Valerka thinks quickly, will the Goblins will chose to start a fire inside or outside the barn? A fire inside the barn wouldn't be watchable - so outside?
She moves carefully to one side before drawing magical energies into her palm.
Action:
Move 30', cast touch of fatigue, but don't touch anything.
The unmounted goblin moves up, and shoots his bow at FiJeet. He hits, piercing the bard in the right leg!
bow vs AC17:1d20 + 4 ⇒ (15) + 4 = 19piercing:1d4 ⇒ 4
Filk are up. Universal Adjustments: Universal Conditions: Knowledge:Planes, Local
Male N Human (Garundi) Kineticist | HP: 37/37 (3NL) +4 tmp | AC: 18 (13 Tch,15 Fl) | CMB: +2, CMD: 15 | F: +7, R: +6, W: +2 | Init: +5 | Perc: +7, SM: +1 | Speed 30ft | Burn: 1 | Active conditions: Force ward
"No matter, how many goblins we kill, there always seem to be more of them."
The thought is quite disheartening. But if there's someone in the barn, Filk feels he must press on to save them from being burned alive. So he strides forward, sending a stone to knock off the goblin archer.
I had set a readied action to attack anything I could threaten [ooc]
[ooc]Then roll the attack! You posted that before I stated your action was up, but also always please spoiler you readied actions, with the the effects of the actions I. The spoilers, and the trigger as the spoiler's text.
Valerka sighs, Buggers just can't stand still can they. Now I'm in the wrong spot.
She hefts her way through the pumpin patch, charge still in hand. When she believes she is in range she points her finger at the dog and lets loose another ray of dark energy.
30' move and then cast ray of enfeeblement at the goblin dog.
Ray of Enfeeblement (Ranged Touch, Into Combat):1d20 + 3 - 4 ⇒ (12) + 3 - 4 = 11STR Damage (Fort 15):1d6 + 1 ⇒ (5) + 1 = 6
As Valerka lets her first spell go, she casts a spell at the goblin dog. Unfortunately, she does not land her spell. FiJeet also does not hit with his arrow.
Atrix and Filk are up. Universal Adjustments: Universal Conditions: Knowledge:Planes, Local
Atrix starts her prayers to the Mantis God with a 5' step.
I assume this is against the rider again...
Atrix misses with her first sabre, but strikes with the second! It is barely enough to drop the fiendish humanoid!
Filk throws another stone after taking a step back... this time at the dog. He hits, which drops the dog!
tk:1d20 + 4 ⇒ (19) + 4 = 23damage:1d6 + 5 ⇒ (3) + 5 = 8
Combat over, but crying can still be heard in the barn!
FiJeet jumps in excitement and races over to the barn door to see how to open it "DON'T WORRY - THE GOBLINS ARE DEAD - WE'LL GET YOU OUT" in an exaggerated shout
The barn doors slowly swing open, as Garreni Escoro, Carlo’s father, opens the door and falls to his knees weeping tears of joy. "Thank you! Thank you! Those goblins were going to kill us and eat us! You have saved my family! I do not have much, but whatever you need is yours!"
You see Carlo, the shepherd that you saved earlier, and his mother and father. Carlo walks to Filk, and pulls three potions out of his pouch, handing them to Filk. "You were wounded saving us... here, take these potions of cure light wounds that I have collected over the years in case my sheep or family members were ever seriously wounded."
"We are fine, thanks to you!" says Garreni. "You saved us before those foul little bastards broke into here. We've seen some shadows skulking around the edge of our property, but this is the first time they dared attack."
Carlo, the shepherd boy, looks like he has more to say. “Four days ago, I was chasing a lamb that strayed past the fence. Out of nowhere, I saw two ugly, green little things out in the clearing. They were talking some nasty, jabbering language I didn’t understand. One of them, the one wrinkled like a raisin, was all scarred up. The other had a big blade for chopping tied to the end of a pole. They were arguing back and forth, and then they walked off in different directions. Once I was sure they’d gone, I ran home and told my ma and pa.”
Fijeet collects the goblin/goblin dog ears in a sack. "Can you show us where you saw them and which way they went? Sounds like a great place to continue searching for their camp"
Fijeet begins a quiet drum beat for marching as they go.
Atrix determines that the goblins are heading towards Highfort, which will be several days worth of hiking. She suggest that the team provision up before heading out.
Fijeet double checks the dead goblins, helps burn the bodies and makes sure the farmers are set before heading out with party. Doing his best to keep spirits up with a relaxing beat of the drums.
Unsubtle hint. Unless you are going to live off the land, you'll want to stock up with at least a week's provisions. Hightower is at least three days away.
Male N Human (Garundi) Kineticist | HP: 37/37 (3NL) +4 tmp | AC: 18 (13 Tch,15 Fl) | CMB: +2, CMD: 15 | F: +7, R: +6, W: +2 | Init: +5 | Perc: +7, SM: +1 | Speed 30ft | Burn: 1 | Active conditions: Force ward
"Highfort? That's pretty far away, isn't it? Let's go back to town and get some supplies. I'm not anywhere near prepared for hiking for several days." Filk says, hoping his friends would agree.
"Tent, trail rations. Drinking water. Firewood? Am I missing anything? And maybe a donkey to carry it all."
The group follows the trail for a little under a day, when they come across a small stream that passes along the base of a thirty-foot-tall black stone scarp. Strange, horse-sized cavities pock the face of the cliff, their edges smooth and warped as though etched or melted into the stone rather than carved. The air is thick with the stench of decay and rot, beneath which there is a faint tinge of an acrid, chemical odor. Despite the smell, things here are eerily peaceful.
As Atrix and FiJeet wander in, they notice that the cave was likely inhabited by goblins until very recently. There is a pervasive odor to the cave, which you realize is a rather nasty combination of goblin, goblin refuse, and demon's bile.
You can see several chalk drawings in one alcove. One appears to be a crude rendition of a large, lopsided goblin and another of a goblin covered in horrible scars.
There also is a crude shrine to some female looking deity.
The demon's bile is spreading out from the goblin sleeping areas. However, it appears to be avoiding a spot where some sort of small blade is sitting.
Your lights glint off of something in an alcove about 20' above the main cave floor.
FiJeet can not tell if there is magic up there... the glint might be golden coins, but he thinks there is some steel. However, the vantage point is bad.
Looks like someone would need to climb up there to be sure.
FiJeet makes it up to the cavity, and finds a small rusty metal container with the symbol of the Isgeri army on it, a very nice light shield, and a rotten pouch with some gold!
In the container are two potions, obviously magical.
FiJeet makes it up to the cavity, and finds a small rusty metal container with the symbol of the Isgeri army on it, a very nice light shield, and a rotten pouch with some gold!
In the container are two potions, obviously magical.
The team starts following the trail once more, and after an hour or so they notice the rotting corpse of a goblin which occupies the center of this small glade. Its eyes and face are missing, as if they were chewed or pecked off by wild animals, and its corpse is covered in purplish, festering goo that seems to be liquefying the body.
It is clear that goo is demon's bile... and there is a wolverine, covered in the purplish goo, who turns to you, all snarly and nasty!
