"Des Gnomes build da strangest things." Cyrus comments while he takes the sighs in.
Odak looks at the winged statues and rubs his stubby finger along the crystalline structure. He then sticks his finger in his mouth trying to capture the taste of the crystal. ”Hrmm, salty.”
As Odak nears the statues up the stairs on the raised floor, the statues begin moving and they look hostile!
Galenus throws the vial he had in his hand at one, unsure if it's close enough for him to reach.
Galinndan draws his bow and launches an arrow at Galenus' target.
These are gargoyles, animate stone creatures. They are immune to poison.
Gargoyles resist bludgeoning, piercing, and slashing from nonmagical attacks that aren't adamantine. They are immune to the exhaustion, petrification, and poisoned conditions.
Zoltan and Galinndan land shots on the moving statues but they don't have much effect, only chipping off a slight amount of stone.
Cyrus fires off a shot at one of the stone creatures.
Gargoyles, Galenus proclaims. Nasty critters. Normal weapons don't effect them as much as you might thing, even though it's kind of common sense that a sword ain't gonna do much to a damned rock.
Cyrus lands a nice shot in the neck but it doesn't chip off as much stone as he might hope.
Galinndan has no idea what these creatures are, but feels no great need to find out just now.
A shadowy blade erupts from Ofak’s Stone hand and he charges the closest gargoyle.
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One of the gargoyles flies at Odak and claws at him but misses twice. The other attacks Kanzen, landing one blow (for 8 damage). It seems like this battle will take a while as the statue-creature resist your blows but their threat does not seem to dire. Suddenly, the ground rumbles and a massive creature of earth rises out of the ground under Zoltan, striking at him hard with two fists of solid earth (25 damage!).
The new arrival is a crazed earth elemental. It resists non-magical weapon attacks but is weak to thunder.
"Tsk, it's an ambush me boys!" Cyrus calls out after a passing shot at the gargoyle.
Galinndan is still ignorant of these creatures, and their ally, except of what he's witnessed right now.
It is enough to convince him to switch to steel, and to advance on the newcomer!
It's an earth elemental! And it's crazy! We're here, boys! This is what we need! Just a chunk of that guy there and we can retreat out of here.
Anyone got some good thunder magic? That'll knock a chunk off for sure!
Meanwhile, Galenus prepares a vial of liquid fire and throws it at the elemental.
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They all be made of the rock itself! This place don’ be wantin’ us here.”
Odak again swings at one of the gargoyles choosing not to engage the large stone creature just yet.
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Odak strikes the nearest gargoyle and wreaks havoc with its mind. Kanzen slashes twice at the gargoyle that is in his face
and smites the statue with holy light!
Altogether, the group has done enough damage to bring down one of these tough creatures but their attacks are spread over all three so all keep on fighting. The earth elemental swings twice at Zoltan's double very hard but its fists merely slam into the earth. The crazed elemental is uncharacteristically wily and turns away from the illusion, deeming it unimportant. Odak and Kanzen both manage to dodge the gargoyle bites and claws directed at them!
Galinndan focuses on the looming, rocky threat before him, and strikes once again!
Galenus throws another vial of fire at the elemental.
Focus on the elemental! he calls out.
With Galenus's shout Cyrus turns his focus on the elemental.
Sensing weakness, Odak grins and swings extra hard at the creature. His over confidence possible being to his detriment.
Cyrus lands a shot in the elemental while Odak misses the gargoyle in front of him. Kanzen keeps striking at the gargoyle facing him.
Kanzen lands one solid blow on the gargoyle and calls out to his goddess, empowering the blade in light to harm the creature more. Chips of rock fly off the gargoyle, leaving it almost dead. In rage, the creature and its stony allies strike back!
Kanzen is hit twice hard by the gargoyle fighting him (7 damage) while Odak is struck once (8 damage). The earth elemental turns on Galinndan and strikes him one mighty blow (14 damage) while his other fist slams into the ground right next to the agile elf, who dances out of the way.
Galinndan spins around after dodging the second blow of the stone creature and strikes back!
We've almost got him! Galenus declares, whether it's true or not.
He throws another vial.
Cyrus fumbles around with his bow like an idiot.
Taking the blow from the Gargoyle, Odak maintains his focus but cannot seem to find any holes in the gargoyles defenses.
Galenus lands a shot on the tough elemental but it seems like his confidence may be exaggerated as Galinndan and Cyrus both miss wildly. Zoltan casts bless to help the party (on Galinndan, Cyrus, and Odak to add 1d4 to attack rolls and saves). Kanzen attacks twice.
Kanzen strikes one blow and then follows up with a magnificent strike and his blade glows white as he destroys the gargoyle. He then moves down the steps with a look of silent determination on his face to help deal with the elemental.
The gargoyle facing Odak continues slashing with its claws, landing one blow (6 dam) and missing the other.
The earth elemental smashes its fists into both Galinndan and Kanzen, harming each (9 to Galinndan and 11 to Kanzen).
Knowing that either he or the elemental will fall soon, Gallidan tries to ensure that it will be the elemental!
Keep going!
Cyrus growls and fires another shot. "Der ain't enough arrows in de Underdark for dis thing."
Odak grimaces as a cramp tightens in his hamstring causing him great distress, even in combat.
The stone enemies attack again and Odak is struck (8 dam) once then missed by the gargoyle while Galinndan is struck once (12 dam) by the mighty earth elemental and Kanzen is missed.
Kanzen lashes out furiously to try to attack the elemental and makes some impression.
Left barely standing after the latest blow, Gallindan still refuses to yield or slow his blows!
Cyrus continues to fire at the elemental.
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Working through the cramp, Odak is surprised to see his unsteady swings were still accurate.
Odak continues making a serious impression on the mind of stone before him but the gargoyle strikes back!
Meanwhile, Cyrus' arrow chips a little bit of earth off the elemental while Galenus misses and Galinndan strikes a solid blow.
The gargoyle knocks Odak to the ground while the earth elemental knocks out Kanzen.
It looks like the earth elemental is about half destroyed while the gargoyle is as well.
Zoltan rushes closer to Odak and casts a spell to bring his friend back to consciousness.
Galinndan internally winces when he sees Kanzen struck down, and Odak out of the edges of his vision. But he is still determined to fight on!
Shaking off the cobwebs, Odak looks around for Zoltan who’s words brought him back to the wakeful. ”Did we win?” he asks before clearing his blurry vision and realizing the gargoyle was still a threat. Standing to his feet, deciding to get his wits about him before continuing.