"Then we just need to continue to be efficient. Concentrate on one, drop it, move on. I can make sure any we drop stay dead."
Opening up the door to the west once again you see that there is now just 1 troll sleeping. The first troll you dispatched must have been the one that was sleeping earlier and with the deaths of the trolls in your previous foray they had to tighten ranks and reduce numbers on watch at one time. The troll continues to snore on mumbling something about shut the $%^& door and let me sleep as he rolls over.
Venja is not making an attempt to move in, leaving that to the martial types who can actually hurt the thing... she stands ready outside to add some acid or fire to the damage to prevent regeneration after it is put down.
Is rather noisy so stays put.
Helgash is well aware that as soon as he enters the room with his plate armor, all stealth will be forfeit, so he delays for Duardlara, Beck and Sheelah's actions, firmly gripping his weapon.
Whispering, "Wait here. I will move in next to the beast and put an arrow through his earhole when Venja puts some acid or fire to him. I will count to three," she indicates counting with the fingers of her right hand, "and draw back to fire on four. Fire when I do," she points at Jetro, "and I will retreat while Helgash, Beck and Sheelah charge in to finish him."
"What do you think?"
Jetro nods
Fort save needs a nat 20 lol
The troll dies instantly with an arrow buried up to the feathers sticking out of its skull. So much for trying to catch some sleep before its next shift. It is now resting eternally without the noise from the clock tower bothering him.
[/ooc]Where to next?[/ooc]
Duardlara lets out a deep breath she didn't realize she was holding, then hits the troll with an acid splash and strikes with the new sword, just in case.
She takes a quick look around the room before moving to join the others to try the next door.
Jetro nods in appreciation of the fine archery. North.
"Now I agree with you."
She listens at the door.
Venja doesn't expect anything, but scans the room quickly with detect magic... adds another acid splash on the dead creature before following toward the north door.
Jetro ponders cutting off it's hands and having troll hand gloves.
Quickly scanning the room Venja finds nothing magical. Leaving the southern door alone the party makes their way back quickly to the main hallway after ensuring that the troll is indeed dead. Opening the door to the north you see a small 15ft square area housing a spiral staircase leading to the second floor.
These steps are made for medium sized creatures and have not been altered. Should the trolls try to come up they will have to squeeze their way towards you. Hopefully this means that there are no more large sized creatures up above but you are not sure as there are some scratch marks on the walls and railings.
Reaching the second floor you see that the stairs continue to head upwards but a door sits in the southern wall of the staircase leading to the rest of the second floor.
Duardlara tries to listen at the door despite the ambient noise of the tower.
Jetro keeps ready, but has no skill with engineering.
Venja remains very quiet so as to 'assist' 'Lara by not adding to the ambient noise.
Duardlara you hear nothing behind the door.
Duardlara looks at her friends and shakes her head. She points up, points at the door, and shrugs. What do you want to do?
Jetro whispers Open up.
She nods and turns to focus on the door, trusting the others to watch her back. She examines the door for traps. If she finds none, she quietly testing to see if it is locked. If not, she opens it as quietly and carefully as she can after making sure the others are ready - and if it still makes a terrible racket, she will throw caution to the wind and open it quickly to reduce preparation time for anyone that might hear it.
No traps and the door is unlocked...
Several boxes and barrels are stacked waist high at the end of this broad hallway. These contain surplus food supplies: sacks of bone meal, barrels of pickled fish, and even some produce like potatoes and onions brought over from the Hidden Gardens. Some of the food is used to fatten up the children, while the rest supplements the meals served to the ice trolls. The door to the north leads to a landing on the stairs, which go down to the first floor and up to the third floor. A closed set of double doors on either side of the hallway gives access the rest of the second floor.
Duardlara continues as scout.
Jetro keeps steady
To the east you hear nothing while to the west it sounds like the crackling of a fire.
Beck takes a liten as well
Helgash stays close to his companions, looming over them, ready to defend them if needed, but giving them enough berth to move around without the clanking noise of his plate behind them.
Beck you hear the same as Duardlara.
Open the west doors
Three tables occupy the northern half of this room. A five-footsquare extrusion with a small access door on its western face runs from floor to ceiling just south of the eastern doors. A gigantic cast-iron cauldron stands in the southeast corner with wood stacked beneath it. A large iron stove with twin flue pipes running into the walls dominates the southwest corner.
North doors.
Looking out for enemies hiding
Beck +1/2 level in cold
Helgash
Jetro
Duardlara
Venja
thing
Surprise round
As the group moves to the north doorway a creaking and groaning sound is heard as the stove from the south breaks free from the wall and lunges out towards you.
Top of Round 1
The Gobbler, as those in the know about such items would call it, attacks Helgash with its massive serrated mouth trying to latch onto anything that can fit indie the oven. At the same time smoke from the pipes starts to fill the room as the pipes themselves bash Helgash.
viscous bite for and grab with swallow whole for fire damage
pipe slam for
Helgash, you are inside the stove and will take d6 fire every round inside. To get out you need to make an escape artist check or do 5hp of damage getting through the 10 hardness. Being trapped inside and a medium creature you can not use a 2-handed weapon.
Venja sends a bolt of acid at the animated stove to see if it hurts it.
Yes Venja the acid hurts it.
Also know arcane DC 16 to know 1 thing about. Every 5 is another detail to know.
HP 48/48
AC 18
Spells in effect:+2 Saves vs. Cold +5 Survival, -2 perception to hear when hatflaps pulled down.
Jetro fires at the thing, stepping 5' back
Your right Helgash I was just looking at your alias stats. You are not swallows...yet.
Venja the Gobbler is immune to fire and has hardness 10.
Jetro you hit twice but the arrows do not get past the hardness and just ricochet off.
"Helgash, I think your healing touch is anathema to the monster, like it would be to an undead."
Drawing her sword, she tries to maneuver into a flanking position with the tiefling, drawing the magical sword as she goes.
Venja tells the group what she knows. "The creature is a Gobbler. It's immune to fire and is extremely hard to damage, use Adamantine if you have it."
Bite attack with Grab and swallow whole. Creatures inside take d6 fire per round. Smoking pipes fill the room in 3 rounds causing 20% miss chance.
Vulnerable to cold damage.
Beck shrugs and takes on a more hulking shape and steps Down-Left one space
Sheelah, Round it Beck commands, knowing that SHeelah's claws won't scratch the thing's surface. SHe 5' steps to the space Jetro is on in the map currently since he moved.
If it bites you, it will try to pull you inside where it will burn you until you can escape. If we don't destroy it quickly, the smoke from the pipe will make it harder to hit because of the cloud. If you can hit it with cold, that's most effective.
Helgash drops his bardiche and draws the greatsword swinging at the iron monstrosity.
from profile attack for
Not used tot he weight of the greatsword Helgash misses. The stove then attacks Helgash in return still trying to swallow him.
bite for grab and swallow for fire
pipe slam for
Venja sends a ray of frost at the monstrosity.