"EHEHEHEHEHEHEHEHEHEHEHE!"
Niadroub Kliip's cackle echoes through the trees as the Thornholme champions tear through the ambushed trolls.
He sends his flaming sphere into the pit to finish off the troll down there.
Then he fires a flaming bolt from his crossbow at the final troll.
Meanwhile, Waffles turns at the sound of carnage and his arcanist's cackling to find only one remaining troll.
"Holy s#~%. ...Um, guys, I've disguised a grease spell. Nevermind."
Orange is quickly finished off by the combined efforts of the party.
Niadroub cackles with glee as he drops fire onto Green then adds insult to injury by plinking him with a flaming crossbow bolt. Ending his pain and confusion permanently.
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You hear confused shouts from deeper in the trees as the sounds of combat reach those following the Trolls.
4 Rounds until more enemies reach you. What are you doing?
Yala quaffs a pair of her elixirs, of ironskin and shield, in preparation for further combat.
Marten casts bless weapon on Falling Leaf, then looks to see where the team's mages direct him, in case they're planning to make more pits or traps.
Vibenia quickly runs to cross the river, moving to and climbing the rock outcropping to gain a better vantage point, while whistling a signal to Dusk to stick with Marten and Yala.
Niadroub Kliip casts vanish on himself so that he's not a target up on the rock. He'll stow his crossbow and pull out his wand of lightning bolt. He leaves the flaming sphere out of sight in the pit for now.
Waffles will hide in a nearby tree and refresh his greater invisibility the round before the soldiers arrive at his trap prank. He'll do his very best to control his snickering.
Colwyn takes some time to quickly prepare a couple arrows with scorpion venom to target especially important enemies from the coming cadre. He then slips back into hiding for his second ambush.
As Niadroub Kliip vanishes, Vibenia chuckles to herself, nodding at the arcanist's idea and deploying a more naturist version of his defense herself, fading into the background, while you are not truly invisible, yo pinpointing her becomes difficult due to her semi-translucent-state.
You soon hear shouting and cursing as a group forces their way through the trees. "What have those stinking beasts got themselves into?" One voice snarls.
The investigating group rushes out and looks the dead Trolls in disbelief.
Two Barbarians draw close to the pit in curosity and fall in!
The investigators seem to be mostly Barbarians with three Mercenaries along with them.
One of the Mercenaries steps on the Grease spell and slips over with a yell. "Ambush!'
Red looks to be in charge of the Mercenaries. You can all act on the surprise round then we go to inits. What are you doing?
Chortling in glee that one of the soldiers fell into his clever trap, Waffles pauses his laughter long enough to cast sleep at the three closest targets.
Still invisible, Niadroub Kliip moves forward along the rock to get into a better position.
Noting one of the mercenaries seeming to give directions to the others, Vibenia opts to cut the head of the proverbial snake, as a shot streaks across the distance from a vaguely flickering translucent outline, to lodge itself deep in the mercenary leader.
With the few moments they had before the mercenaries arrived Zelera moved up as she drew her dagger and then began to prepare herself for the coming fight. She cast a spell to duplicate herself making multiple images move in and out of each other, one to aid her in battle, and then cast another prayer to draw on divine fervor to bless her allies.
By the time she was done the enemies came into view and Xelera quickly cast a spell to sow maximum chaos in the army's ranks..
Yala steps up to anchor the position between Marten and Zelera. She draws her iron-banded club in preparation for close-up violence.
Marten bangs Falling Leaf against his shield and shouts at the one furthest ahead . "Come on! Come get some!" he shouts angrily, directly at that barbarian.
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White howls in fury at Marten as he is Antagonized.
Colwyn has his surprise round action. Then Niadroub & Vibenia may act!
Colwyn aims one of his poisoned arrows at the mercenary leader.
Niadroub Kliip aims his wand and fires off a lightning bolt that should hit two of the warriors in the woods below.
Waffles will use his breath weapon on the soldier that seems to have shaken off Zelera's confusion spell.
5-foot cone, euphoria for 1d6 rounds, DC 12 Fort negates. Creatures affected by euphoria are staggered, sickened, and immune to fear effects for the duration. A faerie dragon can use this breath weapon once every 1d4 rounds. The save DC is Constitution-based.
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Colwyn joins Vibenia, putting another arrow into Red. Who slumps to the ground dead!
Niadroub blasts White & Blue with lightning.
Vibenia can act.
As Colwyn finishes off her previous target, Vibenia sets her sights on another of the warrior acting as rearguard, launching a volley of shots from on high.
Racing forward with a snarl, Dusk tears into the leg of the howling maddened warrior focusing on Marten, acid dripping jaws tearing away flesh, splashing blood on the forest floor.
Vibenia puts three heavy bolts into Purple
Dusk rips into Whites leg.
Light blue howls in rage and charges Marten.
Slamming it hard into the Paladin.
Colwyn may now act.
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With his presence known to the enemy, Colwyn eschews precision and opts for volume of fire - raining arrows upon the mercenaries.
Colwyn uses his first miss to zero the remaining two arrows into his target.
Yellow snores.
Green tries to escape the pit.
And scrabbles at the walls futilely.
Purple hustles over to attack Dusk
And misses the surprisingly hard to hit Wolfdog.
White howls and attacks Marten
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His wild blow missing Marten.
Blue snarls as he spots where the arrows are coming from and double moves towards Colwyn
Zelera & Marten can now act. Then Vibenia & Niadroub. Orange is having a nice dream this round
As the screaming warrior charges toward Marten, Dusk tears another chunk out of his leg.
Marten takes the blow on his shield, though he slips slightly in the grassy ground from the force of the blow. He swings back, hoping to give as good as he gets.
Yala steps up to assist from the side, swinging at the same enemy.
Zelera saw one of the mercenaries trying to slip past their line and get to Colwyn so she did what made the most sense, she intercepted him. Zelera stepped up and lashed out with her dagger in two quick strikes.
Niadroub Kliip emits another creepy cackle that echoes through the woods as he surveys the battlefield. This ambush is going very well. He fires a toppling magic missile at each opponent still fighting on the field (two at Zelera's).
Waffles will cast grease on the weapon held by Dusk's opponent.
Amplified by Zelera's spell, Dusk proceeds to savagely maul the bandit that attempted to attack him.
From her overwatch position, Vibenia unleashes a volley at the enemy facing off with Zelera, reloading with blinding speed to fire shot after shot.
Marten finishes off the badly battered and bleeding White.
Zelera misses Blue.
Niadroub knocks Cyan, Blue & Purple off their feet.
Purple manages to hold onto his weapon despite Waffles Grease spell.
Marten & Yala hammer the prone Cyan
Vibenia nearly pins the prone Blue to the ground with heavy bolts.
Dusk mauls the fallen Purple.
Cyan scrambles to his feet and slams his blade into Marten.
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Colwyn can now act
Colwyn hesitates for a split second as he tries to figure out which of the luckless, outmatched mercenaries to target next.
"Actually feel sorry for the sots," he murmurs as he lets the arrows fly.
"Guess I should just feel sorry for myself and my sorry aim."
Yellow & Orange are having nice dreams.
Green stays in the pit.
Purple stands up.
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And swings another miss.
Zelera & Marten may act
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As the warrior rises, Dusk proceeds to savagely bite him again, tearing and searing his already battered body.
Zelera still had her target next to her even though she missed so she lashed out twice more.
Zelera cuts Blue twice. He sneers and ignores the scratches.
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Dusk mauls Cyan.
Cyan is raging and ignores his many wounds, swinging furiously at Marten.
Colwyn can act
Yellow wakes up and tries to stand.
And manages to scramble upright.
Orange awakes and rises.
Green tries again to climb.
And almost makes it. :(.
Colwyn, Zelera & Marten may act
Marten takes a hit to the chest that leaves him staggered and follows with a hit to the head. Amazingly, the paladin somehow stays on his feet, though that certainly wasn't easy. He does his best to fell his foe before another round of attacks can come his way.
Yala likewise tries to finish the raging barbarian.
Zelera was not pleased that she was being ignored, of course she was also pleased by this because it meant he wasn't trying to kill her yet. That would change soon enough she figured as she got ready to take two more swipes at him. As she did she realized just how badly Marten was injured and changed her strategy, this thug wasn't worth her time after all. Instead Zelera stuck her tongue out at him and stepped back as she cast a spell to heal Marten.
Colwyn delivers some arrows to the mercenaries at the rear of the crooked formation to make them regret waking up.
Marten cuts down Cyan.
Zelera heals Marten somewhat.
Blue looks between Colwyn & Zelera, shakes his head in anger and scrambles over the ford to reach Colwyn.
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Colwyn puts one arrow into Orange.
Niadroub & Vibenia can act!
Dusk goes dashing deeper into the brush, leaping onto another of the trailing warriors to viciously attack.
Vibenia lets out a sigh of relief as Zelera disengages and her opponent thinks better of going after her, likely choosing not to approach Marten after watching another of his fellows cut down. As the man chooses instead to go after the isolated Colwyn, he elects himself her next target, earning himself a backful of crossbow bolts.
Niadroub Kliip fires a magic missile at a likely target.
Waffles noticed the one soldier trying to climb out of the pit, so he casts silent image to make it seem like a spiked grate has fallen over the top. When he thinks about the Pit spell ending, and the soldiers rising up towards the illusory spikes, he can't help but snicker.
Dusk mauls Orange
Vibenia kills Blue as he scrambles from the water.
Then puts her last two shots deep into Yellow.
Niadroub adds to Orange's misery with a Magic missile
Green & Magenta at the bottom of the pit look up and groan in despair as a 'spiked grate' closes the pit they can't seem to climb out of.
Colwyn can act. Orange & Yellow look badly wounded. Green & Magenta are out of sight at the moment.
Colwyn barely has time to process the mercenary clambering for him before Vibenia quickly puts him down.
Instead, he focuses on trying to finish off the men he can still see.
Colwyn wounds Yellow and then ends Orange.
Yellow looks around in desperation, the only survivors besides himself are at the bottom of a deep pit. He turns and runs!
Everyone but Colwyn can act. Yellow has light cover as he runs into the trees.