Svetlana nods in agreement to the arrangement with the kobolds. She cared little what happened to the Idol, but Ulryk's point about selling it was a good one. Money can buy items that might help with our endeavors. The priestess was surprised the shaman was so close by, given that this time he did not choose to involve himself in the negotiations. But ever-flexible, she just smiled and trotted after the group as they approached the shaman's lair.
Initiative, if needed
As the party approached the shaman's lair, Damen caught Ulryk's eye and in a low voice said, "I'll hang back as rear guard. We're not exactly in friendly territory here."
As they walked he stretched his arms, already tired from the battle against the mites and the long day. His eyes darted this way and that, watching for any signs of ambush.
These were Kobolds, not mites and for whatever reason - in Ulryk's mind that made all the difference between being pests that needed to be exterminated and sentinent races that deserved a chance at parlay or the very least surrender.
He turned to Kent and Svetlana, asking that they send forth their illuminating light as he stepped forward with his own weapon drawn.
"prestur sem þú hefur verið steypt af stóli. Ættbálkurinn þarf ekki lengur né vill þig innan þess. Að berjast við okkur er heimskulegt leitast að mun leiða í aðeins þinn endir. Gefast upp fyrir okkur núna og þú munt lifa og kannski finna hamingju annars staðar." He growled out in draconic. Surprising and murdering the shaman wasn't what the noble warrior had in mind.
Kent casts Glitterdust at the shadows (radius 10 ft so a very big area) DC 17 will save or become blind even if they make the save they are still outlined with Glitterdust giving -40 penalty on Stealth checks.
"Let's make things clear"
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Round One
The party arrange themselves to confront the kobold shaman. Svetlana casts light on Ulryk's polearm as he advances to the entry of the creatures lair, demanding the monsters surrender. Kent, taking matters into his own hands, cast a spell which fills the area in front of the party with glittering mottes of light that fall gently like snow.
Also taking a more direct approach, Brigid sends 2 arrows flying at the shadowy figure off to one side. Finally, Damen keeps back with Svetlana; protecting the rear of the formation.
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As all these different actions occur a number of outcomes become clear. The shadowy figure that was spotted in the cave was just that, a shadow. As the glitterdust spreads into the area, the shadow melts away right before your eyes. At the same time an unreasoning fear grips (Going by initiative )Brigid and she move as fast as she can away from the shaman's lair, leaving the others staring in confusion as she almost bowls them over.
Round Two
Kent
Brigid - Make will save to become shaken
Svetlana
Ulryk
Damen
Shaman
Kent moves the dancing lights into the cave and moves back into position.
As Brigid fled past him, Damen reached out to grab her, to get some answers, but caught off-guard his grab missed her. His words trailed off half-uttered, "H- what...?"
She saw the shadowed movement and fired without hesitation. She was anxious to finish this. The arrows went into the darkness, and she listened for the unmistakable sound of them striking flesh. Instead, something welled up out of the darkness and gripped its icy claw around her heart and squeezed.
Fear assaulted her. Fear was something that she had believed she had left behind on the icy rocks of Whitehelm. So many things had she left there with it; joy, exuberance, hope. Love. Why feel fear if you have none of those to lose?
But this new attack swiped away all reason, and everything else that she brought with her to this new land. Her pain, sorrow, grief and anguish, all replaced by the one thing she had believed she could feel no longer. Fear.
Don't run. Run and you're dead. If you run, you die. Face your death. All the lessons from the line of Bardagamaður taught to Yfirmaður and carried down to Stjórnandi faded from her mind.
Brigid broke and ran.
Well if we can see the shamen now then I'll shot another gillerdust at him. DC 17 will save
Unable to position himself and attack at the moment, Ulryk did the next best thing. Rushing into the cavern, he spun the Ranseur within his grasp and rushed to the cavern wall alongside the narrow opening that the wicked kobold Shaman hid. Flattening his back to the wall, he held his weapon at the ready. Outside the shaman's view for the moment, he waited for the creature to emerge or for more of his allies to get into position.
While it seemed that the Shaman would see him run into the cavern room, it did not seem likely that he would know exactly where he went and Ulryk went under the perhaps misguided conception that spells required line of sight.
His chance at catching Brigid gone, Damen was briefly torn between following her, remaining where he was, or moving forward to help Ulryk and Kent. The hesitation only lasted a moment: the shaman was the greatest threat right now.
He skirted past Svetlana with a worried smile dimly lit by the flickers from the magical lights, and then he was deeper into the shaman's home. Ulryk stood against one wall, and not far beyond him there was the shaman. "Here we go," he said, more for himself than anyone else, and as he hustled forward he added to the shaman, "This would all be a lot easier if you just surrendered!"
Seeing her unwounded allies surround the shaman, Svetlana's thoughts turn to Brigid. The priestess promptly turns and trots out of the cave looking for the fleeing archer.
Kent starts casting enlarge person on the shamen.