Dalin Silverhand: Rotten to the core.

[Spearmint]

Bhaz'rad Dur: rescue of Clive and Hunnicot

Another hack, -2hp, the bugbear takes a second wound. He reciprocates by stabbing Dalin with a thrust of the spear. -2hp

R5:
Bugbear: cage guard vs Dalin [1d20+1]=15+1=16[1d6+1]=1+1=2 a hit!
R6 & 7:
Guards broadsword melee [1d20]=7 [1d6+1]=2+1=3 [1d20]=13[1d6+1]=5+1=6 I pressed the wrong macro but I can use it as the same attack. Just adding the +1 to hit strength bonus makes the attacks 8 & 14. The bugbear needs 15+ to hit your AC1

these two melee attacks end that segment.

R8:
Bugbear: cage guard vs Dalin [1d20+1]=13+1=14[1d6+1]=3+1=4
R9:
Bugbear: cage guard vs Dalin [1d20+1]=3+1=4[1d6+1]=3+1=4
R10:
Bugbear: cage guard vs Dalin [1d20+1]=3+1=4[1d6+1]=5+1=6

Dalin please provide three more rounds of combat to cover rounds 8-10.

conditions: Dalin has a single hit point 1hp/11.
Bugbear has taken -5hp

[GreyWolfVT]

Not sure where you got that HP count from but my sheet shows after that last hit 4 of 11 HP...guess I missed some injury a long time back or something i d k...

Hand Axe Dual Wield: main hand [1d20]=7 to hit[1d6]=4 dmg, off hand [1d20-2]=12-2=10 to hit[1d6]=2 dmg

Hand Axe Dual Wield: main hand [1d20]=12 to hit[1d6]=3 dmg, off hand [1d20-2]=4-2=2 to hit[1d6]=5 dmg

Hand Axe Dual Wield: main hand [1d20]=18 to hit[1d6]=5 dmg, off hand [1d20-2]=14-2=12 to hit[1d6]=4 dmg

[Spearmint]

Your hp after the Mummy Mound was 7/11hp and the Mummy Rot inhabits magical healing from potions or Cure Light Wounds while the disease is present and make you recuperate at only +1hp per full week of rest rather than daily.

I was checking because I had in mind you were down to 3hp but you have 7hp from the archives.

You have taken three wounds. -2 from the adolescent bugbear and twice -2 & -2 from the cage guard. The Bugbears damage macro is d6+1 so you have really travailed against exceptional odds.

Bhaz'rad Dur: rescuing Clive and Hunnicot

Travailing hard, fighting for his life, Dalin dual wields hacks and slashes, inflicting a third wound -5hp on the cage guard. The bugbear staggers but not downed and the battle continues.

Dalin, three more attacks please. Best of luck.

[GreyWolfVT]

Hand Axe Dual Wield: main hand [1d20]=10 to hit[1d6]=3 dmg, off hand [1d20-2]=6-2=4 to hit[1d6]=1 dmg

Hand Axe Dual Wield: main hand [1d20]=15 to hit[1d6]=3 dmg, off hand [1d20-2]=19-2=17 to hit[1d6]=5 dmg

Hand Axe Dual Wield: main hand [1d20]=4 to hit[1d6]=1 dmg, off hand [1d20-2]=11-2=9 to hit[1d6]=4 dmg

[Spearmint]

One more round please, just to be sure. This last one, include an initiative roll.

[GreyWolfVT]

Init [1d6]=2
Hand Axe Dual Wield: main hand [1d20]=8 to hit[1d6]=4 dmg, off hand [1d20-2]=3-2=1 to hit[1d6]=3 dmg this again really....roller gods are evil!

[Spearmint]

Bhaz'rad Dur: rescuing Clive and Hunnicot.

Finally, comparing a round by round attack, Dalin on his last legs gets in a double whammy and a round twelve knockout, inflicting another -8hp of damage upon the cage guard.

R11:Bugbear: cage guard vs Dalin [1d20+1]=2+1=3[1d6+1]=3+1=4
R12:
Bugbear: cage guard vs Dalin [1d20+1]=3+1=4[1d6+1]=2+1=3
R13:Bugbear: cage guard vs Dalin [1d20+1]=2+1=3[1d6+1]=4+1=5
R14:
Bugbear: cage guard vs Dalin [1d20+1]=15+1=16[1d6+1]=1+1=2

After three rounds of misses, unless slain the bugbear cage guard stabs Dalin and he collapses to bleed out.

It is on the nail. Literally, the dwarf is ragged and the bugbear falls, resting his spear tip on the fast beating jugular but without the strength to pierce the skin. Dalin has little strength left even to stab the prone body but with not a moment to lose, runs to the cage.

actions please.

[GreyWolfVT]

Are Clive and Hunnicot in the cage?

[Spearmint]

Yes, Hunnicot tied in the torso area which you will have to climb up to and Clive in the head section. There is a picture at post #41.

Provide a Hide and Move check please.

[GreyWolfVT]

Move Silently (26%) [1d100]=23
Hide in Shadows (20%) [1d100]=2

Dalin tries to sneak to the cage and cut the druid and ranger free.

[Spearmint]

Bhaz'rad Dur: rescuing Clive and Hunnicot.

not going to make it that easy ....

Creeping up to the bonfire pyre, you see several firebrands ready to be lit for the evening event. Also coming from the village is another guard. He walks close by, lifting his skirt to relieve himself by a log pile and then turns around to go on his way. Your hide skills mean you remain unseen.

The legs of the structure have caged geese and piglets. But your move silently does not disturb them to gaggle loudly or oink at your appearance. Twice more favoured.

You can easily scale the wooden structure and cut open the ties that bind the cage door shut.

Hunnicot is amazed to see you and you cut through his binds giving him an axe to wield. You can climb the ladder to the next level of the Wicker Jackal, once more hacking bonds and releasing the tied up Clive.

You have a few moments to compose yourself and discuss plans.

actions please.

[GreyWolfVT]

Dalin climbs up next to free Clive and hopes the druid is good at climbing down. Looking at the ranger the dwarf signals that he is going up to cut Clive free simply by motioning up with one finger then making a cutting motion with the same hand. Trying to remain silent so as not to give the escape attempt away.

[Spearmint]

Bhaz'rad Dur: Escape.

The trio cut all the bonds and peer through the bars at the village. "The drums beat for a celebration. Probably our burning the climax to whatever ritual and worship they conduct." Clive says.

"Mothers mourn too. We saw a bodies brought back. At first we thought you had been done for." Hunnicot adds. He opens the cage and begins to descend the ladder, signalling an all clear and sheltering from view by the log pile.

The druid descends next and begins to set free the sacrificial goats and geese. Dalin comes last, scaling the Wicker Jackal slowly. All three of you are free and at the foot of the construct. "We can't go through the village. Too dangerous though my goods are in some hut as well as the honey salves. We shall have to take a long way around. The one they least expect, down the valley then swing wide. Fend off the land a couple of days, find a place to hide up."

It is then you see that a small group of Bugbears come walking slowly out of the village. They carry a stretcher which has the body of one of the slain adolescents upon it, draped with a hide blanket. It looks like they might intend to cremate the body later within the impending bonfire.

The village is a bowshot away from the Wicker Jackal so you have a couple of rounds to decide your actions.

Dalin hide, fight, run? Something else.

[GreyWolfVT]

Dalin "how important are your goods? I think our best bet is to hightail it out of here. I can't take any more battles or I'll be dead faster than this disease is doing me in for." the dwarf makes sure Hunnicot is armed as best he can offer and says "Lets just get the heck out of here lets take your planned least expected route and get going. If you need any other weapons I dropped the guards up that way by the treeline. But lets get a move on."

[Spearmint]

Bhaz'rad Dur: escape.

The bleating of goats and gaggle of geese, giveaway the escape attempts and the pall-bearers stop in their tracks.

Hunnicot strikes a couple of firebrands. "The game is up, let's not stand in ceremony. And no ceremony for them either." He pushes the flaming torches into the bonfire, kindling the wood which begins at first to smoke white from damp then rage with firelight.

The trio run across the clearing, collecting a few bugbear spears to arm themselves. Dalin retrieves his pack from the undergrowth and hurrying by moonlight, begin to make their way through the outer forests.

"Be aware many of the bugbear adolescents still hunt a dwarven scalp." is a shared warning to consider. Rudimentary horns sound behind you, the tribal horde assembling to make sure the living sacrifices that have escaped the altar do not escape the wrath of Katka.

Bhaz'rad Dur: escape encounter vs 1 [1d6]=6[1d6]=3[1d6]=1[1d6]=5Blackened Forest random [1d20]=19 Giant Bats [3d6]=7 Giant Bats: swooping attacks: Dal [1d20]=9[1d20]=8 Clv [1d20]=7[1d20]=2 Hun [1d20]=17[1d20]=4Giant bat fangs [1d2]=2

An hour in to your escape, following the stream as it winds west and south out of the valley, broadening as other rivulets tribute more waters you have a ford to cross. Several stepping stones across waist high waters. As you cross, several large bats, each with a body equal to a halfling and a wingspan's breadth as a tall man, swoop from the trees. Their 'whooshing' swoops sound as though arrows were being targeted and you duck under the claw raking flyby.

One lands on the ranger's back, sinking fangs into him and gripping his shoulder. -2hp The others flit by ready for a second swoop.

actions Dalin

[GreyWolfVT]

Dalin suspects "Bats, big ones. I think." the dwarf would typically use his club for this but he left it behind....so I guess at the risk of hurting the ranger he feels around for something suitable as a club and tries to hit the bat attacking the ranger.

[Spearmint]

you can use your axes, a miss will miss both not hack the ranger

[GreyWolfVT]

Hand Axe Dual Wield: main hand [1d20]=17 to hit[1d6]=3 dmg, off hand [1d20-2]=5-2=3 to hit[1d6]=4 dmg

Hand Axe Dual Wield: main hand [1d20]=18 to hit[1d6]=2 dmg, off hand [1d20-2]=16-2=14 to hit[1d6]=4 dmg

[Spearmint]

Blackened Forest,

May 26th 1066.

Dalin hacks the creature from the shoulder of the ranger then spins around, whirling blades in each hand to decapitate swooping bats as they sense blood and dive in the dark. The vampiric menace though are kamikaze in their blood must and two get chopped by the dwarf and two more impaled on the end of braced spears, held by Clive & Hunnicot.

The flock have bitten more than they can chew and fly off in disarray.

Clive & Hunny vs bats [1d20]=16[1d6]=1[1d20]=18[1d6]=1

Horns in the wood and pin pricks of torchlight confirm the Bugbears relentlessly follow. You wonder if the displacer beast scents your passage. You press on downstream, the terrain is rough and rugged and it takes it out of the trio. Bleeding and hurt, Dalin and Hunnicot begin to lag.

It is a couple of hours to dawn, and those pre sunrise hours are often referred to as the darkest. Seeking a refuge, you stumble along the stream and across a shale patch towards some boulders that look as though they might offer a place to shelter, hide, keep warm. A large cave mouth invites entry and as rain adds to the discomfort, Hunnicot strikes a firebrand gesturing for you to tentatively follow behind.

The cave has a well worn entrance and after a few yards opens to a low cavern with several ledges and small patches of burned earth where campfires once burned. Remnants of cooking utensils are scattered about. A frame on one side has small dried fish dangling from several strings and some jugged hare. Clearly you have wandered into a used cave and the inhabitants are soon roused by the intruders and the bright torch.

Sleeping on the ledges, huddled under thin blankets for warmth are several hoary humanoids. To your dismay they are bugbear too but unlike those in Bhaz'rad Dur , these show no sign of rude health. Instead, mottled faces, disfigured by disease stare from hollow eyes at you. Many have limbs that end in half stub fingers and toes, many miss ears, eyes, noses that have worn.



"Lepers." says Hunnicot.

A few of them rise from the ledges, reaching for a rock or implement to defend themselves. Others look to scramble to higher ledges out of reach. The group are as dispirited in mind as they are afflicted in body. A brave group shuffle towards you but not threateningly. "I know this one. And him." a leper points out the druid and ranger. Looking at Dalin. "Him I do not know, but he looks as we do.

They bleed and are injured. Refugees as us." he says to the gathering. Then he gestured to the cavern.

"We have little to offer but can share what we have, please make you bed among us."

actions please

[GreyWolfVT]

Dalin "We would rest, as we are injured, and weary but we are being hunted. I don't wish to cause more trouble for you folk." the dwarf says to the bugbear lepers so kindly offering a place to rest. He looks to Clive and Hunnicot to confirm if this is the right response.