Is there anything solid and heavy at hand? Like a huge boulder? If Tirya bowls that into the barricade then Solsa can vault over and finish them. Alternatively just swing the hammer flail by its chain over the top of the barricade.

Naiel stay back firing the acquired bow and manage the boar pressure. The stampede need to be stopped or pressed through depending on what resistance is left. Don't want to run over all the elves by mistake.

Tirya 2013/01/03(Thu)10:17 No. 482003 ID: 14a1d0
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>>480949
>>480980
Tirya hurls her hammer through the face of the hastily erected barricade and yanks it back, ripping the whole thing asunder. The party and the piggies can now access the mine tunnel unhindered.

Alright, let's do that then.

...what are we here to do exactly?

Send Tirya in first after the boars, and get Solsa off that piggy. Use them as meat shields.

Delicious, succulent meat shields.

Solsa 2013/01/03(Thu)22:18 No. 482128 ID: 67ba4b
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Solsa's already well through the breach before Tirya has a chance to tell her to wait up.

Solsa dismounts and notices a hobgoblin corpse at her feet, something isn't right about it.

making a quick examination, Solsa judges from the level of decay the corpse would have had to been here for days.

Solsa: "Not even hobgoblins are so filthy as to leave their dead to just rot on the floor . . . or perhaps I give them to much credit."

Ponder whether that wall was supposed to keep you Out or something big and spooky and necrophagous in.

Also maybe back up and rejoin the rest of yo crew.

The best case is that the elves are staging a successful revolt. The worst case is that they Dug Too Deep. Either way, we will need to go further to find out more.

>>482128
Are there any creatures you know of that could cause decomposition like this?

Naiel 2013/01/04(Fri)18:57 No. 482458 ID: 49f442
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As far as Naiel can tell, the hobgoblin's face isn't decayed at all.

She isn't aware of any sort of creature that could cause such a horrible infection. Maybe if they're mining cobalt it could cause this sort of malady? Naiel isn't too familiar with it, that is the demesne of kobolds.

Advancing down the tunnel, the group encounters more dead hobgoblins, alongside some dead elves. It is a grisly scene. Finally they round a corner and see into a chamber, where ... something ... is happening. The elves are cowering around the edges of the chamber, while what appears to be some sort of battle is wrapping up in the middle.

That looks greater undeadish. Got any way of fighting something like this?

>>482458

Featureless humanoid is rotting the other one's face off. Elves are adorably Keebler. Looks like we found whatever it is that did whatever it was to those hobgoblins.

We have a fencer, a giant, and a hunter, and that thing is obviously supernatural.

Have Tirya blow at it really hard while our fencer strikes at one of its limbs. If it's made up of some sort of particles, the first should have an effect. If it's solid and just sort of cloaked, the second should have an effect.

If neither is the case... then we have a problem, and we need to find out if it has some sort of physical component we can attack.

>>482518

Hey now. That thing has only killed hobgoblins so far. Maybe it's friendly?

It killed elves too.

>>482535
Did it? We saw mention of dead elves but not if they were rotted...

If it's only been rotting hobgoblins and the elves are victims of the hobgoblins then we have a potential ally. If it's killing indiscriminately then maybe we should run away from the insubstantial murderer whose attacks can't be blocked or healed properly.

Solsa 2013/01/06(Sun)19:52 No. 483214 ID: 67ba4b
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not wanting to waste the element of surprise Solsa lunges at the creature.

it nimbly steps aside . . .

Solsa: "WHAA?!"

Solsa 2013/01/06(Sun)19:53 No. 483215 ID: 67ba4b
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. . . and delivers a devestating counter attack!

Ah fuck.

Shout to the elves to run while it is distracted, then attack it with the chain hammer.

At least it only got your armor! Wait, you are wearing armor you're not just naturally plated like that right?

Naiel 2013/01/07(Mon)20:23 No. 483443 ID: 49f442
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>>482559

The elves definitely had the same sort of wounds as the hobgoblins. Whatever this thing is, it is not friendly.

>>483215

'Dammit Solsa!'

As Solsa goes down, Naiel draws back her looted bow and looses an arrow into the beast. The arrow lodges itself in its head and remains in place, it seems like the creature does have a solid form.

A wave of ... something reverberates through the room. It almost seems like a howl, though without any manner of sound.

>>483443
It didn't like that. Do more ranged attacks; I believe Tirya's hammer should work too. Honestly, Solsa should stay out of it. Getting close to this thing is a Bad Idea.

>>483445
This. Keep pounding on it from a distance.

Tirya, swing that hammer of yours in a horizontal arc, try and hinder this things swift movements for a followup execution

Tirya 2013/01/08(Tue)19:33 No. 483745 ID: 14a1d0
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Tirya lashes out at the creature with her chain hammer and tangles in in the chain. Now it can not move freely or escape. The only direction it can move is directly toward her.

That's not too bad. Just move faster than it, or pull it towards something it doesn't want to be near. Like a big spike. Or fire. Lots of fire.

>>483745
If he tries to advance you can throw the other end of the chain past him.

Either way, keep arrowing him.

If Solsa can still fight, now would be a good time for her to go at it. Otherwise, she should continue to lie on the ground.

Tirya: It's going for you, but try to grab something to use as a shield, be it a boar, the dead hobgoblin or whatever. Yank the chain to the sides to keep it off balance and get ready to swing it into a wall

Naiel: go for a back attack while it is weighted down. See if you can sever something. Maybe the neck or the spine bit below the ribcage. It seems to have issues with one arm being tied so use your hunting instincts to approach from the weaker side.

Solsa: Still alive?

Yeeeeah... I'd start running away now, Tirya. But don't let go of the chain!

How much space is there in the cave? You don't have a nasty thing chained to you, you just have a slightly heavier throwing hammer.

Solution: unwrap the chain from around him and re-wrap it around his legs.

Solsa 2013/01/09(Wed)21:05 No. 483939 ID: 8af682
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Solsa: " a Kinikett fencer is not defeated so easily fool!"

>>483939

Awesome! Now see if you can loot that ethereal corpse.

>>483939
We don't know what this thing is. That might not be a lethal wound as it survived an arrow through its 'head'. Don't consider it dead until it hasn't moved for quite a while.

Also see what you can do about your face.

Lop off that un-restrained limb too just in case. Heck, its some sort of abomination, hack off all of them.

>>484088
And burn it if possible as well. Just to be safe.

Solsa 2013/01/10(Thu)18:43 No. 484280 ID: 8af682
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the creature falls and begins to dissipate into smoke, Solsa tries stabbing it a couple more times, but it looks about as dead as it's ever going to be.

Solsa removes her ruined head coverings

Solsa: "That blasted creature ruined my mask! where the hell am I going to find a new hat now?"

well getting a new one after this will be a top priority, after all, it did save your face. also, where did you get the first one? can probably get another there.

Oh, that's good.

Time to mop up, or ask the elves what's up.

>>484280
Better your faceplate than your face.
Ensure the safety of the current group of elves, then delve deeper!

Well the monster surely has some loot. Maybe a helmet just your size?

that is the real purpose of a helmet though, to take damage instead of your head.

Naiel 2013/03/01(Fri)09:41 No. 497042 ID: bd1d08
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The cave doesn't appear to go much farther, there's just a hollow in the wall.

The elves don't appear to be in much of a condition to explain things, so the trio of heroes escort them back to their magical elf mushroom village.

An elf with a distinctive beard addresses the heroes as the remaining elves rush back to their homes and loved ones.

'Thank you for rescuing our people from the vile hobgoblins. Tonight, once everyone has had some time to relax, we can discuss what happened and give you your reward. Until then, our village is open to you. Many of our buildings should be large enough for you to enter, and it would be our honor to provide you with any services you require.'

Solsa wastes no time in rushing to what appears to be the center of the town and regaling the elves that will listen of her own adventures, and the unholy monster she vanquished in the depths of the earth.

Naiel, Tirya, and Boaris are left at the edge of the town, and should decide how to pass the time until night falls.

Brothel!

The local bar. (possible containing shadowy figures of plot)

>>497060
That would be amusing to see attempted.

>>497042
Arrange Boaris' permanent position in the party.

In your stomachs.

BBQ

Hog-roast time!