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Looking around seeing everyone ready Mr Peppers urges some action. "Sorry I've delayed things with this magic, but Gallix's magical enhancements won't last forever, so we need to act soon."
He then pulls out that ivory wand (bless weapon) again and proceeds to start failing to use it for 5 rounds on Uesugi's katana.
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Mr Peppers will take a look at the stairs to see if they look reasonably sturdy for medium sized creatures
"We sure these stairs are going to hold us? Goblins are quite small compared to a human or an Elf even. If we've got some rope handy that may be a good idea... rope and maybe a grappling hook? As a backup? That servant of Miss Cups could hook it up near the gate."
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"So, we either risk the wall collapsing, or tripping the wire." Sirettis ponders. "Sir Arthraven, could you cause the wall to collapse using one of your blasts? If not, we should conjure the illusion of the cloud to aid our approach up the stairs. We can take it slowly to avoid tripping upon the wire."
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Cup looks at the stairs. "My solid notes are strong enough to hold me up. It might be able to bolster that part of the stairs, but only a little bit. They already know we're here. Perhaps we can cause a rock slide with a targeted noise over there to cover our approach, if we can pick a spot that won't hit the camp?"
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D blasts the goblin's trap with a barrage of sand. The rope snaps and three jars come swinging down from the roof of a building inside the camp, smashing against the wall of said building and dropping a thick, moldy brown goop onto the stairs below. Luckily, none of you were on the stairs when this happened, but if the goblins weren't aware of your presence before, they definitely are now.
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After Mr. Peppers blesses Uesugi's sword, Cup creates the deafening sound of a dozens of men climbing up the cliff to the northern end of the camp, shouting out Death to all goblins! You use the distraction to quickly make your way up the now mostly benign staircase. Gallix leads the way, each of his feet causing the wood to creek and crack as he steps along the crude panels. You carefully step over the nasty brown mold, and stealthily move towards the gate. Finally, you reach the top and gain a better view of the camp. A piecemeal steel and iron fence runs between two wooden buildings. A seven-foot-tall wooden gate constructed from fragments of tower shields blocks a crudely cut hole in the fence.
Upon closer inspection, the gate doesn't appear locked, but it does appear fastened from the other side when pressed on.
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Gallix smiles as Sirettis lends her aid to the effort of breaking through the gate. "That was a good try, little sis! But when you're trying to break a big obstacle like this, you need to meet it with an equally big force. You have to use your whole body. Like this." Gallix lowers his shoulder and braces himself, digging his feet into the loose dirt atop the overhang. He leans back from the gate to build momentum, the swings his entire body, shoulder first, toward the gate.
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Mr. Peppers recognizes the brown stuff as brown mold.
With the combined efforts of Gallix, D, and frail as he may be, even Mr. Peppers, the center of the gate gives underneath the weight of the Red Arm team and swings open, fragments of tower shield and wooden splinters littering the ground.
The small practice yard is surrounded by a crudely made metal fence and several small wooden buildings. Mud and morass cover the ground, and the sickly sweet stench of decay hangs heavy in the air. A rusting metal gate blocks the entrance to a cave to the northwest. In the center of the yard, a stubby rectangular building sits upon a roughly hewn stone foundation. A crude depiction of a three-eyed face decorates its door.
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"Leeza, longshanks here!" One bile-covered goblin looks around from the corner of the wooden building as a much more warty one peers over the cliff, attracted by Cup's magical sound.
"They here! Slice them! Kill them! Bring them to chieftain, he give you more purple stuff! Go!"
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The pink-nosed goblin steps over a campfire and moves towards Uesugi, and the blue-eyed one charges for Gallix while cackling maniacally, bile dripping out of his mouth.
... In his insane charge, he completely misses Gallix.
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"That's a representation of Lamashtu, Mother of Monsters!" Cup points. "I hope they're not birthing another monster with bile! The lead gob just promised his troops bile if they defeat us!"
Translation finished, she sings.
♫ Let's get down to business, to defeat the gobs
We'll keep our heads about us, they're just crazed slobs
They're the most reckless bunch I ever met
They haven't got a clue
Gobs, we'll make mincemeat out of you! ♫
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Gallix recovers his footing after bursting through the door and sees the blue-eyed goblin careening toward him, his weapon raised high. [i]Gee, I wonder what he's going to do,[/ooc] Gallix thinks as the goblin steps up. The little beast chops downward with his weapon, but Gallix smoothly side-steps the obvious attack, sending the little cretan off balance. "Those are some lovely eyes you have there," he whispers to the goblin standing before him. "Let's see if we can't set off that blue color with a nice black eye."
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The blue-eyed goblin quickly ducks down and to the side, avoiding Gallix's metal glove and then sticking out his tongue to mock him. Gallix unleashes a second haymaker directly at the goblin's face and knocks the annoying creature out cold. Who's laughing now!
With the battle well underway in the center of the goblin camp, you hear a dog's deep and angry bark coming from the pens to the west.
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Moving to the front now that they are inside the goblin camp Uesugi looks at the squalid appearance of the goblin fort. Refuse, garbage and what looks like feces litter the yard.
'This place will need to burned.' is all he can think as two residents of this sty move forth to stop their progress. The barbarian easily sends one back the way he came as his fist smashes into the ugly creature's face.
His blade drawn Uesugi brings his blade low and slashes upward at the pink nosed goblin the momentum of his blade lifting his feet from the ground.
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Uesugi blade arcs just a millimeter too low and gets a slice of the pink-capped goblin's hat. Let's hope it wasn't her favorite.
Red advances and predictably stabs at Gallix, and also predictably misses him. The goblin with the yellow warts, earlier referred to as Leeza, quaffs a potion and vanishes into thin air.
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Mr Peppers lends his shoulder to the doorway, kind of into D's back, luckily its enough to make headway into the camp. "That wasn't so bad now was it?"
Seeing the gobs swarm into the front line Mr Peppers lines up a blast of colors. "I got these guys, you blast that one with the green boots D!" The 'not quite as frail as he looks' Elf begins chanting and weaving his magic sending a rainbow of colors shooting out of his fingers into the faces of the two goblins in front of punchy and slashy.
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Both goblins shriek as Mr. Peppers blasts 'em with his rainbow of doom, but they can't resist the effects and slump to their knees, falling forward as they pass out.
The green-booted goblin watches on in horror as a blast of sand flies into and through his face, instantly killing him.
The barking from the west seems to be getting closer, and you can now see the source - a large, bile-covered hound growls from behind the fence in the pens to the west.
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With two of them helpless, Sirettis simply steps forward and examines the purple-cloaked goblin. She focuses her hair, hovering carefully over it. Her hair forms into a solid hammer-like weight that falls on the goblin, trying to crush its ribcage.
"Let us be wary for Leeza."
There are no nearby foes worthy of a dragon's ire. Longjing delays to move with Uesugi.
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Sirettis hair slams down through the purple-cloaked goblin's torso, crushing the creature flat under her gigantic mane.
The goblin dog comes charging across the camp with its jaws spread wide, hoping to dine on a certain elven arcanist.
The hound jumps up and grabs a huge chunk of flesh from Mr. Peppers belly deep in its teeth, tearing it off of his body and spreading its filth into the wound. Mr. Peppers nearly falls unconscious from the pain.
Longjing rushes the dog, taking an attack of opportunity from it, in order to aid Uesugi's next attack!
"Noble steed, get that dog! He's messing with my team!"
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Uesugi spins his head at the scream from Mr. Peppers "Spirit finish this creature. I will head to help with the dog." Uesugi rushes off to the others although wary at leaving her alone. "Beware of the last one that vanished."
As he moves to the dog his eyes slide past Mr. Peppers to see the elf gingerly holding his stomach. A rage begins to brew within Uesugi and he begins to channel his anger waiting for the right moment to strike or the dog's sternum. Drawing his katana back he stabs just as the barbarian strikes the dog squarely in the head with the heel of his palm.