*cough cough cough*
Darst nods and runs down the stairs. Halfway down, seeming excited by the chase, he starts singing.
"Goblins leap and goblins run!
Goblins move their legs for fun!
Silly cowards run away!
Stabbies mean that they will stay!Run run run, ding ding dong,
Goblins never take too long!
That because we very fast!
Faster than gnomsies, fastness that lasts!Faster than halflings, faster than dwarves!
Silly humans, too!
Faster than all the silly peoples!
Ours legs is best, whoo-hoo!"
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You all hurry down the stairs after the singing goblin. Naomi helds a stone that emits some magically conjured light. At the bottom of the stairs the passage becomes two corridors. The widest one heads south while another, to the east, is cluttered with broken bricks and other debris, almost as if this corridor was bricked off until recently. You have little time to ponder all this however. The most perceptive amongst you notice that some other faint voices are humming Darst's song with him! You're obviously not alone down here. Suddenly, someone yells out an order from the south corridor. "Shut up and attack, you idiots!" Shapes in both corridor move forward to attack!
Shocked to see more goblins in the basement, her quick mind searches for a possible spell.
"Let's see if their stupid little minds comprehense this!"
Gesturing at the opening next to her she wills steel barbed bars blocking the goblins from going any further.
Darst sumersaults down the hallway towards the voice.
Naomi quickly load a non-lighted bullet into her sling, and let's fly at the one at the other end of the corridor.
As you take another look at your attackers it seems like you have encountered some more goblins. They were probably the ones humming Darst's tunes. You can see 2 of them in the east passage while another is coming from the south one, along with another figure. You can barely make out his features with only Naomi's light guiding the way. He seems taller then the goblin (human-sized) and he's holding a shortbow.
Syeira reacts quickly by using her magic to create fake barbed steel bars that appear to be blocking the east passage.
Darst tumbles south to get behind the apparent leader of the goblins. From this position, he can see that the south corridor continues for about 30 more feet before stopping in a dead end. This wide corridor seems to be used as extra storage as there's a few crates, barrels and bags resting against the walls and in the dead-end. Darst sees the entrance to a 5-foot wide corridor on the east wall, about 15 feet south of his current position. Darst also gets a better the look at the man leading the goblins. He has almond-shaped eyes, short dark hair and pointed ears. He seems slim and agile and isn't wearing any armor.
Naomi launches a sling bullet at the goblin to the south but the poor illumination make her miss.
Calla moves to the front of the group, ready to defend the spell-users with her pair of axes.
The half-elf raises his bow to shoot at Izbahn but the presence of Darst and his sharp razor make him change his mind. "You'll regret working for them and not for me, little runt!" he says before sending his boot right on the goblin's chin with a swift kick. Darst thinks he's seeing some stars.
The goblin next to the half-elf reaches into a small pouch and throws its powdery contents to the middle of the group. As soon as it hits the ground, the powder emits an extremely bright and blinding white light.
Finally, the goblin closest to Syeira's bars moves forward to investigate this new barrier. When he reaches out to touch one of them, his hand passes right throught it! The goblin snarls and takes a step toward the Varisian, crossing the illusion. His companion has already disappear from view by moving south however.
Forgot the map
"Working with you?" Naomi whispers harshly. Then she notices the shortbow.
"You're the one! You caused all of this!" She yells as she loads her sling again and, with a prayer to Erastil, Calistria, and Desna, flings the stone at the man.
Darst shakes off his daze and slashes at the half-elf.
He then tumbles south.
Izbahn yells a vile oath after the blinding flash hits his face, and he just barely gets his hand up to shield him from the light.
He yells at the half elf, "Where is Amekio?" as he throws a minor cantrip at the leader of the group.
Venmirl utters some words and waves his hand over his morningstar, and it briefly shimmers. He then moves through his comrades to get between them and the evil elf.
Naomi sends another stone toward the bowman but he's moving around to much by fighting Darst and she misses.
Darst shakes off his daze and slashes at the half-elf. The razor catches him on the cheek and a thin red line of blood can now be seen on the half-elf's face. Darst then moves away from him without problem.
Almost mirroring the mage's action, the half-elf shields his eyes and avoids the effect of Izbahn's spell. He seems more destabilized by what the wizard said. "Ameiko? So that's why you're here ... Inviting her was a mistake."
Venmirl once again enchants his trusty morningstar and move forward to protect Izbahn.
Calla is blinded and unable to do much. She adopts a defensive posture, ready to block anything that she can hear or feel coming.
"What does this world come to ... a smart goblin ... !?!"
"Take this dogface !"
Syeira cracks her whip at the goblins feet and tries to pull him to the ground.
The goblin next to the half-elf reaches into a small pouch and throws its powdery contents to the middle of the group. As soon as it hits the ground, the powder emits an extremely bright and blinding white light.
Having avoided the effect of the flashing powder, Syeira cracks her whip at the nearest goblin. She deftly pulls his feet off the ground and sends him crashing on the floor.
Now free of Darst's distractions, the half-elf turns his attention to the rest of the group. He pulls on his bow and shoots at the most obvious threat: Venmirl. The inquisitor tries to deflect the arrow with the thick skull of his klar but he's simply not quick enough. The projectile buries itself deep into the man's left shoulder . Venmirl simply hasn't time to recover before the closest goblin comes at him, waving his small dogslicer. The little creature slashes at his leg, cutting him just above knee .
Darst sees a goblin coming from the corridor east of him. His fellow goblin comes running at him, his dogslicer raised high. "We better, we cut you." he tells Darst in the goblinoid tongue.
The prone goblin is quick to get up and to try to cut the one that pulled him down. Syeira ducks to her left, taking cover by the stone wall. The goblin's dogslicer only cuts a chip off the stone corner .
"Catch first, doglover!" Darst sings. He adopts a guarded pose as he leaps forward so that he is directly north of the crates.
EDIT: Darst stops and tries to pick up an interesting bug in his tumble.
If I can take a five-foot step prior to the tumble, he can actually manage that with no +10 DC. Not that I expect that to make a difference.
Although my AC is 22 now, so I'll take my chances. :P
Izbahn knows the half-elf is the leader, so he tries to draw attention to himself, by launching his club at him.
I assume my edit to your quote was accurate, by the way.
EDIT: Say, I feel another song coming on...
Suddenly, Darst starts singing again.
"Elfy goes and shoots his sticks!
Bastard child gets his kicks!
But he no more than stupid mutts!
Darst's good knifesy make some cuts!
Leap and slash, run and stabbed!
Bring nasty elfy down a tabbed!
His poor sister is been nabbed!
By his selfy, traitor elfy!"
EDIT: Though I am kind of feeling guilty that I've sung more than the actual bard has. :D
EDIT: Though I am kind of feeling guilty that I've sung more than the actual bard has. :D
Taking a chance, Naomi loads her light stone into the sling and launches it at the goblin heckling Venmirl.
Darst jumps back, grabs a little bug, dodges a dogslicer cut and sings as he makes his way south. There, he jumps atop the tallest pile of crates. Perhaps this high position will advantage him.
Both Izbahn's and Naomi's attack fails, perhaps because Venmirl's large frame is hard to attack around.
Calla rubs her eyes, slowly recovering her sight. Looking around, she sees that Syeira might need some help against the goblin attacking her. She takes a few steps and tries to cut the goblin with her axes.
Calla pummel the goblin with powerful axe blows. The little humanoid is wounded and, as he's push back, he stumbles on the bricks and debris that litter the floor. He falls down and Calla finishes him by burying her smaller axe in his head.
After taking two vicious hits, Venmirl decides he would help his friends the best if he wasn't dead. He takes a 5' step to the side to get away from the goblin in front of him, then holds his totem for a moment while a wave of healing covers his body.
Venmirl takes a few steps back, away from the goblin. He calls upon his totem spirit and some of his wounds are healed.
With the goblin attacking her defeated, Syeira hesitates, not sure what her next move should be.
Now that Venmirl is partly out of view of the half-elf, he instead turn his attention toward the now exposed wizard. He pulls out yet another of his deadly arrows and sends it at Izbahn. The projectile punches through the mage's magical barrier, wounding him badly .
The goblin to the north jumps after Venmirl, slashing wildly at the shoanti. Venmirl blocks a few blows but he's a bit too slow on one parry and gets a cut on his weapon hand . To the south, another goblin pursues Darst, futilely hacking away at the friendly goblin. Darst, deeply focused on defense, is simply too fast.
Izbahn gasps as the arrow enters his shoulder. He grips his club, and sees if he can just finish off this goblin who jumped in front of him, a clear path will be opened up to get to the half elf archer. He mutters a quick oath and swings...
If the rest of his group wasn't behind him, they would see Venmirl's face redden with anger as he swings at the goblin in front of him.
Morningstar: damage:
Darst, who had been concentrated on singing, realizes he's moved in the opposite direction from his destination. He quickly tumbles off the crats, then hurries off through the unexplored hallway.
Oh, and thanks for the compliment, I'd been waiting for a more fitting avvy for a while now.
The goblin dodges Izbahn's club and the little creature laughs a bit as the weapon only hits air. He quickly loses his smirk (and his life) when Venmirl brutally smashes the side of his face with his trusty morningstar. Izbahn cringes as some of the goblin's blood splatters to his face.
Once again escaping the blade of his fellow goblin, Darst makes his way to the end of the eastern hallway. He passes by 2 closed wooden doors on the south wall before the passage takes a 90 degrees turn to the north. This way north seems to have been bricked off as there are some broken bricks and other debris on floor here, just like in the eastern corridor at the bottom of the stairs. In fact, it soon becomes apparent that this corridor completes the circle and leads back to the basement's entrance. Indeed, from where he's now, Darst can see the body of the goblin that was felled by Calla. There are also two more closed doors on the east wall of the northern corridor. Some light filters through the bottom of the south most door.
"I can see you now you worthless peice of..." Naomi trails off as she lets another bullet fly.
"I can see you now you worthless peice of..." Naomi trails off as she lets another bullet fly.
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