Raen cautiously inspects the various ingresses.
Raen looks over the building with a discerning eye. All of the doors seem to open outward.
Raen leads the way up to the smallest door under cover of her invisibility spell. Upon reaching the door, she casts silent image to conjure the illusion of that same door, also shut. She then nods to the halfling to open the real door for a peek inside.
Whistle Pig checks out the door and while examining it, catches that not only is this door locked, there's an old school bell-on-a-rope alarm. He carefully disables the alarm and then unlocks the door.
The room contains a giant-sized bed, two tables covered with alchemical and witch paraphernalia, and a number of shelves for personal possessions, including a sizeable collection of herbs, mushrooms, alchemical reagents, and spell components.
The door across the way is locked, from your side.
Ham whispers, Private entrance. Nice.
Raen ushers the others inside and shuts the door again before dropping her illusion . "Keep an ear out, little one," she reminds the halfling in a whisper, then turns her attention to the alchemical supplies.
Knowling his way around a brewery, and having ruined a batch or two in his early days as an apprentice, Vael shares what he knows.
Raen recognizes a cauldron of brewing sitting on one of the tables (Whoever the master brewer is, they are likely a skilled witch) along with the components of a complete alchemist’s lab.
Vael and Whistle Pig both concur that there's MORE than enough here to poison a lot of beer or wort. Way more than you could possibly need.
There's also a full gallon of Alchemist's Kindness.
There doesn't seem to be anything else of note in the room. While there is a footlocker, it's currently open and empty.
Whistle Pig finds this door unlocked and untrapped.
The door is warm to the touch, and the smell of hops wafts into his nose as he checks it. On the other side he can hear the sounds of clanking and bubbling, the brewery is in use. What's more, he hears the sounds of a single massive pair of foot steps walking around...
Tulia emerges from her protège's body. She holds a crossbow, and quietly loads a bolt into the weapon.
Vael makes a knocking sound with his tongue, tock-tock, and with a gesture his skin thickens and takes on the texture of tree bark. He nods to indicate he's ready.
A single vast chamber occupies most of this building. Flickering torches set ten feet above the ground are interspersed throughout the building. Tiled stone covers the floor. In the center of the main room sit four huge vats, each ten feet tall and chained to a wooden catwalk constructed above them. Along the west wall, a flight of steps ascends to the catwalk, with a single roof support rising from the center. A smaller room is evident in the northwestern corner of the building, built on a raised, partial second floor. Two doors lead from the northern and western catwalks to this chamber. A strange contraption fashioned from a brass kettle bristling with a series of curling metal tubes sits on the floor to the south near the stairs. The heady scent of fermenting grain hangs heavy in the air. Barrels and kegs litter the floor.
Within is a lone giant, a frost giant of impressive stature and accursed comportment. When the door opens, he looks up from what he's doing to lock eyes with Whistle Pig!
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The air around the frost giant swirls, the massive giant's feet lift off the ground as he begins to fly. He barks a command and some unseen servant opens the spigot to one of the vats, spilling countless gallons of beer onto the floor!
Round 1:
Frost Giant!: POWER!
Raen: Go
Doxon: Go
Whistle Pig: Go
Vael: Go
Ushyle: Go
Hamilton: Go
Before WP opens the door, Ushyle casts a spell on himself to dampen the noise, then moves alongside the halfling. Once ready, Milani's Thorn in hand, he gives his friend a nod.
When the door opens, he moves with as much speed as he can, reding the giant's movements, until he just manages to get the giant within the radius of his quietude.
Raen curses under her breath and casts haste.
With nary a sound, Ushyle skulks off to do what he does best.
Round 1:
Frost Giant!: POWER!
Raen: Go
Doxon: Go
Whistle Pig: Go
Vael: Go
Ushyle: Positioning
Hamilton: Go
Round 1:
Frost Giant!: POWER!
Raen: Haste
Doxon: Go
Whistle Pig: Go
Vael: Go
Ushyle: Positioning
Hamilton: Go
Vael moves in chanting to the spirits of air and sky. With a clap, two balls of pure lightning appear, swinging to a stop where the giant flies.
Wings fluttering excitedly, Tulia swoops into the room. She moves effortlessly, moving up to be 10ft above the platform level (perfect flight, 90ft speed)
The crossbow in her hands thrums angrily, alerted to the presence of the giant. "Hold your horses," she chides the weapon before letting a bolt fly.
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Oh, rolling the False Life for the start of the day
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The giant gets a slight shock from one ball of lightning, and dodges the other. Tulia, unfortunately misses the giant by a fair margin.
Round 1:
Frost Giant!: POWER!
Raen: Haste
Doxon: Go
Whistle Pig: Go
Vael: Magic and miss
Ushyle: Positioning
Hamilton: Go
Giant: 5
Whistle Pig manages but a single hit on the giant, who doesn't seem all that injured afterwards....
Round 1:
Frost Giant!: POWER!
Raen: Haste
Doxon: Go
Whistle Pig: Hit
Vael: Magic and miss
Ushyle: Positioning
Hamilton: Go
Giant: 20
Doxon calls on the blessings of Torag to bolster him, his skin taking on a dark metallic hue while his hands begin to glow with the warmth of the forge.
He strides forward in challenge to the giant.
Huh. Guess we're fighting.
Ham guides Applejack into the room and pulls his bow, nocking an arrow with magically enhanced speed. He let's fly, and in a blink there's another arrow and then a third flying through the air towards the flying brewmaster.
Arrows!
, Damage on Hit:
, Damage on Hit:
, Damage on Hit:
Doxon preps for the fight, turning his skin to iron. Hamilton's archery is devastating, landing a pair of arrows on the flying giant.
The giant stares intently at Hamilton. The giant's eyes flash a shade of cobalt blue. Then Hamilton's eyes glow the same shade for a second.
Round 2:
Frost Giant!: POWER!
Raen: Go
Doxon: Go
Whistle Pig: Go
Vael: Go
Ushyle: Go
Hamilton: Go + Save
Giant: 43
Will Save:
For the briefest of moments, Hamilton felt the call of a deep slumber, and then shook it off like a hero.
Thrice Whistle Pig connects. The stones turning the giant's flesh an angry purple. Still though, the giant looks barely bloodied.
Beer continues to spill out!
Round 2:
Frost Giant!: POWER!
Raen: Go
Doxon: Go
Whistle Pig: Hits
Vael: Go
Ushyle: Go
Hamilton: Go
Giant: 98
Ushyle lets the grace of Milani wash over him, and the familiar rose-red hue washes over him as he charges with haste through the growing alcoholic pool, its terrain un-difficult for the half-elf. With a thought, he banes Milani's Thorn against giants and strikes!
The scene is at once macabre and surreal — the flowing liquid and the shouting half-elf are absolutely silent, along with the giant's breaking skin and cracking bones.
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Ushyle's deadly assault is slowed just a bit as the giant jabs him with a spear. Undaunted, the chosen of Milani cuts a huge gouge in the giant's leg. Its frigid blood mixing with the beer below.
Round 2:
Frost Giant!: POWER!
Raen: Go
Doxon: Go
Whistle Pig: Hits
Vael: Go
Ushyle: Hit
Hamilton: Go
Giant: 138
As soon as Ushyle lands, Hamilton resumes the shooting!
Arrows!
, Damage:
Seeing the giant come level with the platform, the shaman opts to put one of the group's best weapons to use: Doxon. Swirling starlight surrounds the warpriest, and moments later he is displaced to maximum effect.
He then bends his will to position the balls of lightning closer to the giant.
"This is only my second time firing this crossbow. What's your excuse, my halfling friend?" Tulia chides Whistle Pig, then reloads her weapon and takes a second shot.
Raen steps into the brewery and aims to blind the witch.
"Little human girl tries her hand at magic!"
Vael sets the field up for Doxon as Tulia just misses with the bolt!
Hamilton lands another arrow as the flow of battle falls to the dwarf!
Round 2:
Frost Giant!: POWER!
Raen: Sparkles!
Whistle Pig: Hits
Vael: Shaman!
Doxon: Go
Ushyle: Hit
Hamilton: Hit
Giant: 148
Doxon rushes in, bringing Agrimmosh across at the giant.
The flying giant is nimble enough to avoid the dwarf's swing.
Doxon's miss gives the wounded giant some encouragement in his hubris. He continues to fight on! He ignores Doxon, flying to the side of the room and casts a pair of spells. The first seems to go off with but a single word!
The first spell causes Whistle Pig's eyes to glow, though with a darkness rather than light.
The second spell is a streak of a lightning bolt that catches most of the party!
Round 3:
Frost Giant!: POWER!
Raen: Go
Whistle Pig: Go
Vael: Go
Doxon: Go + AoO
Ushyle: Go
Hamilton: Go
Giant: 148
Doxon makes the giant pay for his hubris, slamming the hammerhead into his side! By the time the lightning bolt clears, it's apparent that the giant is not faring well at all.
Round 3:
Frost Giant!: POWER!
Raen: Go
Whistle Pig: Go
Vael: Go
Doxon: Go
Ushyle: Go
Hamilton: Go
Giant: 173
Reflex Saving Throw, Hamilton:
Reflex Saving Throw, Applejack:
The lightning arcs up, all but missing his mount, but catches Hamilton full on as it passes through him. Hamilton's muscles tighten up, his jaw clenches and he drops his bow. Applejack senses her partner's intentions though and her hoof clops down on the floor twice before she launches forward.
Ham pulls Hearstpit from it's strap and still blinking away the shock, lowers the spear as the charge...
...Meets the Giant, dealing points of damage.
If the giant is still alive by the time initiative comes round to me.