Luckily the goblins are using human sized equipment stolen from human travelers through the forest, which explains their terrible performance in this battle. The wolf had the most impact.
Goblins usually follow the biggest, strongest, and meanest in their number. This doesn't necessarily have to be another goblin, and larger evil creatures have been known to take over a goblin tribe for their own purposes. These goblins were probably following some kind of creature mean enough to boss goblins around and dumb enough to think they would be useful subjects.
This tribe of goblins, the Black Fang tribe, had stumbled upon the Thassalonian envoy when they were taking over this cave and most of them fell in love with the magical projection , which would smack them around when they kept failing their flattery checks, clearly a sign of greatness. They thought she was a goddess or something, and it would have taken something bigger an meaner to pull them away from just staring at her all day.
Male Half-Orc Barbarian/1 HP: 14/18 AC: 15 | T:10, | FF: 13 | CMB: +8 | CMD: 18 | F: +5, R: +2, W: +2 | Init: +2 | Perc: +4, |Darkvision|rage 10/13 left |+2 on to hit until ending of campaign
If nobody objects I would like to have a shortsword as backup(for under the pillow in night encounters). And the javelins.
I don't trust those goblins I'll watch the cave.
Move from J27 to Y32.
Check if I can see anything in the cave
Darkvision:
Darkvision is the extraordinary ability to see with no light source at all, out to a range specified for the creature. Darkvision is black-and-white only (colors cannot be discerned). It does not allow characters to see anything that they could not see otherwise—invisible objects are still invisible, and illusions are still visible as what they seem to be. Likewise, darkvision subjects a creature to gaze attacks normally. The presence of light does not spoil darkvision.
Female Human Sorcerer/1 Hp: 10/10 | AC:12/16 with Mage Armor T:12 FF:10 | CMB+0 | CMD:12 | Fort +1 Ref +2 Will +2 | Init +2 | Perc +1
Spells/day:
Lvl 1- 3/4 VWoMA-10
5d100 ⇒ (45, 16, 23, 36, 65) = 185 awesome job with the sheet, Vortok. Thank you.
It is view only to me but gives me the option to ask for edit access.
Navika looks around at the bodies, but lets the guys check them. It is not that she is squeamish, she would just rather not get really dirty right now.
She makes her way over towards the cave.
Thank you for the arrows. Shall we head in?
The entrance of the cave has a curtain made of vines that obscures what lies beyond.
You can clearly hear the wicked giggles of goblins on the other side as they wait in ambush, and you can see silhouettes of three goblins. They can't wait anymore, they try to rush you.
Initiative please. Because of good perception you are not flat footed first round. As suggested we can do all goblins together and all heroes together, let's roll to see who goes first.
Goblin init:1d20 + 6 ⇒ (8) + 6 = 14
If anyone beats that number then the heroes go first as a group.
I'm making a knowledge check to see if Fyfe can determine if that vine curtain will impede ranged attacks. I'm considering throwing another Entangle spell at them within the cave to give our archers a chance to pick them off, but not if the vines will be a problem.
With the battle and looting of the bodies, I'd say half an hour has passed.
The cavern is made of dirt and rock, so there isn't enough vegetation to make a big impact. Actually the vines themselves could entangle whoever steps into them.
The vines won't really stop arrows, but make it slightly harder to hit because the goblins are a bit obscured. (-2 to hit)
I moved myself more towards the group. I hadn't thought of moving myself on the map until now, so if I can't do that since we'd already rolled initiative, I'll move myself back.
Moving to Z32
Krakkagar moves up to get a better shot and fires at the same goblin Eal shot.
Attack roll:1d20 + 3 ⇒ (8) + 3 = 11
The arrow sails wide and embeds itself in the cave wall.
range increment for a longbow is 100 feet, so no range penalty at 12 squares, I think. Probably a miss anyway, if Grognar provides cover for the goblin (+4 to AC).
range increment for a longbow is 100 feet, so no range penalty at 12 squares, I think. Probably a miss anyway, if Grognar provides cover for the goblin (+4 to AC).
Hm. some minus to hit, or increase in the target's AC (I suppose one could apply the cover rules to the vines), seems reasonable, but Polygoon said "-2 to hit at range" and I just want to make sure we're on the same page wrt to range penalties.
You can let Xilanfur do a 5-foot step between attacks and let him attack the second goblin if at any time that would be more efficient.
If you do that after his bite attack I believe both goblins are dead now, as the first has an AC of 12, because he is prone, and suffered already 2 damage. After the first attack he is at zero. And with the other two attacks you kill the second goblin
At the moment I'm holding off on XP calculation until the end of the mission.
The vines slice easily.
Those of you with darkvision can see into the cave. There's a box along one wall, more like a chest.
Character position still matters for line of sight.
Grognar can see that the cave wall opens up on the left from his point of view, maybe a hallway.[/ooc]
[occ]When moving your character with a post, please keep the movement reasonable, around your move speed per post is fine, roughly.[/ooc]
Vortok walks into the room looking around for anything unusual besides the obvious chest.
perception:1d20 + 7 ⇒ (1) + 7 = 8
reminder that if there is unusual stonework like a trap or a hidden door, Vortok gets a automatic perception check with an additional + 2 if he comes within 10 feet
edit: Vortok decides to look around with his eyes closed for some reason
Forgot this part
The moss curtain parts to reveal a small cave with a low ceiling. On the far side of the cave are a pair of straw mats, with a battered treasure chest sitting between them. Off to one side, a passageway leads to a pair of stone doors.
Vortok doesn't find anything suspicious about the doors. When we enter new zones or find doors you can go ahead and make rolls for detection, etc to save time.
Treasure
The d100 rolls are for some random charts I have. Eal rolledquite well.
As you search the goblin bodies you find:
Gold:5d10 + 3d6 ⇒ (6, 10, 8, 6, 4) + (4, 2, 2) = 42
And a very nice leather bag. It is stylish and particularly well constructed.
