Through the wonderful process of democracy, the party decides to go through the door. They open it to find...
A goblin lasher, in full armor and carrying a scourge, is torturing two human men. Behind him sits a troll, a terrifying mountain of muscle who is currently snacking on what you assume to be the remains of former prisoners. It's really quite grisly.[6] The gobin notices you opening the door, and attacks! [2] The troll is still fully occupied by its meal, thankfully for you.
SeriousConcentrate:You are the nearest, and the goblin attacks! [3+1] You are lashed in the [6-2-1] left hand! The skin is torn and you feel extreme pain!
Counterstriking, [3+1] you [1+2-1] smash the goblin's foot!Gottric has -1 to attack until end of battle.
[6] The troll is roused, and begins making its way over to smash you into pulp.
KaguroDraven:Quickly making your way behind the enemy lasher, you [6-2] strike her legs with your scourge, knocking her down!Goblin Lasher is on the ground.
Tarran:Originally wanting to root around for a shield, you instead move to attack! The troll seems the worse threat, so you [5+1] smash it [6] right in its huge face. The troll seems unfazed, and [4+1] [4+2-2] crushes you down with a single huge hand, bruising your entire upper body through your iron armor.Tarran is on the ground.
Krath and kilakan:Seeing Tarran go down, you nod silently to one another, and move to engage the troll!
[4+1] Urist hits first, [2+1] slicing a gash down the great beast's forearm, while Kilakan [1] misses, accidentally [6-1-1] skewering Tarran through his right leg! Oh no!Tarran is bleeding, additional damage may cause negative effects, including death.
[6] The goblin has had enough of this shit, and [3+1-1] attacks its kobold nemesis, [2] but the attack only bruises Rikishak's chest.
The troll, meanwhile, [5+2-2] continues to crush the life out of poor Tarran.
Tarran how has heavy bruising over his entire upper body.
The two humans are Hamal and MetalSlimeHunt, who will become playable when/if they are freed.
Most introductions to new players will have a difficulty spike like this, so be prepared!
The troll is very resilient, and can take several rounds of punishment before going down.
The hammer to the face weakened it, but it takes multiple strikes to do the same amount of damage to a huge creature as to a normal creature.
For now, the troll is auto-hitting Tarran, because it has him pinned. Attacking it will loosen its grip.