Callix takes a moment to prepare herself to strike at the troll's neck, then slams the flaming blade down with all her strength.
"Well struck," Letitia says to Callix.
While the others get ready to inspect the other door, she calls out, "Mind the spot where Alec placed the trap."
Then she briefly checks out the room where the two "goblins" were, doing a quick sweep with detect magic.
"Well done" Alec said with a nod. He followed Samuel out of the room to the other set of doors and stood opposite his friend, sheathing his sword and readying his spear.
He took a moment to listen at the doors as Letitia took a quick look around the other rooms.
Callix uses her flaming axe to put a swift end to the last troll.
you find a total of 63 gold pieces scattered around the trolls belongings both on the trolls you killed as well as in their trunks by the beds. otherwise the trunks mostly contain smelly clothing and other worthless effects.
Alec and Samuel are ready to move on, and position themselves at the next doorway.
Alec listens at the door, but the echoing sounds of clockwork in the tower make it really hard to hear anything else
When Alec doesn't hear anything beyond the door, Letitia frowns. "It seems the alarm was not raised, then. Good for us."
She turns to the warpriest. "Callix, you were injured. Do you plan to use the wand? I've a healing hex that can probably remove all your wounds, but I won't be able to use it again on you until this time tomorrow."
Callix says, "Let's use the hex, the wand's charges won't come back tomorrow."
Letitia nods, then places a hand on Callix's shoulder. Healing energies surge through her hands and into the Ulfen.
Callix smiles, "Thank you. Saves me a spell that we might need against the Dragon."
A strange smile touches the corners of Letitia's mouth. "I may be the first Winter Witch who has ever learned that hex. Helping and healing others was not... something I was taught." Her smile fades and she looks away, pensive.
She coughs lightly and straightens. "Well, keeping you all alive works in my favor, certainly."
"And that's how you gained us" Samuel laughs in return to Letitia's thoughts.
"Well, if we cannot hear other than gears clicking, we will have to risk in" Samuel let's others lead on through the door, but if the frontliners hesitate, he does not mind stepping forward and opening the eastern door himself.
Callix returns the smile, "Seems we're all learning some new things," she says softly.
Alec nodded in agreement with Samuel. He took a deep breath and tried the door.
after taking a breather and healing Callix, the group is ready to move on. Samuel listens at the door, and is able to make out some more sounds partially obscured by the loud echoes of the clock tower. he hears a banging metallic noise. it sounds like metal striking metal, but from here it is hard to tell if it is someone fighting or some other piece of machinery.
Alec tries the door and finds it unlocked.
With all the group already prepared, Samuel nods and opens the door "Let's find out what present awaits in door number two"
"Have you ever been into a crockery shop during an earthquake?" Samuel spits to the floor "Because that is nothing compared to the noise we are going to endure here inside..."
"Curse you witches!" the Taldan man opens the door pommel then pushes open the the door with a hard kick on it while pointing with the musket ahead!
My brother was.. is an Alchemist of sorts. I remember when we were younger, he was experimenting with some thing and caused a loud explosion. Woke everyone up, came out covered in soot.
"Soot? That shall have been a fun moment to remember. Well, at least after you calmed down from the explosion alarm" Samuel laughs a bit trying to break up the tense moment "Was your brother self-taught? Varkun, the dwarf that took care of Ariadna and myself when my parents passed away, was also an alchemist of sorts. He taught me how the secret weapons and powder of the Five Mountains dwarves worked"
The Taldan pads his musket while eyeing around the new room.
Entirely self taught, We, my family. Lived outside the Irrisen borders. I hunted with Father, while he stayed home with mother. He... also fashioned these odd little fireworks that explode like your weapon, i believe he used that powder as well. I've always like the children of the stone, loyal and strong. Honorable it's hard to tell what Ashling is thinking as she holds a blank face, her hand on her sword just in case, If... its not to personal, how did your parents pass?
Samuel and Ashling begin discussing their families, but their conversation is cut short as they open the door to find another troll!
the room is lined with weapon racks holding many different sizes of weapons. two armored dummies stand in corners of the room, and a large table sits near the middle of the room covered in scraps of metal and weapons.
in addition to another big troll there is an ugly troll-like creature on four legs. a trollhound.
the troll is sharpening an axe, but is alert enough to notice the door open and yells at the hound to attack
bold may act:
Samuel, Callix, enemies, Alec, Ashling, Letitia
Global Condition: none |Party Condition:
Callix HP: 27/43 - AC: 20/14/16 Status:
Letitia: HP: 30/30 - AC: 17/12/15 Status: mage armor
Alec HP: 42/42 - AC: 19/12/17 Status:
Samuel HP: 41/41 - AC: 19/15/14 Status:
Ashling HP: 22/29 - AC: 18/14/14 Status:NPCs:
Frost Troll HP: ?? | AC: 18 |
Troll Hound HP: ?? | AC: ??|
"My father, Oldar, was a solider, he died during the last war with Qadira, while my mother, Maria, died short after giving birth to..." Samuel's eyes are not distracted by the conversation, eager to shot first ask later, he tries to shot down the trollhound before it can wound his friends.
The Taldan quickly reloads the musket "By the beards of... what's that ugly dog?!"
Callix shrugs, "So far, everything in here has been on the ugly side..
", and slips past the Gunslinger, spinning her axe in her hand as she closes with the hound.
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Samuel and Callix both attack the hound, dealing significant damage to it.
the hound attacks Callix as the closest target, attempting to bite her but Callix fends the attack off.
the hound's wounds start to seal, much like the other trolls you have seen.
the troll moves up, smashing racks of weapons out of the way as it moves and swings its axe at Callix
the whole party may act
Global Condition: none |Party Condition:
Callix HP: 30/43 - AC: 20/14/16 Status:
Letitia: HP: 30/30 - AC: 17/12/15 Status: mage armor
Alec HP: 42/42 - AC: 19/12/17 Status:
Samuel HP: 41/41 - AC: 20/16/14 Status:
Ashling HP: 22/29 - AC: 18/14/14 Status:NPCs:
Frost Troll HP: ?? | AC: 18 |
Troll Hound HP: -21 | AC: ??|
Letitia considers what she might know about the ugly hound.
"The beast seems to heal like a troll! Best you use fire against it!" she suggests while activating her wand. Counter to what she just suggested, a lance of ice juts abruptly from the ground and into the soft underbelly of the troll hound.
Samuel steps back to leave room for Ashling to attack the hound, and then shots over Callix head to reach the troll with a bullet in order to avoid cover "Duck down Callix! Sorry!"
Ashling follows up immediately replacing Samuel in the space as soon as she hears the firing of his gun, Drawing her Scimitar and making and Whirling slash.
Callix starts to move, ducking as instructed when the loud blast happens, making her ears ring. More fire, right... I was saving this for the dragon... She closes her eyes a moment and causes her blade to once more burst into flame as she swings down at the hound. "I was saving it for the last strike!", she says, her voice louder than she realizes (or intends).
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Alec had never seen anything like the troll hound before, but it was an animal and he a hunter. His spear stabbed forward, his shield ready to block the massive jaws of the beast, just like his father had taught him.
together, the party takes down the hound. the fire of Callix's axe keeps it from coming back.
the full troll is hit by a bullet (which starts to heal immediately of course), then attacks Callix
the whole party may act
Global Condition: none |Party Condition:
Callix HP: 24/43 - AC: 20/14/16 Status:
Letitia: HP: 30/30 - AC: 17/12/15 Status: mage armor
Alec HP: 42/42 - AC: 19/12/17 Status:
Samuel HP: 41/41 - AC: 20/16/14 Status:
Ashling HP: 22/37 - AC: 19/15/15 Status:NPCs:
Frost Troll HP: -16 | AC: 18 |
Troll Hound HP: | AC: ??| dead
"That was well invested Callix. One less ice doggy" taking aim once more over the heads of his companions to avoid cover by shooting the higher parts of the taller troll, Samuel discharges another bullet, fortunately the noise in the house muffling the firearm.
The High Sentinel quickly loads another bullet.
Letitia throws her Evil Eye hex at the giant, weakening its aim.
Ashling drops her Scimitar and draws her Bow, seeing the troll well out of her reach and her other companions already in front, she Knocks an arrow and fires
Samuel shoots the troll again, hitting it right in the gut.
Letitia throws a hex at it
it looks a bit distracted by the magic, but Letitia can tell it didn't take full hold.
Ashling shoots wide, arrow bouncing off of a table.
bold may act: Callix, Alec, , Troll, Ashling, Letitia, Samuel
Global Condition: none |Party Condition:
Callix HP: 24/43 - AC: 20/14/16 Status:
Letitia: HP: 30/30 - AC: 17/12/15 Status: mage armor
Alec HP: 42/42 - AC: 19/12/17 Status:
Samuel HP: 41/41 - AC: 20/16/14 Status:
Ashling HP: 22/37 - AC: 19/15/15 Status:NPCs:
Frost Troll HP: -38 | AC: 18 |
Troll Hound HP: | AC: ??| dead
Callix says, "Your turn," spinning the axe in her hand as she tumbles forward to strike at the troll.
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Shield raised, Alec crept forward to stand next to Callix. His spear stabbed forward at the troll's midsection,
Callix and Alec both step in and together add in enough damage to drop the troll to the ground. it's skin is still trying to reform, but it is out of commission for now.
you hear a voice calling out from the Northern doors in giant
Hey, what's all that racket out there?! Thukk, you oaf! quit smashing everything when you get bored!
The whole party may act
Global Condition: none |Party Condition:
Callix HP: 24/43 - AC: 20/14/16 Status:
Letitia: HP: 30/30 - AC: 17/12/15 Status: mage armor
Alec HP: 42/42 - AC: 19/12/17 Status:
Samuel HP: 41/41 - AC: 20/16/14 Status:
Ashling HP: 22/37 - AC: 19/15/15 Status:NPCs:
Frost Troll HP: -55 | AC: 18 | downed
Troll Hound HP: | AC: ??| dead
Samuel walks over the fallen troll and sets himself pointing towards the northern door from where the voice is coming "This place is full of rats. What is that one saying now?"
The High Sentinel readies his musket to shot at the troll behind in case someone opens it and he has a clear line of fire.
Callix says, "Not sure, but I don't imagine it's good." She reaches for her holy symbol, asking, "Anyone spare a light for this troll?" before casting a healing spell on herself.
Letitia starts rummaging into her pack and produces a torch and some flint and steel. "The person on the other door was annoyed at the noise we caused. Apparently this oaf has a habit of breaking things when bored." She gives them a tight smile.
While she starts striking sparks to ignite the torch, she says without looking up, "Alec or Ashling, could you stab the troll a few more times to make sure it doesn't heal before I have this torch lit?"
Callix asks, "Did it sound like another troll, or something else?"
"I don't know what trolls call each other, but I doubt 'oaf' is one of their usual insults. I doubt it is another troll, but I was wrong about the goblins."
She sticks the lit torch into the exposed flesh of the troll.
"Trolls have been pretty dumb so far. But I would not surprise myself if they have a witch or too serving with the dragon" Samuel holds his readied musket and points at the door with the head "Maybe that is what we heard. If it has any fingers of front it will be already wondering why the troll is not answering back with another insult"
"Well, I can't imitate a troll's voice. If you think you're up for it, say this out loud, gruffly." She then strings a series of gutteral sounds together.
"I saw a rat! It was tasty!
Samuel smiles at Letitia, then grumbles Letitia's words loud over the tower's noise trying to sound as gruffly as possible ""
Get ready for an ambush just in case Ashling moves over and prepares to strike should the other thing yelling come in
The troll's skin quickly catches fire, and the regeneration stops immediately. the door to the north opens, and you see a smaller creature, more goblinoid than trollish. it has white fur, and carries an axe made of bone.
Ashling doesn't wait to see what the creature is, and takes a swing at it, doing some damage.
behind the goblinoid you see several cages. inside the cages are 6 small human children. they look like they have not been treated very well.
the goblin yelps as ashling hits him, then swings his axe at her in return
the door to the south quietly starts to open
the whole party may act
Global Condition: none |Party Condition:
Callix HP: 38/43 - AC: 20/14/16 Status:
Letitia: HP: 30/30 - AC: 17/12/15 Status: mage armor
Alec HP: 42/42 - AC: 19/12/17 Status:
Samuel HP: 41/41 - AC: 20/16/14 Status:
Ashling HP: 6/37 - AC: 19/15/15 Status:NPCs:
Goblinoid HP -12 | AC < 21
Letitia frowns in contempt of this creature. She expects it to have a well-honed fear of the White Witches, so she uses that to her advantage.
She shouts at it in Giant.
"You have displeased the Jadwiga! Kneel, you pathetic insect!"