The frantic melee continues. Surroundrd by three stabbing foes, the chief priest Katka is forced into melee rather than being able to cast his divine spells.
In the next round of combat, Dalin takes a wound, -5hp which brings him to just above minimal health. Valiantly the trio still engage the stronger and more armoured foe, the lepers inflicting a -10hp on Katka.
In the following round, disaster strikes as the dwarf is hit again, -4hp and on negative health (-2hp), you bite the dust and begin to bleed out, unconscious and staring with unseeing eyes as the battle proceeds.
The leper spearmen continue their pincer attack. Though one receives a wound, both standing close to death themselves but they inflict another -9hp on the Red Fang nemesis.
Suffering 30+ damage, the priest totters on his legs, raises his hands to the sky in a forlorn cry for his death god's salvation, then falls prone to lie next to the bleeding dwarf. -1hp.
The attacking trio brutally inflict -18hp on the beast who fails to grapple the druid. The second round the druid is clawed for -3hp and it then savages the ranger for -9hp. The old fox though is a hardy frontiersman and despite grievous wounds can still stand albeit on minimal health.
The fight draws to a conclusion as winning initiative is so vital. Despite leper and ranger missing the displacing creature, an oaken club blessed with righteous druidic anger and a skull cracking aim, whacks the creature and it succumbs to its numerous injuries. Finally giving up the ghost with a growl and rolls over.
Here is how I resolved the other Lepers who charge the Red Fang cultists. I rolled a simple opposed [1d20] roll, the highest score winning the combat. I faced a single leper vs two Red Fangs so a 33% chance of winning each combat. Rolling twenty opposed rolls as seen in the dice roller archive, the final score came from comparing results: 11 Lepers are slain but they manage to kill 24 Red Fangs.
The lepers emerge victorious, driving off the Red Fang cultists from Bhaz'rad Dur though just a handful remain alive.
Dalin is found and attended to. Your wounds addressed by first aid from Clive.
Clive 1st Aid upon Dalin: vs 15 [4d6]=18[1d4]=1
With no healing aids to hand, the triage is minimal, +1hp, stopping immediate blood loss.
By chance, the healing honey salve carried as a ransom to liberate Clive are located in Katka's quarters and these are applied to the many wounded.
Potion of Healing: Dalin [1d8]=7
This enables the dwarf to recover a few hours later and join in the celebration.
well done. The group of lepers, each with minimal health took on a force twice their size and with aid from ranger, druid & dwarf defeated Katka (equated to a 4HD chief) and his 6HD animal companion. Every survivor critically injured but importantly, survive you did. The Red Fangs are driven out of the village, perhaps under new leadership they will return, maybe the cultist resurgence is broken and in offering a home and healing to the congenital lepers, peace can be truly established on the frontier.
Mummy Rot healed, Katka priest of Set slain, Red Fangs in disarray, lepers given hope. I think that concludes your expedition!
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I will wrap this up with an XP summary and reward.
