Draingore will double move into flanking postition with Bandersnatch while invis. He will be able to full attack next round
Bander opens up with his twin blades
for and
for
for and
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No fires back at the Ettin. Burning a grit.
A nasty stab (single) from the invisible halfling and a flurry of bullets from Bo, and the ettin goes down in an expanding puddle of blood.
"Hey can yall toss a rope down here?"
The invisible pixie takes out a silk rope and affixes it so the less able climbers are able to get up the ledge.
You search the area and find some loot.
The loot consists of 693 gp; 1,240 sp; a velvet pouch containing six 100 gp pearls; a phylactery of positive channeling; and an ivory scroll tube inset with strips of jade (itself worth 300 gp) that contains a scroll of cone of cold, a scroll of hold monster, and a scroll of telekinesis.
(I assume you will all identify the stuff eventually). The pixie already has such a phylactery, so doesn't need one.
There is another 15' ledge at the other side of the cave, but this isn't a serious impediment with flyers present and rope.
You are able to get atop Skulls Crossing
The upper walk of Skull’s Crossing is relatively clear of rubble, though a three-inch layer of water has pooled across much of its surface. Here and there, sections of the dam’s surface have crumbled away, although this damage appears relatively old. A tower of skull-shaped domes sits at the center of the dam’s walk. To the north surge the choppy waters of the Storval Deep, while to the south, the slope of the dam’s face drops away nearly three hundred feet to a muddy lake below.
Sitting among the blocks of stone here are five ogres.
Bo pockets the Phylactery for out of combat channels and moves up.. After getting down the next ledge he continues on..
Bander follows along taking 10 on both Stealth and per cep
Bander takes the scrolls
Bo whispers.. "Might be a good as spot as any to use the Cone of Cold Scroll.."
Works for me. Bander waits till everyone is in position, at least those that are sneaky enough.
Then he reads the scroll
the ice roars out
Only one seems to avoid any of the blast.
We need initiatives.
Ogre inits
Tirion sneaks up beside his brother:
and seeing the scroll in Bandy's hands, Tirion pulls his wand o' Magic Missiles -- when Bandy starts working his UMD on the scroll, Tirion tries to UMD the wand. If it works, he'll target the leftmost Ogre:
for damage
Attacking to get as much splash damage on additional ogres
Splash 12 dc 19 reflex for half
Splash 12 dc 19 reflex for half
Bo and Draingore go first. Draingore's bomb hits his first target, doing a good bit of damage, and the rest have to save:
they all fail, and combined with the damage from the cone of cold they drop.
So they all go down?
Sorry, there is still one standing. He's wearing better armor than the rest and carrying an ogre hook. You've seen a number of his ilk back at the fortress.
Ah.. That guy.. In that case Bo opens fire on him.. Burning a Grit..
using Steel..
Weird..
Bo rattles off a fusillade of bullets taking down the last ogre.
You loot the bodies. Only the one ogre has anything special on him, +1 hide armor and a +1 ogre hook.
You proceed further along the top of the dam to the structure at the center. There are a number of large double doors facing your way. They appear to be damaged, but have been rigged to remain in place. There are also some large skull sculptures up on the side of the building, and the eye holes seem to be windows.
Bo moves up to the doors as fast as he can. Once there he'll wait for the others.
Bandy moves up and peaks through Bo's legs.
Percep for traps
DD if needed
Tirion sneaks into a place where he can provide cover for his brother and Bo:
and scans around for threats:
Draingore follows the others with little enthusiasm
The doors do not have any traps (either set of doors). They are not locked, but appear to be barricaded shut from the inside. It seems that they would need to be forced open (which would make a racket).
Can the little ones fit through the openings? Perhaps they can undo the blockage..
The eye openings are large enough for any of you to fit through. They are really, really big skulls.
Tirion remains hidden, covering the dam with his pistol. He looks back to ensure nothing is approaching the dam whilst the rest are focused on examining the structure:
It is a big building with large skulls as decoration. The eyeholes are large enough to crawl through, and the doors are barricaded.
You notice nothing besides the obvious.
"Alrighty well go through the eye holes then.."
The eyes require a climb check to go through them (DC 10).
Bander takes ten and clambers through after activating a scroll of shield
works
Take 10 stealth as well for a 31
Tirion watches the others climb through the eye-hole from his hiding place near the end of the dam; he listens for chaos:
For those that crawl into the eye of the skull
Need perception checks from those inside.
Bo whispers.. "Got 4 trolls hiding.. Yall gets ready.."
After whipsering to his brethren he'll fire a surprise shot at the closest one..
Steel vs FF.
Bo hits a concealed troll with a meat shot. However the wound does start closing up immediately after being shot.
hearing a shot from within, Tirion hunkers down and watches for reacting forces responding from outside the building.