot strikes the unbordered troll in its chest.
Grenwold draws his morningstar, then tries to clobber the troll holding him fast, but misses.
He orders Fenton to gore the troll grabbing him, which Fenton does, and the troll collapses on the ground.
The troll on the ground shakes itself up, then begins to bite and claw at Grenwold from the ground.
One of the claws gets through Grenwold's defences.
The red troll begins to bite and claw at Grenwold as well, but they clank off Grenwold's breastplate.
The unbordered troll also attempts to bite, claw and sting Grenwold, and manages to nip Grenwold's arm.
Father Noelan fires at the unbordered troll but the unbordered troll dodges, while Cirieo struggles to remain on Cavall as he reloads.
Cirieo manages to reload his crossbow and he urges the party to move slightly forward.
Worried for Grenwold's safety, Ratel warns, "Watch out for that stinger!" then redoubles his effort to stop the troll, punching, swinging his shield and kicking at the thing as Bear raises on his rear paws and attacks with tooth and claw.
Ratel knocks out the blue troll, then turns on the red troll, pummeling it with a flurry of blows.
The blue troll dodges Bear's claw swipe and a bite, though it is wounded by Bear's claw.
Grenwold shakes off the effect of the attacks and takes a swing along with Fenton, after changing his focus.
Swift- Change from tiger to bull
Standard- attacks on red.
Grenwold clobbers the red troll that goes down, then turns to smack the unbordered troll which also goes down, and Nigel eventually gets over and starts setting all the trolls on fire to kill them.
The night passes uneventfully, and the party sets off the next morning for Fort Trevalay.
No one knows what the rod is.
The next morning, as the party sets out through the Fangwood, they run into 4 venomroaches.
Cirieo urges Cavall eastwards then fires at the red venomroach, punching a hole in its exoskeleton.