With that the remaining kobold legged it just as Rhogan arrived and called upon Bahamut to heal Caspian his faithful servant.
I meanwhile had grabbed the statue from the plinth and failing to remember which god it was a symbol of I turned to see Vistra sprint after the kobold bashing it with a wild swipe as she got within range. With that I used my magehand to lob the statue squarely hitting the kobold over the head, dazing him slightly and then my confidence failed me as I was conjuring my Magic Missile when Ozric dashed in and he must have hit some vital organ with that dagger as the final kobold sunk to the ground.
We rested up and as we did I picked up the slightly bloodied statue while Ozric's keen eyes spotted a pouch on the plinth. I passed the statue to Caspian who looked at it puzzled for moment and then announced "Nope, I must of been dozing when we did this one. The statue had 4 heads on 4 necks coming from a clump of rock at the bottom. Rhogan grabbed the statue from Caspian and after a moment said calmly "This is a symbolof Tiamat, the god of wealth."
"Of course" exclaimed Caspian "He encourages his followers to hoard wealth and spent little."
"So" chimed in Ozric "there may be more from where this came from" spilling a few gold pieces from the pouch.
"So Vistra as one of the underlings, do you think this is of kobold craft or something else" I asked of the statue
"hmm - roughly hewn, quite probably carved by these kobolds yes."
"Im going to scout ahead along this corridor" Ozric said pointing to the space the remaining kobold had been fleeing to.
About 3-4 minutes later the halfling returned exclaiming "A GAME! the kobolds are playing a ruddy game."
after a minute we managed too extract that the room was rectangular with 4 sarcophagi and a goo pit much like the first. At the friend was 2 10ft high platforms with a door in the middle, he guessed the way to the platforms was behind. The kobolds were engaged in a game of knock the skull off the coffin with a pendulum which seemed to be a largish piece of masonry on a rope. He also said that there appeared to be two kobolds on each platform.
We formulated a plan. Rhogan would charge in followed by Ozric and Vistra who would rush the door, Caspian would snipe at them with his crossbow along with myself firing magic missiles. The scene was set and we definitely surprised them as the paladin roaring charged out of the corridor I saw Ozric follow and Vistra move before Caspian charged out I followed close behind and just dodging out the door saw Rhogan bracing himself to bash through the door. I fired a magic missile at one that seemed to be aiming his sling at Ozric but unfortunately missed. and sadly there were no weighty statues to throw within this room.
Rhogan bashed through the doorway and as he did he roared "You cant take me kobold!" Vistra followed as Ozric got struck by a sling stone and turned upon his antagonist throwing a dagger from his waist right into its side causing it to cringe. I glanced back at Caspian who just narrowly ducked under the flying piece of masonry which struck the wall behind him falling out of its makeshift sling.
I stepped towards the platforms breaking my cover and firing once again this time making contact with my opponent who having just fired at Ozric grabbed a javelin from behind him and started to aim upon me I could hear sounds of battle ensuing from the corridor ahead, I then got nicked by a javelin and fired upon the guy again but Ozric beat me to the puch hitting him in the throat with his dagger causing him to fall backward. I then turned my attention to his friend further back who continued to throw javelins - some making contact some not as Ozric claimed another and he fell forwards off of the platform. Caspian continued his bad luck as I heard a twang as his crossbow string come flying off of its mounts
Ozric and me claimed the third as a dagger and a magic missile struck at the same time casing the kobold to do a half forward flip as my missile struck its legs. The fourth darted away from the ledge but not before Caspian finally scored a hit and turning to face its antagonist it got another of Ozric's daggers in it's throat. I mentally reminded myself never to face him in a dagger throwing contest, and we advanced overtaken by Caspian who rushed forward.
As I came to the middle of the room and could see the corridor ahead I saw a dead kobold and a dead strange fiery skinned creature. Rhogan continued to strike at the other deftly knocking its mouth and vicious looking teeth away with his shield. Just then a kobold dressed in robes with a staff came round the corner with 2 more fighter looking kobolds. Rhogan screamed "I challenge you in the name of Bahamut" while brandishing his sword at the kobold in robes, then as an icy ball hit him fell to the ground.
Vistra stepped up to the front and deftly deflected blows aimed at her and the fallen dragonborn. Just as the 2 guards began to run towards us the creature went all out and reared up attacking Vistra, I quickly released a magic missile at it hitting it and maintaining its upwards position for just long enough that Vistra could retrieve a dagger and stab it into its gut. As it fell dead she and Caspian braced themselves and Ozric seeing no gap for him ran up the ramp leading to the left platform aside the now ruined door. Taking a run he somersaulted across the 8ft gap and landing on his feet ran away on the right hand side platform.
I stepped out to get a better view of the kobolds and as I did I saw Ozric once again dart out and as the mage disappeared back round the corner he sunk his blade deep into the first guards back. It crumpled and its opponent didnt last long against the combined assault of me, Vistra, Caspian and Ozric.
With that we urned and Caspian dug out his bandages and praying began to bind Rhogans wounds.
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Check back soon for Part 4. Find out if Rhogan lives and whether the Kobold Mage was defeated
