>>5816947Kiikoinen swings open the door and steps in. You peer between the doorway and your mentor and see it, curled up into a ball. With the noise made, it curves its head up at you.
Its eyes are a clouded beige, its skin as translucent, its mouth wrapping halfway around its head. The nose looks like it has rotted off, even though you know it was hadn't. It wears scraps of clothes tied to its body, and one shabby piece of footwear. Its claw-like hands have evolved to survive in the outlandish wilds of the forest and the creatures both mundane and supernatural. It is a feral and absurd caricature of humanity, a troll in every term of the word.
They may have disappeared from the world during the reign of
<span class="mu-s">Y____H</span>, but the gods have seen fit that they be returned to this earth. And as it pulls itself upright, screaming bloody murder, you see it is no coincidence. This is no mutated man. It is a Hiisi, in the flesh.
Kiikoinen approaches with heavy and imposing steps, axe visible to the creature. He makes no attempt to hide that he comes for the troll's life, and the troll makes it loud and clear that he will not yield it so easily.
The tall Finn gives an order. “I'm going to rush past him, and as he turns, strike him. He can't defend himself from both sides.”
“Y-yessir!”
Your nerves are getting to you. A shiver of fear has to be quelled and turned into fury. Axe raised, you follow your mentor, and wait for his move.
The moment you get behind him at his side, Lalli makes a lunging swipe at him as he dashes forward. On queue, you make your own attack against the troll.
<span class="mu-b">An attack against a distracted creature allows for circumstantial bonuses. Though success in these circumstances might be trivial, multiple successes are necessary to kill larger targets, and strikes with these bonuses are your best chance to get those in. On trivial attack rolls, you are guaranteed at least one success, and rolling two or more successes amplifies the attack's effect. Not rolling any successes does not punish you on trivial attacks.</span>
<span class="mu-b">Roll to attack: 7d6.</span>
