"Right, we need to find out what happened to everyone." Ebby says before shambling after the dwarf.
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Lorelei follows, staying near to Ebirah. "Take it more slowly Ebirah, you still seem a bit wobbly from that attack."
Lorelei scans the area as they walk, looking for any clues as to what happened and whether anything has been left behind.
But is apparently paying more attention to the affected Ebirah than her surroundings...
Growing closer to the colony you can see that the buildings are constructed of rough timber or mud brick set in wooden frames, with pitched thatch roofs. The construction looks new, rough and unfinished.
"I know, I'm sorry. I just... need to keep moving." he replies to Lorelei's concern.
"Thank you for taking care of me, your aid is quite appreciated." he adds.
He'll then go investigate the closest building.
Bhookaaj keeps his crossbow at the ready and keeps his eyes open for anything odd as they approach the colony
"If monsters like the gremlin drove the people away, I would expect more signs of violence," Kela says, partially to herself and partially to the others. She follows one of the blue skinned elves into the nearest building, eyes alert for danger.
The party spots a trio of goblin-like creatures, which have very large ears and tails hiding in the closest building. They then rush out and attack, shouting war cries.
As the three rush forward, three more then stand up on the top of the roof, hurling daggers. Ebirah is struck by a savage blow from a spear in melee, while a thrown dagger grazes Gorglumch's side.
Realizing that they are under attack, Valdern points at one of the creatures. "Få ham!" As he does so, the phantom next to him moves up to the one he pointed. Using his arm, the phantom deliver a powerful attack in the strange goblin's chest. Valdern isn't sure, but he thinks that he heard some ribs cracking. As for himself, Valdern gets behind Ebirah. He focuses his thought, and then touches the tall blue warrior. Healing energy passes from his hands to Ebirah. "That's all the healing I had, go get them!"
Kela's fears solidify as more strange creatures appear. She takes a quick step away and summons a long tendril of water which she flings at one of the things on the nearby roof.
Bhookaaj fires his crossbow at the one who attacked Ebirah:
And then moves to one side to see if he might be able to flank somehow
With more enemies this time, Elia had an opportunity to contribute. This was something of a mixed blessing, she reflected as she launched a sparkling dart of concentrated magic at one of the creatures on the rooftop.
Growling at the pain Ebirah was about to lash out before the Dwarf's healing touch calms him... or at the very least allows him to focus. "Thanks!" he calls out as he stabs at one of the goblins.
Lorelei throws an icicle at one of the dagger throwers and then pulls out her morningstar.
"Well, it looks like this place is overrun with various small creatures and they are definitely aggressive.
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Gorglumch, grunting in annoyance at the wound, pulls out his crossbow at takes aim at a rooftop goblin.
If they're monstrous humanoids, then +2 attack and damage.
Identification: (+2 if MH)
Gorglumch's shot flies over the goblin's head, but everyone else connects. Elia's missiles finish off one nearly killed by Kela's water blast, while Ebirah, Bhookaaj, and Rhyfedd take out another on the ground. Lorelei's icicle impales a third goblin, but it somehow remains standing.
The goblins, upon seeing the ghostly phantom, immediately turn their attention to it, scoring two hits with spears and screaming madly, but their weapons have no effect.
Kela grunts with exertion and launches another stream of water at one of the rooftop creatures.
Gorglumch hisses in anger at missing, and takes aim again. Can't let these tall folk show me up
Bhookaaj fires his crossbow at the same target as Gorglumch:
Elia opted for a second missile strike against a wounded foe, hoping to finish one off so the others could gang up on any survivors.
"Monkey goblins," she observed, "So named either because of the obvious resemblance in appearance and lifestyle or, according to the cynics, because some unknown mage decided it would be a good idea to combine the two."
"Monkey goblins? Ah! As if regular goblins weren't annoying enough already." Valdern, spear in hand, tries to maneuver himself into a flanking position. While he is good at making weapons, using them is another story. The awkward trust of the spear doesn't even come close to hitting anything!
Seeing himself target of the golblins on the ground, Rhyfedd unleash a fury of attacks at the ennemies. He aims for any injured one first, hoping to finish them off. The first strike is a solid one, but the second fail to connect.
Lorelei throws out another icicle at one of the dagger throwing goblins.
Ebirah stabs at one of the remaining goblins.
The party slays two more goblins, and the remaining two, upon seeing that the phantom is seemingly invulnerable, turn and flee.
Inside you can see that the building is a smithy, with a forge, anvil, worktable, and small tub of water. Spread across the floor and table is a mess of tools, unfinished works, and raw materials, but a few pieces of good craftsmanship can be found, all of which detect as magic.
- A darkwood buckler
- a chain shirt
- a pair of machetes
"Well, at least they're gone. For now."
"We should look at the rest of the place to see if we can find out where everyone went."
"Right." Ebirah says to Bhookaaj while trying to calm himself. After everyone has looked over the smithy for anything of use he then heads to the next closest building.
"We should all stay together as a group though while we search. There's no telling what other creatures might be lurking around here and we should be prepared for more trouble."
Lorelei looks around the building they are at, careful of any little hiding places that could conceal a small creature.
When they find the items of good craftmanship, Lorelei will look them over and cast Detect Magic upon them.
Lorelei holds up the chain shirt as she inspects it for any damage. "Huh, interesting, these four items appear to have some sort of enchantment upon them."
Ebby nods to the Cleric and hangs back.
"Wow, they were working magic here?" he thinks aloud as he looks over the items Lorelei points out.
"Funny, though. If someone captured everyone here, why leave valuables like this magic gear behind?"
"Yeah, slavers care about coin, so they would take them... the goblins certainty couldn't have taken everyone... could they?"
"Even if they could, you'd think they'd leave much more of a mess."
Ebirah nodded. "They're probably scavengers that moved in after everything went quiet."
"I think this would be evidence that this wasn't a case of the people fleeing from something. They would have taken all valuable items with them, especially weapons. I can believe that all these smaller creatures are just vultures and had nothing to do with what actually happened here. Unfortunately, that leaves us with no clues yet as to what actually did happen here and where all the other colonists are."
"I guess we should just keep looking through all these buildings and hope that some clue does turn up. Maybe we can check around the outside of the village too and hope to find some sort of tracks leaving here."
"May as well. Everything seems quiet at the moment, at least."
"What do they do? Kela asks the group. "We should take them. I'm no thief, but better we have them than the goblins or something else finds them."
"It's not stealing, it's procurement. If we meet the original owners we'll give it back." Ebby assuages.
"Waste not want not! Besides, if we do find the rightful owner, we can always return them later."
Ebirah looks over the items Elia identifies. "... so who would make the best use of what?"
"I'm fine with the gear I have"
Lorelei shrugs. "I don't have use for the weapons, but wouldn't object to the armor."
After thinking a bit: "Actually. If nobody objects, I think I could use one of those machetes after all."
"So we have one machete left... and the pot lid."