Karlimein will follow his brother, although not at a charge, looking to maneuver to flank Kuromein's target from the position least likely to endanger himself, so that he can set himself up for sneak attacks and give his brother a flanking bonus. Compared to his usual sarcastic chatter, he's eerily silent while fighting, completely focused on putting his opponents down as quickly and violently as possible.
In light of the map, Karlimein is going to move to the right side of the goblin dog, and hope like hell someone will move into position to let him flank it for sneak attack damage.
Edit: Looks like Marko will be in place for Karlimein to sneak attack the goblin dog. Woohoo!
Attack roll, if no one flanks, with my masterwork rapier:
Attack roll, if I get flanking:
Damage, no flank support:
Damage, flanking:
Marko charges in, slicing the goblin dog with his sword, taking an ear clean off it in the process. He drops, twitching slightly.
Karlmein deftly manages to arrive exactly where he would like, and stabs one of the goblins severely. Unfortunately, it still stands.
Norhalo conjures a field around Calathes. It blazes white for less than the blink of the eye, and this is gone.
The goblins start whopping and howlering, making as much noise as they can and both attack Karlimein, joined by the goblin dog. All three fail to land a blow on the red-scaled reptilian.
Kuromein jabs twice at the goblin between he and his brother, piercing it only once. Thankfully, that's all it needed to be convinced to take a bloody nap.
Round 2:
Norhalo moves up 30' to 10' behind Marko and casts mage armor on himself.
Eyeing the battle, Marko will leave the goblin between the two kobolds to be dealt with by them, moving quickly past Kuromein and ending up on the far side of the last goblin. His sword flashes out with a quick downward slash.
Sword attack
Damage if hits
The goblin and the goblin dog both strike at Marko as he moves past them, but fail to deal him any damage. The varisian slashes the goblin, but the little bugger refuses to fall down.
Karlimein shoves his rapier into the goblin between him and Marko, a low snarl rattling out of his small body as he does so.
Attack roll, flanking:
Damage roll:
...That threatens a crit, doesn't it?
Confirmation attempt:
Crit damage:
Just as Calathes begins his move, Karlimein sticks the point of his blade into and through the head of the remaining goblin. It drops to the ground, dead.
As the corpse collapses, the remaining goblin dog lunges forward, biting Karlimein.
Kuromein attempts to tumble into a flanking position behind the goblin dog, but catches one foot on one goblin corpse, and his other foot on the second goblin corpse. He stumbles around behind the four-legged beast, even managing to somehow avoid its jaws when it snaps at him, stabs the thing with one of his blades. It yelps but remains standing.
Fort save
Attack roll, flanking
Damage
Karlimein yelps, and then curses in Draconic, the loudest sound he's made so far in the fight, then turns to try to skewer the goblin dog with his rapier. "You miserable sack of goblin dung!"
Marko will cooly slash at the last dog, hoping to finish it before anyone else gets hurt further.
attack
damage
"Blast it!" he mutters as the beast ducks under his swing.
Though he's now very itchy, Karlimein manages to sink his rapier into the goblin dog, finishing it.
Perception:
Perception
"Is everyone alright?"
Norhalo murmurs to the others, "Do not look now, my friends, but we are being watched. There is at least one other goblin in the thorns near us."
Norhalo murmurs to the others, "Do not look now, my friends, but we are being watched. There is at least one other goblin in the thorns near us."
Marko will Tsk at that revelation.
"Alright, point me the direction you want us to go, and i can take the lead. However you lot wish to handle things is fine by me."
He will resist the mighty tempting urge to turn and stare in the direction Norhalo mentioned.
Karlimein will speak quietly, [b]"Look, we can hear more of them coming, and the one in the bushes hasn't yelled for help or anything. There's no sense prancing out here in the open for them, if we can conceal ourselves and get the jump on them instead. Let's hide - not in the thorns, no sense in getting bitten by the freak - and try to get the drop on them." He quickly suits words to actions, as well.
Stealth:
"There is one other thing, my friends. If there are goblins all around us, we must stay close to each other." The Varisian smiles and nods in Calathes' direction. "Leaving our healer to be ambushed is unwise."
"Very well, as you wish. Does anyone speak goblin? Mayhap we could parlay or something?"
Marko will fidget a little, straining his ears to see if he can detect any other sounds out of place nearby.
Karlimein says nothing, striving to remain hidden in the nearby undergrowth. If the goblins can't be parlayed with, at least he'll have the chance to get in a surprise attack.
Almost as an afterthought, Karlimein will beckon for his brother to get his scaled butt over into the hiding spot with him. He hisses, quietly, "Keep your head down - if the pinkskins blow whatever they're trying for, we can get the jump on the freaks, at least."
As Karlimein politely drags Kuromein and the two hide around the other side of some thistles, you all hear what sound like a group of small humanoids and quadrupeds closing in on you.
Marko will move to stand in front of whatever is coming, (close to the C1 tag if the sounds are coming from the E/NE) but will allow Calathas to try Diplomacy if he wishes to.
"You up for it? We can always do this as plan B, violence if not."
Norhalo stands next to Calathes and attempts to look inoffensive and polite, but manages to completely forget the whole "don't show your teeth when you smile" rule.
With the assistance of Marko's imposing yet non-violent stance, the goblins do not immediately attack. They hold back the goblin dogs with them.
One of them says...
Karlimein attempts to quietly ready his bow, fully expecting that the goblins are going to explode into violence at the drop of a dogslicer.
Goblin 2: 6/6
Goblin 3: 6/6
Goblin Dog 1: 9/9
Goblin Dog 2: 9/9
Goblin Dog 3: 9/9
With a small smile, Norhalo steps ten feet to his left and invokes arcane power. Actinic blue light flares down the tattoo on his arm and into his outstretched hands, bursting forth in a cone of fire that envelops all three of the goblin dogs and two of the three goblins.
Karlimein will take a shot at any goblins who happen to be stragglers with his bow, looking to avoid the risk of shooting the pinkskins by accident.
Bow attack:
