The next area serves as the mites’ common room. There’s enough beds and hanging hammocks in here to cram in over two dozen sleeping mites.
Currently, only six mites occupy this room.
Two pitifully attempt to play a folk song on shabby stringed instruments. Two more sit nearby, jeering and throwing rocks at the musicians. Lastly, a pair of mites lie beneath a ragged sheet reading a book with torn pages. The book is upside down. All six rise up in anger and attack upon sighting your team.
Yighuk bares his teeth at the mites, eager to spill more of the clans blood.
Sszlax follows in after Yighuk ready to smash some more mites.
Oozulla tries to stay behind, ordering her Slave to move in front of her and arm himself with a bow. She loaded her crossbow when she had some time previously.
Ryzztyl steps into the room with the others, prepared to strike with his magic.
Mikmek throws a dart against the nearest Mite, but his damage reduction prevents it doing any damage.
Yighuk advances to engage two of the mites and attacks the western one.
"Bring down those in the back! Don't let them warn the others."
Yighuk hits the Mite with his cold iron dagger 3 damage disabling him, while Szzlax's charge is more devastating 11 damage knocking his target unconscious and near death.
Oozulla moved forward and shot from her crossbow into one of the mites not involved in fight.
She commanded to human, who stuck back and was uncomfortable in fighting in such tight spaces.
Oozulla's bolt hits the Mite, dealing 2 damage to him.
The Mite in the west of Yighuk tires to hit the fighter, but Yighuk is able to avoid it. The mite suffers 1 damage becoming unconscious.
The slave moves to cover her mistress, and use his longbow to shoot the farther Mite. But due to his unconventional position he badly miss the target.
"Damn!"
Ryzztyl steps forward and launches a spark of electricity at the mite in the back of the room.
Ryzztyl's jolt disables the farther mite. 3 damage
Mikmek moves forward 30 ft, going near Yighuk over the body of a fallen Mite.
The disabled mite slowly moves away from the fight.
The mite straight up to him throws a dart towards Szzlax before moving away too. But the dart misses the green barbarian.
The mite straight south to Yighuk throws a dart to him, but the fighter is able to avoid it. Then the mite retreats too.
Last, but not least, the Mite already engaged in Melee with Szzlax attacks him with his dagger. He misses the barbarian, and also while moving away from him provokes an attacks of opportunity too.
Szzlax's attacks knocks the last mite unconscious. 5 damage
Go!
Yighuk ignores the splatter of mite blood that flies from Szzlax's latest attack and charges the retreating mite.
Yighuk charges and hits the Mite previously hitten by Oozulla's bolt, knocking him unconscious.
commanded Oozulla, moving closer and loading her crossbow.
Slave tried to move in tight space, but he only managed to get his sword out as he reached one of the mites.
Witch finished reloading and spelled several arcane words, transforming a piece pinch of wool in her fingers into glowing sparkle and throwing it into mites face.
The mite engaged in Melee by the slave is dazed by Oozulla's spell, meanwhile Ryzztyl's jolt knocks unconscious the disabled mite 3 damage
Szzlax moves forward, stepping in front of Yighuk in an attempt to finish off the remaining mite.
Yihuk smiles. The gesture would appear menacing to non-kobolds but to his drgonkin brothers it is clearly a sign of elation. Splattered in gore and blood and with his tail swishing and twitching he turns to the group, "We bring glory to our tribe once again. Now we finish our task and see these weaklings destroyed! If there are magics you would use before our last battle, now is the time to do so."
Clapping Szzlax on the shoulder he adds, "Now you smash some more and when we return home we feast!"
"Indeed Yighuk, Chief Sootscale will gladly have the tribe prepare a feast once we all will be back home. You really are our tribe's hero!" said Mikmek.
He also asks: "Did some of you have some kind of magic healing? I'm not fully in form, but I think can help you fighting their Chief."
The party searches throw the bodies of the fallen Mite, finding only some others darts and daggers.
Meanwhile the human slave silently moves near and nods to her mistress, his short-sword in his hand, ready for the next battle.
Yighuk preens a bit at the scout masters statement. "The Chief will prepare reward for all of our service to the tribe." he says looking to each in turn.
When he comes to the tortured kobold he notes his still poor condition and says, "Mikmek must be healed further. Use the want upon him."
Ryzztyl pulls out the wand and taps it against Mikmek, activating its magic.
After giving Ryzztyl's magic a few moments to work Yighuk begins moving forward into the next chamber.
After a minute Mikmek seems to feel really better.
"I feel better now, let's crush this blue scum, and take back the sacred Idol!"
The team moves on the next chamber:
Rows of wooden pegs line the earthen walls, some hung with tiny, filthy cloaks. In the center of the room stands a rickety table held together with twine, covered with a filthy red-checked tablecloth and heaped with mounds of dirt and twigs and gravel, apparently arranged to form some sort of map.
Sitting at the edge of the map, weighing down a scrap of paper,
is a bloodstained ivory statuette of Old Sharptooth.
As your team approaches the new chamber, you all can see the enemy's Chief, sat upon a stocky tunnel tick of the size of a bugbear. Mite's Chief Image
The chief is wearing a chain shirt and a buckler, while brandishing a longspear.
In the room there are also 4 others mites, and all of them roars when seeing you.
"FOR THE SOOTSCALE!" Yighuk calls out, emphasizing the battle cry with a solid thump of his dagger upon his shield as he advances.
While waiting, Oozulla reloaded her crossbow and ordered her slave to arm himself with a bow.
Human was doomed to go in front of her, since she wanted to be protected from possible attack, nasty mites have prepared.
As they entered, Oozulla saw a mighty tick and moved her hand to invoke old curse of misfortune upon him, as soon as he was in the area.
Szzlax runs after Yighuk ready to smash some more mites.
Ryzztyl moves to the top of the stairs, ready to bring his magic to bear on the scene below.
Yighuk strikes at the mite next to him.
The mites eyes dull and go blank as it's blood flows from the wound in its neck. Kicking the body off his punch dagger he advances into the thick of things.
Yighuk's first attack is a miss.
And after the first one even the second and the third attacks are a miss for Yighuk.
Sszlax lets out a bit of a grin at Yighuks failed attacks and steps up puffing his chest "I smash for you!" he proclaims while bringing down his weapon on the mite.
Szzlax 5 ft steps and attacks the Mite , his powerful smash is threatening as his words... but totally ineffective against the Mite's defense.
Ryzztyl jolts the north-west mite.
The spell hits the target dealing 3 damage to him.
Mikmek moves on, attacking the Mite already engaged by Szzlax and Yighuk with his natural attacks.
His first claw hits 1 damage, but not the second one. Also the bite hits the target enemy 1 damage
The Mite engaged in melee reacts against Mikmek, but his dagger miss the Scout leader.
The southern Mite throws a dart against Szzlax, but he miss the green barbarian.
The enemy's chief spurs on his tick mount against Szzlax, also his longspear hits Mikmek, dealing 5 damage to the tortured kobold.
Oozulla's slave, following her mistress commands attacks the Mite's chief with his longbow, but doing so he provokes an attack of opportunity from the rider. Both the arrow and the longspear miss their targets.
The enemy on the other side of the table throws a dart against Yighuk, but he miss the fighter.
A Shadow of Misfortune, as the one you previously saw in action, is conjured by Oozulla, and successfully enters the body of the Giant Tick.
The Mite previously hit by Ryzztyl's jolt moves on and attacks Mikmek, but badly miss the scout leader.
The misfortuned giant Tick's bite miss Szzlax... twice.
Obediently, the former bandit drops his longbow and draw his shortsword then he 5 ft steps in Melee range against the giant Tick.
Map updated with Snake token and new slave's position
Yighuk follows up on Mikmeks attack.
Yighuk's dagger hits the Mite 2 damage, he is badly injured but still able to fight. Both the tail and the bite miss their target.
With the mounted mite ordering his mount to attack Szzlax, combined with the frustration of not smashing his previous foe he lets out a vicious sound as he turns his attention toward the mount.
The tick's carapace seems hard enough to avoid the barbarian's attack.
Ryzztl jolts against Mite 3.
It's electricity hits the Mite on the other side of the table, dealing 3 damage to him.
Mikmek focus his natural attacks against Mite 1, hitting him for 1 damage with his second claw attack, and 3 damage with his bite.
After the bite, Mite 1 is knocked unconscious.
Mite 2 replies to Yighuk's attacks, hitting him with his dagger for 2 damage.
Mite 4 throws a dart against Szzlax, but he missed the green barbarian.
The enemy's chief hits Mikmek with his longspear for 5 damage.
He also scream some kind of orders to his minions:
"Call the Whip-tail"
Oozulla's slave focuses his attack against the giant Tick, but due to his uncomfortable position he seems unable to hit the beast properly.
Mite 3 throws a dart against Szzlax missing him. He also moves away near the chasm.
"They will bring centipede!" screamed Oozulla as she checked out aiming and make her shot in rider.
"Let's retreat to choke point" she said and waited for others to react.
Oozulla's bolt miss the target.
Also the shadow of misfortune disappears around the body of the giant Tick.
The human bandit is knocked unconscious by the giant tick's bite 10 damage
EDIT: Updated Map
Hearing Oozullas warning Yighuk spins his head toward the chasm. Seeing the Mite at the edge he calls to Mikmek, "Make room!" and he rushes forward leading with his shield.
Sszlax continues his efforts to smash the mount yelling "Stop move!"