Eve celebrates the mighty blows coming from Ryhunis and the Professor. “Yeah! Come on! That’s what I’m talking about! Ha ha!!…”. She gives them both a respectful nod, a wicked grin on her face.

Ipkiss flutters round behind the green-dot dwarf and screeches again, to distract it and help Eve get another good shot in, whilst still maintaining his invisibility.

Ryhunis you see the perfect opportunity and levy a blow that almost brings the duergar down onto his knees. As you lift your hands up readying for another attack a bolt of blue electricity flies under your arms striking the duergar causing it to convulse and foam at the mouth before dropping into a smoking charred heap on the floor. 

You all hear the invisible imp screeching as he flies around the remaining dwarf. 

Iris not having a clear shot will run around the stack of crates, stepping over the dead duergar. When the reamianing dwarf comes into view Iris raises her arm and a divine glow surrounds it. With a muttering of words  a blast of bright energy extends from her towards the her target.

Attack: 7 Damage: 18

Unfortunately the dwarf ducks out of the way and the blast hits the far wall lighting it up like its on fire. 

Eve you are up!!

Eve turns to the remaining dwarf, drawing another dagger, she wheels forward and clonks the poor fellow on the head twice with the butt of her daggers, hoping to fell them but not kill this one…

Attack action (dagger, w/ adv.): Attack: 21 Damage: 4 (non-lethal damage)

Bonus attack (dagger): Attack: 13 Damage: 1 (non-lethal damage)

…if either attack hits, take an additional 5 (necrotic damage) from hex.

[edit: been playing rogue too long! I think hex affects every attack! So here’s another hex roll in case the 2nd attack hit too: 4 ]

Maudath grunts and takes the blows from the duergar's, pushing one aside but catching a glancing blow to the shoulder.

He sees the others pile in, and then notices Eve smacking the last gray dwarf with the butt of her daggers.

"The pointy end," Maudath shouts. "The pointy end."

Maudath steps in, putting everything behind his sword and slashes at the dwarf.

Attack: 12 Damage: 12  

Eve you pull your other dagger and proceed to "clonk" the dwarf on the back of the head. He yells out in pain and dodges your second attempt to subdue him. Unfortunately his dodge takes him directly in the path of Maudaths blade, which slices him clean open. 

With that final effort the room is a much less dangerous place. 

Six Duergar lay dead on the floor surrounded by the broken stacks of crates. 

Eve calls to Maudath, “Help me search these dwarfs. It might lead to some clues about what’s going on here!…”. Eve searches the bodies with Maudath’s help…

Investigation check (w/ adv.): 9 

While Eve checks the bodies for any clues, Maudath moves around the room pushing aside the crates, looking for any sign of whether the gray dwarves were living here, waiting to ambush someone, or something else.

Perception: 13  

"Maybe they tried to stay the night at the manor too and were directed here," Maudath says as he gets his breathing under control. "Not the friendliest group."

As noses through the crates, he stops and looks back at everyone.

"Either way, I'm going back up that hill and laying these boots up the back side of the gatekeeper who sent us here."

Eve you don't find much of anything on them, what they are wearing and the weapons they have. You do also find a small amulet made of black crystal around one of their necks. 

Maudath almost every crate in this room has been broken into, their contents looted. You do find some more broken bottles and the occasional rotted fruit. 

"Bloody hell," Maudath mutters as he heads out of this room and into the other part of the cellar. "Anyone want to wager on what's behind the second door?"

He pats Eve on the shoulder as he passes, pointing out the blood on her face. "Got a little something there, kid."

He goes over and leans his head against it, listening for more troublesome gray dwarves.

Perception: 5  

"Thought-provoking, thought-provoking indeed" Ryhunis said while looking at the black crystals
"I am sure if you touch those crystals nothing will happen, soo.. Small brain go for it, touch them!" she said while looking at Maudath and pointing at the crystals

Eve sees the small amulet made of black crystal around one of the dwarf’s necks, and does indeed grab it. For now she just pockets it, but will check it out later…

In response to Maudath saying she has something on her, she wipes her face and looks at her hand. Blood! She checks herself. “Not mine!”, she says with a toothy grin. “Should we check out the other room?”. She moves back out to the first room and prepares to see what’s through the other door.

Not hearing anything at the other door, and anger at the gatekeeper for sending them here still racing in his blood, Maudath pushes hard against the door, not caring if it breaks open.

Give me a strength check please Maudath

(And apologies may be slow this weekend away at the beach)

Maudath STR: 18  

The door gives little resistance as you plow thru it. inside you find a makeshift sleeping quarters. Several small dwarf sized hammocks have been strung up around the room. Several small piles of bones, possibly rat or rabbit sit in some of the corners. It looks like the room has been in use for quite a bit. 

Maudath pokes around the room a little bit.

"So what are a group of duergars doing camping out in a broken down old tavern?" Maudath asks. "Does the manor house send a lot of unwanted visitors over here to die?"

He scratches his head for a moment and then decides he isn't going to figure this one out.

"I'm still going to thump some heads," he adds as he walks back out into the first room to join the others. "But would be nice to catch my breath before round two. And we do still need a place to sleep tonight."

He looks over at the ladder up to the hatch.

"Go back to main room? Start a fire and camp here?"

"There's another door to the south. I wouldn't want to get too comfortable and have another squad roll through. Are you in need of healing? I've made an improvement to my formula!", the Professor has a syringe and bottle in hand before he's finished speaking. "Well, a modification, anyway."

"Might I have a look at one of those crystals?"

Arcana: 13

Eve tosses the crystal amulet over to the Professor. “There was just the one, that I found anyway. Here!…”.

”I’m unhurt”, she adds.