Once his friends are away from the door, Ulrich opens it and shouts a command to the dogs which do not seem to mind much.
Instead, one of the canines dashes towards Ulrich, its fangs visible and ready to strike.
Reacting to an approaching threat, Elyna blasts a flame at the dog while Pahleg throws a bolt of lightning at the dog.
The rushing dog tackles Ulrich while biting him, knocking him down.
A figure cloaked in crimson robes slowly approaches from behind the dogs. His stature and green skin showing under the hood suggest he is a half-orc. "..."
Round 3
Elyna backs out slightly and gathers fire to hurl it at the canine assaulting Ulrich, "So much for muzzles."
Round 3
"So much indeed, it looks like we will have to fight now." he comments as he moves past Elyna towards the second wolf and the half-orc. He thrusts his rapier directly at the creature, finally delivering the charged spell he had been holding for the larger part of the day.
Half-orc 18
Kekkle 16 -> 14
Pahleg 15
Elyna 14+
Kekkle 14
Wolf2 14- rip
Wolf1 9
Ulrich 0
Round 3
The cloaked half-orc approaches the door.
Pahleg throws another bolt of lightning, this time aiming at the wolf at the back, but misses the mark.
Elyna's fire crisps the wolf that tackled Ulrich down. It lets no sound as it collapses down.
Kekkle jumps over Ulrich, avoids a pool of burning liquid next to the wolf, and thrusts his rapier at the creature. The wolf does not seem to mind the weakening effect of chill touch, but does let out a silenced yelp.
The remaining wolf leaps at Kekkle, in an attempt to bite him. Kekkle readjusts his position to avoid the attack.
Round 4
Ulrich rises, armor clanking like silverware thrown down a stairwell.
"You had your chance, beast!", he shouts, swinging his blade at the wolf.
Longsword:
Round 4
Kekkle takes his focus from the wolf momentarily to address the half-orc. "I don't know who you are, and I don't much care. Stand down now, I don't wish for any further bloodshed."
An ironic statement, given that he is attempting to stab the wolf yet again.
Pahleg 15
Elyna 14+
Kekkle 14
Wolf2 14- rip
Ulrich 0
Ulrich stands up and rushes into the room, past Kekkle and the remaining wolf.
Round 4
Without a word, the cloaked half-orc raises his arm and casts a spell. Fire erupts from his hand.
The sudden attack catches Kekkle off guard, who was not expecting friendly fire. He falls down unconscious.
Seeing a sudden blast of flames, Pahleg enters the room and channels energy. Kekkle regains consciousness, but is still weak.
Elyna enters the room and shoots fire. The silent pyromancer goes down.
Combat over.
With no obvious threats in sight, you investigate the assailant. His crimson cloak appears to be magical. A shortsword, previously unseen, hangs on his belt.
Cloak
A rough, red cloak with a hood.Use detect magic spell and Spellcraft skill to determine the effects of this item. Use Appraise skill to determine the value of this item.
Hellfire, true to its name, appreciates the use of fire as a weapon. This practise dates back older than even the founder is aware.
Masterwork Shortsword
Shorter than the standard longsword, shortsword is about 2 feet in length.Masterwork shortsword. Worth 31 souls.
Like its older brother, shortsword is a popular weapon, characterized by its ease of use. True warriors, however, prefer heavier blades.
"Well he was a pushover. That'll teach ya to mess with the grown ups when it comes to... firey stuff...", Elyna's attention shifts from the half-orc to Kekkle: "Ah crap, Pahleg, do you have any of your fabulous healing juice left?"
Ulrich shakes the estus flask. "I got this, too."
He looks over at the felled half-orc.
"Apparently he was Hellfire- I reckon he's lost his mind completely by this point. But we can at least confirm...", he says as he trusses up the flame tossing half-orc.
Ulrich ties up the unconscious enemy pyromancer.
"Kekkle- care for a hit?", Ulrich says, offering the estus flask. "Best to save a draught for Pahleg in case of emergency, but we might as well use it so long as it comes back."
Pahleg channels some moar!
Pahleg channels energy and heals his allies. Kekkle is no longer disabled.
Advancing past the blazing chamber, the party finds itself on one side of a long, 20 feet wide tunnel. Just like in the previous chamber, numerous pools of burning oil fill the tunnel. The burning oil produces light in the dark tunnel , but the smoke that rises from it may hamper one's vision. Luckily some tiny holes, an inch in diameter, can be seen on the ceiling: otherwise breathing might become a problem.
As Ulrich takes a step forward, an arrow whistles right by him, landing on the wall in the back. It had come from beyond the smoke, and indeed, the one who shot it is visible, if a bit obscured by the smoke. A humanoid shape, for sure, but any details beyond that may be challenging to identify. "..."
Ulrich marches forward, carefully picking his way around the flaming oil to get the wall on his left side.
Perception 1:
Perception 2:
Kekkle tries to follow quietly behind Ulrich. Given that they just tangled with a nasty mute, he opts to remain silent as he goes.
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Pahleg 13
Kekkle 9
Ushio 6
Ulrich 5
Round 1
Another arrow whistles from beyond the smoke, aimed at Pahleg. It finds its way to Pahleg's shoulder.
Kekkle advances in the hazy tunnel Kekkle notices an archer standing behind a pool of oil, just about to nock another arrow. He appears to be a young male human with blondish hair. Kekkle points in his direction as a sign for others.
At that moment, another arrow flies at Kekkle, coming from farther in the tunnel. It flies way off.
Ushio advances.
Ulrich follows after Kekkle. Had it not been for Kekkle's warning, he wouldn't have known where to look, but now Ulrich sees the enemy archer.
Round 2
Elyna gathers the flames whilring around her in between her hands and releases a blast at the would-be sniper but with the flames between her and the target the shot goes wide.
Round 2
Kekkle ducks as the arrow passes by him. He quickly channels energy into his off-hand with only a thought and rushes the width of the room to deliver it to the archer.
Round 1
Elyna gathers the flames and releases the blast at the sniper's direction. Or so she thought, as the attack misses wide.
Round 2
"Agh, come on!", with the first blast gone wide, she attempts the same trick again.
Ulrich advances on the archer nearest him, grimly striding between the flames before lashing out with his sword.
Longsword:
Perceptions (if necessary):
"Bah, shadowy coward!" Pahleg picks up a rock and casts light on it, then tosses it down the hallway.
Miss chance for concealment (nearly forgot!):
Archer3 20
Elyna 17
Pahleg 13
Kekkle 9
Archer2 6+
Ushio 6
Ulrich 5
Round 2
The visible archer takes a step back, nocks an arrow and fires it at Ulrich. Ulrich's shield arm is quicker, and the arrow sticks to the wooden shield.
Elyna attempts another fire blast, this time hitting the mark with efficiency: the archer goes down.
Pahleg picks up a pebble (which seems quite thrilling), casts light on it, and tosses it down the hallway.
Kekkle channels energy into his off-hand with only a thought and rushes forward in the tunnel.
As he does so, he begins to see two more shapes amidst the smoke, one right next to him. With a bow in hand and expressionless face, this person seems like a fetchling male. Hard to say about the other one.
The fetchling archer turns to Kekkle and fires his bow. Kekkle dodges to the side, avoiding the shot.
Ushio rushes forward, avoiding fire and fired arrows, moving past his kin.
Ulrich , with the archer already defeated, advances in the tunnel.
Round 3
Ulrich swings his blade at the archer before him.
"Setting yourself against us was your biggest mistake, friend!"
Longsword:
Crit confirm roll and extra damage:
Miss chance:
Round 3
Kekkle curses as his first stab misses the archer and attempts again, though this time he knows that the fetchling is unable to defend itself and so he moves with impunity.
Having run out of targets in range, Elyna sprints forward weaving between the flames.
Enemy4 18
Elyna 17
Pahleg 13
Kekkle 9
Enemy2 6+
Ushio 6
Ulrich 5
Round 3
An arrow, fired from further in the tunnel, flies towards Ushio. Ushio gasps in pain.
Followed by another one, aimed at Ushio as well. The second shot seems to leave a painful wound on Ushio, who is now barely conscious.
Elyna runs towards the action, followed by Pahleg.
Kekkle maneuvers behind the fetchling archer, who is now effectively surrounded but still defiantly evades Kekkle.
Kekkle notices yet another humanoid shape at the farthest end of the tunnel, likely another archer.
The surrounded archer drops his bow , takes a sidestep , draws a dagger and stabs Ulrich with it. Ulrich blocks the attack.
Ushio remains calm and does not move, to prevent his wounds from becoming more severe, still providing a flank for-
Ulrich, who takes a step to his left and starts slashing at the enemy. The evasive fetchling still hangs on, but seems just about to fall down
Round 4
Pahleg moves to Ushio and places a glowing hand on him.
Round 4
Ulrich swings his blade like a headsman, looking to fell the archer in front of him...
Longsword:
Miss chance:
The knight cleanly separates head from neck in a brief spurt of blood, sending the severed appendage flopping to the floor. He shakes droplets of gore from his blade before following after Kekkle.
Enemy4 18
Elyna 17
Pahleg 13
Kekkle 9
Enemy2 6+
Ushio 6
Ulrich 5
Round 4
Third archer nocks an arrow and shoots at Kekkle landing a hit.
Simultaneously the fourth archer does the same at Ushio. The arrow grazes him, and while the wound is not deep, Ushio falls down unconscious.
Elyna shoots a fireball at the archer in the distance. However, Ulrich and Ushio get in her way.
Pahleg moves to Ushio's side and heals him, bringing him back to consciousness.
Kekkle advances and takes a stab at the third archer, but the archer's armor absorbs the hit. Kekkle sees this one is a female human, her tanned skin tone suggesting Zinn origin. Her face, like all the other archers so far, shows no emotion.
Archer number two clumsily attempts one final stab at Ulrich, but in vain.
Ulrich cleanly decapitates the fetchling. Accompanied by a spurt of blood, the head flops on the floor as its body fades to ashes and dust.
Round 5
The Zinn archer hops backwards and shoots at Kekkle. Kekkle's wounds start to feel heavy.
The last archer also targets Kekkle. In spite of his wounds, Kekkle finds strength to dodge the arrow.
After a few more seconds of gory battle, the party emerges victorious.
Combat over.
Obtained 34 souls.
From frisking these four assailants, the party finds 3 longbows (1 of which is masterwork), 1 shortbow, a total of 35 arrows, 4 daggers, 4 suits of leather armor.
In addition, one of them was holding onto a strange talisman. Another one had a pendant on her neck.
Longbow
A standard instrument of archery: easy to use, difficult to master. Fires arrows.Standard longbow. Worth 8 souls.
Even the ancestors during the Era of Bones understood the importance of ranged combat. The oldest bows date back millennia.
Shortbow
The most basic instrument of archery. Fires arrows.Standard shortbow. Worth 3 souls.
Even the ancestors during the Era of Bones understood the importance of ranged combat. The oldest bows date back millennia.
Arrows
Ammunition for bows.Standard common arrows. 30 of them are worth 1 soul.
Don't forget.
Dagger
A dagger that has a blade 1 foot long.Standard dagger. Worth 1 soul.
The backstabber's perfect tool. Most dangers in the Labyrinth come head-on, but the most vicious ones may be caused by betrayal.
Leather Armor
Armor, made up of pieces of hard boiled leather carefully sewn together.Standard leather armor. Worth 1 soul.
Typical hide used is that of cattle's. Seeing as there are very few animals in the Labyrinth... what manner of creature's hide is this made from?
Ember
A talisman dripping in something red. Comfortably warm.Consume to restore 1 point of ability decrease caused by death, to ability of choice. If there is no ability decrease, restores hit points lost instead.
Rare substance drained from the crusader corpses from the Era of Bones, whose inner fire yet lingers.
Pendant
A pendant made of fool's gold. Scratched and old, the only value it has is sentimental.Weighs - lbs. Worth 0 souls.
Apparently this pendant offers some mental comfort for its original wearer, but to an outsider it's just junk.
Kekkle goes about finishing off the survivors.
"Perhaps this is something I should be reluctant to admit..." he says "But I really wish they would scream. It makes me uncomfortable, the incessant silence on the part of most are foes 'till now. If not screaming then groaning, grunting, I'd even take insults at this point."
Third archer nocks an arrow and shoots at Kekkle Attack: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (12) + 6 = 18 Damage: 1d8 ⇒ 7 landing a hit.
The Zinn archer hops backwards and shoots at Kekkle. Attack: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (12) + 6 = 18 Damage: 1d8 ⇒ 5 Kekkle's wounds start to feel heavy.
Kekkle executes the survivors.
Obtained 18 souls.
Obtained 37 souls.
Obtained 36 souls.
"Given the trials we have endured as a unit, we should be able to admit as much to each other. I agree; these glassy-eyed fools disturb me and I hope that we shall not share their fate. More lucid company would be welcome."
Ulrich sighs, picking over the items left behind.
"A bow is wasted on me, as my eye is a serious liability. But I shall take one if the rest of you have little interest. Pahleg or Elyna- perhaps you'd like this crossbow and I'll take a longbow? Or we can leave this all as grist for our friend the Merchant."
"Don't have a need for weapons. I just wish one or two of them were a little shorter. I'd look like a child stumbled through her father's wardrobe in one of these. Those trinkets look intriguing though. Anyone hazard a guess what they are? Think they're madical perhaps?" Elyna says looking at the armor as well as the pendant and talisman left behind.