Initiative:
Grune 20
Einar 19
Kobold 10
Hope 9
Oraphina 6
Korym 5
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A brief respite is had as the group repositions and braces for the oncoming assault.

Loud hisses and cries can be heard as the kobolds come streaming up the stairs, their weapons in hand. Though unfortunately for them Korym was prepared, his spell going off as soon as the first kobold is about to step on the last step, instead he simply slumps to the ground snoring with several of his allies behind him.

Though successful the spell only slowed the onslaught as more kobolds come streaming up the stairs past their slumbering comrades spilling out into the small battlefield and slamming right into Einar and Oraphina's shield wall.

Grune reaches out and places one of his hands upon Einar's back and once more prays, soon light begins to emanate from his hand and washes across Einar before fading away, stitching up wounds and healing bruises as it washes across him. (14 dmg healed)

The horde of kobolds is relentless and in their fervor they are causing Einar to block with his shield more than he would like, leading only to potshots of little value as none seem to be able to land before the onslaught begins again, though the defense wall holds, none of the kobolds finding much purchase either.

Hope on the other hand steps from the wall she had pressed herself against and sights down the kobold in front of Oraphina and lands a dagger in his forehead, dropping him, and quickly tries for another, but her dagger misses, and is lost somewhere in the crowd.


End Round 4
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Begin Round 5


Battle-Mat Not Updated


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Einar will strike the nearest to him or at least attempt to which while keeping g his shield high. Taking stock of the enemies he can see with a frown.

22:05, Today: Einar rolled 11 using 1d8+3.

22:04, Today: Einar rolled 10 using 1d20+5.  attack.

Drawing her last two daggers, the half elf (Irritated at losing one of her daggers), two on hand, let fly again with them, both finding mark with two separate kobolds.

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<OOC: Action - Attack - Dagger

'Hope' rolled 24 using 1d20+5.  Attack - Dagger.

'Hope' rolled 6 using 1d4+3.  Attack - Dagger.
'Hope' rolled 5 using 2d6.  Sneak Attack.

Bonus Action - Attack - Dagger

'Hope' rolled 17 using 1d20+5.  Attack - Dagger

'Hope' rolled 5 using 1d4+3.  Attack - Dagger.>

Frustrated at her lack of previous success, the halfling paladin took a deep breath to recenter herself, remembering the lessons of her blademasters, and after a complex flourish, struck true, impaling the kobold she was facing.

Now that's better! Hope, you better had seen that, honey!

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Attack the koblod in front of her with 24 to hit for 12 damage, that's a crit!

Today: Oraphina Weatherbee rolled 5 using 1d8.  extra damage dice for crit.

06:25, Today: Oraphina Weatherbee rolled 24,7 using 1d20+4,1d8+2.  rapier attack+damage.

Korym focuses on the staircase, from which the kobolds are emerging.

"Somnus!" he speaks the word of power to put more foes to sleep.

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Cast Sleep, upcast to second level, aiming at WK5.
Korym Nightstar rolled 40 for hit points affected (upcast to second level).

Initiative:
Grune 20
Einar 19
Kobold 10
Hope 9
Oraphina 6
Korym 5
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Einar's strikes do little as he focuses mostly on defending against the, all too familiar, overwhelming assault being levied at him. with only one kobold managing to get past his defense and strike him in the bicep. (4dmg)

Hope sees an opening in the kobold's defenses as one strikes Einar; and she presses the advantage, her daggers managing to fell both kobolds assaulting the barbarian.

Now foe-less Oraphina moves forward to strike the conscious one on the stairs, her rapier striking true and running the beast through, felling one more.

Korym however outdoes the rest of his allies as he casts another spell, this time putting all the rest of the Kobolds in the stairwell to sleep.


End Round 5
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Begin Round 6


Battle-Mat Updated

Had to move Hope and Oraphina on battle mat to get them within range and or line of sight of foes.

With all the kobolds now asleep, you can coup de grace the rest (instead of wasting time making attack rolls against them all. If you want.).

Korym pulls out his dagger and starts the grisly task of slitting kobold throats. "The spell won't last too long, they need to be finished quickly!" he said, even as he retched slightly.

"Should we throw these bodies to the creatures in the cage, or simply push them out of sight, as best we can?

I have exhausted all of my spells, and will need to sleep before I can recover them again, although I can continue to cast my ray of frost cantrip.

Perhaps we can use the cave below," he points down the stairs, "as a safe haven, but I have my doubts."

Hope, mirroring Korym's words, retrieved her daggers, and began the grizzly work of killing the kobolds as well. At the question, she looked back. "We feed them they may stay quiet, and it will cover some of the carnage we have caused. But i for one don't want to get too close"

She began searching the kobolds for any valuables.

Einar sets to work as well killing off the sleeping enemies before they have a chance to reawaken. "Seems taking a quick break in here was not the greatest plan but at least it didn't turn out too poorly."

The halfling looked at the other killing the sleeping kobolds with distaste, but did not try to stop them, she knew it was necessary.

With the grim task complete, and the kobold bodies chucked down to the drakes below, Hope finishes the count of the money the kobolds had on them (4gp all in copper pieces. There are also plenty of daggers for hope to pick up.)

Descent down the slick blood-soaked stairs is slow going and as it turns out dangerous, the blood covering the bottom step helps to conceal the fact that it's a pressure plate.

Unaware that he is stepping into a trap Einar once more takes the lead, each step slow and sure, until the last one; when the step collapses beneath his weight a low cracking noise is then heard before a large portion of the stairwell roof above Oraphina and Hope collapses. Three large boulders fall down upon them. (13dmg or 7dmg is DEX save DC 15 is passed. 5dmg to Hope or 2 on a DEX save DC 15. This is assuming a marching order of Einar, Oraphina, Hope, Korym, Grune. If this is incorrect let me know.)

Hope follows after the others down the stairs after collecting the copper, her original daggers as well as four others. Placing two on her belt, and two in her pach, she walked quietly until she heard the crack. She looked up. "Oh shi....." she dove out of the way, but the boulder still clipped her shoulder as she fell.

she sat on the ground, wincing at her shoulder as she moved it. "I shuld have been more careful - this was my fault."

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<OOC: 'Hope' rolled 8 using 1d20+5.  dex save.>
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Korym is startled by what appears to be the ceiling collapsing, but turns out to be yet another trap.

"How do the little bastards move around without killing themselves?" he asks rhetorically as he scrambles over the boulders and helps Hope and Oraphina to move off the stairs and into the cave below.

"Sweet mother!". The halfling jumped to the side when she saw the boulders drop, barely avoiding being crushed, the rock still clipping her on the leg.

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Today: Oraphina Weatherbee rolled 15 using 1d20+2 with rolls of 13.  dex save.

Einar growls and annoince as he tries to stay outta the way so people can avoid the rocks. "Well for one they can see way better than me down here."

Inside the room thin mattresses of straw with badly cured furs form small beds that are haphazardly positioned around the chamber. Rats and small lizards scurry through food scraps and moldy skins littering the floor.

To the south of the chamber, an almost immediate turn from the base of the stairs starts another set of stairs leading further down, indistinct noises can be heard coming from the new set of stairs, possibly voices.

Grune pipes up with a whisper. "Anyone need any magical healing, now that we have a chance to breath?"

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Battle mat updated.

The new stairs lead under part of the map you have already explored, so I have marked it with CP for Connection Point, so you can more easily see where it leads.

Hope had a few small scratches (From the boulder fall), but was relatively unharmed. In the next room, her attention went to the door - she was determined not to be surprised again. "My wounds are minor - i need no healing. Anyone who does, be quick.....I'll guard the way."

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<OOC:  'Hope' rolled 15 using 1d20+2.  perception check.
'Hope' rolled 18 using 1d20+3.  investigation check.>

Einar sighs and leans against a wall once he's able to find one with his lack of sight. "I could almost always use more healing but I'm fine for the time being. I can manage with the cuts and breaks that I currently have.

“Einar, if Grune has any healing spells left they are best used on you in case we end up in another battle.”

Noticing that the warrior is having difficulty navigating in the dark cave, the elf concentrates for a moment and a glowing bracer appears in his hand. Passing it to Einar, he says, “This will provide you with a little bit of light.”

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Minor conjuration - item lasts for one hour and gives off dim light to 5 feet.

Hope cranes her head toward the new set of stairs to gather what intel she can on the noise coming from down that way.


Grune huffs and says "Have it your way." to Einar as he refuses any further healing.
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He nods and accepts the bracers putting them on "Many thanks Korym these will at least help a fair bit more than total darkness

Hope comes back up quickly, and looks at them, and with her finger over her lip, indicates quiet, then points behind her. She mouths a single word….HIDE, and she goes to a darkened place, hiding, drawing two daggers and disappearing into the shadows.

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<OOC:  'Hope' rolled 27 using 1d20+7.  stealth check.>
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“It will last but an hour, but I can replenish it as needed.

Korym nods in reply to Hope’s command, and does his best to flatten himself against a wall in the darkened stairs.

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Korym Nightstar rolled 16 for Stealth. Attempt to hide in square I6.

Edit: grid location for hiding.
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Rubbing her leg where the boulder had crashed on her, her hand briefly glowing as she healed the bruise, she saw her friend entreat them to hide. Looking in the feeble light the bracers gave out, she found a hole in the wall and slipped thought it, disappearing almost entirely.

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Healing touch for 7, bringing her back to full, 22 stealth

Today: Oraphina Weatherbee rolled 22 using 1d20+2 with rolls of 20.  stealth.

Einar presses the gauntlets behind him against the wall and uses his shirt to cover the dim light as he ducks down a bit in one of the corners.


19:41, Today: Einar rolled 22 using 1d20+5 ((17)).