Barty's "Lost Mine of Phandelver"

OOC: We can keep one life long enough for Thulgrim to make the final blow :) Or he can yell "this one is my!".

Finna continued attempt to bite the bugbear, using the same tactic - jump in - jump out to the safe distance (or run up to the ceiling and jumping from there). Attack: 5 Damage: 3

OOC: Roland is adjacent to Nemean and both bugbears, and now Thulgrim as well as he rushes in.

Roland redoubles his efforts, aimimg a low slash with his short sword to distract from the thrust of his rapier.

Attack: 9 Damage: 5

Bonus Attack: 10 Damage: 6

Sneak Attack: 9

Nemean lunges again at the Bugbear with his scimitars.

Scimitar Attack 1: 13 Damage: 5

Scimitar Attack 2: 24 Damage: 8

Thulgrim's charge draws the attention of both bugbears, who clear a space for the dwarf to crash between them, slamming his axe into the ground at the end of his nearly ten-foot leap. Roland and Nemean punish them for momentarily ignoring the expert fighters, and in a heartbeat both bugbears are falling dead to the ground, with a rapier in the heart and a scimitar to the throat.

OOC: Each character has gained 100 XP for defeating the pair of bugbears!

Finna did not change back - she would not see the way back to the storage room otherwise and hanged to the ceiling, waiting for others to decide where to.

Thulgrim approaches one of the bugbears, drawing his dagger as he kneels quietly beside it. He slowly slices the dagger through the bugbear's jugular vein, and the warm blood oozes out onto the blade. He then wipes the blood from the dagger with one thumb and smears it down the right side of his face in a manner to mirror the still-visible blood line made hours earlier on the left.  Turning to his companions, he says:

Me oath be fulfilled. The blood o' me kinsman be paid for wit the blood o' me enemy. I just 'ope I get th' chance t' spill plenty more. Let's be restin' now. 

With the bugbears defeated, the rest of the night passes by peacefully, if not comfortably. You awaken refreshed and ready to uncover more of this mine's mysteries.

OOC: Each character has gained the benefits of a long rest. Finna can prepare a new set of spells if she would like.

Before they go anywhere (and after bread-and-water breakfast), Finna called Roland: "Lamps and torches are terrible in here - we are like walking targets with them. Here, spell for the occasion". She mambled a few words touched Roland's shoulder - and darkness around him suddenly become transparent. She repeated procedure with herself and now was ready to go. Darkvision on Roland and herself.

"So, where to? North rooms?"

(OOC: I'd suggest trying the passage leading north out of the central area of the big central cavern. I can't tell if there is a passage out of the western side of that cavern)

OOC: Ready to advance once a direction is confirmed and an action is taken.

"True, too big of an area to leave it unchecked. Want me look first?"

“I suggest we make our way North West, there seems to be an area just to the east of the water that we haven’t explored, and then we can make our way back to where we found the Black Spider (northwest corner) to explore the area surrounding the alter room.”

"Lead the way, boss, unless you want me or Roland to scout ahead."

"No, lets save your druid magic for something else, Roland and I can go a few paces ahead of the group as we can move quietly, but we have already traveled through many of these rooms."

Nemean will head North out of the storage room and will proceed to head North, then West, and then North again until they enter the unexplored area to the east of the pool.

Stealth: 17

"Sounds right up my alley" Roland says, falling in line with Nemean and slinking away.

Stealth: 25

Hmpf. Lead away Nemean. I be right be'ind ye. Thulgrim stumps along behind, gripping his greataxe, and hoping for more invaders to punish.

Nemean and Roland quietly lead the way through the ghoul cavern, past the fallen bodies of dwarves, gnomes, and orcs, and up a set of stairs. The area previously left unexplored is blocked by a closed stone door, fitted with iron hinges and a handle. To the opposite side, the mechanical bellows stands imposingly in the darkness, which the humans in the group can now see in shades of grey, thanks to Finna's spell.

Nemean opens the door, and quietly peers into the room to the west.

The door is unlocked, but seems to be blocked by something from the other end.