Doodle's magic missile plinks into the injured goblin. (blue)
The goblin cleric begins casting, and Taerel fires a spell attempting to disrupt her. She pushes through the damage and gets her spell off, however.
Concentration:1d20 + 3 ⇒ (16) + 3 = 19 @Doodle, DC 12 Will or succumb to sleep. @Taerel, I moved you into the hallway where you can see.
The ranged battle continues in earnest as the heroes and goblins face off on opposing side of the portcullis.
Again, a reminder that if you're not shooting from adjacent to the portcullis, your targets get +2 AC cover bonus.
Varian throws acid (I'll assume at the injured goblin), while Doodle releases magic from her wand. Together, they critically injure the first goblin.
(One more shot and he's toast.)
Renedar throws a shuriken with more force than such a tiny weapon typically sees, and the throwing star buries itself into the chest of the gray armored goblin.
The goblins retaliate. The woman in the back yells something in a guttural language
Goblin:
"Lift the gate, you flea-bitten mud-eaters!"
The two in front aim for the closest target: Renedar. The goblin in gray takes one last shot with his bow before stowing it, striking Renedar in the arm (2 dmg), while the one in blue fires, misses, and grumbles something negative in reply.
shortbow, blue:1d20 + 5 ⇒ (6) + 5 = 11 shortbow, grey:1d20 + 5 ⇒ (12) + 5 = 17 dmg:1d4 ⇒ 2
The two goblins in the rear continue firing as well, doing their best to aim over the heads of their fellow. Another arrow catches Renedar. (4 dmg) After firing, the uglier of the two stows his bow as well.
shortbow, yellow:1d20 + 5 - 4 ⇒ (2) + 5 - 4 = 3 shortbow, green:1d20 + 5 - 4 ⇒ (14) + 5 - 4 = 15 dmg:1d4 ⇒ 4
The robed goblin woman in the back draws and loads a small light crossbow, as she mutters under her breath.
Two of the goblins step up and try to lift the portcullis, while the third goblin warrior remains in the rear firing. The gate inches up slowly, then is too much for their small frames. They devolve to cursing each other in goblin. The robed female goblin in back yells at them to put their measly backs into it as her crossbow bolt goes into the ceiling.
The archer sings as his aim holds true and a shaft pierces Renedar. (-1)
"Lift the gate and smash their teeth,
Smother longshanks 'til they no breathe,
Stick them with a bunch of arrows
Break their bones and suck their marrow!"
—COMBAT—
Varian
Doodle
Mercutio (-2)
Renedar (-6-7=-7) (take two turns, if you like)
Taerel
Taklinn
* Goblins (gray -6; shaman -2)
Your turn.
Renedar singlehandedly downs a goblin, while Taerel and Mercutio combine to drop another. Doodle assists, and soon all that is left is the robed woman in the back. Her weasel familiar scurries under her robes, and she flees out of sight.
There is little else to find in the now empty rooms of the old temple/prison. You eventually raise the portcullises, and find a small goblin warren in the back room, separated from the civilized folk near the front.
Its a bit of an anti-climactic dungeon crawl, but you're through!
Of most interest are the coded messages you discovered in the office. You turn those in to your Venture Captain, but later learn through side channels that without the decryption key the messages are mostly useless gibberish.
You are commended for your work clearing out the cancer of the Shadow Lodge in Kaer Maga, but the praise feels half-hearted as there is still much work to do to restore the good name of the Pathfinder Society, even in a city as diverse and inclusive as The City of Strangers.
