Talivar didn't need to know goblin to understand what the drawing of swords and the nooking of arrows meant. They'd already discussed the plan earlier, he would summon a right proper sea mist foiling the archery and then Urelleth and Killara would unleash hell upon the two on the ground.
All it took was simple rising gesture with his palm and a strange word, "Caligo!" and suddenly he could barely see his hand in front of his face. He then steps away from his companions in case any of the goblins could sling spells.
Pink Monkey Goblin notches an arrow, readying to strike the first foe he spots.
Orange Monkey Goblin does likewise.
Red Monkey Goblin takes a step forward, draws his blade, and slashes at Talia. He cuts a gash into the shaman’s left arm.
Blue Monkey Goblin steps forward, draws his sword, and swings at Uruelleth. He misses the bloodrager entirely.
Grey Monkey Goblin readies to fire an arrow at the first foe she sees.
Yellow Monkey Goblin does likewise.
Green Monkey Goblin does likewise.
Purple Monkey Goblin does likewise.
Uruelleth moves through the dense underbrush in order to give Kilarra a place to move if she so chooses. He also draws one of the sawtooth sabres he's carrying and takes a two-handed grip. Infusing it with additional arcane power, he takes a heavy swing at the red goblin.
Talia steps back 5 feet, and immediately casts Wind Wall, ensuring that any arrows would be useless.
Kilarra steps forward, drawing both blades in a flash, and thrusts them at the red goblin!
Talia steps back 5 feet, and immediately casts Wind Wall, ensuring that any arrows would be useless. In doing so, both the red and blue monkey goblins swing their blades at her. The red goblin misses due to the fog, but the blue goblin lands a strike across Talia’s right shoulder.
Kilarra steps forward, drawing both blades in a flash, and thrusting one at the red goblin! The goblin moves out of the way, avoiding the attack.
Uruelleth draws one of the sawtooth sabres he's carrying and takes a two-handed grip. Infusing it with additional arcane power, he takes a heavy swing at the red goblin. His aim is true and his swing strong. He cuts a large gash across the goblin’s thigh, but the Egg Sucker still stands.
Talivar casts haste on all of you.
Pink, Orange, Gray, Yellow, Green, and Purple Monkey Goblins ready to fire arrows at the first foe they each see.
Red Monkey Goblin strikes at Kilarra twice. Both strikes land, injuring the slayer.
Blue Monkey Goblin swings at Uruelleth again, twice this time. Both attacks land, damaging the bloodrager.
With the roar of Talia's wind wall in his ears, Talivar knew there was little call for the sea fog anymore. It had served its purpose and with a simple gesture he dismissed it and at once it stated to dissipate.
Kilarra grits her teeth and snarls, continuing to press her attacks against the red goblin.
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Uruelleth snarls at the blue goblin and the lines of red he managed to carve into him. With the magic of the wand coursing through him, he slashes with the enemy's sabre in his hands, turning it into a blunt instrument of death.
Talia
Talivar, with the roar of Talia's wind wall in his ears, knew there was little call for the sea fog anymore. It had served its purpose and with a simple gesture he dismissed it and at once it started to dissipate.
Kilarra grits her teeth and snarls, continuing to press her attacks against the red goblin. Her first strike lands, scoring a blow along the red goblin’s side. All her other attacks miss, most bouncing harmlessly off the goblin’s armor.
Uruelleth snarls at the blue goblin and the lines of red he managed to carve into him. With the magic of the wand coursing through him, he slashes with the enemy's sabre in his hands, turning it into a blunt instrument of death. Death is what he reaps, disemboweling the blue goblin with his first swing. The goblin only manages to look stunned for half a second before his eyes roll back into his head and he falls to the ground dead.
Pink, Orange, Gray, Yellow, Green, and Purple Monkey Goblins fire arrows - two each - at you, but their shots are foiled by Talia’s wall of wind. They scream in anger and prepare to attack again.
Red Monkey Goblin smiles as he finally sees Kilarra clearly and notices that she’s injured. “Your head will make a nice gift for Gawg,” he says in Goblin as he swings at her twice more. His first swing lands, wounding Kilarra more.
Blue Monkey Goblin is dead.
Uruelleth moves into a flanking position with Kilarra, using his enhanced speed to effortlessly avoid an opportunity attack from the goblin.
Talia casts Evil Eye (targetting saves) and Misfortune on the remaining Goblin in melee, trying to cripple its ability to attack and defend.
She was sloppy. These clothes, this helmet... It felt good. Familiar.
Which was the problem.
It brought back memories... Bad memories... Horrible memories... Her father, the confusion, the betrayal, the guilt... The shame. So much shame.
But it brought back the good, too... Feelings of comfort and acceptance. It brought her back to a time when she used to smile. Really smile. When she felt happy. Confident. Like she could take on the world, if only he was at her side.
Him. F***ing Bastien. All that joy, everything he made her feel, was a lie.
She wanted to kill him. Hurt him.
But she also missed him.
No! She wanted to kill him and he was right f***ing there! Ugh, it took all her self control not to skewer Talia where she stands.
Stab the goblins, not the girl. Stab the goblins, not the girl.
It's not him. It's not him.
I wish it was him.
With a string of curses in Infernal she slashes wildly at the red goblin...
...but her form is sloppy.
Talivar looked at the furious monkey goblins in the tree to the north and the one being cut to ribbons by Urelleth and Kilarra. He sighed, this was going to be messy. With both hands cupping an imaginary ball at waist height he whispered strange words while he pushed with his mind. He felt the barriers between words fraying as his fingers where suddenly dripping snow, and then when he felt the barriers rupture he pulled with his mind and a terrible coldness formed between his hands. Forming a fist he crushed this down to the size of a pea and with another motion he sent it flying towards a tree stump in the middle of the battle. At the very last moment Talivar grabbed his special metamagic rod and willed the coming explosion to miss his friends. With a sharp report the world around the stump was plunged into a maelstrom of ice and snow!
Spell slots used: 1st: 3/8, 2nd: 0/7, 3rd: 2/6, 4th: 0/5
Buffs: Mage Armor (5 hours), Heightened awareness (14 hours), Haste (7 rounds)
Resources used: Urea Power Component: 33/40, Tangle Burn Bag: 1/3, Haste wand: 9/10, Daylight wand: 1/10, Lesser Extend Metamagic rod: 1/3, Lesser Selective Metamagic : 1/3
Talia casts her Evil Eye hex on the red monkey goblin and he becomes hexed.
Talia casts Misfortune on the red goblin and he fails to resist her hex.
Talivar looked at the furious monkey goblins in the tree to the north and the one being cut to ribbons by Uruelleth and Kilarra. He sighed, this was going to be messy. With both hands cupping an imaginary ball at waist height he whispered strange words while he pushed with his mind. He felt the barriers between words fraying as his fingers where suddenly dripping snow, and then when he felt the barriers rupture he pulled with his mind and a terrible coldness formed between his hands. Forming a fist he crushed this down to the size of a pea and with another motion he sent it flying towards a tree stump in the middle of the battle. At the very last moment Talivar grabbed his special metamagic rod and willed the coming explosion to miss his friends. With a sharp report the world around the stump was plunged into a maelstrom of ice and snow! All but the purple goblin take the full force of Talivar’s icy blast. They look quite a bit more frosty than before, but none of them plunge to the ground.
Uruelleth moves into a flanking position with Kilarra, using his enhanced speed to effortlessly avoid an opportunity attack from the goblin. His movement throws off his aim and he hits the goblin’s armor rather than his flesh.
Kilarra, with a string of curses in Infernal, slashes wildly at the red goblin. She cuts into the Egg Sucker with both blades. Only one of the strikes misses. The goblin looks considerably worse than when Kilarra began her slicing.
Red Monkey Goblin sways in place for a moment before steadying himself. He looks at Kilarra with murder in his eyes. Then he strikes... but Talia’s hex and his wounds prove too great and both attacks miss.
Pink, Orange, Gray, Yellow, Green, and Purple Monkey Goblins, unable to get at you with their arrows and stinging from Talivar’s spell, decide to take the most logical course of action. The goblins scream as they flee further into Egg Sucker territory, swinging from tree to tree as easily as you walk along the ground.
Kilarra returns the goblins glare and attacks.
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"Run little rabbits. Run run run..." whispered Talivar as the goblins sped away. His heart was cold that day however, they needed to take out the leader of the tribe preferable without all of his braves massing together. So with glacial inevitability Talivar pulled yet more frozen matter into the steamy Mediogalti jungle. With his mind, he compressed it into a tiny pea size bundle and with a casual gesture sent it after the fleeing goblins. It detonated among them with a dull KRUMP, emitting a cataract of ice and snow which flash freezed their sweaty rags.
Spell slots used: 1st: 3/8, 2nd: 0/7, 3rd: 2/6, 4th: 1/5
Buffs: Mage Armor (5 hours), Heightened awareness (14 hours), Haste (6 rounds)
Resources used: Urea Power Component: 33/40, Tangle Burn Bag: 1/3, Haste wand: 9/10, Daylight wand: 1/10, Lesser Extend Metamagic rod: 1/3, Lesser Selective Metamagic : 1/3
Uruelleth lets the sabre in his hand drop as he moves toward the two goblins that did not get engulfed in Talivar's cold ball. While moving, he draws his bow and takes a shot at the pink one.
Talia delays.
Talivar whispered, "Run little rabbits. Run run run..." as the goblins sped away. His heart was cold that day however, they needed to take out the leader of the tribe preferable without all of his braves massing together. So with glacial inevitability Talivar pulled yet more frozen matter into the steamy Mediogalti jungle. With his mind, he compressed it into a tiny pea size bundle and with a casual gesture sent it after the fleeing goblins. It detonated among them with a dull KRUMP, emitting a cataract of ice and snow which flash freezed their sweaty rags. All four goblins are considerably slowed by Talivar’s spell, but the gray and green goblins manage to avoid some of the damage.
Uruelleth lets the sabre in his hand drop as he moves toward the two goblins that did not get engulfed in Talivar's cold ball. While moving, he draws his bow and takes a shot at the pink one. The pink monkey goblin screams as Uruelleth’s arrow lands.
Kilarra returns the goblins glare and attacks. The goblin’s stare turns out to have only been bravado and it falls from Kilarra’s first swing.
Red Monkey Goblin is dead.
The remaining monkey goblins continue to retreat, albeit more slowly for most of them.
With a grunt of effort, Talivar pulled yet more freezing matter into the jungle. With a slow crushing motion he condensed it with his fist before sending the tiny ultra-cold pellet flying lazily towards the fleeing goblins. With a dull crack it exploded into a blizzard of whiteness which seemed otherworldly and incongruous with the dense green jungle foliage all around.
Turning to the others, Talivar now encrusted with slowly melting ice crystals asked them, "We going to give chase or let them go?"
Spell slots used: 1st: 3/8, 2nd: 0/7, 3rd: 3/6, 4th: 1/5
Buffs: Mage Armor (5 hours), Heightened awareness (14 hours), Haste (5 rounds)
Resources used: Urea Power Component: 33/40, Tangle Burn Bag: 1/3, Haste wand: 9/10, Daylight wand: 1/10, Lesser Extend Metamagic rod: 1/3, Lesser Selective Metamagic : 1/3
"We should trigger the signal to attack regardless" Talia answers, trying to salvage what was left of the plan. "If we can divide their forces, we might be able to take down and eliminate their commander - hopefully. They took Talivar's attacks much better than even I anticipated."
After sending a few more arrows to hopefully pick off a few of the wounded, Uruelleth returns to the group. He shakes his head.
"If it takes three of Talivar's cold bombs to kill off their border guards, the kobolds will be slaughtered if we order them to attack. These Egg Suckers are not like the goblins we fought when we first got here. They die hard."
He pulls out his falchion and breastplate and starts to put it on, accepting help if someone gives it to cut down on the time it takes. "I think we wait to see if Gawg comes, or go to find him, and we only signal the attack once he's dead."
Kilarra tosses her sabres to the ground, pulls out her bow, and fires a few arrows at the fleeing goblins.
"Buggers hit hard," Kilarra remarks. She fishes a few potions out of her pockets and drinks them.
"Someone wave that healing wand at me. I've only got so many potions left."
She stows her bow and picks her blades back up. Then she rifles through the pockets of the goblins for anything of worth.
Talivar is able to finish off the gray, yellow, green, and purple monkey goblins with his latest fireball.
Kilarra and Uruelleth are able to wound the remaining two monkey goblins further, but not enough to stop them. The monkey goblins soon escape further into Egg Sucker territory.
When Kilarra searches the bodies, she finds a magical steel lamellar set of armor, a magical chain shirt, two magical shortswords, two magical capes, and two magical rings.
Talivar nodded at Urelleth's words, these goblins where rock hard, "Agreed it would go badly for the Kobolds. Do we want to catch the others? If so we need to go now while haste lasts"
He noticed Kilarra downing potions, "Ah well never mind. They're alerted now. I saw we circle this area about a mile out and try to sneak in from the other side. If they're all holed up by their leader, it's just more meat for the grinder..."
Kilarra considers this. "Yeah, I guess. Let's circle around and try to sneak in on the other side. We do need to call in the kobolds, but it doesn't have to be just yet."
Given the similarity of some items, Talivar is able to identify all of them.
+1 Lamellar (steel)
+1 Chain Shirt
+1 Short sword x2
Cloak of resistance +1 x2
Ring of Protection +1 x2
Uruelleth shakes his head at Talivar while strapping on his breastplate. "I don't think we should try to sneak. These goblins know their territory. Circling around's a good idea, since they might be fleeing through a trapped area hoping we give chase."
He also motions for the healing wand.
Talivar shrugged, "We'll move faster if we don't sneak but, uh, they're going to ambush us for sure. Everyone okay with that..."
He glanced around to see what everyone thought.
Talivar looked around and sighed, "Ok we do this the hard way then, fine." Turning to Talia he whispers softly, "You'd better be ready with that spell again if you can, or they'll turn us into a a pincushion."
As they start circling round Talivar keeps his eyes peeled for danger and consults his map occasionally to make sure they head up where they intended.
You make your way through the jungle, circling around to the other side of Egg Sucker territory before venturing into the heart of their domain. Though you hear the occasional monkey goblin yell, the jungle is much more quiet than when you first arrived in the tribe’s land.
Talivar’s confident in the group’s direction as you continue onward. He occasionally spots a monkey goblin swinging through the trees in the distance, but never for long.
You’re approaching what must surely be the center of Egg Sucker territory when you start to hear the sound of running water. The sound grows louder and louder till you reach the edge of a clearing and see the source of the water for yourselves.
A waterfall crashes down on one side of the clearing before flowing south to north. Several large rocks rise next to the stream. Within the open area is what surely must be the center of Egg Sucker domain.
At the very top of the tallest rock in the clearing stands a heavily armored monkey goblin. A greatsword rests on his back and longbow rests in his hands. The other monkey goblins that you can see mostly hold longbows of their own, though a few hold short swords and shields. They all seem to be searching the area surrounding the clearing. You are concealed by the thick jungle for now.
Besides the monkey goblins and the natural aspects of the clearing, one other feature stands out. On the west side of the stream, hanging from a tree in the air are three human-sized, metal cages. Two contain humanoid corpses that have long since passed away. The third, however, appears to still contain a living person. Though the man is battered and bruised, you recognize him. It's Lork.
Lork’s hands are tied behind his back to a bar on one side of his cage and his feet are tied together as well. Dried blood runs down one side of his face. He currently appears to be looking down at nothing.
Uruelleth smiles as the Iron God's drumbeat fills his heart. He brings up a shield around him as he passes his falchion to Talia in case she's memorized the keen weapon spell for this fight.
Talivar whispered to Urulleth and Killara, "Ever wanted to fly?" He grinned before suggesting, "We'll need to choose which ones we attack first, and summon another mist to foil archery."
Kilarra quickly pulls out and drinks two potions, , then focuses her attention on the... goblin.