The goblin in the small room to the east opens the door and limps painfully out to the platform on the other side.
The two goblins still in the fray take their best shots at Magnauk and Hiro, though the one near Hiro has the disadvantage of being overwhelmed by the foul-smelling musk.
Magnauk easily swats aside the goblin's dogslicer, and Hiro avoids being struck by the shaken goblin below him by the simple expedient of stepping back slightly so that it can't reach his feet.
Kenji's blast of fire lances past the group and out to the goblin trailing the back, catches it full on in the chest, and sends it flying to the ground in a heap.
"Whoah! My 'flying flash fire kick' totally worked!"
"Great shot, Kenji!" Hiro exclaims as he takes another step along the walkway and slashes down a the goblin below.
With a soft FWSHH Hiro's blade cuts down the goblin below him as he advances to retake the step of ground he gave when he dodged the goblin's attack.
Kenji, emboldened by the success of his last attack, tries to use a similar maneuver against the last standing goblin.
and grimaces as his shot goes wide.
Jinda waves his axe in a threatening manner, and shouts the only word in goblin he knows,.
Lyraesel fires again finding her skill with a bow in the heat of combat sorelt lacking. With a snarl she drops her bow, drawing her dagger as the goblin closes.
Magnauk swings at the goblin hoping to incapacitate and not kill.
Kenji will step forward and attempt to deal a close combat blow to the target, shouting a "KYAAAH!" As he swings a foot at the goblin.
The badly-injured goblin limps along the walkway on the east side, headed for the door to the south of him, but is unable to yank it open as he nurses his wounds.
The goblin below Mangauk desperately tries to slice the half-orc.
His blow is ill-timed and doesn't faze the paladin in the least.
To the southwest, another door creaks open, and three more goblins emerge, yammering in their guttural tongue. Hiro can just make them out, around the corner and down one of the rickety lanes.
Magnauk is becoming frustrated at the little vile creatures and it shows.
You could have talked but NO!!!
Magnauk's muscles flex as he swings down hard on the creature before him.
Stepping forward in a crouch, Lyraesel's arm flashes forward, her dagger biting deep into the goblin before her.
Moving to the other side of Kenji, so as to have a clear line of site on Goblin 05, Jinda utters, "दंव रे" The shot definitely misses the goblin and splashes a small burst of ice against a pillar holding up the walkway. Oh.. I didn't realize this adventuring thing was going to be so tough, I'm bleeding a bit and can't even hit a goblin with the simplest of cantrips...
Kenji looks at Jinda who seems to be having a hard time, and makes a decision.
"Stay near me." he says, "I'll help keep them off you."
The goblin that Lyraesel slashed (goblin 5) staggers away from the group, doing his best to disengage. Since he can't withdraw (while staggered) and can't take a 5' step (since the fallen bodies of his compatriots are difficult terrain), this provokes attacks of opportunity from Magnauk and Lyraesel.
The three goblins who recently emerged from the room to the south come racing along the platform toward the group.
The goblins notice the strange scent of the harpy musk, but seem to gather their resolve against it.
As Jinda is having computer trouble and we're moving at a pretty good clip here, I'll take his action.
Jinda fires another ray of frost at the departing goblin (#5).
Hiro hops down off the walkway to await the onrushing goblins with his companions, taking up a defensive stance alongside Lyraesel.
CRUNCH! Magnauk's swing crushes the goblin as it tries to escape, killing it instantly.
Magnauk finishes the goblin in front of him and moves up the stairs toward the new threat.
you stupid goblins want nothing but your own destruction why is that.
The goblins come racing down the boards, heedless of their security, waving their dogslicers in the air and making quite a racket.
One of the goblins, amazingly, manages to give Magnauk momentary pause as his swing with the dogslicer catches the paladin by surprise and leaves the scarred half-orc having to adjust his guard at the last moment.
The goblin bringing up the rear also comes in range of the harpy stench emanating from Hiro's armor:
. . . which seems to put him at unease.
Kenji takes a shot, firing a blast of flames at the one that hesitated.
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The goblin that Kenji blasts (goblin 09) takes the fire full in the chest and neck, and spends the next several seconds dancing in a circle wildly, screaming at the top of its little goblin-lungs.
Standing shoulder to shoulder with Magnauk, Hiro slashes his katana at the goblin before him.
Moving up slightly, Jinda fires another Ray of Frost off at a goblin , aiming for the one hit by Kenji. "Lets see how a little fire and ice combo works!"
Magnauk swings his sword at the nearest goblin.
You evil creatures could turn from your ways but you choose not to.
Magnauks half hearted swing is way too high and the goblin easily ducks under it.
Hiro cuts down the goblin that he faces with one perfectly-placed swing. Jinda's bolt of frost, meanwhile, catches the hopping, shouting goblin and finishes the job that Kenji's fire blast started.
Moving forward, Lyraesel plunges her dagger into the goblin.
Lyraesel's attack manages to startle the goblin but not finish it, leaving it with a jagged stab wound that skids along one shoulder, only partly mitigated by the goblin's armor.
The lone standing goblin in the midst of the group looks sheepishly at the party surrounding it, and tries to withdraw, screaming at the top of its lungs.
The weak and badly-wounded goblin also fleeing along the platform to the east of the party uses some of its feeble strength to yank open the door to that chamber, at which point another three goblins come barreling out, with dogslicers at their belts and small shortbows in hand.
The goblins take up positions at the edge of the eastern platform and fire their bows at the party!
One arrow actually hits, and though Hiro shrugs it off, it certainly draws the party's attention.
"Bloody Hell!"shouts Jinda,his dwarven accent getting thick,"Who ever heard of the nasty little biters setting up an ambush like this!"
Jinda swirls about and takes aim on a goblin , and points a finger. "जादूची क्षेपणास्त्र" shouts Jinda, as a bolt of force shoots forth and slams into the goblin.
"Follow me!" Hiro hisses to Lyraesel and Magnauk as he races along the walkway and into the hut where the companions first encountered the goblins.
Grabbing up her bow, her dagger held between her teeth, Lyraesel sends an arrow after the fleeing goblin, before preparing to run after Hiro.
Magnauk seeing that arrows are coming from the other platform moves quickly towards the new attackers.
Lyraesel's shot goes wide, but it sure puts some extra fear into the fleeing goblin.
Magnauk finds that the goblins have left the various doors open, allowing him to barge through their filthy guard-towers unhindered. It's like they were born in a barn or something.
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The two wounded goblins continue fleeing, while the three with bows wait on the ledge as one of them jabbers some kind of directions in the goblin language. Apparently they're waiting for Magnauk and Hiro to come out the other side of the ramshackle room, at which point they'll likely launch arrows.
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