THe spider's bite makes Mogmurch feel a bit woozy. He tries to power through it, though, and hits the spider again.
Realizing that the spider may actually live up to it's name, the goblins jumps back a step.
Moggy makes contact, but his blow only strikes weakly.
Reta fires her bow as well, but the small arrow does very little damage.
"AyeeeeeAAAA!" Retus yells as he draws his dogslicer and runs in to attack the spider while its attention is on Poog.
Retus charges in, dogslicer waving. His swing deflects off of the carapace of the spider, doing no harm.
Not wanting to be accused of being a coward, Chuffy steps forward again, still wildly swinging his dogslicer.
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Chuffy's blade injures the spider severely. It screeches in pain before turning and running south.
Chuffy's attack drops the spider. Dark black blood oozes from its several wounds; its legs quiver, shudder, then fall still.
"Chuffy the Lotslegs Slayer!" cheers Chuffy with both fists in the air.
"You all cheerleaders," He says as an afterthought.
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"Lotslegs not dead yet!" Retus yells as one of its legs twitch. He jumps on top of it and stabs it perhaps another twenty times.
Once he has completed his gleeful work, he sticks his tongue out at Chuffy.
"Retus kill it, not Chuffy..." he lies.
Chuffy gives Retus a foul look and seems on the point of violence, but then stalks off, muttering something about "Chuffy the Lotslegs Slayer" and "stoopid Retus". "Pah, Retus smash Lotslegs up. All poison broke. Blame Retus..." he calls over his shoulder.
Reta wanders a bit in the direction the spider was fleeing. The webs get a bit thicker, and she sees several bodies hanging from the webs.
Rifling through the corpses, she finds 24 gp, a Small masterwork light crossbow with 11 bolts, a pearl, a red potion, a blue potion, two green potions, and a wax-paper-sealed package that smells like licorice. It smells yummy.
After a bit more traveling, the goblins see a large wrecked ship lodged in a shallow pool of swamp water. This is where your map was leading. Driven aground decades ago during a particularly violent storm that flung the ship several hundred feet into the flooded swamp, the ship itself is a two-masted Chelish sailing vessel with strange, faded writing on its bow.
The shipwreck itself is upright, held in place by the mud and sludge it now sits in and supported by thick growths of marsh gorse and other foliage. The derelict leans toward its stern at a noticeable but not unwieldy angle, and its railings are as decorated with hanging moss as they are with goblin skulls and bits of bone.
"Mogmurch immediately grabs the crossbow, shouting [b]"This be mine! I only gots two bombs left!"
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Retus unstoppers each of the potions. He sniffs them, sticks his tongue in them, and puts his eye very close to the liquid. In the end he has drooled all over the opening of each potion.
"Retus can see what potions do!" he says.
red: potion of bull's strength
blue: potion of bear's endurance
green: cure moderate wounds
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"Hmmm...this one cause crying, screaming, and projectile vomiting," Retus says as he holds up the red one.
"Blue is amnesia, spine loss, embarrassing accidents."
"And last one uncontrollable gas and explosive diarrhea...who want?" he asks.
Chuffy is late to the party to take his part of the stash, as he was stalking off muttering something about "kill-stealing Retus". Once he notices that there's loot to be had, he hurries back, elbowing in his way to see what's left.
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Once they reach the boat, Chuffy is determined not to let others steal his glory again. "Chuffy bestest scout. RingThatMakesYouClimbRealGood will help me," he says while proudly pointing to his ring. He tries his best to remain stealthy while sneaking through the fence, and climbing the tree to the south of the ship. He then takes a good look around.
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Yum! Poog hastily grabs the licorice. He also asks Retus for one of the green potions, hoping to find an opportunity to sneak some into Chuffy's drink later. He also goes to find his squirrel-smiting javelin.
At the boat site, Poog is confused.
"I thought boats was supposed to go in the water."
Poog chews on one of the six pieces of licorice-flavored taffy from the pouch. It sticks to his teeth in a chewy, pleasant way. It also helps his stomach feel better.
In a few days, Reta will have a nice pearl.
At the boat site, Poog is confused.
"I thought boats was supposed to go in the water."
Mogmurch shrugs his shoulders as he loads his shiny new crossbow, merely offering "Longshanks is weird. Tasty, but weird."
Chuffy sneaks inside the fence, slipping under the poorly made fence.
The interior is incredibly muddy, and it's difficult to move.
He's able to climb the tree without being seen (or smelled), and moves a bit faster when he sees an evil looking horse come around the corner of the small pond. Once to the top of the tree , Chuffy can see a dog chained to the very top of the left deck, and another chained to the main mast on the lower deck. None of the creatures seem to have noticed him yet.
Chuffy makes it back without being seen, and relays what he saw and heard.
"Horsie...must die!" Retus suggests.
Like any good goblin, he proceeds toward the ship without any plan whatsoever.
Chuffy doesn't want to get left behind. He wants to climb in the tree again, so that he can get the 'drop' on the horse. He groans when Poog spoils their stealth approach, loudly berating him. "YOU STUPID! DON'T YELL WHEN STEALTHY!"
Mogmurch follows at the tail of the group, whispering "Muttz not going anywhere. Killz horsey first!'
The goblins make it only part way across the open space before some unfortunate "stealth malfunctions" warn the vicious horse of your approach. The horse is a filthy, dark gray stallion whose feet have churned the region within the fenced area into a thick morass of mud.
Chuffy tries his best to distance himself from the group, trudging through the mud. "Take them!" he yells at the horse, pointing at the others. "They be much tasty-er"
He then makes himself as small and non-threatening as possible, holding his dogslicer awkwardly behind his back. Nope, I'm just standing here. Don't attack me, don't attack me. ...and then I slice at horse leg! Hehe.
Realizing that he's quickly running out of people to hide behind, Mogmurch takes a timid shot at the horse with his new crossbow.
He then throws his hands over his head as he runs for the boat, screaming "Waits! Don't leave poor Mogmurch behinds!"
The dogs yap furiously as the scent of goblins and shouting voices draw closer.
Reta and Chuffy hurry forward.
Mogmuch fires his crossbow at the horse, but misses in his haste.
Poog begins to climb the ramp, but trips and falls prone. The vine-choked gangplank and mossy handrails ascend sharply up to the ship's bow. Near the upper part of the ramp, one handrail seems to be encrusted with a large ball of dried mud.
Not being able to reach the horse quickly, Retus draws his bow and fires at it.
"Here, horsie horsie!"
Retus's shot pierces the horse's flank, and it whinnies in frustration.
The horses solves some of the problem of range by charging at the nearest goblins (Retus and Chuffy).
You hear a 'snap' as one of the dogs, in a burst of strength, breaks his chain and comes racing toward the goblins, barking madly.