Foxy puts a bit of wadding on her arrow and dips it in the last of the flaming oil on the barrels, adding a dramatic effect to her arrow as it flies through the air, striking the goblin king squarely as he stands frozen and immobile on the dais. (-7, fire damage)
The bear and the hell hound both roar at each other, each equally fearless against its foe. Halfpint's arrow catches the hound first (-4), then Baxtaw's bolt of green energy strikes it and rocks it backwards (-6). The Grizzly Woman whoops "Yeeeeooww!" as she leaps, grappling the creature's back and sinking her Good Knife into its side for balance (-5). The leathery pony-sized beast thrashes furiously as it is beset by foes, snapping its teeth at the bear, but both hound and bear are unable to land their own blows. Mors the hound leaps in to snap his jaws on the much larger foe, but the Hound smacks him away harshly with its paw. Mors lands unconscious about 15 feet outside of the melee. Clay intones his prayers, calling upon the might of Beith and her power over the mammals of this prime material plane to freeze the limbs of the horrific creature. He finds, however, that the very nature of the creature eludes him, the magic not penetrating as he wills it to do so: the creature is wholy not of this world, summoned from the depths of Hell to provide its service to the goblin king and not a real mammal.
The skeletal dwarven warriors descend upon the flanks of the party. Heavily ornamented helms and chainmail suffering the passage of centuries adorns their bodies, the dry, brittle remains of their braided beards below the holes of eye sockets now blank and empty. It is unnerving, seeing the armor denoting the honored dead now adorning these unholy ranks. They advance, undeterred by mystical sigils or resounding drums, their axes cleaving into the party's ranks. Out-numbering the party four to one, there is no way the party can avoid the stroke of every axe blade, though they try mightily. Two of the skeletal dwarves march heedlessly through the burning oil barrels, scorching themselves as the bone-dry cloth on their legs catches and flares within the armor. (-6, -1) One axe bites into Clay's side as he finishes his incantations. (-7) The flanking archers face the most, Baxtaw getting caught by two dwarven axe blades (-4, -2), leaving him moderately wounded against the foes and Halfpint (-5) who is caught by one axe as she wields her bow instead of her shield, the remaining dwarven blades turned away by her dwarven banded mail. Another group of skeletons hones in on the melee, swarming the combatants there. One glancingly catches the Grizzly Woman as she clings to the Hound's back (-1) while two others drive their blades into Huckleberry the Bear (-8, -5) as he struggles against the hell hound. Huckleberry roars in protest as great rents appear in his fur and collapses on the stone floor.
Next round!
Date: 1:22pm, 05 June 2021
Light: Braziers in the King's Chamber
Spell effects: Sleep spell on archers until 2:20pm; Goblin King held until 2:40pm; Banner of Pain until 3:40pm; Dwarven drums ongoing
Injuries: Huckleberry (mortal injury), Halfpint (grevious injury), Grizzly Woman (moderate injury), Baxtaw (moderate injury), Clay (moderate injury), Foxy (mild injury), Mors (mild injury, unconscious)
) as she retreats.
