Sil starts to move forward, but draws up short at the warnings from his companions. He looks from one to the other, and back to the reclining goblin. Then he begins moving clockwise around the room, brandishing his blades while trying to see behind the columns without getting any closer to the hidden combatants than he must. "Easy enough to check if it honestly wants to talk or has prepared an ambush . . .."
Ellyn 19
Stickfoot 17
Warchanter 15
Goblin Commandos 14
Ripnugget 13
Sileven
Drek'Thar
Milah
"Yes! You right! Kill them!" the chief yells as he drinks down something he was holding in his other hand and starts to move towards the gecko.
Not seeing the rest of the enemy that he's been told is present, Sileven hesitates, hoping they will reveal themselves so that he can do more than be a target.
Milah reacts quickly, running to the gecko and piercing its hide with her rapier!
Milah 22
Ellyn 19
Warchanter 15 (Inspire Courage +1, 5 Rounds)
Drek'Thar 14
Goblin Commandos 14 (Red 1 Fire damage)
Sileven 13 (3 Piercing damage)<--- Here
Ripnugget 13
Milah, unfazed by the goblin leader's lies, runs straight for his pet and stabs it with her sharp blade. It howls in a high-pitched squeal of pain as it attempts to bite her back. Her blade is faster however and it chokes itself on the point, sputtering blood and spittle as it dies before its rider can even reach it.
Ellyn steps in and slings one of her chakrams at the leader, but it flies right over his head and embeds itself into the throne.
From behind the newly decorated throne, a strange throaty cackle sounds and begins some sort of weird tune.
Drek'Thar summons some fire and attempts to dislodge one of the goblins from its perch by burning it. It yowls as it lets go with one hand and almost falls.
As one, all of the hiding goblins climb down and begin firing their bows from behind the pillars, one of which hits Sileven grazes Sileven in the leg.
"Fine, I'll clean up from the back of the room. No problem." Sil moves forward to the rearmost archer and tries to stab him.
Sileven dashes through the goblins, preparing to challenge them all. Brandishing his blade, he attempt to take one out of the fight quickly, but the pillar it is behind gets in his way.
The chief goblin, seeing his mount collapse in mere seconds, growls and charges at Milah, his small sword slashing as he goes. The "Bad Kitty!" easily deflects his angry attacks however.
Milah 22 <--- Here
Ellyn 19
Warchanter 15 (Inspire Courage +1, 5 Rounds)
Drek'Thar 14
Goblin Commandos 14 (Red 1 Fire damage)
Sileven 13 (3 Piercing damage)
Ripnugget 13
Milah, grinning just a bit too broadly at her success with the gecko, misses her thrust against the chief.
The chief is able to easily dance out of the way of Milah's half-hearted thrust. This goblin was no mere grunt. The way he holds his sword looks like he has some experience in real battle. The scars on his green skin serve to back that up. Ellyn attempts to catch him off guard, but on her approach, trips over a piece of discarded meat and loses her grip on her sword that now goes skittering across the floor. The goblins begin to laugh in unison as their warchanter appears from behind the throne and snaps out a whip at the woman. While the end of it snaps around her ankle, she is able to recover and stands menacing at the warbling goblin.
Milah 22
Ellyn 19
Warchanter 15 (Inspire Courage +1, 4 Rounds)
Drek'Thar 14 <--- Here
Goblin Commandos 14 (Red 1 Fire damage)
Sileven 13 (3 Piercing damage)
Ripnugget 13
Drek greetings his teeth at the assault, and sees through the corner of his eye how Sileven gets hit by a loose arrow. Knowing this means the end of his protection, he decides to renew the blessing on him.
[/ooc] Sustained Vitality on Sileven.[/ooc]
The commandos drop their bows to the ground and pull wicked looking pieces of sharp metal from their backs and surround Sileven, a wicked gleam in their eyes. They look for an opening...
Milah 22
Ellyn 19
Warchanter 15 (Inspire Courage +1, 4 Rounds)
Drek'Thar 14
Goblin Commandos 14 (Red 1 Fire damage)
Sileven 13 (3 Piercing damage)<--- Here
Ripnugget 13
Giving his attention to the one on his right, Sil thrusts eagerly with both blades.
Then he shifts his position, slightly, hoping to reduce the risk of more flanking from the goblins.
Sileven spars with the goblin commandos, blades clashing against each other. The elven warrior holds his own against the three of them, keeping them at bay with his well honed skills.
The chief, still locked in combat with Milah, attempts a slash underneath her defenses, but is unable to make any progress with the duelist.
Milah 22
Ellyn 19
Warchanter 15 (Inspire Courage +1, 4 Rounds)
Drek'Thar 14
Goblin Commandos 14 (Red 1 Fire damage)
Sileven 13 (3 Piercing damage)<--- Here
Ripnugget 13
Milah tries again to pierce the chieftain's defenses.
Milah and Ellyn continue to spar with the chief, Ellyn getting a lucky shot in, causing the goblin's crown to wobble on his head a bit. Seeing this, the singing goblin alters her tune slightly.
Milah 22
Ellyn 19
Warchanter 15 (Inspire Courage +1, 3 Rounds)
Drek'Thar 14 <--- Here
Goblin Commandos 14 (Red 1 Fire damage)
Sileven 13 (3 Piercing damage)
Ripnugget 13 (3 Piercing damage)
Drek, once his friends are well protected by his magic, decides to start taking the goblins one by one. He focuses on the singing one first...
Milah smiles a bit at the antics of the singing goblin and Ellyn, but is otherwise occupied with defeating the chief, and so remains focused on that. Frustrated, the singing goblin narrowly misses being set aflame by Drek'Thar, the fire being snapped away by a crack of her whip.
Meanwhile, Sileven has his own problems. The three goblin commandos close in on him, pushing him back against one of the pillars. He can feel one of the spikes near him, but those rusted blades look even more menacing...
Milah 22
Ellyn 19
Warchanter 15 (Inspire Courage +1, 3 Rounds)
Drek'Thar 14
Goblin Commandos 14 (Red 1 Fire damage)
Sileven 13 (3 Piercing damage) <--- Here
Ripnugget 13 (3 Piercing damage)
Adjusting his position to force the one goblin to divide it's attention, the elf lays into it with some conviction, though his first swipe seems to lack any skill.
"I know you're working on it, but can one of you shut him up? Please?"
Sileven makes a tactical retreat and the goblins follow in their bloodlust, one of them too zealous to notice the second blade piercing a large gaping hole in his side. His face turns from glee to pain to anger in a brief flash as he begins to actually think about the next few seconds of his short life.
Paying no attention to his own people, the chief is dead set on killing the woman cat. He fakes a quick thrust and then ducks underneath her parry to get a cut across her abdomen. Bits of chain clink to the ground from the cut.
Ellyn pushes past the duel and decides to follow Sil's advice and see to the warbling goblin, her blade flashing quickly to cut through the cracking whip and into the goblin.
Milah 22 (8 Slashing Damage) <--- Here
Ellyn 19
Warchanter 15 (Inspire Courage +1, 3 Rounds, 3 Piercing Damage)
Drek'Thar 14
Goblin Commandos 14 (Red 1 Fire, 6 Piercing damage)
Sileven 13 (3 Piercing damage)
Ripnugget 13 (3 Piercing damage)
Milah grunts and attempts again to bring down the chief, this time trying for a more finessed approach.
Milah returns the strike on the chief, but is only able to knock is crown from his head. As it clangs to the floor, he grits his teeth and gnashes them together as if you had wounded his ego gravely.
Ellyn presses her attack on the goblin spewing what passes as musical notes from its mouth, but it stops for a moment and attempts to bite into the woman's arm, catching little but a snippet of cloth...
Milah 22 ()
Ellyn 19
Warchanter 15 (3 Piercing Damage)
Drek'Thar 14 <--- Here
Goblin Commandos 14 (Red 1 Fire, 6 Piercing damage)
Sileven 13 (3 Piercing damage)
Ripnugget 13 (3 Piercing damage)
Drek tries to help Ellyn by including her in the protective incantations. A few gestures and some arcane words and the life spirits guard upon her.
Drek'Thar begs the spirits to continue to protect his companions as the three warrior goblins close in on Sileven, wicked blades swinging. The elf's many years of warrior experience keeps him from getting cut, but they are pressing him closer to a wall with little room to move. He looks for an opening in their defenses...
Milah 22 ()
Ellyn 19
Warchanter 15 (3 Piercing Damage)
Drek'Thar 14
Goblin Commandos 14 (Red 1 Fire, 6 Piercing damage)
Sileven 13 (3 Piercing damage) <--- Here
Ripnugget 13 (3 Piercing damage)
Still enjoying a flank partner with the one goblin, Sileven continues focusing on it, trying to ease his life one set of gnashing face at a time.
Sileven can't seem to get through their menacing tactics any more than they can get through his skilled movements. The three goblins continue to press on however, either hopped up on adrenaline or too stupid to know when to give up, they lick their chops in anticipation of elven flesh.
Their chief continues to spar with Milah, but doesn't gain much ground, the two of them locked in a fierce fight.
Milah 22 ()<--- Here
Ellyn 19
Warchanter 15 (3 Piercing Damage)
Drek'Thar 14
Goblin Commandos 14 (Red 1 Fire, 6 Piercing damage)
Sileven 13 (3 Piercing damage)
Ripnugget 13 (3 Piercing damage)
Milah continues to try to gain the upper hand against the chief!
Finally getting through his defenses, Milah scores a solid line of blood on the chief's arm. He briefly glances at it and grins at her, licking his cracked lips.
The formerly singing goblin hangs on to her whip and holds her other hand out towards the throne. Ellyn's chakram wrenches itself free and flies towards her outstretched claws. Gripping it, she glares at Ellyn. The noblewoman has no patience for this and swiftly stabs the thing through the chest. It stares at Ellyn for a long time before coming to its senses and realizing its life will soon be over.
Milah 22 ()
Ellyn 19
Warchanter 15 (3 Piercing Damage)
Drek'Thar 14 <--- Here
Goblin Commandos 14 (Red 1 Fire, 6 Piercing damage)
Sileven 13 (3 Piercing damage)
Ripnugget 13 (12 Piercing damage)
With the singing goblin nearly finished, Drek decides it's time to help Sileven, who could be overwhelmed by his assailants at any moment. Concentrating, he invokes the spirits of fire on the nearest enemy.
Drek'thar attempts to set fire to one of the goblins, but only manages to cause it to throw up its hands and drop its weapon. The other goblins laugh at their companion's folly and are unable to take advantage of Sileven's minor lapse in defense...
Milah 22 ()
Ellyn 19
Warchanter 15 (3 Piercing Damage)
Drek'Thar 14 <--- Here
Goblin Commandos 14 (Red 1 Fire, 6 Piercing damage)
Sileven 13 (3 Piercing damage)
Ripnugget 13 (12 Piercing damage)
Still enjoying a flank partner with the one goblin, Sileven continues focusing on it, trying to ease his life one set of gnashing face at a time.
Brought back to reality by Sileven's continuous fighting withdrawal, two of the goblins decide to press the issue and force Sileven against the wall, but he is much faster and is able to swiftly move out of the way, one of his blades cutting underneath and drawing a gaping wound in the belly of the one with the orange-stained fingers. It falls to the ground writhing in pain, causing the red-haired one to decide to go after the fire-maker.
Their chief, suddenly realizing that he might be outmatched, redoubles his efforts to take down Milah, but she is just too fast for him.
Milah 22 () <--- Here
Ellyn 19
Warchanter 15 (3 Piercing Damage)
Drek'Thar 14
Goblin Commandos 14 (Red 1 Fire, 6 Piercing damage; Orange Down; Green Active)
Sileven 13 (3 Piercing damage)
Ripnugget 13 (12 Piercing damage)
Milah grits her teeth and thrusts again with her rapier, but again is foiled by the chief's armor. At least he's less likely to hit me...
Ellyn attempts to finish off the female goblin behind the chair, but is unable to recover her blade from its chest as it uses her own chakram to try and cut her arm off. She is barely able to get it out of the way in time.
Milah 22 ()
Ellyn 19
Warchanter 15 (3 Piercing Damage)
Drek'Thar 14 <--- Here
Goblin Commandos 14 (Red 1 Fire, 6 Piercing damage; Orange Down; Green Active)
Sileven 13 (3 Piercing damage)
Ripnugget 13 (12 Piercing damage)
Drek takes a step back and invokes help from the spirits for himself.
Drek tries once more to ignite the goblin and finish its doomed existence.
Since his dance partners have moved, Sil's less enthused about the fight at this point, and adjusts his position to reduce their ability to surround him. He still works to give his primary target a closer shave than he could survive.
Drek'Thar continues the fiery pressure on the goblin, but only manages to keep it from biting him, instead burning its tongue on the flame, causing it to use its claws to wipe its tongue off quickly. It quickly looks back to see if its chief saw, but the chief is busy dueling with Milah, neither of whom seem to be able to gain ground. Staying focused on Drek'Thar now, the goblin decides to try to climb on the shaman.
He doesn't get a chance to as Sileven moves to fight side by side with Drek'Thar and skewers the goblin on his blade, leaving the green eyed goblin to have to maneuver around one of the poles.
The chief decides to change tactics and take down the distracted Ellyn, aiming a low blow at her knees. She cries out as his blade cuts deep..
Milah 22 ()
Ellyn 19 (7 Slash Damage)
Warchanter 15 (3 Piercing Damage)
Drek'Thar 14
Goblin Commandos 14 (Red Down; Orange Down; Green Active)
Sileven 13 (3 Piercing damage)<--- Here
Ripnugget 13 (12 Piercing damage)
Smiling, Milah lands another strike against the chief!
Taking advantage of the chief's divided attention, Milah places a blow into an opening in his armor, rewarding her with a grunt of pain.
Seeing her chief wounded, the shaman tries to cast a quick spell, but Ellyn is finally able to grasp her sword and remove it, killing the female goblin. Then the woman turns towards the chief, vengeance in her eyes.
Milah 22 ()
Ellyn 19 (7 Slash Damage)
Drek'Thar 14
Goblin Commandos 14 (Red Down; Orange Down; Green Active)
Sileven 13 (3 Piercing damage)<--- Here
Ripnugget 13 (21 Piercing damage)
Drek notices how Ellyn is assaulted and wounded, so he immediately casts his protective magic on her, making sure that enemy blows don't reach their target.
As Drek'thar coaxes the spirits into keeping Ellyn safe from the chief, the other remaining goblin moves back towards another pillar, drops his long handled blade and draws a bow to fire at Sileven, but in his rush, he is unable to make good on his shot.
Milah 22 ()
Ellyn 19 (7 Slash Damage)
Drek'Thar 14
Goblin Commandos 14 (Red Down; Orange Down; Green Active)
Sileven 13 (3 Piercing damage)<--- Here
Ripnugget 13 (21 Piercing damage)
Sil adjusts his position, staying along the outside wall, so that he can try to skewer this last annoyance.
Sileven chases the remaining goblin guard towards the back wall, trying to get a good hit in on him, but the wily thing is too fast and tries to use the pillar as a sort of barrier.
The chief, realizing his back up is slowly dwindling, backs away, attempting to stay near his last guard.
Milah 22 () <--- Here
Ellyn 19 (7 Slash Damage)
Drek'Thar 14
Goblin Commandos 14 (Red Down; Orange Down; Green Active)
Sileven 13 (3 Piercing damage)
Ripnugget 13 (21 Piercing damage)
Milah steps with the chief, but her foot catches the edge of a flagstone; her rapier thrust misses her mark as a result.
Milah 22 ()
Ellyn 19 (7 Slash Damage)
Drek'Thar 14 <--- Here
Goblin Commandos 14 (Red Down; Orange Down; Green Active) <--- Here
Sileven 13 (3 Piercing damage)
Ripnugget 13 (21 Piercing damage)
Drek was not quite positive about this encounter, but reality has roven him wrong or, at least, so it seems by the current state of things. Not wanting to spoil it all, he tries to finish another one of the remaining goblins.
Drek'thar sets the green-eyed goblin aflame, causing it to panic and stagger back, attempting to brush off the fire with little success.
Milah 22 ()
Ellyn 19 (7 Slash Damage)
Drek'Thar 14
Goblin Commandos 14 (Red Down; Orange Down; Green 7 Fire damage)
Sileven 13 (3 Piercing damage) <--- Here
Ripnugget 13 (21 Piercing damage)
Sil steps up to the retreating goblin, smiling ferally as he does.
But it appears the two combatants will continue to dance a while longer.
Sileven keeps the pressure on the goblin, striking through the flames at the doomed creature, but its inherent survival instinct keeps him alive just a bit longer...
The chief looks around frantically and the end of the fight begins to dawn on him. He decides to start for Ellyn, but not before taking a quick swipe at Milah.
Milah 22 () <--- Here
Ellyn 19 (7 Slash Damage)
Drek'Thar 14
Goblin Commandos 14 (Red Down; Orange Down; 7 Fire damage)
Sileven 13 (3 Piercing damage)
Ripnugget 13 (21 Piercing damage)