Thorgr chuckles. "I don't think we have time for me to show you what else I need you for."
She gives him a mock pout, "Well shucks." She says as she sounds a little disappointed.
Maybe later."
She just smiles and stretches up to kiss him softly while coyly batting her eyelashes, "Yeah...maybe later." She says as she starts picking up the room and making the bed. Checking their bag she makes sure they have everything with them, including money, in case one of them sees something they need or want. Taking out her crossbow, she holds onto it while putting the bag over her shoulder, "Okay, I guess I have everything. We can go down and wait for the others to finish eating and getting ready I guess."
Thorgr nods and leads the way downstairs.
Frostine follows him downstairs and has a seat on the couch.
"Well, the majority of our weapons and armor are metal. I'm just trying to think of a way for us to effectively deal with the rust monsters and not just end up retreating with all of our gear destroyed." the cleric replies.
As she tucks into her breakfast, Sig listens to Dagmarr's thoughts, considering the situation. "We can maybe lure them to a particular spot with metal, then try to use magic of alchemists fire or something else that would damage them all at once." she suggests
"Only their antennae are the most dangerous," Jerrica says. "If we stick to getting behind them or get some stone or wood weapons, we could do it. They can smell metal..."
"I'm not sure about using different materials," Thorgr says.
She kind of shrugs, "We'll just do our best and try to avoid hitting the bad parts." She says as she's never even seen a rust thingy before.
Jerrica shrugs as she finishes her breakfast.
"We'll figure something out. We always do." Sig says drinking the last of her milk.
"True. Anything they destroy we'll just have to replace later." Dagmarr comments.
Jerrica gets up from the table. "That was good."
She nods as she goes back out to the living room to wait for everyone to finish up and get ready.
"Yes it was." Sig says, gathering up the dishes to help with clean up.
Bruldora takes the dishes from Sig. "You don't need to worry about helping me. You're our guests."
"Thank you, but if you need help with anything, please to hesitate to ask." the skald says.
Frostine goes back to the living room and sits on the couch as she waits for everyone to finish. She didn't know what would happen when they went to the mines, but they would figure it out and take care of it one problem at a time.
Bruldora nods. "Thank you."
"I guess we're ready to poke around or check out the mines maybe," Jerrica says to Frostine and Thorgr.
She nods, "Okay."
Thorgr gets up as well.
"Might as well see what we're dealing with." Dagmarr agrees.
Thorgr holds open the door for the ladies and takes the lead toward the path Galdur mentioned.
Once they're outside, Frostine takes Thorgr's hand.
Thorgr gives Frostine's hand a squeeze.
She gives him a silent nod and smile as they continue to the path.
You arrive at the path described to you by Galdur. It is a winding, narrow path along the cliff face toward the mine. You see three rust monsters nearby, their antennae twitching.
"If we get closer, they'll come after us," Jerrica warns.
She kind of shrugs, "So then....what are we supposed to do? I thought we were supposed to get rid of the little buggers?" She thinks for a moment, "If I get in front of you guys, maybe I can stun them? Would that help if it works?"
"It'd be our best bet to not have our stuff rust," Thorgr says.
She nods and hands Thorgr her crossbow and the bag with the bolts in it. Giving his hand a squeeze she moves in front of the rest of them and gets fifteen feet in front of the rust monsters. Waving her hands she attempts to stun them with her multicolored rainbow.
The rust monsters fail to succumb to Frostine's spell and quickly move to attack.
Initiative:
Two of the rust monsters skirt their way past Frostine toward the metal-bearing party members, while the third attempts to bite her.
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Round 1: Rust Monsters, Jerrica, Sig, Dagmarr, Frostine, Thorgr
With the way forward blocked, Jerrica can do nothing but wait.
Realizing they are about to engage, Dagmarr begins casting a spell, her prayer manifesting as a shimmering sword of pure force in her hand.
Reaching far a flask on her belt, Sig slams the alchemist fire down directly onto the rustmonter attacking her, hissing as she is burned a bit.
Thorgr gives Sig a unpleasant glance as he is burned.
Round 1: Rust Monsters, Sig, Dagmarr, Frostine, Thorgr, Jerrica,
R2 hp: 26
Frostine takes a step back and blasts the beast with a ray of frost.
The rust monster takes a little damage from Frostine's spell, but isn't slowed.
Round 1: Rust Monsters, Sig, Dagmarr, Frostine, Thorgr, Jerrica
R2 hp: 26
R1 hp: 26
Thorgr attacks the one Sig injured, hoping to create an opening for Jerrica.
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With no other alternative, Jerrica grabs Thorgr's shoulders and attempts to propel herself to the other side.
The rogue manages to get on the fighter's shoulders but her balance is unsteady and she falls to the ground, landing between Thorgr and the rust monster.
The rust monster Frostine attacked pursues her, while the other two attack Sig and Thorgr.
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Round 2: Rust Monsters, Sig, Dagmarr, Frostine, Thorgr, Jerrica
R2 hp: 14
R1 hp: 26
Hoping to quickly dispatch the burning creature to focus on the one now lurking over the fallen Jerrica, Sig brings her axe down hard on the rust monster.
Looking back over her shoulder she knows that this is one fight that can't be allowed to drag on and on. Taking another step back she waves her hands in front of the rust monster in front of her, hoping that she can stun it long enough to help the others.
Frostine manages to stun the rust monster as Sig cuts the first one down.
Round 2: Rust Monsters, Sig, Dagmarr, Frostine, Thorgr, Jerrica
R1 hp: 26 (stunned for 1 round)