Hey, might as well join the fun.
Just be sure not to push yourself too hard.
Gilda speaks a word and the two wolves take off for the woods, as Garrosh and then Reynaud descend into the darkness. Once they have stepped to the side of the ladder, Tony makes his descent as the other four watch their surroundings.
As Tony makes his descent, Garrosh and Reynaud eye the two darkened openings to the left and right, and the 5 arrow slots in the wall, but they do not detect any movement or sounds. Tony arrives at the bottom and turns to survey the room, calling out, "Archers!", drawing his daggers as six hobgoblins with swords rush into the room.
Above, Seir, Gilda, Belle and Brodin's heads turn in opposite directions as movement and noise in the underbrush at the tops of the rock outcroppings catch their eyes; Seir to the west, Brodin to the north and Belle to the southeast. The four of you cry out, "Ambush!" almost at the same time, spying the hobgoblins in the brush . Gilda puts her back to the stone chimney near the open trapdoor and looks to the rest for guidance.
Initiative Order
1) Hobgoblin Warriors - Underground
2) Brodin, Belle,
3) Hobgoblin Archers - Underground
4) Hobgoblin Archers - West group
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6) Hobgoblin Archers - West group
7) Hobgoblin Archers - Southeast group
8) Hobgoblin Archers - North group
9) Seir,
"Gilda, can you put up some kind of barrier or mist to make shooting us harder?"
Belle immediately casts vanish, takes a step, and draws her wand of monster summoning (though I expect that was already in hand).
Gilda nods, taking a step as she gestures and chants. A mist rises up from the ground, obscuring the four of you.
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Brodin's arrow flies true, striking the hobgoblin in the leg. The humanoid howls in pain and prepares to fire his own bow.
Seir chants a brief prayer to Sarenrae, blessing the party and removing any fear.
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In the cellar, arrows fly out of the arrow slits in the wall but fail to strike any of you. One hobgoblin lands a blow with his sword on Garrosh's arm, cutting deep into the muscle, while a second manages to catch Tony in the side, slicing through the rogue's leathers and deep into his side. Above ground, those in the mist hear Gilda's two wolves cry out in pain. Gilda's head, and scimitar jerk up in the general direction, and she calls something out in a language none of you understand.
[u]ROUND 1 - FULL ACTIONS[/u]
Initiative Order
READIED ACTIONS: Hobgoblin Archers - Southeast group, Hobgoblin Archers - North group
1) Brodin, Belle, Tony, Gilda, Sier, Garrosh, Reynaud - any order
2) The Hobgoblin Ambush Force
Tony's the most vulnerable. Hang in there Garrosh.
Reynaud draws his sword and lashes out with it at the nearest hobgoblin.
The hobgoblin deftly dodges the unbreakable warrior's swing.
Is there room for us to come down and join the others?
Seir moves to open and look down the trapdoor to see if there is room.
Belle and Seir move toward the trapdoor, peering down. They see that, while there is room for one more at the base of the ladder, there are hobgoblins within striking distance of the ladder. Descending would mean potentially drawing attacks while you climb down the ladder.
Seir casts another spell.
Going for his flail without skipping a beat, Garrosh grunts at how they were caught so much by surprise - "You'll regret it" - he growls at a closeby hobgoblin after uttering a short prayer.
"Tony, get back"
Belle and Seir move toward the trapdoor, peering down. They see that, while there is room for one more at the base of the ladder, there are hobgoblins within striking distance of the ladder. Descending would mean potentially drawing attacks while you climb down the ladder.
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Belle moves to the ladder and swiftly climbs down to the floor. The hobgoblin to her left jerks his head toward her, but seeing nothing, turns back to the flail-wielding half orc. Seir moves to the trapdoor and casts a spell, surrounding himself with a shimmering, golden aura, which fades after a moment. Garrosh brings his flail to bear, crushing the skull of the humanoid in front of him. Brodin fires off two arrows taking abother two down, but now, from his vantage point, he can see no more below. Tony, ignoring Garrosh's command, tumbles to behind the hobgoblin near Reynaud, and stabbing the creature in the back. Gilda looks at Seir and Brodin, and says, "Me next?" as she sheathes her scimitar.
The hobgoblin warriors lay into Garrosh and Reynaud, but cannot get past the heavily armored warriors' defenses. From the arrowslits comes another volley of shots, but only one grazes Tony's arm.
Then a CLW is the ticket. She moves and Tony fieeld a hand upon his shoulder.
Seir nods to Gilda. "Go ahead."
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Brodin fires off two arrows taking abother two down, but now, from his vantage point, he can see no more below.
Looking at Gilda, Brodin replies,
"Aye lass, but I'll still beat ye down!" Then steps into the void, falling down alongside the ladder to land cat like on the floor below, from where he steps carefully out of the way of Gilda.
MID-ROUND UPDATE
Brodin steps into the trap door, and using the walls on either side for the first ten feet, and the latter, swiftly descends to the floor, and steps aside drawing his bow. Gilda follows, but slower, stopping to draw her scimtar at the end. Tony's head twitches as Belle touches him, but feeling his wounds close, he turns back to the hobgoblin at hand.
"Are you sure you want to keep this up?" - Garrosh snarls at one of his opponents, swinging the flail again.
The hobgoblin narrowly dodges Garrosh's swing.
We're going on the offensive then.
Reynaud steps to the side and attacks after establishing a flank.
Reynaud's blow is sufficient to take out the hogboblin he flanks with Tony. Tony tumbles across the room in attempts to avoid the archers, taking cover behind the corner of the wall near one of the humanoids by Garrosh.
Seir prepares to go down as soon as there is an open space.
Seir climbs down to stand next to Belle.
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Four arrows fly out of the arrow slits intended for Seir and Brodin. One comes extremely close to Belle, and, as she jerks from seeing itfiring at her eye, her hand comes up enough to deflect the arrow. The arrows intended for Seir and Brodin miss.
Seir spies movement out of the corner of his eye and is not surprised when a hobgoblin rushes out of the darkened doorway, bringing its sword to bear. However the blade is deflected away by of the priest's magical wards.
Seir enters a meditative state, letting Sarenrae guide his hand. His scimitar flashes twice, but fails to cut very deep.
Brodin's first arrow strikes the hobgoblin near Tony, when it does not go down, his second arrow does. This third arrow flies under Garrosh's arm to take the second hobgoblin in the gut.
Seir's scimitar lashes out at the hobgoblin between he and Belle, but this one seems faster than the others, and better armored, and the priest only manages a couple scratches on the humanoid's arms.