Shaedeen sees Asa closing with purpose with Rast and Eloisa nearby, so she waves them (and the rest of the heroes) forward, putting a finger to her lips. She shows them the damaged room and quietly suggests the others search it for any clues while she listens at the other nearby doors.
Asa nods and takes a long look around the wreckage, attempting to determine the source of the destruction and the general chain of events that led up to it.
You don't hear any sound from any of the doors. Everything is quiet.
Merrick notices nothing unusual. As he comes in, he sweeps the room with his bow, checking the corners for targets. Seeing nothing, he lowers his bow.
"This is getting more suspicious by the minute."
Eloisa begins to cast detect magic around the room as she searches.
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Nothing in the room pings as magical.
After much searching, Asa finally spots the gouges on the table. "Claw marks. Don't goblins normally have long enough toenails to leave marks like these?"
He hadnt like the waiting, nor the sneaking about quietly. There were people in trouble, and the longer they waited the longer time there was for something bad to happen. He glanced at the claw marks and frowned studying them. He had a bit of training in the militia on such things, but no where near the training the actual city watch did.
"Enough of this."
He began moving for the door across from them an opening it. From there he tried to guage where the center of the glass works was compared to teh room they had been in hand he would head that way.
Asa turns to face the door that Calin opens. "And people think I can be impulsive...."
"Keep your guard up. If the note is to be believed, the goblins could be working for the old man. Or Ameiko's brother, if this was all a trap. No telling if they stayed behind."
Moving closer to the door, she raises her falcata in a guarding pose.
The knight appeares at the Glassworks, he was thinking to sneak in but he could hear the group talking and opening doors so he won't be doing that.
He speaks up when he is just behind the group "I see this is the stealth party." He says sarcastically before turning more serious. "You make more noise the the blacksmiths' workshop on a busy day."
Turning to the Knight's voice, Asa has to catch herself before she swings. Frustration gives way to a pseudo smile.
"That is a great injustice to most smith's shops, sir. We make far less noise than this. I was wondering if you would show up."
Asa gestures to the gouge marks on the desk.
"Goblins. No sign of the two missing women. Could be they walked into an ambush set up by the mastermind, could equally be they ran into holdovers from the invasion." Asa frowns, then adds, "And possibly could be just marks from the invasion and we are preparing for goblins long since slain or driven off. Won't know until we find Ameiko or her friend. What was her name again?"
Asa turns to her other companions to supply it.
"I saw Selaros run from this area towards the garrison, so I thought something might be up here and when I heard your voices form here I thought to give it a look around."
He nods at her taking about the goblins "I have been wondering if there were more goblins hiding in Sandpiont, a few nights ago I encountered and dispatched a goblin hiding in the closet of a young lad's room, he was terrified to sleep cause he could hear it tunneling through the crawlspace. Better prepare for the worst they are sneaky when i comes to hiding places."
Calin, you open the door to a meeting room. Judging by both the size and layout of the building, as well as the increasing noise of the furnaces, you are making your way to the center. The room you are in has two doors, but you judge that the ones to the south will lead outside. The one to your left will take you deeper in.
"Agreed Rast if Ameiko and some other is in danger we should not dally around." He goes to stand next to Rast glaive ready for whatever is hiding. "I'm coming Agustianna, just hang out."
Shaedeen looks a bit put out that her scouting contribution on the mission hasn't been particularly well-received. Nonetheless, she moves to the door Calin and Rast seem intent upon barging through, scans it briefly for irregularities (trap spotting), and politely opens it for the men.
Noticing the Desna Knight for the first time, she asks, "Who the heck are you?"
"Asa wait a moment" Eloisa reaches out and casts Mage Armor in her. "Just in case there is still someone or something here. " Then she casts it again in herself.
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"Appreciate it, Eloisa." Asa nods appreciatively as she feels the protective magics of the barrier coalesce around her body.
"Shaedeen, allow me to introduce to you the Desna Knight, protector of Sandpoint and hunter of the criminals within. Strangely enough I trust him, despite not knowing who is behind that mask. As evidenced by that new glaive he is wielding, which I made for him yesterday."
Turning back to the Knight, she adds, "Though a part of me was hoping that its first field test would not be quite this soon after. Shall we go further in and see who is running the furnaces?"
"I am the terror that keeps goblins awake at night. Protector of Sandpoint, I'm the Desna Knight." He responds to Shaedeen giving a slight nod of greetings towards her "But let's talk after we rescue Ameiko."
"I am the terror that keeps goblins awake at night."
"Oh--I thought it was the worms, beetles, and rocks on a bed of poison ivy that they eat for supper that caused that. Pleased to meet you nonetheless!"
Shae flashes the masked man her most charming smile.
"Agreed let's see what runs this place currently."
Discussions cast aside he moved forward striding forth with a clear purpose. He opened the door on the left and strode forth.
Asa rolls her eyes as Calin continues his relentless pursuit, headlong into the unknown. Following a few steps behind, she keeps her eyes open for clues.
"Be careful. Goblins aren't known for much, but they are know for being resourceful in the face of adversity. No sense in walking into one of their traps just to prove a point."
Asa shoots the half-elf a frosty smile, then adds, "But by all means, feel free to continue taking point."
Calin, the furnaces are getting louder, definitely. There are some doors to your left again, and you can feel the heat in the room. That's probably the room. Go ahead and everyone make Perception checks.
Shaedeen's a bit distracted by the tension and apparent dislike between Asa and Calin. Although she'd like to be near the group's fore to do a bit of scouting and trap-scanning, she doesn't want to become an object of Asa's anger a second time.
Merrick detects nothing unusual.
Eloisa feels like she almost notices something, but the noise from the furnaces keep her from concentrating well enough.
Asa shakes her head as the furnaces get louder. "Well, the heart of the furnaces seem to be getting closer at least. Anyone been in here before?"
Shae quickly shakes her head in response to Asa's question.
I've always been curious how the glass is made but no, i have never been here."
He answered curtly while he quickly moved ahead. Something was up, something was wrong and for the life of him he couldnt figure out what it was. But miss Augustianna and miss Ameiko didnt just get up and leave town. This had been the only clue they had she he kept moving forward.
Praetor, you open the door, and inside is a gigantic room. Furnaces are to the left and right, and they are active. An alcove to the right of the room houses some type of finished piece of glass, but a cursory glance reveals that something is off about it; it's extremely jagged and angular. You don't have time to look, however, because in the room are eight goblins!
The Goblins did not hear you approach, but do notice when you open the door. In the room with the Goblins are several corpses, many of which are dismembered; you see several of the Goblins have hacked off limbs that they are in the act of gleefully throwing into the furnaces, and the smell of cooking pork fills the air.
There is no time to notice anything else, and battle is joined!
The Goblins are spread about the room, no two within more than ten feet of another. The furthest one could be reached on a charge.
- Initiative
- Shae
- Rast
- Merrick
- Eloisa
- Desna Knight
- Goblins
- Calin
- Asa
Ah, I forgot to mention, there ARE ways to utilize the furnaces if you're creative...
Shae has the opportunity to pop off a shot at one of the Goblins. Since it is flat-footed, she gets sneak attack on her crossbow bolt.
That shot JUST manages to connect, and drops one of the Goblins! Everyone but Calin and Asa can take their turn.
"To arms, my friends, to arms!"
Merrick will line up a shot at one of the Goblins, and shoot as rapidly as he can. If his first shot drops one, he'll attack another.
In fact it does!
Merrick, your 8 damage is enough. Your arrows catch two separate Goblins in the chest right above where their piecemeal armor ends, and they spin around, bleeding out.
An excellent opening volley; in the space of a few seconds, over a quarter of your enemies have been felled.
Next?
The Desna Knight tries to charge the nearest goblin he is able to reach "Your kind is not welcome here fiend."
Because we just adopted the rules that allow it, I will remind you that you have Power Attack as an option if you wish to utilize it.
Thought you may have, no worries ;)
You charge forward and cleave down a Goblin!