The group exits the hut and takes a quick look at the boat. A giant turtleshell repurposed into a large boat. One side is tied with a large rope, with a winch on the end. The other side has two rudders, which are attached with a long block of wood, making them always turn in the same direction.
Then the group arrives at the watchtower. This raw, round log structure is probably only three stories high. There are no walls protecting it, but the third floor is extended outwards with squared wood to have arrow gaps in the floor, called machicolations. As they approach, Furnok notices an arrowhead sticking out of one of the battlement gaps, which is promptly launched at Furnok. The rain hampers the shot, and Furnok is able to sidestep without too much effort.
Kemras briefly debates firing back at the archer, but dismisses the idea swiftly. No way I'm going to hit them between the watchtower and the rain.
Instead, he darts swiftly forwards, drawing his sword of enchanted steel, and chants a swift phrase as he gestures with his off-hand, and a shield of translucent force appears before him, hovering and ready to deflect any blows that were forthcoming.
Holding her shield above her head, Cleo rushes forward to the door and casts prayer to befuddle their foes and aid her allies. Aggah fires back happily.
Furnok and Bacon charge for the door!
Wabbit rushes the door, trying to open it b4 Furnok gets to it.... If it's locked he yells Mongo SMASH
Kemras moves forwards while casting shield on himself, while Furnok, Bacon, Cleo, Wabbit, and Cleo's Pony race to the front door. Aggah doesn't run, but rather stays put to shoot arrows into the battlement. Despite the elements and protections, Aggah hears two yelps of pain to reward her for her efforts. It then yells out
"Hey Moobs! We got fresh manflesh! Hahaha they gotta gobbo here. It's shootin me heh heh heh heh."
There's a loud thunk thunk thunk as the creature shuffles over to above the front door and looses another arrow, again at Furnok. This time, the arrow pierces through the shoulder of his chain shirt, inflicting a startling amount of damage.
"Giants! Probably ogres." Kemras shouts his warning to his fellows, following them towards the tower. Hesitating outside the door, he steps back and away from it, ready to rush in when the time comes.
A terrible stench hits your nose before anything else, though it smells less like rot and decay, but more like sour sweat. The door reveals a small hallway turning sharply to the right, used to funnel attackers in a breech. Beyond this hallway, the tower opens up to a single large room. An Ogre, standing to full height in the raised tower, just finishes shoving a man into a prison cell on the far end of the room. The man, and two others in the prison, are stark naked, and their listless eyes show nothing but horror and suffering. The Ogre is wearing a hide shirt, and his club, the size of which would require two hands for a normal human, is at his side. There is a table inbetween the hallway and the Ogre, and a staircase a little ways to the side of it.
If a medium creature: "Damn! They got in, Muffs! You forgot to lock the door!"
If a small creature (or pony): "D'awww, look at youu. So cute. You's a warrior, huh? Awe you so cute I'mma eat you up. Yes I am. Yes I am hehehehe."
The speedy Wabbit reaches the door first and yanks.... Or tries to yank it open... It may be a heavy old creaky wood door in which case it opens at a slow/moderate speed
And after that he rushes in trying to get to the head of the battle where he belongs
The sheer size of the creature inside, combined with the threat to eat her cousin, has the cleric halfling wanting praying hard for her god to bring down his fury on it, but she doesn't know enough about the poor prisoners and doesn't want to hurt them. So instead she presses her hand on Furnok's arm and prays strength into him.
Aggah continues to fire arrows like a one-woman goblin army.
Furnok's muscles bulge and drip oil so they gleam in the moonlight. He strides in and readies an attack with his long hammer when the nasty approaches.
The Ogre says "And another one! I'mma putcha inna pot, after I eat manflesh."
Aggah tries to get around to where she thinks the enemy moved, but she has to move too much to get a shot in.
The Ogre walks up to Furnok without a care in the world, but Furnok immediately bashes with all his might, with his hammer sinking right into the belly of the beast. He tries to swing back with his club, using his giant arms for extra reach, but Furnok parries the attack with the haft of his hammer. Outside, two arrows rain down near Kemras, but he easily dodges both of them.
"Muffs! They gotta man who hits harder than me mum! Cmon down already!"
Kemras moves into the tower, grimacing as he notices the prisoners. Wait is that - not the time. Focus. He takes a moment to examine the ogre in front of him, his eyes narrowing as he locates the most vulnerable areas.
"Careful, there's at least one more coming down!" He calls out to his companions.
Annoyed that she can't see her target, Aggah rushes toward the tower. Cleo rushes after Furnok to cast another spell. Barkskin since he will likely be the target of more attacks.
Wabbit activates his scarf[2/3 panache] (don't think he needs to roll acro to avoid AOO) as he now has reach), hops on the able (5ft) and commences stabbing
Prayer+1
Melee, Fighting Defensively-2,Flurry, Pirahna Strike -2 +4dam
WaveBlade +10/+10/+5 (1d4+6+4+5, 18-20x2, PS) +1Agile Waveblade, , Pirahna, Precise +5
Wabbit rushes in does a Dukes of Hazard hood slide over the table....
tries to avoid provoking an AOO
and DIVES between the Ogres legs and pops up nimbly trying to get a hold of its belt
And regardless of whether or not his grip is successful Wabbit gives the Ogre one nice stab as an introduction
Melee, Fighting Defensively-2,Flurry, Pirahna Strike -2 +4dam
WaveBlade +10/+10/+5 (1d4+6+4+5, 18-20x2, PS) +1Agile Waveblade, , Pirahna, Precise +5
The Ogre tries to squash Wabbit under his club, but he's taken off-guard how quick and nimble the little guy is. Wabbit grabs onto the Ogre's belt, but his stab doesn't quite pierce through the hide shirt.
Furnok and Bacon move up to attack!
Furnok and Bacon both jump into the fight, both working in conjunction with Wabbit for flanking. Furnok's longhammer smashes into the Ogre's gut, while Bacon charges right into the creature's shin. The giant cries out in pain, and blood flows from his midsection.
"Muffs! There's too many of em. I thinks they might off me if they keeps it up."
He withdraws from the fight just as his buddy comes down the stairs. The other Ogre is also wearing a hide shirt, with two bloody arrows sticking out of it. In one hand he carries a longbow, while the other carries a bill polearm.
"What you been doin, jerkin in front of em? You haven't hit em once, have you?"
Cleo quickly hurries through the smashing, bleeding chaos, touching Furnok as she goes by to heal his arrow wound.
Aggah rushes into the tower and looks around the corner for what is going on.
Kemras dodges past the pony and the goblin, dodging around Furnok's boar to position himself near the injured ogre. He speaks the ogres' language to them, his tone taunting.
Cleo taps Furnok with her wand in order to heal him, while Aggah hurries into the tower. The Ogre swings the bill in Cleo's direction, but she's too far away. Meanwhile, Kemras nimbly navigates around his allies to get right up to the injured Ogre, taunting him in his own tongue. The Ogre retorts
"Screw you, skinny twig boy. You look like you'd lose a fight 'gainst a scarecrow."
Wabbit keeps his grip on the Ogre lets himself get carried away by the big monster, stabbing furiously
Melee, Fighting Defensively-2,Flurry, Pirahna Strike -2 +4dam
WaveBlade +10/+10/+5 (1d4+6+4+5, 18-20x2, PS) +1Agile Waveblade, , Pirahna, Precise +5
With Kemras already at the Ogre's flank, Wabbit stabs furiously at the Ogre's most vital parts. All three of his attacks hit, with one disembowelling the Ogre, another piercing through the Ogre's throat, and the final one puncturing a vital artery above his heart. The Ogre falls over in pain, clutching his wounds before quickly bleeding out.
Furnok strides up and bashes at the ogre.
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Furnok gets up close and personal, before bashing the remaining Ogre in the shoulder. It's a strong hit, but the Ogre's layers of fat help keep him going. He drops the bow to take hold of the billhook in both hands, then takes a small step back to use the polearm's reach. It swings with all its might and Furnok watches in slow motion how the wicked blade catches him by surprise, with the curved tip coming straight for his neck. However, as the blade comes in contact with Furnok's neck, Cleo's barkskin reacts. Furnok's lower face and neck suddenly sprout tangles of hardy roots, weaving around each other to provide protection. The blade sheers some of the roots, but it fails to cut through all of them. As Furnok breathes a sigh of relief, he's surprised when the Ogre deftly flips the billhook for a second strike. This time, it cuts into Furnok's armour with an ear-grating scrape, though Furnok's midsection is untouched.
Aggah is finally able to see the giant bags of flubber blubber and sheiks in glee as she pelts the one up with her arrows.
Cleo carefully steps behind Furnok and heals him some more with her wand.
Kemras dodges around the stairs to engage the second ogre, launching a flurry of thrusts at the creature, aiming for its most vulnerable areas.
His first foe collapsing Wabbit scamper sour of the way towards the remain foe
Dodging any attacks
Wabbit searches for a handhold
And stabs at the hamstring
Melee, Fighting Defensively-2, Flurry +7 bab, +5 dex, +1 small, -2 FD, +1 waveblade
WaveBlade +12/+12/+7 (1d4+6, 18-20x2, PS) +1 Agile Waveblade, Precise Strike +5,
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Cleo patches up most of Furnok's wound, while Aggah lets fly two arrows. Both arrows sink into the Ogre's belly, totalling now to four, but her little arrows seem to do relatively little to harm such a massive and corpulent creature. Its layers of fat, also known as flubber blubber, protect its vital organs, though its flesh still bleeds.
Kemras' long rapier however manages to pierce through enough layers to make a lasting wound, while Wabbit easily weaves his way behind the Ogre to grab it by the belt. As he drives his elongated waveblade into the creature's ribs, the Ogre reactively lets out a nasty passing of gas, reminding the Halfling that Ogres probably don't understand the concept of soap.
Furnok moves down and rings the Ogre's gong with his hammer.
Though the backswing fails to connect, Furnok's first strike bashes the Ogre in the gut. Layers of fat absorb some of the blow, but the Ogre is really starting to look like it's going to fall. With his ally dead on the floor, and now he himself looks like he'll soon join him, the Ogre wipes blood and sweat from his brow, and raises the billhook. With his hand up in a show of peace, he says to Kemras in Gianttongue.
"Hey okay, okay! You small, but very strong. Very strong. I give up! Don't kill me. Tell your boss with the root beard and big hammer that I work for him now."
Kemras' brow furrows, looking to the others. "He's surrendering. He thinks we're serving someone with a 'root beard and big hammer.'" He keeps his sword up defensively between himself and the ogre.
The Ogre glances away for a second as he thinks.
"Uhhh... Because... Because I listen to orders." He nods vigorously. "Big Pappy wanted me to come here and take control, and I listened. I do what I'm told."
Kemras is more than capable of sensing the Ogre's motives. The Ogre is willing to say or do anything if it grants his survival. This could be considered loyalty, but only if the Ogre believes that there's no better alternative.
While Kemras speaks with the ogre in its gutteral tongue. Wabbits eyes glow with judgment as he examines its aura.
Wabbit does detect a faint aura of evil emanating from the Ogre he's holding onto.
"He'll happily enough betray anyone." Kemras says after a moment, before speaking in Giant again.
The Ogre nods vigorously again
"Yes I'm very strong, and uhh Mammy always said I'm her smartest. Lemme prove it. Ask me anything, and I'll show you."
Cleo is torn. While her god believes in the destruction of evil to save people, killing something that has surrendered is another matter. Still decisions have to be made "If you can Kemras, find out how many people he has killed?"
Cleo also speaks giant, but does not have the silver tongue Kemras seems to have, so she just listens.
Furnok has managed to pick up some giant. Well if you are so smart, what is the airspeed of an unladen sparrow in flight?
Kemras resists glancing at Furnok, but gestures sharply at him for quiet.