The bugbear staggers a bit and grabs its head in pain. As it does this more blood pours from the wound in its side, it is hardly standing at this point. Despite this, you see a frenzy in its eyes as it looks out at all of you, bolstering itself for one last swing of its morningstar, it looks to its pet wolf and lets out a terrible howl.
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Chensica makes it to Calantha and tries to stabilize her. 13
After getting herself together while helping Crom, she is more prepared to dress these wounds and does so easily as Calantha no longer struggles to hold on to life.
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Mal now turning his attention to the last remaining adversary, also sees chensica attending to an unconscious ally, He recognises the form of calanthe pn the floor and his blood boils with anger.
As Mal rushes over to the bugbear he casts down his weapons and, arms outstretched, leaps at the wounded creature attempting to Grapple it to the ground whilst shouting out "stop now, or suffer the same fate as these 'ere goblins, you wretched beast!"
Mal wraps the bugbear in his strong grasp, who seems to crumple in his arms. He slumps down as far as Mal will let his body fall as he becomes dead weight and is quiet for a moment, looking over at his wolf. You realize after a moment that he might be crying as suddenly he lets out a terrible yell.
Goblin:
"Ripper!"
It is drawn out and full of sadness as he looks over at his dead wolf, and sits there on the ground, crying.
"what's it sayin Crom? are ther any hostages? any more enemies? We should get it tied up if you can get info out of it someone gimmie a hand"
Mal struggles with the bugbear keeping the hold on the creature tight and wincing in pain and hitching his breath every now and again from his own wounds.
Crom's eyes flutter open for a brief moment, but soon after slide shut. Thanks to Chensica's ministrations, he may yet live to see tomorrow, but it will be some time before he recovers enough from his injuries to regain consciousness, much less translate goblin.
Looking round and seeing Crom still unconscious on the floor, Mal looks up to Ragnarok, "sorry, erm yeah, You speak its language too? ask it about hostages an all that, and if it's so sad o'er the wolf tell it that the first three still yet live"
At this, If the bugbear has stopped struggling Mal will slowly loosen his grip on the creature, being cautious to restrain again if the bugbear looks like he's going to begin attacking again.
Mal looks pensive toward Ragnarok waiting for a translation, He shifts to pick up his weaponry and also picks up and inspects, the bugbear's morningstar.
Calantha's eyes flutter open as Chensica manages to stabilize her, but like Crom she has been badly wounded and will need time to recover. Vaguely, as if from far away, she hears voices speaking. A few sound like they are speaking in the goblin language, and that sends a jolt through her barely conscious body. What if the goblins had won?
Mal takes the second morningstar as well as his own nodding to the party wordlessly in acknowledgement, He drags Crom's body with effort out of the water and lays Him next to Calantha.
"I don' like the sound of that, Gundren and Sildar in the eating hall? mayhaps they were the food, either way I'll go check it out, this stomach ain't easily turned by the worst case scenarios. Ragnarok, what did it say about any others in these caves? I don' trust it so if you can tell it this, if we start looking around" Mal points through to the eating hall, and then to the back room where it appears the Goblins and bugbears came from "and if we get attacked, it dies, last chance to tell us."
At that Mal turns to Ink and Chensica, "wanna take a gander in that back room? we need stuff to heal, an keep out an eye fer Gundren's map and anythin else that might look useful, If you wanna stay here an watch over that thing" he juts a morningstar toward the bugbear "and these two" he gestures to Crom and Calantha "with Rag then we'll get round to searching later, but we can't let our guard down yet, we ain't that lucky"
With a plan proposed Mal eyes the bugbear suspiciously and waits for the responses from the conscious remaining party.
Edit for Mal's turn in this round;
Mal heads directly for the last remaining goblin which is close by and double swings as he has been doing before,
Morningstar 13 DMG 6
Mace 23 DMG 4
Ink curses at himself under his breath and turns to face the bugbear. Yet again the gnome speaks a single word, trying to scar the creature's mind...
4 damage (if it fails the INT save, DC 14)
Saving throw: 4
The bugbear staggers a bit and grabs its head in pain. As it does this more blood pours from the wound in its side, it is hardly standing at this point. Despite this, you see a frenzy in its eyes as it looks out at all of you, bolstering itself for one last swing of its morningstar, it looks to its pet wolf and lets out a terrible howl.
Chensica makes it to Calantha and tries to stabilize her. 13
After getting herself together while helping Crom, she is more prepared to dress these wounds and does so easily as Calantha no longer struggles to hold on to life.
Mal now turning his attention to the last remaining adversary, also sees chensica attending to an unconscious ally, He recognises the form of calanthe pn the floor and his blood boils with anger.
As Mal rushes over to the bugbear he casts down his weapons and, arms outstretched, leaps at the wounded creature attempting to Grapple it to the ground whilst shouting out "stop now, or suffer the same fate as these 'ere goblins, you wretched beast!"
Strength check (athletics) 16
Persuasion (if needed) 20
Athletics: 5
7
Mal wraps the bugbear in his strong grasp, who seems to crumple in his arms. He slumps down as far as Mal will let his body fall as he becomes dead weight and is quiet for a moment, looking over at his wolf. You realize after a moment that he might be crying as suddenly he lets out a terrible yell.
Goblin:
"Ripper!"
It is drawn out and full of sadness as he looks over at his dead wolf, and sits there on the ground, crying.
OOC - That's a bit of a feel-bad moment right there.
"what's it sayin Crom? are ther any hostages? any more enemies? We should get it tied up if you can get info out of it someone gimmie a hand"
Mal struggles with the bugbear keeping the hold on the creature tight and wincing in pain and hitching his breath every now and again from his own wounds.
Crom's eyes flutter open for a brief moment, but soon after slide shut. Thanks to Chensica's ministrations, he may yet live to see tomorrow, but it will be some time before he recovers enough from his injuries to regain consciousness, much less translate goblin.
Looking round and seeing Crom still unconscious on the floor, Mal looks up to Ragnarok, "sorry, erm yeah, You speak its language too? ask it about hostages an all that, and if it's so sad o'er the wolf tell it that the first three still yet live"
At this, If the bugbear has stopped struggling Mal will slowly loosen his grip on the creature, being cautious to restrain again if the bugbear looks like he's going to begin attacking again.
Ink breathes a bit easier now that the melee has ended, but he keeps a watchful eye on the bugbear.
He is quiet for a moment, but finally the bugbear looks up towards the cave wall as he says in goblin,
"Human is in the eating cave."
And gestures towards the bridge you came from.
Mal looks pensive toward Ragnarok waiting for a translation, He shifts to pick up his weaponry and also picks up and inspects, the bugbear's morningstar.
The morningstar looks like that Mal himself has, if not dirtier and a little greasy to the touch.
Calantha's eyes flutter open as Chensica manages to stabilize her, but like Crom she has been badly wounded and will need time to recover. Vaguely, as if from far away, she hears voices speaking. A few sound like they are speaking in the goblin language, and that sends a jolt through her barely conscious body. What if the goblins had won?
Extended Signature
Characters: Bryony Alderleaf (Phandelver and Below) ♦ Vesta Trevelyan (Vecna: Eve of Ruin) ♦ Ada Kendrick (Curse of Strahd) ♦ Gareth Blackwood (Dragon of Icespire Peak) ♦ Karys Velthune (Out of the Abyss) ♦ Surina Xarith (Simple, Heroic Adventure)
DM: Baldur's Gate: Descent Into Avernus
Mal takes the second morningstar as well as his own nodding to the party wordlessly in acknowledgement, He drags Crom's body with effort out of the water and lays Him next to Calantha.
"I don' like the sound of that, Gundren and Sildar in the eating hall? mayhaps they were the food, either way I'll go check it out, this stomach ain't easily turned by the worst case scenarios. Ragnarok, what did it say about any others in these caves? I don' trust it so if you can tell it this, if we start looking around" Mal points through to the eating hall, and then to the back room where it appears the Goblins and bugbears came from "and if we get attacked, it dies, last chance to tell us."
At that Mal turns to Ink and Chensica, "wanna take a gander in that back room? we need stuff to heal, an keep out an eye fer Gundren's map and anythin else that might look useful, If you wanna stay here an watch over that thing" he juts a morningstar toward the bugbear "and these two" he gestures to Crom and Calantha "with Rag then we'll get round to searching later, but we can't let our guard down yet, we ain't that lucky"
With a plan proposed Mal eyes the bugbear suspiciously and waits for the responses from the conscious remaining party.