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Karist followed after the others speaking aloud softly to himself. "Ok, find people, get them to the bridge, and then they blow the bridge - oh and get supplies."
He sighed as he walked and shifted his wooden staff to his left hand as he rubbed his side of his head with his right hand. He let the hand drop and scanned the darkness to see if he could see any more of the invaders.
Ko'Faahin walks behind Karist, spear at the ready and they move through the burning and ravaged town. She quickly puhes away a well of grief that surges forward, threatening to overtake her senses. So much death and loss!!" she thinks, stunned as the screams and cries from the sporadic fighting wash over her. These creatures will pay.. mark my words, some way, some how.. they will pay.. she clenches the haft of her spear tighter in her sweaty paws, swishing her tail in agitation as they move towards the unknown.
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As the group watches the civilians depart, they here the sound of something else approaching from the other end of the road. Almost immediately, a hobgoblin with a massive wolf-like creature on leash come around the corner. The creature seems to be half pulling/half dragging the hobgoblin along when it sniffs the air before looking right at you. The hobgoblin sneers at he says "Is this what you been smellin' boy? Well 'ave at 'em then. Sick 'em, boy!"
The hobgoblin drops the leash and gets the drop on the group by pulling out a longbow and firing an arrow at Shessik.
The arrow goes wide, though, and hits the building above his head. The massive wolf charges right at Ko'Faahin and lunges at her arm with his maw.
The creature bites down and begins ripping it's head back and forth, tearing at the catfolk's arm.
Ko'Faahin stumbles back from the creature, and you can see her grimace and open her mouth as she cries out silently. Shessik can here her cries of pain echoing through his head as she juggles her spear while trying to clamp her hands down on her spurting wound with the other. Suddenly, a glow surrounds her, and the wound heals completely. She resets her spear, and glares at the wolf with dire vengeance in her eyes!
Thanks steps up with his shield in front of him, draws his hammer, and swings.
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Undaunted, Shessik moves up to engage the wolf-beast (and use it for cover against the hobgoblin's arrows).
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Ko'Faahin steps back to heal herself while the others step forward to defend her. Thakkus misses his strike but both Shessik and Karist are able to both land solid hits. The wolf-like creature still stands, though, and growls in pain. It turns it's attention to Shessik and clamps down on his leg.
The creature then attempts to rip Shessik's leg out from under him, bringing him to the ground.
Seeing that there is a spellcaster in their midst, the hobgoblin tunrs it's attention to Karist and lets fly another arrow.
The arrow flies wide, though, and once again thuds into the building.
Thakus is quickly learning that hammering steel is not, after all, the same as hammering an enemy. The steel doesn't move.
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Karist heard the thunk of the arrow into the building behind him. He turned his gaze at the archer. He stepped towards the creature and his hands moved in the quick pattern of gathering strength and punching towards it.
Undaunted by being pulled to the ground, Shessik simply continues to hack at the large wolf.
With a snarl painted across her feline features, Ko'Faahin stabs out at the wolf thing before her, trying to push the creature off of the downed Shessik.
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Thakkus still can't seem to get the hang of it and misses again. Shessik tries to swing while on the ground but experiences similar results. Ko'Faahin, however, uses the distraction to find an opening and stabs the giant wolf in the leg. It howls in rage as it glares at the catfolk and says "You'll pay for that!" . Karist focuses his efforts on the hobgoblin and is rewarded with an exceptionally good hit, seeming to strike the creature right in the eye. Once recovered from the "sucker punch", the hobgoblin lines up on Karist again and fires another arrow.
The giant wolf-like creature is still up, though bloody, and lunges for Ko'Faahin. It takes a step forward and bites at her.
The wounds seem to be taking their toll on the creature, though, and it misses it's mark.
As the talking beast lunges at KoFaahin, she swings her spear around just enough to foul the beast, but not enough to hurt it. Realizing the desperation of the situation, she drops her spear and claws for her mace, trying to bring it around.
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As the talking beast lunges at KoFaahin, she swings her spear around just enough to foul the beast, but not enough to hurt it. Realizing the desperation of the situation, she drops her spear and claws for her mace, trying to bring it around.
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Not wanting to turn his back to the hobgoblin, Thakus stays where he is and swings at the wolf again.
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The arrow buried itself deep into Karist's right shoulder, it bit into muscle, scraped against the bone, and poked itself through the skin of his back. The force of the arrow knocked Karist back towards the building. He opened the door and ducked just inside the door. He tried getting his breathing under control. His mind was racing as he tried to focus his attention to the words needed for healing.
Why were these raiders here? What was going on? The thoughts flooded his mind as he reached for the arrow knowing what he needed to break the think off, pull out the two parts, and heal himself. He grimmiced as he put his two hands on the shaft, breaking the arrow and letting the fletching and wood fall to the floor. He tried muffling the cry of anguish that flowed from his lungs.
Shessik continues to be useless.
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Karist gathered his inner resolve and reached up behind his back and felt the arrow head, or most of it, sticking out of his skin. Blood flowed in a trickle from the wound, while it continued to bleed down his chest. Without any hestitation, knowing that the pain would be coming, he pulled metal barb and leaned against the wall as a new wave of pain coursed through him.
He breathed for a second, and then began the sing song words he learned so many years ago concentrating on the bleeding wound to his shoulder. But the words wouldn't come. He he needed to rest, but he needed to help his friends as well. He turned back to look at the room and then back to the door.
Ko'Faahin gives a predatorial smile, showing all of her sharp teeth as the wolf thing falls under the tender ministrations of the group. Quickly, she calls upon the gods and channels healing energy to her companions to help them continue the fight.
Shessik pushes himself to his feet and advances into close combat with the hobgoblin.
Keeping his large shield between the enemy's bow and his allies, Thakus moves closer.
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Ko'Faahin pumps her arm in the air in victory, then looks over her team assessing for injuries. She quickly gestures for everyone to move out and points the way, taking her now customary place, second in line.
Shessik keeps a watch for further attackers and says, "Check him for anything useful."
Ko' nods as Shessik brings her back to reality. She quickly stops to bend over the dead hobgoblin and give him a rough search before the group moves on.
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Rifling through the hobgoblin's possessions, you find a battleaxe, a masterwork longbow, studded leather armor, and 12 gold pieces. Making your way through town, you do your best to avoid detection as pockets of fighting only seem to intensify with the hobgoblins seeming to gain the advantage. You're able to avoid detection, though, and arrive at the blacksmith's shop.
A signpost by the road reading "Phaendar Trading Company" announces the clapboard shop and barnlike smithy sharing a single large, stone wall. The smithy's double doors stand open, revealing a large, still-glowing forge within. Two slaughtered goats and a dead horse fill an adjacent animal pen. Many fresh scratches and dents mar the trading post's heavy wooden door, and a chair leg juts through one broken window. Small flames lick the thatch rooftop where a red-hot iron has been tossed. From within, you hear mischievous laughter that is almost drowned out by a much deeper voice yelling in goblinoid.
All you hear in response is a chorus of crackly, diminutive voices sing
"Stab the goat and slash the horse
Gotta break his legs of course
Goblins block the door with sticks
To better keep in those that kicks
Light the place with stolen bright
Grin in glee as it goes alight
Sing a song and stomp your feets
Wait your turn while fire eats
When it gutters down and dies
Find cooked meats locked inside!"
You hear the deeper voice emit a roar of pure rage from inside as a goblin crashes through a window and goes sailing across the night sky. It hits a building across the road and fall to the ground in a broken heap, clearly dead.
"Sounds like the invaders are eating their own. Good." Thakus hoists his shield. "Let's go."
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Ko'Faahin stashes the hobgoblins gear into her pouches and bag, before moving onwards. Reaching the side of the building she shushes everyone as she listens in, providing a running translation to Shessik through their telepathic bond. She bares her teeth at the wanton destruction caused by these creatures, and although her words are colored with hatred, she is able to convey to him the fact that there may be many within the room. "Do we want to see if there is more than one entrance available??"
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"Do we want to see if there is more than one entrance available??"
Before anybody can react, Thakus throws the door to the smithy open to reveal a trio of laughing goblins and one very frustrated hobgoblin. He looks up as you enter and points as he yells in goblinoid.
"Well come on then," Thakus growls at the goblins as he steps in. "I can't save everyone, but I can get rid of you!"
Ko'Faahin charges into the side yard as the doors burst open to reveal the looming hobgoblin. She levels her spear, ready for when the creature moves forth.
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Shessik advances to strike one of the goblins.
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Karist and Ko'Faahin prepare for attacks while Shessik and Thakus charge forward. Shessik swings a little high and misses while Thakus' attack is on oint, lifting the little wretch off the ground and sending it's lifeless body right into the forge. The other two cheer as they raise their dogslicers and attack.
Both miss their attack however. Meanwhile, the small fire on the roof catches and begins to spread. As the sound of battle rages, you can barely make out the sound of hands banging on the door to the shop and muffled screams coming from within.
"Free the people while Karist and I finish this," growls Shessik.
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"Thakis, you help him, you have a better blade, let me go free who ever is trapped." Karist said as he spun and ran to where he heard the pounding and the muffled cries. There were embers dripping down from the roof where the thatch was on fire and spreading.
When he got to the door he tried pulling on the latch to open the door.