GM Woran's Rise of the Runelords

Game Master Woran

Snowflake: Your spell staunches the mans bleeding, but there is still a goblin on his back...

Rataji: Maybe you pretend a little too hard to be a demon, because the death of your enemy, so perfect, so violent, gives you a little bit too much satisfaction. But then again, this is for the good right? No harm in admiring a good kill...
With blue dead at your feet, run clean trough, you wave and shout. What worked the first time by accident, must work a second time on purpose right? Blue is dead, panache comes back

Justin: Again a spell leaves your paws.
goblin will save: 1d20 - 1 ⇒ (11) - 1 = 10

This time it looks a lot more effective. Of course, its quite natural for a goblin to stand around, eyes vacant, mouth drooling. But they ususally dont do it during a wild rampage. Green is dazed

Eldira: It must be this damned wind trowing off your calculations. How else can you miss a dazed goblin?.....Now that you think of it. You smell smoke on the wind.

Round 4

Initiative order:
Oskar
Eldira
Rodrak
Rataji 7 damage
Justin
Goblins Primary
Goblins Tetiary
Townspeople one wounded, one down
Man with Big Stick 5 damage
Snowflake

Bold may post an action.

Edit: the GM informed me that the Goblins around me have already expired, adjusting action.

Rodrak takes a moment to adjust to his new perspective and shouts something in his guttural native language.

He moves to stand just behind Eldira. Realizing that the remaining Goblins are a fair bit away he scoops up a sizable melon as he passes the fruit cart and lobs it at dazed Goblin (green) nearest to him.

Ranged attack - sizable melon: 1d20 + 4 + 1 - 6 ⇒ (18) + 4 + 1 - 6 = 171d4 + 4 ⇒ (3) + 4 = 7

Oskar sprints toward more goblins as fast as possible, intent on taking the heat off the townspeople.

Double move to my current position. I don't think I had a clear shot for a charge. At least this will position me for next turn.

Rodrak: Shouting, fruity death rains from the sky. Green never knew what hit him. Sweet mother of fruit, death by watermelon.

Oskar: Unable to reach the goblins, you take up postion to strike.

Goblins Tetiary: Green definitely did not know what hit him, but orange definitely saw the whole juicy carnage happen. It blinks a few times, then starts laughing hysterically at the misfortune of its fellow. Orange is laughing to had to act

Behind the tent, purple notices little from the melon-attack.
With its prey down, it begins to chow down, ripping a chunk of flesh from the man's back and starts chewing.
bite damage: 1d4 ⇒ 3

Townspeople: The deaths of blue and green elicit some cheers from the crowd. In front of the stage, people crowd closer, protecting the children.

Man with the Big Stick: Green's death doesnt faze him in the least, turning his attention to orange.
big stick attack: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (18) + 5 = 23 stick damage: 1d10 + 4 ⇒ (5) + 4 = 9

Distracted, orange has no chance. With a big *thud* the stick connects and the body drops to the ground like a rag-doll.
Orange is dead

Round 4

Initiative order:
Oskar
Eldira
Rodrak
Rataji 7 damage
Justin
Goblins Primary
Goblins Tetiary
Townspeople one wounded, one down
Man with Big Stick 5 damage
Snowflake

Bold may post an action

Vy notices his sister and her wound. In what has almost become a reflex over the years, Vy reaches out and heals her
Cure Light Wounds: 1d8 + 2 ⇒ (3) + 2 = 5

Round 5

Initiative order:
Oskar
Eldira
Rodrak
Rataji 2 damage left after heal
Justin
Goblins Primary
Goblins Tetiary
Townspeople one wounded, one down
Man with Big Stick 5 damage
Snowflake

Bold may post an action

No idea if this will be relevant after the big half-orc has deal his the goblin menace, but just in case.

Eldira moves into a fitting position (depending on oscars movement, at least his broad shoulders don't mess with the trajectory).

[dice="Aweseome" bow attack ]1d20 + 5; 1d8 + 2[/dice]

Just in case the goblins luck continues, justin ick ick ick icks as he crosses over a dead goblin, trying to hold his tail up and out of the way, and throws a daze on the last remaining one

"Most inept public defense exercise ever. The Sachbow junior tunnel warrens could have done better on a Grog bender!

Rodrak looks genuinly surprised that it actually worked. He cracks a bit of a grin but otherwise moves swiftly towards the next target.

"Yeah, I should definitively get me a crossbow or something..."

Double move past 'the man with the big stick', to stand just behind Justin.

Taj double moves to purple. That's a lot of blood... Is the victim still alive?

Perception: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (13) + 4 = 17

If there's even a chance...

"Yog vim li cas noj ib tug tib neeg thaum koj yuav tau kuv?"

She raises her rapier, preparing to parry...

Good, let's hope you're shaking off the rust now, Oskar. Now, help the girl put this little idiot down.

With something in between a grunt and a roar, Oskar rushes the goblin.

Chaaaaaarge!
Unarmed attack: 1d20 + 6 + 2 ⇒ (7) + 6 + 2 = 15
Unarmed damage: 1d6 + 4 ⇒ (6) + 4 = 10

Eldira: This time no villagers or party members block the way, and the arrow finds its mark true. Hit, 4 damage

Justin: Dead goblin is definitely NOT sanitary.
will save goblin: 1d20 - 1 ⇒ (8) - 1 = 7
Luckily the pieces of viscera do not distract from your spell. Purple is dazed

Rodrak: What you win in leg room being large, you loose in maneuverability. Taking up position.

Rataji: Its hard to tell. There is a LOT of blood... And the chewing goblin is a distraction to say the least... You hope for the best, but prepare for the worst.

Oskar: Again the small size of the goblin stumps you, your fist whisteling a hairs breath from the little fellows head. Miss :(

Goblin tetiary: Dazed, bloody drool drips from its mouth.

Townspeople: With their defense locked down, people pass improvised weapons to the outer ranks. People assist the wounded towards the stage where father zanthus can be seen administering aid.

Man with Big Stick: Not satisfied with even one goblin alive, he grits his teeth and takes up position. Double move

Round 5

Initiative order:
Oskar
Eldira
Rodrak
Rataji 2 damage left after heal
Justin
Goblins Primary
Goblins Tetiary
Townspeople one wounded, one down
Man with Big Stick 5 damage
Snowflake

Bold may post an action

"স্নো , আপনি এই লোক স্থির করতে পারি? তিনি ভয়ঙ্করভাবে আহত দেখায়!!"

Vy, frustrated that he can't reach that wounded civilian in time, walks just past Eldira, and shows her where the armor of that Goblin is the weakest as he casts Guidance

Snowflake: With no time or room to reach the downed man, the next best thing is to eleminate the threat before you. Or help your new friends eliminate the threat. Guidance on Eldira.

Round 6

Initiative order:
Oskar
Eldira
Rodrak
Rataji 2 damage left after heal
Justin
Goblins Primary
Goblins Tetiary
Townspeople one wounded, one down
Man with Big Stick 5 damage
Snowflake

Bold may post an action.

Time to end this... Eldira moves into position and:

Guided Composite Longbow: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (18) + 7 = 251d6 + 3 ⇒ (1) + 3 = 4

Other people fighting around my target is disruptive, but the attack should connect despite that. Of course with Oskar trying to pulverize it, I might have hit a corpse

Any damage is good. Did you include the guidance in your to hit? Oskar is flanking now, which should help him hit. We also have our mystery man with a stick, who also gets a flanking bonus this turn.
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Taj had spent the whole last turn running and taunting the goblin, hoping to provoke an attack. That gambit failed. The goblin was still intent on his prey.

Time to finish it. She lunges at the dodgy goblin but slips a bit on the blood that is everywhere around her and misses.

Rapier: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (7) + 5 = 12

She grits her teeth, and says to Oskar and the mystery man, "Kill it if you can! It can't dodge us forever!"

"EEEPS! Erm. Not you your giant dwarfness." He yanks his tail up and out of the way of the size 25 dwarven feet "It was more of an aggragate thing, wouldn't want to make a fallacy of composition while.. oh to heck with it He throws off another DC 14 daze of light, waving a blue and purple sphere back and forth in front of the goblins field of vision.

"Kill it if you can! It can't dodge us forever!"

“Yeah, you’d think so…” Oskar tries to take advantage of Rataji’s diversion, and steps behind the goblin, reaching out for it in an attempt to end this nonsense.

Stepping over to a flanking position, and I’m gonna try hitting him again.

Unarmed attack: 1d20 + 6 + 2 ⇒ (15) + 6 + 2 = 23
Unarmed damage: 1d6 + 4 ⇒ (3) + 4 = 7

There's a decent die roll! Assuming that’s a hit/KO, Oskar’s doing the action-film style neck snap, so the last thing the gobbo sees is himself suddenly turning around to face Oskar. :)

Oskar takes in a deep breath, then looks over to Rataji. “Well, that was interesting. Are you okay, Miss?”

Rodrak carefully walks over, ensuring that he does not step on any other defenders.

"Any of you can do something for this poor sod? Living or dead, we need to get him out of here. Gobs are not this bold unless something leads them, threatens them or flushes them out, and in all cases it means we can't assume this is over..."

Assuming that Oskar thoroughly squished the remaining goblin.

Having taken up position to defend anyone healing or carrying the downed villager he peers about intent on spotting any threats in the village or otherwise approaching the square.

Perception: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (13) + 5 = 18

"Does someone have the ability to take one of THEM alive and ask what they're doing here? Preferably two, because things happen when you question goblins

"Does someone have the ability to take one of THEM alive and ask what they're doing here? Preferably two, because things happen when you question goblins

Oskar looks down sheepishly at the limp goblin still clutched in his hand. "You, uh... you gotta be quicker with those take-them-alive kind of requests," he says with a shrug.

Because of reasons, we're staying in initiative for a moment.

With purple pummeled and shot trough, not a lot is left of the body. The unfortunate villagers body lies broken on the flagstones. Your new ally, with the big stick, looks at the body and angrily takes a few steps away.

The villagers continue to huddle together, not letting up their defence. It is clear the troubles of sandpoint are not done yet, as smoke starts to rise from several places around town.

Round 6

Initiative order:
Oskar
Eldira
Rodrak
Rataji 2 damage left after heal
Justin
Townspeople one wounded, one down
Man with Big Stick 5 damage
Snowflake

Bold may post an action.

Vy is fraught with anxiety. He has been in a few scrapes, but this. This is real. . What should he do? Should he heal Ranger Hosk, or should he use his channel powers to heal both Hosk and Taj, and the downed villager? But wouldn't that cure the goblins as well? Hosk looks tough enough for four men, and Taj still looks scrappy. Vy walks over to take a peek at the villager whose face he can't quite see, yet.
Perception: 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (16) + 1 = 17

The man on the ground must have been in a bad shape when he started running away, but the knife in the back, followed by actually getting eaten, has caused massive blood loss. Nothing short of actually preventing the goblin to chew on his body would have saved this man.
As it currently is, his body lies still in a slowly congealing pool of blood. No aid you can provide will save him now. The man is dead.

Initiative is my only way of tracking time, so we're staying in initiative for now

Round 7

Initiative order:
Oskar
Eldira
Rodrak
Rataji 2 damage
Justin
Townspeople one wounded, one down
Man with Big Stick 5 damage
Snowflake

Bold may post an cation

You said they were acting unusually viscous? He adjusts his spectacles a bit and casts detect magic, shuddering a bit as he studies the front of the goblin while simultaneously seeing the back of its head

Rodrak takes a moment to glance down at the body and make a few small gestures as if to ward off something.

"Gobs... Goblins are always vicious. But they are cowards, generally sticking to out of the way hidey-holes. Especially when there are bigger folk around. Or dogs."

He continues peering at the horizon, as if expecting more to show up at any moment.

"To attack a village, let alone such a gathering... something or someone drove them to it. Whether motivated by hate or hunger, they came here ready to fight. And that is unusual. Best we ask the good folk here if they had trouble with this before..."

Taj smiles at Oskar, her white teeth dazzling against her dark skin. "I'm doing fine, I think! Especially with you to help me!"

Taj looks at her brother. "স্নো, একটি লাঠি দিয়ে এই জরিমানা ভদ্রলোক আহত দেখায়!" She turns to the club-wielding mystery man. "Thanks for your help! I'm Taj. My brother, Snow, is a fine healer. Maybe he could look you over?"

"এছাড়াও, আপনি দেখতে যেখানে ধোঁয়া থেকে আসছে না?" She looks up at the sky with concern, trying to pinpoint the source of the flame. "Those aren't cooking fires, are they? Do any of you see where they're coming from?"

Taj smiles at Oskar, her white teeth dazzling against her dark skin. "I'm doing fine, I think! Especially with you to help me!"

"Oh, uh, yeah. Good. Yeah, that's good," Oskar stammers, then puts on a grin. "'Least this way, I didn't have to throw up to change yer mood, eh?"

He's still holding the goblin in one hand, he's just kind of got distracted and stopped paying attention to it.

I'm going to skip over Eldira for a moment to keep things going. As we're not actual in combat I wont summarise your actions.

Man with Big Stick: With the immediate threat gone, the man breaks a couple of barrels and throws sticks to the villagers. "C'mon! Like we practiced! Act like a militia and get the children to the garrison!"

Townspeople: Arming themselves as good as they can, the group starts to move as one towards the garrison. Children and old people in the middle, able bodied adults at the edges.

Round 7

Initiative order:
Oskar
Eldira
Rodrak
Rataji 2 damage
Justin
Townspeople one wounded, one down
Man with Big Stick 5 damage
Snowflake

Bold may post an action.

Oskar sees Luca still crouching nearby, and heads over to him. "Hey there. I don't know exactly how this works, but apparently you've got someplace to be now, right? You get going, and I'll check on you later." Oskar hands one of his darts to the boy. "Better that you run, but if you're cornered, give him a taste of this, okay? Anyone gives you guff over havin' this, you send 'em to me afterwards."

Oskar straightens up and addresses the others. "Where to first?"

Closing his eyes,Vy thinks of a green meadow. He sighs, and than says in common
"Goblins are always a menace, that's true, but they mostly approach the town the raid the garbage heap at the bottom of the cliff. So this is a bit...unusual. One thing worries me though."
He points towards the billowing smoke.
"Goblins really like fires"

Slightly confused about the quick change of events, Eldira takes in her surroundings. Thinking "The combat is over, shouldn't the celebration have restarted already? Is there something critical missing, the obvious thread seems to be exterminated"

Realizing that this moment quiet is just a momentary break in hostilities, she is looking towards the other fighters and her landlady for some sort of mission statement.

New goblins: The relative peace is short lived, as more goblins emerge. They are giggeling madly, and carrying torches which they use to set varying stuff on fire.

Round 8

Initiative order:
Oskar
New Goblins
Eldira
Rodrak
Rataji 2 damage
Justin
Townspeople one wounded, one down
Man with Big Stick 5 damage
Snowflake

Bold may post an action.

"Ah, hell."

Oskar turns to Rataji. "Here we go again...!"

When life gives you goblins...

Move into position and attacking the blue goblin

attack: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (3) + 5 = 81d8 + 2 ⇒ (5) + 2 = 7

Rodrak moves into position so that his warhammer can just reach the goblin (red), leaving room for others to file in while simultaneously using his increased size and mass to block charges towards the villagers behind.

Attack - Warhammer: 1d20 + 4 + 1 + 1 ⇒ (13) + 4 + 1 + 1 = 192d6 + 4 ⇒ (1, 4) + 4 = 9

Since we're going to be here a while apparently, and you can't can't have a dwarf bigger than a half human... justin starts gesturing at the half orc and throws a little extra into it to increase the caster level to 2.

If you are not currently in the mass protecting a child please pick up a sturdy object and advance in an orderly fashion to lynch the nearest goblin.

Was there any magic on the goblin?

"Hey - whoa! Heheh. Nice!" Oskar chuckles at his newfound size. He goes to smack one enlarged fist into the other, only to realizes he's been absent-mindedly holding the goblin he killed a couple of minutes ago. He tosses the body to the ground with a contemptuous motion.

"A'right, you little screwheads. Now you get what's comin' to ya...!"

enlarge person is a full round casting so you dont get large untill justins turn the next round.
Also, i cant see how rodrak can move and attack as its 30ft. movement. But often I cant count so can someone take a look for me? I'll post tonight. First need to see capt. America :P

Ah yes, forgive my over-eagerness. I've re-enshrinkened myself.

That MIGHT be a legal charge lane. If the DM squints. And pays attention to this doughnut dangling on a string...

Taj follows Oskar's gaze and curses, her hair starting to catch fire again as she perceives the oncoming fight. "How many of the blasted things can there be?"

"They have fire! If any of you have buckets, organize a brigade!" She ignores the fact that with her current head of partially flaming hair, she looks like a far worse fire hazard than the three goblins. Taj double-moves towards the goblins, positioning herself to charge them next time.

If only there weren't so many carts and people in the way...

Yeah, go on. Bribe me with my weakness. Food :P
But no, even if I squint, that's not a charge lane. Maybe if you had offered me beer, I might have seen it double :P
In all seriousness, I'll make it a double move for Rodrak so we can continue. It will mean blocking rataji's charge lane, but Rodrak said he'd block the goblins way to the crowd. You can choose to re-move if you want.
Also, no magic on the goblins

Eldira: Hot air shifts currents, and the burning cart is throwing off your aim. New calculations will be necessary.

Rodrak: Using your large size to your advantage, you neatly block the direct route towards the villagers. Any goblin trying to get past you will surely get a taste of your hammer this way.

Justin: Its not an organised warren, but the humans could have done worse. But another large friend to aid will certainly help.

Rataji: Goblins do like fire as you have experienced now first hand... Now only if you could reach them before they burn more then just a cart.[/b]

Extra ugly goblin: Well, you did not think it was possible, but here he is. En even uglier goblin then the others you have seen so far.
While the horrible song the goblins were singing died with them, thins one starts it up again when entering the square. It visibly excites and pumps up the other goblins.

Townspeople: Still grouped together, they continue to move towards one of the square's exits.

Man with big stick: Cursing at the new arrivals, he seems torn between guiding the townspeople and attacking these new goblins. After what must have been some soul searching, he seems to opt for a compromise, and positiones himself between the townfolk and the goblins.

Round 8

Initiative order:
Oskar
New Goblins
Eldira
Rodrak
Rataji 2 damage
Justin
Extra ugly goblin
Townspeople one wounded, one down
Man with Big Stick 5 damage
Snowflake

Bold may post an action.

People with knowledge local may roll so for these new goblins

Vy speeds up forward, covering his sister, covering the villagers, NOT covering Eldira.

"চেষ্টা করে দেখুন এবং নীরবতা যে কুশ্রী এক. দেখে মনে হচ্ছে সে মানুষ জাগানো যাবে বাবা কি করতে পারেন মত"

Rataji narrows her eyes as she studies the big ugly goblin and his associates.

Knowledge Local: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (16) + 8 = 24

Rataji nods at her brother's words, and then blinks. How did Rodrak get there so fast? Her charge lane was gone, but Rataji could see the strategic worth of keeping the goblins off the townspeople. She just feels acute frustration that she'll lose precious time disrupting them.

Perception: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (19) + 4 = 23

Can Rataji make out the goblin's words that he's singing? Is there a strategy being spoken here? Also, are they just setting fire to the cart? Are they armed with anything other than torches? Do they have any ranged weaponry?

" আমি তাকে দেখতে না ... এবং এটি খুব , খুব তার গান ছেড়ে রাখা কঠিন করতে পরিকল্পনা !"

Round 9

Initiative order:
Oskar
New Goblins
Eldira
Rodrak
Rataji 2 damage
Justin
Extra ugly goblin
Townspeople one wounded, one down
Man with Big Stick 5 damage
Snowflake

Bold may post an action.

Oskar sprints across the square, heading toward the troublemaking pyros.

I didn't see any way I could get in a plausible attack this turn, so I just took a double move. I'll embiggen my counter as soon as Justin's turn comes up.

Oskar: Hardly having caught your breath, the next threat beckons.
With a jog, you get up close.

New Goblins: Distracted at first by the burning cart, the goblins attention is now drawn by the approaching half orc.
Still caught up in their pyromania, they attack with their torches instead of their dogslicers.

5 foot step, attack attack red: 1d20 ⇒ 15 torch damage: 1d2 + 1 ⇒ (1) + 1 = 2
move around, attack attack yellow: 1d20 ⇒ 9 torch damage: 1d2 + 1 ⇒ (1) + 1 = 2
move around, attack attack blue: 1d20 ⇒ 19 torch damage: 1d2 + 1 ⇒ (2) + 1 = 3

Blue gets a lucky hit in, squeeling in glee when the torch scorches your skin. 3 bludgeoning damage and 1 fire damage, for a total of 4 damage

Round 9

Initiative order:
Oskar 4 damage
New Goblins
Eldira
Rodrak
Rataji 2 damage
Justin
Extra ugly goblin
Townspeople one wounded, one down
Man with Big Stick 5 damage
Snowflake

Bold may post an action.

Just a little closer and daze yello DC 14 daze. Might go for the extra ugly one in the back, but this is really closer than i like to get to begin with.

"They're not hopped up on magic. Could be the fire. Or the song. Or goblin mating season. Or goblin mating fire songs. Hurry along and render it academic would you?"