Will wait for the party, and once they're assembled in the hallway, will suggest the same strategy for opening the last door.
Kolgun moves close to Bengal and whispers ”If we’re going to rush in the next room, perhaps you should work the door. You have a softer touch than these grizzled hands can manage.”
He crosses the hallway to stand next to the door, pausing only to look down the north passage for any signs of approach, or change in the stonework.
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Thel steps aside for someone more quieter than he is. "Sure hope we find something more than a pile of grimy coins in here..."
Pulls out both daggers, readying himself for another fight.
She chuckles and looks to the dwarf, "Yes, I may have a quieter hand, but I work best at attacking when I can surprise the enemy." She smiles and looks to the gnome, "It might be best for you to open the door friend."
"Actually Bengal, that's probably the best plan. I'm not one for rushing head-first into danger like a maniac, so staying behind would be best." Looks amusedly at the feline "However, just be careful about what you do in there. Remember, 'Curiosity killed the cat' well, Tibit in this case, but the point remains. Just don't get in over your head, I like not being the shortest one here."
She chuckles at the gnome, "Us cats can take care of ourselves, because while curiosity may kill the cat, satisfaction brought it back."
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Pulling open the room reveals a room much like the previous one, though it is wider then it is long. Ringing the chamber are eight crude beds with straw mattresses that seem to be partially rotting from mis-care and crusted in places with filth.
The chamber is currently empty, though while it obviously hasn't seen much care in some time it appears to have regular use from the amount of fresh footprints in the dusty floor.
Bengal steps inside the room, looking around to see if she can find anything of interest.
Will stay in the hallway, keeping his eyes and ears open...
Perception 1d20+1=16
Kolgun exits the room and watches the hallway for any signs of trouble. Keeping his eyes on the stairway, he lets his darkvision do the work.
He remains still until his friends are ready to move on.
She motions for the others to come in, "There are a few things here, but nothing incredibly valuable."
Kolgun steps around the room, checking the stonework for any signs of hidden doors or loose stones that might be hiding anything . . .
Perception plus Stonecunning (1d20+5=23)
Kolgun motions to his companions to close in and whispers-
"In the next room up I fear someone, or something is being tortured. A muffled cry of pain, I heard."
Continuing to whisper-
"I'd like to keep these ugly fiends from their sickening idea of entertainment."
He slowly creeps up to the door on the north.
She follows Kolgun, keeping her rapier ready.
Thel moves up to the door, his daggers still at the ready. Whispering "We'll move to attack once the door's open. I'll go in first. With my extensive training, their deaths will be quick."
Surprise Round Atk: 1d20+5=22 | Damage: 1d4+1=3
Round 1: 1d20+3=20, 1d20+3=19 | 1d4+1=4, 1d4+1=3
Kolgun's Initiative (1d20+1=11)
Once everyone’s in place and Aldrin opens the door, the team springs into action . . . .
Kolgun will seek out the nearest goblin, or enemy. . . .
1d20+2=13
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As the gnome pulls open the door, he reveals what looks to be a strange temple. The walls of this oddly-shaped temple are partially covered in tattered red and black curtains. You can see an archway leading south despite it being half-covered by one of these curtains. The vaulted ceiling above is painted black. Spattered bloodstains cover the floor, particularly around the plain stone altar resting in front of the deep eastern recess. The place stinks of murder and pain, as well as the musk of some angry beast.
Manacled at the base of the altar is what looks to be an elf that is very pale and has obviously been tortured.
Standing above him is a orc who is a bit small for one of his race but he has a look of cunning in his cruel eyes. He's currently holding a bloodstained dagger, but he has a falchion strapped across his back.
Milling around in the room are three others who look especially tough for their races, another orc, wielding a large battleaxe, a hobgoblin with a longsword and a degenerate human holding a greatclub.
The group appeared to have been enjoying torturing the elf and seems completely caught off guard.
On the surprise round, she will move up to flank with someone, whoever is closest.
Bengal moves up a bit, waiting for one of the others to approach an enemy so she will be able to flank.
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When Bengal moves into the room, she feels an almost pervasive sense of anger in the air as if it was flowing through her and into her. It seems to come easily to her as if she were able to harness it.
Knowledge Religion DC 16
Kolgun enters the rooms and is nearly overwhelmed by the aura . . .
Religion Check (1d20+5=15)
but he can’t sense it’s true nature or purpose.
The dwarf scrambles as close to Bengal and Thel as his legs will carry him and readies himself to move in with his companions for combat.
the manacled and delirious elf looks around, spots some of the party and says
in elven
Aldrin will look at the elf in surprise, and say back in Sylvan
Thel steps into the room, the oppressive hatred overloading his senses. Remembering his training, and concentrating on the hobgoblin in front of him, he pushes aside his personal feelings of anger and hatred, and readies himself for a fight...
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Aldrin advances far enough into the room that he can send out a burst towards the hobgoblin ahead of him, though the creature holds its ground, seeming to resist the blow.Aldrin's Telekinetic Fist (1d20+4=11, 1d4=4)
Thel inches forward, swinging each of his daggers at the hobgoblin, grazing it across the arm and bringing a shriek from it then slashing its ribs with his next strike. The creature snarls, its eyes glittering with anger at the pain.
Bengal quickly hurries to a spot where she can attack, quickly striking out with her rapier hoping to hit successfully.
Thel creeps into the room, and advances on the hobgoblin when it turns around. Spinning around with his daggers in his hands, Thel slices twice across the hobgoblin's chest.
With the second dagger, Thel opens a large gash across the hobgoblin's abdomen. Wrenching the wound open, Thel smiles as the creature writhes under his blade.
order of attacks:
hobgoblin, orc, degenerate
===== Round 1 =====
Move to square w14, attacking hobgoblin
Attack Rolls: 1d20+3=18, 1d20+3=14
Damage Rolls: 1d4+1=3, 1d4+1=4
===== Round 2 =====
Will attack the orc (if hobgoblin is still alive, will attack it instead).
Attack Rolls: 1d20+3=10, 1d20+3=23
Confirm Crit 2nd:
1d20+3=23
Damage Rolls: 1d4+1=3, 1d4+1=3
Crit Damage: 1d4+1=3
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Between the wounds from Thel and the well placed Rapier in the hobgoblin's side, the creature seems to be barely remaining on its feet, though it does manage to bat away Kolgun's attack angrily.
As they catch themselves from the surprise of the incursion, each of the creatures in the room howls angrily in goblin.
Goblin
The hobgoblin snarls at the dwarf, stabbing out at him with its longsword and striking a true blow.
Leaving the elf bound beside him, the leader orc drops the blood soaked dagger onto the altar and charges forward, pulling out his falchion as he does. He takes a mighty swing at her, though with its power is a loss of accuracy and she ducks away easily.
The other orc brings its sword down in a wide swipe at Thel, but it too is sidestepped without much trouble. As powerful as these orcs are, they obviously are not overly skilled.
Unfortunately, the degenerate human doesn't seem to have such problems as it advances on the dwarf, already wounded from the hobgoblin. It strikes down at the dwarf as he is offbalance from the hobgoblins blow, hitting him firmly on the chest and sending him into a heap.
Aldrin lashes out at the hobgoblin with his telekinetic fist again, though the creature seems to once again take the blow without much effect. Attack on hobgoblin (1d20+4=8, 1d4=3)
Fortunately, Thel's first blow with his dagger drops the hobgoblin, it collapses gurgling and cursing in goblin. Continuing forward, he jabs his blade into the next orc as well, cutting it deeply.
Bengal is a bit too busy to see her companion fall as she continues her attacks. She will likely regret staying at this position, but she makes an attack at the leader.
Kolgun lies unconcious, his life draining away
10% chance to stabilize (1-10): (1d100=20)
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Bengal jabs into the orc leader, slipping her rapier under his guard and piercing his side. His return swing is clumbsy because of it, missing widely.
The other orc brings his battleaxe down on Thel, batting past his daggers and digging the blade into his thigh.
The degenerate human takes a slow step forward, grinning widely as he looks at the gnome. He growls in a stuttering commong. "Little target. You'll be squishy." He tries to bring down his greatclub to bash the small mage, but seems surprised when the gnome steps aside quickly from it.
Aldrin lashes out with his telekinetic fist at the leader, the orc snarls and actually bats aside the force with his falchion.
Thel will 5-foot step out of the way to u16 [free action]. Will pull out his potion of cure light wounds [move action], and quaff the potion [standard action].
"Ergh! These scratches will certainly impress the countess."
1d8+3=11 HP Healed.
Thel looks over and sees the dwarf lying in a heap. "Someone help that dwarf before he dies on us, and we have to drag his corpse out."
Bengal then takes a moment to look at Thel, her eyes widening, "What? Kolgun is down?" She then turns back to the enemy, darting forward to attack, "I am sad to say that there is nothing I can do at the moment, I am not well equipped to take care of those matters.
He continues to slip deeper into unconsciousness . . .
1d100=85
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After Thel ducks out of the way and heals himself, it seems that his call of Kolgun's injury throws Bengal off a bit as her rapier goes wide and the missed blow leaves her wide open for a counterblow from the leader's falchion. He cuts across her midsection with a low growl.
The remaining orc advances a step after Thel, swinging at him and missing and the degenerate human seems frustrated as he once again brings down his greatclub but the gnome dodges quickly out of the way.
Aldrin inches back another step from the degenerate human, preparing a spell as he goes. He focuses on the leader who just so grievously wounded Bengal. The spell goes off an a look of surprise is revealed on the orcs face and he lets out a howl of rage that takes on a surprisingly high pitch as he shrinks down to about the same size as the gnome.
Will full attack the one next to me.
Attack Rolls
[/b]1d20+3=23, 1d20+3=12
Confirm Crit: 1d20+3=22
Damage Rolls
1d4+1=3, 1d4+1=3
Crit Damage: 1d4+1=2
Options
If the orc is killed with my first attack, will 5-foot step north, and attack the degenerate with my 2nd attack.
Flavor
With the renewed vigor of the healing potion flowing through him, Thel turns to the orc next to him, embedding his first dagger in the creatures gullet, bleeding him out. He follows up with a slash to the throat, and stands back, waiting to see if the orc will topple over, or prolong it's agony.
Ummmm....?
She jumps in triumph as she sees Thel hit the other orc, and she stabs out at the leader once more, digging her rapier into his shoulder since he now stood a little taller than she.
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It seems the tide of the battle has turned suddenly with the shifting size of the leader. Within a few seconds the orc collapses with with a stabwound through his throat and the leader drops with a rapier hole in his chest. The degenerate human takes its first wound next, with a slash across its ribs, leaving it howling and alone now, though something strange seems to overcome it. While it still has the anger in its eyes it looks almost lethargic suddenly, though apparently the shift in its speed must have thrown off his dodge and the creature lands a crushing blow across his ribs.
Seeing his friend in trouble, Aldrin draws his heavy crossbow and lets off a shot, hitting the degenerate human square in the chest, causing it to stumble backwards. It looks like only its anger is keeping it on its feet at this point.