Delve the Fifth

I have decided to make the front line Rhod, Maloof, Grampus

Maloof rushes forward to plug the hole left by Erik, and Grampus rushes towards the head of the beast, hoping to strike its head off. Wiglaff and Wodan from one side, and Aldbane from the other, converge on its flanks, while Ori, Nori and Dori circle around the pillar and attack it from the rear. Franklin ducks behind a pillar, while Vesh waits behind his two mercenaries to see which way the battle goes.

The maddened snake-thing is super-fast, and bites and breathes on the people in front, and both Rhod and Grampus take more damage. Then the party descends upon it en masse and chops it to death. There is no way to tell who got the killing blow

MECHANICS

INITIATIVE
Party 2, Monster 6

Monster @Rhod 11, 19, 1, hits once for <1d6>=2 damage
Monster @Maloof 7, 6
Monster @Grampus 19, 10, hits once for <1d6>=5 damage

Rhod @Monster, rolls 9 miss
Maloof @Monster, rolls 7 miss
Grampus @Monster, rolls 19 hit for <1d6>=3 damage
Wiglaff @Monster, rolls 18 hit for <1d6>=1 damage
Wodan @Monster, rolls 2 miss
Aldbane @Monster, rolls 5 miss
Ori @Monster, rolls 14 hit for <1d6>=5 damage
Nori @Monster, rolls 16 hit for <1d6>=4 damage
Dori @Monster, rolls 15 hit for <1d6>=2 damage


WOUNDS
Rhod 7/11
Grampus 6/15
Erik, dead

Monster 35 damage taken - DEAD

Grampus, sighs, "Wow! That was some vicious beast! Glad it is gone. But I think now I need to go up and get some healing done before we go any further along."

Aldbane steps back and wipes his brow. "Poor Erik, there is nothing to be done for him now. Grampus, I must rest and pray to Soldra for the power to heal, so I agree we should leave and come back tomorrow... or maybe even in two days," he says, looking closely at the wounded Dwarf.

Vesh relaxes a bit but stays on guard in case the melee has drawn other monsters.

"I am all for returning to the surface so I can study my spell book and see if there is a more useful spell I can memorize but I'll explore more if the majority of the party prefers to do that instead", says Vesh.

"Are you guys okay?" asks Franklin. "We should return to the surface and get those wounds patched up. Before we go, though, I wonder if the creature has a nest or lair full of treasure? Does anyone want to come with me while I finish scouting this room? The wounded can stay here."

"I will join you." Maloof replies to Franklin.

Vesh says, "I'll join you Franklin. Mona with me, Marco & Aiden stay with the wounded if you please".

Do a really fast perimeter scout?

A quick sweep of the perimeter, to check whether the monster was guarding any treasure.