Snake's Demise.

You make your way deeper into the cavern, with Baelrick's and Tyr's torches showing you a bit more of the complex. You enter what seems to have once been an old storage room judging by the rotted remains of crates and barrels, however, it seems to have been hastily converted into a guard room. You notice a rag thrown on the floor to serve as impromptu seating area and low table, as well as a variety of small knick-knacks laid on it. Further to the south-west, what you can glimpse are large rusted cell doors which seems to have fallen off their hinges and now rest on the floor. You think you can also spot a few rusted iron bars still upright... However, from that room, you can hear the sound of low growling and chains being jangled...

Bringing the torch closer to the entrance of the southern room, Tyr lights up more of the place. the room seems to be divided into 3 cells; 2 smaller ones and a 1 larger one. From each cells, large mangy guar/attack dogs burst from the darkness, barking, growling, and snapping at Tyr, each leashed to the far wall of the cells by a large rusted chain which is long enough for them to reach anyone who would stand in between the cells.

All of a sudden, the chains of the two dogs from the larger cell goes limp with a metallic sounds which suggest that whatever was holding them in place broke and fell to the ground, or perhaps was undone by someone (one goblin did ran away after all...). when they realize they're not being restrained anymore, the two dogs rush at Tyr.

Looks like a new combat will begin...

First round of combat.

Combat Order (DEX+INT)/2
Baelrick: 16
Tyr: 15
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Peli: 14
Thallan: 13
Daglin: 12
Guard Dogs: 9

Combat Map Note: I've placed Tyr so he could lit up the next room, you can place yourselves where you want in the first room and/or passage. Tyr and Baelrick have a light source each, allowing you to see deeper into the cave and alleviating some darkness penalties (p.31 and p.56)

Baelrick is up!

Tyr's gesture doesn't seem to endear him to the dogs. Still, food is food and the scrap of food Tyr threw might offer a momentary distraction... This is when you see the goblin from last time dart from the larger of the three kennels and into the farthest of the two smaller ones. Guess you finally figured out how those two dogs got free... Clever of the little bastard...

Peli is up (also please place your counters on the battlemap, and if you cannot do so because you're on a mobile, please tell us where you want to be placed.)!

With all this waiting, we're up to Daglin!

With everyone waiting, it will be up to the guard dogs. Thanks to Tyr's little diversion, all guard dogs will be rushing to the piece of food which he dropped. Let's see which dog got to it first... Well, the beige dog which was already in the corridor was closest so it got to it first. The other dogs then bark angrily and snap at it, making the dog who ate the treat having to growl and snap back to defend itself. They're not fighting yet, but it might devolve into that by the looks of things...

Everyone else who was waiting can now act in any order.

Moving around, Baelrick's torch reveals a bit more of the kennels.