It looks...surprised?
Me not hab babies, and dems not flies needer
After Marra's attack strikes home, Aliandara flips and rolls her way inside the thing's grasp, driving her rapier at its thick hide, to no avail. Donagar attempts to wade in, the otyugh slapping at him with its long tentacles (AoO). But it only batters him a little bit, taking a little strength from his attack, causing him to not have enough bite to get through the thick hide. Then it attacks in earnest. focusing on Donagar. Though none of the attacks seems to have any effect on the heavily armored dwarf.
"YOU SMELL NOM NOM! TASTY DWARF! LIKE ONIONS!"
AoO
BITE:
Tentacles:
You see the Otyugh look up and down Donagar
current order: Panish then Drakus up.
Panish
Drakus
Marra
Donagar
Aliandara
Otyugh
Panish looks disappointed, "And here I thought you were smarter than the average utyuk. Tell me, do you know of any stealing of corpses in this area?" Panish shuffles in to the creature in a guarded stance, his sword creating a scraping sound on the ground - just enough distraction to slip the blade cleanly underneath a tentacle in a powerful thrust.
Sgt. Drakus shouts "Hyah!" as he attacks over Donagars head.
Bardiche attack: for a possible points of slashing damage.
The question is how do the threat-ranges of weapons work? You need roughly a 5% threat chance on a greataxe, 10% on longsword, 15% on scimitar, then double again for keen/improved-crit ranges.
The question is how do the threat-ranges of weapons work? You need roughly a 5% threat chance on a greataxe, 10% on longsword, 15% on scimitar, then double again for keen/improved-crit ranges.
Attack
DMG
"Give it up beast, slink back into your corner!"
"I didnot wade this far in tah be nice tah yerself!"
Attack
Damage
"Iffen yer fer givin up yer tah say uncle!"
Aliandara?
Sgt. Drakus again attacks over Donagars head.
Bardiche attack: for a possible points of slashing damage.
"Drakus yah forgot tah atart drinkin, didn't yah?"
Sgt. Drakus again attacks over Donagars head.
Bardiche attack: 1d20+8 for a possible 1d10+3 points of slashing damage.
Uh, let me finish out the round before posting new attacks please, that's why I re-ordered it after the Otyugh had gone, so I could make a summary of the action before proceeding, thank you. Will have summary up later. Hammered at work atm.
Panish looks disappointed, "And here I thought you were smarter than the average utyuk. Tell me, do you know of any stealing of corpses in this area?" Panish shuffles in to the creature in a guarded stance, his sword creating a scraping sound on the ground - just enough distraction to slip the blade cleanly underneath a tentacle in a powerful thrust.
Sgt. Drakus shouts "Hyah!" as he attacks over Donagars head.
Marra reloads and fires another bolt, hitting the beast as the bolt skims past Donagar's ear,"Give it up beast, slink back into your corner!" possibly distracting him "Iffen yer fer givin up yer tah say uncle!" as his axe hits but doesn't penetrate the thick hid. "I did not wade this far in tah be nice tah yerself!"
Aliandara dcuks and weaves through the beast's defenses and stabs it in a soft tissue area, somewhere near it's backside?
Otyugh "YOWWWWWW!!!! NOT DET HUNGRY!!! Me Stop now!!!" as it withdraws into the corner.
"Somebody run back an grab up them fliers, this guy is hungry, an I do not want him to be really hungry in case we have tah comes back this way!"
"Sure." Panish makes his way back and grabs two armful of the parasites and returns, "Here, now eat and stop being hungry for an hour or so. What do you know about the corpse trafficking around here?"
Panish is starting to grill the beast, when he notices a pair of tattooed legs sticking partially through the pile of refuse.
"And what can you tell me about this!!" Panish wades through the gunk and pulls out what he can of the tattooed legs.
Aliandara will help the others carry some of the bugs so the monster can be fed, but otherwise stays out of the room, not being able to stand the sight or stench.
"Not warm food..."
Sgt. Drakus does not pursue, only snorting in contempt at the creature.
"I ken bash yah tah make it taste better!
"This hole is fulla things I have not ever seen afore!"
"Shall we explore some more? This utyuk doesn't look like he'll be much use to us other than stalling our efforts some more."
“I would be more than happy with that, though how do we know this thing” pointing at the monster, "didn’t eat Gaekhen? Or that he isn’t in there somewhere? Between all those bodies" Aliandara shudders when she realises that they will probably have to search through all the corpses.
"Yeah, weren't he a Shoanti tribesman? They all got tattoos all over the place don' they? Can't be many of those here... If'n we can't find 'im in the piles of bodies down here, we can always come back an' open up that big pile of crap."
He points to the Otyugh with his Bardiche, then notices some filthy bodily fluid on it and scrapes it off with a look of distaste.
"I say we go on iffen were lookin fer a corpse hes not gonna escape, if were a lookin fer a living guy he jus might be gettin away, worst case we consult a diviner to find a path if this one gets cold."
"Han't eat'n those yet, derro drop em off not long go."
The legs do indeed seem to be covered with Shoanti tattoes, and they appear to have been cut not chewed.
"I hate Derro!"
"Where are they?"
"Where do they come from?"
"Which way tah get to em?"
"Ah, Derro, that rings true, hateful, malicious and wholly evil, derro within the walls of the city must be expunged. I remember one of them dealing with Lamm at one point when I was just a little girl, they took a dozen bodies from the hideout though a trap door to the cellar, I guess I had blocked that out..."
"Don't really know them - some form of sadistic midgets?" Panish makes sure to recover the legs of the Shoanti. He wraps them up make-shift for the time being and stows them, looking slightly ill at ease in the process. "These poor legs may be part of the body we're looking for. Let's go on and see if there's more to find." Panish points along the path with his sword.
"Let's move out then. FORWARD HARCH!"
Marra keeps her repeater trained on the Otyugh...
"What worries me is where did that derro go?? It ran in here, there are no exits...Otyugh where'd he go?!" As she aims at the Otyugh
The otyugh shimies and squirms a bit...it's tentacles then point toward a section of the rough wall.
Noting something is up, Donagar heads over towards the rough section of the wall behond the BIG O....
Noting something is up, Donagar heads over towards the rough section of the wall behond the BIG O....
Search with +2 for Stonecunning
Perception
Perception
1d20+10
Aye, there's definitely a cleverly concealed passage hidden by the stone...after searching the wall you find it's on a rolling pivot, it opens into a small passage, even Aliandara or Marra's small frame would be a tight squeeze in there...
"That's not good...things just got a lot more dangerous..."
"How far back does tha thing go? Do it open into a larger area beyond?....I am sure we can find a way around. We gots no way tah get to yah if yah runs intah troubles in there."
If really need be I could attempt crawling through there, though it won’t do us much good if I can’t see on the other side.”
"Nor will we be able to help if they lie in ambush. I'm with Donagar - there's much left unexplored here; if human bodies are transported around here then there are likely more convenient passages available."
"How far back does tha thing go? Do it open into a larger area beyond?....I am sure we can find a way around. We gots no way tah get to yah if yah runs intah troubles in there."
Donagar makes a few light rapping noises on the wall, with his hand on the wall and eyes closed, the passage continues back across possibly connecting with the ossuary and elsewhere judging by the scattering of echoes.
"I don't think that would be wise Alia. I think we just need to be on our toes, ready for ambush, maybe Chirrip could assist Alia with scouting."
Chiirrip!!
"Bet this hole is to help make sure tha big onery O beast stays here, lets find another way round. Wish we could seal up this hole."
"You know naught of engineering Donag? That almost surprises me, bet you could build an ale hall though..."
Sgt. Drakus looks at his Bardiche and Tower Shield and then at the hole.
"Yeah, let's find another way."
"Go right ahead and lead the way, I'll cover the rear," Panish adds with a wink to Aliandara.
Marra also looks at Drakus' bardiche, and at the hole...
"Hah that thing is bigger than the passage."
You'll at least have a description. (oh do you want to go back to the previous fork, or proceed in the direction you were moving?[/ooc]
"Unfortunately my knowledges are arcane, historical, religion, planes nothin yeed be spectin from a dwarf...."