Once, before you entered the Hearth Guard back home, you remember your father telling you stories about one time a dwarf merchant showed up with a nasty cough. As they continued, the dwarf's cough became more and more severe, even to the point of coughing up blood!
Your folk took the lad in, caring for him for about a week until he passed. But that wasn't the end of it. The following morning, when the elders approved the crypt for the outsider, they body was gone!
It took your father and your two uncles an hour to find the body, seemingly alive in the halls of the Jarl. He was attacking the Jarl's personal guard, eyes white like sheets and mushrooms protruding from his neck!
Netz swings the great axe like the madman he is raging as well. Netz attacks the one in front of Umikh and the ancestors suddenly pop out of the walls in Netzs gleaming eyes to defend him.
Khitt motions for Khatt to attack after releasing his shafts.The sight of the tribesman gave him pause initially, but the mushroom growths apearing on them made putting these proud tribespeople down an easy descision for him.
The goblin then slides along the wall further into the room while suggesting to Rodney and Rodalas to do the same.
Khitt's arrows bury themselves into two of the mushroom thralls, dropping them... dead. A puff of spores erupt at Umikh and Baldrick's feet. Umikh and Baldrick, make a Con save DC 10.
At her master's urging, Khatt mauls the third wounded enemy taking it down as well! Khatt may make a Con save DC 10, as well.
Netzer swings a pair of wild swings, missing with the first but cleaving the mushroom infected man clear through its rib cage! Pink is dead! Netzer, please make a Con save DC 10.
Baldrick swings hard with his warhammer, hearing the satisfying crack of bone under the impact! Green takes 11 hp damage.
Rodalas, ever the closer, nocks his arrow and looses! The arrow embeds itself in the head of the last thrall, dropping it! Okay, so that makes 2 Con saves for Baldrick in total.
CON save:1d20 + 5 ⇒ (5) + 5 = 10 CON save:1d20 + 5 ⇒ (7) + 5 = 12
"Ju--*caff* Just remember what I said *cough* about breathing in the spores *hack*"
Waving his hand in front of his face, tears streaming into his beard, Baldrick swallows drily: "Looks like we have a few more doors to chose from... For the love of Dumathoin, does nobody have a drink?!"
Male N Hill Dwarf L5 | HP 64/64 | AC 16 | HD 6d10 (0 used) | 2nd Wind avail Skills: Anim Hand 5, Athl 6, Decp 3, Surv 5 | Disadv on Stealth Saves: S 7, D 1, C 6, I 0, W 2, Ch 0 | Init 1 | PP 12 | Speed 25'
CON save vs mushroom life:1d20 + 6 ⇒ (8) + 6 = 14
Umikh fans the spores away and covers his face awkwardly with his shirt. He fiddles with something hanging off his pack and tosses Baldrick a flask. Course we got drink. He grins, then looks pensive. Can't recall what's in it though.
Aside from some coughing, no one seems to have too much of a side effect... Waiting on Nezter. In the meantime, what is your plan? These fellows do not seem to have anything of interest on their persons...
Khitt moves up to investigate the floor where the trap was sprung trying to discern if it was still a danger.
Investigate Disadv:2d20 + 1 ⇒ (12, 13) + 1 = 26
Regardless of the result, it doesn’t take long before he stands ”Well, this trap was meant to guard something. Might as well carry on and find out what it was.” The goblin says indicating the passage of of this detention area for lack of a better term.
Khitt examines the trap, a simple mechanism that caused the doors to spring open. That tells him one thing, that this condition that enthralled these poor humans was done intentionally to them, perhaps to be guard dogs.
The stairs to the West descend into darkness, your light spills into the lower barely illuminating the floor below...
As you descend the stairs, you can see that small rooms flank a central common area where crates and sacks are stashed against the west wall. Two doors are ajar on the North wall and the other two, closed.
Currently, someone is at the top of the stairs descending. Who would like to be first?
Male N Hill Dwarf L5 | HP 64/64 | AC 16 | HD 6d10 (0 used) | 2nd Wind avail Skills: Anim Hand 5, Athl 6, Decp 3, Surv 5 | Disadv on Stealth Saves: S 7, D 1, C 6, I 0, W 2, Ch 0 | Init 1 | PP 12 | Speed 25'
If Mr. Sneaky doesn't go first, I'm cool being first, sword out of course.
Umikh takes the flask back and tastes it. Yeah this is pretty weak. Remind me ta fill it back up with somethin' proper!
Male Dwarf (mountain) Barbarian 5(path of the ancestral guardian), max hp 55, ac 15
do I need to make a con save or no?
Netz stands and wakes from his rage and moves away from the pile of bodies not quite remembering the fugue of battle but coming back to himself quicker due to his improved mind and he moves forward quickly to peer down the stairs behind the lead souls.
Khitt is not super anxious taking the lead right now. Still feeling the effects of the hard travel to get here, he’s more than willing to let Rodalas scout while he maintains his focus on the stealth magic that he has employed currently. (Pass without trace),
Netz stands and wakes from his rage and moves away from the pile of bodies not quite remembering the fugue of battle but coming back to himself quicker due to his improved mind and he moves forward quickly to peer down the stairs behind the lead souls.
Please, though it doesn't affect anything right away.
@Khitt, Noted. I will bot Rodalas if he doesn't post by the end of today.
Male N Hill Dwarf L5 | HP 64/64 | AC 16 | HD 6d10 (0 used) | 2nd Wind avail Skills: Anim Hand 5, Athl 6, Decp 3, Surv 5 | Disadv on Stealth Saves: S 7, D 1, C 6, I 0, W 2, Ch 0 | Init 1 | PP 12 | Speed 25'
If I have it to give (don't think I've used one recently?) then yes, take it. In the form of try drinking the stuff in Umikh's flask maybe for flavor.
Dang, I hoped that the dodge would have at least negated one of the attacks...
Out of the darkness, a pair of duergar warriors swing their hammers hitting Rodney twice as the bard tries to evade the incoming attacks! His fervor allows him to avoid the heaviest of the hits, but the attacks send the bard spinning! Rodney's 8 temps are gone, and he takes 4 hp!
Male N Hill Dwarf L5 | HP 64/64 | AC 16 | HD 6d10 (0 used) | 2nd Wind avail Skills: Anim Hand 5, Athl 6, Decp 3, Surv 5 | Disadv on Stealth Saves: S 7, D 1, C 6, I 0, W 2, Ch 0 | Init 1 | PP 12 | Speed 25'
I saw Khitt writing last night, not sure if it disappeared or he wasn't done yet....
Khitt, is your damage bonus +7 or +5? I am seeing a +5 on your DDB sheet. Just checking to see if you are getting a +2 from another source?
Khitt draws a bead on the closest Duergar, loosing a pair of arrows, scoring one hit out of the two! -11 (-13) depending on Khitt's damage bonus.
Khatt, at her master's signal, bursts across the room, snaking through and around her allies' legs pouncing the grey dwarf, but the stalwart warrior growls and bats the snow leopard aside!
The pair of grey dwarves growl in dwarvish and grow to twice their normal size!
Male N Hill Dwarf L5 | HP 64/64 | AC 16 | HD 6d10 (0 used) | 2nd Wind avail Skills: Anim Hand 5, Athl 6, Decp 3, Surv 5 | Disadv on Stealth Saves: S 7, D 1, C 6, I 0, W 2, Ch 0 | Init 1 | PP 12 | Speed 25'
Rodalas feathers the wounded grey dwarf! +1 shortbow:1d20 + 9 ⇒ (6) + 9 = 15 But it is the rare occasion that the eladrin misses as the arrow thuds into the shield of the stalwart enemy...
Rodney taunts the duergar warrior in elvish! Wis Save:1d20 ⇒ 16 The subtlety of the joke is lost on the warrior from the Underdark, as it shrugs off the enchantment-laced barb!
Netzer charges in and swings a little too hard, knocking the stalwart defender back a step, causing his second swing to miss! Netz, I notice you have +10 to damage. How are you coming to that bonus? By my calculations, +3 for Str, +1 from the magic weapon, and +2 more if raging. At most it should be +6. Am I missing something? I am going to go with 6 damage unless you wish to expend a rage to bring it to 8.
Baldrick slips forward and swings his warhammer in hard, rewarded with snap as he breaks the warriors rib! The duergar sputters and blood spatters from his mouth as he collapses in a heap!
Stepping past the fallen enemy, Umikh swings hard twice at the giant dwarf! Crit damage:1d10 ⇒ 9 The first slash takes out the quadracep in its left leg, dropping it to a knee! As the warrior's neck comes to eye level, Umikh cleaves the duergar's head off its shoulders!
Combat Over!
Assuming you are investigating the rooms.
Small rooms flank a central common area where crates and sacks are stashed against the west wall. The doors of the two southern rooms are open, and each room is empty except for a tattered bedroll and a chair.
Findings:
The crates and most of the sacks contain basic supplies, including blankets, rations, hempen rope, and other equipment. One small sack holds the stolen valuables from Caer-Konig: twenty-five pearls carved into decorative beads (5 gp each). Another sack contains three daggers, a set of woodcarver’s tools, a set of navigator’s tools, fishing tackle, and a potion of healing hidden in a leather pouch along with 73 sp.
Male N Hill Dwarf L5 | HP 64/64 | AC 16 | HD 6d10 (0 used) | 2nd Wind avail Skills: Anim Hand 5, Athl 6, Decp 3, Surv 5 | Disadv on Stealth Saves: S 7, D 1, C 6, I 0, W 2, Ch 0 | Init 1 | PP 12 | Speed 25'
Definitely taking the stuff back to its rightful owners. And yeah, probably back and to the NW corner?
Wow - that was quick!
I'm with Umikh -- we might as well clear the place while we are here. Maybe kill that zombie on the way out, so we can return the goats to their owners?
