Rotomo rushed toward the destructive goblins and the ensuing chaos. Seeing the family trapped inside the smoldering tent he directs his divine forces in an effort to put out the flames and smiles as water cascades down.
Pris grimaces at the sound of the shrill goblin call, but even more disturbing was the active flames swiftly spreading in the surrounding area - tinting the sunset with an even more intimidating flame red. Feeling the need to extinguish the source of the disturbance, rather than the flames themselves, she dashes forward and launches a tiny arrow at the nearest approaching goblin.
Goblin Pyros - Round 1 - continued
22 Red Goblin
21 Yellow Goblin
17 Blue Goblin
15 Rotomo
11 Claudia (mage armor)
10 Goblin Warchanter (bardic performance)
8 Alden
6 Priscilla
Moving forward to face the new threats from goblins-with-fire, Rotomo stops and brings forth 2 gallons of water on the merchant tent, dousing the spreading flames in a cloud of grey-black smoke. Given the chance, the family dashes from the ruined tent, running with the rest of the crowd to a safer spot.
From a great distance, Claudia evokes another missile of force and sends it on a high-arching trajectory that drops on the goblin songstress with an impressive blast.
The warchanter continues shrieking in goblin tongue, what must pass for singing, but then casts a magical spell on herself, while moving forward, a whip in one hand.
Knowing that she can stop the spread of the flames by putting down the goblin pyros, Priscilla strides boldly forward, firing her shortbow at the nearest torch-wielding gobbo. Unfortunately, her shot is thrown off by the rushing past of the merchant family, and flies wide of the mark.
Dashing forward he waves the family along with his sword arm, "Go! Get behind us!" As he pulls short he sets his sword over his shield to wait for either Rotomo or Priscilla to need his help.
Goblin Pyros - Round 1 - concluded
The paladin surges forward, shooing the merchant family behind him for their safety. Shield and blade in hand, he waits for a goblin to come within range.
End of Round 1
Goblin Pyros - Round 2
22 Red Goblin
21 Yellow Goblin
17 Blue Goblin
15 Rotomo
11 Claudia (mage armor)
10 Goblin Warchanter (bardic performance)
8 Alden (readied action)
6 Priscilla
Flames make goblins go batty, and now they have the fuel and wood that was for the beachside bonfire! Flames start to spread around the area, as goblin arsonists go wild.
Red Goblin continues spreading flames around the shop nearest the church, which soon has fire shooting from its thatched roof and wooden timbers. The little monster than rushes towards the sounds of fighting. swinging his flaming brand has he comes.
Yellow Goblin, frustrated that his own fire was extinguished, rushes at Rotomo, looking for furious revenge. The goblin's flight path passes by the readied Alden, who activates.
Blue Goblin careens straight into Rotomo, stabbing at the druid wit his flaming torch, but missing wildly, spinning himself around wiht the momentum.
Whirling his sword around once he takes a cut at the charging goblin passing by.
Reflexively the large Druid jabs his club at the bombastic goblin.
Claudia spins her staff, which begins to make a noise similar to a hum. She begins humming as well and as the two sounds come together a bolt of force flies out at the warchanter.
Goblin Pyros - Round 2 - continued
As the Yellow Goblin rushes towards his ally, Alden pivots on his heel and brings his sword around in a backhand stroke that catches the goblin squarely, cutting him open from belly to neck, and killing him with one stroke.
Rotomo is able to slow the advance of Blue Goblin, and avoid his flaming brand, but his own club-blow is sidestepped by the wily foe, who snarls at him with plain ferocity.
Firing another missile from the rear, Claudia expends the last of her innate magic, using her arcane bond to her staff, to blast the goblin songstress once again.
Despite taking a pair of force blasts, the warchanter seems mostly unharmed. She continues her shrill song, like fingernails on a chalkboard, and advances to support her warriors. As she closes in, she begins another rhythmic chant, gesticulating with her small fingers, ending up by pointing at Alden.
The paladin lets out an inappropriately timed giggle, but soon regains control of himself, as grim as ever.
Goblin Pyros - Round 2 - continued
As the Yellow Goblin rushes towards his ally, Alden pivots on his heel and brings his sword around in a backhand stroke that catches the goblin squarely, cutting him open from belly to neck, and killing him with one stroke.
Rotomo is able to slow the advance of Blue Goblin, and avoid his flaming brand, but his own club-blow is sidestepped by the wily foe, who snarls at him with plain ferocity.
Firing another missile from the rear, Claudia expends the last of her innate magic, using her arcane bond to her staff, to blast the goblin songstress once again.
Despite taking a pair of force blasts, the warchanter seems mostly unharmed. She continues her shrill song, like fingernails on a chalkboard, and advances to support her warriors. As she closes in, she begins another rhythmic chant, gesticulating with her small fingers, ending up by pointing at Alden.
The paladin lets out an inappropriately timed giggle, but soon regains control of himself, as grim as ever.
Pris deftly moves forward, drawing another arrow from her quiver, angry at her own inability to hit a target - with the others engaged in melee, she targets the warchanter, hoping to put a dent in their morale.
Goblin Pyros - Round 2 - concluded
Moving forward to stand next to Alden, Priscilla looses another arrow at the goblin force, targeting the warchanter, but her shot is hasty and flies short of the mark.
End of Round 2
Goblin Pyros - Round 3
22 Red Goblin
8 Alden (moved from readied action)
17 Blue Goblin
15 Rotomo
11 Claudia (mage armor)
10 Goblin Warchanter (bardic performance, 2hp dmg)
6 Priscilla
Red Goblin leaps forward, seeing the halfling as an easy target. It swings its flaming torch at Priscilla with reckless abandon, but the agile rogue nimbly leans backward to avoid a nasty burn.
Priscilla hops back, avoiding the arc of fire that the Red goblin leaves burning in the air. As Alden moves in to protect her, she takes the opportunity to pull an arrow from her quiver and launches it at the warchanter - "What would I do without you, Ser Alden?"
Stepping to Priscilla's aid he brings his sword around at an arch towards the red goblin, "Get away from her!"
"Careful! I don't know what spell it is casting!"
Goblin Pyros - Round 2 - continued
Already responsible for downing one goblin warrior this fight, Alden steps forward to protect Priscilla and brings his blade around and through the chest of Red Goblin, downing it with another single slash from his curved blade.
Blue Goblin sees this fight is serious and throws away its fiery stick, bringing its ugly dogslicer to bear on Rotomo instead. The barbed weapon gets inside the shield of the druid, and he catches an ugly scratch which wells with blood.
Claudia moves into melee to help Rotomo and smacks the blue goblin with her staff.
Rotomo felt the blood run down his arm as he steps to the side of the goblin. The Shoanti slips and almost loses his grip on his club as he weakly swings it at the little green devil.
Goblin Pyros - Round 2 - concluded
Claudia, her magic spent, moves forward with her staff at the ready and swings at the nearby goblin, missing as it dodges carefully.
Taking advantage of its distraction, Rotomo sidesteps and tries to smack the goblin from behind, but in the excitement his club slips from his grip and its all he can do to hang on to the weapon, let alone make an attack.
The goblin singer lashes out at Rotomo with her whip, trying to snake the end around his ankle and upend the Shoanti druid, but she is unable to lasso him properly.
Stepping back while she nocks another arrow, Priscilla fires at the goblin singer, hoping to stop the shrieking song she continues. Her aim is true, but the leather armor of the goblin stops the arrow without injury.
End of Round 2
Goblin Pyros - Round 3
8 Alden
17 Blue Goblin
15 Rotomo
11 Claudia (mage armor)
10 Goblin Warchanter (bardic performance, 2hp dmg)
6 Priscilla
"I'll help them, Miss Priscilla. Keep your eye on the squealing one." Stepping to his left he comes around to help with the goblin that hurt Rotomo before it can cause any more damage to him or Claudia.
Goblin Pyros - Round 3 - continued
Alden moves to surround the remaining goblin warrior on three sides, but still his swing is avoided by the wily foe.
Seeing the trap he is in, Blue Goblin takes a backwards step, hacking and slashing with maniacal glee at Rotomo, the goblin song still driving him on despite the shrinking odds. No attacks manage to land against the druid however.
Rotomo stepped to the side and swings again at the hopping goblin.
As the Goblin she was flanking moves out of the way, Claudia points her staff at the purple Goblin and a glob of acid flies out at it.
Pris nods, shifting to the side and firing off another arrow at the shrill goblin, looking for a piece of the small target that isn't covered with armor.
Goblin Pyros - Round 3 - concluded
Rotomo regains the grip on his cudgel and swings again at the quick goblin, but is unable to hit it, missing again.
As the goblin scampers after Rotomo, Claudia fires another glob of acid at the it, but the goblin is a survivor and the cantrip is ineffective.
The goblin warchanter flicks her whip in irritation as she continues to inspire the nearby goblins to further feats of madness, but again the trip attempt is ineffective.
Moving up a bit, Priscilla fires once again at the warchanter, this time winging it with her shortbow, causing slight damage.
End of Round 3
Goblin Pyros - Round 4
8 Alden
17 Blue Goblin
15 Rotomo
11 Claudia (mage armor)
10 Goblin Warchanter (bardic performance, 4hp dmg)
6 Priscilla
Stepping forward he brings his sword down in a decending cut towards the goblin.
Goblin Pyros - Round 4 - continued
Tired of the menace of these little insane creatures, Alden steps forward, his momentum bringing the weight of his blade down on the cranium of the goblin warrior, cleaving his brain-pan in twain and felling him.
Rotomo yells in celebration of their victory over the goblin and lumbers around a table to confront the last of the menacing creatures,
The druid wildly swings his club at the chanting goblin.
Claudia again relies on her cantrip to attack the Goblin.
Priscilla, somewhat elated at finally being able to contribute meaningfully to the combat, decides to avoid shooting into the melee - instead, she switches her bow to her off-hand, re-draws the dagger from within her cloak, and moves in to look for a flanking position around the last still-standing goblin - at least, the last goblin that's an immediate threat.
Goblin Pyros - Round 4 - concluded
As Alden cuts down the last of the nearby goblin warriors, Rotomo advances on the bard, happily ready to end the terrible singing. He heaves his club but the gobliness is able to dodge the blow that might have taken her head off.
At the same instant, Claudia evokes another glob of acid, but her aim is not true, espeially firing into the scrum with the Shoanti Druid, and the acid misses.
With Rotomo closed into melee range, the songstress drops her whip and, while continuing the screeching goblin-song, draws out her dogslicer, driving the blade deep into Rotomo's barrel chest.
Knowing a shot into the melee is chancy, Priscilla draws out her small blade again and advances.
End of Round 4
Goblin Pyros - Round 5
8 Alden
15 Rotomo (7hp dmg)
11 Claudia (mage armor)
10 Goblin Warchanter (bardic performance, 4hp dmg)
6 Priscilla
Walking past Rotomo he heaves his blade and steps in with it held high, trying to create distance between the goblin and Rotomo so he has time to recover. With a sideways slash he steps into the small crooning creature.
Claudia moves up to get a clear shot and fires more Acid at it.
Surprised at the gaping wound in his chest Rotomo stepped back and weakly tried to beat the howling goblin.
Goblin Pyros - Round 5 - continued
Alden continues to press the offensive, but despite his considerable skill, he cannot land a blow on the shifty goblin chanter.
Rotomo keeps after the squirrly foes, but the wound in his chest makes an effective attack impossible, and he misses.
Firing into the melee again, Claudia whispers a silent curse as her acid globule misses once again.
Slashing her dogslicer at Alden, cutting a gash in the paladin's sword arm, then stepping back trying to keep from getting encircled, keening her atonal song all the while.
Pris rushes forward, stepping around Claudia to assure that the goblin doesn't get a chance to counter-attack. With the goblin clear of melee, she stops short, and hurls her readied knife at the goblin, looking for some kind of damage. She would aim to flank the thing afterwards, to keep it from ducking away from the fight after all the chaos it caused...
Goblin Pyros - Round 5 - concluded
Moving around the right side of the goblin and onto the Cathedral steps, Priscilla throws her dagger at the goblin bard, but once again, her aim is insufficient to score a meaningful hit.
End of Round 5
Goblin Pyros - Round 6
Goblin Pyros - Round 5
8 Alden (2hp dmg)
15 Rotomo (7hp dmg)
11 Claudia (mage armor)
10 Goblin Warchanter (4hp dmg)
6 Priscilla
As the fight against the goblin warchanter rages on, the scene around you starts to calm. Most of the villagers are now in shelter or huddled on the Cathedral steps where the Sheriff and Father Zantus keep them safe. Fires still burn bright, especially around the cart near you, but the chaotic scene of goblins running amok is slowly starting to regain some order. Fewer goblins are visible, and most are gorging themselves on food from the fesitval, wounded and staggering about, or fascinated by the myriad of fires burning near the churchyard. In that scene, you still are busy facing down one of the warchanters.
Enraged by the yapping goblin Rotomo ignored the blood running down his side and stepped forward smashing the goblin in the mouth with his stout cudgel.
Goblin Pyros - Round 6 - concluded
His temper getting the best of him, Rotomo ignores his serious wound, and pounds the croaking goblin chanter in the head with his cudgel. The force of the blow snaps her neck, ending the life and the fight.
End of Round 6
While things are returning to normal, the chaos is not fully complete. Nearby, you see a goblin leap off a flaming roof to try to land on an unsuspecting victim, but miss and break its neck in the fall. Another goblin throws a lit torch at a mother rushing to the safety of the cathedral, but the flaming brand misses striking another goblin which is quickly set alight.
From the cathedral steps, Father Zantus, a bloody gash over one eye, calls down to you. "Well done, heroes! You saved Sandpoint from a worse burning by stopping those fire-loving monsters. Take the blessing of Desna in recompense." He grasps his silver holy symbol and channels positive energy, healing all nearby, including Alden and Rotomo.
You can see a makeshift first-aide station at the front of the cathedral where Zantus and his acolytes are tending to the hurts of the village. Unfortunately, you can also see sheets draped over a group of corpses, those who did not survive the onslaught.
"Thank you for your timely blessings father. Keep your people safe. If we see non-combatants, we'll send them your way."
As the group moves towards the next fight, Claudia will move into an alley and upend the contents of her stomach.