Tiny picks up and reloads the heavy crossbow.
Haldan's spell works very well! His follow up, not so much. Tiny preps for a longer range option.
Round 4:
Elemental (2 Actions only): ATK
Dendillion (68/68): Bard
Chark (47/62): Go
Charlie (72/80): Heal
---Goliath (51/62): Bite
Tiny (22/88): Arm
---Þóðᛞrekkr (60/60): Hold
Haldan (22/60): Spells
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Location: Lower Moonstone Hall
Stone Mauler: 178
We may need to fix Goliath's teeth, Chark laments, but still she endeavors to help put the earth titan down, sending a jolt of fire-red electricity at it. She then pulls out her wand.
Chark's electricity rips through the elemental, causing it to burst apart. The ground around it returns to a safe and flat floor.
Tiny lets out another sigh of relief as another horrible monster nearly kills them.
This time he holds his stuff together and searches the room rather than collapsing.
Charlie nods to the south door. "We need some healing before we go through there."
Chark moves over to heal the party as the others look around. The room is largely empty save for four everburning torches scented with sweet‑smelling incense which burn in the chamber’s corners.
With the room secured Charlie heads to the southern door. "Let's keep moving."
Hold a bit, Chark says, activating her wand of heal to affect the whole party.
She frowns, not at all happy with the result. That won't do.
After, she will touch a tattoo on her forearm to cast heal again, this time just on Tiny. A bright, whitish flame from her hand washes over the cannonballer, the warmth from the flame knitting his flesh together.
Dendillion full
Chark (-7)
Charlie full
Goliath (-3)
Haldan (-12)
Tiny full
Þóðᛞrekkr full
Now, she says to Charlie.
Deep recesses are carved into the stone walls of this room, although most are empty. Above each is a brass plaque. Splintered wood, broken glass, prayer beads, dried bones, and other debris are heaped in large piles.
Tiny looks through the debris, hoping to find some religious symbols he can show Chark so they can confirm what type of worship was being done here.
Tiny looks around. He finds a magic stole, and a black marble jar with some kind of magic salve inside.
Thinking it might be useful, Dendillion does his best to identify the finds.
"What did you find Dendillion?" Charlie asks as it just looks like a scrap of cloth and blackened paste to him.
Dendillion can't place the jar, but the stole is a stole of civility
"A very nice stole, steeped in the history of Azlant. I could probably make use of it," Dendillion replies to Charlie. "And some unknowable unguent, which any of you are welcome to."
Chark thinks it's a single dose of "saint’s balm."
A useful salve, Chark notes, tucking it away, I believe from the church of St. Cuthbert, judging by the cudgel embossed on the lid. And I think you would do well with the wrap, Den.
Before guiding Charlie toward the eastern door, Chark takes a moment to step over the debris and look over the brass plaques above the recesses.
While none of the specific citations stand out, it seems like this chamber once displayed a collection of sacred relics, including holy oils, blessed scrolls, lintels from long‑gone temples, skulls of famous Arodenite saints, and more. This place has clearly been looted.
Dendillion dons the stole. "It's quite nice. I feel like I just won some sort of talent competition though. Can't explain why."
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"There is another d..d..door here to teh west. Look like it loops past that statue that nearly killed us earlier." Charlie motions to the door.
Dendillion dons the stole. "It's quite nice. I feel like I just won some sort of talent competition though. Can't explain why."
"There is another d..d..door here to teh west. Look like it loops past that statue that nearly killed us earlier." Charlie motions to the door.
Chark nods. Haldan, will you do the honors?
Tiny cracks his knucles, ready to go west.
The west side of this hallway has crumbled away into an enormous natural cavern. A crude ramp of crumbled stone and earth leads from the cavern floor up to the hallway.
There's an impressive door to the north.
The west side of this hallway has crumbled away into an enormous natural cavern. A crude ramp of crumbled stone and earth leads from the cavern floor up to the hallway.
There's an impressive door to the north.
You hear shouting from the north, it's in the xulgath tongue, and it's someone who is ROYALLY mad. To get through THAT door requires a lot of voice...
Right, then, Chark says. Shouting from within, and when you look at the door you can be sure it's loud to make it thought that. No holding back, let's level everything we have at them.
She waits for Haldan to give the all clear.
Haldan attempts to unlock the door as quietly as possible.
The door isn't locked. Feel free to open it, just know that the map needs to be updated.
The group forms up, shuffling around so that Tiny and Goliath are at the front of the door. Dendillion nods to the dwarf, ready for him to open it.
He does so.
It's hard to even see anything in the room due to the massive triceratops in the middle. Atop the massive beast is an imperious-looking xulgath. Two more xulgaths work in the room.
The double door to this large, open crypt leads to a small balcony and a short flight of stairs. The stone railing on the balcony has been knocked onto the floor a few feet below. Several metal slabs protrude a few inches above the floor, each bearing a life‑sized representation of a reclining human priest. That the slabs cover graves is obvious, as three of the lids have been torn from the ground to reveal shallow pits.
Charlie is Scouting
(Scout)
(Search)
(Detect Magic)
(Seek, Keen Eyes)
(Search)
The leader is taken by surprise. His attention had been focused on looting the room with a feverish pace, near panic. He shouts something in his language as the enemy attention turns on you.
Round 1:
Chark (55/62): Go (Needs bot)
Charlie (80/80): Go
---Goliath (59/62): Go
Xulgaths: TBD
Xulgath Leader: TBD
Tiny (88/88): TBD
---Þóðᛞrekkr (60/60): TBD
Haldan (48/60): TBD
Dendillion (68/68): TBD
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Location: Lower Moonstone Hall
Green:
White:
Leader:
Triceratops:
Charlie skirts the outer perimeter of the room as he gives a whistle for Goliath to get in and protect the entrance.
HP 80/80
AC 23 (25 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 61/62
AC 22
The appearance of yet another massive dinosaur brings back terrible memories. Still, the ever loyal goliath rushes in to find the dinosaur's skin extremely tough.
Charlie settles in behind some cover.
The leader is taken by surprise. His attention had been focused on looting the room with a feverish pace, near panic. He shouts something in his language as the enemy attention turns on you.
Round 1:
Chark (55/62): Go (Needs bot)
Charlie (80/80): Move
---Goliath (59/62): Miss
Xulgaths: TBD
Xulgath Leader: TBD
Tiny (88/88): TBD
---Þóðᛞrekkr (60/60): TBD
Haldan (48/60): TBD
Dendillion (68/68): TBD
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Location: Lower Moonstone Hall
Green:
White:
Leader:
Triceratops:
Chark edges forward and opens up with a fiery ray on leader.
Chark takes aim at the rider and strikes her with a ray of fire. sh snarls and shouts a long string of sibilant orders. The two other xulgaths move to engage, each wielding axes with jagged blades. they pin Charlie down and swing viciously for his neck:
for
MISS
for
He then twists the axe to widen the wound!
The leader spends a moment getting the dinosaur to move into a better position before unleashing a bolt of lightning down the hall! It strikes Tiny, Þóðᛞrekkr, Dendillion, Haldan for
Round 1:
Chark (55/62): Fire Ray
Charlie (40/80): Move FORT
---Goliath (59/62): Miss
Xulgaths: ATK
Xulgath Leader: Bolt2
Tiny (88/88): REF + Go
---Þóðᛞrekkr (60/60): REF + Go
Haldan (48/60): REF + Go
Dendillion (68/68): REF + Go
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Location: Lower Moonstone Hall
Green:
White:
Leader: 23 (4th: 1)
Triceratops:
Tiny is barely singed and drops into his stance and immediatly opens up with a flurry of claws vs Green.
Tiny also orders Þóðᛞrekkr into the frey to take a bite out of green as well.
Tiny's counter is brutal. His opening swipe tears open a freely bleeding wound at the necck. his second attack tears most of the xulgath's head clean off. The corpse sprays blood all over the crypt floor... and Charlie's head.
Round 1:
Chark (55/62): Fire Ray
Charlie (40/80): Move FORT
---Goliath (59/62): Miss
Xulgaths: ATK
Xulgath Leader: Bolt2
Tiny (82/88): Kill
---Þóðᛞrekkr (54/60): Miss
Haldan (48/60): REF + Go
Dendillion (68/68): REF + Go
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Location: Lower Moonstone Hall
Green: 53
White:
Leader: 23 (4th: 1)
Triceratops:
Dendillion begins to sing, doling out a courageous anthem whose words (he hopes) linger in the mind of his friends.
He then strums his lute, performing a rapid-fire chord progression. The great bard transforms the music into magic, hastening Tiny's movement.
Dendillion winces from the fire, but then turns around and helps everyone, especially Tiny as the dwarf quickens for the battle.
Round 1:
Chark (55/62): Fire Ray
Charlie (40/80): Move FORT
---Goliath (59/62): Miss
Xulgaths: ATK
Xulgath Leader: Bolt2
Tiny (82/88): Kill
---Þóðᛞrekkr (54/60): Miss
Haldan (48/60): REF + Go
Dendillion (55/68): Bard
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Location: Lower Moonstone Hall [ooc]
Green: 53
White:
Leader: 23 (4th: 1)
Triceratops:
Charlie groans in pain as the axe is twisted in his wound, but he grabs at the handle of the blade to try and slow it a little.
"The dude is riding a triceratops! I don't know if I should attack or try to recruit the little bugger."
Haldan strides into the room and stomps his foot in the direction of the dinosaur and his new hero.
Haldan's shock keeps him from fully dodging the lightning. Unfortunately the triceratops is simp0ly too massive to be affected by his spell. the rider too is simply too high to be hit.
Round 2:
Chark (55/62): Go
Charlie (40/80): Go
---Goliath (59/62): Go
Xulgaths: TBD
Xulgath Leader: TBD
Tiny (82/88): TBD
---Þóðᛞrekkr (54/60): TBD
Haldan (35/60): TBD
Dendillion (55/68): TBD
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Location: Lower Moonstone Hall
Green: 53
White:
Leader: 23 (4th: 1)
Triceratops:
Recruit later, Chark says, her slight smile belying her admonishment.
Chark fires a ray of white-hot heat and flame at the remaining xulgath guard.
And then another at the dinosaur.
And then another at the rider.
Chark's first ray misses, but his second two land!
Round 2:
Chark (55/62): Searing Flame
Charlie (40/80): Go
---Goliath (59/62): Go
Xulgaths: TBD
Xulgath Leader: TBD
Tiny (82/88): TBD
---Þóðᛞrekkr (54/60): TBD
Haldan (35/60): TBD
Dendillion (55/68): TBD
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Location: Lower Moonstone Hall [ooc]
White:
Leader: 37 (4th: 1)
Triceratops: 18