Morrigan looks up, spying Chitter in the rafters. Raising her hands into the air, she pantomimes climbing over the wall and crawling down the other side. She wraps up by putting her hands next to her mouth and making crunching sounds.
Morrigan is fairly certain she communicated the right idea. Only time will tell however if Chitter will apply it to the right victim.
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Chitterspike complies, climbing on the house's exterior wall and finding a hole to exploit. Thanks to Vandilo's illuminated bolt, she soon is visible on the rafters above the room Morrigan's in, her insectoid legs clicking against the wooden paths. Suddenly, the weakened rafters crumble under her weight and Chitterspike risks falling down in the sewage below!
The goblins having recharged their crossbows, they all shoot on the looming half-orc above them.
Telka uses that opportunity to bring down her massive axe on one of the goblins, killing it outright before the bolt is even shot. From the two other missiles, one manages to pierce Telka's armor and thick skin.
Initiative - round 2
Sewer goblins
Telka (11 dmg)
Ramenhotep
Vandilo (1 dmg)
Morrigan
Zeltyieli
Everyone can act!
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Vandilo races forward and balancing deftly and stops before the door waiting for Telka to act before firing, hoping to either aim for the far goblin after she kills the other or fire after she flees.
As he moves he calls in Varisian to Adevar and the Thrush launches himself from his shoulder charging the goblin before Telka in an attempt to blind it with his thrashing wings! But it does not seem very effective and the goblin largely ignores the dirt smeared bird.
Telka screams in pain and anger and swings again.
She falls back into the water to give her companions, using the crates as cover against the goblins.
Zeltyieli keeps his bow up and ready to fire and begins to walk around the water, moving toward the door and trying to get a clear shot not obstructed by the goblin's cover.
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Telka retreats in the foul brown-greenish water, dipping her open wounds in the sewage water. Vandilo, Ramenhotep and Zeltyieli move into shooting positions, but their missiles don't connect with their target.
Initiative - round 2
Sewer goblins
Telka (11 dmg)
Ramenhotep
Vandilo (1 dmg)
Morrigan
Zeltyieli
Morrigan can act!
I don't think Morrigan can get through the door so I'm going to stay outside and see what happens. If I'm wrong, please let me know.
Chitter easily passed her save. Does that mean she can come down the far wall onto the goblins?
Chitter scrambles down the far wall, half climbing - half in freefall on a web strand. At the last second she rises up behind one of the goblins. Her front two legs land on his shoulders and her fangs sink into the back of his neck.
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Chitter falls down on her prey, ready to gobble it up, but the goblin is able to dodge the spider's mandibles at the last moment.
One of the goblins, terrified by the spider, runs away carelessly through a small hole leading to another sludge-filled room behind the wall, yelling "Bwaaa! Longshanks have monster-with-many-legs-that-eats-goblin-babies!"
The last goblin remaining in the room reloads his crossbow.
Initiative - round 3
Sewer goblins
>>>Telka (11 dmg, ill)
>>>Ramenhotep
>>>Vandilo (1 dmg)
>>>Morrigan
>>>Zeltyieli
Everyone can act!
Telka groans in nausea, having never experienced the filth of civilization in such a literal manner before. She crawls, filth covered, back onto the crates and growls.
"You wretched, filthy creature; you have brought me to your level!"
In her vast anger she practically chops through the creature.
Zeltyieli steps back toward the door they entered and calms himself, feeling tingling energy slowly building up within him, causing him to begin to bounce slightly as he's filled with the exhilieration of movement and freedom. Just as he worries that the joy might overtake him completely, it flows out from him, washing over his companions, giving them a brief moment of euphoria like a runner's high before fading away.
Chitter snaps at the fleeing goblin, but misses it once again. Obviously, Morrigan is going to have to put some more training time in. 8(
The strange effects of orc blood have often been documented - the most obvious of which is a tendency towards pride. But this pride quickly transforms to wrath in moments of stress.
Telka the half-blood, covered in excrement, blood (her own and goblin), and fuming mightily, cries and charges at her goblin foe.
Her greataxe smashes into the wall above the goblin.
She draws her weapon back for her next blow...
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Telka's charge is furious but too reckless to be fruitful, thus she only manages to destroy the wall a little more. Ramenhotep is more successful with his arcane missile, but it isn't enough to kill the little bugger.
Initiative - round 4
Sewer goblin (3 damage)
Telka (9 dmg, ill)
Ramenhotep
>>>Vandilo
>>>Morrigan
>>>Zeltyieli
Vandilo, Morri/Chitter and Zeltyieli can act!
Seeing that Telka's wounds weren't fully healed from his channel, Zeltyieli whispers a prayer to Sinashakti, Grant my new friend the strength to live and run another day...
He carefully steps behind her, his hands starting to glow with magical energy, then reassures her of the healing magic before touching her, allowing the power to discharge and close the worst of her wounds.
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The goblin shoots at Telka, provoking her ire once again, but the green pest misses. It looks utterly terrified of the towering half-orc and her massive weapon.
Initiative - round 5
Sewer goblin (3 damage)
>>>Telka (1 dmg, ill)
>>>Ramenhotep
>>>Vandilo (delay)
>>>Morrigan (delay)
>>>Zeltyieli
Everyone can act!
"Bah, what a pitiful creature"
In a bizarre and sudden change of mood, the half-orc bloodsinger suddenly pauses in her anger and sneers distastefully at the small, green creature. She hold her greataxe in one hand and reaches down to rip the crossbow out of the other.
"Get out of here. Do not bother us tall ones again."
Telka sheathes her weapon sits down. She begins to attempting to clean some of the muck and mire from her clothing. She looks miserable and on the verge of retching, adding her bile to that surrounding her.
Some of the bloodsingers of home have the magic to clean themselves. Oh that I had such magic now... cities are such horrible places.
Zeltyieli nods, "I do, indeed.". He turns to Telka and says, apologetically, "This will likely me a little cold.", and then draws upon his magic to create two gallons of water over Telka's head, allowing gravity to take its course, splashing down over her.
The half-orc bears the washing stoically, sighing to have at least some of the muck removed from her.
"Thank you Zeltyieli." she nods at the half-elf before pulling her axe again. "I think I can go on now."
She glances over the next door, pulls her axe and prepares to play the part of "Pathfinder" once again.
"Last door, then upstairs?" she questions to the rest of group, somewhat subdued.
Vandilo quirks a brow, "Is that your plank Ramenhotep? I had no idea."
Morrigan snickers as Chitter comes running over. She reaches into her pack for a wrapped sparrow and gives it to the spider.
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The thrush goes up in the rafters, but is assailed by two shadowy flying shapes (from where you stand from, anyway).
The thrush returns in haste, panicked.
"Două creaturi ma atacat, au fost ascunse în cuiburile lor în sus de mai sus!"
Telka visibly cringes at the mention of crawling through sewer pipes.
"I do not wish to lower myself to the level of those who live here again. If there are bugs we will deal with them; how bad can bugs be? But first, the door." She'll open the door on this level.