Dramatis personae
Poklov, dwarven gumshoe
Angelista, undead hunter
Quid occurrit
Felcanis has passed out from her spellcasting. Poklov peeks in the next room. Inside he sees a bunch of old barrels and a rotted crate. No buzzing, and no hellwasps. It's 10 feet by 30 feet, and he sees no other exits. The barrels are empty. There's a weird, dried slime here and there. Poklov says, "Let's get in here and hunker down for a while. Lick our wounds and naughty bits a bit."
Angelista says, "This is as good a spot as any, I guess." She looks around the room. "There's something strange about the circumstances as of our last encounter."
Poklov nods. "Giant stingy bugs suck."
Angelista shakes her head. "But look at the size of the room. How long were they in here, and how did they get in if the door was shut?"
Poklov shrugs. "I don’t know. Maybe someone left the door open, and then closed them in."
Angelista nods. "Possibly. But let's search the room and watch where you put your hands." The two look around, finding neither traps nor treasure, then bring in the unconscious Felcanis. Angelista says, "Listen, someone had to shut them in here, unless they can teleport. Other than to get them out of their hair, what other reason would there be except to guard something?" Poklov shuts the door.
Angelista says, "Well, rest for now, I guess. Watch where you sit. Something doesn't feel right." After a few minutes, Felcanis wakes up, and after a few more minutes, she casts Lend Energy on herself to speed her upswing.
After about an hour, they hear a rattle at the door. They pull out their weapons. Angelista whispers, "We'll be cornered if we're forced to fight in here. Get ready."
A frog-like humanoid opens the door, holding a hooked blade. Poklov rushes a frogman with his shield, but the frogman lifts its shield and blocks him. Angelista snarls as she takes a step gouging her spear into its vitals. The frogman tries to parry with its khopesh, but it cannot. It slumps down, having passed out from the shock and sudden blood loss. Poklov grins at her. "Nice one, lass!"
Angelista laughs. "The brightest light on the tree just got extinguished. We’re not through yet. Get ready to push back!"
They look outside the door and see three more frogmen. One frogman rushes towards Angelista, but misses, while another rushes towards Poklov, who swats away its blade with his axe. The third moves forward, holding a torch in its left hand while the others hold spears.
Felcanis hangs back, and Poklov yells at her, "Crossbow lock and loaded on Bill, get it and squeeze her tight!" Poklov tries to swing his axe around the frogman's shield, but it pushes the shield into the axe anyways. Angelista jabs at the next target right in front of her, but that frogman likewise blocks her jab with its shield.
The frogman by Angelista gets a swing through her armor with its khopesh that she was unable to block, but it's just a little nick. The one by Poklov is unable to get its swing past Poklov's axe.
Felcanis grabs the crossbow. Poklov swings down for the leg of the frogman, and as the frogman is unable to bring its shield to stop the sudden change of the swing, Poklov chops off its leg. As it falls, Angelista yells, "I hear frog legs are delicious!" bringing a smile to Poklov's face. Angelista again tries to stab the frogman before her, but it gets its shield in the way.
The frogman in back holds its spot, while the one before Angelista tries to slash her again. However, Angelista gets her shield in the way. Felcanis steps and aims. Poklov rushes the frogman in the back with his shield, knocking it down. Angelista raises her shield and holds the spear on top of its edge, stabbing and jabbing again and again in many directions making it hard for the frog man to see from where the attack is coming.
The frogman before Angelista again slashes past her shield and gets another small wound near the first. The legless frogman swings at Poklov's back but cannot get through his armor. The frogman on the ground before Poklov holds up its khopesh, waiting for his next swing.
Felcanis keeps aiming. Poklov chops past the khopesh of the downed torch-bearing frogman and wounds it further, though it stays awake. Angelista's frantic stabbing comes to naught as she fails to see the frog sees through the trick. Her jabs miss the mark. The frogmen on the floor try to gather their wits and grab their weapons, while the one before Angelista tries to hook her with its weapon but can't reach her leg.
Felcanis again steps and aims. Poklov turns and swings at the frogman behind him, and this time cuts it open. Its eyes shut as its wound bleeds out. Angelista Morgan smiles as she sizes up her opponent. "This worthy foe is mine." She tries to jab her worthy foe, but it blocks. The worthy foe jabs back and she blocks its blow while its buddy moves to a kneel.
Felcanis at last gets off a shot at the torchbearer, but misses, going over his head as he's kneeling on the ground. Poklov likewise goes after the torchbearer and misses, while Angelista leans in with another stab, which it blocks. The torchbearer screeches and tries to hook Poklov's leg, but he pulls it out of the way, while the one before Angelista gets yet another nick past her shield.
The cleric drops the crossbow and pulls out her mace. Poklov and Angelista, bothered by the shields, try to take out the arms of the frogmen before them, but both miss. Angelista easily blocks the frogman's blow, but the torchbearer shifts on its knees to get near Felcanis, whose mace can't snag its khopesh. She falls, stunned, and drops her mace.
She comes to her wits fast, and Poklov takes care of the frogman who hit with her with a blow to its skull, knocking it out. Angelista again tries to stab the shield arm of the frogman before her and it gets its shield in the way. She lunged forth so hard that it had no trouble landing a blow back on her, but again it was only a nick.
Felcanis grabs her mace menacingly, while Poklov steps towards the last frogman. He swings and misses. Angelista drops her spear and slides in nearer to punch the frogman in the gut. She misses, but the frogman loosens its shield. It kicks her, but she stops its leg with the shaft of her spear.
Felcanis kneels, and Poklov swings at the last frogman. This time, his blow lands, taking down the frogman. "I was going to strangle it!" cries Angelista. She backs off of it and then stands herself between it and Poklov. "They can't fight us anymore," she says. "Let's disarm them and send them away, licking their wounds."
Poklov gathers their weapons and shields, and riffles through their pockets. He says, "Lass, it's hard to lick an open head wound. I mean you got your code and stuff, but at this point it's mercy finishing them." He bears the living frogmen's bodies into the storage room, then piles the dead ones in a corner of the bigger room. Angelista bandages Felcanis, who then casts Stop Bleeding on herself before trying Major Healing. It works, so she does another one on Angelista, which also works.
After a few minutes, three more frogmen walk into the room, looking to see what the hubbub was. The lead one, with a khopesh and shield, croaks in surprise when it sees the heroes, who saw the light of their torch down the hallway. Poklov readies Ole Blackie, his crossbow, and whispers to Angelista, "Young lass, I'm going to get the bow," pointing to one in the back, next to the torchbearer. Angelista shakes her head, and points to the bowman with her javelin with a grin on her face, but Poklov is already staring down the sights of what looks like charred wood on his crossbow.
The frogman with the bow shoots Poklov. It hits his armor and doesn't hurt him, but the shock makes him drop his crossbow. The others move nearer. Felcanis ducks behind her shield, Angelista aims with her javelin, and Poklov whips out his axe … and drops it.
The bowman pulls out another arrow, while the other two get nearer to the heroes. Angelista lobs her javelin at the bowman, but the frogman with the khopesh and shield steps into the way and the javelin goes into its flank instead. Poklov grabs his crossbow off the floor.
The frogmen again draw nearer, albeit a little slower. Poklov again starts aiming with his crossbow, while Angelista runs towards the bowman. The bowman shoots, and Angelista takes the arrow on her shield. The torchbearer steps and slashes Angelista, giving her a nasty wound. The khopesh-and-shield frogman hits Poklov with its khopesh, but the blow doesn't get through Poklov's heavy armor.
Angelista lines up her shield and slams the bowman frogman and knocks it down. Poklov shoots the torchbearer frogman from behind, but somehow it stays up. The khopesh-and-shield frogman again hits Poklov but cannot get through his armor. The torchbearer moves towards Angelista, and the bowman drops its bow and pulls out its khopesh.
Felcanis gets out from behind her shield and rushes towards the torchbearer. As Angelista sees the sword come out and acknowledges that the frogman wants to see this through, she brings down the edge of her shield onto its chest, but it only scratches the side.
Poklov drops his crossbow and wraps his arms around the frogman before him, getting it in a grapple. The frogman wiggles a little but can't break out of the grapple. The torchbearer at last passes out from its wounds. Felcanis tries to bash it as it falls but cannot. Angelista's shield doesn't hit the frogman at her feet, and Poklov gets a better grip on the frogman in his arms before it passes out.
The frogman at Angelista's feet tries to hook her leg, but she gets her shield on the hook of the khopesh. Felcanis smashes the downed torchbearer, and Poklov pulls out an axe and starts to go towards Angelista to help her kill the frogman who keeps trying to hook her. She first tries to smash its windpipe, then shifts it down the chest and onto the rib cage. She calls out, "Stop resisting!" but Poklov lets her know that he's the one who is supposed to do the cop jokes.
Felcanis keeps wailing on the downed torchbearer while Angelista at last puts her shield into the frogman's lungs, killing it.
Res aliae
2 CPs each this time. No loot found, no exploration.
Angelista's player wants to keep the gear from the last frogman. I think he wants them as spoils of battle, since those khopeshes are cheap. At least he can try the hook technique a few times.
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