>trust Ashley
Nothing happens.

Alice expectantly looks at Ashley's body, pokes her, then looks back at a visibly shaken Yulya
Soo...
That was the great masterplan?

The bugbear commander looks around a moment, seeing Alice up, he considers going back to take her down again as his prey runs North, just out of reach. He uses Intimidate again on Alice and Yulya.

Alice and Yulya are pinned in place, once again struck with Frightened 1. He then turns and runs north After Cat, continuing the chase.

Alice's eyes dart around, considering her options
Damned what the hell is this? Yulya, what do we do now?



Frustrated, Alice shoots another poisoned arrow at the bugbear commander. Unable and not keen on approaching him, Alice moves South, carefully traversing her ball bearings, and decides to explore the chamber the bugbear commander came from. She tries to take a peek through the door to see what's in this room. If she sees no enemies, she takes a step inside

Yula casts Toll the Dead on the bugbear commander and stands her ground

[You didn't explicitly state you used the goblin staff but I presume you did.][WIS vs DC15 1d20+1=4][DMG 1d12+3G+2R=14][With the Bugbear's low wisdom, this would make for a good spell to boost. It would illegally make it to tier 3 but there may still be a better option.]

The bell tolls and you can finally see him begin to falter as he's bathed in necrotic energy.

Alice shoots another poisoned arrow at the bugbear commander. Unable and not keen on approaching him, Alice moves South, carefully traversing her ball bearings, and decides to explore the chamber the bugbear commander came from. She tries to take a peek through the door to see what's in this room. If she sees no enemies, she takes a step inside

[HIT (flank with Cat) vs AC18 1d20+5+EB1d4=26][DMG 1d8+3+1d2/2=5+1 piercing + poison damage]

The arrow sticks into the bugbear with a satisfying thunk, the sound reminiscent of an axe into soft, wet wood.

As you can see as you pass the first bedroom, though in a damaged state now and freshly baked, inside the first bedrooom is 4 beds and a chest near the door. Alice slips past the door second door, still open since the bugbear commander exited, and inside is a second bedroom. This one has only one bed, a writing desk, loose papers, ink, and other documents written in Dwarvish. There is a light brown fur shed on the bed as well as remnants of water from footprints, presumably snow from outside that's melted recently.

Cat shoots another arrow at him flanking with Yulya, then outruns him South as described in the Meta thread as Yulya calls her back.

[Cat, you've used your feline agility and have not stayed in one place for a turn so cannot use it again. Therefore, if you fire your bow your maximum distance to move is 30ft, so I have ignored your shot. Who do you give temporary hitpoints to?]

[Round 7]

He's enraged now and looking disheveled, he plucks Alice's arrow from himself with a wince and looks to be in pain. He's yells out in frustration, desperate he moves south and throws rocks as he approaches.

[HIT vs AC 1d20+4=5,8] Regardless of the target, he misses.

Yulya feels an unnatural presence, she looks at Ashley but there's no sign it's from her.

The lone buzz of a dragonwasp is heard amid the fuss of the bugbear commander, Beatrice has come out to greet him and attempts to grapple him.

[GRAPPLE vs DC17 1d20+2=5]

He flails at her and avoids the grapple.



[Make your moves]

The arrow sticks into the bugbear with a satisfying thunk, the sound reminiscent of an axe into soft, wet wood.

Alice nods with a satisfied smile and decides to let Daniella off the hook for now.
This bow isn't bad at all!

As you can see as you pass the first bedroom, though in a damaged state now and freshly baked, inside the first bedrooom is 4 beds and a chest near the door. Alice slips past the door second door, still open since the bugbear commander exited, and inside is a second bedroom. This one has only one bed, a writing desk, loose papers, ink, and other documents written in Dwarvish. There is a light brown fur shed on the bed as well as remnants of water from footprints, presumably snow from outside that's melted recently.

Both disappointed and relieved there's not another bugbear regiment, Alice exits again. Seeing she has no clear shot t the enemy, Alice again carefully tiptoes through the ball bearings and caltrops and steps over the downed bugbear to examine the chest.
Maaan, did we kill his family in there or something?

If the chest looks like it's not boobie-trapped, Alice will attempt to open it.
Damn Ashley! I knew we should have asked her about the traps. Why did she keep that to herself?