Kythorn 7, Year of Wild Magic
The wind dies down over the night but the cold continues to get worse. The sun is still rising and you are breaking camp when one of the gnomes squints at the southern hills, goblins!
perception:
Initiative:
The goblins scream and charge toward the caravan.
Pausing and throwing javelines at the entire party. One strikes Anasth in the arm. Alder's leg is pierced . Ariael takes a glancing blow . Jaxon is struck twice with glancing blow .
DM Screen:
"OWF!@$!" Cal moved as fast as he could to take cover behind the wagon, hobbling on his injured leg and fumbling for his pistol. "What the hell is wrong with this place? Why are we working our way down the ugly bastard size scale?"
As the goblins scream toward the caravan, Anasth readies and lets loose an arrow swiftly even as he whistles for his wolf companion to charge the enemy.
for damage.
Anasth winces as a rock slices his extended arm, but he grits against the pain and bears on.
Alder, still aching from the cold, feels the javelin slice his chilled skin and bites his lip. He then begins to sing an Uthgardt war chant (Inspire Courage) and looses an arrow at one of the uninjured goblins.
Longbow: (+1 point blank shot, -1 fatigue penalty to Dex)
Ari, wincing against the pain of the minor wound, chuckles as he throws a dagger at the on-rushing goblins "I would much rather us work our way down the ugly bastard size scale than up it!!"
Jaxon ducks behind the wagons and readies his firearm. Anasth and Alder fire arrows but fail to hit anything. Anasth's wolf charges at one of the goblinsbut fails to hit a goblin. Ariael throws his dagger into the shoulder of one of the goblins.
Three of the goblins attack the wolf while two blows land heavily . Two charge Ariael with morningstars held high and one clinks off of his chain shirt. Two charge Anasth with swords with one sword sinking in . One charges Alder and slams his mace into Alder's leg .
Anasth's wolf chomps down on one of the goblin's arm severing a vein.
DM Screen:
wolf vs. goblin 1
Crawling under the wagon to get better line of sight, Cal lines up a shot.
Seeing the goblins close swiftly, Anasth draws his longsword and takes total defense. (+4 AC).
Anasth swings at the goblin attacking him.
for
Alder continues his song, the blood soaking his legs. He backs up a step and looses an arrow at the goblin who charged him.
Ariael strikes out at the goblin attacking him.
Jaxon's gun misfires. As he looks to the left, he sees the gnomes fighting another group of goblins. Glimly waves his hand and a barrage of colors spring forth knocking a group of goblins out. Anasth slices one goblin across the head, staggering the little beast. Alder steps back against the wagon and fires at the goblin menacing him. Ariael stabs at the goblin who was struck by his dagger, staggering the beast.
Three goblins surround and strike at Anasth's wolf. The first misses while the goblin to the right lands a blow but the last one lets his weapon slip from his grasp. A goblin corners Alder against the wagon and swings his weapon. A goblin scewered by Ariael's blade makes one last attempt to kill him while another goblin stabs at his leg but drops his sword. A goblin slashed by Anasth shifts away while his companion screams a childish cry and attacks.
Anasth's wolf chomps at the goblin but misses.
DM Screen:
Cursing, Cal clears the misfired round and loads another.
Anasth slices into the goblin attacking him (goblin 8)
for damage.
He then withdraws with some reckless abandonment to go to Desfra (the wolf) and help fight her assailants.
Jaxon curses and hastily clears the barrel of his pistol. Anasth takes a passing swipe with his sword missing as he rushes to his companion's side. The goblin swings at Anasth's back but misses.
DM Screen:
Ari attacks the weaponless goblin, looking to end him
Ariael turns and stabs through the weaponless goblin into the other goblin. with a slight twist and a kick, Ariael discharges both the creatures from his blade where they fall dead to the snow.
Alder steps back, continuing his song, and tries another shot.
Sorry, that was at the goblin attacking me.
Alder tries to move but is cornered, he steps slightly to the side and fires after the goblin misses with his mace. The arrow takes the goblin point-blank in the eye causing him to drop dead in the snow.
The weaponless goblin picks up his morningstar and avoids attacks by Anasth and his wolf . The three goblins attack the wolf in ernest but only two land blows. Seeing Arieal momentarily distracted by his own awesomeness, a goblin attacks his flank but the blade bounces off his chain shirt.
One goblin continues to limp away from the battle.
The wolf attempts to rip the goblin's throat out but is bashed by it's shield.
To the east of the wagons, Glimly and the other gnomes continue to battle the other goblins. Several of the gnomes start slitting the throats of the downed goblins while the rest use simple clubs agains the raiders. Glimly feints with his blade and scewers the goblin facing him.
DM Screen
Finally finishing clearing his weapon, Cal reloads and fires at the escaping goblin.
Alder fires an arrow at the wounded goblin attacking Desfra. His voice is weak with pain, but he continues singing, and in the song is the cold wind and the wrath of a wounded bear confronting a pack of curs.
Ari turns his attention to his new victim and attempts to strike him down like the others
Jaxon fires a shot at the retreating goblin but it flies wide. Alder sings and fires a shot but misses. Ariael stabs the goblin in the stomach.
Anasth strikes at one of the goblins flanking the wolf, he tries to push the wolf into withdrawing.
for damage.
Anasth strikes one of the goblins on the head causing the beast to fall down dead.
The goblin fighting Ariael, not seeing a way out, swings his mace but misses. The retreating goblin sees the bullet wizz by but continues to limp away. The injured goblin tries to run but is taken in the behind by the wolf. Seeing his two companions fall, the goblin facing Anasth and the wolf backs slowly away before heading south. The wolf charges after the retreating goblin and takes it down.
DM Screen:
goblin 8 vs. Ariael; wolf AoO v. Goblin 1; wolf v. Goblin 2
Cal reloads again, and begins to take aim, but holds his shot. The way my luck's been lately, I'd hit a friendly.
Alder ends his song and fires at the goblin facing Ariael.
Alder puts an arrow in the back of the head of the goblin facing Ariael. A couple of the gnomes fire crossbows at the retreating goblins putting them down.
As the battle ends, the gnomes start to check there wounds but it appears that there was a casualty; the driver, Gresh is on the ground with a bad wound. Glimly runs up and starts shouting, "Anasth! Anasth! Help him! Please!"
As he wasn't badly hurt, Ariael searches the bodies of the goblins.
Cal crawled out from under the wagon and sat back down next to the fire. Looking at his leg he sighed and began trying to work the arrow out with lots of wincing and cursing.
"Seriously, what's with all these attacks? Should we start moving at night and sleeping during the day?"
Anasth has already called his wolf companion back to him, who limps back with several injuries. He does what he can to stop her bleeding in the cold.
He looks over at the gnomes scrambling for his attention. "Get a fire going. A big one." His words ring with irritation, but he sets to work healing those who need it, and using his healing hands on those who need it most.
As he continues his work, he fixes the gnomes with telling glances. "My work could proceed better if I understood the enemies' need to attack us. If there's something you can let us know about this, say something."
He includes Desfra in a few of those healings.
"Thanks." Cal said as Anasth finished bandaging his leg. "Do they really want that trinket that bad?"
Alder looks to Jaxon.
"It seems they do."
Turning to Glimly, Alder says, "I don't know what I might be able to learn, but, Glimly, if you would be willing to let me examine the amulet, perhaps I might be able to understand why it seems to draw these creatures like moths to a flame."
Some of those go for Desfra too.
Ariael searchs the bodies while Anasth sees to the healing.
Anasth is able to stop the bleeding but the little gnome is hurt bad and will need long term care.
Diplomacy:
Bardic Knowledge:
Knowledge (History):
DM Screen:
Alder's perception; Anasth's perception; Jaxon's perception; Ariael's perception
Anasth and Jaxon
Ariael searches the bodies of the fallen. Each carried a gem with some strange symbol on it. The goblins wore crude leather armor and wooden shields; the armor and shields are decorated with blue paint; however, the symbols do not match those on the gems. On the goblins you killed, there were three short swords, two light maces, and three small morning stars.
The gnomes break camp with all haste and begin to race toward Sundabar. Alder approaches Glimly while he cares for Gresh. After a brief discussion, Glimly removes a small object with a cord run through it. "This is it. I trust that you will not mention this to anyone." Alder turns it over in his hand studing the strange symbols on the device before Glimly hides it back under his cloak. "Any idea what it is?"
Alder:
Alder tells Glimly:
"Some guy in a blue cloak just turned into a bird and flew of that way!" Cal says, coming back to the main camp and pointing.
"It was a figure. It could have been a woman."
Alder turns from his conversation with Glimly.
"Is there any chance we could follow it? I'm liking this less and less, and, unless there's some way we can find whatever that thing was, I think the sooner we get our friends to their destination, the better off we'll all be."
Anasth feels the currents of the air, wondering if the snow will slow or pick up again.
"If this weather gets much worse, I fear so will our situation. We have wounded, we must remember."
"Follow a bird flyin' in this weather?" Cal says incredulously. "Unless you folks have some impressive magic up your sleeves, I don't think so."
Anasth:
Alder:
Glimly turns to everyone, "I doubt that they will let me take the wagons within the city walls; however, Gresh will need some treatment. Would it be possible for you and your companions to take Gresh into Sundabar?"
Glimly looks to Jaxon and Anasth, "What do you mean? What figure? A blue cloak? Perhaps it is what has been bringing every raiding band in the pass to our caravan."