Yasu fires another of his arrows at the warchanter, and again finds his arrow missing the mark. Wenona, realizing he has some form of magic, moves towards the warchanter and shouts, "Can you just SHUT. UP!" as she brings her scythe down in a powerful blow, silencing the creature as it falls to the ground.
Laufey attempts to sweep her sword through the groin area, but somehow the creature dodges that, too, laughing maniacally as it does so.
Isabella moved over to Yasu and prayed for Reymenda to aid him in fighting off the Goblins.
The Greased goblin continues to slip and slide as he attempts to stand up. One of the Goblins attacking Laufey strikes at her, and she easily bats his blade aside. The other, seeing Talia, decides to move towards the other pointy-eared longshanks. As he tries to avoid Laufey's blade, he clearly has no experience in doing so.
Goblin 1 Dead
Goblin 2 6/6 Prone
Goblin 3 6/6
Goblin 4 6/6
Warchanter Dead
Talia 7/9
Laufey 12/16
Wenona 11/12
Rasmorn 8/8, Prone
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Rasmorn continues to be wracked with laughter. (Look at the fool try to stand up! He's GREASED! Came here to attack, and he got GREASED! Goblins trying anything is SO FUNNY! With the big ears and the dumb looks!) "He tried... and he couldn't...... right to the head... HA!
As Laufey comes back to center from her swing she notices one of the two goblins turning away. She quickly cuts at him while he's still within reach.
Yasu sighs in relief that the goblin warchanter is defeated.
He drops the bow to the ground. "Keep an eye on that." Yasu says over his shoulder as he draws his short sword and moves to finish off the prone goblin.
His short sword plunges down, cutting the flailing thing's squirming short.
As Rasmorn continues to roll on the ground with laughter, Laufey strikes at the Goblin who thought he could evade her blade. Her sword strikes true, spinning the creature around and landing him unmoving on the ground.
Goblin 1 Dead
Goblin 2 6/6 Prone
Goblin 3 6/6
Goblin 4 Dead
Warchanter Dead
Talia 7/9
Laufey 12/16
Wenona 11/12
Rasmorn 8/8, Prone
Isabella continues to provide guidance to Talia.
As she cuts the goblin down Laufey thinks these goblins have no common sense at all.
Hoping to use her quick and very successful change in targets to catch her original adversary off guard, Laufey reverses for a cut in the opposite direction as she withdraws her step and goes back to center.
Sighing in relief as the singing goblin drops to the ground, Wenona does not rest on her laurels. Sprinting around the small tent to where she'd previously seen Laufey dealing with a pair of the creatures. Seeing one of them dispatched, she attempts to fell the other:
Aiming carefully Talia will shoot the Goblin on Yasu.
Talia shoots at the lone goblin remaining in the grease, her shot going far wide. Yasu moves up and skewers the thing, ending it's slip and slide attempts to get up.
Wenona charges down to where Laufey was fighting with two Goblins. Seeing one is dead, she brings her scythe in a reaping motion, neatly cutting the Goblin's head off.
With the goblins defeated, Father Zantus emerges from the Cathedral and looks about at the carnage. "This is madness! How could these Goblins have gotten into Sandpoint? This is most terrible." Looking at you, he says, "Thank you for having the courage to step up and deal with these creatures. I can provide healing if any of you are injured. Isabella, are you alright?"
Talia 7/9
Laufey 12/16
Wenona 11/12
Rasmorn 8/8, Prone
Yasu charges down towards the goblin that nearly took down his friend. His short sword looking almost comically small in his oversized hands. It's still lethal, however, as he comes to her aid swiftly and with fatal force.
As the spell's influence fades, Rasmorn finally gains control of himself again. Wiping some tears from his eyes, he rises to a standing position. Looking down at himself, he notices his clothes have gotten all dirty from rolling around on the ground. "Oh bother" he mutters to himself. He then starts to magically clean his clothing, humming lightly to himself as he does.
Yasu instead goes to recover his bow, brushing dirt off of it and checking it over before slinging it on his back.
Laufey gives the woman with the short whitish hair a smile and nod. "I am Laufey. You have my thanks."
She leans on her sword and takes a moment to catch her breath.
"I'm all right, Father," says Isabella to Zantus. "I think we got them before we could hurt anyone else. These folks had the presence of mind to help get the children out of the danger. But we have to figure out how the goblins got in and whether there are more of them in the town!"
She twists her hands together in an agitated fashion and says, "As much as it troubles me, I have to get my arms and armor. A festival day turned into a day of violence. At least there hasn't been much carnage among the innocent."
"Wenona," she responds amiably to Laufey's introduction while wiping sweat from her brow.
Realizing she's actually tilting her head slightly up to make eye contact, Wenona exclaims: "I don't think I've ever met another woman with some inches on me, and scarce any men either. What in the stars do they feed you where you're from?"
Laufey doesn't know if Winona has realized she is a half-elf or not, which mostly accounts for her height, but she decides to skirt that subject. Instead she says matter-of-factly: "In Kalsgard? Mostly fish and oats. Whale if the boats are lucky. There are turnips and cabbages, and pork is plentiful.... I am tall there, but not so tall" she fibs slightly.
"You might be the tallest woman I have seen since I left there."
Talia stands on tiptoe for a second, and then pouts. :)
"I could use a little healing thank you." She responds politely to Father Zantus. "It's only a scratch, but it sounds like we have more work to do out there. So better to be fully healed before we head out."
Having successfully cleaned himself after the depressingly dirty romp in the dirt, Rasmorn asks Father Zantus "Have you heard word from elsewhere in town? Do you know if there are other places that could use our immediate assistance?"
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"Whale!", Wenona exclaims. "You know, in all the years I lived by the sea, I never tried whale. I'll need to fix that!"
She casually wipes the blood off of her scythe with a small piece of cloth. "Kalsgard's... up north? Isn't it? What brings you to Sandpoint? Can't be the goblin raids!" Wenona looks about to laugh at this last remark, but instead it appears to remind her where she is.
She coughs awkwardly. "Right. I, ah... Suppose we should see if anyone else needs help?"
"Yes, I can help refresh and restore the injured, including you, Talia, if we can just gather them around," says Isabella.
"Yes, to the north, in the Linnorm Kingdom of Thanelands. Whale is a fine food, especially in winter. There is plenty of blubber."
"I am here to kill the Sandpoint Devil."
Laufey points at Winona's scythe. "Are you a farmer?"
When she wears mention of healing from the silver haired woman she starts in her direction. It is just a scratch on her leg, but if the fighting is not over for the day every little advantage helps.
"Farmer? What?", Wenona follows Laufey's pointed finger to her weapon. "Oh! Ha! No, no... ah, no. It's a little unconventional as a weapon, I admit. But the long point means you can leverage your strength...", she quickly turns to the side and makes a flashy show of bringing the scythe down in an arc, and thus fails to notice the Northern woman begin to walk away.
"...into a pretty nasty blow when you hit just the right spot. I prefer only having to hit something once: makes it easier to keep moving."
At that moment, the woman's first statement finally registers in the front of Wenona's mind. She spins on her heel towards where Laufey was standing, then starts after her. "The Sandpoint Devil!? Are you insane!?"
"I have heard nothing of what else may be occurring, but there are definitely still Goblins on the loose." As he says this, you hear snatches of Goblin song carry to you, and see some plumes of smoke. "No doubt there are still several creatures about."
Looking at Isabella, he says, "There may be some armor or weapon in the Cathedral that you can use temporarily. We don't typically keep such things in there, but you never know what might be lying about. Della, go see if there is anything." One of his acolytes, who had been peeking from behind the door, jumps and disappears into the Cathedral.
Turning to the rest, he says, "If those of you who are injured would gather around, I will see to it your wounds are healed. Thank you again for your work protecting the town - even if you are not from here."
As the injured gather about, he prays to Desna, and they feel a wave of warmth pass over them as their wounds knit shut.
Della emerges from the church, saying, "Father, I was able to find these hardened leathers, a shield, and this mace. It is all that was there."
Della gives the equipment to Isabella.
Isabella apologizes profusely as she takes the time to get the armor on. "Thank you Father Zantus," she says, "I'll do my best to make good use of it."
"I hope this didn't cost us too much time!"
"Then we can make it up by running." Yasu offers, preparing his bow and drawing an arrow from his quiver. " More people will need our help before this day is over."
"Let's go!"
Talia offers to lead the way, she has the best perception I believe.
She turns to Father Zantus. "Thank you for your healing sir." Then she pauses and has a thought. "Do you have a wand or any potions we can take with us? We may need to heal any injured people we encounter."
Laufey falls in with the others, figuring they will know where to go.
Wenona thanks Father Zantus with smile and an informal salute. She's concerned with Laufey's Sandpoint Devil business, but reasons that can wait until the immediate peril is dealt with. When the group moves out she takes up a position at the front near Talia, scythe at the ready.
"Don't know that I caught your name yet. I'm Wenona, and I can take of any baloon-headed hellions that make it past your bolts. Hell of a shot earlier, by the way", she says with an approving grin.
Talia grins back. "Talia, it's good to meet you Wenona. Your work with that scythe is equally impressive, if a lot messier."
She smiles over at Laufey. "So... Whale. Is it tasty?"
Father Zantus says, "May Desna watch over you and bring you fortune. Be careful - these creatures are more dangerous than they appear."
Suddenly, to the north, you hear a scream, and the frantic sound of a barking dog.
Racing towards the sounds, you come to the scene just near the Northgate to find a well-dressed man, clearly of some means, cowering behind a rain barrel while a dog barks and snarls at a Goblin. This Goblin sits astride his own hairless, rat-like dog, wielding a pole arm of some variety. As you come up, the Goblin brings his weapon down on the dog, killing it. As it crashes to the ground, a group of five more Goblins emerge from hiding behind a stack of crates, celebrating the other Goblin's kill. No one seems to have noticed your approach.
Laufey looks over at Taila as they move along, surprised by all the curiosity about whales. "I think maybe it tastes like moose the most."
As they come within sight of the mounted goblin and his cohorts, she looks over at Winona and points. "Front and back of the mounted one. You go toward the front. Come up short, making him move toward you. I will come at him from the back when he comes at you."
Laufey grins at Winona. "Or should we just charge at him?"
Laufey cheeks are going pinker than they have been, and Winona notices a focus and excitement in her eyes that wasn't there before.
Yasu pulls back on his bow and levels it at the goblin that killed the dog.
The arrow goes wide, nearly punching through the barrel the poor man is hiding behind.
Laufey doesn't wait for a reply after suggesting the charge to Winona. She's too far gone into her head, bird-dogging the goblin mounted on the hairless thing. She takes off toward him with all speed, sweeping her sword across his midsection with something between a grunt and a scream when she arrives at him.
With a battle cry, Laufey charges through the midst of the Goblin formation, bringing her sword in strike to the midsection, neatly bisecting the celebrating Goblin Commando.
Hearing Laufey's sound plan, then seeing it give way to her extremely effective display of wanton violence: "Or that. That's a good plan, too."
Wenona then springs into action herself, charging twoards the goblin nearest to her and bringing her scythe to bear:
Henrik takes a small step forward and lobs a blob of acid at the nearest goblin
Talia will move to one side and shoot at any Goblin threatening the fighters.
Yasu goes to fire an arrow at the group, but doesn't take the time to aim properly and as a consequence misses the group.
Wenona charges forward, bringing her scythe down in a vicious fashion. Unfortunately, she's perhaps a bit too eager, as her blade just misses the target.
Rasmorn steps forth and flings acid at one who starts smacking at the burned part where the acid is in an attempt to stop the pain.
Talia fires a crossbow bolt at another Goblin, but her aim is just a bit too high, and the bolt passes over her head.
Isabella steps over to Talia and preys for Reymenda's guidance for here.
Goblin 1 = 6/6
Goblin 2 = 6/6
Goblin 3 = 3/6
Goblin 4 = 6/6
Goblin 5 = 6/6
Goblin Commando = Dead
Goblin Dog = 9/9
Laufey recovers from her swing as the goblin falls from the rat-dog's back. Keep away from its mouth. Break its back and the fight is won. she decides. Taking a step toward the animal's rear, she brings her sword down across its back in a heavy chop from over her head.
Wenona sidesteps, attempting to ensure she will be closer to the rest of the fight once she finishes off her current goblin adversary. While adjusting her position, she makes a sweeping strike with her scythe: left to right in a wide arc.
Wenona sidesteps and takes another swing at the Goblin before her, again missing over its head. Laufey also takes a sidestep, but her overhand blow to the midsection of the Goblin Dog is much more successful, as the creature crumples under the force of her blow.
Goblin 1 = 6/6
Goblin 2 = 6/6
Goblin 3 = 3/6
Goblin 4 = 6/6
Goblin 5 = 6/6
Goblin Commando = Dead
Goblin Dog = Dead