1d20+4
2d12+4
Gremlins - Round 1 - continued
25 Kheyji
25 Hurik (immune to bad luck)
24 Red Pugwampi
23 Miriani
19 Tharskh
14 Satu
8 Nuglub
With his magically enhanced weapon ready, Hurik dashes across the open space and mashes the first gremlin pugwampi he sees. The foe was unaware of his attack and thus did not defend itself at all, and Hurik did the rest, killing the gremlin with one blow.
Red Pugwampi leaps into action, startled by the sudden onrush of attackers. It readies and fires a short bow at Hurik. One shot hits the barbarian for a minor wound, while the other flies wide.
Miriani moves up a bit and sends electricity between the two gremlins.
Satu, her spear in one hand and a throwing knife in the other dances up to Hurik, throws the knife at the nuglub, then dances some feet away again.
Without a second thought, Tharskh unleashes on the closest foe. Shilah stands close to him and growls.
Gremlins - Round 1 - concluded
Miriani's electrical spell jolts the remaining pugwampi for full damage, but the nuglub is surprisingly agile for its shape and avoids a direct hit, taking only half damage.
Satu dances into a performance that does not fascinate the nuglub but does inspire her to throw her blade with deft precision. Even though the attack is not exactly on target the fey leader takes a slight wound anyway.
Marking the same nuglub as his prey, Tharskh fires two arrows at that target, but unfortunately all the gyrations around the gremlins cause his shots to miss, one only narrowly.
The nuglub gremlin casts a spell targeting the deadly maul held by Hurik. A coating of very slippery grease coats the weapon's handle, and Hurik struggles to hold onto his weapon of choice. The nuglub then moves a bit back and away from it original position.
End of Round 1
Gremlins - Round 2
25 Kheyji
25 Hurik (immune to bad luck, 35/38hp, greased weapon)
24 Red Pugwampi (6hp dmg)
23 Miriani
19 Tharskh
14 Satu
8 Nuglub (prey for Tharskh; 8hp dmg)
Hurik curses as the handle of his weapon goes slippery
But he holds on by shifting grip to a non greased spot
Hurik holds on, and streaks forward to flank the creature and leave an opening for his allies, "Play me for a fool?"
Then he strikes and strikes again
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for potentially
Kheji pulls her hand back and it bursts into flames. Her entire hand. She calls out something untoward and thrusts her hand forward, sending the flame off towards the nuglub (if it's still alive; otherwise any other convenient target will do).
She then summons another shimmery shield in between herself and the foe.
Gremlins - Round 2 - continued
Hurik feels the enchanted grease on the handle of his maul but manages to keep hold of the weapon somehow. He moves quickly through the grass towards the nuglub and as he does, he notices a large hoof snare also set here. Fortunately, the dwarf is small enough to not trigger the trap, moving between the parts, but he can see it would be a nasty surprise for a large creature. He manages to unleash another magically-enhanced on the gremlin leader, but the creature survives the onslaught. The second blow misses.
Kheyji conjures magical flames but her toss is offline enough to miss any target. Smartly, she conjures another protective shield, just in case.
The remaining pugwampi moves a bit then fires two arrows at Hurik. Both arrows hit Hurik, but the wounds are relatively minor and don't distract him from the work at hand.
Miriani moves back, stepping on every sharp stone and stick out here. She moves back until she feels herself step on normal ground. She then gathers up a ball of wind and hurls it at the pugwampi.
Gremlins - Round 2 - continued
Miriani steps back and unleashes a blast of wind that scores a direct hit on the remaining pugwampi, battering and bruising it but not enough to take it out of the fight.
Tharskh continues targeting the Nublug engaged with Hurik.
Satu continues her dance off with the gremlin and tries to stab him with her spear as she finishes a dancing sequence.
Then she starts the dance from the beginning...
Gremlins - Round 2 - concluded
Tharskh contiues firing arrows at his targeted prey. The first shot is true, and drills an arrow dead-center of the small gremlin. However the other two shots fly wide of the mark.
As Satu nears the pugwampi, she feels funny, perhaps a little heavy in the limbs or light-headed either way, her attack lands true, and she does enough damage, with her dancing finish, to kill the smaller gremlin.
Left alone the nuglub curses in its strange tongue (Undercommon if any speakers), and savagely attacks Hurik, its toothy maw opening to unusual size and taking a terribly big bite out of the barbarian. It continues to hold Hurik fast in its over-sized mouth.
End of Round 2
CRIT
Gremlins - Round 3
25 Kheyji
25 Hurik (11/38hp, grabbed, immobilized, flat-footed)
23 Miriani
19 Tharskh
14 Satu
8 Nuglub (prey for Tharskh; 20hp dmg)
Miriani wants to kill the thing. You can see her eyes looking at it like it's a wounded mouse. But she looks over at Hurik and forgoes the thrill of violence for a moment.
She blow out her breath, that flows across and into Hurik. It's cold, but bracing.
And when that's done she tosses a chunk of hardened air at the gremlin.
Hurik is surprised that the creature's mouth can get SO big, so is caught quite off guard as he is seized in it's jaws! His blood flows all across the earth as he, already wounded, is savagely chewed upon.
Then, Miriani sends a magic breeze, icy but restorative, and he feels hope in him again as some of his wounds seal and close.
Gremlins - Round 3 - continued
After seeing Hurik grabbed in the jaws of the strange gremlin, Miriani chooses to keep her ally upright and sends an icy blast of healing energy his way. After that, she commmands a shot of elemental wind to smahs into the nuglub who takes full brunt with a grunt of pain. It seems to be pretty badly hurt at this point.
Invigorated by the healing, Hurik tenses his muscles and bursts from the jaws of the wounded gremlin, getting freedom of movement back, and readying for another strike.
Freed from the creature's maw, Hurik whirls his maul at it hoping to finish it off.
Then he shifts to further block off any escape to the north while his friends finish it off, asssuming his maul doesn't.
Gremlins - Round 3 - continued
Hurik frees himself from the incredible jaws of the nuglub, but is too spent to get his best effort in an attack, which misses. Then he starts to wind around the gremlin to keep it from fleeing.
As Hurik moves, the nuglub lashes out in reaction, lightening quick, sweeping at Hurik's knees. The rapid blow doesn't damage Hurik, but it does leave him lying prone in front of the gremlin's terrible maw again.
Gremlins - Round 3 - concluded
Tharskh fires a pair of arrows at the nuglub after marking it has his prey. The first shot strikes with hunter's precision, and damages the already badly hurt gremlin, which now is on its last legs. The second shot misses.
Satu sees the mortally wounded gremlin, and closes in for the kill with her spear. The battledancer just makes a killing stab, and the wound ends the fight with the nuglub dead.
End of Combat
With the fight over, the scouting party doesn't fail to notice that the hadrosaurid is still close by, and so far, has not stepped in one of the snares nearby. It's still possible to bring it in for the following if you wish.
Hurik grunts as he sees the carnage above him by his allies upon the creature that came close to killing him, "And that..." A breath "And the healing.. is why I am glad to be part of a tribe"
He rises carefully, and says "Let's dismantle these snares and get the hadrosaurid to the following."
"Not as badly as I was thanks to Miriana" A grateful look to the sorceress, then back at the godsmouth Kheyji, "But I am still bearing wounds. I leave it to the healers to decide if they wish to use their gifts now on me or hold back should others end up needing it more."
Miriani will check that Kheyji has her comrades taken and will grab a branch with some tasty leaves. "Hey big guy, you should turn this way. You wouldn't like the snares so well."
"Praise to Sister Cinder, and her vessels." Hurik is no fool, you thank the gods that protect you and your tribe mates.
Kheyji nods and says, "Hold still. Sister, this one could use a bit more vitality, if you please?"
[dice=2 Action Heal]2d10+8
As Kheyji casts healing magic on Hurik, the divine fire warming and closing his wounds, Miriani steps toward the hadrosaurid, using her recently acquired skill to work on calming and pacifying the huge creature. It takes the better part of an hour, but eventually the cat-sorcerer's persistence pays off, and the dinosaur creature nestles against her fur, and eats large leafy branches from her hand.
With everyone healed, and the dinosaur tamed, the scouts are free to head back to the following for the day.
Hurik is glad for the success and the rewards it reaped.
The scouts return to the following with their new pet, the hadrosaurid, which does help alert the keepers if danger is near the herd.
The trip toward Red Cat Cave must cross a river, but the crossing has an easy fording site, and the group shepherds the following across during most of the day. The Broken Tusks cross without incident, and camp on the far bank, anxiously looking back at their pursuers, but no sign of the Burning Mammoths is apparent. Backtracking just a bit, the scouts can see from a high bluff, that the hostile camp has not broken at all, and the foes seem stationary for now, or at least little moved. A good omen perhaps.
The next day, when you break camp, you can see the first of the Burning Mammoths have moved closer. It seems the enemy encampment is on the move, and headed in your direction, though slowly.
The next day, as you scout the plains ahead of the following, you spy something strange in the distance. Walking closer, you see a lifelike statue of rearing mammoth stands in the middle of this grassy flatland. The statue balances on hits hind legs precariously, lacking a base. The mammoth's face appears twisted in anger, trunk curled as though mid-trumpet. Beneath one of the stone mammoth's feet are the crushed remains of a feathered animal.
Beneath one of the stone mammoth's feet are the crushed remains of a feathered animal.
As you approach the feathery remains under the stone mammoth's foot appear to be about the size of a large rooster. It appears to have been dead for about two weeks. They appear to be a different thing entirely from the statue
Hurik looks over it as well.
What? A real animal turned into stone? I don't know what's more appalling, this being a work of art or the work of...well what actually? You mean it was turned to stone by some sort of magic or curse?
Satu looks around, alerted and a big scared, for a possible source of such a curse.