"Hey you kids! Just cause that old man gave you a tongue lashing don't mean you can go on 'an break his property! You might be temporary deputies and touched by the Gods or what have you but that don't mean you can take vengeance for slights!" screams GORVI who comes from Rat Alley to start yelling at all of you!
Karmid moves immediately to the door straight across the room opening it, passing Ro as she opens the office door on the left.
Dammit Gorvi! This is exactly what I wanted to avoid but can't worry about it now.
Rojava moves down to the next door, to the right of the office door, and opens it. Again she cracks the door and peeks before throwing it wide open.
"Aye, we are forcibly entering and intend to use lethal force. It would probably be best if you fetch the guard.", Lia shouts back at the half-orc before following the others inside.
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"See, Father, I was FRAMED! One of the other kids..." - ...No, too obvious...
"Father, the school was closed..." - ...No, he'll learn the truth
"Honorable Father, my life was in danger, someone intended to kidnap me for ransom from you..." - ...maybe, but how did I learn about it...
Pacing back and forth in her tiny cabin, searching for excuses, when there's really only one thing on her mind: Finally, I'll see Ameiko again!
Drasven ignores the man in favour of following Karmid as he opens a door, his crossbow trained on the inside. His mind already ready upon hearing "Goblins!".
"Come Lass. This be serious. Where be all these Goblins! If they're here inside then something foul is afoot."
Taking 10 if I can - a Per of +9 will let me hit that 18 cleanly. If I can't Take 10, though ...
.... I'll hear them anyhow.
Presuming it's action time for me, 5-foot step back and start killing gobbos.
Targeting priority: first, with a cross/bow in their hands; second, reaching for a bow; third, holding spears/daggers/throwing weapons; fourth, being a goblin.
Attack = 2 + 2 (Dex) + 1 (Weapon Focus) + 1 (masterwork) = +6
Don't think that latter is going to hit their flat-footed AC, but one down, a zillion to go. ;)
Windsight can hear the bloody little buggers, almost well (well, not quite) enough to give him a good idea where each one of them is. Re-confirming his hold on his bow, he waits a heartbeat more, then shifts back into view of his victims-to-be, carefully selecting as his first targets those with bows in their hands. Failing that, those with bows near or on them; failing that, those with something nasty to throw at him. That much glass, any of them could fit into the third category, but a spear is a lot more dangerous than a chunk of glass.
Erastil forgive me, but I am in very real danger of gaining a serious, thorough hatred of these things ... The snap of the bowstring against his forearm guard as he fires in anger is sweet to his ears; perhaps that's why he rushes the second shot, shattering the arrow against the floor of the furnace room ...
Xarmas sighs, and shakes her head. She glowers at the yelling man, and steels herself for the upcoming action.
Several cabinets and shelves containing files and contracts fill this room. The next door appear to lead outside, there are no othr doors that lead inside here.
As you open this door you see that you can either head right or left both halls end in a door. But which one is the correct one?!
Talene steps into the room standing in the doorway, "Which way Ro?"
Your first arrow slices clean through one dead center in this huge room.
Three look up at you, "Throws the glass at him!"
"Melt the Longshanks!" another screams.
Three of the Goblins attempt to do just that.
But all miss and badly. One manages to get the wax on himself! "Burns. It BURNS!"
Gorvi growls, "Whatcha think I'm stoopid Lia! You all are supposed to be tha' guards. I'll fetch the Father he'll straighten you out".
Cursing under his breath, Karmid backs out and moves to head down the hallway Ro and Talene are moving down.
Being too polite to just push through, he tries to wait patiently aimlessly smacking his hammer into his hand.
Looking at the two directions, the choice is easy.
"This way!" Rojava says as she runs down to the door on the right. It's closer so great if it's the right choice. If it's a dead end though there's less distance to backtrack.
She cracks the door to peek inside just like the ones before.
Drasven follows though He's perplexed at the doors and unsure which one leads to where.
"I hear voices but where I cannae say."
With Karmid's patience wearing thin, he pushes past Telene and further into the facility.
Gorvi, we aren't here trying to hurt the old man, or for some kind of misguided vengeance. We think Ameiko is in danger. Lia's godgift gave us information that there are Goblins ransacking the place and they've likely hurt the old man, not to mention Ameiko! If you want to get the Father, that would be good. We may well need his skill in prayer this evening. Now, please stay out of the way so we can do what we can to help! Gwyd says with a strain of exasperation. Without waiting to truly hear a reply, he follows the group through, trying to keep his eyes moving, alert to dangers.
Lia looks up.
Ceiling. Roof. Skylights.
Lia looks around.
Goblins. Death. Chaos.
Lia looks down.
There?
"Does the glassworks have a cellar? Ameiko should be there!"
Xarmas moves immediately behind Karimd, and gently places her hand on his back., and gently whispers.
"Let's get in there. Strike hard; strike fast."
The second does not, sinking into the screaming goblin's heart - a mercy killing that might prove to have been foolish, seeing as there are other goblins with molten glass down there ...
As Ro slowly opens the door she sees that she is not the only one with an idea of sneaking up on an opponent, two Goblins are tiptoeing towards her. They spot her immediately and cry challenges raising their dog slicers in her direction!
Gwydd can clearly hear the howl of the Goblins from inside the complex with all of the doors now open, Gorvi starts and runs away form the Glassworks!
Ro hears a Goblin shriek, she can only assume it is a result of another arrow from Windsight!
When she opens the door to see goblins advancing on her and hear the mass of goblin voices and sounds in the room Ro freezes.
Oh Goddess, so this is how I die. I had plans... is her first thought. Her next is to shout back to the others.
"Hurry everyone! It's really bad in here!"
As Gorvi turns and runs from the Glassworks, Gwyd shakes his head. Turns tail at the sound of Goblins. Let's hope he's going for help.
Without another thought, Gwyd turns and plunges through the open door toward the sound, scrambling around the hall until he finds himself in the company of Karmid, Ro, and Lia. As he skids to a halt, he begins singing in a low guttural voice, letting the encouraging words flow over his compatriots.
Lia moves towards the others, then gently touches Karmid:"You boast a lot. You are lucky to be lucky!"
The first two goblins that see Ro slice at her with their dogslicers!
The weapons could be renamed Roslicers as both Goblins connect with the deadly blades.
Drasven arms jerk as he fires into the melee, the sotck of his crossbow slamming hard into his chest as a misaligned footing caused him to miss his target.
Xarmas focuses inward for just but a moment, and her pupils grow wide and glassy. She runs into the building, following her companions closely. When she sees the melee, she runs in, ready for battle.
Glassworks
The Goblins in the glasswork room continue to grab and throw heated glass at Windsight!
Both once again miss the mark.
Karmid will squeeze past Ro to enter the room fully!
Raising his Angela, Karmid swings for the closest Goblin.
"Eat hammer gobbo!"
...and learns what happens to a goblin's head when it explodes!
The two slices from the goblins sting and bleed, but Rojava isn't as hurt as she feared. Still, she knows that no matter how well she fights, the crowd rushing her will cut her to pieces if she stays where she's at. "Between hammer and anvil" or "cork in a bottle came to her mind, nowhere to go.
She also wished she'd opted for her rapier over the bow, but she would just have to make the best of it. Ro quickly devised two plans, all depending on how her shot went. She brings her bow up and snaps off a shot with the arrow she has nocked, aiming dead center of one of the goblins in front of her.
"Help me now Mother Moon!"
The goblin drops with the arrow buried deep in its chest. Excelent plan A then!
Ro rushes over the downed goblin and to her right. "Karmid! I made some space for you up here"!
I'm such a cheerful guy. :D
Ro shifts sideways to allow her more martial companions space to do what they do best, in the process her bow brings a goblin low but not before it takes one last swipe at her!
The Goblin's strike slices Ro's shoulder and only narrowly misses slicing her neck!
Karmid's earthbreaker proves once again that it breaks more than just earth and oversized bugs as the Goblin literally explodes in gore washing himself and Ro in the splatter.
From this angle, both young adventurers can see there are many, many more where they came from. Of course, there are a few lying motionless with arrows protruding from them as well so it appears that Windsight's daily practice is paying off huge dividends!
Talene moves into position behind Xarmas and releases a wave of positive energy which heals some of Ro's wounds. "Desna, heal my allies against the strikes of these horrible little beasts!"
Y'know, I just realized that I've been low-balling my damage. +1 to hit for Point-Blank Range, -1 to hit for Deadly Aim; +1 to damage for Point-Blank Range, +2 to damage for Deadly Aim. So the following rolls are presuming the stairs-escape goblin (who is, after all, my natural target - 'Don't bother running, you'll only die tired') is w/in 30'. If not, -1 to hit, -1 to damage.
I daresay that second one does the job.
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Seeing the rogue goblin scampering for an exit, Windsight shifts his aim to him. No you don't, he thinks, releasing his next arrow at the thing, then - before the first is halfway there - nocking and releasing the next, trying to properly lead the big-headed mayhem marauder. The first has too much lead, and buries itself in the wall beyond, snapping as the head stops but the rest of the shaft doesn't; the second, however, has the proper windage, as it were, and nails the goblin's head to the wall just past the broken shaft.
Gwyd watches as the goblins slice into Ro. With grim determination, he makes his way across the space, moving through the flattened remains of one of the goblins. As he stops next to Ro, he reaches out and claps her shoulder, letting soothing magic flow through the touch.
Lia moves across the room as well, aiming at one of the Goblins charging towards the group, and presses the trigger. Not ever having shot at some..one before, she's more scared and surprised than she'd like to be, and the bolt sails past her intended target.
Drasven doesn't loose anything seeing that his companions have everything well in hand. Seriously the arrows from his companions were hitting their mark and Karmid? Karmid was currently now an mposing figure with splattered gore and advancing like a titan of war!
Drasven feels like taking out his pipe to take a quick puff while strolling through this however there's a time and place for everything and this wasn't it.
Instead he asks.
"How many more of these blighters?"
"Eleven, give or take, around here", Lia states absent-mindedly in answer to Drasven, then is surprised: "That many? But I only see half that amount!?"
Windsight's arrow takes down yet another Goblin! Gwydd, Ro, Karmid, and Lia see it go down, head shot killing it instantaneously.
Lia's bolt slams harmlessly into the door frame while Drasven loads his crossbow for another shot.
Two of the Goblins with dogslicers charge at Gwydd and Lia while a third Gwydd and Lia can see heads out a door at the far end of the room!
Both Goblins fail to his their intended targets.
Xarmas moves quickly to one of the nearest goblins, and swings her quarterstaff at his head.
Xarmas' swing delivers naught but air at the little foe.
From the room more Goblins pile into the small space easily climbing over the bodies of their fallen comrades to get to you, drawing their dogslicers they swing!
Whether unsure footing or lack of skill, both Goblins miss their intended targets Lia and Xarmas.