The Phandalin Chronicles

Rekuberk thought a first that the strange for was a club of some sort until he saw it float in mid air. "That is a most interesting object I must say. I thought that it was a club of some sort at first."

"We have found some useful items, we may be able to use that dust to catch the half-orcs by surprise." says Krom. The dwarf will then say to Chip "Nice cloak you got there."

"This house should not have any more hidden rooms or secrets to discover. In my opinion we should leave at once for the Circle of Thunder and take care of the half-orcs." says Krom to the group. After a few seconds the dwarf will add "It may be possible that the half-orcs may decide to attack Falcon's lodge even without the orcs. What do we do? I am still of the opinion that heading to the Circle of Thunder is our best option. Could we send a message to Falcon using Ghorar?"

(OOC I assume that now the group is all assembled in the same room.)

"Let's go check out the circle of thunder... That seemed to be the place the orc was determined had the rest of his comrades." Chip would reply back to Krom.

“I vote to check out the Circle.” Says Kazri.

"Three for the circle, then" says Krom. The dwarf will then wait for the Rekuberk, Chill and Roghar's replies.

Krom will give the Dust of Disappearnce to Chill, "Take it, with you invisible, that half-orcs will be in for a pleasant surprise."

Rhogar just grunts his approval towards taking on the Circle whenever he finds out about the plan. The others can expect little more for him for a while unfortunately, as hacking into the tree seemed to take much out of him. Even Ghorar isn't her usually exuberant self. If he can muster up the strength anything, it's to make sure the tree is fully cut down before the group leaves.

"If we are to put an end to them then we must remember to watch for any that show the signs of being a werebeast. If any attempt to rush us step aside and let those of us with better armor take the hit." Rekuberk says as he keeps his sword close at hand.

Chill accepts the dust.  "Invisible kitty works for me.  But what about the boars outside?  We need to deal with them.  I fear they won't let us leave unhindered.  Can we rest and then deal with them or leave right away?"

Rhogar is finding that while he can easily chop the tree apart from outside the well the trunk of the tree goes deep into the well and much of it is outside his reach.   What he can reach has been thoroughly cut apart. 

"Cant we just pile up a bunch of wood from the broken furnature in the house around the tree and light it on fire? It is going to take you forever to chop down that whole thing..." Chip would say inbetween glances backwards towards his cloak. 

Rhogar chuckles tiredly as he forced himself to stand once more. "For something like this, ya gotta be thorough, Mr. Chip. You leave worrying about the tree' to me. Focus on those so called weres of yours outside. Or do as Mr. Chill there suggested, and THEN do that." The Bronze suggests cheerily while taking a gander down into the well. "Hmph! Yes... Yes, it can be done." He mutters to himself, and then positions himself to start climbing down inside of it. "Between my burning axe and other magics, I should be done within an hour. So, mine as well take this opportunity to rest anyhow."

If there are no further complaints or words to be exchanged from there, the Rhogar begins his descent to start hacking at its base and any exposed roots with a Burning Axe.

(@Pal54: Just as a reminder, the tree is in a well and outside in the courtyard? So, there's not much chance of any fires spreading should it actually be fully caught on fire?)

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(@Pal54: Just as a reminder, the tree is in a well and outside in the courtyard? So, there's not much chance of any fires spreading should it actually be fully caught on fire?)

Not quite.   The courtyard is fully contained inside of the house. 

(OOC: Do we care if the house is burned down? It seems to have been abandoned and is a home for orcs and other evil creatures... We should probably burn it down to keep other bad creatures from taking up residence. )

"Let's deal with the boars outside then, Chill if you do not mind shoot one or two with your crossbow, if your bolts hurt them they are not wereboars." says Krom to the Tabaxi.

"My magic can not discover if they are actual boars or wereboars so we will have to do it in the hard way. It may be a good idea to shoot them from the second floor, it will give us some advantage if they are actually wereboars." continues the dwarf.

"When we are near the Circle,I will enchant one of your weapon Chill, which one will be your weapon of choice in that fight?" Our lass should be able to invoke a similar magic to enchant her weapon. Our Dragonborns friends are more than capable of hurting our enemies with their magic." says Krom to Chill.

(OOC: The half-orcs do not know we are on their trail, if we burn down the house the smoke may tip them off. The fire may also spread to nearby trees and damage the forest.)

Chip would move next to Chill, ready to defend his companions if the boars turn and attack.

Kazri goes to the balcony of the manse and looks toward the pumpkin patch. She tries to count how many boars are there. (Perception: 14)

The balcony is W2.  From there you can see a single boar in the pumpkin patch at the NW corner.  You recall that coming from the west you saw an additional boar in each patch that would be visible from the west.  Chill confirms that he also saw 1 boar in each patch visible from the north side of the manse. 

Chill answers Krom,

"It'll be my crossbow preferably. I like to stay out of the melee if I can. As for the boars. I can stay up on the second floor balcony and if we keep the fight in the NW corner of the house we can have the melee's down below and support up above.  I can easily climb down if needed so I won't be trapped up there.  I'll take a shot at one of the boars and see what happens.  Let me know when you are ready to go.  I don't need to rest but if any of you do that we can probably do that safely right now."

Krom nods to the Tabaxi "I will enchant your crossbow while we are near the Circle of Thunder then. As for the boars I am ready to go to meet our dinner or our enemies, I have barely used Moradin's gifts in our previous fight so I do not need a rest. I will try to fight in the North West corner then. Lad, lass, let's go! Chip, if you do not mind, keep company to Chill and aid us with your magic."

Krom, if the other party members do not take a rest or do not stop him, exits the house and moves towards the North West corner. As soon as he sees a boar within range of his handaxe, he will throw it.

Handaxe throw: Attack: 20 Damage: 11

Kazri will follow Krom outside. "I am right behind you Master Krom." As Krom charges the beast at the NW corner, Kazri will find another target at the west side and cast Moonbeam on it. "If these beasts are indeed Shapechanger, Helm, please reveal their true self!!"