As the Dwarf steps back to admire his jury-rigged industrial-strength troll-trap, and the Exemplars discuss strategy for dealing with a monster that can only be burned, a deafening slam echoes through the mines...

[Someone please roll for Surprise and Initiative on behalf of the entire party]

09:14, Today: Brother Brodd rolled 4 using 1d6. surprise.
09:13, Today: Brother Brodd rolled 4 using 1d6. initiative.

12:35, Today: DM, for the NPC Troll, rolled 6,2,3 using d6,d6,d3.  Surprise/Initiative/Limb Caught.

A long, green and disgustingly gnarled limb bursts through the door, flailing wildly as the trap springs, clamping a hundred pounds of iron on the troll's arm as it shrieks.

[Dwarghar, roll d6 for Trap Damage]

Dwarghar laughs as his trap takes hold.

He lights a second torch on the first one
Throw your oil now! He says to the others.

He waits for someone to throw the oil and throws his torch to hit the creature and hopefully fall in the oily mess around it.



10:25, Today: Dwarghar Stoneblood rolled 7 using 1d6+1.  Torch damage.
Like throwing a club.
10:21, Today: Dwarghar Stoneblood rolled 16 using 1d20.  Torch throw attack

10:19, Today: Dwarghar Stoneblood rolled 6 using 1d6.  Trap.
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 Brodd throws his torch too, trying to ignite the oil on the troll and on the floor atound the troll!

14:04, Today: Brother Brodd rolled 20 using 1d20. to hit.
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"Gaaaaahhh!" Even being prepared for the appearance of a fearful monster, the old cleric was still shocked at the creature's appearance and temperance. With a feeble flopping motion, he tossed his vial of oil on the troll. The liquid oozed out, but didn't ignite with quite the vigor which Regdoc had anticipated!

"Curse the Dusty Trail the mushrooms this gunk was extracted from! Get'em Chomper!"

Chomper's hackles raised, but he glanced over at his master with an incredulous look on his face. Bwwoof? The hound took a step or two forward and made a biting motion, but it lacked his usual tenacious conviction.


Oil Toss: Regdoc rolled 17 to hit AC0/AC19
Oil Damage: Regdoc rolled 1 (rnd 1/3)
Chomper Attack - Bite: Chomper rolled 4 to Miss!

"Chomper isn't stupid Regdoc, he ain't going in there!"

Regdoc's oil crashes on the writhing limb, making it glisten even more disgustingly in the torchlight as Chomper takes a tentative snap then shies away.

The old fleabag wisely runs for cover as both torches hit, setting off the lamp oil.

15:07, Today: DM rolled 7 using 1d8.  flaming oil damage.

[Brodd rolled a 20 but didn't roll for damage. Brodd's horseshoe toss lands right into the unsuspecting troll's grip, and the sizzling sound indicates 2 points of fire damage. As I remember from my adventuring days, striking with a torch is equal to club damage (d4) +1hp fire damage, so:
Dwarghar does max,
4 points
+1 strength from hurling
and +1 for fire
=6 points of damage, 1 from fire]

The arm sustains 7+6+2=15 points of damage, 10 points of fire damage/5 not fire damage

In the conflagration you hear a sound like several large stalks of celery being twisted, and the flaming arm falls to the floor, writhing helplessly.
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"He tore his own arm off to keep from burning to death! What if it grows back?"

Try to get the flaming bits into the gap in the door! That stuff on the other side might burn!

The dwarf looks around for another great clamp or similar trap-making apparatus. If he doesn’t see anything else he will run forward and try to get his trap out of the fire so he can consider resetting it while others try to push fire into the other room.

14:17, Today: Dwarghar Stoneblood rolled 5 using 1d6+1.  Traps .

Goal is to reset the clamp - or something else a little ways into the room, assuming the troll can get through the door and barricade and moves in a few steps, this should catch a foot.
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Amalrik pulls his spare torches out and proceeds to light them all ... He leans them against the wall as he tries lighting them up, one by one for others to grab and use. Don't throw them all, save some for thrusting at the big ugly !!

Regdoc rummaged through his pack for another clay bottle of oil.

"Smart?! Bah!" he snarled at Brother Brodd. "It's all the vermin he's packing, it's THEM that don't want to be burned. Shaggy muffin-stealer's gotta earn his keep around here!"

Meanwhile, Chomper had found something that looked like a pile of old burlap and rotten straw and dragged it over in front of the door, wagging his tail at the dwarf as if he'd contributed greatly to the task at hand.

"Good boy Chomper! Something to burn!" Brodd scratches the old dogs ears quickly and grabs another torch to use as a burning club.
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Chomper yelps as the troll slams against now-closed metal trap, growling in syllables succinct enough that they might be some form of threat, and backs away again.

Then, there's another sound behind the door. At first you thought it was the echo of distant machinery, but no. More like speech.

A long pause, then the troll begins battering itself against the barricade again at a faster pace.

"I will need to write a song about this!" Harald says quietly as he draws his sword and prepares for battle.

"Hurry up and get the next round of fire ready. He sounds like he's trying to break through."

Dwarghar looks at the others while dragging his trap to try and set it up.

Maybe someone could help me?

Or maybe someone could chuck a torch in the gap and see what’s talking to the Troll? Maybe get lucky and ignite the oily stuff?

What do I know? I’m just a stinking .... The rest is unintelligible and probably uninteresting.

"...churlish dwarf? No, you are not. I'll try to help."

Brodd swings his burning torch at the arm in the door gap to see if he thinks it is yet attached to the troll.


07:00, Today: Brother Brodd rolled 5 using 1d6. fire damage.
06:59, Today: Brother Brodd rolled 4 using 1d4. damage.
06:59, Today: Brother Brodd rolled 15 using 1d20. to hit.
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[If someone reset a trap you were already caught in right in front of you, would you jump into it?]

The trap is shut and the gap is closed, you couldn't even shove a spearhead through.

Every make their Hear Noise rolls please.

08:33, Today: Brother Brodd rolled 2 using 1d6. hear noise.