The Godtouched manage to staunch the wounds of the townsfolk they encounter with the exception of one who is too far gone, he is in the hands of whatever God he worshipped now. The man must have recently moved here as non of you recognize him.
The sounds of fighting grow distant now as the attack appears to have been repelled.
On top of that you have taken a prisoner!
Lia considers from where the attack came but is still considering all the variables and has yet to come up with a solid thesis, at least one that she feels ready to present to the group.
Just as you consider what to do next and where to go you hear a shout.
"HELP!!!" accompanied by loud barking from more than one dog...
Rojava looks around trying to place where the barking is coming from.
Windsight's head turns unerringly towards where the hounds are kicking up a fuss. Giving a sharp whistle - poor guy can't whistle a tune to save his life, but he can be heard for a hundred yards or more - he points in the direction of the dogs' racket. "Business!!"
As she is finishing up assisting with the wounded townfolk, Rojava isn't able to get a bearing on where the new barking and other commotion is coming from. That is until Windsight shouts and points off in another direction.
Looks like we're moving on from here. Oh, I've got to do something about the goblin!
Rojava runs back over to the goblin she left on the ground. Looking around, there's only one person who seens to have the wherewithal to help, and isn't already busy. The townspeople nearby are in shock, Lia seems to be off in her own world, and all the others are preparing to head in the direction of the ruckus. Kira! Come here! I need your help!
Rojava casts around for something to better bind the goblin, but there's nothing in sight. Then a very sad idea comes to her. She grabs her rebec from her satchel and quickly unstrings it. She uses two strings to bind the goblin at the ankles and knees, and the third to tie across at the elbows. Along with her sling tying the goblin's wrists, it should be staying pat. Hope I don't need my sling, and that I get this stuff back.
I'd gag the little monster, but how would I even get started with a mouth like that?
Kira, I need you to make sure this goblin doesn't go anywhere when he comes to. Threaten him, sit on him, keep him tripped, whatever. Just keep him here until the town watch can collect him or I get back.
Rojava frisks the creature one more time for weapons, and then prepares to run in the direction Windsight indicated.
As Lia is holding on to Kira while trying to remember her dream, when Roja calls out to her, she is also led over towards the goblin, keeping her eyes closed as if dreamwalking.
When there, she suddenly opens her eyes, then looks at Kira and the Goblin.
Rojava looks at the doubtful expressions of Kira's and Lia's faces.
Oh right, good point. She draws a dagger out of her boot and hands it to Kira.
Here take this. If the bugger starts squirming around too much or making too much noise, give him a poke with this and tell him to stop.
Kira takes the dagger, "I'll be fine Lia, go help whoever needs it!"
Windsight points north and to the north the Godtouched race. There isnot much in the area except the White Deer the north gate and one solitary home. Next to that home is where the scene unfolds before you.
A Goblin mounted on a Goblin dog is attacking a solitary hunting hound. From your vantage point, the hound is guarding a citizen who is hiding behind a rain barrel. Watching the scene unfold from the side of the house are three more Goblins seemingly cowed by the large dog.
The hunting hound though is no match for a Goblin and its rider, as you come into range, the Goblin's horsechopper brings the hound low with a whimper.
Gwyddym Soarsong
Karina of the Flame
Lia Tani
Marcelano Alazario
Matrim of Shadows
Rojava Brishen
Windsight
Goblins
Goblin Commando & Goblin Dog
If you charge up the Goblins will become aware of you as they are on alert just facing in the other direction. The Goblins are currently 80' from your position. Your group is standing at the intersection of Church Street near the White Deer.
No map for this battle in the book so we will use Theater of the Mind.
What do you do?
Gwyddym Soarsong
Goblin Commando & Goblin Dog
Matrim, Rojava, Karina
Goblins (3)
Lia, Marcelano, Windsight
Gwyd cringes as he sees the goblin slice into the poor hound.
More! Vile, verminous, wretched beasts. Why can't they just leave us well enough alone! No more citizens getting hurt by this ridiculous band of miscreants!
With perhaps a touch more anger than his previous songs, Gwyd begins singing his tune once more.
Gwyd steps around his compatriots, coming to Windsight's side.
Windsight! Let your arrows streak straight and true. Shelyn's hand will guide you. Bring those bastards down. He says firmly, but quietly, as his hand falls on Windsight's shoulder, letting Shelyn's luck flow through his touch.
Anyone who wants to do something in the surprise round should go!
I guess you can do both the luck and the song? Cool. Best would have Lia touch Marcelano with luck, plus anyone else who has a ranged attack, and we all get a +1 and a re-roll for our attacks, which should definitely help counter any range category penalty you might have, like I do.
Windsight has a +1 on the flurry, +1 for the song, -2 for range. Flurryshot against the rider.
Doubt the crit confirms, but just in case ...
With naught but a nod of certainty, the Shoanti's hand dips down to draw two arrows from his thigh-quiver. Nocking one without taking his eyes from the mounted goblin, the thumb ring lets him draw the bow even as he lifts it, the stiff vanes brushing against his cheekbone before he lets it go. Without altering his stance - before the arrow even reaches its target to sink in - the second arrow is nocked, drawn, and with a flex of his thumb released. The bowstring's second snap against his leather forearm protection is decisive.
Could have used that sling after all. thinks Rojave as she sizes up the scene.
Too much distance to cover before they're aware and prepared, but that poor person is going to get mauled if some of the heat isn't taken off them. I'm probably going to regret this...
Rojava doesn't want to make too much noise, even though arrows are already in the air. She hisses loudly enough for the others to hear. Surprise isn't going to help much, so let's just go!
And with that she sets off at a run toward the goblins.
Seeing the goblins in the distance and knowing that they will see the group soon, he calls upon the powers he has been enchanted with to summon a fog around the goblins, before they notice them.
Seeing more goblins menacing civilians Karina jogs down the path towards them. Damn, too far, too far! I hope Windsight and Marcelano can put a few arrows in them by the time I get there.
Seeing others rush forward, Lia will move ahead as well, staying well behind the others(knowing that Windsight would miss his shot if she was to rush ahead), then getting out of sight from the goblins behind one of the buildings, Flutter hovering in place above her head while she starts sneaking around the building in a catlike manner.
Windsight's arrows embed themselves into the Goblins legs, he snarls a challenge as the fog envelopes him. The Godtouched move forward to face an enemy that they can no longer see very well thanks to Matrim's fog.
Gwydd's voice can be heard clearly an gives the young heroes heart at least until the Goblin rider comes dashing out of the fog to meet them!
The Goblins strikes with his horse chopper at Karina while his mount snaps its jaws at Ro.
Ride .
Goblin Dog Bite .
Damage .
Goblin #1 Ranged Attack . Shortbow . Damage .
Goblin #2 Ranged Attack . Shortbow . Damage .
Goblin #3 Ranged Attack . Shortbow . Damage .
The horsechopper is used to devastating effect as Karina is brough to the ground!
The Goblin dog tears a chunk out of Marcelano's right shoulder. .
As Rojava runs toward the goblins, then suddenly the fog cloud, a goblin riding on a dog-rat thing comes bounding and of the fog. The rider and his mount race by her and plow into Karina and Marcellano, wounding them both terribly.
Oh Mother Moon, help me make this count or there might be a bunch of dead bodies on the ground real quick!
Ro changes course and comes in behind the goblin, thrusting at it with her rapier.
Matrim moves 60 feet forward.
The goblin's mighty blow nearly fells Karina, but her orc heritage makes her too stubborn to fall down. She steps away from the goblin that struck her to fall unconscious behind Marcelano.
Her wounds quickly stop bleeding.
Ro's charge proves to be the end of the Goblin rider as it slides off of the horse with an unceremonious thud.
The twang of bows can be heard as the Goblins opt to fire out from the fog that enshrouds them.
Miss Chance #2 .
Miss Chance #3 .
Arrow #1
Arrow #2
Arrow #3
The arrows scatter the field near where the attack is taking place, by sheer unluckiness, Karina is struck i the leg by one of the arrows.
Move 30', then use my Hero Point to take an additional Standard Action - two seperate attacks. First attack, I will be using Perfect Strike; second attack is as normal.
Base +2, +1 Point-Blank, +1 Inspire Courage
Damage: 1d6 + 1 Point-Blank, +1 Inspire Courage
Man, I have bad luck with rolling 1s for damage. But 10hp ought to finish it off!!
Windsight fumbles his second arrow, and it drops to the ground at his feet. Unconsciously he glances down at it, and when he looks back up he can only watch as both Karina and Marcelano are savaged by the goblin and his mount, his own arrow stuck seemingly uselessly in the goblin's leg. Rojava's thrust from behind into the rider makes Windsight want to cheer - especially as it makes the goblin slide off his goblin dog!!
Damn thing is dangerous, Windsight thinks to himself as he hurries forward, eyeing both Karina's downed form and Marcelano's doesn't-look-very-good-right-now threatened self. After giving a flick of his eyes towards the fog, two more arrows drawn from his thigh sheath, he sets himself, then deliberately narrows his focus to the goblin dog - and, just for a moment, only the goblin dog. "Erastil!!" he shouts, finishing the prayer mentally: Guide my shots!
His bowstring snaps vigorously against his bracer as he fires the first arrow; seeing it sink deep into the goblin dog's side, he hurriedly nocks the second arrow, draws, and releases, to watch it too streak into the creature.
Lia looks up towards Flutter, while sneaking along at the house wall, whispering:"See, I told you. Bad stuff happened. Now shhhh...be silent!"
These Goblins blindly fire out of the cloud, taking chances with their shots. Lets see if they remain there...
Lia proceeds further upwards, using available cover as possible to sneak to the upper end of the fog cloud, ducking behind a wheelbarrow there.
Marcelano dodges out of the way as he hears Windsight charging up to their position, he seems hurt and knows he is doing more harm then good in the way of the deadly archer.
The Goblin dog whimpers in pain as the arrows of the Monk lay it low.
From the fog the Goblins hoot and howl as they her the sounds of their dogs' last breath!
Morale #2
Morale #3
Gwyddym Soarsong, Matrim, Rojava, Karina(Incapacitated)
Goblins (3)
Lia, Marcelano, Windsight
As soon as she sees the two arrows sink into the goblin dog and lay it low, Rojava comes off guard and leaps over it. She scrambles over to Karina and kneels down beside her. She rolls Karina gently onto her back to get a better look at her wounds. Placing one hand on the slice made by the horse chopper and the other on the arrow wound, she recites a short string of words to cast a spell. The wounds begin to close under Rojava's hands.
"It's time to wake up now honey, we need to get you up on your feet."
Matrim moves up to the edge of the fog and readies for a goblin to wonder out within his reach.
Gwyd breaks into a run, quickly covering the ground to stop between the mass of Godtouched by the former Goblin rider and the bank of fog. Not letting his song stop as he moved, he continues pouring his soul into a powerful chant.
Karina blinks as her wounds close and consciousness returns. She looks up at Rojava, "Thanks Ro, are the goblins still fighting?"
Rojava helps Karina up.
"The goblin rider who hit you and his mount are down. There are maybe three more goblins over in the fog, but that seems to be all of them around here. I'm going to run up there and see about the person who was up by the corner of the building. They're awfully close to the goblins and we can't see what's happening from here. I don't think you're quite fit for another tangle just yet Karina. Go have Gwyd see to you first alright?"
The Goblins hoot and hollar in the fog and the twang of arrows can be heard echoing from that area.
Miss chance now 50% as most combatants have vacated the area.
Miss Chance #1 .
Miss Chance #2 .
Miss Chance #3 .
Arrow #1 . Damage .
Arrow #2 . Damage .
Arrow #3 . Damage .
Two of the Goblins fire their arrows into the building nearby, the remaining arrow sinks into the ground six feet from where Ro was standing before she moved.
"Enjoy the amazing magicolor Dreamfog!", Lia makes her presence known, standing up and showering the area within the fog with another Color Spray, before moving away from the spot, hoping to find the Person the Goblins originally attacked.
Willpower
Willpower
Willpower
Through the haze of the fog, Lia can see that all of the foes have been incapacitated! You will need to act quickly to take advantage of the spells effect.
Rojava runs up to the fog cloud and then around it, skirting the edge. Once she's on the far side she begins to look around for the person who was hiding from the goblins behind the barrels.
"Is everyone else alright? Did anyone else get injured?" Karina starts limping around making a headcount of the god-touched.
The brilliant cascade of the color spray lights up the fog, and - at least in Windsight's experience - Lia is the only one likely to have done that. "You little -- didn't you learn from last time??" he can't help thinking to himself. He finds himself running forward after Matrim, but while the knife fighter slows up before entering the fog, the archer plunges into it, knowing that Lia could very well be alone on the other side, facing three irate fatheads.
He almost trips over one of the fallen goblins; catching himself, he draws an arrow from his thigh quiver, nocks, then settles the heel of his foot above the goblin's throat. The stamp downwards is almost an afterthought, but it's definitely a violent and emphatic one.
Not even a dead goblin is a good goblin - but it's better than a live goblin.
Gwyd watches as the fog bank in the distance flickers with every color of the rainbow. He turns quickly and takes a step to Karina's side.
Karina, let Shelyn's grace flow through you. Can't have you too beat up this night, it would seem. Gwyd says as he lays a hand gently on her shoulder, singing the words to cast his spell.
"Thanks Gwydd, any idea what's going on with the goblins?" Karina looks around the corner of the building towards the fog.
"Looks like the last of them are down. Better go check to see if we have any prisoners." Karina starts walking towards the fog.
Rojava reaches the far side of the mist and begins to look around.
The Shoanti have a saying (as they do for many things): "The survival of your enemy is the death of your kin." Windsight has no intention of giving destruction-loving goblins a second chance at burning down the town which has accepted his presence for the past year; he has heard of difficulties enough in the past years. Unless he is stopped, he will move on to the next goblin - and then the one after that, killing the dazed malevolences.
Gwyd turns and follows Karina, not too keen to be far from the stronger Godtouched. With goblins terrorizing the place, there was no chance he was wandering around by himself.
Looking around he sees that the goblins in the fog are down on the ground.
Thank you Shelyn for your protection. The little monsters are truly a terror. Please give me a sign of what you want me to do!
Gwyd starts singing, not putting any magic behind it, just trying to keep their spirits high and his mind off the nightmare unfolding around them.