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Are you on the other side from the guy in front of the wheel?

Yeah - I figure the wheels pretty much block two sides of the cart, so I roll out either the front or the back, depending on which edge of the cart is "up" and which side is "down" ... if that makes sense. If the cart is symmetrical and the cargo evenly distributed, the cart will probably be resting at the front, with the traces and all, so Beldan rolls out the back.

“S&*%! Piss!”

Beldan rolls away from the knife wielding goblin and out from under the cart 5 foot “step” out of melee range. Glancing around to make sure no other goblins are within arm’s reach, he jumps to his feet. End of turn.

Beldan hears the sounds of galloping hooves, crossbow bolts zinging, and goblins screaming.

Time to get out of here, he thinks.

Init: 6+3 = 9.

Beldan suddenly stands, gripping the edges of the tarp as he does so, and attempts to throw the heavy canvas over the goblin standing nearby in the cart.

ranged touch attack (as net attack?): 17 +3 (dex) –4 (improvised weapon) -? (further penalties) = 16?
If hit, goblin is entangled as per net attack.

If he has another action, Beldan will leap off the cart and hide underneath it.

Hide: 5+7 = 12

They look like goblins …. Maybe they’ll settle for silver ….

Oh, excellent plan Belane, thinks the thief from under his tarpaulin. An abandoned cart indeed. Oh very good. Now what?

Maybe they’ll let me live if I give them all my gold … maybe half my gold.

Listen: 1+1

Beldan is so busy looking for trouble, he’s not paying much attention to his other senses. “And I’m not searching in there,” he mutters in distaste, glancing at the little creature’s soiled loincloth.

He decides to inspect the wares in the back of the cart. Mindful that there might be danger in the area, he sneaks stealthily around the place. MS: 13+7 = 20. Hide: 12+7 = 19.

Beldan crouches, and begins scanning the area carefully for any sign of the headless guy’s friends – or foes. Spot: 19+1 = 20.

Then … well, he’s down here anyway … he begins searching the small fellow’s corpse and the immediate environs for any sign of loot. Search: 3+5 = 8 Only he’s a bit distracted by the thought that there is something dangerous in the area, and doesn’t do nearly as thorough a job as he normally would.

It seems that Beldan’s luck is changing.

He’d become turned around in the morning mists, and spent the last hour trudging through ankle deep swamp muck, searching in vain for the lost path. Finally he had found it … and something better too – an apparently abandoned wagon. An abandoned wagon apparently still full of cargo.

He creeps out of the bushes towards the wagon – noting the broken traces, the lack of any mule or pony, and the crooked wheel. He notes with a grin the blue frog symbol stamped on the eighteen barrels. He frowns upon hearing the sound of dripping from the other side of the wagon.

Then he recoils in horror as he nearly treads on the small, headless humanoid body lying in the road behind the cart.

Alright, here's me. Might mix up the skills a bit, still need to finish equipment, description and polish up the background a bit.