Argyri nods as well. "You know these buggy swamps better than the rest of us do, Badger. Lead on."
Tarn grunted as he sat down and remained silent as he was bandaged. Luckily the bite hadn't hit any arteries, so the biggest problem was infection. And given that they were in a swamp, that was a real issue.
"And when ye lead on, try to avoid any more beasties." He grumbled.
When ready, Badger continues to lead you through the marsh. You pass many natural hazards, which would have been painful if not for your excellent guide.
After another hour sloshing through the soggy, you near the Dunwater River. All of sudden, six frog-headed amphibious humanoids burst from the muddy water and attack with spears and their teeth! Each wear crude armor and shields.
The frogman stabs and bites Badger whos deflects the spear but gets bitten!
Ever en guard Argyri manages to dodge her frogman!
Drusilla gets bitten without her magical armor!
Kwin gets speared in the gut by his frogman!
Tarn's armor turns away his frogman's spear.
Blacklock flows like water out of the way of danger!
”I bloody knew it! They be out to kill us! Ye’ve got ten seconds to make peace with them before I splatter their brains everywhere.”
Drusilla was bitten and curses as she goes into a song. With the Blade song humming within her she draws her scimitar and slashes at the frog man with speed and grace bore form the mystical song she invokes.
Starting at 2nd level, you can invoke an elven magic called the Bladesong, provided that you aren’t wearing medium or heavy armor or using a shield. It graces you with supernatural speed, agility, and focus.
You can use a bonus action to start the Bladesong, which lasts for 1 minute. It ends early if you are incapacitated, if you don medium or heavy armor or a shield, or if you use two hands to make an attack with a weapon. You can also dismiss the Bladesong at any time (no action required).
While your Bladesong is active, you gain the following benefits:
You gain a bonus to your AC equal to your Intelligence modifier (minimum of +1)
Your walking speed increases by 10 feet.
You have advantage on Dexterity (Acrobatics) checks.
You gain a bonus to any Constitution saving throw you make to maintain your concentration on a spell. The bonus equals your Intelligence modifier (minimum of +1).
You can use this feature a number of times equal to your proficiency bonus, and you regain all expended uses of it when you finish a long rest.
"These are Bullywugs, Frog people not Lizard folk. They hate you and want you dead. Kill them first."
Putting action to his own words Badger responds to the bullywug that hit him swings his sword toward the creature.
Argyri steps opposite Blacklock, and skewers the bullywug Blacklock had just slugged.
Kwin pulls out his longsword and retaliates against the bullywug that stabbed him.
Two handed swing, to hit , damage .
Argyri stabs and drops Drusilla's bullywug while Kwin almost hits Argyri with his longsword.
Again Badger deflects the spear but gets bitten!
This time Argyri gets bitten and stabbed by her frogman!
Kwin's frogman laughs so hard at his swordsmanship, the frogman cannot threaten the priest!
The radiating blizzard from Tarn causes his frogman to miss.
Blacklock's frogman follows him, but he continues to flow like water out of the way of danger!
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Badger fails to get his swords in a good place to strike the frog that bit him.
"Hey, keep your swamp-breath offa me, frog-face!"
Argyri isn't able to dodge the frogman, but she gives as well as she takes, stabbing deep with her rapier (while she waves her dagger menacingly).
Drusilla still in song will move and attack the next closest Frogman with a strike.
Hammer in hand, Tarn went about attacking the oversized frogs. He was quite frustrated by...well...nearly everything that had happened thus far. It felt good to relieve his stress by letting it all out in a display of righteous violence.
Kwin flushes with embarrassment at his flailing strike, gathers his strength and tries again!
To hit , Damage .
Alas, he fares little better.
When Blacklock's frogman goes to pursue him, Tarn's maul splats it like a frog under a caravan wheel.
Argyri drops another frogman with a rapier stab and pivots out of the way.
Everyone else misses. With half their numbers dead in 12 seconds, you are a bit surprised when they don't retreat. Badger believes something is pushing them to fight.
Badger and Kwin get bitten!
Having splattered one frogman, Tarn raised his hammer to attack another. As he did so, it slipped out of his reach and went flying behind him, landing in the mud with a splash. Instinctively, he summoned it back into his hands.
Badger again brings his blades in for another strike. "They should be moving on. Something is forcing their fight to the death."
Badger stabs his frogman who slides to the ground.
Blacklock reinforces Kwin and drops the frogman in melee.
Argyri hops through the muck until she's behind the final frogman. She's about to skewer him as well, when Badger speaks up.
Huh?
At the last minute she decides to whollup it on the head with the handle of her rapier and dagger instead, hoping to knock it unconscious.
After Argyri drops the last bullywug hoping to interrogate the evil amphibian, everyone hears croaking of doom originating from beyond a line of marsh trees.
"More's coming. That croaking can't be friendly. Where no longer sneaking. Might be time to move back swift like."
Drusilla will keep her sword out and begin to cast, Her arcane words and gestures happen in cadence with her other hand gripping a piece of cured leather and her spell goes off.
She will then move where needed.
Kwin sheathes his apparently useless sword and readies his bow.
"I doubt we can outrun anything native to this place." He glances around. "Is this the best place to make a stand?"
To answer Kwin's question, three new bullywug's leap among you with hide armor, shields, and spears. Two attack Blacklock with teeth and spear. One gets a spear into the boy's ribs.
The third lets out another croak of marshy doom. "Glaaar-pat! This croak pierces your brains.
Badger moves to aid Blacklock leaving room or creating space for Argyri to flank.
Gritting his teeth against the cacophony, Tarn moved in with hammer in hand. He was intent on letting the hammer tell them exactly what he thought of their music.
Drusilla Grunts ad she continues her song now embodlilened with spell and song
With Speed she moves to look at the Croaking from an and return the favor+
The kid's jab knocked a frogman back on his back.
Then, he impales the frogman like a vampire with his wooden peg leg.
Wisdom save
When the frogmen leap into sight, Kwin calls down sacred fire upon the croaker.
Tarn moves to melee and smashes the croaker.
The croaker grimaces in headache pain.
Kwin misses the frogman's legs.
Argyri moves into melee with the croaker and attacks with rapier and dagger. After sliding the rapier between his ribs, she dances away.
The frogman watches Blacklock and Argyri dance away and closes to attack Tarn.
The croaks lets out another marshy doom. "Glaaar-pat!" This croak pierces your brains.
Tarn was nearly driven to his knees by the pain in his head. He held on, but didn’t know for how much longer he would manage.
Drusilla winces her body more hammered then she had in a l9ng time changes her efforts and springs towards the Croaking Frog.
DC 12 Wisdom save
DC 12 Wisdom save 1d20+5
The croaker croaks for the last time and wilts under the mental assault from Drusilla.
"Blacklock, not again!"
Argyri tumbles back toward the last frogman and attempts to slash it into cutlets, before again dancing out of the way.
Badger staggers but is still standing. He moves to the next frog and hits with a devastating strike.