Takemiryu watches Auldegrund as the dwarf scampers away and then fires an arrow back at him. "Uf! That smarts. Not very friendly of you. Aren't you supposed to be our host?" Suddenly, the arrow wound doesn't seem to hurt as much. He looks around and sees Jaithe casting. "Thank you, Jaithe. That really hit the spot." Turning back to his opponent, Takemiryu holds up his new dagger and says, "And thank you for leaving this lying around. Very convenient it has turned out to be. Let's see what more it can do." And without further ado, he closes with Auldegrund again and keeps stabbing.
Takemiryu then looks down at the arrow sticking out of his now profusely bleeding side. "Oh no, this won't do at all." He makes some effort to stanch the bleeding...
...but doesn't do a very good job of it and the bleeding continues
The normally stoic strix is positively giddy when he sees an actual flanking opportunity present itself. He nods his approval to Takemiryu. "An inspired tactic, my friend." Zerryd strides forward and joins the curious kitsune in a flanked attack.
With the team not needing a lot of extra healing...
The little kobold returns to plying her bow as the phantom dagger continues its work.
She then tries her luck with the divine lance again.
Jaithe provides healing to Takemiryu.
Takemiryu sinks the dagger in twice, causing more damage than he thought possible.
Zerryd moves in and delivers quick strikes to the dwarfs back.
Kellsti's first dagger strike misses, the second causes the dwarf to stagger.
Conclusion
Auldegrund cries out in anguish. He scrambles, tearing off his breastplate in a panic, revealing a piece of parchment. Moments later it burst into flames. Crimson fires consume him entirely and the PCs hear the distant sounds of a hunting horn and a deepthroated chuckle from somewhere deeper in the mountain. Auldegrund burns entirely within a few rounds, leaving behind only ashes and his gear. This time, the hunter was taken down by his prey.
At this point, the PCs are free to finish exploring the site and heading back to Korvosa to sell off your treasures.
Zerryd watches in satisfaction as the team takes down Auldegrund. He feels particularly lucky as he knows how close he was to death's door himself. "Kellsti, thanks for keeping me on my feet!" Looking around, the rogue adds, "May as well search the rest of the cabin for trinkets?" He heads to one of the closed doors.
Takemiryu takes a few quick steps back as soon as Auldegrund starts crying out and spontaneously combusting. He looks at his silver dagger in surprise. "Wow! This is quite a versatile weapon." He wipes the blood off it and returns it to his belt. "Not sure what all the horns and chuckling was about there though. Oops. Better take care of this bleeding before we go on."
"Much better. Nothing that a few days rest won't cure." He kneels down and loots whatever equipment of Auldegrund's survived the flames. He looks about. "I think we're almost done here. A quick search of the remaining rooms and we can leave this cursed place to rot."
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Kellsti heads over to Takemiryu to see what she can do about his bleeding wound.
"There, that looks better"