Zdena circles around the north side of the shack to come up behind the yellow hobgoblin.
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Zdena rushes over to where Malgrim seems to be in a little trouble and tries to take out the bloodhound.
Zdena watches the hobgoblin's axe swish through the air, pausing a beat to take their measure.
Zdena lunges at the hobgoblin as they pass right next to the bush she's hiding in.
Zdena looks down at the empty bottle in her hand and growls under her breath in exasperation before tossing it back in the wagon. Yes. Hide me, Premek, Ryll, you. Not Malgrim. She pauses. Uh, Premek, this might be weird for you. Same plan, though.
Zdena grabs one of the scent cloaks and starts applying it. Any volunteers for bait? she asks, ruffling the spicy mixture into hair that has gone rather shaggy after weeks in the woods. Could stand by smokehouse, shoot arrow, duck behind. Friends hiding back there to smash who follows you. She glances at Malgrim. Or just keep making scene, whatever you like. Wish me luck, Sighere? she asks as she finishes the bottle.
Healing potions in the cart, Zdena tells Pharus with a worried frown. And more arrows. She turns to Premek. Want to set up another surprise, Premeczek? She gestures at the woods north of the clearing.
Zdena nods agreement with Ryll and Premek. So, where to put bodies? Longer it takes hobs to track down where wagon and troops disappeared, the better.
Zdena drops the hobgoblin trying to get back on the cart, gives Malgrim a feral grin, and turns to consider the three hobgoblins still lying on the ground.
Got it. I will put myself back at full HP.
Hey Sighere, I'm a little confused about the lifelink, since what you said didn't seem to match how I'm reading it. Could you clarify how it works? And whether I should be down hp right now?
Noting that her opponent is still stunned, Zdena makes a rather cursory stab at them before moving on towards the hobgoblins that might still be a threat.
Zdena pivots towards the nearest hobgoblin still on their feet.
Taking that as a signal, Zdena emerges from the undergrowth to attack the hobgoblin she had been watching pass her hiding spot. (The one directly North of her.)
Set up just before the crossing? More cover, harder for them to bolt. I'm thinking Lirosa and Taidel for NPCs, probably set up to cover possible escapes along the road in each direction. Zdena would prefer to be towards the west of the ambush line to have time to acquire a studied target before the surprise round.
What Malgrim said.
I hadn't done any math out on our cash. I just meant that there were other things more important if we had to pick and choose. Happy to have it if there's plenty of cash. Hmm... we should probably ask her for news from underground since we think that's how the hobgoblins invaded, but we can roleplay that once we work out what we're buying.
The +1 falchion would be an upgrade for me, my current one is a masterwork. It's pricey for just a +1 to damage, though, so not a huge priority.
Huh. The program I'm using seems a little confused whether I should have 38 or 41 HP. Possibly because I upped my CON? Is it trying and not entirely succeeding at backdating the newly +3 CON to apply to previous levels? Is it supposed to succeed at that? Also I'm taking Terrain Mastery: Forest, because what I really need is more conditional modifiers to rolls.
Zdena peers around the smithy dubiously. Uh... Kining, what kind of gas makes bones do that? She nudges one of the skeletons with a foot. And should these go somewhere else to not do it again?
Zdena nods. Have time to get back to camp before storm, I think. But not very much roof there. Probably safer from storm in cave, just gotta pick a place doesn't stink too bad. Too bad hobs definitely know about here, won't be safe for long. She stretches and looks around at the freed prisoners. You folks ready to move? Last room to check is on the way out.
Zdena writes down the sentence, struggling a little with spelling "excavator." Finally, she just writes "digger" and moves on. Back at the puzzle, she nods at Premek's interpretation. Don't see how any of these is digger. Maybe just means they keep a digger in there? She shrugs. Okay. Rock, metal, crying. Bułka z masłem. She puts the notebook back in her belt pouch, takes a nervous breath, and starts spinning the device so the bulging eyes point at the rock, then the metal bar, and then the crying face.
Zdena nods thoughtfully. She flips through her notebook for a blank space, sketches out a circle, and scribbles around it "bug, rock, metal, wedge, hammer, cry, fire, claw, door, guy, bottle". Kining, you want 'nother look at those real old carvings? Will watch your back. Zdena leads Kining (and anyone else who wants another look) back to the first room on this level to look at the carvings.
Zdena glances around and sees the others having a little trouble with the last troglodyte.
Zdena flinches as the chieftain's spell washes over her, but when nothing seems to happen she takes her opening. Spellcaster, vicious. Overconfident-assumed that would work and stopped looking at me.
As the chieftain's attention turns toward Malgrim, Zdena takes another swing.
Yeah, it's nice to have that all that in one place, especially when there's so many characters in a fight. My problem was that I'd just skimmed it when pink was between me and the rest of the fight, and I should've gone back and read it more carefully when that changed.
That was not remotely what I was planning to do when I started writing my post, but JD posted while I was composing. I just want you to know that 1)I rolled way better against pink, and 2)I apologize if I messed anything up between the first and seventh version of that as I kept noticing more stuff that I hadn't needed to know for the first version.
Zdena lowers her stance as the ground becomes slippery, but remains standing and focused on her opponent... until Premek is suddenly there spraying acid at it. She pauses in confusion for a breath before carefully stepping out of the greased area, past the unconscious trog, and up to the leader.
Zdena takes a step forward and attacks the nearest troglodyte.
We have never been this ready for a fight. It's definitely gonna go completely sideways.
Zdena downs the healing potion, nodding in satisfaction as the remaining ache in her ribs fades away. She picks up the broach from in front of Premek and eyes it critically. Weird looking, but okay. She refastens her cloak with the odd bauble. We good now? She takes up her lead position to head into the next room, glancing around to see if anyone is still preparing.
Zdena rolls her shoulders, bounces on her toes a little, and frowns. Anyone got spare heal potion first? Big one upstairs hit *real* hard.
Zdena looks at where Graund and the crystal thing vanished into the ground in confusion. What just happened?
Maybe not down yet? Could go down forever if really connects to underdark. Still more to check on this level. Zdena gestures vaguely northward.
Nooooo, my crit...
Zdena was set to charge the... whatsit, but at Premek's warning she hesitates, sheathes the sword, and switches to her bow.
Hey Sighere, just confirming; you said the ward is +3 to AC and saves? It says +2 on the website, but I don't know if you have something that boosts that. Also I just realized that I shouldn't actually get all of that to saves since my saves already include a +1 resistance bonus from the cloak and they don't stack. I'll go ahead and add the temporary values to my stat block once confirmed.
Remembering her gear: check. Remembering the word "gelatinous" under pressure: absolutely not.
Zdena sees Malgrim start to take off their armor, and stops them. She pulls out her climbing kit, taps a piton into a nearby crack in the rock, and lowers a rope down into the pit.
After everyone else is down, she puts the rope away and climbs down without it.
Scanning the room at the bottom, her eyes lock onto a space across the room to the west, and she draws her falchion. Uh, jelly... thing. Jelly cube? She fumbles for the Taldane word, then gives up and gestures toward it.
Zdena sways a little as the fight concludes, then sits down, hard, right where she's standing. She rummages around in her belt pouch for a potion.
She eyes the potion with a frown, feels her ribs, and tries another.
Feeling better, though not great, Zdena hauls herself back to her feet and takes a better look around.
As the troglodyte tries to stand, Zdena brings her Falchion down solidly on the top of her head.
Zdena grunts in pain at the solid hit from the warhammer, but she's now had a moment to watch the troglodyte move.
She can't quite push through the pain, though, and her strike is clumsy.
Zdena barely glances at the other two troglodytes, eyes immediately landing on the armored one as the biggest threat. She charges it.
Zdena goes for the remaining frog as well.
Something that color probably poisonous. Take it first, Zdena thinks as she steps forward and swings down at the blue frog.
Zdena glances around the sleeping chamber, looking uncomfortable, then goes to stand with Malgrim. Ready? she asks the others.
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