With a twitch of her tail, Sunshine draws her short bow instead. This'll have to be a long range fight here, since there's no way in the nine hells she's getting any closer to that thing than she absolutely has to. "Are we fighting it?" she hisses to the others. She will ready an attack; that frog gets any closer and attacks, she'll shoot an arrow.

The giant toad does not like you invading its personal space.  It moves to attack.

Sunshine, your arrow flies true, striking a blue fleshy neck.  But the toad continues.

Mr. Fists, it does move to attack Telias, so please roll your dart attack.

Attack: 6 Damage: 7 piercing + 7 poison damage.

The toad tries to grab Telias and bite, but it can't get a grip of his metal armour, and the attack does not hurt Telias.

Verdan, Nalla and Telias are up.  And Mr. Fists can also make his readied attack.

Verdan eschews his shortbow for his lute, having had little success with the weapon. 

"We tried to talk, and be quite nice,
We hoped you'd be our chum,
But you spat upon our friendship
And made yourself look dumb."

Vicious Mockery on the Giant Today (DC13 WIS Save) 1 Psychic damage and disadvantage on next attack roll on failed save.

"Nalla weave your might spells,
Against this mortal foe,
It seem diplomacy has failed,
And this creature has to go."

Bardic Inspiration (1d6 for an attack roll and saving throw) on Nalla

Mr. Fists' dart - Attack: 6 Damage: 7

Toad WIS save:  12  The toad gives the faintest of winces, but the attack finds its target and it has disadvantage on its next strike.

Mr. Fists, your dart sails past the toad and plops into the icy water.  Unless you retrieve it from the frigid water, mark that dart as lost.

Telias and Nalla are  up.  Nalla, you have bardic inspiration.

Nalla raises a brow at the verse from the bard but nods as she begins to weave her hand in a quick flash of arcane symbols, fire forming in her hand before she lets it flu towards the frog.

Firebolt: Attack: 25 Damage: 10

The bolt hits the toad's face, and the body erupts in flame.  The toad ducks down into the water to extinguish them, but not before a lot of damage is done.  You can see - and smell - the results of a damaging attack.

Telias is up.

Telias shakes his head in disappointment. "No quarrel was needed." He then goes to whack it with his staff. 

Attack: 21 Damage: 5

The toad look perhaps a little chastened.  Certainly bloodier than it did before.

Round Two:
Mr. Fists and Sunshine
Giant Ice Toad
Verdan, Nalla and Telias

Mr. Fists and Sunshine are up.

A quiet snort escapes Sunshine as she quickly notches another arrow. "You tell it, Telias," she says before aiming and shooting.

Attack: 7 Damage: 5

Mr. Fists sighs and moves into the water next to the frog and will attack.

Short Sword - Attack: 11 Damage: 4

Bonus Action Unarmed attack - Attack: 14 Damage: 5

As Sunshine's arrow plops harmless into the water, Mr. Fists rushes up and in a flurry of feathery grace and fury, stabs and punches the giant toad.  You see bluish blood seeping from cuts and wounds over its body.

This old toad has survived many years in the frozen north, and rather than continue its attack, it will disengage and swim down below the surface of the pool.  You are no longer able to see it, as you cannot see far below the surface.

Verdan, Nalla and Telias are up. That's if you wish to continue combat.

Nalla will hold her action to launch another Firebolt if the toad comes back up to attack them.

Telias will make another section of ice appear, away from the last place he saw the toad, going wide around it if he can. Shape Water

Through Telias' use of Shape Water you are all able to cross the pond safely.  The toad stays far below the surface of the pool; even with your light, you see no sign of it in the depths, and you get the sense that this pool is rather deeper than the others in this cave.

As you reach the opposite side, you see that you are not far from a new cave, one that appears to be a dead end.  There is a campfire in the centre of the cave, burning merrily and releasing smoke through a small hole in the roof.  There is a single bedroll on the far side, and a rather ornate-looking stone chest in the middle of the floor.  Seated cross-legged on the ground on opposite sides of the fire are a female mountain dwarf and a male wood elf.  Their eyes are closed, and they appear to be deep in meditation.  You hear the faintest of murmuring from the dwarf's mouth, perhaps an incantation.

Nalla holds her hand out when she hears what may be an incantation, not wanting any if the others to get close and risk being hit with a magical attack. "Should we wait or attack?"

• "Perhaps we tie them up? The could have useful information..." Verdan suggests, as quietly as possible.

Mr. Fists nods, not wanting to make noise.

"Attack, but nonlethal if possible," Sunshine murmurs, shifting up as close as she can to Telias' back to look over his shoulder. Her red eyes hit upon the ornate chest, and her entire expression seems to light up, her tail flicking back and forth behind her. A near-silent noise of excitement leaves her before she peels off the elf's back and readies another arrow. She's not getting close to a fight at all for the time being.

(Any chance of telling what they're muttering?)

Perception in case: 19