I owe you one cure potion. Go ahead and take them.
Hoga will take one of the Enlarge Person potions. That sounds fun.
As you move into the small tunnel, it's become quite apparent that this wasn't dug out for someone as big as Hoga. Luckily, the tunnel isn't that long and it soon opens into a large cavern. You can hear some digging noise and some small voice barking in the room. The noise of the digging and the echo make it hard to really hear what they are saying, however.
Hoga takes a look, and drinks his potion of Virtue.
Kyras follows Hoga closely, looking for traps as he moves forward.
"What's all the mumbly jumbly talk I'm hearing? Does anyone recognize it?" Kakrish whispers to the others hoping that whoever is speaking ahead doesn't hear him.
When Kyras hears the voices he will note that They speak Draconic. I cannot quite hear all their words though. I think they are digging.
Hoga tries to get a better look at the creatures, but they are moving in the rubles and he can't get a good look at them. He did notice that they were rather small and have a tail. Kyras keeps an eye out for traps, but does see any. As for Tamora, her detection spell does reveal that what ever is in the cavern up ahead it is definitely evil.
"Speaking draconic in a high pitch sound and digging is unlike the mindset of a dragon. I would assume they are kobolds."
Tamora holds a loaded crossbow in one hand.
"What lies ahead in the cavern or what those creatures attempt to unearth definitely radiates an evil aura. Be wary, my friends. It is best that we went in prepared and armed."
Hoga takes advantage of his extra hit point.
I'm ready. Let's go.
He heads toward the creatures, ready for anything. He speaks to the creatures with a growl.
Hey, youse guys! What ya doin'?
Hoga walks into the cavern, growling at the small creatures. All three of them stop moving and look at the Half-Orc. Now that he is closer, Hoga is able to confirm that they are indeed Kobolds. They shriek when Hoga speaks, and take a few steps back. With high pitched voices, two of them speak to each other. Then the first one start running back while the other two run down the rubles where some crossbow are propped against a rock.
Backing uo Hoga, Kyras begins to move in pursuit of the kobolds.
Kyzen sees Hoga moving in and Kyras passing him going futher into the tunnel weapon in hand. Kyzen then moves forward and try to find the Kobolds
"Kobolds, where where, I knew we would find more of these sneaky little beasts, I hate kobolds!"
IF he sees one, THEN he attacks it with a blast
Kinetic Blast Attack Point-Blank Attack
* if not within 30', deduct -1 to att and dmg
ELSE if he don't see any kobolds he will provide total cover on the north face of where he stands
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Kinetic Cover (Sp) Class Ability (Kineticist)
Element aether, earth, or water; Type utility (Sp); Level 1; Burn 0
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You call up elemental matter to defend yourself and your allies from attacks. As a standard action, you can select one face of a square within 30 feet of you and move elemental matter to block that face, providing total cover from that direction. The face you select must be supported by the ground, and the kinetic cover cannot support more than 5 pounds of weight. Water, ice, and telekinetic force are translucent, but earth, metal, mud, and the like are opaque and block line of sight. A creature who strikes the cover can easily destroy it. Regardless of its composition, the cover has hardness 0, AC 5, and 2 hit points per kineticist level you possess. You can have a number of kinetic covers in existence equal to your Constitution modifier + 1/2 your kineticist level.
Kyras and Kyzen follow Hoga in the room, while Kyras just moves as far as he can, Kyzen seize the moment to fire a blast of earth at one of them. The blast hit the small Kobold straight in the chest. He slows down for a moment and speak to the other one.
Tamora moves into range and shoots the kobold that Kyzen has injured.
Tamora fires a bolt at the closest Kobold. Sadly, the bolt passes over his head and bounce harmlessly of the stone wall. The injured Kobold, seeing that Kyras is near him, take a step forward, takes out a short blade and attack the Elf. The other Kobold grabs a crossbow and loads it. The last Kobold runs into the dark corridor, disappearing out of sight.
Kyras take a swing at the Kobold as it moves forward. While the strike was expertly done, the kobold was able to dodge it at the last minute.
"Kobolds! Nasty kobolds!" Kakrish hustles forward and draws his greatsword from the scabbard on his back. The spirit of the battle infuses him and a grin splits his face. "I love fighting kobolds." As he steps closer to the closest of the small reptilian creatures he starts to sing.
"Kobolds nasty, kobolds stink. Not like a trog though even if their pink." Then he hums a few notes, obviously forgetting the words to his song.
As Kyzen moving forward, passes by Kakrish, he tries to sing along... Surprisingly he did very well!!!
"Kobolds! Nasty kobolds! Lets get them before reinforcement they bring!"
Then blast the other Kobold, since he isn't as efficient when enemy is already in melee...
Kinetic Blast Attack Point-Blank Attack
Hoga moves, not having moved far enough in at first. He's not close enough to any to hit them.
But, the other guys are...
Surprised by the agile kobold, Kyras takes a cut from the short blade as the creature dodges past his weapon.
Kyras takes a step back and tries again to hit it.
Kakrish and Kyzen start singing as the battle progressed. Surprisingly, the Hobgoblin manages to carry a tune while the Dwarf sounds ok, but nothing great. Hoga closes in on the kobolds. Kyras, taking a step back, swing again at his foe. This time the weapon connects and leaves a bloody slash across the little guy.
Tamora drops her crossbow, drawing her longspear and advances towards the kobold. When she reaches it, she jabs at it with her weapon.
Tamora gets in melee with the Kobold, thrusting her spear at it. Some of the ruble got under her feet, making her lose her balance. She is able to regain her footing, but the spear fails to reach the target. The injured Kobold, seeing the line of enemies in front of him, decided that it would be better to do a tactical redeployment and moves away from the group. The other one lifts his crossbow and aims at Kyzen. With a click the bolt flies toward the Geokineticist. In his rush to join back his friend, he aims too low and the bolt just hit the ground midway. He then drops the crossbow as retreat back.
Kyzen follows the kobolds, determine to not let them get away he aims at the farthest one (the one already injured)...
"Oh no, you will not get away that easily!"
He then blast the kobold in the legs, hoping that he will fall and we could interrogate him...
Kinetic Blast Attack Point-Blank Attack
Still moving at half speed, Hoga can't catch up to the little freaks.
Hoga tries to catch up to the Kobolds, while Kyzen once again uses a blast of Kinetic earth energy against the injured one. The blast hits it in the just, dropping the Kobold on his back. For a second you think he will rise again, but then his arms drop back down and the Kobold stop moving.
Not wanting the small threats to get away Kyras charges the nearest one and slices at him with his fauchard, cutting the creature deeply.
Kakrish continues singing his made up tune, "Kobolds! Nasty kobolds! I wonder what makes them stink." He moves as quickly as he can towards the one remaining kobold.
Tamora catches up with the party.
Kakrish continues singing his made up tune, "Kobolds! Nasty kobolds! I wonder what makes them stink." He moves as quickly as he can towards the one remaining kobold.
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That doesn't rhyme Kakrish. Are you even trying?
Kakrish looks at Kyras with a chagrined look and stops his song for a second, "What? Of course I'm trying. And honestly, I think this is one of my better songs." He breaks into a grin and adds another line to the song, "Kobolds! Nasty kobolds! I think they don't even think!"
Kyras charges the little Kobold, and manages to inflict a serious wound. The rest of the group tries to catch up, while enjoying some more of Kakrish' singing talent. As the group worries about the lack of rhythm in the song, the Kobold retreat again. Trying to stay away from Kyras deadly blade. Thinking that you again, have to pursue the lone Kobold, you hear others coming from the corridors ahead of you.
"Do we pursuit or simply better position ourselves for the coming fight?"
Let them come to us. They might try ranged and flank attacks. Get ready!
Hoga steps to the fore and downs his potion of Shield of Faith (+2 AC= AC 18 atm).
Kakrish's song fades as he hears the oncoming footsteps. "Yes, Hoga. Let's stand here and let them come to us!" Kakrish moves up next to Hoga and stares into the tunnel. "Come and meet your doom!" he shouts at the approach creatures. With a twinkle in his eye he hefts his greatsword and holds it out in front of him.
Since talking is a free action, Kyzen still have his action for the 3rd round. He creates an opaque Kinetic Cover that block line of sight, then moves silently and hide behind it.
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Kinetic Cover (Sp) Class Ability (Kineticist)
Element aether, earth, or water; Type utility (Sp); Level 1; Burn 0
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You call up elemental matter to defend yourself and your allies from attacks. As a standard action, you can select one face of a square within 30 feet of you and move elemental matter to block that face, providing total cover from that direction. The face you select must be supported by the ground, and the kinetic cover cannot support more than 5 pounds of weight. Water, ice, and telekinetic force are translucent, but earth, metal, mud, and the like are opaque and block line of sight. A creature who strikes the cover can easily destroy it. Regardless of its composition, the cover has hardness 0, AC 5, and 2 hit points per kineticist level you possess. You can have a number of kinetic covers in existence equal to your Constitution modifier + 1/2 your kineticist level.
Good trick Kyras thinks as he watches Kyzen crouch behind his created cover. He moves up to stand with his friend and readies an attack.
Lets form a line here. he recommends.
The group gets in position to receive the Kobold reinforcement. Of the Kobold that ran away, you are pretty sure you'll never see that one again.
"With a little rehearsal, you might perfect it into a great bait."
Tamora puts one finger into her ear until Kakrish finishes his song. At Kyras suggestion to hold the kobolds at bay, Tamora swerves towards the way they came from.
"Let me first secure my crossbow."
Tamora runs back to get her crossbow.
As you ready yourselves for the second wave, the Kobolds turn the corner to your corridor. You count six of them, some armed with melee weapons, others with ranged, and just as you thought this would be a typical martial battle, you start hearing some casting.
Hoga thinks that the way to solve your problems isn't always to kill things with a greataxe, but right now it is. He can't charge, but he can move right up to the one on the right and take a swing.
C'mon, Kakrish! you got a clean shot! He glances back at the dwarf, grinning. Looks like he can charge.
Hoga's AC is currently 18. A new record!
I hear two casters! Get 'em, guys!
Kakrish grins back at Hoga. "Yes! I love charging into these guys." Kakrish puts his head down then paws at the ground with his right foot, mimicking a bull, then charges straight toward the kobold in front of him. He raises his sword for a mighty swing and brings it down hard on the shocked face of the kobold.
Kyzen, hoping that the group would have formed the line where they where standing before so he could have let the kobolds pass him and flank them from behind, realize now that he should have explain his plan better. Having no other choice now, he will come out of hiding and attack. He will move behind Hoga and attack the one with the crossbow, since others are either in melee or have cover.
Kinetic Blast Attack Point-Blank Attack
Suspecting a long drawn out fight Kyras drinks his elixir of Enlarge Person and moves up.
There are two casters with the enemy. Kyras says, agreeing with Hoga. One has cast Bless and the other has Shielded himself.
Hoga looks up. That's a big boy! Ha!
Hoga and Kakrish charge the line of Kobold in front of them. The aggressive move surprises the Kobold and they are both unable to parry the blades. They get solidly hit, but still stand. While Kyras double in size after drinking a potion, Kyzen moves in and tries another blast. This time, however, he can't find an opening and the blast passes harmlessly over the target.
The Kobold with the crossbow drops it and takes out a blade, joining the others in the attack. The small blades slash and stab, drawing some blood from your front line. One of the Kobold in the back takes out a small flask and throw it at Kyzen. The thing fly over the front line and land directly on the Hobgoblin. Flames burst all around Kyzen when the fragile flask hits him. One of the Kobolds moves behind the injured one and use magic again. The wounds of the Kobold that Kakrish injured heals themselves. The robed Kobold use magic again, but the light blue ray hit the ceiling instead, creating a small patch of ice there.