The duergar snarls in pain at the two elves and snatches a red vial from his apron which he tries to throw on Galinndan. The vial misses badly and sets a section of the wooden floor ablaze. At the same time, three invisible Duergar materialize and strike at the elves! Two land solid blows on Kanzen (15 dam) while the third misses Galinndan. The duergar grunt to each other.
"Good thing these fellows tripped the alarm on the way in. Otherwise they would have caught us offguard."
When it became clear that diplomacy was out the window Eddrikk joins the fray.
Guys, we tripped the alarm. Must've been Kanzen that did it, Galenus says, with a hint of humor on his face.
Galenus holds back waiting to see how his companions fair.
"A little help here, if you wouldn't mind!" Kanzen calls out to his non-reactive companions as he takes multiple blows from the suddenly appearing duergar. Moving like a snake, Kanzen rolls away from the three attackers, then circles behind what appears to be the leader, bloodied blades thrusting forward once more.
Cyurs takes aim at the flame throwing Duergar as "negotiations" fail.
"Piss de alarm, we gotta fire ta put out!" he grumbles.
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Galenus pulls out a handaxe and launches it at the Duergar with the vials.
Then he rushes in.
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Irdril heals Kanzen as a bonus action and then pulls out her waterskin to try and extinguish the flames.
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Irdril extinguishes the flames on the wooden floor planks while the others dispatch the alchemist with heavy blows and redirect the rest of their assault on the duergar warriors. Galenus throws an impressive axe as if something has been frustrating him. Maybe these duergar have been reckless with the safety of others? The remaining duergar reel in pain then continue their assault.
They swing their warpicks at Kanzen and Galinndan but can't manage to strike the agile combatants!
Eddrikk continues to his assault.
Galenus draws his axe and swings at the potion dwarf.
Cyrus' impressive bow-work helps end another Duergar while Galenus and Eddrikk finish one off. The remaining duergar looks at you with angry defiance in his grey eyes.
Galinndan barely seemed to have noticed the flames or their extinguishing, focused as he is on slaying his opponent.
Kanzen rushes forward to assist Galinndan.
Cyrus moves into position for another shot.
Irdril fires some magic at any remaining..
Cyrus and Irdril land some effective shots on the duergar while the paired elven warriors can't seem to achieve successful strikes with their blades. The duergar growls in pain and strikes back, spitefully attacking Kanzen as he is the most wounded.
His war pick lands in Kanzen's shoulder, drawing a small gout of blood. He chuckles slightly to himself, apparently pleased to see that he's dealing some pain on his way out.
Kanzen falls back under the weight of the duergar's blow, holding his blades up in a defensive position, trying not to let on that his vision is swimming.
Galenus brings his axe down on the last deurgar.
Galinndan covers his friend's withdrawal with a pair of flashing blades.
Friend? Yes.
Irdril heals Kanzen another time before firing another blast at the grey dwarf..
Many blows are landed and then Galinndan finishes off the Duergar. You catch your breath in silence as you look around this strange place.
The laboratory contains a work table, a desk, a case of shelves lined with vials, and a dome-shaped oven. All furnishings are made of zurkhwood except the oven, which is made of stone.
The lower level is 10 feet below the laboratory and contains two bunk beds and two small chests, all made of zurkhwood. The door is barred on this side and has closed peepholes at dwarf’s-eye height. Opening the peepholes allows one to see into the room beyond. The bar is easily lifted from this side, but breaking down the door requires a successful DC 20 Strength check.
flasks of acid
vials of alchemist's fire
Alchemical recipes scrawled in Dwarvish (arcana check and Dwarvish)
Two potions of healing
One potion of greater healing
One potion of fire breath
One potion of psychic resistance
A mithral medallion of Laduguer worth 125 gp.
Galinndan searches the room.
Eddrikk will search the beds/sleeping quarters
Galenus will search the shelf of alchemical stuff.
Ya know, it's a shame we had to kill that guy. Based on this collection, he seemed like one cool alchemist.
Cyrus focuses his mind inward while the others search around the room.
Eddrikk doesn't find anything but Galenus determines that, if they took an hour here, they could probably assemble some more alchemical items.
Kanzen addresses his companions. "I think it's safe to say we're in enemy territory here. Waiting for enemies to land the first blow could mean our deaths. I for one feel we need to be on the front foot, and looking for reasons not to engage rather than waiting and reacting to being attacked. If anyone disagrees, you should speak up."
He then looks inside the stone oven.
Galinndan wipes his blades on handy cloth.
"My thinking is similar to Kanzen's on this matter. He who strikes first often gets to strike last."
Irdril will help search the bed areas as well.
Cyrus determines that there are thousands of humanoids within 5 miles, 4 miles, 3 miles, 2 miles, and 1 mile. Most of them are above you. There are a lot of groups.
Cyrus can tell that there are no humanoids within 100 ft.
None of the investigators find anything more of note! The group ponders whether to stay and collect alchemical ingredients or to move through the door.
Welp let get a move on, we're burnin' daylight.... er whatever.... Eddrikk heads for the door, and will move through it unless stopped.
Galenus will gather up all the supplies from the alchemist, and follow along.
Eddrikk opens the door and finds a T in the tunnel where he can head left or right. To the left he sees a room with crates and many fungi growing in a pit as well as a large copper tank likely holding some liquid. There's a strong smell of decay coming from that room! To the right is another door.
"Let us try the door which reeks less."
Aye good call Eddrikk opens the door to the right.
Galenus thinks the scrap of paper might be worth preserving... but he's not that sure about it...
The door opens and you can turn right or go straight. Going straight soon yields an opening where you can turn left or continue forward.
Keep to the right
Foul water from the Darklake spills into this cave, forming a pool. The ceiling in this cave is 80 feet high. The chamber splits into two paths surrounding the large pool, filled by water trickling from stalactites along the ceiling. The western path forms a ramp above the pool’s surface, while the eastern path runs level with the water and continues into a tunnel opening. The water turns darker toward the center of the pool, where it transforms from a gentle swirl into a churning vortex.
You see a derro sneaking along the easter path wearing an odd hat from which tentacles flap. It's Droki!
Galinndan begins to trail the derro, whether to follow or ambush later.
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Kanzen notices Galinndan about to totter into a discarded bucket and grabs his elbow, steering him around it before the elf can kick it noisily.
Irdril moves along as quite as possible.
and apparently trips over her own feet..
Galenus tries to keep up, paying more attention to deciphering the notes than walking.
But when push comes to shove and the time for action is needed, here's there in full attention. He does his best to stay quiet so they can quickly catch the Derro.
Cyrus trots along with the others keeping as quiet as he can manage.