Milah silently dashes past the closest goblin dogs, rapier flashing as she reaches the furthest of them.
Moa'Taar moves forward, drawing his blade as he goes.
Zarque hangs back a moment, waiting to see how things start to flow before settling on her choice of action.
Milah easily moves up and pierces the dog's flesh with her rapier, causing it to yelp in pain. Moa'taar moves closer and Zarque weighs her options..
Milah's rapier thrusts into the injured beast again, then she quickly maneuvers between the remaining goblin dogs.
Milah's weapon flashes again, ending the suffering of one of the dogs, quickly moving to dispatch another one. As she does so, Shalelu prepares her bow at the edge of the clearing.
The dog closest to Milah snaps at her, its rope barely containing him. The other one charges at Moa'taar, slobber dripping as it goes for the investigator's bum leg..
Milah blocks the goblin dog's attack and retaliates immediately, her blade piercing the creature's mangy skin...
Milah continues her assault, savagely piercing the creature once more.
Zarque throws a little ball of gold at the goblin dog fighting Milah. Once it almost reaches the dog, the ball explodes almost instantly into strands of molten gold that quickly hardens and cools.
The burst of gold momentarily frightens the goblin dog as the strands of molten precious metal harden into shackles before it can reach Moa'taar.
Milah easily dispatches another of the dogs even as it attempts to bite her.
Moa'Taar aims and fires his crossbow at the dog that was going to attack him.
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Moa'Taar reloads and fires his crossbow again.
Moa'taar's bolt silences the last dog, but just as you are about to claim victory, you hear Aurica start to scream as a large cat leaps out of the underbrush and starts dragging her away. Shalelu looses an arrow, but misses due to not wanting to hit the fortune teller.
Initiative Round 3
Big Cat- 17 - Grappling Aurica
Milah- 16 -
Zarque- 15 -
Shalelu- 14 -
Moa'taar- 9 -
"Hold on, Aurica!" Milah rushes toward the large cat, hoping to bring it down quickly...
Milah attacks the red and black cat, but even with Aurica underneath, the cat is still too fast for the duelist, batting the needle thin blade aside with its large paw.
Moa'Taar takes aim and fires at the cat.
Zarque tosses another little glob of gold, this time at the cat, though with a bit of sadness cause Zarque really likes cats, her favorite of all furry creatures.
The golden blob bursts into a bunch of golden strands in the area around the cat.
[spoiler=Shalelu Stuff]
As your group attempts to stop the large cat from taking Aurica away, with Shalelu also rolling back and firing her bow, it seems that the cat is too fast for each of you, dodging all the attacks tossed against it. It seems to almost grin as it begins dragging Aurica away.
Zarque tosses another blast of gold, but instead of going for the cat, she shoots for the tunnel the cat is headed for to slow it down with the strands .
Milah emits a low growl, frustrated that her rapier can't seem to find its target. Nevertheless, she tries again, moving forward and thrusting once more.
Moa'Taar reloads and fires again.
Milah chases the cat as it drags off Aurica, thrusting and pressing her attack, not giving up the fight for her friend. A couple of small nicks in the animal's fur and the low growl from it tell you that it is getting tired. Zarque's magic turns a small part of the clearing into a splattering of gold. While Shalelu continues to pepper trees with arrows. At the same time, Milah notices out of the corner of her eye a goblin with fire in its hand coming out of the tunnels to the South.
"There's a goblin heading this way..." Milah tries to keep her voice calm as she tries to divide her attention between the cat and goblin, then gives up and maneuvers around the cat to keep both in front of her...
With Milah's warning, Zarque switches target long enough to toss a gold ball at the goblin, hoping for a good entangle.
Moa'Taar will fire on the cat again.
Milah dances with the cat again, attempting to put herself in a position to watch the creature and the new goblin that appeared out of the briars. As she does so, an arrow from Shalelu pierces its side, causing it to let out a howl of pain. The goblin is surprised by Zarque's golden bolt, but not enough to not be able to move out of the way. The energy strikes a tangle of brush and turns it into gold temporarily. The goblin yells something in a stern voice at the large cat.
Zarque fires more gold at the cat, all the while thinking they should have ignored the dogs.
The cat swipes at Milah, but her feline reflexes are much faster as she impaled the cat. Whatever fight it had left is taken away when Zarque's golden bolt hits it in the face, creating a pile of cat, Aurica and gold. Milah doesn't have much time to react as the shrubs around her come to life in an attempt to restrain her. Shalelu moves towards the pile as quick as she can.
Moa'Taar moves to where he can see the other combatant and then prepares to fire if it attacks.
Zarque throws more gold after the cat.
Milah, seeing the cat falter, rushes at the goblin...and past it, hemming it in.
Milah rushes towards the goblin who lashes out with a tongue of flame that she easily deflects with her own blade, stabbing the goblin in the arm. A bolt from Moa'taar flies past and embeds itself in one of the bushes, causing the goblin to shriek. It shrieks even more as Zarque's magic envelops his pet with golden strands. He lashes out with his blade again, attempting to burn Milah with his fiery weapon. This causes Shalelu to miss her shot as well.
Milah thrusts with her rapier again!
Moa'Taar reloads and readies to fire if the creature turns to flee once he has a clean shot.
Milah's rapier moves and flashes as it spars with the goblin who is surprisingly adept at using the flaming sword in his hands. Milah can tell that the goblin is getting tired though.
Moa'taar scans for a shot, any shot that will keep the goblin from getting away should it choose to run. Zarque has no such compunction to wait for a clear shot and blasts the goblin with golden magic. This causes him to back away from Milah and run into the brambles, the plants and thorns seeming to move aside for him. As he does so, Moa'taar fires another bolt that just barely misses the goblin as he disappears into the brambles. The plants that were entangling the cat and Aurica slip away and Shalelu moves to check on both. "I can take your friend back to Sandpoint, but I don't think the cat will make it. We should end its suffering."
"Aye." says Moa'Taar, who then does just that.
Moa'taar cuts the cat's throat and lets it finish bleeding out as Shalelu begins to assemble a litter of sorts to attempt to carry Aurica back to Sandpoint. "I will see you when you return, but be careful. That goblin is still out there and he may have a grudge with us killing his pet." The elven women nods and then continues her work.
Milah nods at the ranger. "Please be careful along the way; we'll do what we can here." Realizing that she cannot easily follow the goblin through the underbrush, she looks to the others. "If we don't try to follow it, we're likely to have to deal with a small horde shortly. I suggest we try to track it down - walking along the paths, though, rather than trying to make our way through the brambles."
Shalelu nods and says, "I'll see you back in Sandpoint. " She then starts making her way through the underbrush with Aurica on a makeshift litter. For the time being, you are left alone, but the sounds of brush being moved or the sudden squawk of a bird makes you a bit jumpy. Knowing that fire wielding goblin is out there with gods know how many more doesn't help.