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"The door is locked. I was just checking to see if there's any recent signs of traffic. We could try coming back at night, to match what may have transpired before in timing. Or, we could try to force our way in. However, I'd recommend we talk to the sheriff about that first. Somehow, I don't think people appreciate unauthorized entries in civilized places." Lona shrugs helplessly as she made the suggestion. While she could easily break in, it simply isn't urgent enough to warrant such dramatic and clearly illegal behavior, when a quick visit to the authorities, under the guise of investigating the goblin incidents, should get them the go-ahead to enter by whatever means.
"Well, since we're in charge here, and that means we're authorized to investigate suspicious activities, let's see here." Lona turns her attention back to the door, heedless of the onlookers. "Here...here...almost...got it." She stands up, giddy as a child given permission to do something naughty. She opens the now unlocked door, peeks in to make sure there are no surprises on the other side, and turns to her group. "Shall we?"
You enter the loading room. A wheelbarrow sits against a wall here, and shelves on walls hold various chunks of minerals - cobalt, tin, manganese, etc. A safe on the floor hangs open.
Boxes and crates are stacked here in this 10 x 15 foot room.
Using a different map: A16 is the first room you entered, A15 is the second.
Map
You find sand, soda ash, and lime in the boxes and crates, but no traps, in the small room.
As you approach the doors, the rumbling sound of the building's furnace becomes becomes apparent. It's rumble gets louder, almost deafening, as you push the doors open, releasing a wave of other sounds mixed in with the furnace's - high pitches giggles, shrieks, and breaking glass.
The furnace burns along the of the wall here, extending the length of the room. Marble tables sit throughout the chamber, with nearby wooden tables cluttered with various tools of the trade. The bodies of eight staffers lie about in various stages of mutilation and dismemberment. Goblins run around pouring melted glass on some of the bodies, and one body in particular lies propped up in chair and encased in thick runny sheets of hardened glass.
None of these goblins seem to notice your entrance into the room.
Lona moves to the right and out of the way of the more aggressive members of the party as she grabs her crossbow and loads it. "Gaah, this thing really needs to come with a better loading mechanism."
OOC
Initiative order: Varg, goblins, Lona, Markum, Lym/Vuvo
Surprise round
Varg charges at the nearest goblin, who catches sight of him just in time to side step the attack. Lym cast Mage Armor on herself, while everyone else gets in position.
Round 1
Varg takes another stab the adjacent goblin, missing again. It returns the favor, swinging large tongs, its tip covered in molten glass. Varg moves out of the improvised weapon's path, saving himself from severe burns.
A couple of nearby goblin hurl pieces of glass at Markum and Vuvo, one of these pieces hitting the dog on the shoulder and cutting open its flesh (2 dmg). More goblins from the other side of the room approach the heroes.
Round 2
Lona's bolt flies overhead the goblin on the other side of the room, bouncing off the wall and onto the floor. Distracted by the projectile, the goblin doesn't turn his attention back to what's in front of him quick enough to avoid being put through by Markum's scimitar.
Lym fires a narrow beam of frosty air at the goblin ahead, but misses, while Vuvo tries to snatch the goblin in his jaws. The dog's attack is warded off, though.
Round 3
Varg slices in a downward arc at his opponent, catching the goblin between its head and shoulder and cutting through its little torso. The split goblin hits the floor.
The goblins continue to advance. Two of them team up against Vuvo, one stabbing with its sword, and one stabbing with a large sharp piece of glass. Both hit the dog (6 dmg total), cheering and giggling contently.
Another goblin takes the place of Markum's victim, hacking at the druid with his dogslicer, but missing wide.
Lym curses loudly. "Get off the dog, you miserable sewer-licking snail eaters!" she growls at the two Goblins attacking Vuvo. "Sagitta magica, omne errore vacua, vole!" A single dart of pure force flies from Lym's hand, zips around Vuvo and buries itself in the Goblin the dog is not currently trying to rip asunder, and which is also not being chopped at by Markum.
Round 3
Lona climbs on the nearby table and fires over her companions and the closest goblins, shooting one of the rear goblins in the arm. Markum and Vuvo continue to fight the goblins in front of them, but neither of them is able to land a hit. Lym fires a magic missile and hits one of the closer goblins, cracking its ribcage. It manages to keep its footing, however, and continues to harass the dog with its dogslicer.
Lym takes a leaf from Lona's book, and clumsily clambers onto the table. From this elevation, she looks down on the Goblins and shouts the words of another spell: "Tactus hiemis!" Again, a thin ray of pure cold shoots from the Mage's hand, impacting with the same Goblin Lona just fired her arrow at.
"I will write down all your names in the Book of Death!" the Mage roars at the Goblins before her, arms spread wide so her cloak bells out like a pair of wings.
Round 3
Varg runs around the table and gets behind Markum and Vuvo.
The goblins on the front line keep up their unrelenting assault on the Markum and Vuvo, and Vuvo again takes all of the result. Two same two goblins, one now injured by the wizard's magic, gleefully stab the dog (4 dmg total), while the third misses Markum.
In the rear ranks, the goblin with the bolt sticking out of his arm, circles around the table, and grabs a chunk of glass. The other two goblins draw their swords and cheer on their fellow would-be dog-killers.
Lona's gaze follows her target as it run behind the table, and she fires another shot at it. Her projectile flies into the furnace behind her intended target.
Markum dodges his opponent's attack returns with a slash across the neck, cutting off the goblins head. Vuvo retaliates, in kind, tearing through one of the goblin's throat, then tossing it on the floor.
Lym tries to climb the table, almost stumbling back off, but still keeps her footing. She fires another ray and misses.
Lona curses at the glass wielding goblin, but turns her attention to one of the sword wielding goblins, loads and fires another bolt. "Strike true!"
Damage
if attack = 24 or 25
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She then hops off the table, between Varg and Lym, and turns to face the glass wielding goblin.
Round 4
Varg squeezes through Markum and Vuvo and steps over the dead goblins to get to one of the live ones, stabbing it through its chest. It falls before the warrior. The goblin just behind turns its smile into an expression of fear, turning and fleeing to the other end of the room and out the doors, making a left after it leaves the furnace room. The injured goblin behind the table, near the furnace, likewise flees making it near the same exit.
The injured goblin near Vuvo tires to run as well, but is caught by Vuvo and torn apart. Lona's attack misses the only visable goblin still on its feet. No opponent is close enough for Lym's attack to hit.