His crossbow assembled, Orendel looses a bolt at the sentinel Dougal's rapier is harassing.
"I bloody HATE attacking from a distance!" he cries as the bolt sails off into the dark.
Sentinel Cavern - Round 3 - continued
23 Orendel (13hp dmg)
22 Meghan (dazzled, 4 rds)
12 Blue Sentinel (7hp dmg)
9 Cherry
7 Silvio (expeditious retreat)
5 Dougal (spiritual weapon, 2 rounds remain)
Orendel's first crossbow bolt flies well off into the darkness.
Meghan calls forth positive energy healing her allies, and trying to keep Orendel in the fight.
The sentinel discharges another arc of electricity, this time aimed at Silvio.
Rather distracted at the banter slash complement that precedes the noise of more danger.
As the first sentinel goes down, Silvio picks up the dagger from its corpse, takes a step, and flings it at the second sentinel.
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Apparently Silvio got lots of practice throwing knives at the carnival.
Cherry fires another arrow, hoping for another lucky shot.
Sentinel Cavern - Round 3 - concluded
Cherry fires at the hanging foe, and while she is now visible to the target, she still manages to hit it with another arrow.
Silvio retrieves and re-tosses his dagger, once again hitting the sentinel. This time the damage is enough to kill the unusual monster, ending the fight.
End of Combat
"Well that was odd," says Cherry as she stows her bow. "Probably more stuff like this the deeper you go underground, I guess, huh."
With the electrically charged rock creatures out of commission, it is clear that their warning flashes were noticed by something. The slap of footfalls and the growing stench leads you to believe that these may be the notorious troglodytes that you have noticed before.
You have a few seconds to react or recover before the trogs are upon you.
Knowing they were about to meet foes his style much more easily fought, Orendel drops his crossbow and draws his three-pronged spear and his shield.
Glaring at the spectral rapier that dissipates into mist leaving a faint smell of mead. Turning towards the foul stink that quickly over takes over.
Lifting his hand again and a soft glow is there and gone in a heartbeat. Mumbling, "Please help them"
Letting his hand fall and tightening his grip on the blade in his hand.
Cherry looks for some place where she can take cover and hide.
Meghan blinks her eyes rapidly, trying to clear her vision. When that fails, she curses loudly and pronounces, "Ready yourselves, my three friends! More foes are upon us!"
Again she uses her unusual magic to try to make Cherry invisible to friend and foe.
Silvio will quickly attempt to heal Orendel!
As the last syllables of Silvio's spell resonante in the damp cavern, the first troglodyte warriors can be seen at the far end of the cavern, coming from the western fork ahead. They are a scaly dull green-grey with mottled spots and a spiny crest running up their backs and heads. They hold primitive weapons like clubs and javelins, but as they grow near, the stench of them becomes even more over-powering than before.
Trogs - Round 1
23 Cherry
18 Red Trog
15 Meghan
15 Dougal
9 Blue Trog
7 Green Trog
7 Orendel
6 Silvio
0 Yellow Trog
Silvio begins to gag.
Cherry waits for the troglodytes to get close enough so that she can launch herself out to shank one.
(Presumably some other bonuses due to being invisible)
Swallowing against the bile that ones to force its way out of his stomach and simply waiting until the foul creatures get closer.
Orendel grimaces when the stench of the troglodytes hits his nostrils, but it's nothing he hasn't smelled back in Molthune.
"DEFINITELY troglodytes. I've smelled that stench before."
He takes up a position near the front of the group and bangs the haft of his spear against his shield edge.
"COME ON, YOU OVERGROWN LIZARD-TRINES!"
Then he braces to skewer the first one that comes around the corner.
Trogs - Round 1 - continued
Despite the stench, Cherry keeps her wits, and holds on to her hiding place, waiting for the troglodytes to come closer so she can stab them.
Red Trog advances ready to to battle with the invaders. It communicates wiht the others in a series of hisses, clicks, and hand-gestures. Then swings its club at the former soldier. The attack is easily turned aside by Orendel.
Despite the smell that makes him gag, Dougal pushes himself forward reaching out to touch the smelly lizard-thing. The touch from the cleric dazes Red Trog, who will be held through his next turn.
Fail
Meghan scrunches up her nose and breathes through her mouth, scrambling forward to the front line and taking a slash at the nearest troglodyte.
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Trogs - Round 1 - continued
Trying her best to ignore the stink, Meghan moves into melee combat, slashing the nearest troglodyte with her longsword.
Blue Troglodyte advances up to join the combat line with his ally, swinging his massive club at Orendel. "
Orendel braces his spear, but his attack against any of the trogloddytes fails when he nearly drops the weapon.
Fail
Fail
Silvio tries to push through the waves of illness rippling through his body as he swings his deadly book at the troglodyte.
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He then proceeds to vomit on the troglodyte he hit. Is his enemy intimidated?
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Whenever you deal nonlethal damage with a melee weapon, you can make an Intimidate check to demoralize your target as a free action. If you are successful, the target is shaken for a number of rounds equal to the damage dealt. If your attack was a critical hit, your target is frightened for 1 round with a successful Intimidate check, as well as being shaken for a number of rounds equal to the damage dealt.
Meghan sucks it up and fights back the bile she feels rising as more trogs swarm closer.
Reaching out an touch the troglodyte in front of him and then backing up. No clue where Cherry is.
Orendel's grimace turns nastier as the other two make the stench nastier, but he keeps it together and lashes out at the troglodyte in front of him.
Trogs - Round 1 - concluded
Silvio, despite his illness, slugs the Red Trog with his holy book, and brains the lizard-man so badly that it crumples unconscious on the first strike.
The last troglodyte advances, squealing to get into the melee once the crowd breaks up.
End of Round 1
Trogs - Round 2
23 Cherry (delaying)
18 Red Trog (13NL, unconscious, frightened)
15 Meghan
15 Dougal
9 Blue Trog
7 Green Trog
7 Orendel
6 Silvio
0 Yellow Trog
Meghan's stomach finally fails her and she projectile vomits at the nearest troglodyte. Her weak sword swing doesn't come as close to hitting the monster as her puke does.
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Trogs - Round 2 - continued
Finally, Meghan is overcome by the stench of the troglodytes and as she hurls her own sword attack is quite feeble.
Dougal readies an action to give a dazing touch to any of the lizards that come within reach.
Blue Trog swings his tree-like club at Orendel, but teh trained warrior imposes his shield and blocks the attack like a boss.
Green Trog advances and faces the touch of Dougal, which leaves the foe dazed and unable to act for a round.
Orendel tries a counter attack against the foe assaulting him, but his own attack misses as well.
"Ah ha!" Seeing an opportunity, Silvio strikes at the dazed troglodyte in front of him.
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After missing, he disengages from the battle, leaving a spot for the hidden Cherry to step in and strike.
Trogs - Round 2 - concluded
Silvio swings his holy book again, but his nausea at the stench of the lizards keeps the attack from succeeding even against a dazed foe.
Yellow Trog hurls a javelin at Meghan, trying to throw into the melee, but it misses badly.
End of Round 2
Trogs - Round 3
23 Cherry (delaying)
15 Meghan
15 Dougal
9 Blue Trog
7 Green Trog (dazed)
7 Orendel
6 Silvio
0 Yellow Trog
Meghan tries her best to contribute in the fight though she's pretty messed up from the guardian beast's flashing light and the stench of the trogs. She takes a hack at the middle trog, figuring it's the one monster all three battlers can target...and hopefully the one they can take out the fastest. Her attack doesn't even come remotely close to hitting.
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Cherry races forward as there's an opening in the line, halts briefly as she's overwhelmed with nausea, then continues and strikes at her target.
Trogs - Round 3 - continued
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Meghan's woeful combat experiences continues as she is both sickened and still seeing spots from the crawler's flashing. Her swordsmanship leaves a lot to be desired.
Sneaking up while hidden by Meghan's enchantment, Cherry is able to take Green Trog by surprise, stabbing him in vital organs and killing him in one fell swoop.
Dougal delays, waiting to see what happens with the rest of the troglodytes.
Blue Trog swings its club at Meghan, hitting her but her armor keeps her from taking the brunt of the blow. The Blue Trog steps back after swinging.
Orendel steps forward to close the gap and strike back at the trogs.
"Ouch," says Silvio, feeling a bit sorry for the troglodyte that Cherry effortlessly stabs.
"Guess I'm sticking with cruder combat methods here."
Silvio swings his book yet again.
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Trogs - Round 3 - concluded
Orendel moves forward as the trogs back away, maintaining contact. He stabs and misses then lunges his shield up under the chin of Blue Trog, satisfied at the bony crunch that comes from there.
Silvio clubs the same troglodyte on the head with his holy book, but somehow the foe is still standing, if only barely.
Yellow Trog swings at Orendel backs away from the figth and throws its javelin at Meghan. The spear hits her, but only with a grazing blow that does minimal damage.
End of Round 3
Trogs - Round 4
15 Meghan (1hp dmg)
23 Cherry
15 Dougal (delaying)
9 Blue Trog (10hp dmg, 2 NL)
7 Orendel
6 Silvio
0 Yellow Trog