Eloisa moves into the room and is as surprised as the goblins are. "How many different places are those things going to be hiding in, and who are the dead?" She fires off a Force Missile at a Goblin in the distance but not next to an ally.
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Eloisa, you needn't roll for Force Missile; it automatically connects.
Rast, the Goblin you hit and the one that Eloisa pings with the Magic Missile are looking pretty beat up. I mean, it's sad if you think on it from the poor Goblin's perspective; here they were, just minding their own business after some killing and fun, burning some chopped up bodies when some murder hobos crash in and kill half their friends! Not cool, guys, not cool :)
Anywho, it's the Gobbo's turn.
Rast, the one you smacked is going to hit you back with it's dogslicer.
Desna Knight, one of the Goblins will brave the reach of your glaive. Take your AoO. I'll roll it's attack but we will resolve yours first;
The other two Goblins, one of them the one injured by Eloisa, pick up bottles of glass and hurl them at the group, one targeting Eloisa, the other Merrick.
Apparently, these are NOT the most competent Goblins you've ever come across...they're actually Gerblins. They're a bit less evolved than normal Goblins >.>
"Goblins bleed and golbins cry, goblins burn and goblins die! Time to run, little cowards!" Asa yells at the pack in anger upon seeing the carnage they have wrought.
The tone of her voice, however, is too jolly, and the lack of a balance breakfast - "Hah, try any breakfast," - almost makes the words inaudible above the sounds of the furnace. Face turning an ashen red, Asa slashes down at the goblin bold enough to approach the Desna Knight.
DK, your AoO misses. Asa, you close in and hit, and it is now considered flanked.
Everyone else may take their action...I expect the Gerblins will be down before they get another chance.
Merrick twitches his head to one side as the glass bottle goes sailing past his head.
"Hey! I'm the one that makes ranged attacks around here! Bad Goblin! Down!"
Another one bites the dust! We'll say that one was NOT the one that Eloisa hit, leaving you with two injured Goblins and one that hasn't been hurt yet.
Quite right, Asa, thanks.
The goblins were quite the suprise, and for a moment he stood there his mind trying to process everything. Arrows flew and Asa started to say something though he didnt quite hear her.... he rushed forward torwards the goblin Aloisa hit with her magic his flail whistling as he struck.
Calin, you turn the Goblin into a gooey paste.
Shaedeen drops her crossbow, draws her rapier while closing with a surviving goblin, and tries to stab it in the head .
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Eloisa fires another Force Missile at the creature she had hit previously. "Throw a bottle at me will you. I'll teach you."
The missile of force impacts the same spot as before, but this time it blows apart the armor, and the flesh beneath!
The Knight moves to thit the goblin that so smoothly avoided his last attack to finish the job
Since the Goblin is flanked, you hit.
Rast, attemtptint a Grapple without relevant feats invites an Attack of Ollortunity...
Which it badly whiffs.
You have Grappled the Goblin. There are more rules associated with it but I'm all about rule of cool so yeah, you chuck the Gerblin into the fire.
Well...that went quickly.
"Burning goblin doesn't smell very good. Let's clear the room fast." The knight says beginning to look around for anything useful the goblins have hoarded here
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Rast retrieves his mace from the floor and immediately look around for which direction to go next. Calming slightly he responds to Desna Knight with an air of confidence that is unusual for him.
"Burning goblin is better then the horror they were making. There must be more."
Is it bad that this is the most comfortable I have been? I pray it is Desna's hand.
Quickly flicking the goblin blood from her blade, Asa sighs.
"Decisive. I would wager these poor fellows were the folks that used to work here?" Asa gestures to the desecrated corpses that the goblins had previously been using to fuel their glassmaking. Asa examines the work, not expecting much in the way of quality.
"After all, only a goblin would think that making glass weaponry would be an improvement over previously owned gear compared to metal."
Eloisa examines the bodies to make sure she doesn't know any of them. "I hope none of these people are Ameiko or the other young lady.
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"Im beginning to think Master Hosk was right about the only good goblin is a dead one. "
Instead of worrying over the remains he kept focused on keeping his eyes peeled for more goblins.
Shaedeen retrieves her discarded crossbow, reloads it, and then accompanies Eloisa on her rounds to identify the dead townsfolk/glassworks employees. She lets the mage do the identifying; Shae's playing bodyguard and keeping an eye open for more threats.
As the others keep watch and check the bodies, Merrick wants to check out the alcove and weird glass piece you mentioned, GM.
You all find exactly what you would expect to on the Goblins; small sized weapons and armor, most of which are of poor quality. Altogether you can salvage maybe a hundred gold worth of equipment from the Goblins.
Those of you looking about the room notice a pair of doors on the same wall as where you came in, to the left of where you are now looking (so they would have been to the right of where you came in). They are closed.
Amongst the bodies is neither Ameiko nor Agustianna. They do appear to be laborers, from their dress. Likely they were simply innocent victims in the wrong place at the wrong time.
Merrick, here you find a true horror. What is inside the glass used to be a man, but now it is macabre art. You recognize the man that was yelling at Ameiko just last night; Lonjiku Kaijutsu.
It is difficult to recognize him, however. He is bound to a chair, and the chair itself apparently had been drenched in molten glass. Upon hardening, it came to resemble a throne of shards. But what was done to the man inside....
You can see areas where his the glass burnt him to the bone, his flesh melting into the glass in a grotesquely beautiful fashion. The only thing that makes him recognizable is the fact that he bowed his head as it was happening, and his face was spared the worst of it.
Before you can relay this to the others, however, the doors that Calin and Shae noticed burst open! Streaming forth are a squad of ten Goblins, and one humanoid male, with long black hair tied in a ponytail and pointy ears.
He points to your group and utters a phrase in Goblin;
We're just going to use your initiative from last time. This is technically the same fight. So the Initiative order will now be;
- Initiative
- Shae
- Rast
- New Bad Guy
- Merrick
- Eloisa
- Desna Knight
- New Goblins
- Calin
- Asa
So you and Shae are up, Rast.
"He says that he'll take care of those in armor, and the gremlins can take care of us lesser ones."
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Merrick barely has time to process the gruesome sight in front of him. Thankfully, a host of enemies has appeared to provide an outlet for his wrath.
"MURDERERS! Find mercy with your god, for you'll find none from me!"
Merrick is young, but he's not stupid. Goblins delight in cruelty, but it's simple cruelty. This man that's with them...he is more than likely behind them, and behind the terribly thing in the alcove.
Merrick doesn't even have to think about it. He draws and looses, quick as thought.
Seeing the glass throne's contents, Asa bows her head. "I suppose that answers the question on how long the goblins have been at work here." Shaking her head in frustration, she points to it with her falcata.
"Well, if the old man was the leader it would seem that he has been deposed. If not, then I imagine he got a similar letter to Ameiko's. Her brother has some serious questions to answer I think."
Before she can continue her line of thought, the next wave busts into the room.
"Well, it seems our mysterious humanoid king of goblins makes an appearance. Try not to bleed to death before we can get answers from you."
Turning to one of the goblins, she aims for misformed creature's neck in an attempt to slice the head clean off.
Shaedeen figures she's one of the 'lesser ones' as a goblin looks her way in malice. She tries to put a crossbow bolt between its beady eyes. Then she drops her crossbow, steps back, and draws her rapier.
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Shae, the Goblins are in fact flat-footed, so you put the bolt exactly where you aim it and the Goblin drops wordlessly.
The Goblins don't get to go yet, but the man (Elf? Feel free to roll Knowledge Nature to see if you can identify his race) leading them does. He rushes over to Calin, attempting to clap his palms around Calin's ears and stun him.
That's a definite hit! Calin, he deals you points of damage, and please make a Fortitude Save, DC 14, or be Stunned for 1 Round.
Merrick, as he strikes Calin, both your arrows veer straight for this person. However, in an impressive acrobatic maneuver, he manages to strike the first one with the flat of his palm, deflecting it and avoiding the hit. The second one, though, hits him straight on, catching him in the ribs. That one definitely hurt!
Next up is Eloisa and the Desna Knight.
Eloisa move to where she can get as many goblins in her cone as possible, and then casts Burning Hands on the stinky little creatures. "Goblins burn and goblins stink." She says in a sing song voice. I think Asa is rubbing off on me.
"So you are to blame for these goblins, may the Lady of graves have mercy upon you." The Knight says as he charges his opponent.
Okay.
The Goblins fail their save. Since they have yet to move I'll say you can hit 5 of them. They're not thrilled about that.
Two of the Goblins approach the Desna Knight, inviting attacks of opportunity. Two attempt to grapple Calin. Two attack Rast, two attack Asa, and one goes after Eloisa. I'll allow your AoO's before rolling the Goblin's attacks; Calin, they provoke when they attempt to grapple you.
...and boy did I roll utter garbage.
I guess one of them hits Rast.
So, I'll let you roll your normal attack, Asa, but only Calin and DK got AoO's; DK for a reach weapon and Calin because they don't have Improved Unarmed Strike.
So, I'll let you roll your normal attack, Asa, but only Calin and DK got AoO's; DK for a reach weapon and Calin because they don't have Improved Unarmed Strike.
The knight tries to swing at both goblins.
Shaedeen moves to place herself between Eloisa and the goblins she managed to burn, stabbing at one of the crispy critters.
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Calin, your trip misses. DK, one of your AoO's is successful and you neatly separate the Goblin's head from it's shoulders. Shae, you manage to exploit an opening, doing enough damage to bring it down. Rast, bone crunches as you send the Goblin sailing to land in a heap.
One of the Goblins hits the Desna Knight for points if damage.
Calin, seeing the ineffectiveness of his stun attempt and the Goblin's attempt to harm you, the man in front of you will Leah out twice to try to hit you.
One hits for points of damage!
Merrick quirks an eyebrow.
Observing the situation, Merrick makes a decision. He swings his bow swiftly and smoothly, targeting the surviving Goblins that are attacking the Desna Knight and Rast.
His arrows strike true!
That should free them up.
"Help Calin! Let's bring that bastard down!"