A Sticky Situation
Okay Thak, you hear Theo yell, alert the others, and charge into the factory.
You're met inside by the guards who've been summoned... a group of four gnomes, obese and strong from an ice cream diet.
Thren, I'll put your rolls on a fat gnome. Solid hits, but given his bulk he's still up. The gnome attacks you with a scooper for 3 hp!
Thak, on your fumble... a 20! Max dmg! That's 8 pts you're clocked for. The fat gnome misses for his round.
The two other fat gnomes, well, since you guys are the only targets right here, they go for you. Thak, a miss; Thren, another hit for 1 more.
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Meanwhile, upstairs, from the chromatic orb Theo takes 4 hp... oh god, it burns! You lose 1 pt of STR and DEX, reducing your AC. "A ha! Buuuurrrned!" Barnabas cackles.
The next round, Thak wounds the gnome, and Thren finished off the two wounded ones. Two more fat gnome attacks, pair of misses with an 8 on Thren and a 10 on Thak. The fat gnomes are so hefty they're basically blocking you guys from getting up the stairs. You're not sure the staircase would support their weight...
Theo, Barnabas casts a Light in the area, rendering your infravision useless. You shoot twice, dispelling two of the Barnabases... but wait! He's no longer Barnabas! He's carrying a bow, and, uh oh... he looks just like you! All of them do! There are a total of five Theodore Koppels up here now!
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Hit point check:
Thaka: 14/22
Theo: 4/8
Thren: 2/6