Azalia shoots...
...and wonders why she can't seem to shoot straight today.
"Take him down from range if possible.", Miron says, trying to keep his face visible to Anneka while he does so. His hands are on the shortbow, and his eyes then focus on the goblin before he launches an arrow.
Drazh showed his acknowledgement by throwing a chakram. The throw, by fate or luck, was nearly perfect. It hit with force, becoming buried deep into the goblin's chest.
Azalia shoots...and wonders why she can't seem to shoot straight today.
Grogmurt looks at the chakram embedded in his side and whistles. The firepelt cougar gives a parting snarl and pulls away further down the path. The goblin then casts a spell animating plants on the ground before moving off into another hedge unhindered by it but still badly injured.
Ferocia
Anneka
Miron
Drazh
Milgen
Azalia
Gogmurt HP -29 and Tangletooth
Milgen curses as the plants wrap around him, and then he reloads his crossbow and fires.
But the grass pulls his arm at the wrong moment.
Anneka gasps and maybe screams (she isn't sure) as the woody vines wrap around her legs. She hefts her crossbow, waiting for the goblin to reappear...
Ferocia growls as the plants wrap around her legs.
"You'll pay for what you did to Sandpoint! And you boss, too!"
She draws her sling and loads it.
Come on, then, coward!"
Azalia avoids getting wrapped up in the suddenly antagonistic foilage, then moves and tries to shoot the cougar.
Miron deftly avoids the thorny plants, and fires at the nearest target. In this case, the cougar.
Ferocia growls as the plants wrap around her legs. "You'll pay for what you did to Sandpoint! And you boss, too!" She draws her sling and loads it. "Come on, then, coward!"
Anneka gasps and maybe screams (she isn't sure) as the woody vines wrap around her legs. She hefts her crossbow, waiting for the goblin to reappear...
Miron deftly avoids the thorny plants, and fires at the nearest target. In this case, the cougar.
Drazh threw another chakram at the fleeing goblin, hoping that it would take the creature down before it could get away.
Milgen curses as the plants wrap around him, and then he reloads his crossbow and fires. But the grass pulls his arm at the wrong moment.
Azalia avoids getting wrapped up in the suddenly antagonistic foilage, then moves and tries to shoot the cougar.
The goblin casts a spell to heal itself as it is badly injured by now before moving deeper into the thorny brambles beyond the sight of Anneka, Ferocia and Milgen.
The Firepelt Cougar aggravated by the various attacks steps forward and lashes out at Azalia, though she avoids it's maw its claws leave savage cuts along her arm.
Ferocia
Anneka
Miron
Drazh
Milgen
Azalia
Gogmurt HP -31 and Tangletooth
With the cougar lashing at Azalia and near him also, Miron stows the bow quickly and draws a sharp sickle, stepping carefully around the cougar, before striking at it.
Azalia, desperately hurt but with nowhere to run, takes a 5 foot step away from the cougar, and shoots again.
Anneka sees Azalia mauled by the beast and pulls desperately with her entangled leg. The vine snaps, and she rushes through the undergrowth to try to aid her friend.
Reaching the boundary of the fight, she readies herself to use her healing magicks for when Azalia comes in reach. "Azalia, over here!"
Hearing Anneka's voice calling her, Azalia withdraws until she is next to Anneka rather than attacking.
Ferocia trudges through the tangling vines and growls, angry that she can't yet reach the cougar. Instead she fires a shot from her sling at it.
Her sling stone flies way off course, causing her to growl again.
Damned short legs! Stupid vines! Blasted goblins!
Milgen pulls free of the entangle, and cursing, moves up to the edge of the entangle. Unable to reload his crossbow, he holds out a hand and fires at the cougar. "I told you we were under-prepared for this." He points out, frustrated.
Ferocia trudges through the tangling vines and growls, angry that she can't yet reach the cougar. Instead she fires a shot from her sling at it. Includes the penalties for entangled and firing into melee. Her sling stone flies way off course, causing her to growl again. Damned short legs! Stupid vines! Blasted goblins!
Anneka sees Azalia mauled by the beast and pulls desperately with her entangled leg. The vine snaps, and she rushes through the undergrowth to try to aid her friend. Reaching the boundary of the fight, she readies herself to use her healing magicks for when Azalia comes in reach. "Azalia, over here!"
With the cougar lashing at Azalia and near him also, Miron stows the bow quickly and draws a sharp sickle, stepping carefully around the cougar, before striking at it but can't land a solid blow.
For a moment Drazh hesitated. Which foe to attack? At the last moment he drew another chakram. If the goblin escaped it could alert an entire army...and having an angry Druid sneaking about would not bode well.
Milgen pulls free of the entangle, and cursing, moves up to the edge of the entangle. Unable to reload his crossbow, he holds out a hand and fires at the cougar. "I told you we were under-prepared for this." He points out, frustrated.
Hearing Anneka's voice calling her, Azalia withdraws until she is next to Anneka rather than attacking.
The goblin takes out a potion and drinks it before producing a large burp.
After seeing Azalia get savaged by the beast Miron does his best to avoid the fangs and claws of the cougar.
Ferocia
Anneka
Miron
Drazh
Milgen
Azalia
Gogmurt HP -32 and Tangletooth HP -1
Miron blocks and parries as best he can, but the beast's claws still rake against his arms and chest. He continues circling and striking, hoping to get in a solid blow.
Straining against the vines, Ferocia forces her way forward, out of the vines and in between the cougar and Azalia.
Milgen turns and reloads his crossbow before firing it at the Goblin!
Anneka breathes a sigh of relief as Azalia's wounds knit close, only to see Miron clawed. The goblin will have to wait. She reaches over and touches Drazh's hammer, enhancing its aim.
Azalia shoots at the cougar.
Straining against the vines, Ferocia forces her way forward, out of the vines and in between the cougar and Azalia.
Anneka breathes a sigh of relief as Azalia's wounds knit close, only to see Miron clawed. The goblin will have to wait. She reaches over and touches Drazh's hammer, enhancing its aim.
Miron blocks and parries as best he can, but the beast's claws still rake against his arms and chest. He continues circling and striking, hoping to get in a solid blow but it's hide is too thick.
Cursing, Drazh took his hammer and stepped up to the cougar. "Get the goblin! I’ll handle this beast." ...true to his word Drazh kills the beast with his hammer.
Milgen turns and reloads his crossbow before firing it at the Goblin but it gets caught in the thorns.
Azalia shoots at the cougar goblin.
Heavily injured and it's last ally dead the goblin starts fleeing west through the brambles.
Miron sees the goblin escaping and turns around.
"The swift among us can loop around and perhaps catch the goblin while we hurry after ye. If nothing else, we can cut the rope bridge to cut off that route of escape."
Edit: Miron will begin running north to put his plan into action.
Miron rapidly finds himself snagged by the thorny tangles.
He immediately begins to try and free himself so he can continue north.
Hearing what Miron has to say, Azalia says
Wait, Miron. If you take out the bridge how are WE going to get across?
Still trying to work himself free, Miron replies without looking:
"Cutting the bridge may hinder the goblin battle plans. Or as you point out, hinder us. It's a risk to cut it or to leave it alone."
Ferocia nods along with Azalia.
"Yeah, let's not destroy the bridge. We need it whole to kill their chief."
Ferocia follows Drazh, in an attempt to run off through the tangling plants towards the bridge.
Milgen moves through the entangle, and sneaks along the brambles as far as he can.
Azalia follows Ferocia towards the bridge, sticking to the shadows, and with her bow ready in case she sees a goblin.
A rope bridge spans the gulf between the cliff and a roundish, flat-topped island sixty-some feet to the north. Thick patches of nettles and briars grow here and there atop the island, but its most impressive feature is a wooden one-story stockade. Two thirty-foot-tall watchtowers guard the stockade’s southern facade. The rope bridge itself is made of hairy rope and thick wooden planks; the whole thing creaks and sways in the wind above the churning surf eighty feet below. There is no sign of the goblin here.
On the far side however some goblins ready their bows and hug their cover tightly, it seems they are expecting you but until you get close to the bridge neither side has a reasonable shot at the other.
"Please, let's just go. We can return tomorrow. They goblin's won't attack in the meantime and we know where they are." The more she thinks about the goblins, Tsuto, and Nualia, the more uneasy she becomes. Being so close suddenly seems like a very bad idea.
Ferocia scowls. After watching the fort for a while, she crosses her arms.
Looking at Anneka, she says, "We can't just leave. If we don't stop the goblins they could make it to Sandpoint. And if they make it to our town, people will die."
She glances back at the fort, then says to Miron. "Fine. Scrap the bridge. But, it won't delay them long."
"If we plan on doing that, then let me do it from a distance. I can send acid to eat through the ropes from 30 ft away. It will take a bit, but it should be safer than going up to cut the ropes."
Miron looks at the bridge.
"I want to see this threat to Sandpoint eliminated entirely. But we are overtaxed and the goblins are aware of our presence. Let us destroy the bridge and withdraw. Hopefully we have done enough damage that their plans will take longer to finalise."
Milgen sneaks forward, and while staying under cover, hurls acid after acid at the ropes of the bridge, until they dissolve and it collapses, then he returns to the others. "That should take them awhile to fix."
"Good work all. Let us inform the Sandpoint authorities of what has transpired here, and prepare ourselves for tomorrow."
He keeps an eye out, but he suspects the group will not see the goblin druid again this day.
Azalia chooses to go back by way of the tunnels the goblins were using. Since they failed to end the goblin threat, maybe collapsing, trapping , or blocking the the tunnels some other way will slow them down when they do come. She wants to take a look at the possibilities, now that they aren't in a hurry.
Destroying the rope bridge offers no huge challenge.
The tunnels beneath Sandpoint seem sturdy, it would take some time to collapse them but there are two ways left unexplored the one that had been bricked off and another that was unbarred.