Rallos tries to run the dog through with his rapier.
After using her magic on Emerald to ensure she won't die-yet-Sister Zalinsel, still shieldless, and side by side with Rallos, tries to slam her weapon into the Goblin's skull
Without any emotion as the Goblin's blood fliesin the air, she says
Pharasma will welcome you in her Eternal Gardens.
Following Rallos’ guidance, Ea enters the tower – feeling, rather than looking, for the goblin…unknowingly she ducks beneath a wild swing of the goblin’s Horsechopper…
…and swings her mace, wildly yet powerfully…
…she feels the splatter of blood and bone fragments as she brings her mace down on the skull of the Goblin Dog…killing it outright. The goblin screams in indignation, ”You’ll pay for that Pinkskin!!!”
Seeing Greyface deliver a sound blow to the goblin, Yasmin hurries back to finish it off with more ice! ;
Yasmin lets loose with another flurry of snow and ice…the goblin dives out of the way in time to avoid the worst of it…yet still emerges from the frigid cloud worse for wear…clinging to life…
Dropping it’s weapon, it sprints out of the door to the ruins and, shouting that he’s ”Going to warn Grulk….this place be the property of the Bloodbriars…”, he clambers down the side of the slope to the escarpment…
There is a shriek followed, several moments later, by a sickening crunch...then silence from outside the ruins...
Following up on it’s threats, the goblin within the tower jumps back from it’s dead mount and thrusts it’s weapon towards Ea…but the goblin dismounts awkwardly and ends up piercing the still quivering body of the Goblin Dog…
Ea wastes no time and tries to smash the Goblin now...
But her weapon is easily dodged by the little beastie
Get him, Rallos, if you can.
Grayface will move closer to his friends, and stand guard over Emerald's body for this round.
Rallos moves up to stab the gobbo...
Yasmin stays close to the rest of the party. She has the dancing lights move into the room with the goblin!
Stepping back, the goblin (now well illuminated by Yasmin's light) slashes at Ea...
...cursing as it catches it's weapon in the rubble, "Stand Still...Let me Stabs You!!!"
Rallos stabs at the goblin.
Quit squirming, wretch! I'll make this quick!
"Pull back, make shortshanks come to us!"
Grayface will move adjacent to the door threshold, out of sight from the goblin in the tower-room. I will ready an action to attack any enemy who comes out of the doorway.
Only Pharasma can decide if it's my time to die, unbeliever.
Sister Zalinsel takes her mace in both hands and it connects with the goblin's ribs, crushing them violently
You should get worried about your own Fate, as you are about to die alone.
"Then Pharasma should just get it over with..." mumbles Yasmin as the cleric spouts more of her nonsense. The red-headed woman stays by Grayface, surprisingly finding that she prefers the scarred man's company.
Moving in to a better position, "Zarongel decides when you die..."
The goblin's blow is accurate and hard-hitting...leaving Ea struggling for breath, on the verge of unconsciousness...
Grayface can't stand to watch his...coworkers...be harmed so seriously under his watch. He was the muscle for Zed's sake! Oh stop kidding yourself. You barely know this gang but there is a...feeling here. These are my companions, not coworkers.
The warrior drops his sword, and pulls out his dagger, flinging it at the goblin with a heave.
Gray's dagger, thrown with quite some accuracy, lodges itself between the shoulder blades of the goblin...
"Owwwww!!!!"
Ea eyes blink madly, and without any emotion she throws her weapon in a wild two handed swing
Ain't afraid of dying. That's your last mistake, Goblin.
She traces a spiral in the air as the mace falls from her fingers, gets on her knees, peaceful, and whispers
Pharasma, I'm ready.
Die cur
As his companions fall around him, Rallos grits his teeth and, with an exclamation, drives his blade into the goblin's chest. Impaled on the end of the Tiefling's blade, the green skinned menace twitches once or twice and, with a sigh, dies.
Grayface pumps his fist at the victorious blow. "Well there's a few less scum mucking up the place." He looked to the floor decorated with two of his new friends.
"We need to rest. No two ways around it. We can either carry these two outside to camp, or try to shore up defenses here. That room there looks alright." He points to the room Rallos and Ea are in, where the final goblin just fell.
Gray will grab Em's pack, find a bedroll and lay it out. Then he will gently pick up Emerald and set her down comfortably on her bed.
He will do the same for the sister of Pharasma.
He will then attempt to do some healing to hopefully speed up the process.
During any breaks in healing, I want to search the gobbos for lootz, and maybe grab one of those horsechoppers.
The goblins are carrying an array of weaponry, short bows, short swords and a poorly maintained (yet still vicious) Horsechopper... Additionally, the last goblin to fall is carrying a stoppered gourd of a viscous liquid....
Outside the ruins, the snow is falling heavily...a light dusting already covering the corpse of the goblin that fell from the slope...the conditions aren't yet dire enough to stop you searching that goblin of you wish to exit the ruins....
Yasmin starts searching all the goblins, including the one outside. "I can't believe it. We go into battle and both our healers go down. Worse, the cleric of Pharasma has a death wish! I sure hope one of these goblins has a healing potion."
Yasmin tries to identify the viscous liquid, and anything else worth checking.
Yasmin identifies the stoppered gourd as a Potion of Cure Moderate Wounds - it's curative properties masked by it's unpleasant concoction. Safely descending the slope outside, Yasmin discovers a second gourd on the other goblin corpse...it's contents frozen solid in the sub-zero temperatures...
Yes...resting here is the best option i think. I will be happy to take first watch....you need to rest, Gray....
"These rather gross vials are powerful curative potions. We should be able to get Emarald awake. With her magics and Ea's, we should be able to get back on our feet. Pharasma willing." The last part is spoken with obvious scorn.
She pours the liquid down the Oread's throat.
She'll also use minor magics work to warm up the other potion so that it's drinkable if need be.
*edited, ok lets save one potion!*
Grayface will retrieve his dagger and sword, and will bring his and everyone's gear into the northwest corner room. When everyone is inside, he will close the door.
Rallos looks around the room.
Rallos also rigs up an trap in case we get visitors..
Emeralds eyes flutter open as the healing takes effect. She reaches for her throat, finding it a little tender but no open wounds.
"I thank you, I fear I didn't account for myself well there.. the creatures took me by surprise somewhat."
Looking around she notes that Ea is still down and moves to heal her.
Ea's flesh moulds together like clay at Emeralds touch.
"I think I can heal once more if anyone is badly hurt, I'm also familiar with mundane healing techniques." Emerald looks around at the others trying to gauge wounds.
Piles of rags and bones are piled up into nest-like beds around the circular room that you have identified as somewhere to rest. Searching around reveals nothing of note other than the fact that the door to the tower can be secured from the inside.
Relief can be easily observed on Gray's face when Emerald and Ea are healed. He tries to remain stoic.
"I thought we'd lost you two. I thought this little expedition was over before it began."
"I think I can heal once more if anyone is badly hurt, I'm also familiar with mundane healing techniques."
"Hey Em, I'm in a bad way here, I could use some of that magic if you're up to it" The warrior points to a nasty gash where the horsechopper cleaved his flesh open.
"Here, let me help." after healing Gray's body she looks around. "It seems we didn't handle ourselves very well in this fight, perhaps we need a more cunning strategy for future battles?"
"Are we holding up here, it seems reasonably defensible and the weather's turned a little too much to hike back to town?"
"All of us took quite a beating, though some worse than others. But ... thankfully... none of us us are dead." Yasmin glares at the priestess as she says this. "Staying here seems like as good a plan as any."
Death is nothing to be afeared of.It happens.As life.
Ea ties her black hair in a ponytail, and then tooks her shield from the floor
I can cure some wounds too, if needed.
"Shall we press on and see whats here, or should we rest for the night?"
"Let's rest. We have many wounds to heal and magic to recover."
Come close to me.
Sister Zalinsel waits patiently until everyone is around her, and let a pulse of grey energy cure the wounds
No need to rush to your graves. They will wait for you.
I think resting for a bit is best...then proceed....haste is not necessarily a good thing.....
"Do we need to arrange guard-duty?"
As you rest up during the late evening and into the night, you are undisturbed by anyone... or anything. There is the occasional sound of arguing from beyond the barricade of piled up furniture...the unmistakable high pitched voices of goblins escalating in volume and intensity until a different, much deeper, voice shouts and everything becomes quiet again...