Orlando: Moves to corner prepare to attack them them as they come out but the others moves over to engage them first!
Varn: Gets ready in position and prepares a spell.
Aeron: Stands by and waits for a chance
Selka: Stabs number 2 with her spear.
Raven: Shots number 2 with an arrow and number 2 goes down.
Tessai: Cast protection from evil and moves to block the door.
Mongrelmen: The two remaining are caught of-guard by the sudden attack and quickly grab clubs and attack Tessai who is closest but her defense holds.
Ok so you can all post again.
Evaluating the current situation, and not wanting to block the passage, Tessai shifts her position, and launches another attack at the closest enemy.
Pressing the advantage, Selka directs her attack toward Tessai's target, hoping to bring down the enemy before he has a chance to react.
Raven is unable to get an unimpeded shot off against the remaining mongrel men. She readies an action to shoot if the ladies in front of her clear the area, otherwise she waits out the sequence.
Round 3_____
Orlando,realizing the blitz is on, moves through the scrum and over an enemy to [N,8].
for a possible piercing damage.
After Tessai, Selka, and Orlando move to engage the enemy, Aeron uses the void left by the movement to break free from the corner he'd found himself wedged into and bring the fight to these evil mongrelmen!
I'm telling you... this dice roller... And now Aeron looks like a complete fool...
Varn steps forward and manifests a spear between his hands aiming for the nearest standing mongrel man to him.
Hurry up and fall fools we have important work to do.
Orlando: Moves up to flank and manages to avoid the mongrelmen attacks on the way. He stabs number 1 in the back for 5.
Varn: Launches a wooden spear at number 3 and hits for 6.
Aeron: Moves up attacks and misses.
Selka: Stabs number 2 with her spear.
Raven: Shoots number 3 for 8
Tessai: Smacks number 3 and he goes down.
Mongrelmen: A Mongrelwoman who seems part spider enters the room using a hidden entrance at the south-east corner of the room. She is accompanied by a lizard the size of a dog. "So chasing us from the surface wasn't enough crusaders? Now you've come down here to finish the job just like they said you would! Well now you face Wenduag, huntress of crusaders!" she says with a voice full of venom.
She fire at Selka while her lizard charges Tessai. Tessai manages to block the lizard's attack but the arrow strikes true near a vital organ.
(favored enemy human)
Mongrelman 1 turns around and attacks Orlando smacking him with his club.
I would like to point out that we are here because you are working with demonic cultists not because of your race.
Varn casually walks to a clear spot and hammers mongrel man one with his spear.
We are just trying to get out of here when you lot started on us.
Seeing the danger that is posed by a ranged opponent left unchecked, Tessai grits her teeth, and circles the lizard, even risking being attacked in the process, to get at the archer - "Huntress of Crusaders?!" - she roars - "You will PAY for that!"
Selka cries in pain when the arrow digs deep into her flesh. Gritting her teeth, she grips the arrow and breaks it in half, looking directly at Wenduag. "You betrayed you own people! You just drew your last breath, demon whorshiper!"
Spear held high above her head, Selka steps forward, and brings it down on the archer's skull.
Round 4_____
Orlando grimaces at being hit with the club, then shrugs off his cape into his left hand. He parries and thrusts again.
"Touche! You may make a worthy foe after all..."
for a possible piercing damage.
Having no more targets from her vantage point, Raven moves forward through the narrow opening to P6, provoking an AoO from #1 if he hasn't already made one.
She tries to twist and turn herslf to avoid the expected attack from the mongrelman as she advances. Once she gets to her intended destination, she pivots and fires at mongrelman 1, trying to end him so they can focus on the bigger threat, but her shot is rushed and flies wide of the mark.
Orlando: Stabs number 1 for 6 damage.
Varn: Trow a spear at number 1 dealing him another 8. He is hurt but still up.
Aeron: Kills number 1, he is dead.
Selka: Moves up avoiding the lizard and attacks Wenduag dealing a strong blow for 14 damage!
Raven: Fires her bow and misses.
Tessai: Moves up avoiding the lizard and takes a swing at wenduag dealing her 6 damage.
Mongrelmen: Wenduag is badly hurt and seeing no escape decides to try and take down Selka with her. She draws and dagger putting her bow aside and close in and stabs Selka leaving a deep gash but not a fatal wound.
The lizard attacks Tessai trying to protect it's master but Tessai can easily avoid it's attack.
Selka's vision starts to swirl and blur as she approaches the limits of her resilience.
'If I have to die, I'll take one last evildoer with me!'
With a strangled grunt, she raises her weapon and attacks her foe once more.
Selka's attack brings down Wenduag.
That leaves the lizard.
Looking to end this fight, Raven fires at the remaining lizard,but her shot flies wide, missing badly.
Varn will move to P 6 and hammer the beast with another spear. 3/7
Which strikes the ground at the beasts feet and shatters harmlessly.
Aeron sees their last remaining enemy, the lizard. He takes a few steps towards the creature so as to flank it with Tessai. He brings his large hammer around and down towards it!
There you go the lizard is down.
With the immediate threat ended, Raven looks to secure any entrances to the cavern they are in first, and make sure no more bad guys are on the way.
If she sees none, she will help search the bodies and the area for anything of interest.
"We need to search these for any items of use" - Tessai comments to the others, while she follows Raven, assisting with securing any possible avenues of ingress into the room they are currently in.
Clutching her wounds, Selka looks around the battlefield, trying to make sure the fight is truly over and no more enemies are coming.
Satisfied, she calls for the others to come closer, and starts tending to the wounded.
"That was a magnificent end to a horrid beginning!" Commented Orlando as he carefully wiped the blood from his blade.
The mongrelmen carry nothing of note or worth, simple clubs and rags and nothing more (they didn't even have armor).
Wenduag the huntress carries a number of interesting items.
Two wands (unknown types and charges), A masterwork Chain shirt, A masterwork composite bow (+2 str),
An obsidian holy symbol of Baphomet, and when you check for magic items you see she has 6 arrows that register as magical and she has 16 that do not.
There are two doors leading out of this room. The hallway to the north and the secret passage to the south that wenduag came out of, the door however closed behind her and your not entirely sure were it was.
Aeron wipes lizard blood from his hammer while the others went over the possessions of their enemies. He watches the hallway to the north, fully expecting another wave of mongrelmen to came rushing in at any moment. He glances back to also keep an eye on the south door; however, when he looks the door is now gone. "Where did that other door go?"
Varn will take ten for 21 on all items. His detection completed Varn will call over Selka and Tessai to the southern part of the room.
Help me search this area thoroughly for the secret door she used.
Varn will spend 2 minutes taking 20 on the middle section of the southern wall.
Varn spends a minute examining the items and determines the following
six +1 arrows
Wand longstrider 29 charges left
Wand cure light wounds 12 charges left
He looks around and is able to find the secret door, tough you cannot see any means of opening it.
Raven graciously accepts the composite longbow and the arrows both magical and non-magical, refilling her quiver. She offers her old bow to anyone who chooses, or to sell at next opportunity.
"Thank you for the new bow, it is quite fine, and it's penetrating power is far beyond my old one. While I hate to give up the bow i have had these many years, this one is so much superior." She smiles embarrassed.
"Tell us about the wands, I understand the healing, but what does the other do?"
She lends her aid to Varn's search for the lost secret door or anyway to trigger it's opening.
"The paladins I have led to Kenebres have told me of secret ways that can only be opened from one side. They have these in their fortresses or temples. Maybe this is like that? We may try battering down the entrance, it is plain enough to see now that Varn has pointed it out. Or we can try the other door to the north."
"I think we should try and pry that hidden door open" - Selka chimes in, straightening herself now that most of her wounds have been healed - "There is obviously something important they wish to conceal behind it. It could very well be the way to the surface... Or perhaps their inner sanctum? If so, we could even find valuable intel on the demon attack on the surface! Now, we just need to find a way to open it..."
A little puzzled, she looks around the room, trying to find some way to open the strange door.
You do not see any lever of button that would open the door but you believe that it may be possible to slide the door to the side if you push hard enough.
"It is ingeniously hidden from this side; I cannot see it at all!" Marvels Orlando. He offers to help open the door with ST 15.
"Are we sure it is not trapped?" - Tessai offers to assist, after putting on the well made chain shirt, while the initial searches were carried out.
"If we can't open it; I can break it down with my hammer?" Aeron offers from the other side of the room.
Raven offers her shoulder to assist whoever is primary on sliding open the one-way door.
You manage to make the boulder budge as it moves a bit but it proves too heavy and it comes back down in place.
"There has got to be some way to open this..." - Tessai ponders - "Unless it is not supposed to open from this end? I am really not that familiar about secret doors and passages"
She moves to the other exit from the room , peering into it, and listening for any sounds.
Lets try once more this time Aeron will push with Tessi and raven helping him out. Another person pushing should help open it up especily wih Aeron's strength added into the mix.
"Very well then" - Tessai nods, flexing her shoulders and following Aeron's lead.
"Let's see if we can pry it open... If we can't, then we'll try something more drastic."
Selka approaches the door, puts her hands on it, and tries to force it open.
Aeron nods to Varn's suggestion and places his hands upon the boulder. He takes a moment and then presses as hard as he can with a grunt of exertion.
Tessai starts to move north but before she makes it to the northern door she is called back and returns to help move the boulder.
The stones moves once more and you get a look at the room beyond which looks like a kitchen (tables with slaughtered animals and pots & pans liter the area. However before you can open it enough to enter your hands slip and it gets back into place.
Last check was 16 (budged but not quite)
This check was 19 (budged more you were very close but not quite)
Aeron decides to try one more time.... However, his hands a slippery with sweat and he only offers minimal aid to the attempt.
"Damn door... Why... Won't you... OPEN!"
Selka puts all of her strength in the task and pushes as hard as she can.