The lizardfolk moves towards Chretien and casts fog cloud over Cretien's space.
The second one moves double moves into the fogcloud.
Round 2
Chretien
Cretien will ready his action to shoot his mosin-nagant at the first enemy to come within 5ft of him (due to fog cloud).
Once that attack happens, free action Lightning Change to activate my heavy steel shield, and spend my AoO to use Active Defense versus the lizardman attack.
The priest marched into the cloud and Cretien is his by a cone of cold DC 17 Reflex doing freezing damage
The other one moves towards Chretien, bleeding attack confirm confirm sneak attack damage.
Chretien
ok so what kind of attack was that bleeding attack? melee? I assume so because of fog cloud
roll 2x and take better from Perfect Shot
Chretien uses the smoke to escape. The former dragon horde is heavily guarded. hord
Meanwhile, Kort and Femi are able to find the cure for the contaminated water and are able to administer the cure to city's children and find out which watering holes are contaminated.
The group decide to message each other to see what options there are left.
While we're here, I suggest we hunt for the missing doctor then, after a time, head to the Bruse. I can teleport to Cretien, and teleport him back with the group and still have a few scrolls left over for emergencies.
"I believe we have completed all of our assigned tasks. I will just need to go report that we were able to arrange the blessing for his ship and confirm dates, then report back. When you say the Doctor is missing, did you mean the one among our number or a different doctor?"
"Very well Doctor. Let's go ahead and see if we can find your missing colleague."
Femi goes and picks up Cretien and brings him to where the rest of the party was. Your group tells the admiral when PM Lee will be coming to do the official ceremony in about a weeks time, to gain the blessing of Beshela. You then ask him where you can find the good doctor and he mentions to you that he was taken by the Fuego Goblin tribe in the mountains and tells you where they last had attacked the Admiral's men.
You take a carriage to the location and you see the refuse of a half burned village and there are people there mostly orcs but a few humans.
John will approach the refugees and ask "Gods! This is terrible! Who has wronged you so, and how can I and my companions help you?"
An orc man says, "We were set upon by Goblins, senores. Coming from the mountain."
"Well, consider the nation of Risur on it. Can you point us in the right direction?"
He furrow his brow and says, "Heh?Risur Senor we are in Ber." he points in the direction he thinks the goblins went to.
"That is certainly true, but unlike some governments, we will certainly not turn our backs on you."
"If we struggle with the tracks," Femi begins as he looks at the ground without much skill, [b]"I can commune with the birds and find our way perhaps.
After about three hours of hiking through the wooded forest, you come upon a goblin village surrounded by a stretch of caves in a horseshoe-shaped valley. The goblins seem to be living with large insects and are grilling up some meat on a spit.
They seem a bit primitive and among them you see a human male checking goblin children for ailments.
Chretien
"A man of some history." Cretien says
Perception DC 12
Peering at the human among the goblins, Dr. Runemace frowned.
"No bindings, no torture... Are we sure this is a rescue? He does not seem to be a captive to my eyes." He said to the others.
"Well, he is a doctor. Perhaps he came here of his own accord. He looks content to heal the children."
"Let's talk to him." agrees Femi. He'll cast Heroism upon himself by way of preparation.
He'll casually stride forward and call out to the man, "Hey there! We mean no harm necessarily, but we have some questions! Perhaps you could assist us?"
He waives with one hand, leaning on his staff with the other.
(heroism)
"Yes, at the very least we should be able to see if he's under mental control."
Femi walks toward the doctor with his stethoscope around his neck, he turns towards him and says, "Hallo, I've mebe gots sum ansvers. Waat would you like me to help u vith?"
He cups his eyes with his hands to protect them from the sun and he sees Cretien and says, "Constable Dufrene it vis gut zu see you. Is Constable Escheus wit you?"
John says nothing, but instead opts to observe the doctor to see if he is under mental domination.
Cretien looks slightly to the side, saying "No, a lot of time has passed."
"What can you tell us of these goblins? What's going on here?" Femi asks lightly. He's genuinely curious as to what the doctor is doing here.
John
The doctor responds, "Vell, After Constable Dufrene and his colleagues rescued me from the he then looks back and forth and continues, "Ob, I eventually found my vay to Ber, vandering for a few months before finding the poor Fuego goblin tribe who all needed treatment for dragon worm. I've been working on a cure wit dem and am close to a breakthrough. Ja."
He then says, "Well, it seems zat ze Orks have push zese goblyns from zer home in ze Caldera whilst zhey ver looking fer a drachenhorde, so zhey vanted to get some supplies but ze orks did not vant to trade vit zhem."
"So it sounds like there is an invading force that arrived recently that has no desire to cooperate with their neighbors. That's not great."
"No, not great at all. I'm bettin' we're doing to need to deal with this invading force to some degree or other. How should we approach this? I think we need to know more. Might need some backup."
"I mean we're good in a skirmish, but the group of us against an army of something-or-others? That's more that we can handle alone perhaps."
"Do you know how many Orcs there are?"
"Indeed, skirmish tactics would be a requirement for us. We would need to know more about the surrounding environs as well. Chokepoints and such."
The Doctor says, "Vell, ze Admiral has very much orks, ja das hat er.... Ze Admiral pushes ze Gobline here, to get at zhe drachenhorde, zhat unleashed zhe dragonwyrm disease. Ja. Doch... I thinke zhey finished zhe looting."
”Well, we came here for you, Doctor. We will notify the authorities about the orcs, but sounds as if it is too many for we few to handle.” he looks at Cretien, ”Unless we need to do something else while we’re here?”
"Not that i am aware of."
The Doctor says, "Vell, you could get zhe goblyns und Orks to become mehr freundly."
Dr. Runemace boggled at the idea of goblyns and orcs being friendly.
"Well Doctor, I am a medical professional myself; so I can certainly help with the Dragon Worm here. But I have no idea how to make the goblyns and orcs more friendly. Do you have any ideas?" He asked, giving the secret handshake of the medical school graduates.
The Doctor shrugs his shoulders and says, "Iven't got zhe foggiest."
You make your way back to the Admiral with the Doctor and you put him on a ship back to Risur.
The next day PM Lee arrives on a ship to meet the Admiral and the formal agreement between Risur, the Admiral and Beshela the Fey Titan of the Sea goes off without a hitch. The Admiral smiles at you and speaks to your group.
"Caballeros, I am extremely impressed by your resourcefulness. I really hope you are able to convince the Bruse to accept my daughter as his heir apparent. But I have faith in you."
Over the course of the next weeks, you make a run to the capital of Seobriga to pay for the automatons that are helping Damata's crews. Cretien's Quick Reaction Force foiled a couple of sabotage attempts on the railroad perpetrated by Jierre's forces.
Damata ecstatic at the progress your team has made and has ultimately is declared the winner. You spare the time to attend the official opening festivities. witness the connection of the railroad, it’s
an all-day affair, with workers hammering out the last few hundred feet
while dignitaries arrive by train. A drum-heavy mariachi-style band
performs and everyone drinks as they wait for the last bit of track to
be laid.
Eventually only five spikes are left, all along the same side of the
railroad. The two heads of the respective companies—Surtan Liss
and Damata Griento—expect a group of five dignitaries from various
cities to do the honors, but they have colluded to give everyone a bit of
entertainment. When it is time for the ceremony, the dignitaries hand
Liss and Damata a sledgehammer, and challenge them to race to see
who can drive in the middle spike first.
The two men start at the outer spikes, then hammer in the inner
spikes, and then good-naturedly jostle for a chance to swing at the
middle spike. They end up in an overly polite back-and-forth insistence
that the other puts the spike in until finally Damata’s wife sighs and
pushes them aside so she can do it. The crowd cheers and then take
turns signing a pair of huge posters that will travel around the country
to promote the new railroad.
Later that evening, you get a sending, "Report to the Summer Court to see who has won the entire challenge, Bruse Shantus."
As Dr. Runemace dresses his formal wear, he ducks into Chretien's room.
"What do you think our chances are?" He asked, tying his tie.
Cretien smiles at the exchange over the fifth spike.
Later, when questioned by Runemace, he responds, "It is almost certain we won. We have more doctoral degrees. We have seen far more of the frayed ends of this world, having sewn them back together. That said, be on the lookout tonight."