Story - Part 2 - Icespire Peak

You awake well rested. The fey diplomat as well as Froog slept in the protection of the central walled of area.
Kroxa wishes you a good morning and a few frogmen in his following offer you large wooden plates laden with food.
Kroxa also offers you rations and any other assistance the frogmen can offer in order to help you to beat back the trolls from Icespire Peak.

If you want to do any preparations you can do them now. The frogmen will do their best to fulfill any of your wishes but their resources are pretty limited. Anything but basic items are beyond their craftmenship.

Your characters also advance and get one new trait!!! I've found this handy link where you can get the trait list from page 33 onwards

Garic tops off his pack with food rations and thanks the frog men eager to set of on their next adventure.

Sprout decides to stay behind and commune with some strange trees he's encountered along the way, so it's only the three of you who continue towards Icespire Peak
The way you chose is nearly indistinguishable from a normal hiking path, only a bit steeper. In narrow curves it's winding up the mountain. You are pretty sure that the path is man-made but very old. You recognize areas where parts of the mountain has been chiseled away in order to keep a straight path. You also encounter two short tunnels. Nevertheless you also encounter small obstacles like fallen rocks or landslides which you can circumvent easily but also hint that the original creators of the path are no longer maintaining it.
After a day of marching you encounter another area of the path that leads through a chiseled gap in the flank of the mountain. To both sides runes have been engraved into the stone.
Just as you wonder about what is written there you hear a scream.
You peer through the gap and see two humanoids, larger and broader than a regular human with hairy, white skin. They are holding large stone hammers in their hands. These seem to be the trolls you've been hearing about.
To their feet lies a silver item. You can't recognize what it is from this distance but the trolls seem to be argueing about it.
They haven't seen you yet. You could try to surprise attack them, sneak past them or look for another path...

Garic focuses and reaches out and tries to pull the object toward himself, away from the trolls.

Garic concentrates and the silver item comes flying at him as if it was flicked by a giant invisible finger. He catches it mid-air. It seems to be a cylindrical container with a screwed on top.
But Garic doesn't have much time to investigate because the trolls come charging after the container. As they notice you they scream and begin to swing their hammers...
Zones and players:
Close: 2x Trolls
Near: No one
Far: Martina, Vienne, Garic,

Grinning at his success Garic pockets the item then sounds as his shield flickers with fiery light and throws a burst of flame at the trolls

Vienne is curious at first of the item Garic grabbed, and about to praise him when she notices the trolls coming. Time for that later. Sue tosses her chakrams at the closest troll.

Here we go again... Martina thinks to herself as she begins firing off shots of her own.

Garic's flame bursts miss the trolls and crash into the side of the mountain, loosing some debris.
The trolls are able to dodge one of the chakram but the other one hits it right in the face, leaving a nasty gash
Martina's attacks both hit one of the trolls, the bolts sticking out of its chest
The trolls roar in anger and swing their hammers at Vienne and Martina.

Martina is hit by the full power of the attack while Vienne is able to at least dodge on of the hammer swings.
As the trolls roar you notice that one of the wounds done by Martina's bolts is closing itself and pushing out the piece of ammunition

Zones and players:
Close: 2x Trolls
Near: No one
Far: Martina, Vienne, Garic,

Garic moves to interpose himself between the gross and the others swinging wildly with his shields now covered in flame

Vienne is simply pleased to still be alive currently, and once more tosses out her chakrams. While doing so she attempts to 'coat' the bladed edges with magic in an attempt to stop the trolls from healing their wounds - or at least slow the healing down. She doesn't know if it will work, but she can try.

Grateful for the Garic's protection, Martina continues to fire over the goblin's head. It's a good thing he's so short.

The first two of Garic's attacks both hit and the troll starts burning. Vienne's chakram flies at the trolls but because she is concentrating both on the spell and her attack, the chakram misses and returns but at least she was able to imbue it with magical energy that should cease regenerating effects on the next hit.
Martina's attacks both hit and the troll cries out in anger.
It raises it's hammer but the troll suddenly jerks and coughs. It drops it's weapon and succumbs to to flames.
The second troll seems to be especially enraged by this and swings it's hammer at Garic like a madman. But Garic swiftly dodges both attacks

Zones and players:
Close: 1x Troll, Garic
Near: No one
Far: Martina, Vienne

Garic moves in on the remaining troll with his shields once more but curses his lack of focus as he misses

Well, at least part of her plan worked. Hopefully she could make use of it now. As the chakrams return she does a light spin as if pulled by the momentum and tosses them back out at the trolls as she comes to face towards them again.

Heartened but still focused, Martina lets off another volley at the remaining troll.

Garic whirls around like a tornado but the troll can step away in time. But this gives Vienne enough time to throw her chakrams accurately. Both hit and the troll screams in pain. Martina's bolts both hit the troll but one bounces off it's hammer.
A purple glow surrounds the wounds the beast sustained and they are not closing

The troll wants get to Vienne and Martina but Garic blocks it so it tries to smash him with its hammer
One of the swings hit the goblin but the other one misses
Zones and players:
Close: 1x Troll, Garic
Near: No one
Far: Martina, Vienne

Garic moves to block the trolls attack then counter attacks the last of the troll

Martina's eyebrows raise as she sees the remaining troll's wounds stay open. "Nice one!" she calls to Vienne as she reloads. "Let's hope this one finishes him off." She fires again.

"Thanks! Let's hope it does - poor Garic can only get hit so much." Vienne answers Martina as she throws her chakrams again. Garic was strong, but she didn't want to put his endurance to the test.