Zherxikas flies forward and over the small wall of the steps to fire off another scorching ray from his wand hitting the trollhound the cave this time. The smell of burned flesh permeates the air, the hound squeals, and then falls over dead.
The ettin roars when his dogs go down but he shows more cunning than you would have thought and withdraws into the cave calling out in its harsh language.
Round 3
Abadius 10th, Mid winter
1200, temperature 36, moderate rain (20% miss chance beyond 60')
Group Effects: invisibility sphere 78rds, haste 7rds, Prayer 7rds, Inspire courage +2, Battle Cry +1 to hit and +4 vs fear 10rds
Zherxikas 54/54;
Ettin -32 moderately injured
Trollhound -63 near death
Runt 87/87; magic vestment, heroism 888rds, clayskin 45/45, false life 7, heightened awareness 888rds<<<
Bert 84/84; 78rds<<<
Kizzy 62/62; invisible<<<
Forest 93/104;<<<
Isabella 69/69; invisible<<<
It called for Snarl and Chomp to come… whatever it or they are! Kizzy calls out a warning as she continues to stay close to Isabella.
Forest holds on to the magical charge within him and gives chase. "Come back, coward!" He yells in giant.
Forest runs into the cave and as he gets to the corner of the entrance he can vaguely see into the cave to the north. There stands the ettin and perhaps another dog behind it. (shadowy light, 20% miss chance until you get a better light)
The Bralani shifts into human form and advances into the room. Runt also advances but more slowly, after casting a divine favor spell.
Round 3
Abadius 10th, Mid winter
1200, temperature 36, moderate rain (20% miss chance beyond 60')
Group Effects: invisibility sphere 78rds, haste 7rds, Prayer 7rds, Inspire courage +2, Battle Cry +1 to hit and +4 vs fear 10rds
Zherxikas 54/54;
Ettin -32 moderately injured
Trollhound -63 near death
Runt 87/87; magic vestment, heroism 888rds, clayskin 45/45, false life 7, heightened awareness 888rds
Bert 84/84; 78rds
Kizzy 62/62; invisible<<<
Forest 93/104;<<< (10' of movement remaining)
Isabella 69/69; invisible<<<
Isabella and Kizzy move into the tunnel behind Runt to help when needed.
Round 4
Abadius 10th, Mid winter
1200, temperature 36, moderate rain (20% miss chance beyond 60')
Group Effects: invisibility sphere 77rds, haste 6rds, Prayer 6rds, Inspire courage +2, Battle Cry +1 to hit and +4 vs fear 9rds
Zherxikas 54/54;<<<
Ettin -32 moderately injured
Trollhound -63 near death
Runt 87/87; magic vestment, heroism 887rds, clayskin 45/45, false life 7, heightened awareness 887rds
Bert 84/84; 77rds
Kizzy 62/62; invisible
Forest 93/104;
Isabella 69/69; invisible
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Kizzy will pull the bulleye lantern with continual flame cast on it out to help spotlight the enemies in the dark tunnel as she moves forward with Isabella.
Gets out a scroll and uses it to cast forth some burning cone of fire on the trollhound.
With a final whimper the large hound dies as the flames wash over him.
Round 4
Abadius 10th, Mid winter
1200, temperature 36, moderate rain (20% miss chance beyond 60')
Group Effects: invisibility sphere 77rds, haste 6rds, Prayer 6rds, Inspire courage +2, Battle Cry +1 to hit and +4 vs fear 9rds
Zherxikas 54/54;
Ettin -32 moderately injured<<<
Trollhound uninjured / uninjured <<<
Runt 87/87; magic vestment, heroism 887rds, clayskin 45/45, false life 7, heightened awareness 887rds
Bert 84/84; 77rds
Kizzy 62/62; invisible
Forest 93/104;
Isabella 69/69; invisible
Both trollhounds come running in from behind the ettin, underneath his legs and attack the nearest intruder, Forest. The first hound gets a face full of shield, the second finds a leg and bites down hard (dmg 16). It tries to upend Forest but the warrior shifts his weight onto the bitten leg, bites back a curse, and prevents himself from being tripped. Then the ettin shows an amazing amount of coordination with its two spiked clubs as it swings numerous times at Forest but all are deflected by sword or shield.
Round 4
Abadius 10th, Mid winter
1200, temperature 36, moderate rain (20% miss chance beyond 60')
Group Effects: invisibility sphere 77rds, haste 6rds, Prayer 6rds, Inspire courage +2, Battle Cry +1 to hit and +4 vs fear 9rds
Zherxikas 54/54;
Ettin -32 moderately injured
Trollhound uninjured / uninjured
Runt 87/87; magic vestment, heroism 887rds, clayskin 45/45, false life 7, heightened awareness 887rds<<<
Bert 84/84; 77rds<<<
Kizzy 62/62; invisible<<<
Forest 77/104;<<<
Isabella 69/69; invisible<<<
Runt breathes a sigh of relieve as the ettin's blows are deflected. With no haste active she cannot get close enough to attack so, instead, she moves closer and calls down fire on them with a DC 17 Blistering Invective for fire damage and
It can be tough to be so slow!
The bralani moves to get a clear shot on the ettin and attacks with its bow.
Forest unleashes a flurry of anti-troll dog attacks.
Runt steps up behind Forest and lays down such a tirade of expletives and curses directed at the ettin and hounds that it even makes Forest blush. The magically enhanced dressing down seems to work as the three targets flinch back from the angry half-woman. Smoke begins to rise on the ettin's skin tunic but he beats out. The hound however is not able to get to spark on its back. Forest leaves one hound a quivering mass of "dog" flesh plus he cuts and bashes the other ruthlessly. Runt follows up with a
Round 4
Abadius 10th, Mid winter
1200, temperature 36, moderate rain (20% miss chance beyond 60')
Group Effects: invisibility sphere 77rds, haste 6rds, Prayer 6rds, Inspire courage +2, Battle Cry +1 to hit and +4 vs fear 9rds
Zherxikas 54/54;
Ettin -48 moderately injured
Trollhound -44 critically injured burning
Runt 87/87; magic vestment, heroism 887rds, clayskin 45/45, false life 7, heightened awareness 887rds
Bert 84/84; 77rds
Kizzy 62/62; invisible<<<
Forest 77/104;
Isabella 69/69; invisible<<<
Round 4
Abadius 10th, Mid winter
1200, temperature 36, moderate rain (20% miss chance beyond 60')
Group Effects: invisibility sphere 77rds, haste 6rds, Prayer 6rds, Inspire courage +2, Battle Cry +1 to hit and +4 vs fear 9rds
Zherxikas 54/54;
Ettin -48 moderately injured; shaken
Trollhound -44 critically injured burning; shaken
Runt 87/87; magic vestment, heroism 887rds, clayskin 45/45, false life 7, heightened awareness 887rds
Bert 84/84; 77rds
Kizzy 62/62; invisible<<<
Forest 77/104;
Isabella 69/69; invisible<<<
Flies into the cavern.
Kizzy and Isabella move up behind everyone, Kizzy's song still going strong. Then Zherxikas flies in to join the team and to get out of the rain.
The hound, obviously on its last legs, snaps at Forest. The warrior dodges but gets caught by a swinging spiked club (dmg 16) as the ettin begins its barrage. Forest reacts to the flurry of attacks to parry or deflect the others.
Round 5
Abadius 10th, Mid winter
1200, temperature 36, moderate rain (20% miss chance beyond 60')
Group Effects: invisibility sphere 76rds, haste 5rds, Prayer 5rds, Inspire courage +2, Battle Cry +1 to hit and +4 vs fear 8rds
Zherxikas 54/54;
Ettin -48 moderately injured
Trollhound -44 critically injured burning
Runt 87/87; magic vestment, heroism 886rds, clayskin 45/45, false life 7, heightened awareness 886rds<<<
Bert 84/84; 76rds<<<
Kizzy 62/62; invisible<<<
Forest 77/104;<<<
Isabella 69/69; invisible<<<
The next flurry from Forest is less accurate, the troll drawing his real ire away from the dog.
Before Forest can even begin to wail on the trollhound it expires with a whimper as it falls to the ground the smoldering bursting into a small flame before dying out (burned). He steps within reach of the ettin and slashes the monster mercilessly.
Round 5
Abadius 10th, Mid winter
1200, temperature 36, moderate rain (20% miss chance beyond 60')
Group Effects: invisibility sphere 76rds, haste 5rds, Prayer 5rds, Inspire courage +2, Battle Cry +1 to hit and +4 vs fear 8rds
Zherxikas 54/54;
Ettin -83 critically injured
Runt 87/87; magic vestment, heroism 886rds, clayskin 45/45, false life 7, heightened awareness 886rds<<<
Bert 84/84; 76rds<<<
Kizzy 62/62; invisible<<<
Forest 61/104;
Isabella 69/69; invisible<<<
The bralani sends a pair of arrows at the ettin before Runt can get in the way.
Then Runt heads up the corridor to get in a hit, after activating bane on it.
Isabella remains invisible as she forms up behind Forest and deploys her wand of cure light wounds.
Bert's first arrow takes the ettin in the chest. Then as Runt runs up the monster swings at her but misses. Once she closes the distance her magic enhanced smash cracks the giant's femur eliciting a roar of pain and anguish as the creature topples to the ground. Isabella steps up to Forest and uses the wand.
After the monster is down, everyone calms themselves and then searches the surroundings. There is one other room where it appears the giant slept. A collection of items are strewn about the room. After ten minutes of gathering and searching the following is found: 693 gp, 1,240 sp, a velvet pouch containing six 100 gp pearls, a phylactery of undead turning, and an ivory scroll tube inset with strips of jade (itself worth 300 gp) that contains a scroll of cone of cold, hold monster, and telekinesis.
Out of combat status
Abadius 10th, Mid winter
1200, temperature 36, moderate rain (20% miss chance beyond 60')
Group Effects: none
Zherxikas 54/54;
Runt 87/87; magic vestment, heroism 786rds, clayskin 45/45, false life 7, heightened awareness 786rds
Kizzy 62/62;
Forest 69/104;
Isabella 69/69;
Isabella uses her wand on Forest again.
Runt is feeling quite good and is in no need of healing, so she cleans the hound gore off herself as she waits. While they wait she sends the Bralani north on a scouting expedition, instructed to hurry back if he spots anything interesting.
Bert returns and before his time on this plane expires he relates what he saw. ”The stone steps lead up to the too of dam. There is a group of ogres up there. Eight in number. One seems to be in n charge and wanted the others to continue working. The seven seemed cowed by the leader but near exhaustion and complained incessantly.”
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Runt eyes Forest, knowing his hatred of ogres, ready to delay him if he tries to charge out there immediately.
Forest, wait! You need healing before you go slay the ogres. I will not have you charging into battle dripping blood.
Kizzy begins using her wands, the one with only for charges first.
Then the new wand
Anyone else? Kizzy checks.
And do you all want to be Hasted and or invisible again?
Out of combat status
Abadius 10th, Mid winter
1200, temperature 36, moderate rain (20% miss chance beyond 60')
Group Effects: none
Zherxikas 54/54;
Runt 87/87; magic vestment, heroism 786rds, clayskin 45/45, false life 7, heightened awareness 786rds
Kizzy 62/62;
Forest 104/104;
Isabella 69/69;
"That haste spell of yours makes a huge difference for me. Let's me get into battle fast."
A shame Forest's hands are full of sword and shield. He lowers his head when Kizzy is near, touching his helm to her forehead. "Thanks, Kizzy You really are the best."
"Eight ogres, with one leader. Hmm..." He could float the idea of challenging the leader to to honorable single combat and letting the others go, but Forest wants to kill all the ogres, and Runt would probably challenge him for the right to face the leader... "Uhh, are you all up for fighting eight ogres? Hey birb, what were they working on, anyways?"
Kizyy reaches up and pats the back of Forest's helm, Don't you forget that! she says out loud then whispers, I want to make sure you are around later.
Like before? Invisibility sphere and Haste? Assuming that the group agrees Kizzy will cast, invisibility sphere and haste on the group.
I can always fireball them to soften them up a bit.
"Sounds good to me."
Runt will also cast weapon of awe on her mace and divine favor before they initiate combat (so it will start with 9 rounds of combat instead of the usual 10). She will be using the heightened awareness for initiative this time.
"I'll fire off some battle magic and then cast assistive defenses and wade in to help," says Isabella.
The team exits the ettin cave headed north. A series of large steps leads up the cliff face to the top of the dam. Just before stepping out on the dam, Kizzy and Runt cast their spells. Then the group steps out on the dam proper. The rain is lighter than when they were at Fort Rannick but still hard enough to make it difficult to make out detail beyond sixty feet or so (20% miss chance beyond that). The dam itself was made for giant sized workers it would seem. The side railings were eight foot stone walls effectively closing in the top of the dam other it having a roof. In the distance the team could make out eight large figures leaning against the dam walls, four on the north and four on the south. Standing between them is another large figure with a weapon in hand. At the midpoint of the dam is a large building like structure which is vine and moss covered and resembles a large skull like all of the other decorations on this dam.
Runt instructs the Bralani to shoot at the leader if it attempts to cast a spell.
Throws forth a magical ball of fire...
OK, summon another one in preparation for this encounter.
The fireball erupts amongst the ogres nearly felling the majority of the group and greatly burning the foreman.
Surprise round (standard action)
Abadius 10th, Mid winter
1200, temperature 36, moderate rain (20% miss chance beyond 60')
Group Effects: invisibility sphere, haste 9rds
Zherxikas 54/54;
Runt 87/87; magic vestment, heroism 786rds, clayskin 45/45, false life 7, heightened awareness 786rds, weapon of awe 86rds, divine favor 9rds<<<
Bert 84/84;85rds<<<
Kizzy 62/62;<<<
Forest 104/104;<<<
Isabella 69/69;<<<
Kizzy will use a swift action to use Battle Cry and begin Inspire Courage
The Brilani waits to see if the leader attempts to cast a spell while fools Runt rushes in.
Bralini: readied action
Runt: move action.
Isabella advances as best she can and lobs a burst of radiance at the taskmaster and two of his ogre minions.
(This is automatic to all evil creatures, regardless of save)
(DC 17 Ref save to reduce this to dazzled)
Forest charges his longsword - somehow - with lightning, then moves forward with the swift wind offered by Kizzy. He points his crackling blade at the first of the southern ogres and unleashes a lightning bolt that cuts through four of them.