Delendir tries to wade through the crowd, getting closer to the goblin threat while imploring his fellows to stand and fight. Advice that seems largely ignored, from the large press in front of him of those trying to flee the sadistic creatures.
Vivi breaks off from Kiley to engage one of the goblins, the creature's height, or lack thereof, causing his swipe with the kama to be easily avoided by the dexterous creature.
Tal moves forward, cursing the situation while looking around for a spare crossbow. He is rather unsurprised (at least I hope he is) to find that the souls around him had also left their crossbows at home while coming to attend the consecration.
Jessica sees that the woman is beyond her help at the moment (and the flames seem to have died down), so she advances somewhat behind Kiley, readying to attack any of the beasts that draw near.
Kiley rushes forward, eagerly launching herself at one of the two goblins directly in front of her. Her weapon strikes true, and one of the small little beasts drops like a stone from the devastating blow. The other goblin seems momentarily taken aback, but seems to gather strength from the energy of the demented song that carries over the area.
The goblin remaining in front of Kiley lunges forward with its crude shortsword, attempting to skewer the young woman. It's aim is true, but the woman is agile enough to dodge to where the weapon skids off her armor instead of striking true.
The goblin that Vivi has engaged laughs in its harsh tongue at his clumsy swing, sending its own weapon at him in a vicious arc. Vivi is not as fortunate, taking a deep gash across his left bicep from the rusty weapon of the goblin.
The goblin on top of the wagon sees the utter annihilation of its fellow and gets down, rushing to engage Kiley.
Short Summary: 1 Goblin Defeated, Vivi takes 3 damage
Up! Delendir, Vivi, Tal, Jessica, Kiley, Goblins
Kiley rips the spike of her halberd from the dead goblin's head as she hears the one Vivi was facing cry in triumph and spins it around, letting it gain momentum and stepping with the motion to bring her close to her next target, before bringing the axe-head down on the goblin. Unfortunately for her, the blow doesn't manage to inflict the mortal wound she'd hoped for.
"Help Vivi. I got these two!" she barks at Talwin before she switches back to that chittering language the goblins used. Even in a different language, it's easy to tell when she is taunting.
Angered by the wound caused by the goblin, Vivi snarls a wordless curse and responds by slicing at it with both kama in a flurry of blows.
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Tal casts a spell at the uninjured goblin closest to Kiley.
"I'm sorry dear but I cannot resist a damsel in distress. That and Ameiko would have my head if I let you get injured. Delendir assist Vivi please." Tal responds cooly.
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At his maximum speed Delendir continues opening a way through the people, including Jessica. "Are you ok Jess?" he asks her when passing by "Snatch my back and follow me while I open a corridor for you, so you are not impeded by the crowd like me and you are able to do something actually."
Jessica grabs hold of Delendir's pack with one hand, glaive in the other, until he gets near the goblin. Once there, she yells to Delendir, "Shift left!" and then swings her glaive down just to his right in an overhead shop at the goblin.
Delendir continues working his way through the crowd, finally making it to the goblin menace.
Vivi swings at the goblin in front of him, anger contorting his face as he swings first left, then right. It seems as though he'll get the same result as last time as the left whistles over the goblin's head, but as the creature steps up it is surprised by the right hand, which brings the curved weapon in a vicious slash across it's midsection. The goblin collapses, its hands going to its spilling guts.
Tal makes a cool recommendation to Delendir, and is promptly ignored. Nonplussed, he waggles his fingers and casts a spell at the goblin closing with Kiley. The creature slows down for just a moment, shaking its head with a guttural yell before continuing.
Jessica follows behind Delendir, getting in position to strike with her weapon. Unfortunately, she manages to get it tangled up with the ranger, not coming close to the goblin.
Kiley swings her halberd around, bringing it down in a vicious strike. The beast manages to raise its sword in time for the blow, and the weak setup and the minimal defense of the creature's leather manage to save it from a mortal blow.
You hear the unharmed goblin yell something to the other one.
The unharmed goblin grins widely, it's sharp teeth snapping as Kiley closes. It tries to strike her with its small sword. It's attack is repelled by the woman's armor as she sneers and taunts the beast some more.
Meanwhile, the other goblin slips around Kiley and attempts to skewer the hated elven wizard. Tal gracefully steps to the side, causing the attack to miss.
Up! Delendir, Vivi, Tal, Jessica, Kiley Goblins (Probably Not)
Kiley opens her mouth to warns Tal of their intent, but she sees that the wizard is able to avoid getting gutted. She brings the halberd back around and embeds the spike in the runt's skull. A smile that is anything but friendly spreads across her face as she faces the one still living goblin. Her voice takes on a sing-song quality as she faces the little monster.
Goblins scream and Goblins die.
My blade takes Goblin heads in droves,
And I'll line them up in nice, neat rows!"
Jessica sees the goblin swing at and miss Tal, "Hey, stay away from him!" She takes a swing of her own at the goblin, trying to sweep through his space from the side.
Seeing the goblin fall before him gives Vivi a sense of calm again, the anger subsiding slightly.
Looking around he sees that Kiley is still engaged with a goblin, now at her back.
"I come to help, Kiley of War... bless me with your favor!"
So saying he runs to flank the goblin from its side. Upon arriving, he attempts to attack with one of his Kama.
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"Not to worry Jessica dear, these goblins are useless brutes that couldn't hit a horse if it was sitting on it." Tal says. As he speaks and takes a 5 foot step back a small scorpion crawls out of his pants and sneakily crawls towards the goblin to try and sting him.
After the goblin received a sting Tal will cast his spell of dazing once again at the goblin.
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Delendir steps forward and attacks the remaining goblin with his dagger, but there is so many people around he don't manage to maneveur properly, clearly failing the attack.
Delendir steps forward, failing to connect on the goblin due to lack of maneuverability.
Vivi doesn't quite have enough room to flank the goblin to Kiley's left (from his position), so he moves as far as he can, swinging his kama at the beast as he gets there. A blow that is easily avoided.
Tal's scorpion scampers forth to try to sting the goblin in front of him, but can't manage to strike the creature's shifting feet. Tal himself takes a couple of steps back, casting a spell at the goblin. The goblins again show their iron wills as this one shrugs off the elf's spell.
Jessica again tries to stab something, and in a recurring theme is unsuccessful.
Kiley makes the daze point moot by making a new hole in the goblin with the pointy end of her weapon, causing the goblin to double over and collapse to the ground.
The remaining goblin again tries to slash at Kiley. The stupid creature cackles in bloodlust as he deals a glancing blow to Kiley's leg.
Summary: 1 more goblin down, Kiley takes 3 damage
Party Up! Time for this goblin to die.
Delendir's mind is still smoky because all the events. Very clumsily he steps to one side and flanking with the help of Vivi tries to stab the dagger on the goblin. He is not very used to daggers though and the attack it's fairly easy to dodge.
Worried by the hit over the famale he screams "Kiley!!!"
The smile disappears into mild surprise as Kiley feels the sharp pain of the goblin's blade biting into her leg just below the edge of the scale mail she wears. The warm blood flows down her leg, soaking the fabric of her pants.
"Damn, one of you little runts actually got lucky," she says, almost conversationally. She shifts the grip on her halberd as the smile, that awful predator's smile shows up again.
"Too bad you runts didn't run when you had the chance!"
The axe-head of the halberd arcs down into the goblin's head, then through it, then through the rest of the vile, little monster.
She turns to Delendir, splattered in goblin blood.
"Quit your whining. I'm tougher than you seem to think. That one just got lucky and gave me a scratch."
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"Well done Kiley! You sure got rid of them easily enough. Do your wounds need tending? Do anyone's?
You also fought valiantly Jessica, even though you are not armored like Kiley.
I'm afraid I wasn't too much help. My currently memorized spells do more harm than good with all the people running about. I might have hit one of them. Anyone got a crossbow with him I could lend? Otherwise I will just use my spells until exhausted.
There are bound to be more goblins about. Let's hurry to get rid of them." Tal says.
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Delendir steps up to the vicious beast, and thrusts with force. The goblin dodges to the side and the blade slides off the goblin's armor.
Kiley the goblin slayer is up to the challenge, and soon two half-goblins stand there for a moment before they each fall to a side.
Tal continues to smooth-talk Jessica while begging for a crossbow.
Jessica blushes at Tal's praise, "Thank you Tal, I have faith that Shelyn will let nothing I can't handle come my way. Is anybody badly hurt and need to be healed?" She looks around for injured townsfolk that may need assistance as well.
"This is very bad, we should help drive these wretched creatures away as quickly as possible!"
"Whew. That was not fun, but it was necessary I hope. Can someone look at my wound please?"
So saying, Vivi looks at his companions and smiles as if nothing was wrong. He also tries to discern if these were all of the goblins.
A small group of villagers still around you has sustained some minor wounds, mostly bruising as they did their best to trample each other to get away from the threat. When Jessica channels, an almost collective sigh escapes the crowd as they feel the divine energy healing their wounds. Jessica is close enough to effect the burned woman, as well, who rises unsteadily to her feet with the help of a man her age and a teenaged boy. The non-combatants continue to filter out of the square in a fair number, as the panic from earlier has lifted.
The terrible song of the goblins still rages on in other parts of the city, shrieks and screams mixing in the air. In the distance, you see flames licking the air in the dying sunlight as a building has apparently been set aflame.
Looking at the burned woman, Jessica checks her for injuries to see if there is anything more that needs to be done for her.
The woman will likely carry the scars from this incident for the rest of her life, but she is in no imminent danger from her injuries.
Delendir's face expresion changes when the goblin blood splashes at his face and he hears Kiley. "You are a full of surprises girl" he grins at her and adds "I am glad you redirected your feelings towards rage against these goblins."
As he feels the healing effect of Jess' prayer, Delendir takes one of the goblins dogslicers and places it in his belt, and taking another he offers it to Tal "Use one of this. Wave it against any goblin coming to you, or throw it at your best. It's your decision."
He also looks for anything that might play useful to defend Sandpoint against the ongoing goblin incursion. In particular he tries to take one of the torches he has seen the goblins using.
The half-elf looks around then trying to look for the most relevant menace to the town at this point. "Maybe you guys can try convince some of this folk to fight. My shouts doesn't seem convincing."
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Tal looks at the ugly dogslicer with disgust. "Hmm, I'll stick with my spells, thanks.
There aren't many fighters in this town. Most are merchants and farmers. So lets hurry to the next site." Tal suggests as he picks up the little scorpion and puts it back in his pocket.
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Feeling the a soothing warmth replace the throbbing pain in her leg, Kiley looks down and wipes away some of the blood, revealing healthy pink skin where a jagged wound should be. She nods her thanks to the Priestess.
"Delendir, we have a town guard for a reason. Talwin is right when he says that many of the people are not fighters, but tradesmen, merchants, and farmers. Goblins are dangerous, but perhaps not as dangerous as I am." She smiles as she finishes.
Delendir smiles at the picky elf "I just hope you don't regret about picking up one of these." while he places the other dogslicer in the other side of his belt.
Listening to Kiley he adds "Well, I certainly will not fight against someone of your caliber" looking at the people running he mumbles "Run for your lifes, we will safe your houses from the flames..."
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Tal flips his own dagger in his hand.
"I have one but I am not a melee fighter. My strength lies in support from a distance. Armor and weapons hinder my casting."
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As the health returns to his wound, Vivi nods to Jess in appreciation.
Turning to Tal, he offers his sling and bullets.
"Tis no crossbow, but it might be better than nothing."
Vivi smiles to him.
As you recover from the fight, and wounds are being tended to, you see the general chaos of the Town of Sandpoint. In the distance you can see scampering goblins chasing after people, guards following behind, huffing and puffing in their armor. A goblin attempts to ambush a man by jumping from a roof, only to miss and smash into the streets headfirst, never to rise again. Closer to you, a goblin completely ignores everything around him as he stuffs fish first into his mouth, then his pockets.
As you get ready to lend your assistance to other parts of the town, an explosion rocks the nearby area as the cart with the fuel for the evening bonfire catches fire! You look and see a few goblins around it, giggling maniacally. One of the goblins is a singer, apparently, as it is repeating the ridiculous song you heard at the beginning of the attack. They spot you and squeal, rushing to attack!
The goblins rush forward, screeching hideously with weapons raised!
Round 1: Goblins, Vivi, Warchanter, Kiley, Tal, Jessica, Delendir
Delendir steps ahead placing himself between the goblins and Tal. Then he charges over the closest goblin.
Delendir steps in front of Tal protecting him and throws one dogslicer to the most favourable goblin (considering cover, shoting to meleé and range penalties).
-2 for every 10' the goblin is far from me
Vivi simply decides to move forward towards the oncoming goblins.
"Miss Kiley, think we should take the one on the left?"
Vivi quickly steps forward towards the left-most goblin, calling out a suggestion to his goblin-crushing companion. He swings with his kama, sacrificing a bit of precision to try to fend off the goblin's attacks. His aim is not sufficient to strike the goblin for any real damage.
The singing goblin rushes past her companions, lining up her bow and firing at the spindly elf! Her aim is successful as the arrow lodges into the wizard's thigh, causing a gasp of pain.
Kiley presses forward, halberd raised as she closes with the left-most goblin. She swings her weapon down in a diagonal, axe-head leading, but the creature flicks its sword up in desperation, turning a sure-kill into a close shave.
Jessica looks at Tal, who nods to an area behind the more martial companions. She nods, then steps forward a few feet, thrusting her weapon at the left-most goblin, the luckiest of the creatures to threaten Sandpoint so far as her thrust turns off the boiled leather that protects the goblin.
Delendir notes the distance to the left goblin, finding that he can't be of immediate assistance. Undisturbed by this problem, he moves beside Jessica and lets fly the dogslicer he has confiscated at another of the goblins, who promptly falls from the poetic justice he has just been served.
Tal steps further behind his meat shields, chanting and gesticulating as a bolt of force arises and slams into the singing goblin, causing it to wince in pain as he exacts his vengeance.
End of Round 1
Goblin in K8 was downed by Delendir
Warchanter took 4 from Magic Missile
Tal took 4 from arrow
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Round 2:
Goblins, Vivi, Warchanter, Kiley, Jessica, Delendir, Tal
The left-most goblin, feeling quite confident in himself, attempts to translate his prowess into some offense, slinging his dogslicer at the unarmored man, grinning maliciously. His luck runs out, as Vivi dances away from the blow with ease.
The other 'regular' goblin, enraged that his fellow was struck down by Delendir, charges the ranger, contemptuously brushing Jessica's weapon aside before brandishing its own weapon at the ranger. The creature's brutish strike is true, but the ranger's armor protects him from more than a clanging impact.