Having the advantage on numbers and size the Sandpoint Four move to make short work of the goblins, but things do not go as planned.
Losjien smiles, confidently and with a flourish drives his weapon into the dirt. Fortunately Losjien's weapon is not lonely long as Kagyu, in a show of unity does the same things while the normally reliable Gortrek swings over the goblins head, probably forgetting his opponent is short.
On the other side of the battle the monk swings wildly as his opponent approaches but finds nothing but air, he resets his feat but the goblin again avoids his blows, sticking out his tongue.
Miyagi's opponent {yellow} looks to be about to burst out laughing as he swings his rusty sword.
hit
The second goblin {blue} is to busy mocking his opponents to see how outnumbered he is and swings at the half-orc.
miss
Roll a d100 - if 15 or below roll for Swine-Tetanus
Type disease, injury; Save Fortitude DC 14
Duration 1 Day
Effect 1d4 Dex damage and 15% chance stiffened jaw muscles prevent speech for the next 24 hours
Bold may act.
Round 3
Losjien, Kagyu, Miyagi {-3} , Gortrek
Goblins
Gortrek, having gotten himself under control, swings true splattering blood on both Losjien and Kagyu as he bisects the creature across the waste.
Bold may act.
Round 3
Losjien, Kagyu, Miyagi {-3} , Gortrek
Goblins
With one goblin standing, and Gortrek's request in his ears, Kagyu rushed to tip the odds for a non-lethal take down. Skirting around the goblin until the last moment, he brushed his arm against Miyagi's shoulder imparting a sudden, giddy confidence.
Kagyu flashed his easy grin, "Knock him unconscious. One shot. Eh Miyagi?"
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Losjien Takes a step back and whips his spear back into his cloak. He raises his hands extravagantly and conjures the putrid ball and screams.
"MELT!"
While the pat on the back helped, the Samasaran's injury started to take a toll on him. Whatever disgusting thing the goblins had done to their unkempt weaponry was going to bite him in the butt for sure. Still, one thing at a time. Goblin first, disease later.
Side stepping into a flank once more, he felt a bit better about his chances of KO'ing the little trouble maker in front of him.
After Losjien narrowly misses Miyagi-san with an acid splash the injured monk. The acid flying by his face seems to focus his attention and he knockes the little goblin clean out with a knee to the chin.
Combat Over
Loot on bodies:
Three rusted, pig offal covered small short swords.
7gp
Kagyu stabbed his 3 foot needle into the earth before attempting to wipe some of the goblin blood from his shirt unsucessfully. "See, this is exactly what I was talking about. Field clerics don't wear white." He finally gave up and wiped his hands off on his shirt instead before reaching into his pack, and tossing a length of rope to Gortrek.
"Nice hit Miyagi. Let me see if I can do some something about that rusted slash."
"Does anyone have rope? It would be smart to tie our captive up before he awakens."
As he asked, Miyagi was already producing some rope from his pack and started tying up the little bastard. Being slashed by such a nasty looking blade already started taking its toll on him. Still, everything they did to him, he'd pay back ten fold. Such was the wrath of a monk of heavenly indulgence.
"Nice hit Miyagi. Let me see if I can do some something about that rusted slash."
While the wave of energy was refreshing, it did little to undo the damage wrought by rust. Still, he bowed in thanks to the cleric. 'Take care of that later. Deal with goblin village now.'
For the sake of realism lets say that the speech effect take about an hour to kick in. The dex hit is already in effect I am sorry to say.
I tried to make it really hard to fail on this one lol.
Someone give me a survival roll to see how good you are at restraining the bugger up. Anyone trained can try to assist.
The goblin is tied and unconscious. What happens next.
You wake the clearly frightened goblin. He thrashes weekly at his bonds looking about, still a little blurry eyed, rattled.
"Wahh, why live? You let go? Let go? Dead come, you come me leave?"
Seeing his bonds wont let him go he tries to squirm away like a worm.
Miyagi grabs the goblin before he can crawl too far and keeps him pinned. "Speak when spoken too. Have little patience for goblin, especially one that slash me." He replied in a grumpy tone. "Now... What happen here? Why undead attack you?"
Stopped from crawling away the little goblin looks back at the group and finds no comfort. When his eyes hit the big half-orc with the steel blade he shrieks.
Gortrek made the goblin pee himself.
"Skelton's, we take shinny stuff they take shinny stuff back. Kills some we kill some. Blasted bones be hard hurt. Taste bad too."
The goblin looks around wildly. "Chief... he kill me now no no now. He keep things. No no no! Skele come back, me sure. Let Gutsnap go!"
"Shinny things, blade too, gold. What ur-jen-c?"
"Leave Gutsnap alone. No want to go to snaks. No snaks. Just let go."
While the monk's presence didn't seem to phase the goblin, the half-orc was much more successful. Noticing a puddle forming beneath the creature, Miyagi made a disgusted noise and moved away from the puddle while keeping the creature pinned with a foot.
"Where was shiny hidden? Where you take it from first time?"
"Cave, that way." he points to the south "Long walking. Gutsnap, help-ful, let go? All he know."
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As the goblin told them everything he could, Gortrek placed his hand upon his blade.
"You have been most helpful, Sir Gutsnap..."
With a quick flash, he drew his blade in a strike.
Being just enough to cut the goblin's ropes. But before he could move, he placed the tip at the goblin's neck.
"But know this. If you have lied to us, or if you threaten us or any innocent again, we will track you down, and we will not be so merciful the next time."
The little goblin screeches as the blade comes down, eyes shut for a moment....a moment longer...then one eye opens and it looks around.
Patting his hands on his body "Live?"
Looking around he starts to back away.... "Gutsnap go?"
Kagyu pulls his spear back out of the earth and flicks the dirt off menacingly.
"Go. Before our minds change."
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Gortrek sheathed his blade. "There is no honour in killing a helpless adversary. Besides, he gave us the information we required. He has earned his second chance. If he has run off ahead and continues to vex us further, he will not be granted a third."
Gortrek didn't quite know what to make of the 'Sir Map' comment. "Logic dictates we search south in search of the cave our captive mentioned. Unless you have a better solution, in which case, you're welcome to share it."
The little goblin scampers off into the swamp heading off to the south east a bit. It does not look back.
With the commotion settled the you can hear that there is still movement form inside the structures. Particularly directly to the south.
Beyond the buildings the the swamp continues though appears it might be even more overcast.
As the group let the goblin free, Miyagi shared more sentiment with Losjien and Kagyu than Gortrek. While the information was useful, simply letting the thing live wasn't exactly what he had in mind, partly because of the risks involved with such a gamble and partly personal reasons.
Losjien sighs and is visibly disappointed. "Those snakes might go hungry now. Theres a good chance he will run ahead and warn them we are coming. We must be extra carful for traps in this cave."
Gortrek sheathed his blade. "There is no honour in killing a helpless adversary. Besides, he gave us the information we required. He has earned his second chance. If he has run off ahead and continues to vex us further, he will not be granted a third."
"Second chance to live may be second chance to kill for adversary. Would prefer to be wrong for everyone safety though. Still need to clear out village before anything else though." He commented before getting slightly annoyed as he gathered up his cut rope. "Also would prefer you cut your own rope in future, not cut mine without asking first."
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Losjien sensed Gortrek's discomfort with his frank and sometimes flamboyant discourse. this Samurai could pummel the three of us at once, best to keep him in favor. "I have never been one to follow a map Gortrek. My Apologies" Losjien takes a curt yet sincere bow.
Losjien walks further into the village and speaks to the group. "Let's be on now, I imagine our squirmy friend has some terrible plot we must enter"
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"Also would prefer you cut your own rope in future, not cut mine without asking first."
Gortrek gave a small bow. "My apologies. I shall purchase you a new rope upon our return to Sandpoint."
"I have never been one to follow a map Gortrek. My Apologies. Let's be on now, I imagine our squirmy friend has some terrible plot we must enter"
So far as Gortrek could tell, Losjien had just said he had no interest in following him. But not seeking an argument with one who wielded the arcane, he simply grunted and stayed silent, following along into the village.
Gortrek apologizes when cofronted about the rope, clearly he had not even considered this reaction.
Losjien moves up into one of the other buildings with Gortrek grunting once and following along. The small building they enter smells less like pig offal then the one they were in before, which is nice. There is little in the room beyond rags. After a moment the door to the south east opens a fraction of an inch, there is a shriek and the door swings close.
Losjien you saw that it was a little goblin but more importantly heard a second door close beyond the door you can see.
"There's still more hiding that we need to clear before we do anything" Kagyu said overhauls shoulder as he pursued the goblin through the shut door.
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Losjien's lead comes to a halt. "wait." He grabs Gortreks Katana in the tips of his fingers as he sees the tiny green gobstoper. He and grabs The sword glows luminiferously
"perhaps our captive's friends are closer than expected" e whispers.
Outside of the room there are no goblins to be seen. Across a short exposed walkway you can see a pair of double doors attached to another small building. The doors a barred form the inside, you can see the bar though a small gap between the doors.
Form inside you can hear a goblin giving commands to what you can only guess are other goblins.
The doors can be smashed open with a DC15 strength check.
The bar can be lifted by sticking a weapon or some such between the doors and a DC10 Disable Device.
Other options you come up with are also on the table.
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The doors rip away with little resistance, splintering and clattering back against the walls. One unfortunate goblin was behind the door and is now a green smear.
The walls of the throne room are decorated with numerous poorly preserved horse and dog heads, along with other trophies like broken weapons, brinepickled bodies of brutally slaughtered furry animals, and other bits of grisly ephemera.
A “throne” stands at the far wall made of rickety scavenged wood, a part of a ladder and some bones.
In the room are several goblins one of whom is clearly the leader. [u] The goblins have the drop on the party but only two are prepared to act, firing bows which they then drop and pull out rusty swords. [/u]
The leader bellows as the door crashes open "Mech daal. Daan maac dar draal dec kaar."
Kill them. We keep what dead things left.
Round 1
Bold may act
Miyagi, Gortrek
Chief Rendwattle, Goblin {green}, Goblin {Yellow} Goblin {Red}, Goblin {Blue}
Losjien, Kagyu
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Gortrek gritted his teeth as one of the arrows found its mark. Quickly, he shouted out to the rest.
"Take out the small ones. I will handle their leader."
Gortrek quickly stepped up to the one in charge. He leveled a piercing glare.
"You who would lead these goblins, I challenge you!"
He felt his muscles tense up. It was time to finally use the technique his grandmother had taught him. Memory took over as he shouted at the top of his lungs.
"IAJUTSU STRIKE!"
Moving along with the group, the older monk followed in pursuit of more goblins. With the doorway cleared, they were seemingly surrounded by the devilish creatures and cornered their leader. While Gortek moved to fight that one, Miyagi focused on the closest one within his reach. "This one mine!" He shouted as he closed the distance and has his fists start flying.
Miyagi-san steps into the room and misses with his first punch before landing a solid blow knocking the little goblin unconscious and bleeding form the ears.
Gortrek steps directly to the chief and swings a might-blow causing a truly staggering amount of damage to the diminutive leader of the goblins. The leader gasps in pain and lashes out with his spear in response.
Seeing their leader hurt badly the goblins fight back as best they can. One {yellow} swinging at Gortrek.
Another {red} attacks Miyagi-san.
and the final {blue} living goblin attacks Kagyu at the back of the gorup.
Round 1
Bold may act
Losjien, Kagyu
Round 2
Miyagi, Gortrek {-9 this fight}
Chief Rendwattle {-22}, Goblin {Yellow} Goblin {Red}, Goblin {Blue}
Kagyu receives the goblin's sword on his shield, and returns in kind with a jab from his spear...
... But his aim goes wide. He plants his feet imposing himself as a barrier between the goblin and his companions.
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Losjien backs into the corner as the Goblin makes an offensive charge backing Kagyu into him. He lifts his hand to generate a putrid ball of energy but it sputters out!
He is forced to think fast as another goblin charges from the sides. Losjien whips a hidden weapon from within his cloak.
Each time a creature moves into an area covered by caltrops (or spends a round fighting while standing in such an area), it runs the risk of stepping on one. Make an attack roll for the caltrops (base attack bonus +0) against the creature. For this attack, the creature's shield, armor, and deflection bonuses do not count. If the creature is wearing shoes or other footwear, it gets a +2 armor bonus to AC. If the attack succeeds, the creature has stepped on a caltrop. The caltrop deals 1 point of damage, and the creature's speed is reduced by half because its foot is wounded. This movement penalty lasts for 24 hours.
After downing one opponent and getting missed by another, the monk focused his attention on the offending party, continuing to try and strike.