Hjaldek turns to the party with an awkward smile and wave. "Uh, Hello! Please, I ask of you, don't hurt me. I have absolutely no idea who you are, where we are or what is going on. I also don't know whose side to be on so I'm just going to stand here and do nothing. Good luck and don't die!" He then slowly backs away, still holding his defensive stance.

Action: Dodge

Movement: 5ft backwards.

"The other green-skin said the same, hmpf!" Mist was not going to back off so easily. "At least stay where we can see you and don't make any sudden moves!"

(OOC: to BOBDUR because he can't see the OOC thread or my PMs to him...something weird is going on. I wonder if it is with your profile, because I have not heard of any one else encountering this problem.  Maybe go hit up the Bugs & Support forum and see if anyone in there can tell you what is up?)

Darxaris

Stepping out into the room the half elf woman looks around quickly taking in the situation then says to the elven woman engaged with the ogre. "Don't worry I'll hel..."  She is cut short as the brute falls. She nods her head respectfully to Meghana "Well done. Are there more of these things about?"

(OOC: Sorry for the delay, thought I had posted here yesterday, apparently not though.

With all of their attacks striking true, between the combined efforts of Ravanala, Maghana, Wing, and Caryarus, they manage to bring down the brute wedged in the doorway.  His body slumps and his struggles cease, but the door itself is completely blocked, preventing any attempt to get at or shooot the other half-ogre, who you can hear continueing to cry over the fallen body of the orc.

(Darxaris, the way it works out the ogre is fallen before your frostbite goes off because of a really good round from the party.  You can't get to a place where you can target the other half-ogre, so if you would like to do something else with your action you are welcome to.)

Until the door is cleared of that corpse you do not appear to be in immediate danger.  What do you guys what to do?

From what we caught in our glimpse into the room with the half-ogre, was it just a room or did it have another door in it?

From your vantage point you would have seen a second door across the way on the eastern wall.

The map does currently have a door on the western wall as well, to the south of the door you guys opened, but visual of it is blocked by a wall.  Technically you guys don't know it is there.

There is a door (2, in fact) in that room. We might want to get in.

"Oh, cry me a river! You attacked first!" yelled Mist at the crying ogre. "Why are we stopping?" (that was to the group)

"Well, this Half-Ogre's body is in the way. We could take him out to face the other one, but I don't think we need to do that." Maghana explains to Mist before turning to the two newcomers. "And what about you? Who are you two?"

Darxaris     (Edited my previous post)

"My name is Darxaris of Perunalia. Who are you and where are we?" While she speaks to you her manner seems at ease but you notice the cross bow she carries is still loaded and ready to fire.

"Oh... A Half-Human? Interesting. My name is Maghana. As for your other question... We still don't know. As far as we can tell, we're in a dungeon, and we need to get out. There is one other Half-Ogre behind this one, but I see no reason to try and deal with it. There are other paths we haven't explored." The elven cleric responds, her arms crossed and her eyes narrow on Darxaris before she turns to look at the half-orc.

Darxaris

Moving over to get a better look through the door at the half-ogre beyond Darxaris brings her crossbow up. "Is it crying? That seems unusual. I for one would prefer to not leave it at our back."

"Finally! Someone with a good sense! Let's attack - we can simply shoot from behind that cadaver." Mist truly did not like ogres. Especially those attacking you in unknown dungeon. "Wait!" A new idea suddenly came to her: "Do you think he can know where the exit is?"

"Ah, a pleasure to meet you all. My name is Hjaldek." Hjaldek does a deep, flourishing bow before rising back up with a wide smile. "Apologies for not helping you all before, but I'm sure you would all understand that if one was suddenly thrust into a battle with no context, one would be confused and not know which side to take... well, at least I was. I can't say I speak for Darxaris." He walks towards the door to look inside the room and see the half-ogre crying. "Wow. He really is going at it, isn't he... Perhaps I can help charm him, get him to tell us whatever he knows?"

Ravanala puts her crossbow away and nods to the newcomers.  "I have no desire to stand here passing good wishes around." She informs the others.  "Let us backtrack and find a path we have not tried yet.  I have something..." She pauses, trying to recall what the thing she was suppose to be doing.  Telling someone something...  She shakes her head and turns back towards the last place with another door in it.

"That I have to see! Go ahead, charm him." Mist was genuinely intrigued and saw Hjaldek in new light. "Ravi, wait - this should be very interesting!"

Wing looks almost surprised that his last arrow hit the half ogre. He turns to Darxaris "I'm just trying to get out of here, this brute was trying to attack us". He notches an arrow and readies an action to shoot at the other half ogre if the spell fails.

(FYI - The corpse in the doorframe is providing 3/4 cover from any attacks...but it looks like you guys are not needing a new post from me just yet, so I will let this simmer.  Let me know what you decide to do.  :)   )

"I see no reason not to at least try it. If we are gonna prepare for the chance the attack fails, we should take this body out of the way, probably." Maghana says and starts working towards doing exactly that, pushing the body out of the way.

Strength Check: 12