That sucks. Lawsuits are never a good thing, unless you are the lawyer.
Hope things turn out well and that there isn't a made-for-tv episode for some law drama based upon your situation.
Toman reflects upon the actions of the past day -- starting the day as a prisoner of the gorgimera, thinking he'd be eaten at any moment, then getting freed, then fighting again, almost dying to an odd creature with a horrid gaze, then losing his best friend to his self-inflicted wounds.
He...
Zeke looks at the skeleton and the chain mail in particular -- wondering how it stayed so shiny after what must have been many, many years. He looks to his poorly made scale mail, then back, comparing the finishes.
ooc: we are a lily-livered, yellow bellied band of delicate flowers. and yes, a single trog can take down an entire party of 5th-6th lvl PC's is actually quite entertaining.
"Their deaths will be the only blessing this world will have bestowed upon them." says the dark priest.
Voadam shakes his head,"I think that is going a bit far, but what are we doing -- are we engaging them in order to kill them, or to slip out the front door? Which will take a while, as if...
The prohibited schools also transfer to wands? That I wasn't aware of.
And, yes, Toman is not much of an arcanist, so if the thing is dependent on level to activate, he would be sending one missile at a time, which wouldn't do much to creatures at this level.
Maybe he'll strap it to his...
"Gah, not that smell again...." says the gnome, who suddenly puts 2 and 2 together and realizes that they've run into some more monsters.
"No wonder we've stopped," he gasps, before he begins to choke and chortle.
"If you think I am going to walk out that door and become a rock magnet, you greatly underestimate my intelligence," says the wizard,"It didn't get us anywhere before, and now they know we've killed a lot of their brothers."
Coraine
The weakened paladin continues to fight on, not sure if he was making a difference beyond providing a target for the demon.
OOC: Longsword +2, 1d20+8, 1d8+1