"Are those...goblins???" Nadine can't decide if she should fight...or bolt.
"Oh my! That's a goblin! Quick everyone head to the church!"
Rising to her feet, Alesha quickly took out her morningstar holding it in both hands.
Lowering his hat, Darnak turns and takes his leave. Ya know, if it were only him in this town, I'd seriously consider lettin' this town burn.
Quickly turning to the sound of 'singing', Darnak's eyes go wide at the sight of the small creatures. he warns loudly, heading toward the nearest one.
Absorbed as he mulls over the speeches and overwhelmed by the whirlwind of conversation around him, Ahdak very nearly misses the darting figure with its bloodied blade. Alarmed, he responds to the shouted warnings, "Yes, I see the creature! Defend those who cannot fight!" Ahdak reaches to lay a single finger on his dwarven friend's shoulder, he chants in Shoanti, "kusamala munthu uyu ndi zoipa, mizimu ya Lyrune!"
Guard this man against evil, spirits of the Lyrune!
"This blessing will guard you against the blades of these fiends, friend Baldek."
Inital Assault - Surprise Round - concluded
23 Red Goblin
22 Yellow Goblin
21 White Goblin
21 Ahdak
20 Green Goblin
17 Sarvo (surprised)
16 Darnak
13 Blue Goblin
7 Nadine
5 Baldek
3 Alesta
Seeing the goblins spilling into the churchyard, Ahdak acts quickly casting a warding spell versus evil on Baldek. The odd little dwarf leaps to his feet, also spying the goblins, and draws out the bit of wood he carries as a club, brandishing it in earnest at the thought of cracking some goblinoid skulls.
Darnak leaps from the table and starts forward ready to fight against the spreading menace of the goblin horde.
Alesta stands and draws out her weapon, looking for a target, while Nadine dithers about running away with the rest of the villagers or using her power to make a stand and save someone.
End of Surprise Round
Initial Assault - Round 1
23 Red Goblin
22 Yellow Goblin
21 White Goblin
21 Ahdak
20 Green Goblin
17 Sarvo
16 Darnak
13 Blue Goblin
7 Nadine
5 Baldek (PfE active)
3 Alesta
The family of Varisian peddlers dodges into a nearby pavilion, chased by Red Goblin who quickly loses interest. It turns in time to see the little dwarf monk, Darnak, approach belligerently. With a wicked cackle, the Red Goblin turns to face off with the insolent dwarf.
Yellow Goblin also sees the dwarf and moves to engage him with a swing of his wicked dogslicer, the assault is more mindless fury than an actual skillful attack, and Darnak avoids the pointy blade with ease.
After gutting the Shoanti pie-seller, White Goblin draws a blade across his throat, finishing the job. Capering with glee, the goblin then grabs a handful of pie and stuffs into its over-sized maw, chewing greedily.
Ahdak snarls angrily as the pie-seller is cruelly gutted by the madly cackling goblin. Eyes burning angrily, in the first outright display of emotion most of his companions would have seen, the shaman moves a few quick steps, before turning and chanting again in Shoanti, "Makolo, ndikupemphani kuyankha kuitana wanga! Tiyeni nyenyezi khungu awa mwankhanza nyama." With a simple flourish, he tosses a dusting of sparkling red sand at the creatures. As it leaves his hand, bright starlight bursts from thrown dust, consuming the two nearest goblins.
"We must kill these vile things quickly! No more should die this day!"
Initial Assault - Round 1 - continued
After casting a protective spell early on, Ahdak, angered by the slaughter of innocent villagers, takes the fight to the goblins. He steps up next to Darnak and unleashes a swirling vortex of coruscating colors and patters that first hypnotizes the goblins, then begins to entrance them. Quickly, both fall to the ground, their feeble frontal cortex totally blown by the illusory spell.
Green Goblin catches the spiral of color out of the corner of his eye, and leaves off terrorizing simple villagers to go investigate. He sees the fierce dwarf and the tattooed half-orc cannily circles behind another tent, trying to get the drop on the half-orc.
Nice die rolls!
So kind of these goblins to think of coin pouch by coming here A small feral grin appeared on Karl's face as he began his advance. His axe was in his right and his Quickdraw shield was covering left forearm.
The chaos of battle was all too familiar to him, like a certain type of weather he's been living under for most of his life. Still even in this disorder one could see patterns and whoever could read them best would probably come out alive and breathing.
Karl moved in a speed thar belied his size. His axe raised, the red light of the setting sun gleaming of the blade that sought another kind of crimson coat. In an instant the weapon came crashing down upon the goblin, screaming against the air as it seemed it's skull.
After seeing the man killed by the goblin the aasimar yells in Celestial, "Aujourd'hui vous mourez serviteur du mal!"
Today you die servant of evil!
She then charges the goblin murderer swinging her morningstar as numerous bells ring out, as if to warn the entire town!
Seeing that Karl has the one goblin occupied, Darnak heads north toward the other two.
Unwilling to abandon those in need, but equally unwilling to reveal her true nature in the heat of combat, Nadine makes a quick decision. Ducking to the side of Alesta she focuses on the green goblin, using her arcane ability to siphon it's luck, making it easier for those attacking it to get a blow in.
Initial Assault - Round 1 - concluded
AS the rest of the crowd is scattering pell-mell or entranced by the pretty colors cast by the orcish shaman, Sarvo notices the sneaky goblin coming up behind his mates. With a cat-like rush and leap, the bodyguard readies his weapon and shield, burying his blade deep in the goblin's midsection. The goblin quivers but just won't quite die.
With the Green Goblin fully engaged, Darnak sets out to rid the churchyard of the rest of the pests. He rushes across the crowded space, zig-zagging through the careening rush of villagers and ending up just short of the goblins positions.
Leaving off his ransacking of the pie vendor's cart, Blue Goblin turns to face the onrushing Darnak, a gleeful smile on his face. Dwarfy, die like dog. Bleed in the street!" it mutters, moving to strike but loses its grip on the blade thanks to pie-covered fingers, and as the goblin fumbles for his weapon, the opportunity to strike passes.
Trying to keep her true nature hidden from the others around her, Nadine slings a hex at the already stabbed Green Goblin, making him a bit slower on the defensive than he had been.
Baldek rushes forward, trying to keep pace with his dwarven brother, but he always seems to step just into a fleeing townsperson, rather then deftly avoiding them like Darnak.
Horrified at the evilness taking place before here, Alesta calls out a warning in her strange native tongue that makes the crowd part before her and the church bells peal. Rushing to stop the goblin killers, the aasimar cannot make an effective attack.
End of Round 1
Initial Assault - Round 2
As the sun continues its decline in the west and the shadows stretch long over Sandpoint's new cathedral, goblins swarm the yard, screaming, stomping and stabbing everything in sight. The maddening song is chanted from dozens of voices all at once:
Goblins race and Goblins jump; Goblins slash and goblins bump. Burn the skin and mash the head. Goblins here and you be dead!"
White Goblins rushes towards the off-balance Alesta, trying to come in low under guard and gut the defiant aasimar. While Alesta is able to avoid the worst of the blow, she does take a wound in the belly for 3hp dmg.
Alesta goaned a bit from being injured but she refused to give up as she swung her morningstar at the goblin.
Initial Assault - Round 2 - continued
23 Red Goblin (unconscious 4 rounds)
22 Yellow Goblin (unconscious 4 rounds)
21 White Goblin
21 Ahdak
20 Green Goblin (5hp dmg, evil eye AC)
17 Sarvo
16 Darnak
13 Blue Goblin
7 Nadine
5 Baldek (PfE active)
3 Alesta
The half-orc shaman smiles as his hypnotic pattern of lights and colors works to amazing effect against the two nearest goblins. There happen to be many more ransacking the village, so he grips the handle of his morningstar and turns to face the one that has crept up behind. Swinging ruthlessly, the shaman's blow is parried by the fading Green Goblin. Knowing he's not a combat expert, Ahdak steps away from the fight looking to where his skills can be of use later.
The mortally wounded goblin flings himself on Sarvo, stabbing furiously at the longshanks as his last drops of blood seep out onto the churchyard grass. As The cagey fighter easily avoids the blow, the goblin falls down spent and dies.
I appreciate the business you brought me and for handing it all on a silver plater by killing yourself Karl turned away from the dead goblin and surveyed their small warzone, so far it seemed like the tide of battle favored them but he knew the tides of battle could shift and swallow them all in the whirlpool of defeat, so for now he’d press that advantage for as long as possible and that meant not giving the goblins any inkling that they could turn this around and lucky for him that also meant doing his job as Alesta's bodyguard.
The merc inhaled deeply then launched himself in manner that resembled the charge of a raging bull; wild but focused on it's purpose. In little time Sarvo stood before the goblin that assaulted his client. The bounty hunter used the momentum of his dash to further strengthen his rising diagonal slash. Karl let the blade rise long after its initial Strike, twisted his wrist then brought the axe down brutally on the small raider's head.
I appreciate the business you brought me and for handing it all on a silver plater by killing yourself Karl turned away from the dead goblin and surveyed their small warzone, so far it seemed like the tide of battle favored them but he knew the tides of battle could shift and swallow them all in the whirlpool of defeat, so for now he’d press that advantage for as long as possible and that meant not giving the goblins any inkling that they could turn this around, but he also had to take his client into consideration and she out of reach...it was then that the hired blade noticed the dwarf and the goblin they were about to pounce on.
I take care of their goblin and they'll go after the one hounding Alesta It appeared to Karl to be the only logical think to do besides stand around and do nothing, even though he knew that making that shot would be difficult. Sarvo sauntered forwarded and with a few movements from his fingers the light shield on his forearm rose up, leaving his hand free to perform other tasks.
Once he got as close as he could, Karl unsheathed a dart, aimed and let it loose with a wild swing.
As Sarvo has the one goblin occupied, Darnak moves up and turns his attention to the one threatening the colorful bard. "Hey, stupid, you weren't invited," he says as he goes into a flurry of attacks.
Missing horribly, "Well... you're still stupid."
Initial Assault - Round 2 - continued
After downing one goblin, Sarvo launches himself forward through the crowd and the nearby allies looking to give aid to his client, Alesta who has her hands full with a little menace. Retrieving a dart, the bounty-hunter hurtles one at another goblin, successfully braining, it and dropping it with one shot.
Seeing the goblin near him fall to the dart from behind, Darnak spins into a flurry of blows against White Goblin. Unfortunately, the goblin is quick and is able to leap just out of reach of the dwarven monk.
Though they seemed dazed for the moment, Nadine knew there was no such thing as a "safe" goblin. Having heard stories of the Goblinblood Wars, Nadine wanted to make sure that these violent little creatures stayed down.
Initial Assault - Round 2 - concluded
Seeing most of the nearby goblins taken out, both Nadine and Baldek have the same idea, moving towards the stunned and fallen ones, ready to make sure they never get up again.
Still in combat with White Goblin and now injured, Alesta swings her morningstar, but the wound causes her to just miss smashing the last goblin fighter, instead catching nothing but air.
End of Round 2
Initial Assault - Round 3
23 Red Goblin (unconscious 3 rounds)
22 Yellow Goblin (unconscious 3 rounds)
21 White Goblin
21 Ahdak
17 Sarvo
16 Darnak
7 Nadine
5 Baldek (PfE active)
3 Alesta
As the other goblins still sleep off the effects of Ahdak's Color Spray, switches targets to the unarmored dwarf, slicing at his foe while giggling crazily. Darnak is able to block the downward stroke with his forearm, and escapes the attack without injury. The outnumbered goblin disengages stepping back around the pavilion trying to buy a little time with maneuver.
The battle if one could still call it that was nearing it's end. Only one goblin was in any shape to fight back and the one's that were still breathing will more than likely stop sooner or later, courtesy of his new companions in battle. Still it was Karl's policy to not take it easy until the job was done, and as long as there was one of these buggers standing that job wasn't over.
Karl's free hand gripped the lower part of the handle of the battle axe, fitting snugly next to his right. The bounty hunter went forward his eyes on the goblin that had previously injured his client You made me look like an amateur today, I have to admit that does make me a bit livid The towering form of Sarvo cast a shadow over the fleeing goblin and for a moment it seemed that Karl would not move from his spot. That something invisible had halted the advance of this merciless fighter...but as soon as that moment passed an explosion of motion possessed Karl as he raised his axe up high and brought it down with unchecked brutality.
Looking down at the unconscious creature, Nadine almost felt bad for it. Almost. She draws her knife across it's throat.
Alesha swung her morningstar once again, hoping she'll hit the goblin.
Initial Assault - Round 3 - concluded
Seeing the battle well in hand and not seeing a place where he can be of much value yet, Ahdak delays pending the actions of the others.
Sarvo rushes into the melee with the lone remaining goblin, his axe gripped tightly in both hands. With one powerful swing the man chops neatly into the goblin, ending his life in the stroke. And ending the fight.
Blows by Nadine and Baldek finish off the unconscious goblins ending the immediate threat in the churchyard.
With the chaotic scene in the chuchyard at a standstill for now, the heroes stop and get their breath and bearings. Just a few moments ago, this was a peaceful scene, with children playing and families enjoying the cool evening, but in a shattered moment it all hell broke loose. Now villagers lie murdered in the street, tables are overturned, survivors run pell-mell through the ruined churchyard. Here and there, wounded moan in pain, and the hideous shrieking singing of the goblins continues in other parts of the village.
Suddenly a blooming burst of flame erupts from a nearby wagon. Another group of goblins has found the fuel and kindling for the planned bonfire, and have started a blaze that only goblins could love.
Another troupe of goblins, flaming brands and daggers in hand, and led by a whip-wielding singing goblin, have made their presence known at teh other end of the chruchyard. Time to get back in gear.
Goblin Pyros - Round 1
25 Green Goblin
20 Sarvo
19 Nadine
19 Yellow Goblin
17 White Goblin
15 Purple Chanter
14 Red Goblin
14 Ahdak
14 Baldek
7 Blue Goblin
5 Darnak
3 Alesta
Green Goblin leans in and takes a burning brand from the new fire, swinging it to and fro mesmerized by the flames. Then the little runt moves off towards a nearby building looking to spread the fire.
Snapping his head around to see what all the commotion is, Darnak takes a deep breath. "Looks like we've still got our work cut out for us," he says to those near him. "And I'm thinkin' we'd better stop that one first," he motions with a nod at the one heading for a building with a lit torch.
Alesta agreed.
"These foul creatures have caused enough death today! We shall put a stop to their evil before more innocents are harmed!"
With axe still dripping blood from his latest kill, Sarvo turned to look at the latest group to join their little production of violence and pain. His eyes were greeted by the sight of flames consuming a wagon, much to the glee of the goblins that started said fire The quality of the Sandpoint guards is showing itself right here...thee people had every right to be jolly and complacent with hard and alert men like those at the gate Deciding to leave the sarcastic remark to himself...for now, Karl began moving in the direction of the flames and their newest foes, the blazing wagon casting a new shadow for him as he drew closer.
"Lets not keep our friends waiting I am sure their sick of their miserable lives" He said to Darnak and Alesta, his tone somewhere between amusement and cruelty.
Karl's shield fell into place at his forearm once more and he pounded it twice with the broad side of his axe, in hopes the noise will attract the goblins attention. The bounty hunter looked the closest goblin in the eye and then swung his axe hard at thin air, causing what blood that hasn't hardened to splatter in front of him. A sinister smile appeared on Sarvo's face as he kept his eyes on his latest target.
Startled by the appearance of the second goblin pack, Nadine stumbles back a few paces and turns to run. But then she stops herself, shakes her head, and turns back around with her dagger in a defensive position. She wouldn't be able to live with herself if she ran when she could have helped. Besides, this group seemed more than capable enough to repel these vile party-crashers. And if she really needed to escape, she wouldn't feel too bad high-tailing it. No one would blame her..
Ahdak watches with calm satisfaction as the last of the goblins fall beneath his newfound companion's blades. Before he can offer assistance to the wounded, the clatter and shrieks of more goblins makes him aware of the second band. Sighing in vexation, he readies his morning star as he trots towards the new threat, calling to his companions, "Come, fellows, our gristly work is not done yet."
Goblin Pyros - Round 1 - continued
Seeing the blaze ignite the churchyard as the sun sets, Sarvo turns to face the new foes. Moving as quickly as he can through the chaotic scene, he bashes his weapon against his quick-draw shield, trying to frighten the newly arrived goblins, but his distance, plus the presence of the caterwauling goblin singer encourages the fire-loving goblins and they ignore the man for now.
At first spooked by the sudden conflagration and the presence of more bloodthirsty goblins, Nadine steps back, then steels herself, buoyed by the presence of such quality fighters. Readying her small blade, the witch stands a bit taller, watching out to defend herself if any come near.
Also lighting a wooden stake, Yellow Goblin sets off for the nearest flammable structure, a nearby pavilion where a Varisian merchant and family lie huddled unaware of the oncoming flames.
Blissfully enraptured by the dancing flames in the otherwise darkened town, White Goblin takes a flaming stave and also looks to spread the fire to a nearby building.
Directing the goblins to spread the lovely fire, the songstress continues her horrific singing, which seems to make the goblins dance and caper even more.
The same pavilion where the Varisian merchant lies huddled is set alight by Red Goblin who tosses his staff into the tent, cruelly gesturing with one scaly finger for the family to come out, while he wields his rusty dogslicer, ready for the final blow.
Moving toward Sarvo who seems to be leading the charge, Ahdak readies his morningstar in case a goblin comes near, but all the little rascals seem to be transfixed with the fire and aren't actively engaging in melee just yet.
"Lets not keep our friends waiting I am sure their sick of their miserable lives" He said to Darnak and Alesta, his tone somewhere between amusement and cruelty.
"Right behind ya, lad." Darnak takes off toward the goblins, trying to get there as quick as possible.
Alesta nodded, hurrying as fast as she could hoping and praying that they could save the endangered family.