Cautiously checking first the building to the extreme northwest, then the one just to the south of it, you listen carefully for any extra goblins, but not hearing anything of note, you prepare for the worst and Saif opens the door, at which point a pair of eerily stealthy goblins lunge at him with crude blades...
... one of leaves a nasty cut.
You have a little wiggle room on positioning, and if there were any last minute preparations anyone had in mind before throwing the door open, feel free to retroactively make them before your first turn. I'm figuring everyone's set up a bit like this otherwise.
Turn order of those currently visible: Saif, Aleon, Niveus, Kairi, Goblins.
Oh, and since I did agree to do something like this if there was a sufficiently tactically complex fight, I'll just leave this maptool server running for most of the day (version 1.3.b87) if anyone is so inclined to pop on and pester me about removing extra fog of war or measuring out distances or generally pestering me to update the next round already. Game- The Minkai Trail, Password: jade
Aleon will get behind goblin 1, even if he has to provoke an attack of opportunity, but first he will try an acrobatics check to see if he can get in safely.
then he will attack with his axe and he is flanking
Niveus gets into a safe position then fires his crossbow at the nearest goblin.
"Keep moving forward. When we all get into the room, we need to use the tight spaces against them. Goblins are decent at sneaking around. So we must be constantly aware."
Kairi casts bless and moves to the spot where Aleon was before.
Still waiting on Saif here...
Reacting quickly, Saif swings at one of the goblin as Aleon vaults over its head to attack the other. With the help of another blessing from Kairi, the pair are easily dispatched by the time Niveus is in position to take a shot, but is ready to react when a third comes around the corner to investigate, earning it a bolt to the shoulder as it advances on Aleon.
I will attack with my axe, then take a 5-foot shift step to the maps east.
Niveus reloads and fires again at the newest goblin.
Kairi looks behind, watching for any sneaking goblins.
After she takes a look, she looks forward and moves behind Niveus.
The third goblin is quite easily dispatched, and a quick examination of the rest of the ramshackle structure doesn't turn up any more within. However, the sound of combat is enough to draw more goblins out from elsewhere, one of whom opens the door just to the south of Aleon, earning herself a bolt to the face that nearly does her in. The pair of goblins behind her take aim at Aleon...
... lodging arrows harmlessly in the doorframe.
Hanging back on the walkway to keep an eye out, Kairi sees a fourth new goblin racing out to join the fray, with what sounds like two more behind.
Niveus reloads yet again. Taking aim and firing at another goblin. Wondering how many more of the little terrors would show up.
Aleon moves forward and used his axe, I forgot, I think I still have bless from Kairi. if so, I'll do the 1 seperate.
and I don't know why I've been rolling 2d6, because it is suppose to be 1d12 for a greataxe, not that it makes much of a difference, but the average comes out differently.
"Watch out guys! Three more goblins coming from the left."
Kairi tries to move past Niveus to get into the next room.
Continuing to leapfrog over goblins, Aleon and Saif work to dispatch another, as Niveus dispatches a new arrival with a well-placed bolt from the safety of a doorframe and Kairi rushes to the relative safety of a hut's interior.
Those goblins remaining focus their efforts on Saif...
... and Niveus...
... but between the ample cover and a general lack of coordination, continue to fail to pose much actual threat.
Niveus reloads and fires into the seeming horde of goblins that keep appearing.
"Don't over extend yourself or get into tight confines. There are more coming up behind you!"
It was best for them to be in the open, not where goblins had the advantage or ability to swarm their enemies.
Aleon will put away his weapon and draw his shotgun while going downstairs. I will check down here to make sure they don't come up and sneak up on us. We are doing a good job, you all hold them off upstairs, I'll make sure the ones down here don't get us.
Aleon will aim carefully can keep his shotgun pointed in front of him.
Kairi opens the door right next to her and looks for any goblins in the room.
Aleon and Kairi come to the quite reasonable conclusion that given the size of the village, not nearly enough goblins have visibly joined the fray. Double checking that they aren't setting up ambushes in the corners of nearby rooms or sneaking along under the walkways however turn up nothing.
Aleon and Saif meanwhile attempt to deal with those who have made themselves known...
... but aside from minor injuries to the pair of them, nothing connects.
Niveus reloads and fires at a goblin again. He wondered what would give first the goblins or his bolts.
Whoops. Typo I only just noticed. That was Saif and Niveus each taking 1 damage from goblin bows last round, not Aleon.
Aleon wants to climb up the south ladder, the one that would be to the right of him when at the corner, he will infact go fast.
"Room seems to be clear." Kairi dashes into the room. She quickly moves to any door she can find and opens the door. "Stop hurting my companions. I am not afraid of you!"
Yup! I've been factoring those in. Normally these goblins have +4 to hit with their bows, but Niveus has consistently been in melee, and you've either been in melee or had an interposing goblin that wasn't close enough for his friend to aim over the shoulder of.
Assuming you moved all the way up to the intersection last round, you easily have enough movement to get up that next ladder, with 10' of movement to spare even (the walkways are only 5' off the ground and all).
So...
Saif hits a goblin almost hard enough to not only knock it out, but very nearly kill it despite his efforts not to, thoroughly rattling the other (and I suppose still has a move action).
Niveus continues to exchange fire with the goblins to the north.
Kairi handily comes up behind said goblins, who aren't too concerned with the odd blue blind gal who has yet to take any real offensive action, and totally still has a standard action.
Aleon climbs up to the southern end of the main north-south walkway, and totally still has a standard action.
Assuming those unused actions are not spent to drop one of these remaining goblins, the one near Saif will drop his bow, and shakily step forward...
... and the northern pair will continue taking their shots at Niveus (possibly provoking an AOO from Kairi).
... landing a rather nasty hit.
Those with unspent actions, feel free to use them on whatever (possibly nullifying that solid goblin hit if you take both out of commission). Past that, everyone has their full turn for a new round here.
Also, if this is starting to drag out, there's still a friendly NPC in shouting distance.
Kairi places her left hand firmly on her right shoulder to try to make her right arm strike with more precision. She directs her right arm back to jab the dagger into the back of the goblin's head.
Kairi continues with the same method.
"Taste this!" Kairi stabs straight with her arm at the goblin in front of her.
Aleon moves 5 feet to the east and then takes his second move action to move as far north as he possibly can. He plans on getting those two goblins from the other side, with the gun ready.
Aleon will move until he can see the two goblins then he will fire off his gun, which hits all within a 15 foot cone.
B and P damage
B and P damage
Mini-update: That will definitely take one of those goblins out of the equation (but doesn't retroactively avoid the 4 damage to Niveus sadly), and nearly drop the other on the next round here, and Aleon does not find any more hiding in the southern cluster of buildings.
Firing once more Niveus retreats. He was at the end of his rope once again. The others had moved away and he was very much alone with goblins between them. He would regroup with his Halfling friend and wait, as there was little he could do now without getting himself killed.
Niveus fires off a final shot before doubling back to the relative safety of the outer palisade, where Walthus takes a moment to look over his injuries, apologizing that he can't do more than that for them. Otherwise, you nicely manage to deal with the remaining goblins, only to have two more burst forth from a door to the east of Aleon (just at the edge of where Kairi's vision becomes a blur), weapons at the ready.
As these two new goblins demonstrate the usual marksmanship of their kind, Aleon and Kairi are able to hear a third newcomer, creeping towards the nearby door to the south, potentially planning a surprise attack as someone moves past.
Aleon quickly lays the shotgun up against his legs
Then he pulls out his axe
And he takes a big swing at the goblin
"Saif! We have more goblins over here."
Kairi moves over and gets behind Aleon. Covering his back and providing support.
"We might need Saif, Aleon. Be careful!"
Regrouping to confront the latest group of goblins, blades clash ineffectually once more. Given how winded everyone is growing and Niveus' injuries, Walthus hefts his bow, taking a quick shot at the goblin so conveniently located in plain view...
... his arrow lodging into the broken cutting board the tiny creature is using as a shield.
Niveus nods at the Halfling as he watches things play out. His sense of survival keeping his foolish thoughts in check.
"You know it's times like these that make me wish father was not so tight fisted with his coin. I've told him time and again that a few potions are well worth the cost."
Aleon takes another huge swing with his axe
Then picks up his shotgun by the tip which is at waist height considering the way he placed it and puts it away.
Aleon then tells Sefu. If you go south and through a couple of doors, you might be able to reach the goblins from the other side, there is not much room for you here, I'd suggest you run.
That's impressive, I myself would not have tried something like that in a tight space.
As Aleon and Saif proceed, Kairi watches behind and on her right side to make sure there are no unexpected goblins.
She holds her dagger tightly, ready if any goblins come close to her.
As Saif renders another goblin unconscious, the one hiding behind the door loses patience and springs its poorly planned ambush early, failing to set up a proper flanking opportunity as the goblin with a bow drops it to advance.
And Walthus again attempts to thin things out from the gap in the palisade.
There don't seem to be many places left to hide, so once you finally manage to dispatch this last pair of goblins, you should, at the very least, have a moment to regroup and catch your breath before checking out the rearmost building where their chieftain most likely resides.
Aleon moves south and east opening any doors along the way to get the the goblins from the other side to help flank with saif, even though he knows that A, it is risky considering there might be more goblins that way, and B, Saif might take them out before he gets there, but Aleon isn't going to try to jump over the goblin in such a tight space. He runs if he absolutely has to.
This was Kairi's first combat. Her motivation to fight is not out of any hatred or disdain towards anything, but rather trying to keep her friends safe. She cannot wipe off her dagger just yet. After seeing Aleon start heading off, She moves over behind Saif.
"I am right behind you, if more pain comes your way, I can relieve it. Like water in a long boil... only.. not so long."
The final remaining goblin glances around a bit, perhaps pondering the odds, but ultimately decides to keep pressing the attack.
At which point Walthus takes another shot...
"Senseless little brutes, aren't they," he adds, after pinning the creature to the wall.
Finally, you have at least a bit of a break from the scrawny little big-headed creatures attempting to fill you with arrows and hack at the general vicinity of your knees with crude blades, giving you a chance to catch your breath and regroup. As none of these goblins seem to possess any particularly outlandish ornamentation, their chief is almost certainly still at large. While there is something to be said for seeing things through, there's no real need to rush into it if you'd rather take a moment to more thoroughly look things over, or even fall back to Walthus' shack and return here tomorrow.
Niveus looks around from his position before coming out. Still very bloodied.
"Well personally I think we need a little work on the whole teamwork thing. With that said I am not leaving empty handed."
He then goes about the distasteful task of cutting off goblin ears from the dead ones. No proof no bounty, maybe he would get enough to buy a potion. Making a personal declaration to always have one when involved in dangerous work.
Aleon, comes out from the other side where the goblin died to east of Saif. Six seconds too late it seems, I about had him from behind too. Anway good job.