"That doesn't matter. Where is your boss? And is that the pantry?" Demitri points to the southern door with his blade.
The derro swallows. "Uh... yeah. Yeah. It is. Don't go in there."
He starts edging his way north.
Nalun is covering Demitri with his bow, so he will be standing a few paces off from Demitri.
Karri follows Nalun and Demitri into the room. Foolish derro, what are they planning.
Lyla's eyes widen as she steps into the lab. The vials, shelves and equipments grab her attention before she even notices Demitri talking to the third derro. "Wow! Cool!" She walks up to the vials and checks them out, hoping to find anything useful.
You have extensive knowledge of the potions on the shelves here. Most of them are incomplete mixtures of various alchemical reagents, but you can identify the following potions:
--3 potions of Cure Light Wounds
--1 potion of Enlarge Person
--2 potions of False Life
The derro eyes Nalun with fear, looking down the wrong end of his nocked arrow. He inches closer to the north wall.
Yay! Lyla smiles and stuffs the potions in her backpack, looking at the derro. "Alright, sir, considering the type of operation you guys are running down here, I think you won't mind if I take these. Now put that thing down and come join your two other friends, they're playing a staring contest against Zeke... you know, the otyugh. If you don't want to come, I'm sure we can convince you. I'd say 'you don't have to get hurt', but it looks like you guys just love to take a beating, so, it's up to you." She looks at Demitri and Nalun pleading them to take the derro back to the other room. "Let's tie him up with the others. But first, what's in the pantry? We heard some colorful stories about it."
"That is a good idea." Demitri will escort the derro back to the others.
"Let's tie him up with the others. But first, what's in the pantry? We heard some colorful stories about it."
The derro narrows his milky white eyes at Lyla. "Look for yourself. Shambling carrion."
As soon as Demitri approaches the derro, he starts scrambling for the north wall, frantically throwing aside a shelf to reveal another tunnel! "You not taking ME alive!"
Lyla sighs in disappointment. "You're not going anywhere. Demitri, cover the east door! I got that one!" She grabs Zellara's deck in her pocket and, with the other hand, makes an abrupt gesture directed at the tunnel. As she does so, a sound of rumbling stone fills the room, and rocks fall from the wall collapsing the passageway.
The derro blinks and looks at the 'collapsed rubble' before looking at Lyla. "Fooled I cannot be so easily, half-topsider. Through the eyes of Truth do I see the heart of Madness!"
Demitri drops his sword as he moves over to the derro so he can grab hold of the creature.
"I think you should calm down."
The derro claws at Demitri, but even though he manages to land a solid punch to his jaw, it doesn't stop the inquisitor from getting a good grip.
"Unhand me, filthy topsider! BROTHERS! BROTHERS! I AM BEING MANHANDLED!" He starts kicking up a fuss.
His voice echoes throughout the room...
"Not until you quiet down."
Oh Joy, Fleshling. More are coming, I assure you...
"Expect more of his friends-his shouts are enough to bring the shoanti back to us." With that, she steps forward and rakes her fingers across her forearm, causing furrows of bloody flesh to spring forth a wave of clashing colors.
The colours engulf the derro, but he just blinks. "Colours from the hated Overbright? Strange, springing forth from human flesh. Unnatural."
He grins. "Like us, but less mad."
Nalun waits for something to emerge, he readies an arrow. "Quickly now... "
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"She's right," Ortik says, and he steps forward, smacking the derro on the back of the head with his warhammer. "We need to quiet him before we have the whole of these caves upon us."
Attacking the derro for nonlethal. He is grappled, so I might have a shot at this.
O.O
Well, then.
Ortik's hammer blow lands with a *THUNK* on the derro's head. "OW!"
Then he tries squirming out of Demitri's grasp...
...and isn't able to, though he comes dangerously close. His eyes widen in fear.
"Who did you just call over? We have company incoming."
Demitri's question is answered as the derro squirms free from his grip. Lumbering into the room is a massively-built brute of a man, his arms a foot thick and clad in studded leathers that are clearly stretched to their limits. The man's head looks like a mass of layered, deformed flabs of flesh, his mouth and nose being his only visible bits. His greasy, mangy black hair appears to be crawling with fleas.
"Huh? Wha's all the yellin' 'bout?" He asks, scratching his head.
"Cabbagehead! Don't just stand there! Do your job!" The derro ducks into the tunnel to make his escape!
Nalun fires his bow at the newcomer, hopefully catching him unawares.
and if it hits and deals damage he must make a DC 12 Fort save or have his movement speed halved.
Demitri picks up his weapon, and moves to engage the newcomer.
"Oh no you don't!", Ortik cries as the derro squirms free of Demitri's grasp. He swings his warhammer again, this time with lethal intent.
Going for nonnonlethal this time, boss!
Nalun's arrow flies true and sticks the 'Cabbagehead' right in the thigh. Unfortunately, a combination of the armour he's wearing and his unnaturally tough skin make the arrow bounce off.
Ortik's hammer crashes against the mouth of the crawlspace, missing the derro entirely.
Demitri moves to engage 'Cabbagehead', and notices that he doesn't have a single weapon on him.
Karri backs up away from 'Cabbagehead' and scrapes free a blot of acid at the thing.
Karri's glob of acid has more success than Nalun's arrow, scalding 'Cabbagehead' right across the chest. The man roars in rage!
Her crossbow still loaded with the poisoned bolt, Lyla pulls out the weapon and fires at the fleeing derro. "You know, that was a really crappy decision."
The bolt hits the derro in the thigh, and the poison takes effect almost immediately. He scrambles down the tunnel, doing nothing but withdrawing from the room.
'Cabbagehead' pounds his chest. "Rolth be happy when I break your back!" He roars and swings a meaty fist at Demitri!
And lands a solid punch to his face.
*CRUNCH!*
Lyla reloads the crossbow with another poisoned bolt, but by the time she is ready to shoot, the derro has already disappeared into the tunnel. She turns her attention to Cabbagehead and pulls the trigger.
Nalun drops his bow and draws his falchion while moving to attempt a flank with Demitri.
'Cabbagehead' staggers as Lyla's bolt catches him in the neck, but shrugs off whatever poison is on the bolt with ease.
Appreciating the perfect line into the beast, Karri pulls up another of the Legion and sends it buzzing and fizzing towards her target.
Karri's electric jolt barely misses 'Cabbagehead', impacting on the ceiling just above him.
"You'll have to do much better than that." Demitri responds wiping the blood from his mouth. He swings his weapon in a fierce slash.
Ortik spits a curse as the derro flees down the passage, but realizes pursuit isn't really in the cards - not with the immediate threat in the room. "Oi, 'Cabbagehead'!", Ortik shouts as he approaches, drawing his shield as he goes. "Focus on me for a heartbeat!" He rushes past the man, trying to distract him for Nalun and Demitri.
The meaty man sways to the side to avoid Demitri's powerful chop.
'Cabbagehead' succumbs to temptation and swings at Ortik, but his shield takes the full force of the man's punch.
Then he turns and tries to punch Nalun as he tries to move!
His fist misses wildly and takes a chunk of dirt out of the cavern wall. "AARGH! You hold still already! How is Cabbagehead gonna break your face if you keep movin'?!"
Lyla places yet another poisoned bolt in the crossbow and fires again.
"It's because you're not."
Nalun swings the Falchion hard at the big man.
Karri stops with the Legion's sudden surge. No! You will all do as I command! She stands, swaying, her eyes glowing green as she flexes her hands but remains rooted in place.
"I almost feel bad about this guy," Ortik says, raising his warhammer to strike again. "There's something not right with him." Perhaps it's mercy that stays his hand, for he strikes to subdue the giant of a man rather than end his life.
Strike to subdue again.
Despite the many attacks coming his way, 'Cabbagehead' proves to be alarmingly capable of dodging every single blow. Lyla's bolt comes the closest to hurting him, but it gets stuck in the thick jowls of his face.
'Cabbagehead' laughs. "C'mon! Even Greenie had better aim than all o' ya put together!" He swings a meaty fist at Demitri.
His second swing lands right in Demitri's gut. "POW! Hahahaha!"
Nalun continues to not be effective.
Looks like I really can't hit the broad side of a barn today, Lyla punishes herself, remembering her earlier streak of bad shots. She puts down the crossbow for a moment and decides it is time to go back to her bombs, even if that means coming closer to depleting her alchemical kit for the day. She quickly mixes an explosive mixture and sends it flying towards Cabbagehead, landing a solid hit. "Yes! Now, more like it!"
"Shift over, Ortik!" Karri waits for the dwarf to get out of her way before slinging another blob of acid at the cabbagehead.
"Come on! Me can take ALL OF YOU ONwait, what's that?" 'Cabbagehead' sees Lyla's bomb arcing through the air--
*BOOM*
--and connecting with his face. The force of the explosion knocks the large man off his feet, sending him crashing to the floor. The bomb burns off several chunks of his face, revealing pale & squinted green eyes that are wide with shock.
And not focusing on anything.
Demitri doubles over in pain by the blow. He looks back up in time to see the bomb explode and end the creature's existence. "Good job. By Iomadae he was strong."