Why do they insist on burning meat? Perrik whispers, "If we can surprise the two in the center, it will take some time for the others to get to the fight. Let's make sure there aren't any more hiding here before we attack."
"Agreed. I suspect more to be in that tall tower over there" she says pointing to the watch tower. "I doubt they'll stay awake all night. We should strike while we still have the advantage of darkness."
Yes, lets see where they go after cooking, Kricker whispers back.
"Watch and wait. They'll get tired."
I agree.
The kobolds wait. Eventually, the humans finish burning good meat and move off to the watch tower soon after two humans cross over to the gatehouse and the guard is changed. Soon after all falls quiet once again and the only thing to see is the cook fire grow dark.
How are all the humans dressed? Do they look like the primitive tribes to the south, or are they more uniformed? What are they armed and armored with?
It is hard to make out details due to the distance and dim light, but these humans are definitely different from the horse people. The kobolds do note that they are dressed similarly to each other in black leathers. They don't have any large weapons. There looks to be some smaller weapons on their belts. Also, there is something strange about their faces.
Shall we sneak over to the watch tower and see how many there are inside?
Perrik nods. "Let's keep our distance, though. They may have TEK that lets them see as well as we do in the dark."
Kricker doesn't exactly do his best unfortunately...
Despite his lack of experience, Perrik manages to be quieter and less obtrusive than his Gorumite companion.
The kobolds sneak over to the watchtower through the scattered rubble and bones which make absolute quiet difficult. Nonetheless, they reach the door of the tower before a beam of light falls upon them from the guard post. You hear a muffled reaction and a shout in the human language. "Who's that?!"
Perrik:
Kricker: ;
Drahlneep:
foe:
Shielding his eyes, Perrik calls on his unknown source of power to bolster the party for the inevitable fight.
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With their cover of darkness ruined by the beam of light, Jeji decided it was time to strike. She quickly pulled a flask free of her bandolier and hurled it towards the origin of the beam of light hoping to disrupt whatever was causing it.
The kobolds feel emboldened as Perrik channels radiant wave. Jeji hurls her bomb high at the top of the thirty foot tower. It hits, exploding and burning the guard. "You little...!" he begins, but the rest is lost as he is joined by the other guard and they fire guns at the kobolds. Jeji is winged by a bullet.
Kricker calls upon the favor of his god and readies his musket. (Cast Divine Favor).
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Inspired by her own success, Jeji pulls another bomb and hurls it at the same target as before.
The reptilian oracle casts a defensive spell on Jeji , then scuttles out of the beam.
Drahlneep switches to his sling. ; The projectile flies directly into the face of a leering human. A moment later, he tumbles off the battlements burning from Jeji's second bomb. His companion is slightly scorched, but reloads and fires down as Kricker calls upon his Iron God's battle lust and Perrik bolsters Jeji before running for cover. The light came down with the fallen human however, and his companion is taking a shot in the dark. The bullet pounds into the ground somewhere.
Then the door to the watch tower bursts open and three more humans rush out backlit by torch light. Two fire their guns as they come out the door and a bullet hits Kricker. The third human hurls a small sphere amid the kobolds. The humans are scarred and creepy looking. their lips have been cut off to reveal all their teeth. Not that a kobold would mind, but it would surely creep other humans out. The third human also has an ax instead of a hand.
Drahlneep chuckles at the ax-handed human and winds up the sling again, firing a lead pellet his way.
Perrik draws a bead on the third pinkskin with his light crossbow and fires.
Kricker drops his gun, draws his sword and charges the egg thrower and musket men on the ground. Swinging at the egg thrower.
But apparently the maneuver was just a bit to complicated for him.
Drahlneep's sling shot impacts the hatchet-handed human followed by a grazing crossbow shot by Perrik. Kricker charges, but is blocked by the pair of gunmen.
Jeji moves forward and draws yet another bomb before hurling it into the group of humans.
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The melee makes it hard for Jeji to get a clean shot. Her bomb narrowly misses the hatchet man and lands just to his left, exploding to catch two of the humans and nearly Kricker in a fiery burst. The humans assault Kricker from all sides. The hatchet handed one draws a second ax while he hacks into Kricker with the attached version. The others draw daggers and flank the lone kobold. He is further wounded by a pointy dagger
The shooter in the tower fires at Jeji again, hitting her painfully through the shoulder this time just as the little sphere pops loudly releasing a thin but nauseating gas that enfolds Jeji, Drahlneep and Perrik.
Perrik doubles over, vomiting.
Jeji rushes forward drawing her shortsword as she moves up to flank one of the humans surrounding Kricker and stabs the man in the calf.
Kricker steps diagonally to stand next to Jeji and desperately tries to concentrate enough to get off a healing spell.
Drahlneep ignores the horrible smelling gas and lines up another shot on Hatchet Hand Harry the Human.
Drahlneep sends another sling bullet thudding against the mutilated human. The gas from the little ball continues to hang around threatening to make him sick again. Perrik makes gagging sounds as the reeking gas disturbs his stomach. Kricker moves back, but jumbles his spell as he dodges a dagger swipe. Fortunately, Jeji rushes up to flank the burned lipless human and slash his leg.
The gunman in the tower takes a shot at Drahlneep, but misses. The injured dagger welder slashes at Jeji, but his dagger is turned by the intangible shield. Likewise, Kricker's armor protects him from the other dagger. Hatchet-hand charges in though and catches the iron priest with his unnatural weapon.
Ah whoops didn't catch that the. Spell failed. The last strike from hatchet hand puts me well under then.
Ah whoops didn't catch that the. Spell failed. The last strike from hatchet hand puts me well under then.
"Did we make you mad?" Drahlneep chuckles in the face of the mutilated human. With a flourish he unlimbers his shield and draws the new TEK pistol before unleashing a roar and adjusting to face the weapon-handed pinkskin.
Jeji hissed at the remaining humans before falling back a few feet and drawing an extract out of her bandolier. She popped the top on the small vial and downed the contents while still holding her little shortsword up in a somewhat threatening manner.
The oracle stumbles out of the gas cloud.
Drahlneep taunts the humans as he pulls out the TEK pistol and sends a beam of red light at the lipless ax man. It hits, burning him. Perrik staggers out of the cloud, gasping for air. Kricker has fallen and lies unconscious at the feet of the horrible humans. Jeji steps back and drinks a potion that resolves in a field of tangible will that shields her.
The tower shooter reloads and giggles wildly as he fires at the gagging kobold. The bullet whizzes past Perrik to chip a nearby rock. The kobolds on the ground surround Jeji slashing at her, but her shield wards her well.