Though only a few feet tall, the barricade is difficult to pass, as several goblins are taking cover on the other side along with a few goblin dogs. As you close in on a less defending section of the barricade to breech, some of the force moves to intercept.
The commander and a few goblins fill in the weakest part of the barricade. Several market stalls have been shoved into a courtyard surrounded by several buildings, and rubble has been piled up around the stalls to make good cover. The commander, a human wearing a breastplate and wielding a flail, gives an order, and the goblins open fire!
Red Shortbow at Gabrielle:1d20 + 4 - 2 ⇒ (3) + 4 - 2 = 5Miss
Round 1:
Orange Goblin
Goblin Dog (Delay)
Brunhilde
Fingalad
Henrick
Enemy Commander
Francois
Gabrielle
Red Goblin
Andruss
Balzanno
Fingalad takes a step, studies his target for a moment, and then, right after his bow takes on an unusual sheen, he looses an arrow.
Crunch:
Notes: (None)
Round 1 action: 5' step
move action for studied target
swift action for arcane pool on the bow
attack; directed at commander if she is not completely covered, otherwise at orange goblin
Fingalad: While you know where she is from your approach, from your current position you have no line of sight to the commander. As for the orange goblin, from your original position before the 5 ft step, you have line of sight to him, but he has cover. I moved you back to your original position so you can take the shot.
Fingalad kneels sleightly, studies his target, and takes an impressive shot, as though threading the eye of a needle between 2 junk piled market stands. The arrow strikes true, and you hear a short scream and a thud.
Orange goblin is now dead. Also, initiative order was typo'd since the red goblin acted first. Red and orange were swapped on the previous post.
whoops. Just remembered that Fingalad's bow is masterwork, not magical, so arcane pool only adds to damage and makes his attacks magic, but doesn't add to attack rolls. Waste of an arcane point
The commander gives a whistle and the dog comes running down below and around the market stall that she was hiding behind. She casts a spell, then ducks even further behind the stall.
Henrick, make a Will Save DC 14.
If you fail...:
Confused for 1 round
Spellcraft DC 16:
The spell is Lesser Confusion
Round 1:
Red Goblin
Brunhilde
Fingalad
Henrick (Pending will save)
Enemy Commander
Goblin Dog
Francois
Gabrielle
Andruss
Balzanno
HP 27/ 54 | AC 17 (T12/FF16) | F: +8 R: +3 W: +4 | Perc +7 | Init +1
Balzanno looks at the market with some disappointment as he realizes his short buff gnome lands coupled with his ridiculously heavy awesome armor will make it quite a sprint to reach some goblins quickly.
Thus, he goes to his spells, quickly weaving one that will enable him to quickly weave (through stalls).
As Gabrielle swiftly moves past the top edge of the barricade, she snags on a wire, and suddenly all of the built up garbage on top of the market stand comes tumbling down!
Bludgeoning Damage:2d6 ⇒ (3, 6) = 9Reflex DC 20 for half
I moved Gabrielle back a couple squares since the trap area is now difficult terrain.
The goblin soldier moves to prevent Gabrielle from breaking through the
barricade, taking cover behind a market stand and aiming to shoot her in the back.
Attack:1d20 + 4 ⇒ (4) + 4 = 8Miss
End of Round 1 / Start of Round 2:
Red Goblin
Brunhilde
Fingalad
Henrick (Pending will save)
Enemy Commander
Goblin Dog
Francois
Gabrielle
Andruss
Balzanno
The goblin dog, seems to have very little life left in it, but attempts to follow through...
Bite attack:1d20 + 2 ⇒ (2) + 2 = 4
...and it instead collapses to the floor unconcious.
The commander utters a curse and moves in to try to hold the southern passage. As she approaches Fingalad and Joe, she yells "Feel the power of Groetus!" as an aura of negative energy shimmers around her and then erupts, catching the pair in a painful burst.
Negative Energy damage:1d6 ⇒ 3Will DC 12 for half
She smirks at Fingalad, holding her flail at the ready.
I would have to count out the movement again, but I don't think Fingalad used all of his 120' of total movement to get to that space. Not sure if it actually makes a difference though.
Fingalad dodges some of the debris. He winces slightly as the negative energy washes over him, then drops his Longbow and draws his warhammer, eyes focused intently on the commander all the while. His warhammer begins to glow.
Crunch:
Notes: I wish I had remembered to have someone heal Fingalad after the irorium. :-(
Round 3 action: free action to drop Longbow
Move action to draw warhammer
Move action to study commander
Swift action to use arcane pool on warhammer
Active Status effects: haste - +1 AC, +1 reflex, +1 on attack rolls, 1 additional attack when full attacking, +30' move speed
Studied target on the commander for +1 attack adding damage
Arcane pool on warhammer to give it a +1 enhancement
20AC
15/28hp
With the swing driven home, she expects Fingalad to fall to the ground, but when he is still standing, her faith appears shaken and she drops her flail into the rubble.
"No... no... please... I surrender... I SURRENDER!"
AC 15 T 11 FF 14 | HP 24/34 | F +4 R +3 W +5 | Init +5| Perc +0
Spells Remaining:
1st 4/4 2nd 1/2
Spells Active:
mage armor - 1hr
Gabrielle skirts around to behind the commander and cocks her head in Francois' direction.
The Galtan moves forward toward the rubble.
"Why did you even try to fight us, if you were going to be so weak? This is preposterous. Tell us of your intent or perhaps of those more worthy of our attention! Anymore is simply a waste of our time"
Fingalad glares at the woman and keeps his grip firm on his warhammer. "Tell. Us." He grates out. The gall of this woman to expect mercy after participating in an attack on the defenseless.
as a player I'm pretty disappointed in her surrender, since this would have been my first chance to a) use spellstrike with Arcane Mark to get two attacks and b) get a third attack via haste! I was looking forward to getting to use it. Also it means I've now wasted half my arcane pool, but that's how it goes.
as a character, Fingalad feels compelled to honor her surrender, but he finds her pretty despicable and would have preferred to kill her in combat
"Andruss, I'm not so sure we let her leave after all."
Fingalad feels there should be some sort of reprisal (imprisonment, a tribunal, something) for those who participated in this attack. Remember, they didn't attack just us, or even just Pathfinders, they attacked everyone at the Irorium
Somehow I suspect this party would have been in good shape with the Tier 5-6 encounters, at least for the first 2. We'll see about the last couple when you get there...
"My assignment was to create a distraction, not a slaughter. Charvion's actions have gone too far, he has operated rashly and without the consent of our allies."
Yeah.... you're totally not buying that. In fact that lie is so bad you probably knew it was a lie before noticing that there was even a spoiler box here labeled 'sense motive.'
Fingalad looks at the woman in disgust "Regardless of what you planned to do, you have participated in this wanton deatruction, so you share responsibility. Spare us your excuses."
sense motive, untrained:1d20 ⇒ 4
apparently Fingalad believes her, but there's definitely a cognitive dissonance in the idea that goblins would be opposed to more destruction
Fingalad seems confused. "Are you sure those are your only allies? I've never heard of goblins being opposed to violence and destruction."
Ok yeah... that is pretty far fetched isn't it. The dice shall decide all!
Bluff:1d20 + 1 - 10 ⇒ (13) + 1 - 10 = 4
"Erm, yeah. They um... aren't always violent." she kinda trails off weakly. She finally stands rigid and says in a very clear voice "I am willing to accept responsibility for my actions. That is all that I can say now."
Anyone who succeeded at the previous DC 11 sense motive check:
She's a little unsure of herself in this situation, and could probably be pressed into revealing her allegiance.
Male Human (Taldan) Witch 5 - Init +8 - AC 16 12 | touch 12| ff 14 10 - hp 29 - Fort +3, Ref +4, Will +6; Speed 30 ft.; Perception +6 (+8)*; Confidante 2/2
Sense Motive:1d20 + 7 ⇒ (12) + 7 = 19
"Don't expect from my friends, the same patient as me, my lady. Don't judge us as fools and tell us who you and Charvion are allied with and why this dragon is attacking Absalom, or my friends can end up angry. I don't mean to hurt you, but you need to help."
