Moving next to Orendel and simply waiting. I have nothing but a damn sword.
Troglodyte Den - Round 1 - continued
23 Orendel
15 Green Trog
13 Meghan
12 Dougal
12 Yellow Trog
12 Orange Trog
10 Silvio
9 Blue Trog
4 Cherry
2 Red Trog
Meghan uses more of her bardic magic to make the trogs believe Cherry is not even there. it remains to be seen if the magic works on these lizard-brained foes, but it did the last time to good effect.
Dougal brandishes his sword and steps to the center of the den, ready to fight if a foe approaches.
Orange and Yellow troglodytes botth close in on Dougal, one from each side. The cleric of Cayden has a second to get an attack in before each swings their own clubs at his head.
Flinching at the sudden movement and swallowing the bile that wants to rise up in his throat. All of that causes his blade to go wide. Grunting at the pain and mumbling, "I hate this place."
Meghan, her belly already having been emptied during the last troglodyte encounter, dry heaves as the new batch close on her and her friends.
Silvio feels terrible, but struggles through the stench and strikes at the trog in front of him.
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"Stay down!" he shouts.
Orendel retches as the stench finally gets to him.
Troglodyte Den - Round 1 - continued
Dougal's gorge rises as the now-familiar but still horrible stench of the troglodytes fills his nostrils. He can't help but miss his attack ass sickened as he feels.
Silvio also is overcome by the smell, but is still able to land a crushing blow with his book of Abadarian law, bruising one of the soft-skinned lizards. The accompanying shout puts a fright into the troglodyte victim.
Shaken, but still determined to defend its home, Blue Trog lashes out with all kinds of attacks on Silvio but none are able to penetrate the inquisitor's armor.
Though the stench overpowers her, Cherry nonetheless rushes up to help Silvio with his foe in the corner.
Troglodyte Den - Round 1 - concluded
Also sickened by the stench of the trogs, Cherry still moves into battle but this time the smell overpowers her, and her stabbing attack misses as her eyes tear up.
Red Trog moves to attack, swinging his heavy club at Dougal. The knotted wood smashes into the neck of the cleric, hurting him before he can fully recover from the last blow.
End of Round 1
Troglodyte Den - Round 2
23 Orendel (sickened)
15 Green Trog (run away)
13 Meghan (sickened)
12 Dougal (14hp dmg, sickened)
12 Yellow Trog
12 Orange Trog
10 Silvio (sickened)
9 Blue Trog (4NL, shaken 3 rounds)
4 Cherry (sickened)
2 Red Trog (shaken 1 round)
Orendel attempts to fight off the urge to puke as he attacks the troglodyte before him.
Troglodyte Den - Round 2 - continued
Fighting on despite the debilitating stench of the lizard-things, Orendel goes Poke-Bish with his spear and shield, but cannot land a telling blow with either.
The flapping of Green Trog's feet on the stone floor fade away but that one has gotten well and truly away by now.
Meghan looks around a bit and decides that tactically the best trog to take out first is the one just to Orendel's north : That should allow Dougal to reposition easily enough and lessen the trogs' future ability to flank the friends. Gritting her teeth a bit, the bard hacks at that trog's midsection.
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Blinking slowly. Everything hurts and the pain is only eclipsed by the foul stench surrounding him. Turning to try and stab at the one infront of Orendel. I am not meant for the front lines!
Troglodyte Den - Round 2 - continued
Meghan attacks Yellow trog trying to get Dougal out of the messy tactical situation he's in currently, but the sickness caused by the trog's stench really gets to her this time, turning a hit into a miss.
Dougal tries to fight his way loose, and cannot make an effective attack either, and the trogs get of unharmed.
The two trogs on either side of Dougal look to whomp him again with their clubs. One whooshes by his jaw, just missing while the other catches him solidly in the back, causing the cleric to yelp in pain.
"Focus on defending yourself!" commands Silvio to Dougal. Deciding he needed to help out his imperiled ally, Silvio sidesteps and shifts his focus onto one of the troglodytes attacking Dougal.
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Troglodyte Den - Round 2 - continued
Silvio slips the foe he had been battering to try and take some of the pressure off Dougal who is getting pretty beaten down. His first swing with the holy book does not hit.
Still a little woozy from Silvio's methods, Blue Trog swings his club at Cherry, but misses.
Cherry tries to stay focused on stabbing the trog in the corner.
Orendel attacks the troglodyte in front of him, hoping to take some of the pressure off Dougal.
Troglodyte Den - Round 2 - concluded
As Silvio withdraws to face other foes, Cherry steps in, and even without the advantage of surprise, she is able to stab Blue Trog. The victim, whose bell was rung earlier by Silvio, falls knocked unconscious by the loss of blood and the bruising on his head.
Red Trog tries do down poor Dougal but the cleric of the Lucky God uses some luck of his own and the blow misses.
End of Round 2
Troglodyte Den - Round 3
23 Orendel (sickened)
13 Meghan (sickened)
12 Dougal (19hp dmg, sickened)
12 Yellow Trog
12 Orange Trog
10 Silvio (sickened)
4 Cherry (sickened)
2 Red Trog
Orendel bears down and tears into Yellow Trog, hitting him with spear and crushing him with his shield. If he hadn't been sickened, Orendel would've taken the trog out in one set of blows, but the smell has him off his game enough that the trog survives, barely.
Meghan grits her teeth and tries to work through the discomfort she's again feeling courtesy of the stinky troglodytes. She takes a hack at the trog badly wounded by Orendel, hoping she can finish the thing off. Again, however, her swordsmanship is shaky, so she takes a cautious step to the side to either allow Dougal a better lane to retreat or Cherry some space to carve into the trogs.
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Groaning in pain and twisting his free hand to grab at the holy symbol around his wrist. Tightening his fingers around the small mug.
Troglodyte Den - Round 3 - continued
Sickness continues to plague Meghan's swordsmanship, and while she has grand notions of saving Dougal, she cannot carry out any of those plans.
Dougal is still hemmed in on three sides by troglodytes, but rather than surrendering or retreating, he trusts in the faith of Cayden, and channels to heal, which restores a bit of his lost vitality, along with most all the heroes. It doesn't get him out of immediate jeopardy however.
Yellow Trog actually turns his attention to Orendel, who has just beaten and skewered it. The lizard-man thing swings its own crude weapon at the former soldier who evades it easily.
Orange Trog whips his club at the back of Dougal's head while the priest is calling for healing magic. The trog hits, but doesn't quite square it up and Dougal is dealt a glancing blow, and somehow stays in the fight.
=> No AoO from Yellow
"Comin' through!" shouts Cherry as she whirls, leaps past Silvio - one hand vaulting off his shoulder - and then bounces off the wall before plunging her rapier into the trog nearby from an unexpected direction.
After Cherry gracefully leaps and skewers the troglodyte in front of him, Silvio plods over the fallen body, determined to disable the next troglodyte assaulting Dougal.
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My luck might be finally changing. Not letting go of the charm on his wrist and opting to do the same thing again. That thing might have missed but if it strikes true that might be the end. And that would be a horrible ending.
Troglodyte Den - Round 3 - concluded
Silvio's luck swinging the mighty book of law is no better this time. He nearly drops the thing rather than slugging a trog with it.
Cherry's fighting style, however, is on full display. She bounces off Orendel, leaps off the side wall and full on skewers one of the trogs with her rapier, killing it.
Red Trog swings at Silvio. The club bangs into the inquisitor, whose steel-armor saves him from a crushing injury.
End of Round 3
Troglodyte Den - Round 4
23 Orendel (sickened)
13 Meghan (sickened)
12 Dougal (18hp dmg, sickened)
12 Orange Trog
10 Silvio (sickened)
4 Cherry (sickened)
2 Red Trog
Calling forth his last bit of positive energy for the day, Dougal heals himself, putting a little more space between consciousness and certain death.
Meghan makes a quick side-step, slipping into flanking position opposite Dougal, before again slashing out wildly with her longsword. Unfortunately, yet another stomach cramp causes her to miss once more.
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Orendel steps up to attack the troglodyte pinned between Dougal and Silvio!
Troglodyte Den - Round 4 - continued
As the team of heroes winnows the number of troglodytes, Orendel steps up to attack Red. His spear whiffs, but the edge of his shield catches the defender under the chin with a satisfying crunch.
Meghan, who has been struggling with the smell, continues to fight back the urge to lose her lunch, and as such, her attack is feeble and ineffective.
Orange Trog doesn't like having Meghan behind him, so he steps aside and pivots, and then Dougal is flanked once again. The lizard's wooden club swings at the head of the cleric, bashing him hard once again.
Cherry dives once again to the side past Silvio, squeezing by and evading the troglodytes as she moves into position behind another one .
"Two can play this game!" she says, as she takes up the flanking position with Dougal's help.
Piling on, Silvio tries to finish the enemy struck by Orendel and Cherry!
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Troglodyte Den - Round 4 - concluded
Cherry's acrobatic assaults continues as she spins into flanking position vs Red Troglodyte. She stabs him, and then Silvio rattles his brains with his holy book, and the Red Trog goes down, marked up another casulty.
End of Round 4
Troglodyte Den - Round 5
23 Orendel (sickened)
13 Meghan (sickened)
12 Dougal (24hp dmg, sickened)
12 Orange Trog
10 Silvio (sickened)
4 Cherry (sickened)
Orendel marches up and strikes again!
"Damned show-off!" Meg mutters under her breath as Cherry twirls in gracefully to score another hit, but then she grins a bit and the sorta-crazy look in her eyes returns as she steps up and tries to stab the last trog. Ooh...her blade hits flesh for a change!
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Troglodyte Den - Round 5 - continued
Orendel continues to attack with both weapons, and this time the troglodyte blocks his shield, but cant's stop the tiger-fork which scratches his scaly hide, drawing a trickle of black blood.
Trying to act like a fighter, Meghan continues to attack the remaining victim despite the smell. This time, her attack is successful, even if the illness has weakened her a bit.
Wincing in pain I guess it is better they focus on me. Lifting his thin blade a again and stabbing forward.
Troglodyte Den - Round 5 - continued
Dougal takes the offensive and like the others, scores a hit, hurting the last troglodyte, but not finishing it.
Orange Trog starts backing towards the exit now that he is the only tribesman remaining. He takes a half-hearted swing at Dougal, and is a bit surprised when it lands, draining the cleric of all but his last few reserves of stamina.
Cherry bolts across the room, skids between Meghan's legs as the bard lunges, then tumbles and comes up to her feet on the other side of the last trog, skewering it!
Silvio just watches in awe as Cherry slips behind the last troglodyte and finishes it. You've a keen sense with that blade," he says, a nod to her efforts this battle.
Troglodyte Den - Round 5 - concluded
Cherry continues her onslaught against the smelly trogs. She spins away from an club attack, then lunges into a powerful attack that catches the remaining foe right in the throat. With a spurt of black blood, and a retching death rattle, the last troglodyte, hits the ground dead before he falls.
End of Combat
Looking about as the battle ends, you recall that one of the troglodytes ran off to the south early in the fight and has not returned. Just what it ran off to do is still in question.
Looking about the den, you see the detritus of tribal life among the low-intelligence humanoids. Strange hides serve as bedding, but when you examine them closer you can see the are from darkmantles. Empty wine bottles litter the floor, an odd site, but upon closer inspection you recognize the vineyard and vintage as being from the Gold Goblin's wine cellars -- some of you may recall the faint but foul stench of troglodytes when you first explored the cellar in the basement below the Goblin...While there is lots of litter and other items from trogloyte life here, there is nothing found of any extrinsic value.
This room really only has two entrances, the way you came in from the midden, and the way the fleeing Trog exited to the south.
Doing his best, and that isn't very much at this point, to avoid the spray of blood. Offering Cherry a tired and bloody smile, "Truly impressive."
Rubbing at his bruised shoulder, "I have very little left in me but one fled and I doubt leaving it would be wise."