"Parvo will be more than will to attract their attention and draw them in for Seltyn's fireball. He's good at dodging and even if he takes the full brunt of it I can keep him healthy."
Mazrak listens to Horek and Seltyn, "I am no great strategist, but thirty giants may be more than we can handle at one-time. Would it not make sense to retreat to the wilderness, rest, and then maybe draw them out and take them more piece-meal?" Mazrak shrugs.
"However, I will do what the party decides, as the worst case is to join my forefathers in glory. If we attack, just let me know when you are ready, and I will send in Mr. Stinky and attack." Mazrak shrugs again.
OK the party is behind door 3. There is noise behind door 2, it sounds
Seltyn notes the noise, and whispers through the still active Message spell, There are cooks in there. We have to kill them. We can't have any giants in our way if we need to retreat. I've got one wall active, keeping the dire wolves at bay. We have to keep our one route open.
So, the target seems set. Who is opening the door?
Jeeves steps forward to open the door into the kitchen, being happier when he takes up the second row of fighting.
Holding his guisarme in one hand he waits until everyone is ready to go.
"Here goes nothing," he murmurs under his breath.
initiative
Sorted
Elnaril
Orcs
Hill giants
Seltyn
Mazrak
Ogres
Eldric
Horek
Jeeves
Jeeves opens the door (it's unlocked) and This is a typical giant kitchen with counters along the walls, several tables, benches, a stool or two, and various items for cooking and baking (pots, kettles, bowls, knives, forks, spoons, ladles, spits, and so forth).
three giants are busy cooking, along with a few ogres and many orcs. The orcs are unarmed.
Elnaril can act
Parvo moves to the door Jeeves just opened and attempts to clear a space by brutalising the giant in the doorway.
Elnaril moves closer to the fight, hefting his crossbow but does nothing else.
Mazrak will call out in giant to the Zombie, "Go. Guard behind us." He points toward the back of the party.
The Zombie Hill Giant lumbers toward the back of the party.
Mazrak takes a five foot step up to get a better view inside the door. Then he sends a pair of arrows through the door at one of the giants.
If this hits:
Seltyn doesn't want to burn much magic, yet.
He thinks this will end in dead enemies, but the real fight is still ahead.
The elf waits and sees.
I'm starting to see the value in retreating after we wipe out these monsters. Let's empty this room, get out, then wait for them to come to us.
I think we casters can deal with them, if we prep new spells and put them on our turf. Let's kill these guys and run, Seltyn says through the Message spell.
Seltyn moves to the door, and gets ready to kill something.
Mazrak's arrows slam into the giant at the door, as Parvo savages the giant's leg. The enemy are still surprised so everyone can act.
What the Nine Hells am I doing in the front again?
Jeeves quickly stabs at the ogre before him then tumbles out of the way to let the others get a better shot at them.
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Horek steps forward to do battle with the nearest giant, intending to hew a path into the room so that Whisper at least could follow.
vs FF AC (giant nearest entrance)
Horek - No Current Buffs
Whisper - Bull's Strength (+4 STR) - for 4 more minutes or so; Mage Armor (+4 AC) - for 7 more hours or so.
The Haste spell ends, and Seltyn takes a moment to assess things.
I suggest we heal up where needed, and use whatever magic we have to give us every advantage. I will cast Haste one more time, but that's all I have. It'll last just over a minute, so we've got to move. I have one Fireball left, and a few other lesser attacks, then I'll be basically done for the day.
Both the Ogre and giant stagger under the attack, but do not fall.
The Giant looks confused at the hits, one-moment cooking and the next fighting. Snarling he swings a cleaver at horek
The giant clips Horek for 16 points
The ogre strikes with a rolling pin
The ogre misses Horek
the orcs bolt. The orges and giants grab weapons and move up.
The party can now act
The party can act.
Jeeves hesitates and waits to see if any targets emerge from the room before proceeding.
Eldric went in for an attack, and nearly tripped. He stumbled, and out of pure reflex managed to turn the fall into a roll which ended with him leaping up with an upper cut punch. It would had been impressive...if it had been planned.
Horek grits his teeth as the cleaver carves a shallow wound into his bicep and lays into the giant in front of him with the enormous obsidian axe, trying to hack his way further into the kitchen to allow others to get in behind him.
vs Giant
vs Giant
Horek - No Current Buffs
Whisper - Bull's Strength (+4 STR) - for 4 more minutes or so; Mage Armor (+4 AC) - for 7 more hours or so.
Seltyn tries to think ahead. We need an escape route, and some intel on what's in the big room. If it's more than we can handle, we'll need to leave and come back at them on our terms.