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The combined attacks overwhelm the goblin. His flaming blade goes out and he falls to the earth, bleeding from sword wounds and dagge slices. Meanwhile Mitnal tries to scare the goblins across the bridge. It gives them a moments pause and when they then continue to approach the barbarian, they do so with trepidation.
Goblins at the bridge - round 5
AoO at Mitnal: (1d20+3=18)
Mitnal rushes past Gyorgy and Jessa and then past the goblin with the flaming sword. The goblin flicks his fiery blade at Mitnal as the big man rushes past, the fire searing some of Mitnal's arm. Kenzo proves more helpful to Jessa, as he attempts to deliver a crushing kick. The goblin is nimble however and just dodges the kick. Gyorgy's divine fire strikes only the ground, but Jessa's dagger slices across the goblin's cheek. Flame Blade Attack at Kenzo: (1d20+3=6) The goblin shrieks and turns his efforts to slashes fruitlessly at the young monk. Meanwhile, Mitnal sees a group of goblins approaching the bridge on the other side, mounted on goblin dogs. "Goblin's," cries the bird helpfully, "Goblins approaching the bridge."
Eugen and Gyorgy slash and then burn one of the goblins, and it falls to the ground with a scream. The remaining goblin shrieks and then turns tail to run (provoking an attack of opportunity from Eugen and Kenzo. Meanwhile the goblin with the flaming blade lunges again at Jessa. He shrieks in anger and fury but his mindless rage benefits Jessa in that he doesn't actually aim very well and the flames sizzle by her without actually touching her.
Mitnal crushes the head of one goblin and Eugen immediatelly moves past him. Unfortunately, so eager was the young swordsman that Eugen's attack is clumsy and nearly throws him off balance. Kenzo's sword skewers another goblin, leaving only four standing. Though Gyorgy tries to aim for an injured goblin, he sees that they are all already on the ground bleeding to death and so instead strikes the goblin that Eugen just missed. Jessa's dagger flies in and slices this stunned goblin's throat. Leaving only three of the goblins. At about this time, Jessa realizes that she is being charged - through the briars to her right. The fire wielding goblin has returned, a maniac look on his face and a glowing sword of fire still in his hand. Flame Blade (touch attack): (1d20+3=5) Very fortunately for Jessa, the flaming magic does not even come close to her. Goblin's attacks (Eugen, Eugen, Kenzo): (1d20+2=17-2=15, 1d20+2=6, 1d20+2=4) The rest of the goblins press forward, two of them attacking Eugen. The goblin musk seems to be doing the job however and Eugen manages to turn aside a slash that might otherwise have cut him.
Mitnal knocks a goblin cold and Kenzo slashes through the throat of the dazed goblin. There are still almost a half a dozen goblins crammed into the tunnel of thorns ahead. The closest one is dazed. Gyorgy unleashes a blast of his divine fire that strikes the dazed goblin, staggering it. And then the goblins surge forward, into the opening left by their fallen comrades. The dazed goblin gets passed by. Goblin's with goblin slicers: (1d20+2=20, 1d20+2=16)
The first slices Mitnal and the second hits Kenzo.
Mitnal looses a stone that crushes the skull of the closest goblin. Kenzo rushes forward and stabs at the next. Gyorgy quickly smears Eugen's sword with the harpy musk. Will Save: (1d20-1=8) Jessa dazes a goblin and Eugen moves forward and dispatches the same goblin that Kenzo stabbed Goblin Initiative: (1d20+1=12). The goblins seem genuinely surprised that the companions spotted them. Goblins at the bridge - round 1
A map of the thistletop Bridge.
As the party searches for ropes, the goblins appear, skulking furtively northward towards the party. None of them are the goblin with the flaming hands and the interesting ability to walk through walls of thorns. The goblins are armed with dog-slicers and they move stealthily, as if confident of the companion's inability to see them. One or two of them is trying not to giggle.
With Eugen leading the way, the party crawls through the thorn tunnels northward. After twenty feet, Eugen sees light ahead. Another ten feet and he can see the opening. Finally, ten feet further on, Eugen leads his companions to an opening in the thorny walls and the edge of a cliff. The ocean churns against the base of the cliff some eighty feet or so below. There is a rope bridge here, about sixty feet in length. The other side of the bridge is attached to a roundish, flat topped island to the north. Thick patches of vegetations, nettles and briars, grow here and there atop the island, but the most impressive feature of the island is a wooden one story stockade. Two thirty foot tall watch towers guard the stockades southern flank, the side facing the bridge. The rope bridge is made of hairy rope and thick wooden flanks. It creaks and sways in the wind coming off the ocean. Vague sounds coming from behind and to the west of the companions suggest a large number of goblins trying to unsuccessfully rush stealthily through the briar tunnels.
Gyorgy heals Mitnal of some of his hurt. Meanwhile Mitnal begins to argue with Jessa and Eugen starts towards the northward passage as Jessa had suggested. All suddenly goes quiet to the west as the goblin stops yelling. In the briars - Round 10
Blackwing flutters around near the ceiling of the 'chamber.' The fleeing goblin can be heard shouting out orders to someone. One gets the feeling that more foes could soon be on their way. In the briars - Round 9
Mitnal strikes the goblin dog from the side, bringing it low. Unfortunately, the familiars cannot actually fly that high in here as the damp, thorn covered branches form a ceiling only about ten feet over the heads of the companions. The goblin can be heard, running westward, yelling the alarm in goblin.
Kenzo strikes down the dog that was trying to attack him. The same one that Mitnal had already injured. This leaves one dog still trying to attack Eugen. Throwing Fire at Mitnal: (1d20+6=12) The goblin throws a ball of fire towards Mitnal. The big guy manages to duck nimbly out of the way and the fire hits the wet thorn branches near Mitnal's back and fizzles away. The goblin snarls and then runs through the thorn wall to the west.
Eugen slashes into the goblin dog that bit him (P11).
Mitnal performs a fancy bit of manuevering to roll around Kenzo, avoid the wall of thorns and still twist and bring both his weapons to bare at the goblin dog that attacked Kenzo. He looks quite good doing it and he even manages to strike home with his Klar. Unfortuntely he strains himself and pulls a muscle in his side.
Gyorgy, meanwhile, casts a light spell on the ground some twenty feet ahead. It illuminates the chamber of thorns ahead. The ground of this smelly, musty chamber is coverd with matted, wiry fur. Well gnawed bones lie scattered about the floor and there are a dozen wooden stakes hammered into the ground at various points. Besides the two goblin dogs attacking Eugen and Kenzo, there is one other goblin dog, lying prone on the ground. The goblin, having fled to the safety of these goblin dogs is somewhat surprised by the sudden light revealing his presence. He snarls as he looks left and right, considering his options.
Before the dog can attack Eugen, Kenzo steps forward and cuts it down. Meanwhile, the party can hear the goblin talking to the goblin dogs even though they cannot see him. Two of the creatures suddenly bound out of the darkness, their leashes cut. They rush forward at Eugen and Kenzo. Attacking Eugen, Kenzo: (1d20+2+2=18, 1d20+2+2=13)
Kenzo manages to avoid the lunging teeth but Eugen is not so lucky ().
Eugen moves uncertainly forward until he can better see the Goblin dogs in front of him (). He can see two of them (), though he can hear more out of sight, in the darkness ahead. They snarl and strain at their leashes. Mitnal moves () and attacks the closest (). His weapons slices and crushes the foul smelling animal and it falls to the ground with a whimper. Gyorgy squeezes next to the thorny wall () and unleashes a color spray at the closest beast, hoping to catch another one in the blast. The spell seems to have no affect on the closest one but the barking beyond grows quieter by one dog.
Jessa moves closer () but she cannot see far enough to see the goblin nor more than one of the goblin dogs.
Mitnal beats frantically at the flames on his clothing and manages to put them out. The rest of the group more or less tries to discern where the goblin has gone. The party hears the goblin's voice and realize that he is talking to the goblin dogs. In the briars - Round 6
The goblin was not stunned. Eugen's attack of opportunity barely fazed him. And he is now out of sight in the briars to the north.
The goblin caster runs straight north, into the briars, which seem to almost open up for him. A second after the goblin has passed into the dark walls of the briars, they are again a seemingly inpenatrable mass of vegetation. The goblin dogs () continue their constant barking and yapping. Tangletooth's Den - Round 5
Mitnal catches on fire. Fire Damage: (1d4=3) A map of the area around the party. The dead cat is at X19
The dagger hits the goblin. In turn, the goblin snarls and swings his glowing weapon at Mitnal once more.
Though the contact is light, the heat is intense.
The goblin then turns and flees towards the briars to the north, provoking attacks from Mitnal and Eugen.
Eugen, hampered by the plants still grabbing at him, can only move at half speed. He can't attack the goblin this time but he moves close enough to attack next round. Mitnal attacks, striking the goblin a glancing blow. Gyorgy misses Jessa's dagger, flitting around, just manages to get inside the goblin's parrying, but the blow is slight.
Eugen, a bit confusedly, works to tear the vines and grass from his limbs. Mitnal, feeling like he is wading through a thick snow or water, moves with force past Gyorgy and Jessa, closing with the goblin. Gyorgy's divine fire misses, sizzling into the vines some five feet behind the goblin. The goblin also deftly evades the floating knife, his little beady eyes glowering the whole time. Only Kenzo's thrown blade finds a mark but it is not a telling blow and the goblin seemingly ignores the small slice along his arm. Mitnal sees now that there is a fire in each of the goblin's hands. A small ball of fire is clutched in his left hand and a glowing beam of flame is clutched in the other. The goblin slices at Mitnal with the glowing beam.
The fire burns with a great heat, searing Mitnal (). The goblin sneers, "You will all die."
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