Artival's magic strikes true. The demon clambers over the dead ogre, which twitches as the abyssal slime drips down on it, and stabs Roylenna for 10 points of damage.
You're up (all of you). Note that the demon has reach from his longspear.
"Ow!"
Roylenna will withdraw .
Warriors , We have to form a line to let the casters cast without being attacked since we have no weapons which can hurt this
Her eyes go wide as the halfling darts in front of her, "Lenna?!" Throwing caution to the wind she charges it with her spear.
Knowing his Magic Missle was the only part of his arsenal that might hurt the demon, Artival kept firing.
Magic Missle
Spell Penetration roll
Frustrated that she can provide only limited help, Lyria channels energy to let the others some more time to fell the demon.
Tika moves away from the daemon and inspires courage in the group (+2 hit/damage)
Roylenna will begin to cast Enlarge Person on Gregori. "Gregori, watch your head!"
Gregori charges his mass increasing as light trails off on him, a roar echoing through the chamber
Ka'kara fails to find a vulnerable spot on the demon's leathery body. The demon stabs at Gregori as he charges it, but is thwarted by his holy zeal. He smites it with a mighty blow, just as Artival's magic strikes it yet again. The demon is starting to look badly hurt and roars in pain and fury.
Mahaffy still to go, then the demon.
Ka'kara fails to find a vulnerable spot on the demon's leathery body. The demon stabs at Gregori as he charges it, but is thwarted by his holy zeal. He smites it with a mighty blow, just as Artival's magic strikes it yet again. The demon is starting to look badly hurt and roars in pain and fury.
Mahaffy still to go, then the demon.
Mahaffy holds his position
The demon drops his longspear and digs into Gregori with its claws for 16 points of damage.
Your turn.
The monster was rending through the party with apparent ease, and the only thing that Artival could do was to keep chipping away with his magic.
Magic Missle
Spell Penetration
"Ka'kara! He's dropped his spear! Hit him hard, keep him busy to help Gregori!"
Dropping her spear, she draws and swings her greatsword in one fluid motion while moving up to the creature with the intention of giving Gregori flanking support, "Move around it Gregori!"
Reflex save
Gregori spins, his blade darting back from the acid as he sees Kakara charging in. He shifts in the opposite direction His blade slashing a blazing arc across the demon's torso.
Crit confirm
Even normal-sized, Gregori lops the demon's head off its shoulders, sending it rolling.
The monster's spear is masterwork but made of some strange bony material. It's not magical, though.
Knowledge (planes) 25:
What are you going to do about the wounded ogre?
Seeing the demon fall to Gregori's masterful strike, Roylenna breathes a sigh of relief and cancels the spell she was casting.
She will move to try to aid the ogre.
"Lyria, can you provide more healing and include him? He did not hurt us and it cannot hurt to have someone his size think favorably of us down here, right?"
Heal check
After Roylenna checks on the ogre Ka'kara walks up to her with a stern glint in her eyes. Taking her greatsword by the blade she hands the halfling the hilt of the huge (to Roylenna) weapon. Unable to hold her faux-stern look any longer, her face breaks into a big grin and she winks, "Since your taking my place at the front of our little band and deciding to charge the enemy I suggest you carry that around."
Well , we were lucky that Gregory's weapon is good since he is a paladin
"I say we go back to town, rest up a bit, and pursue one of those other leads. After we heal our ogre friend, that is."
After Roylenna checks on the ogre Ka'kara walks up to her with a stern glint in her eyes. Taking her greatsword by the blade she hands the halfling the hilt of the huge (to Roylenna) weapon. Unable to hold her faux-stern look any longer, her face breaks into a big grin and she winks, "Since your taking my place at the front of our little band and deciding to charge the enemy I suggest you carry that around."
With a sheepish grin, she says, "I wasn't trying to be in front, Mahaffy was in front of me. I just wanted to make sure my spell reached him, too."
My bad , Roylenna
My bad , Roylenna
With an innocent look, she looks at the dwarf. "Why? You were right to retreat -- I just didn't react quickly enough. He moved very fast!"
With an innocent look, she looks at the dwarf. "Why? You were right to retreat -- I just didn't react quickly enough. He moved very fast!"
Obviously intentionally ignoring Roylenna's response and ribbing her further, "You know. I could just toss you way in front to bait out whatever big toothed thing is lying in wait. That ot to fill that daredevil need." At Roylenna's look, "Oh no no, I would have a rope tied to you so I could pull you and the attached critter back for a good walloping for daring to bite my little sister." She suddenly stop as something dawns on her, "Hey! What's the BIG idea making Gregori big and not me?!"
With an impish grin at the barbarian princess, Roylenna says, "I don't know what you are talking about. I didn't make anyone big."
Basically the only remaining points of interest in the dungeon is the unconscious ogre, some very nasty fungi, an unstable ceiling in one cave and another exit from the dungeon, leading to the cellar of the town mill.
"I'll see what I can do", Lyria says and approaches the unconscious ogre, checking his condition and trying to do her best to heal him.
The ogre has been stabbed savagely and repeatedly by the demon's spear. He is unconscious but stable. Lyria's attentions and magic bring him back to life.
In Giant:
"Thank you, Lyria."
The thing that tried to kill you was a demon. It's dead now. We are going to leave for a while, but we will be back. Is there something you need? Do you have a way out of the tunnels?"
"There used to be a way out farther down but now there are too many nasties with pointy things, so I daren't go there any more. If you could bring something to eat that would be super. I'll just find a place to rest and wait until the nasties go away."
By now there aren't many places left for you to go. There is still the tower of course, but in the dungeon there is basically only the gnomish fort and the sloping passage down.
Which would you prefer and would you want to go upstairs first to recuperate? Don't forget that the babau head is worth a 50 gp bounty. ;)
"You mean nasties like this one that hurt you? Which way are they?"
Glancing sideways at Roylenna, "You certainly do have a way with these bruisers, don't you?"
Roylenna doesn't reply, just favors her sister with a beatific smile. And a wink.
Artival hands his rations and waterskin over to Roy, not quite trusting the ogre might not eat him instead, if he attempted to hand them to the creature. Find out what his favorite is, Roy, and we might be able to bring him a real dinner."
Gregori observes the interaction shaking his head at Roylenna's effectiveness.
"Tell him the demon paid dearly for what it did."
The ogre looks a bit embarrassed. It turns out his favorite is elf, but he'll settle for anything that isn't rat. He agrees to stay and wait for you, though, and mutters something about you being decent for small folk and that he is sorry but hitting folks over the head just is the ogre way. He won't hit you, though. You are honorary ogres. Besides you are way more powerful than him and it's the ogre way not to hit people more powerful than you.
So... back to town to rest a bit, then? And then what?
The ogre looks a bit embarrassed. It turns out his favorite is elf, but he'll settle for anything that isn't rat. He agrees to stay and wait for you, though, and mutters something about you being decent for small folk and that he is sorry but hitting folks over the head just is the ogre way. He won't hit you, though. You are honorary ogres. Besides you are way more powerful than him and it's the ogre way not to hit people more powerful than you.
So... back to town to rest a bit, then? And then what?
Things Mahaffy will do in town :
* Go to see the guatd and inform them that one exit of the catacomb is in the town mill .
* Go to the temple and ask if they can do anything about his broken axe . If he remembers rightly , we have the money of the invisibility rng who could be converted in magical items ? He assume it also can be converted in spell casting
Cael Angus easily restores Mahaffy's axe (no charge). He says that the local smith Ulf Ironfist would do it normally, but he's been under the weather lately and hasn't picked up his hammer in several days.
The guards sound surprised that there is an exit from the catacombs under the mill, and relay the information to the captain, who promises to have it seen to.
Fitch the barman orders a feast for you at the Market Tavern and Rasputin is eager to hear about your exploits. Although everyone is a bit sad about Molly and the windows are boarded up, there is much rejoicing.
You can rest for a bit and then return to explore the sloping passage, I guess. Unless there is something else you want to do while in town.
Since the guard seems disinclined to act , Mahaffy will !
He will try to dig some dirt on the miller. He can not believe the miller did not know of the passage
Diplomacy
Speaking to the workers at the mill, Mahaffy manages to uncover some dirt on Danver the miller.
It seems that he has changed lately. He used to be quite the womanizer, but now he does not heckle every farmer’s daughter that enters the mill with a bushel of wheat. In fact, he now chides them for “letting him get away”. He is hardly seen around the taverns and inns he used to frequent, and he recently spent a large sum of money on the newest´and gaudiest clothing and jewelry in Raiment Row.
Mahaffy will come back and share the above information .
I find it interesting that no one knows who Danver's lover is . Now we have two choices : the direct way or the more subtile one .
The direct way consists in asking Danver some questions but we have no way of forcing him to reply . The other is to trail him when he goes to see her . I think chances are good he does so at night so if you want we can go back underground for the rest of the day .
"What do you expect this lover to be capable of? If we exhaust ourselves in the tunnels, we might not be up to the task if this person is a powerful foe. Just because he thinks she is a woman doesn't mean it's true..."