Haldan somersaults back (step) and launches a card.
2 action heal on Goliath.
Tiny drops his crossbow as he calls in and goes all out on attacking the remaining foe.
Chark quickly tacks to health Goliath. As the bear's wounds heal, Tiny delivers the filling blow to the final xulgath!
With the stinky dino's defeated Charlie rushes back to Goliath. "Pal, you g...g..gotta be more careful. You are g..g..going to get hurt."
Charlies hand comes up with some more blood as it continues to seep out. Bracing himself against the wall he is able to put some decent pressure against the wound to get it to finally stop.
HP 47/52
AC 21 (23 w/ shield)
Wooden Shield 12/12; [AC Bonus +2: [Hardness 3] [HP/BT 12(6)]
Snarecraft Snares Used: Biting Snare
Focus 0/1
Hero Points 1/3
Goliath
HP 14/40; Wounded 2)
AC 18
"Asmodeus' fiery balls, why does everything have to lead to a fight these days?" Dendillion swears as he worriedly watches Charlie tend to his bear. "I'm a lover, not a fighter. This... these shenanigans were supposed to Thunder's problem. I just want to perform already. I swear, doing the right thing has never felt so bloody."
And with those words, Dendillion feels inspiration creep up. He sits down and begins composition of a new song.
Charlie sits down for this time, running his fingers through Goliath's fur. Every few minutes making sure the wound isn't going to reopen as he packs it more and more.
Once Chark is done bandaging their injuries he stands ready to go. "Goliath seems much better. I should buy him some sort of protection when things begin to calm down."
He looks around the area. "North or south?"
HP 47/52
AC 21 (23 w/ shield)
Wooden Shield 12/12; [AC Bonus +2: [Hardness 3] [HP/BT 12(6)]
Snarecraft Snares Used: Biting Snare
Focus 1/1
Hero Points 1/3
Goliath
HP 40/40)
AC 18
"If everyone is healed up, I would recommend heading north. But I have no basis for this."
Waiting for everyone to be fully healed, Haldan then heads north, looking for traps along the way.
The party takes a solid 20 minutes before leaving the odoriferous room. Haldan looks to the short columns to the south. They remind him of things in cities which are designed to prevent wagons from crossing. The humans could easily just vault over them...
While the party takes a few to get their focus back, there is the frequent sound of some kind of animal activity in the north, but nothing ever comes this way. Charlie, as party scout stays by the northern exit, but sees nothing in the dim corridor.
Once ready, Haldan heads north into the next room. This odd-shaped room is divided by several piles of stacked stones, each stack about four feet tall. Large nests made of sticks and mud are spread around the room on both sides of the stone stacks. The northwestern corner of the room contains a large hut made of poorly tanned hides and topped with the skull of some enormous fanged beast. The eye-watering smell of xulgaths, animal dung, and unwashed reptiles fills this room.
The only signs of life here are a pair of small quadraped dinosaurs. Thick bony plates armor the domelike back of these dinosaur, its powerfully muscled tail ending in a bony club. Each is the size of a horse, but they're also penned in by the same squat columns.
They approach the edge of the enclosure, but don't seem hostile.
Chark eyes the pen. Should wee release them? she thinks aloud. I'd rather see them free to roam than abused by these xulgaths.
”If they will not be hostile, then they should definitely be set free. No creature deserves captivity. Not a one.”
Haldan looks into how to free the creature.
”If anyone has anything to feed them, now would be a good time.”
"Maybe we leave th..them, here for a moment until we g..g..go to leave?" Charlie suggests, unsure how they will act once the cage is open. He didn't have much experience with Dinosaurs.
Goliath curiously moves forward and sniffs at the dinosaurs, drawing in their scent as he looks for food himself. "Wh..what do they eat?"
Charlie thinks these are herbivores, but their armor and tails are a clear indication that they don't have a lot of successful predators eating them.
”Well, if they’re herbivores, let’s keep an eye out for something that could be their food in order to help them out. If they wanted to eat us, they could be doing that right now.”
If Haldan immediately sees anything that could be food based on this new info anywhere in the room, including any containers, he will go to feed the dinosaurs.
Chark extends a hand to one and, if allowed, will pat it on the head. We can leave them for now, yes, she says, but we'll not leave them here longer than necessary.
Once the matter is settled (and they are fed, if we can find some food), Chark points to the east. Let's see what is down this way.
The dinosaurs didn't react when anyone approached, so he moves to find something in their pen.
Unfortunately, they turn violent as soon as there's a creature on their side of the pylons.
Round 1:
Chark: Go
Tiny: Go
Dendillion: Go
Haldan: Go
Charlie: Go
Dinos: TBD
Charlie is Scouting
(Scout)
(Search)
(Detect Magic)
(Seek, Keen Eyes)
(Search)
Haldan! Get out of there! Chark says.
"Leave them be Haldan. get you i..i..item and g..get out!" Charlie calls out.
Stride twice and cast shield.
"My apologies Wayward Wonderers. I only meant to feed them."
Everyone stops for a moment while Haldan moves to a better spot. With no one on their side of the pen, the dinosaurs go back to a calmer state.
”Well, that was bracing. Clearly they like to keep a social amount of distance.”
Charlie sighs, "No need to disturb them further." Charlie nodes to the east.
No one objects to Charlie's nod, so the party heads east.
The hallway continues a bit before arriving at another set of mysterious stones. A heavy black cloth conceals a passage to the north.
Most of the party spies a pair of snares, reasonably well hidden, between the stone barricades...
Charlie is Scouting
(Scout)
(Search)
(Detect Magic)
(Seek, Keen Eyes)
(Search)
Charlie points out the snares, Moving forward he tries to shove them out of the way using his longbow as he sets his own pair of snares across the path.
He looks back. "Something is setting traps. Let's set our own."
Haldan tries to help Charlie make it easier to move around.
Haldan steps up and manages to disable the snares without any problem. Whoever placed these is not as good a snare crafter as Charlie.
With their snares gone and a set from Charlie in place he motions for everyone to stand back a bit. Unfurling his whip he motions to get ready. Arching it back he lets loose a couple good and loud cracks into the air.
tiny suppresses a chuckle at the party's clever plan and waits to see what comes up Charlie's noises.
The new racket doesn't immediately produce results, but everyone stands ready. It's like the moment before the show starts.....
After a breath, Tiny, Chark, and Charlie feel the horripilation start. Trouble comes...
Round 1:
Tiny: Go
Chark: Go
Charlie: Go
???: TBD
Haldan: TBD
Dendillion: TBD
Charlie is Scouting
(Scout)
(Search)
(Detect Magic)
(Seek, Keen Eyes)
(Search)
Chark can feel the tension in the air...as she waits...
Tiny drops a bit low into his stance and readies to fire his crossbow at the first target in sight.
Charlie breathes slowly placing a hand back to keep Goliath from rushing in.
HP 47/52
AC 21 (23 w/ shield)
Wooden Shield 12/12; [AC Bonus +2: [Hardness 3] [HP/BT 12(6)]
Snarecraft Snares Used: Biting Snare x3
Focus 1/1
Hero Points 1/3
Goliath
HP 40/40)
AC 18
Charlie and Chark don't move, but Tiny drops into his stance, prepared for the worst.
Suddenly there's a burst of motion from the north! The curtain is dashed aside as a pair of dinosaurs charge into the fray. These small, sleek dinosaurs have vicious, snapping jaws and feet that end in large talons.
Both of the small dinosaurs run straight into the snares!
for and nearly dies!
Leaps over it!
Both the injured and uninjured raptors gnash their biting jaws at Charlie.
You spy a xulgath skulking in the hallway...
Tiny's crossbow fires, but the bolt flies harmlessly over the small dinosaurs head.
Round 1:
Tiny: Miss
Velociraptors!: ATK
Chark: Go
Charlie: Go
Haldan: Go
Dendillion: Go
Numbers will be (19, 21, 17)
Black Raptor: 19
Red Raptor:
Charlie releases his hold on Goliath as he leaps past Charlie onto the wounded raptor. Charlie uses this moment to quickly retreat as he tosses his whip to the ground and grabs his bow.
HP 47/52
AC 21 (23 w/ shield)
Wooden Shield 12/12; [AC Bonus +2: [Hardness 3] [HP/BT 12(6)]
Snarecraft Snares Used: Biting Snare x3
Focus 1/1
Hero Points 1/3
Goliath
HP 40/40)
AC 18
Chark moves forward, interposing herself between the anachronisms and Haldan, sending gouts of flame from her hands to wash over the pair of dinosaurs!
Chark touches her thumbs together as she finishes the final syllable and:
The spell itself is weak, and the heretofore uninjured dino is only slightly singed. The other, already on death's door, succumbs to the flame!
Goliath's teeth chomp down, HARD. The raptor nearly dies on the spot.
Round 1:
Tiny: Miss
Velociraptors!: ATK
Chark: Burning Hands
Charlie: Crit
Haldan: Go
Dendillion: Go
3d20 ⇒ (6, 12, 16) = 34 Numbers will be (19, 21, 17)
Red Raptor: 17
Haldan launches a card towards the red foe, followed by his hoopak staff. He stumbles a little afterwards as he was using his hoopak staff more now as his magic usage for the day has taken its tole on him.
Action 1: Inspire Courage
Action 2-3: Telekinetic Projectile
Dendillion strums a few notes before harnessing the musical magic to launch a stone from the ground at the remaining beast!
Haldan's first card is enough to kill the small dinosaur, but before anyone catches their breath.....
Round 1:
Tiny: Miss
Velociraptors!: ATK
Chark: Burning Hands
Charlie: Crit
Haldan: 1 Action
Dendillion: Go
Action 1: Seek
Action 2: Seek
Action 3: Point Out OR Inspire Courage
Hearing the warning from Chark, Dendillion looks ahead to see if he can find the xulgath.
He comes up empty, but spends precious seconds still looking.
Dendillion looks down the hall, but with all the shadows and the rush of combat, can't focus his eyes on any foes, so he instead continues his bard song.
Round 1:
Tiny: Miss
Velociraptors!: ATK
Chark: Burning Hands
Charlie: Crit
Haldan: 1 Action
Dendillion: Look and sing
Chark's confidence was high, but no one seems to be able to see this hidden xulgath....
Suddenly, and quite unexpectedly, Charlie feels something pushing on him. Before he realizes it, some kind of flat gelatinous wall begins trying to pull him into itself!
Round 2:
Tiny: Go
???: TBD
Chark: TBD
Charlie: TBD
Haldan: TBD
Dendillion: TBD
Gelatinous Cube: TBD
Tiny rushes back to his allies' aid, biting and clawing at the cube.
Tiny turns to the foe he can see. The cube is an easy target, though it has no anatomy or anything to truly damage . His first two attacks work like a charm, and his third only barely misses.
Suddenly a trio of xulgaths charge in from the north. Two gang up on Goliath, and one on Chark. Chark never saw the two coming after the bear, but was ready for the one coming after her. As they enter the room they let their stink wash over the party, but at this point, no one seems affected.
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for
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MISS
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Round 2:
Tiny: Hits
???: TBD
Chark: Go
Charlie: Go + Save
Haldan: Go
Dendillion: Go
Gelatinous Cube: TBD
Cube: 15