Dungeon 3 Turn 10
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Kamau retreats from battle, leaving the bats and skeletons to fight among themselves. The skeletons pursue him as far as the door, but can’t get through Kamau’s sky-high Def. The bats seem to randomly decide to gang up on a skeleton, dealing minor damage to the one in front.
Kamau heads back up the ladder.
After checking for traps to the best of her ability and finding nothing amiss, Ricki pops open the nearby chest.
The monster inside the chest then pops Ricki in the snout. She takes 1 point of damage.
The giant bipedal cockroach leaps out of its hiding place and starts dancing back and forth aggressively. A suit of leather armour also spills out of the chest, which the insect seems uninterested in.
Kamau arrives to see Ricki facing off with the creature.
“Stalkroach. I hate these things. Best try to kill it before it finds somewhere else to hide.”
Kamau: Kill stalkroach, use torch to light the room.
Ricki: Use Grit. Trade holy water and healing potion for buckler and dagger. Go down the ladder. Check out the entrance with those Dungeon Eyes.
Interesting, 3 damage causes “minor” damage to a skeleton but doesn’t destroy it. 5 damage is enough to one-shot, though. I understand now why the drunks had so much trouble. Let’s see… 2 defense would mean a max of 3 HP, so that’s three turns for bats to kill skeletons and more likely they’ll be whittled down to ineffective. Alternatively, 1 defense means up to 4 HP, but then the bats would have dealt at least half its HP in damage.
Going to guess 3 HP, 2 defense for now. Confirmed 1 attack.
As for the stalkroach, that didn’t say it was unblockable damage, so that sounds like 4 attack. With the buckler, Ricki should be safe.
Kamau: Interpose
Ricki: Use Grit, then step behind Kamau. Trade both potions for the torch and buckler, then go to the door on the other side of the ladder and cheer on Kamau from a distance.
We’ve been too risky with our actions and we’ve gained 3 remorse in the first 10 turns. I do not want to take any chances that the stalkroach hits Ricki because she’s in front.
Kamau: give Ricki buckler and torch. Attack stalkroach
Ricki:take above and shine light for Kamau. Use grit Move behind Kamau and disengage from roach give Kamau the 2 potions
Ricki should be safe with the buckler
Damn, 3 remorse and it’s only turn 10. I guess we should be more careful and let Kamau open chests first from now on.
Yeah, that’s unfortunate. Of course, last time we did basically the same thing, and managed to stabilize.
Still, very real chance we’ll need to abandon this one. Time to take it slow.