You can easily locate the shop of Left Foot Shenk.
Who is with Wilma?
Who is in command on the ship?
"Dewyn, go with Willy to find this alchemist fellow. I'll stay here and make sure a tribe of halflings doesn't sneak aboard the Hag and make off with our silverware!" Darvan announces.
"Short folk ... never trusted them."
Wilma and Dewyn head off into the city. Darvan stays on the ship.
Casting his eyes about the docks, he spies a small figure making its way through the crowd following Wilma and Dewyn.
"Dammit Atri, they're already in trouble." Darvan curses.
"You stay here and keep a sharp eye out for halfling infiltrators and I'll go make sure they don't get stabbed in the back."
Darvan hurries down the gang plank and takes up following the follower from a discrete distance.
Dewyn nods at Darvan's request
"aye aye captain!..We'll go and see what this Left Foot has to say"
He follows after Wilma taking in the surroundings of the city
After seeing someone following Wilma and Dewyn, Darvan puts Bosun Atri in charge of the Hag and hurries after his mates.
He catches up with them, but cannot find their tail, having lost it in the crowd. It was a small thing, smaller than a hafling - perhaps a gnome?
Finding Left Foot's shop, you enter. You see a horrible scene! A body of a hafling lies upon the ground, un moving. Three goblins are standing in the shop, picking their nose and rooting through things in the shop. Darvan notes that a goblin is also the right size for the thing that was following Wilma and Dewyn.
Players may go.
The map may be a bit fuzzy. Sorry about that. I am not very good at getting them clearer.
I should have added the following:
D=Daran
F=Dewyn
W=Wilma
X=body of hafling
G=goblin
"Get 'em Willy!" Darvan shouts. "They're killin' our halfling!"
Darvan holds his action until Willy and Dewyn clear the way. He looks around, still concerned about the shadowy figure he saw earlier.
And Darvan spots nothing with his keen perception!
Dewyn is taken aback by the scene before him, seeing the horrid little green men scattering about.
" GOBLINS!" He cries out in an attempt to maybe alert some type of guard nearby..the last thing they need is to have this pinned on them.
He takes a step back to let Darvan in first and looks around trying to find any help or official..or maybe any other enemies lurking about.
and apparently sees exactly what Darvan just saw x_x
Dewyn sees nothing either!
Darvan cries out "Arrrr!!!!" and steps past Dewyn and Willy (W,NW).
He stabs the goblin to the north with a two hand trident strike:
"Take that you little swab!!!!"
(someone post an order for Wilma. We seem to have lost her. I send a PM but no response)
Willy draws her brand new masterwork rapier with a flourish, waggles the fingers of her free hand in some strange arcane gesture, and disappears as she casts vanish upon herself.
Wilma fires off a chord of shards, killing two goblins. Darvan kills another with a hearty stab from his trident.
Outside is another story!
A couple goblins appear on the roofs, shooting light crossbows at Dewyn.
Several more move out of the shadows into the twilight, brandishing knives or boarding axes.
One has some sort of critter on a leash that he releases as he closes in on Dewyn! It hisses and prepares to scuttle forward, armored tail waving about with an apparent stinger.
Last, a larger creature, man sized, moves to the north, bellowing out orders to the goblins. You recognize it as a hobgoblin.
two shots at Dewyn
, hitting for
, hitting for
Players may go!
Break is over! Dewyn took 6 hp from goblin crossbows!
Two new members of your crew followed behind Captain Darvan, and are available to help out.
A=Fabian
N=Noonan2
squares are 5 feet.
Any player may go!
Amaru was happy. He had signed on to a new crew whose captain and officers seemed amiable enough. Even Tito chattered happily on his shoulder as the half-elf was getting back to the tavern after getting his meager belongings.
With any luck, they would set sail tomorrow and he could once more be up on the rigging with the wind whipping through his mane.
As he turned the corner, he saw goblins shooting his new captain and mates. Without thinking it much, the half-elf dropped his bag, whipped out his curbed shortsword, and sprinted to the fray.
A couple of quick strides brought him within striking distance and his curved blade virtually lifted the goblin off its feet as it pierced it from behind in an upward swing.
Noonan was pretty happy as well, work had been scarce so he was getting pretty low on money for food and booze and lugging crates around the dock was very boring. Fortunately, his manager had found out where a ship was hiring.
SQUAWK! Keep going ya filthy swab! Work, work work!
Ya, okay.
Noonan saw the tiny greenskins rioting and knew that they were trouble, especially since they were in the way of his job. So he drew his great sword and started smiting.
@ Noonan and Amaru, please make a DC 15 perception check as you race forward!
Both Noonan and Amaru spot a rope tied about ankle level across the street and easily jump over it while they charge the enemy.
Ahead, you can hear the melodic voice of Willie raised in song, inspiring you to greater effort.
Darvan, Dewyn - GO!
Darvan circles back out of the alchemist's house, moving SE,E,N,N.
He cries out "Get 'em lads!!!" and stabs the goblin to his NE with his trident.
Last call for Dewyn!?!
Dewyn lets out a groan as he witnessed the goblins closing in " I think our side is a little out numbered!" he lets out a short gasp as two crossbow boots clip him.
Making his strange gestures and arcane words, Dewyn casts Mage Armor on himself!
sorry! Took in too much egg nog over the break
Amaru and Noonan rush into the combat, seeking to rescue their new crew mates from a goblin ambush. The goblin sees the half elf coming in, but that doesn't save him from a solid stab in the torso, killing the gobin.
The goblin in front of Noonan squeaks in fear just before the two handed sword chops his head off!
Darvan slips past Willy, and kills another goblin with a solid stab from his trident. Willy keeps singing, and readies a crossbow, although she hears Left Foot Shenk begin a long, rattling series of gasps.
Dewyn moves his hands summoning arcane protection from the arrow storm!
The hobgoblin throws an axe at Darvan!
, possible crit - , not confirmed, but hit for damage.
The goblin in front charges in,, and the scorpion behind scuttles in to attack Darvan also.
goblin , misses
scorpion claw , hits for
scorpion claw , hits for
scorpion stinger , misses
Three goblins shoot light crossbows at Dewyn
, misses
, misses
, misses
Two throw some sort of bags at Amura,
for ranged touch attack, missing horribly
for ranged touch attack, also misses horribly
and one throw a similar bag at Noonan.
for ranged touch attack, and misses horribly too
New guys are lucky! Missed by tanglefoot bags
Players may go! You hear more scuttling over the roofs of the area, and in the distance whistles of the Watch coming closer.
Noonan fliks his eyes up at the goblins.
Poop, that one. He points at the one to the NE.
SQWAK! Pluck shoot off his shoulder and zooms up and divebombs the goblin three squares north and one east. He shoots!
and gets some right in his eye!
SQAWK! Skyrat to Dirty Bird, Payload delivered!
Noonan moves 4 squares North and 2 west, flanking the Scorpion
Stinging from a pincer in each butt cheek, Darvan cries out "Arrgh!!!!"
He stabs the goblin right in front on him with his trident.
x 2 = 10
"Come over here and stop hiding behind yer midgets!!!!" he shouts at the hobgoblin.
Coming off the high of killing the first foe, the half-elf whirled to see new foes join the fray.
Indeed, two more goblins had appeared from the south while snipers clambered on the rooftops.
He called out to his crew members, "New gobers here so watch out."
Not wanting to get caught surrounded, he moved towards his crew members while throwing a dagger at one of the snipers.
@ Wilma - you are shooting your shortbow at the wounded hafliing lying behind you, gasping out his last breath and beginning his death rattle?
Dewyn surveys the battlefield and draws his crossbow, he levels it at the closest goblin on the rooftop and lets a bolt fly!
Noonan and Wilma combine to slay the scorpion, and Darvan kills the one in front of him.
Dewyn and Amaru miss with their attacks!
The Hobgoblin gives Darvan a sardonic, if toothy, smile, tips his hat with an outrageous feather plume, and runs off into the darkness. The goblin on the roof above him tosses down some sort of bottle that explodes into billowing fire.
The other five goblins shoot their crossbows.
One at Amaru
Two at Darvan
and two at Noonan
And ALL shots miss! And recall that Left Foot is breathing his last breath.
Players may go!
Noonan spends his round pouring a CLW potion down the halfling's throat
Darvan ducks Willy's wild shot and moves SW,S,NW,W into the house.
"Save yer potion, I've got the this." he says to Noonan
Shaking his head at his last throw and cursing himself for losing another dagger, the half-elf once more took up his curved blade and another dagger appeared in his off-hand.
He called out to his crew, "C'mon, there are couple of more here. Let's finish them off and I'll chase the ones on the roof!" Tito hissed on his shoulder.
He run to one of the goblins and feinted low to then virtually serrate his head off with his shortsword.
Noonan nods at Darvan and sheathes his blade(move) and draws his longbow(move)
Done
Dewyn does his best to dodge, dip, dive and duck all of the incoming bolt fire!
" It's a good thing goblins are behind this or else we would be full of a bit more holes!"
He throws his hand forward casting Acid Arrow at the goblin on the rooftop to the East of him
Casting Acid Arrow:
Ranged Touch attack
Range long (400 ft. + 40 ft./level)
Effect one arrow of acid
Duration 1 round + 1 round per three levels
Saving Throw none; Spell Resistance no
Dewyn and Amaru both kill goblins! The remainder squeak in fear and run away, shale tiles clattering beneath their feet. You can hear them squawking back and forth in goblinish (does anyone speak goblin?).
(out of combat time)
(if you want to chase down goblins we can run a chase sequence - let me know).
Left Foot stabilizes and his eyes flutter open ...
wha....what happened?..?
Noonan keeps an eye on the roof-tops as Pluck swoops around cawing victory.
"Well matey, it seems you were havin' some trouble with these here gobbos, and it was yer good fortune we happened by." Darvan grins at the halfling and thumps one of the corpses with his boot.
"We found them tryin' to end yerself, stopped 'em, and then did a little bit to patch you back up."
"M'Name's Darvan Waverider, Priest of the Sea Goddess and Captain of the Sea Hag ... at yer service." Darvan finishes with a bit of a flourish.
You can see Left Foot has several wounds - a knot on the head, several slashes along his rib cage, and a deep stab into his lungs. The healing power of Gozreh, delivered by Darvan, has already made good progress at healing the halfling.
Those gobbos...they were looting my place when I came back from an errand. The took the Captain's logbook! he gulps some air, and struggles to his feet. Whereupon he grabs a rum bottle and swigs.
It's that nutter gobbo Boom Boom! And his First Mate, Twistnut! He was here! And they have the log book!
The little alchemist looks ashen.
(make knowledge local or nobility if you want to analyze any of this)
Outside the Watch arrives, a squad of 8 haflings armored in chain and shield, with clubs in their hands and short swords on their belts. Crossbows hang on their backs too. They spread out across the street, shields up and clubs in their hands, but not in a threatening fashion.
Oi! What's all this about then? Fighting in the streets? Killing folk? Not allowed by the Mandate! hollers out the burly sergeant right at Noonan. Never mind that Noonan is twice as tall as the sergeant!