Ravboom roars. "STOP MISSING STOP MISSING STOP MISSING!" He hits Palo on the thigh with his sling for emphasis. Now we're back to everyone missing over and over again. :)
Male Goblin Fighter(Titan Fighter) 3, Champion 1 | HP [29/39] | AC 15, FF 14, T 11 | Fort +6, Ref +2, Will +1 | Init +1 | Darkvision 60', Perception +3, Bravery +2, Rage 6/day
Roaring in the goblin's face and ignoring Ravboom for the moment, Biggun once again swung his chain in a circle before paring it out at his victim...
Attack:1d20 + 1 ⇒ (7) + 1 = 8
...but it swung back and almost hit Biggun in his head!
I really hope that my chain won't end up like my cursed estoc in my Hell's Rebels game. It was cursed because it NEVER hit. It now travels through the various dimensions.
Her aim improved by having a few moments of concentration, Solie shoots the injured goblin through the neck... it flops loosely to the floor, blood oozing from the wound...
Solie, Crossbow vs Injured Goblin (2): 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (16) + 3 = 19, hitting for 1d6 ⇒ 2
Goblin 2 is Dead - 2 Goblin Acolytes plus Goblin Priest remain
Ducking beneath Biggun's chain, one of the goblins plunges its sword deep into the over-sized fighter's ribs - blood pouring from the gash, he collapses.
"YEOWCH! I've studied books more than fighting, what do you expect!?" Palo snarls at Ravboom as she hurriedly loads another bolt. As Biggun suddenly goes down from a nasty blow, she begins to sweat. "Come on, hit!" she prays to anyone listening as she fires again at the strange robed goblin.
CG Male Beast Eidolon 1 HP: 20/20 | AC: 18 | F: +8, R: +7, W: +6 | Perc: +4 | Stealth: +7 | Speed: 25 ft. | Senses: Dark Vision, Low-Light Vision, Scent 30 ft. (Imprecise) | Active Conditions:
Relas ducks under the goblin's swing with relative ease and attempts to sink his teeth the creature's arm before it has a chance to recover and swing again.
Ravboom steps back 5 ft and slings another stone at the priest. This time, however, he goes into an apopleptic fit! Rage! AC BOOST, +2, Damage boost +2
Stepping backwards, Ravboom crunches another stone against the goblin priest’s forehead… and Palomia deals a crippling wound with a crossbow bolt through the shoulder (Putting the Goblin Priest at about 50% health). Of the four acolytes that had initially run from the temple, two are already dead and, when Relas crunches one more, a solitary underling remains…
Sadly, it seems that Globlob can indeed do no more than fire arrows into the ground!!! Rushing forwards to the aid of her fallen giant goblin, Solie urges him to get back in his feet...
Solie, Cure Light Wounds on Biggun for 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (1) + 1 = 2, Biggun is now at zero HP and Stable... Wow, underwhelming!!!
The remaining acolyte goblin, stumbling around in charred robes, rushes at Relas. "Let go!!! Let go!!!", it slashes at Palomia's companion - trying to get it to drop the dead goblin within its jaws...
Goblin 4, Short Sword vs Relas: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (12) + 2 = 14, hitting for 1d4 ⇒ 1
...whilst, growing increasingly angry, the priest smashes at Ravboom with his mace, "You will be good offering for fire... You burn good, yes? Vuelib reward Brokebags for more burnings".
Goblin Priest, Heavy Mace vs Ravboom: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (15) + 5 = 20, hitting for 1d6 + 1 ⇒ (2) + 1 = 3
"Vuelib? He's going to be sorely disappointed, whoever he is!" Palo answers the priest as she loads another bolt and fires it off at the mouthy goblin-priest.
CG Male Beast Eidolon 1 HP: 20/20 | AC: 18 | F: +8, R: +7, W: +6 | Perc: +4 | Stealth: +7 | Speed: 25 ft. | Senses: Dark Vision, Low-Light Vision, Scent 30 ft. (Imprecise) | Active Conditions:
Relas snarls with pain and annoyance as the remaining acolyte's sword nicks him, dropping the dead goblin. Considering that everyone else is doing plenty of yelling and screaming as it is, he attempts to mince his attacker rather than words.
It is really unlikely to matter - esp. as you can full heal / level after this combat... But doesn't a buckler just give a further +1 to AC? Or am I missing something?
The war chanter growls under his breath and snatches another arrow from his quiver to fire at the priest. "Globlob trying! You keep mouth shut or me shoot at you next!"
Male Goblin Fighter(Titan Fighter) 3, Champion 1 | HP [29/39] | AC 15, FF 14, T 11 | Fort +6, Ref +2, Will +1 | Init +1 | Darkvision 60', Perception +3, Bravery +2, Rage 6/day
Eyes snapping open, Biggun growled in frustration and dug into his side pouch. Pulling out a potion vial, he popped the cork and downed the liquid, all while lying on his back.
With a crunch, Relas disposes of the final goblin acolyte… leaving just the robed goblin priest – who, ducking past all of the attacks against it, starts screeching about Vuelib and the ‘New God of the Fallen Star’… Before bashing at Ravboom once more with it’s heavy mace.
Goblin Priest, Heavy Mace vs Ravboom: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (1) + 5 = 6, missing
"Just as crazy as most of the others we've seen here," Palo says, her expression a mixture of pity and disgust as she readies and fires another bolt at the crazed goblin priest. "Like putting down mad dogs!"
CG Male Beast Eidolon 1 HP: 20/20 | AC: 18 | F: +8, R: +7, W: +6 | Perc: +4 | Stealth: +7 | Speed: 25 ft. | Senses: Dark Vision, Low-Light Vision, Scent 30 ft. (Imprecise) | Active Conditions:
"Hang in there guys, we've almost got this..." Relas calls out as he moves up and attempts to circle around the priest and get behind him. Taking advantage of the priest's current fixation on Ravboom, he snaps at the goblin's legs.
Moving into flank, Relas crunches his jaws down on the legs of the goblin priest… yelping in dismay, it yanks a chewed-upon leg from Relas’ mouth… Sadly, neither Ravboom nor Palomia can make their attacks count…
Globlob huffs grumpily when his song's echoes begin to die out and he shakes his head in frustration as he snatches up another arrow. "You just die already! Die, die, die!"
Biggun – in the spirit of keeping things moving along, I am going to say you would have to move after you stand to attack – plus side, you don’t provoke when you stand!!!
Lining up another shot, Solie lets loose with a crossbow bolt…
Male Goblin Fighter(Titan Fighter) 3, Champion 1 | HP [29/39] | AC 15, FF 14, T 11 | Fort +6, Ref +2, Will +1 | Init +1 | Darkvision 60', Perception +3, Bravery +2, Rage 6/day
Attack:1d20 ⇒ 1
Now that he was back in the right, Biggun was out for blood. Well, more blood than usual. Swinging his chain around wildly, he waited for what he thought was the right moment, but the sounds he suffered caused his grip to slacken and the chain to fly out of his hand.
"Don't hurt him!" Palo calls out in alarm as Biggun's chain misses the priest by a mile and comes close to clobbering her eidolon instead. Fed up with attempting to use her crossbow, she instead points a finger at the crazed priest and sends a small orb of acid whizzing towards him!
"Ack! Watch where you throw that," Globlob admonishes the larger goblin despite the likelihood of potentially getting turned into paste later. Hopefully he can make it up to all of them by putting the priest down?
Attack:1d20 + 4 ⇒ (5) + 4 = 9Not sure if still into melee. If so, -4. Damage:1d4 ⇒ 2
For a while, it seems that everyone is flailing at each other uselessly - arrows, bullet and bolts going flying in every direction other than the way that they should...
Male Goblin Fighter(Titan Fighter) 3, Champion 1 | HP [29/39] | AC 15, FF 14, T 11 | Fort +6, Ref +2, Will +1 | Init +1 | Darkvision 60', Perception +3, Bravery +2, Rage 6/day
Growling in frustration, his beloved chain flying off into the distance, he gripped his sword and drew it from the sheath. "Stupid magic goblin, you die now!"
This is, indeed, stretching out beyond the realms of PbP fun!!! Long drawn out combats where it’s just a case of rolling highest on a d20 kind of get in the way… so, I’m calling this one – you folks had the numerical advantage and, after Palomia’s acid splash, the priest was down to around quarter health”
Palomia, moving to where she has a better shot, flings a globule of conjured acid at the manic goblin… landing on its cheek, the green-skinned maniac rages and spits – swinging at Ravboom once more… yet this time, as it lurches the heavy weight at its opponent, it only manages to lift its mace a few inches from the ground before, gasping for breath and clutching at its chest, it keels over backwards – eyes bulging for a moment before it shudders twice and expires…
…and, now the ragtag group have a moment to breathe, they notice the flames that are starting to lick up the walls of the temple – already it is clearly too late to consider putting out the growing fire; at the rate at which the inferno is spreading, the building will burn to the ground in minutes…
Searching the bodies of the goblins will reveal nothing more than the poorly maintained short swords of the acolytes, the heavy mace used by the Goblin Priest (Masterwork Quality) and a poorly fashioned holy symbol of Zarongel – chewed!!!
You folks may level up to Level 2 now and, once you are ready, strike out following the route on the map to the Longshanks dwellings (I am handwaving the need to rest up to level).
"Did...did they set fire to their own temple?" Palo pants as she backs away to a safer distance. "This whole thing is getting more and more ridiculous..." she mutters under her breath as the others set about checking the bodies.
"Look, I know it's still early in the day but I think we might want to rest up at Nessa Nessa's before we head out to that farmhouse. Biggun took a hell of a beating just now and I'm already out of my more powerful magics for the day."
Almost as an afterthought, she adds, "And I'd like to have another crack at figuring out what that wand we found does, so taking a rest will give me some time to look it over again."
Male Goblin Fighter(Titan Fighter) 3, Champion 1 | HP [29/39] | AC 15, FF 14, T 11 | Fort +6, Ref +2, Will +1 | Init +1 | Darkvision 60', Perception +3, Bravery +2, Rage 6/day
Stalking over to his flying chain, he growled at it before walking back to the magic goblin and bashing it's corpse with it for a bit. Nodding in satisfaction, he looked over at Palomia and scowled. "Biggun no need rest, Biggun be ju-" He's interrupted as one of the wounds he took causes him to stumble over a pile of air on the ground. "Uh, Biggun meant to do that!"'Biggun need nap...'
With the fire in the temple raging, the group elect to retreat back to Nessa Nessa’s place – an opportunity to recuperate and consider their plans before heading to the Longshanks places marked upon the map. Safely in the building and already considering sleep, the intrepid explorers all jump when, with an enormous crashing noise, the temple collapses in on itself…
…strangely, the atmosphere seems to immediately lighten – the oppressive feeling of impending danger reduces….
Everyone may level up (you will all go back to full HP and you each get 1 Hero Point) and, when you are ready, let’s get you on the road!!!
CG Male Beast Eidolon 1 HP: 20/20 | AC: 18 | F: +8, R: +7, W: +6 | Perc: +4 | Stealth: +7 | Speed: 25 ft. | Senses: Dark Vision, Low-Light Vision, Scent 30 ft. (Imprecise) | Active Conditions:
"Hey...it feels like things are a little safer now," Relas muses as the group is preparing to bed down for the night. "We're doing good things here, even if you don't think so Palo! And hopefully we'll learn more about what's going on when we get to that farmhouse tomorrow."
"Yeah yeah," Palomia waves at the eidolon dismissively. "Taking out those crazy goblin priests needed to happen to make it easier for us to move around the area; making things safer in general is a bonus."
The summoner unrolls her bedroll and plops down into a cross-legged position. "Hey, Solie? Let me have another look at that wand. I'm sure at least one of us can figure out what it does with enough study." Once Solie is convinced to pass the wand back to Palomia, she sits and turns it over and over in her hands, eyes narrowed in concentration.
Male Goblin Fighter(Titan Fighter) 3, Champion 1 | HP [29/39] | AC 15, FF 14, T 11 | Fort +6, Ref +2, Will +1 | Init +1 | Darkvision 60', Perception +3, Bravery +2, Rage 6/day
Biggun settled down in a corner of the room, that way nobody would sneak up behind him. "Biggun no care about crazy goblins, Biggun just want to find star to bring down Sun," he said as he looked at the others. "Bring down Sun and be big important goblin!"
"Bring down sun, burn off head and hands, be dead goblin..." Ravboom says under his breath, muttering and poking at the parts he inherited from the former goblin.
@GM - Ravboom is constructing a pistol from the parts he had and the oversized gun that he found on the dead gobbie. Per the gunsmithing feat, there's no roll for it, he just does it. The question is how many gp in parts he has. I'd like to make a 'cap and ball' revolver, which is sort of in-between an advanced revolver and a black powder pistol. It would take one round to load one chamber, as you're basically filling a chamber with BP and a ball, then putting a cap on the back. So six rounds to load, then fire six times. He'd need 2000gp for a regular pistol, and 2150GP worth of parts for a masterwork pistol. I don't think he has enough yet, unless he's scrounged bits around town as part of WBL upkeep. He could get 750GP worth of parts from the musket. Not sure if he was able to scrounge up the rest.
Ravboom – Especially as you have dropped to four players, I am happy for you to move a little ahead of the game on WBL and say you have salvaged enough scrap to make a non-masterwork pistol… if you want to delay lashing together a weapon from the remnants of Kaloora’s musket and other bits of metal, you may find enough salvage (before level 3) to make a masterwork weapon. Your choice :)
Palomia – The wand is a Wand of Sound Burst (23 charges left).
The evening and night at Nessa Nessa’s pass without interruption – the group waking to the new day feeling well rested and, thanks to some assistance to Nessa Nessa, reasonably well fed. It is only as the group are packing up their equipment, ready for the hike around the edge of the lake, that they realise no one has seen Solie since she popped outside to watch the dawn…
Globlob – could you level up to Level 2 when you have some spare time? You’ve got a little bit of space before we need updated stats, etc.
"And not take Biggun with her?" Palo replies, looking skeptical. "Seems pretty unlikely. She's probably still wandering around outside somewhere; maybe she went to poke around in the embers of that old temple?"
Globlob awakes the next morning a bit later than all of the others, yawning and scrubbing at his eyes with one grubby hand. "Wha? Who run off where? Dere foods still? I hungry."
Male Goblin Fighter(Titan Fighter) 3, Champion 1 | HP [29/39] | AC 15, FF 14, T 11 | Fort +6, Ref +2, Will +1 | Init +1 | Darkvision 60', Perception +3, Bravery +2, Rage 6/day
Expecting foul play, and hoping that she didn't pull down the sun without him -for how would she carry it?- Biggun stomped outside and started yelling out, "Solie! Where you be, Solie? Biggun want bring down sun too!" Looking up, he confirmed that, yes, the sun was still up there, taunting him with it's up-there-ness.
"Well, if there's anything out there that we missed or that was sleeping in today, I'm sure Biggun just got their attention," Palo sighs. "Come on, let's go make sure he doesn't wander off too."
Shouldering her pack, Palo hurries outside after the over-sized goblin. "Is all the yelling really necessary? Like I said, she probably wandered over to check out what's left of that temple from yesterday. It didn't rain last night so the embers are probably still hot. Come on!" With that, the summoner turns and heads towards the freshly-burnt temple instead of the not-so-freshly-burnt temple.
For all of Biggun's shouting, Solie does not make a dramatic reappearance - fortunately, nothing else crawls out from the undergrowth either... The temple to Zarongel, burnt to the ground, still smokes gently in the morning mist - picking her way around it, Palomia notes that several small fires still burn within the rubble. Satisfied that none of them will lead to spread of fire, she continues her search...
...and there, at the periphery of the ashes, Palomia sees it... Solie's dagger, unmistakably hers with it's solar flare decorative hilt, abandoned on the ground... Immediately alert, Palomia looks around a little more - there is defintiely no sign of her but....
...she does see the large humanoid footprints in the ash that lead up to where the dagger was and, somewhat strange, the ash around these footprints appears to be stuck together by strands of viscuous material...
Ravboom - you can craft a non-masterwork pistoomfor now and, when you have more scrap, I will allow an upgrade to Masterwork.
"Hey...the rest of you lot had better come have a look at this," Palo calls out. As they file over, she points out the dagger as well as the strange footprints and the sticky material that surrounds them. "Looks like she ran into something, but it doesn't look like there was a fight...and I don't remember hearing anything strange," she says with a frown.
"And I have no idea what this stuff is," she continues. Looking about for a moment, she finds a small twig and tentatively prods at the material to see if it's corrosive or has any other effect when touched.
