"Let Gnasher push." Making sure he doesn't step on Gurrr or Yrdex, Gnasher lowers his shoulder against the door, giving a heave and attempts to push it open.
Yrdex's eyes grow wide as he takes in the sight before him. Having lived in caves beneath a desert his whole life, this may well be the highest concentration of plant life he's ever witnessed. "It's - Beautiful."
"Friend Yrdex, I agree. This place is beautiful indeed."
Kona begins once again taking notes, and what appears to be sketches.
"Smell funny in here... Where go now?"
He looks about to see if there are any other exits from this cavern.
'This many plants in the desert isn't right.' Gnasher enters the cave, carefully avoiding any plants, looking around for anything of value. "Gnasher not like so many plants, Tribe look around and leave?"
"For a garden like there, there is likely a Druid about. I have heard they can be dangerous, but I can't see anyone who made something like this trying to kill us" says Kona as he walks in and begins looking around.
Abdalrahman follows the others into the cave and looks around, specifically at the plants.
Poresh ducks in behind the others and starts looking around.
As the group moves into the garden, Kona continues to take notes, while also collecting plant samples; he holds the open bag in his mouth, while using one of his back legs to balance on and using his other two legs to take notes.
Unable to speak because of the bag in his mouth, he simple nods as he collects samples.
'So unnatural, how could a place like this thrive.' Looking uncomfortably as Kona handles the plants, Gnasher tries to warn his studious friend, "Gnasher think Kona need be careful, tribe not know what plants capable off."
Gnasher carefully moves through the room to the other door, attempting to open it, by turning the door handle and pushing hard.
Abdalrahman moves up behind Gnasher, scimitar still in his hand, as the big gnoll tries to open the door in the far wall.
Yrdex looks about the room with wonder and no small degree of indecision. Part of him wants to follow Kona's lead and take it all in, but he turns to Gnasher instead. He's here on a mission, Aspu would have him see it through.
Gurrr moves up behind Gnasher and peers at the flying stirges... of course he has no idea what they are. "FLying pugwawas?"
Gnasher shrugs his shoulders, "Maybe pugwampi's larva, like bugs, Gnasher not know." Gnasher carefully looks around the tower, after his search he heads through the door heading west,
Finishing his samples and notes, Kona stows his gear and follows behind the group. "We should be careful here."
Abdalrahman looks up at the flying creatures and tries to recall anything he may know about them.
"Those are stirges. They suck the blood of their prey. Like giant mosquitoes. They carry disease, as well. Be careful."
"We need to remove them as well as the pugwumpi if we are to use this building as a base of operations. Anyone got a giant fly swatter?"
"I betcha they're tasty." The kobold muses as he licks his lips.
Gnasher snarls at the Stirge's "Bug-birds should have flown off."
Seeing the stirges come swooping down, Poresh reacts by creating a spray of bright colors to distract them.
Yrdex draws his hammer and looks warily up at the stirges.
Kona will watch the stirges move and wait until both are within a 20' cone, then unleash his lightning breath on them.
Gurr moves so if a stirge passes between him and Yrdex, and readies to attack any stirge that comes in range.
+2 if it passes between him and an ally (ie flanked)
plus if flanked
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Both Stridge dive down, aimed at the gnoll, however as soon as they approach Kona unleashed a blast of lightning
They manage to avoid the worst of the attack, however they are now wounded. One Stridge lunges for gnasher from above
The bloodsucker latches on to gnasher. The other goes to attack Yrdex, but the Kobold knocks it out of the sky, where it likes motionless on the ground
Gurr moves to the stirge attached to Gnasher and strikes at it...
plus
Yrdex scampers to Gnasher and brings his hammer up to strike. He pauses mid swing, however, deciding he isn't coordinated enough to hit the stirge and not the gnoll.
Kona will carefully swipe his claw at the stirge.
"Sorry if I hit you Gnasher. I'm trying to help!"
Releasing the polearm with his right paw, Gnasher begins to rage, His paws grow into overly large claws, his eyes glow red, his fangs enlarge and he begins to froth at the mouth, his brown hide takes on a red-orange cast to it, emphasizing his Yaenit heritage, He rakes at the stirge with his paw. "Stupid birdbug"
Gurr goes to the twitching stirge and tries a coup de grace on it...
plus - Not an impressive strike he thinks, but he hopes it's enough to kill the thing, or at least drop it to the point it's no longer twitching.
Poresh helps finish off the unconscious stirge if it manages to survive Gurrr's strike.
Yrdex stares, slack-jawed, at Gnasher's hulking form. "You get even bigger."
releasing the rage, Gnasher returns to his normal shape, lifting up his claws showing them to Yrdex "When Gnasher enraged claws grow, get bigger and sharper, but not really bigger all over." he lulls his tongue in a gnoll smile, "Just bigger where needed."
Gnasher nods toward the hallway to the west, "Tribe keep moving?" with Guisarme in hand he moves through the hallway, into the square room Keeping a keen eye out, before he goes further, he checks the room over his left shoulder.
After taking a moment to process Gnasher's explanation, he quickly hustles to follow the gnoll, keeping his eyes peeled.