Part 9 - The Temple Again

[Tamerlaine]

Bror - Dwarf Fighter

Bror lowers his helmed head and with a dwarvish expletive loud on his lips, attacks the ancient enemy of his clan with his axe!

To hit: [1d20+4] = 7+4 = 11 Dam: [1d6+4] = 3+4 = 7

OOC: If the party chooses to flee, Bror will go along but fight a rearguard action if need be only to preserve his dignity as a Trollhunter

[kwll]

Calthas took close to his best shot at the troll and seeing the result, decides that the combat cannot be won on the current terms. He runs. "Maybe the earth elementals can do something against this creature?" he says to Thurwin while fleeing.

[badams30]

Thurwin - Wizard

Thurwin raises and eyebrow at Calthas' suggestion. He says to the others "To the earthen chamber, quickly!" He'll lead the way toward the chamber, making sure the adornments on the brown robe are not obscured, just in case....

OOC: Good idea! Let's go!

[Spanningtree]

Tavin - Monk

Excellent idea! Tavin will run like the dickens.

[merias]

Effric follows, digging out his protection scroll just in case...

[greyarea]

INITIATIVE baddies [1d6] = 1 party [1d6] = 5

The party beats feet, heading back the way they came. Bror holds the rearguard but not even Calmert's spell of blessing allows the troll-hunter's axehead to pierce the mighty armor: a bone chip flies but that's all.

The troll monster attack [1d20] = 2 monster attack [1d20] = 2 monster attack [1d20] = 7 tries to rend the troll-hunter but the dwarf is too wily for the beast.

The party gets back as far as the hall outside of the room where the hydra once was when Bror comes puffing up behind them, legs churning, and lets the others know that the troll chief seems to have stopped somewhere before the turn -- likely in the hydra chamber.

Actions?

Hit points and marching order
Effric 13/13 <5,3,1>
--Calthas 18/18
Tavin 9/9 < >
Calmert 14/14 <2/3/friends>
Caydon 11/11
--Thurwin 13/13 <, >
Bror Troll-Hunter 12/12

[Spanningtree]

Tavin - Monk

Tavin will stop and make sure all heads are accounted for (if anyone stayed back to fight he will join them). Whilst he is waiting he will put on the cultist robes.

[badams30]

Thurwin - Wizard

Thurwin glances about and says "I don't like this. He could be getting reinforcements or trying to possibly circle around us somehow. Perhaps we should withdraw to the upper level and clear some more before returning here. We can prepare for this thing and give him a suitable welcome that way."

OOC: I don't know if we can kill this guy without some serious collateral damage to us, especially with his seeming fire resistance. Thats not a good thing. The other option is we could try to cautiously head toward the hydra room and taunt him and try for our original plan. It'd be nice to eliminate this guy, as we don't know who he is with.

[merias]

OOC: I don't know if we can kill this guy without some serious collateral damage to us, especially with his seeming fire resistance. Thats not a good thing. The other option is we could try to cautiously head toward the hydra room and taunt him and try for our original plan. It'd be nice to eliminate this guy, as we don't know who he is with.

ooc: the earth elementals will give him quite a battle, if that works. We could always hang back and watch, then flee if it is going badly.

[badams30]

OOC: I don't know if we can kill this guy without some serious collateral damage to us, especially with his seeming fire resistance. Thats not a good thing. The other option is we could try to cautiously head toward the hydra room and taunt him and try for our original plan. It'd be nice to eliminate this guy, as we don't know who he is with.

ooc: the earth elementals will give him quite a battle, if that works. We could always hang back and watch, then flee if it is going badly.

I'd love to get him to follow us up there, maybe if we really want to see this through then we taunt him about his dead brothers and see if he takes the bait. We better hope he doesn't catch us though... Yikes.