Nicholas uses magic again to attack the woman. The ray of frost hits her and part of her armor shows sign of of frost on it. Moving closer to her target, Iona tries another attack with her sword, but the blade doesn't cut through the armor this time. The woman takes a club out and return the favor to Iona. She feigns in one direction then quickly shift and bring her club up. The weapon knocks Iona on the side of the head, making her see stars for a moment.
Bakji lines up his shot on the woman once again, her clear desire not to surrender quite evident at this point.
Bakji fires another arrow, but this time he is way off the mark. The big lizard licks its jaw just before attack Viktor. The bite gets within a few inches of Viktor's leg, but he is able to move his shield just in time to block it.
Round 3
Iona: Done
Angry Mongrelwoman: Done
Bakji: Done
Mongrelfolk: Unless attacked, they stay out of the figth
Big Lizard: Done
Nicholas: Up
Viktor: Up
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Viktor lashes back at the creature that almost marred him!
Nicholas circles around and releases another blast of frosty energy at the woman.
Viktor uses his warhammer on the large lizard, but the blow just bounces off the thick hide. As for Nicholas, the ray of blue energy misses the woman and hit the wall behind her instead.
Iona's eyes seem to gleam with anger as she turns her full attention to the woman before them, unleashing her wrath upon the woman.
Iona and the mongrefolk seem to exchange blows for blows. Sadly, however, Iona ends up on the losing side of that battle and that last blow sends her to the floor unconscious. The battle was costly for the mongrel woman, she has multiple wounds herself.
Bakji knocks another arrow and lets it fly at the woman.
With Iona falling prone, Bakji has a better view of his target. Sadly, however, his arrow misses the mongrelwoman and hit the wall behind her. The lizard once again tries to take a bite out of the armored Paladin, but fail miserably. It is almost like a divine force is preventing any harm to come to Viktor.
Nicholas fires off another blast of cold energy as he bites his lip watching Ibona fall to mongrelfolk woman. He then circles around to Ibona's side, he could perhaps make sure to stabilize her but that depended much on their attacker, it made no sense to be caught isolated against her. Here he had options.
Viktor chops again!
Nicholas scores another hit on the woman. He can see that she is wearing down, but still able to stand. This time, Viktor's hammer connects with the lizard. The impact sends some scale flying and he felt some of the bones crack under the blow. With one of her target down, she now turns her attention to Viktor, hoping to break down the armored Paladin's defense. Her wounds have weakened her, however, and her weapon just deflects on the Paladin's shield.
Bakji knocks another arrow and tries to put the woman down so that he can concentrate on Iona's condition.
Bakji's arrow gets deflected away by the mongrelwoman's armor. The lizard tries again to sink its teeth in Viktor. This time, Viktor can't bring his shield down fast enough and the teeth find some flesh. Once its jaw gets a hold of the Paladin's leg, it tries to make him fall, but Viktor manages to stay standing.
Nicholas continues to try adding in chipping through her defence with another Ray of Frost.
Viktor growls as his defenses are pierced. With enough time they learn my stance. He goes for another chop.
Nicholas's spell is enough to bring down the woman. As for Viktor, his focus seems to suffer from the bite he took. The Paladin's hammer doesn't even come close to the lizard.
Bakji moves up beside Iona and takes a knee. He quickly asesses her wounds before taking a bit of Iona's sleeve to make into bandages and staunch the bleeding.
However...he struggles massively with the sleeve.
As Bakji struggles with the bandage, the lizard gets once again through the Paladin's defense. This time it gets a good hold on Viktor's leg and the jaw locks in the flesh.
Nicholas fires off another ray of icy energy before drawing a potion of cure light wounds from one of his pouches and holding it out for Bakji in case things were looking bad for Ibona, his eyes were fixed on the beast as it grabs hold of Viktor's leg.
Viktor roars and chops again, this time using their closeness to his advantage.
Looking down at the head of the lizard now holding his leg, Viktor brings down his hammer of the back of its skull. The blow resonates with a loud crack, and the creature goes limp. With Bakji busy trying to stop the bleeding of Iona, the two mongrelfolk use the opening to flee through the door you came in. With the lizard now dead, Viktor is able to see in the room beyond. He notices a rack of hooks hangs from the ceiling, cured slabs of meat dangling from them and filling the room with a smoky aroma. A group of barrels appears to hold other preserved foodstuffs.
"Raaaaaahhh!" Viktor cries his victory and throws the corpse off him. "How is everybody, any injuries that need attention?" Viktor says as he bleeds on the floor.
Bakji shakes his head and takes the potion from Nicholas "She has lost quite a bit of blood. Hopefully with that lizard dead, we should be able to rest a moment and get her conscious again."
"Not exactly the easiest fight but any fight everyone on your side walks away from could be a lot worse." He moves over to help Iona up once she is conscious into a more comfortable position.
Iona still seemed rather wounded, however her bleeding stopped and her labored breath calmed into that one would hear in a slumber.
Viktor steps to Iona's side, kneeling with a grieving look. "I have failed to hold the line for you." His hand glows gently and he places it on her wounds.
He helps Iona to her feet, then uses his hand once on himself to help the worst of the bleeding.
Iona opened her eyes, seeing them around her. "I fell..." She muttered rather ashamed. "I'm sorry." She told them as she tried to get up. "Thank you, for keeping me alive."
Bakji offered Iona a hand and helped her up. "She was quite the...elusive foe. I shall train harder to be better prepared for her type in the future." he simply said as he helped get her on her feet.
He turned towards the new opening and looked at the others. "I assume the creature was in fact her trap, though I dare say it is no longer a threat. I believe the only way forwards is....of course through that room. We could rest if you'd like, I dare say that the lizard looks at least edible. I could start working on turning him into supplies if we rest, though we'd be quite odorous for some time as slabs of meat would have to hang off our packs for another day or two." he said simply.
"We're all still breathing and there's a few less enemies holding us back from the surface. I suppose we can't turn our nose up on a source of supplies right now but hopefully we wont be developing a taste over time for the creatures meat."
With everyone back on their feet, you now have time to explore the two room that are opened. In the small one were the lizard came from, you see a rack of hooks hangs from the ceiling, cured slabs of meat dangling from them and filling the room with a smoky aroma. A group of barrels appears to hold other preserved foodstuffs.
Moving to the other one, you find a larger area. In the southwestern part of this room, stout stone chairs surround a block of larger stone that serves as a table. The table’s top strewn with bone dice and cracked clay jugs. Stained canvas pillows rest on the chairs. A copper bowl filled with coals hangs from the ceiling, filling the room with warmth and an orange glow. In the southeastern corner, you notice a hole in the floor.
"You know. I've been told that holes in the floor and bad." Iona said with a small laugh as she looked to the group. "Shall we look at the other paths or jump down the rabbit hole?" Iona asked.
"Once your finished any healing." Nicholas picks up one of the bone dice and mimes a tossing motion towards the hole before casting light on it. "Might be a good idea to illuminate the area before getting our heads near it!"
Bakji would gather enough supplies to add another couple of days for the group. He didn't want to take them all as far as their provisions, he wasn't a monster and knew that they deserved better than starvation.
Once he rejoined the group, he looked at the others and at the hole. "Looks like the only way forwards. I didn't see any in their smoker or a door leading out the common room."
"Anybody have a light spell? We could put it on a rock and drop it down there." Viktor suggests.
Nicholas holds the glowing dice up to Viktor before tossing it down. "I was thinking something like that. It should make less noise than a stone."
Nicholas tosses a dice down the hole. It falls for about ten feet before hitting the floor. As you observe the room, two mongrelfolk heads appear in the magical light. They look up at the group with a puzzled expression, as if unsure of what to do.
Nicholas arches an eyebrow. "What are you doing down there?" He looks to see if they are dressed any differently, perhaps members of another tribe of mongrelfolk.
Iona looks down that the mongrelmen, brow raised as well. "Should this be the moment we inform them about the woman we killed?" She asked the group. "Don't attack us and you live." Iona called down to them.
Bakji seeing that the others had the 'interrogation' well in hand, simply knocked his bow and stayed back a small ways so that he couldn't be seen. He readied himself to step into the light and fire if he heard anything that raised a worry.
Viktor gives a friendly wave. "Hello! We do not wish to fight!"
The two look at you unsure of how to respond. "Um, we guard this section. Who are you? Are you with the boss?" They are dressed the same way as the others and are armed with clubs.
"Where is the boss right now?" Nicholas decides to try his luck and see if they let slip some useful information.
"What are you guarding it for might I ask?" Iona asked as she tried to play along with Nicholas's plan for more information.
Viktor picks up on what the others are trying to do and idles for the moment. He wasn't much for lying.
"She's not with you?" One of the mongrelfolk answer. "She's not down here." The other one says. At Iona's question, one of them take the lead. "We are guarding the meeting hall and the kitchen." He sounds proud of himself as he answer the question. The other one adds more. "We also guard the private quarters of the boss. They don't give that to just anyone!" They both smile at that, puffing up their chests.
"I think we've got turned about. I was more focusing on the big lizard thing rather than directions, didn't want to walk away missing fingers. Where's her quarters, best to let the guards on duty know we are here."