Freyja f*&+s hob #1 right up. All four arrows slam into it and it is dead before it even fully realizes what's happening.
Hob #2 looks in shock at his suddenly dead friend, then rushes forward to the middle of the room. It throws two bombs at Sarge, both of which land as direct hits on Sarge's breastplate.
The first bomb explodes into a thick acrid cloud that immediately gets into the entire party's noses and mouths.
Aubrin and Grevayne are overwhelmed by the cloud and begin choking and dry-heaving , unable to focus on anything else besides clearing this terrible substance from their systems.
The second bomb explodes with an impossibly loud report; Sarge's hands involuntarily go to cover his ears.
The concussive blast hurts him but thankfully doesn't deafen him.
Freyja (105/105 hp, gravity bow)
Trjega (75/75 hp)
Hob #1 (92 damage)
Hob #2 (0 damage)
Grevayne (91/91 hp, 4 images, nauseated [6 rounds])
Aubrin (47/47 hp, nauseated [3 rounds])
Creature #1 (0 damage)
Creature #2 (0 damage)
Sarge (123/123 hp)
Bold may act!
Grevayne stumbles into the room, gagging and coughing. He calls out what he learns between attempts to swallow down bile.
Aubrin moves to the wall so she can hold herself up with one arm while she retches all over the ground.
Both golems move to the center of the room and throw bombs at Sarge. The first seizes his muscles as electrical energy flows through him and the second nearly freezes his limbs in place . Some of each effect also hits Freyja, though only minimally .
Freyja (103/105 hp, gravity bow)
Trjega (75/75 hp)
Hob #1 (92 damage)
Hob #2 (0 damage)
Grevayne (91/91 hp, 4 images, nauseated [5 rounds])
Aubrin (47/47 hp, nauseated [2 rounds])
Golem #1 (0 damage)
Golem #2 (0 damage)
Sarge (73/123 hp)
Bold may act!
Knowing he is the only one with an adamantine weapon, Sarge points his blade at the northerly golem. "You first, arschlach," he growls, then barrels into the room to hack at it.
Sarge's weapon cuts through the golem's tough metal shell like a hot knife through butter. It clearly hurt the hulking thing, but it's going to take a whole lot more of that to put it down.
Freyja (103/105 hp, gravity bow)
Trjega (75/75 hp)
Hob #1 (92 damage)
Hob #2 (0 damage)
Grevayne (91/91 hp, 4 images, nauseated [5 rounds])
Aubrin (47/47 hp, nauseated [2 rounds])
Golem #1 (20 damage)
Golem #2 (0 damage)
Sarge (73/123 hp, -2 AC [1 round])
Bold may act!
Freyja is very, very concerned about those golems. Grevayne and Aubrin are out of the fight, there is no way Trjega can penetrate their armor, and she only has four adamantine arrows.
But she's already proven she can take down a hob in a matter of seconds, so she concentrates on shifting the odds further in their favor.
"Trjega, with me." No sense putting her in harm's way when she can't do any damage.
Freyja's puts her first arrow directly into the hob's eye socket. The second hits it in the throat for good measure, and it falls. She turns her third and fourth shots on one of the golems, but both clang harmlessly off its armor.
Freyja (103/105 hp, gravity bow)
Trjega (75/75 hp)
Hob #1 (92 damage, dead)
Hob #2 (91 damage, dead)
Grevayne (91/91 hp, 4 images, nauseated [5 rounds])
Aubrin (47/47 hp, nauseated [2 rounds])
Golem #1 (20 damage)
Golem #2 (0 damage)
Sarge (73/123 hp, -2 AC [1 round])
Bold may act!
Grevayne and Aubrin continue to heave and retch. It's pretty gross.
In an almost inexplicable turn of events (maybe these golems had really close bonds with their now extremely dead hob friends?), both golems make absolute asses of themselves, flailing their arms around in what might be construed as attempts to slam Sarge, but who can really be sure?
tl;dr: lots of flailing, no damage to Sarge.
Freyja (103/105 hp, gravity bow)
Trjega (75/75 hp)
Hob #1 (92 damage, dead)
Hob #2 (91 damage, dead)
Grevayne (91/91 hp, 4 images, nauseated [4 rounds])
Aubrin (47/47 hp, nauseated [1 round])
Golem #1 (20 damage)
Golem #2 (0 damage)
Sarge (73/123 hp, -2 AC [1 round])
Bold may act!
Sarge grits his teeth and raises his shield a little higher, planting his back foot for balance. It will take a little power out of his swing, but he's not fooled by the wild flailing; one of those weird artificial fists is going to hit like a charging aurochs.
Sarge's first strike goes all the way through the golem and up through its shoulder, cutting its left arm clean off. It sparks and hitches, but stays standing and agile enough to swat away Sarge's second swing.
Freyja (103/105 hp, gravity bow)
Trjega (75/75 hp)
Hob #1 (92 damage, dead)
Hob #2 (91 damage, dead)
Grevayne (91/91 hp, 4 images, nauseated [4 rounds])
Aubrin (47/47 hp, nauseated [1 round])
Golem #1 (68 damage)
Golem #2 (0 damage)
Sarge (73/123 hp, -2 AC [1 round])
Bold may act!
Freyja's hopes rise when she sees Sarge nearly destroy #1. She pulls out her only four adamantine arrows and tries to finish the job.
Freyja's first two arrows pierce the strange biological brain powering golem #1. It drops to its knees and falls.
Aubrin finally clears the sickness from her system and walks up beside Grevayne to see if she can do anything for him.
Golem #2 waves its arms around menacingly. Sarge can't help but laugh.
Freyja (103/105 hp, gravity bow)
Trjega (75/75 hp)
Hob #1 (92 damage, dead)
Hob #2 (91 damage, dead)
Grevayne (91/91 hp, 4 images, nauseated [4 rounds])
Aubrin (47/47 hp)
Golem #1 (112 damage, destroyed)
Golem #2 (0 damage)
Sarge (73/123 hp, -2 AC [1 round])
Bold may act!
Sarge points his blade at the remaining golem. "You next."
He then moves around the creature so he'll be closer to a proper flanking position when Grevayne recovers.
Sarge's strike swings wide. As he moves, he easily ducks the giant metal hand trying to mess up his day.
Freyja (103/105 hp, gravity bow)
Trjega (75/75 hp)
Hob #1 (92 damage, dead)
Hob #2 (91 damage, dead)
Grevayne (91/91 hp, 4 images, nauseated [3 rounds])
Aubrin (47/47 hp)
Golem #1 (112 damage, destroyed)
Golem #2 (0 damage)
Sarge (73/123 hp, -2 AC [1 round])
Bold may act!
Freyja is out of arrows that can easily penetrate these things, but she is a one-trike pony, so she does her one trick.
Freyja may be a one trick pony, but it's a pretty good trick. Only one of her arrows hits, but even despite its difficulty getting through the golem's armor, it does significant damage to it.
Aubrin pulls a scroll out of her pack, touches Grevayne, and reads the scroll. He coughs violently as the toxic vapors leave his system in a hurry.
Freyja (103/105 hp, gravity bow)
Trjega (75/75 hp)
Hob #1 (92 damage, dead)
Hob #2 (91 damage, dead)
Grevayne (91/91 hp, 4 images)
Aubrin (47/47 hp)
Golem #1 (112 damage, destroyed)
Golem #2 (38 damage)
Sarge (73/123 hp, -2 AC [1 round])
Bold may act!
Grevayne breathes in deep and coughs, relieved to feel his nausea abate. "Thank you," he says to the cleric, then rushes into battle with the remaining golem, clambering over its dead friend to get into a flank and help out the sergeant.
He has no spells that can harm this thing, so he goes for a good old-fashioned punch--not that he can do much to this thing.
The golem is surprisingly nimble for its size; it dodges Grevayne's punch rather easily. Unfortunately its skill doesn't appear to include actually hitting anything, as it swings ineffectually at Sarge once again.
Freyja (103/105 hp, gravity bow)
Trjega (75/75 hp)
Hob #1 (92 damage, dead)
Hob #2 (91 damage, dead)
Grevayne (91/91 hp, 4 images)
Aubrin (47/47 hp)
Golem #1 (112 damage, destroyed)
Golem #2 (38 damage)
Sarge (73/123 hp)
Bold may act!
Sarge goes for another pair of cross-swipes in hope of opening this thing up and finally dealing some damage.
The golem blocks Sarge's first swipe but is too slow for the second; oil and other vital fluids spray across his hands, his sword, and the floor.
Freyja (103/105 hp, gravity bow)
Trjega (75/75 hp)
Hob #1 (92 damage, dead)
Hob #2 (91 damage, dead)
Grevayne (91/91 hp, 4 images)
Aubrin (47/47 hp)
Golem #1 (112 damage, destroyed)
Golem #2 (62 damage)
Sarge (73/123 hp)
Bold may act!
Freyja do what Freyja do.Freyja makes a fool of herself.
Grevayne sends a pair of awkward swings at the golem.
Freyja and Grevayne just want the golem to think it is doing well.
Aubrin reaches out and touches Freyja. "May Cayden Cailean guide your next arrows, because damn, girl."
The golem finally wises up and turns its attention to Grevayne. It lands two solid slams, but each of them hits an image.
Freyja (103/105 hp, gravity bow, touch of good [1 round])
Trjega (75/75 hp)
Hob #1 (92 damage, dead)
Hob #2 (91 damage, dead)
Grevayne (91/91 hp, 2 images)
Aubrin (47/47 hp)
Golem #1 (112 damage, destroyed)
Golem #2 (62 damage)
Sarge (73/123 hp)
Bold may act!
Sarge is getting really tired of this thing still existing. Seeing its attention is on the dhampir now, he lowers his defenses and swings at a downward angle, then hacks across its "belly" horizontally on the backswing.
Sarge's switch to an offensive-minded stance does the trick; his first attack goes low and takes off one of the golem's legs at the knee. It falls to the other knee, putting its head at perfect decapitating height, and Sarge obliges. The body falls unceremoniously to the ground.
Grevayne takes a few moments to catch his breath before turning to Freyja. "You were right to urge us to return last night. This fight could have been the death of one of us. Let us look around and see if there is anything useful before moving on."
Despite his recent bout of nausea and his ineffectualness during the fight, Grevayne feels invigorated. He even has ideas for a couple new spells. He makes a mental note to jot them down in his spellbook tonight before bed.
He moves to the east and checks out the alchemical equipment for anything of use.
Sarge wipes Vergeltung with a filthy cloth from his belt before sheathing it. He hunkers down to look over the hob's body (he doubts golems would have any equipment of use) then begins scanning the perimeter of the room for anything of use.
Grevayne finds a motherlode of alchemical equipment and supplies.
On the hobs, you find:
- 6x acid
- 6x alchemist's fire
- 4x smokestick
- 4x tanglefoot bag
- 6x unstable accelerant
- 2x +2 leather armor
- 2x eyes of the eagle
- 2x mwk short sword
- 2x wand of cure light wounds (40 charges each)
Freyja nods at Grevayne. "I am glad you are still with us."
Then she goes to work with her wand.
Sarge blinks in mild surprise when he feels the itchy healing magic pour over him. "Oh," he murmurs, as if only noticing his wounds for the first time. "Yes. Thank you." He hands Freyja one of the two wands he found, then gives the other to Aubrin. "A little healing for everyone, ya?"
He looks over the goggles, slipping them over his eyes and fiddling with the lenses before giving a pleased grunt. "Very useful. I hope no one objects to my taking one of these."
Once Sarge has been tended to, Grevayne stows the alchemical equipment and moves back outside. "That is one building down. Looks like... two more to go? Let us take care of the small one first."
He moves outside, then south across the small bridge, and up to the door of the small building south of the alchemy lab. He quickly sweeps his magical senses over the door, though he doubts he'll find anything--but no sense in not taking precautions.
Sarge follows Grevayne out. Once everyone is close at hand, he checks the door and then opens it up.
Freyja waves Trjega along and follows Sarge to the small building.
The door is locked but it only takes a few seconds of fiddling for Freyja to pop it open .
Sarge pops the door open and finds a treasure trove. It looks like this may have been a simple one-room home before the Legion sacked Ecru, but now it has been converted to weapon and armor storage. You find the following:
- 6x mwk lamellar armor
- 4x mwk longsword
- 12x scimitar
- mwk composite longbow (+4 str) on an ornate silver stand (worth 100gp)
- 25 +2 abberation bane arrows
Nothing else interesting here.
"The arrows are an odd choice," Grevayne mutters. "Perhaps they know something we do not? Freyja, best take these just in case." He hands the magic arrows to Freyja and briefly explains what they do. "We will take the rest of this with us on our way back. We have wiped out their alchemical supplies, but it could not hurt to take some of their armaments as well. Perhaps the militia can use these."
Once that's been taken care of, he moves to the final building, then gives Sarge the nod once everyone has gathered.
Sarge gives the door a quick once-over before opening.
The door is locked, but your GM forgot to tell you one of the bombardiers had the key, so you open it easily. Crates and barrels fill the entire southwestern edge of this circular stone building. A clean, acrid smell fills the room. There is what looks to be a well in the center of the room, but it is covered over with boards.
Grevayne moves up cautiously to the well and looks it over curiously, sweeping his detect magic spell over the building as he moves.
Sarge moves toward the well, intent on checking it out for anything suspicious.
The red blob that was totally on the GM layer and hidden so you can't see it haha JUMPS OUT AND SURPRISES YOU EEK! Its miasmal form roils as barbed tentacles emerge from the central mass, coalescing into razor-sharp talons and claws.
This is a weird thing called a mihstu. You know the drill.
Freyja (108/110 hp)
Trjega (76/76 hp)
Creature (0 damage)
Aubrin (47/47 hp)
Sarge (129/133 hp)
Grevayne (100/100 hp)
Bold may act.
"What is that thing?" Freyja has no idea, but it looks pissed.
She has finally perfected the new technique she has been practicing for faster drawing and nocking; she fires five godsdamn arrows at the thing.
"Trjega, hold."
The creature's swirling mass creates a strange, windy vortex around it, but Freyja's first four arrows have enough impetus to pierce it. They all hit the creature center mass, in almost exactly the same spot . The creature screeches and flies across the room to assault Sarge with a weird windy tentacle. The tentacle hits Sarge but is unable to penetrate his armor.
Freyja (108/110 hp)
Trjega (76/76 hp)
Creature (?? damage)
Aubrin (47/47 hp)
Sarge (129/133 hp)
Grevayne (100/100 hp)
Bold may act.
Of course one of his few remaining spells is electrical in nature. "Mihstu," he calls. "Something has it riled up. Avoid electricity, but if you have any frost magic, now is the time for it!"
Grevayne waves his good hand in an incantation, and a subtle field of warped fate surrounds him. He then steps up to the creature. He calls on the last of his specialized pool of arcane energy to infuse his fists with power.
Sarge has no such powers or magic, so he do what he do.
He then steps to the side to provide Freyja with a better shot.
Grevayne assures that his next attack will be devastating, while Sarge's focus on defense restricts his range of motion, causing him to miss all three sword strikes.
Aubrin touches Freyja, bestowing touch of good.
Freyja (108/110 hp, touch of good)
Trjega (76/76 hp)
Creature (52 damage)
Aubrin (47/47 hp)
Sarge (129/133 hp)
Grevayne (100/100 hp, 2 images)
Bold may act.
Freyja feels Cayden Cailean's guiding hand. Her instinct is to resent it -- she doesn't need help! -- but Aubrin has proven how valuable His assistance can be time and again. Freyja relaxes and lets it happen.
The mihstu takes three more arrows to its body, such as it is. It seems to be having trouble holding its form as it roils and whirls.
It switches its attention to Grevayne. Four tentacles lash out at him. The first two destroy Grevayne's remaining images, and the third lands true . It tries to grab onto his wrist, but he wriggles away.
Freyja (108/110 hp)
Trjega (76/76 hp)
Creature (91 damage)
Aubrin (47/47 hp)
Sarge (129/133 hp)
Grevayne (95/100 hp)
Bold may act.
Seeing it divert its attention to Grevayne, Sarge tries to draw its attention back to himself with a slew of attacks.