Moving forward Mitleid takes a place to be pepper any one in upper levels with arrows.
While you may be correct by RAW, I do not intent to use this table. It makes little sense to me and will continue to use the old ways. A 1 hd goblin is evil and can be detected as such. Rule O. There are too many 1-4 level goblins in this place to allow this to be none. Call it the "Force of Orcus" or DM Caviat.
Kaz takes a javelin and returns a nod of appreciation. He follows the others to the castleproper.
Ok, you move over towards the main doors with Mittleid covering. Now what do you do?
Elathras looks at the main doors carefully, if he doesn't detect any obvious traps he attempts to open them.
They are locked.
Ok, you move over towards the main doors with Mittleid covering. Now what do you do?
Elathras turns back and sees the lock expert talking to Mittleid, waving to get Virgils attention, finally he yells
Wdrozgrúk moves up with the others.
Elathras turns back and sees the lock expert talking to Mittleid, waving to get Virgils attention, finally he yells
"Which is why shortbows are clearly the superior..." Virgil sighs, stopping mid-conversation with Mitleid. "Hang on."
The ranger makes his way over to the door, pulling out a small sack of tools as he inspects the lock.
"Honestly... have to do everything..." The ranger mumbles to himself as he starts to work.
The goblins fire short bows out of arrow slits up above at Elathras, Mittleid and Virgil;
As Elathras is watching Virgil pick the lock, he forgets about the Goblins and takes a well placed arrow to the shoulder, Lifting his shield too late, he calls out "watch out, some one kill them please!" He then places himself between Virgil and the archers and lifts his shield in the direction of the attackers, attempting to ward off any more arrows, then tells the team "everyone else stay under the gatehouse till we get this open and try to distract the goblins!"
Roll init please
Initiative
Goblin a throws an alchemist fire at Virgil:
plus splash of 1
Goblin b throws an alchemist fire at Katzor:
plus splash of 1
Goblin c fires shortbow at Mittleid
Elathras, Dolgrin and Kaztor take 1 splash damage.
Kaztor delays, waiting on his friends to get the lock open, so he'd have a place to head to take cover from the damned goblins and their fire!
Virgil had rolled his DD so he gets the doors unlocked.
Virgil screams, pointing at the doorway. "It's trapped, I think."
The ranger scoots forwards slowly, looking for the second mechanism.
the little jerk that threw that acid better run and hide, he is so dead. Elathras standing holding his gnoll shield high and trying to protect himself and Virgil, blood pouring from his shoulder where the goblin arrow is sticking out and some green goo running down his leg burning. He looks at Virgil and rolls his eyes he says in a stern voice, "Then remove the trap or trip it, it can't be worse than being rained on by arrows and acid, I have no intention of dying at the hand of goblins"
Irenicus is casting a toppling magic missile at goblin b knocking him prone.
Bah, better a trap than a firing range.
Dolgrin keeps his borrowed shield held carefully, and pushes the door open, stepping inside.
Standard: Full Defense ()
Move: Push Open Door
5' step inside if the way is clear.
As Dolgrin opens the door two arrows fire off
There's a step down here, and you tall folk probably won't even see it. Hardly what I'd call a trap. Hey, I wonder what these holes are for. Look about shoulder height on you. Oh well, time to find those mean goblins.
Dolgrin is cheerfully oblivious to the arrows.
Kaz follows the halfling through the door. "Look alive, there's goblins to be squashed," he bellows as he runs through the now open door.
Virgil curses as the arrow pierces his side. "Bloody Halfling."
The Ranger scrambles to get his tools back in his bag and follows the party indoors.
Wdrozgrúk will run in by Dolgrin and try a fire ray at the nearest goblin he sees (the one on the map to the East of the doors.
Blood? I'm not bleeding. This is some soot. Are you sure you're a scout? Get inside here, there's a nice alcove.
I am going to double move Mittleid into the castle. This leaves only Virgil as a target for goblin A.
Kaztor boldly strides 20' to the right, looking for one of those scamps.
Perception
You see three doors left, right and another to the right where the hall turns to the left.
Kaz approaches the first door on the right, and waits for the group to catch up to him.
The door stands open as if the room as hastily abandoned recently. What was once a tea room is now is a mess of half-broken furniture and shattered crockery. There is a rope against one wall, attached to a pulley, running up through a hole in the ceiling.
k, its open and we can move Elathras drops his shield arm from over Virgil and starts running into the castle, seeing Kaztor turn to the right and head toward a door Elathras follows him and moves into the room he takes a quick look around and asks Kaztor. "would you cut this arrow out, its impeding my movement"
Just the remains of a tea set and the old dumb waiter.
Elatras, looking about the room turns to Kaztor and asks "should we cut the rope so they cannot use the pulley system to escape, there must be stairs somewhere to get to that level" thinking for a moment he adds smiling mischievously "Or we can send the Halfling up to clear the room."
Ah, excellent. I am heading left, to see what there is to be seeing.
Dolgrin darts inside, his overlarge shield still held before him.
Wdrozgrúk follows Elathras into the abandoned room. Trying to spot anything useful and/or valuable, if he can.
The crockery would require mending but would bring some coin.
Kaz helps with the arrow in Elly's side. "I agree. We need to take the stairs. Cut that rope, so we have a better chance of cutting off escape routes. I doubt they will want to jump that whole way down with no rope."