Chapter Three: On the Road

Jon takes careful aim. Try to hit between the eyes, they say...whoever came up with that one wasn't looking at a lizard's face...

Round One: Bughu, Jon, Leema, Erich
Bughu's first bolt takes the lead lizardfolk by surprise, striking it in the chest. Spotting the fighter, it turns just in time to take another bolt to the chest.

Erich's spell streaks across the clearing, catching three of the lizardfolk. All of them are caught off-guard and are badly burned.

Leema's bolt catches L2 in the side of the neck. It falls over, clutching at the wound as it bleeds out.

Jon's arrow finds its home in the heart of L1. It stagger back and falls over, its club still on its hip.Battlefield Features
Lean-tos
Stream
Extinguished campfire
Canoes

Round One: Lizardfolk
Several of the lizardfolk dive for cover behind the canoes (L3-L6, drawing and throwing javelins after they are in safety)

One of the javelins strikes Leema, slicing across the side of her leg (22 vs AC. Damage: 3), while all the rest miss their mark.

The others charge forward, drawing clubs as they descend on your position in the bushes.

L7 swings at Jon, but he's able to narrowly avoid the attack, ducking under it at just the last moment.

Leema takes a hit in the shoulder from L8's heavy club (21 vs AC. Damage: 3).

L9 also goes for Leema, missing by a wide margin.

L10 swings at Erich, but the sorcerer ducks behind a tangle of thin trees and avoids the attack.

L11 strikes Xalana in the chest with his club, knocking the breath out of her (15 vs AC. Damage: 5)

L12 strikes Bughu on the arm, causing it to tingle and go slightly numb (16 vs AC. Damage: 8)Battlefield Features
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Extinguished campfire
Canoes

Erich smiles at the lizard in front of him, and launches a spark of fire into the middle of the camp, up in the air slightly, soon a large boom echoes out, as a forty foot sphere of flame detonates midair, blanketing much of the camp in a furious conflagration.

Casting Fireball towards the camp, trying to catch as many as possible. DC 14 Dex save for half damage. All damage is fire, so all 1s are 2s. Using a SP to reroll up to 3 damage. With rerolls and elemental adapt: 30 damage, 15 on successful saving throw.
1st 4/4 | 2nd 1/3 | 3rd 1/2
38/38 HP | 16 AC | Inspiration 0 | 3/5 SP

"Vile creatures!" Leema yells, striking out at her club wielding opponent with her sword. Wanting to keep the other scaley from feeling unloved, she spins and attempts to slash it across the chest.

I turn, releasing a white feather towards the closest lizard and those behind it, chanting in a dissonant tone.

Bughu retaliates against L12, firing his hand crossbow for the lizardfolk's thighs and arms. Already he is tracking the progress of L10 and L11 to assist the spellcasters.

Round Two: Party
Erich's fireball explodes near the canoes, engulfing those lizardfolk behind the canoes as well as another further forward near the bushes.

Leema swings at the lizard in front of her a couple times, but her aim is thrown off as her vision blurs from the brightness of the flames.

Bughu's crossbow bolts strike L12 in rapid succession, taking it down.

Xalana's fear spell affects L8 and L9 and their eyes open wide in fear as they begin scrambling to fleeBattlefield Features
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Lit campfire
Canoes

In only a couple more moments, you are able to end the fight. The two who fled in fear quickly surrender to your overwhelming might, prostrating themselves on the ground and begging for mercy.

Bughu collects some rope and begins to tie the lizardfolk up and inspect their belongings. Once the prisoners are secured, he checks on the condition of his companions and gathers up any salvageable crossbow bolts.

Leema wipes her sword clean as is her habit after combat and collects her discarded crossbow.

"It seems that you work well together as a group" she comments moving towards the now bound lizard-folk. "Pity I couldn't have made a better showing myself."

She takes a quick look over the prisoners, even kneeling beside them as if looking for something.

"Did everyone come out unharmed?"

Bughu looks at his arm, inspecting his injury. "Minor bruise," he says. "I'll be fine."

He looks over at their prisoners. "Do you speak Common?" he asks.

Tapping the wire coiled around my wrist, I wave at Bughu to get his attention and "whisper" a message in his ear from 30 feet away. I can translate if you need me to. Just let me know. I continue to gather all the belongings and make note of how many usable canoes are still available.

Erich walks up to the pair of tied up lizardfolk, and casts a bonfire to one side of them, close enough to remind them of the fireball, but not close enough to hurt. He kneels down in front of them and addresses them in Draconic.

Bughu nods at Xalana, but opts to let Erich communicate with the lizardfolk.

Leema, fairly certain that the lizards do not have what she is looking for, stands quietly with her arms crossed.

"We don't speak this language, common, that you are asking about," one of them says in draconic, "Why did you invade our camp?"

"We will ask the questions," says Bughu, speaking through Erich. "Where did you come from?"