Knowing that her horse is not trained for war and might spoke easily, Maya rides forward away from the goblins towards a nearby copse of trees, hoping to find cover for her and her steed, as well as a safe place to dismount.
Ambush! Get your steeds to safety. Then we'll deal with these little gist.
Gozer charges the twenty feet to the nearest goblin and swings his greataxe at the first one in range. Roaring all the way.
Tamilius casts ice cone
Belethor takes out his sling and fires
Trapper manages to turn his horse smoothly however the Goblin he aimed at easily dodged out of the way of his arrow, only to be hit in the shoulder by Talberon's crossbow bolt. Just as it was recovering Belethor's pellet hit it in the face finishing it off.
Tamilius's blast of ice was just dodged by another Goblin who stuck his middle finger up but in doing so he missed seeing Gozer's attack which was cleaved off that finger along with its head. The Goblin sunk to it's knees slowly spraying Gozer in blood.
The final Goblin looks around at the deaths of it's companions before smiling and revealing its pointed fangs. It drops it's bow and draws a short sword before attacking Gozer.
The swing completely misses and a look of panic enters its red eyes.
Talberon turned back around and pulled back on the crossbow string, snapping it into place.
'Damned-able Goblins interrupted our song!'
He affixed a bolt into the bolt trench and turned again, over the back of his horse.
'THWANG'
Tamilius takes another swig of Wine "Good hit Mr. Toil!"
Talberon's horse pranced nervously...
"Yes, but it isn't down yet. Perhaps you could assist?" his eyes going from the still standing Goblin to the others, stopping on Tamilius, as he asked.
He pulled another bolt from a quiver for the crossbow.
'One of the others may bring it down, but there is surely more where these came from,' he thought, loading it into the crossbow.
Talberon's arrow punches through the last Goblin's chest and it sags to the floor.
Roque is rolling on the floor moaning in pain, blood pumping from the arrow in his shoulder.
Talberon dismounted quickly and went to Rogue...
Kneeling, he tried to reassure Rogue, "It's gonna be ok, hang in there."
Looking up from Rogue to Trapper, Talberon says, "I sure hope your kidding. I'm not a doctor, but I don't think we should move him."
He looked at the bridge and tried to determine if it could be used as a choke point.
To no one in particular, "You think we could use the bridge to slow them down a bit? Like a bottleneck?"
Gozer steps over and grabs Rouqe by the collar and lifts him so that he can see Gozer's eyes.
They weren't supposed to hit you? You set this up? Gozer's voice increasing. He throws Rouqe back on the ground and turns to face the oncoming goblins axe at hand.
Gozer looks back over his shoulder at Rouqe. You better pray that they kill me or you are going to wish the arrow had killed you! He turns back to the goblins and yells out Come get some!
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Looking up from Rogue to Trapper, Talberon says, "I sure hope your kidding. I'm not a doctor, but I don't think we should move him."
He looked at the bridge and tried to determine if it could be used as a choke point.
To no one in particular, "You think we could use the bridge to slow them down a bit? Like a bottleneck?"
"Dwarves never joke about goblins, my friend!"
He turns and looks at Gozer and assesses the bridge.
"Aye, a bottleneck. The Northerner and I will hold this end, or Torag never owned an chisel!"
Trapper dismounts, straps his shortbow to his back, dons his war hammer, and stands like an immovable anvil, his face all angles.
"What was that, Gozer? Talby? Trapper?" Tamilius then has a shocked and surprised look on his face "AH!!! I can't hear, see, smell, feel, or taste! Or do I do? Somebody help me! Am I dead?!?!?!?!" Tamilius then faints due to his shock and fear.
By this time Maya has tethered her horse in the nearby copse of trees. She figured there would be more goblins about. She leaves her horse, readies her shield and sword and makes her way hastily to the bridge to help her companions defend it.
I figured there would be more than three. A bottle neck is a good plan. These aren't trained warhorses. I suggest you tether your mounts. Though I do hear that goblins are often scared of horses.
Roque turns white from blood loss and fear at Gozer, he starts crawling away heading for the trees that Maya just tied her horse to.
You can all hear the Goblins approaching now, they make no effort at concealing there approach, you can here their chants.
Talberon looked from Trapper to the direction the Goblins were advance as he stepped up to Tamilius and grabbed him.
"I think better behind you two," he huffed pulling Tamilius along.
"Scuze me Trapper," he said as he drug Tamilius to the bridge, "Want him on the.. other... side of you two. He allows Trapper to move enough to get Tamilius through.
"There, you'll be fine," he whispers to the unconscious Tamilius.
Talberon stood and pulled up his crossbow.
He saw the Goblins emerge, "Here they come," he said, stating the obvious.
He ran his thumb from his chin to his navel as he mumbled to himself, "Protect me father."
Gozer moves to H5 and waits for the first sight of the goblins at which point he will charge the first one he sees.
Attack:
Maya moves to k8 to take up position to defend the bridge with her shield and sword ready to start killing goblins. She keeps her eyes ready for archers, but readies an attack for the first goblin that comes at her.
Are you ready boys? There might be a lot of them, but I don't expect they'll have much discipline or morale. If we can hit them hard early and take down a bunch the rest will probably cut and run.
Belethor moves to and as he moves over he draws his sword.
"Yep I reckon they will quiver and run by just the site of big boy over there!!!" He indicates to Gozer.
You can hear the Goblins screeching now as they begin climbing over the rise they spot you and begin laughing and screaming, red eyes gleam from their sockets. Some carry bows but the others are holding ugly looking swords.
Before they can make any other move Gozer charges obliterating one with his axe, blood splatters and guts splatter across the ground.
Trapper also attacks, arriving just behind Gozer and makes a swipe with his Warhammer, however the Goblin blocked with his sword, the sound of clanging metal ringing out.
Talberon casts Mage Armour, however everyone is to preoccupied to notice anything.
Perception:
Belethor remains in his position and casts Bless. The wave of brilliant blue power washes over everyone giving more strength and will.
Maya curses under her breath as she sees Gozer rush out to charge the goblins.
Blazes Gozer, what happened to defending the bridge? Get back and hold a line, so they don't surround us.
For this round she remains standing in her position in front of the bridge, and keeps an attack ready for the first goblin that comes at her.
Maya remains alert and defends the bridge while Belethor releases a swarm of Magic.
The Goblins recover from the momentary ordeal with Gozer and Trapper and screeching 3 of them try to strike back
Two Goblin's miss swinging wildly in there haste to kill, however one is more skilled with the blade and swipes up at Gozer's legs.
The sword slashes across his legs drawing blood but not enough to cause any significant damage.
Two other Goblins draw back on their bows firing at both Talberon and Maya.
Maya easily blocks the incoming arrow with her shield, the Goblin shrieks in frustration. However Talberon is not so fortunate and the arrow buries itself deep in his shoulder.
Red eyes flashing the Goblin laughs manically at the damage it causes.
The final one charges Maya attempting to break her attack squealing as it runs, its weapon held high above it's head.
The ring of metal on metal pierces the air as the Goblins wild attack clangs harmlessly off Maya's shield.
Tamilius waits for the DM to tell him what happened with his 0 on Perception, Joba Tett assumed that it was a critical-critical fail and he lost all sense, and that WOULD be kinda scary losing all your senses at ounce, so Tamilius fainted and is still waiting for the DM.
Ive said a few times that you can wake up at any time but if not roll a Fortitude Save against a DC 10.
Beat it and you wake up but you can only perform a move or standard action for one turn.
Don't and you can wake up but have no moves for one round.
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Trapper rolls his eyes at the first goblin's wild swing, and then his mockery turns to wide-eyed shock when he sees a goblin actually hit Gozer.
Perception:
"Ye two-bit little sack of pus," he yells at the goblin in the Goblin's own language. ()
Trapper attacks with his warhammer () at the closest goblin:
I have only been GMing since Christmas so I apologise if I make mistakes I am doing my best.
Talberon felt the shaft slam into his shoulder and caught the shaft and grungy feathers out of the corner of his vision. Looking down, it registered, 'I've been shot... strange it doesn't hurt one...'
That was when it hit him, the seering pain. It shot down his arm, across his chest, and through his back.
"AHHHHH!" he screamed.
He slumped slightly, 'PULL IT TOGETHER, OR YOU WILL DIE ON THIS BRIDGE!', he heard his mind say.
His body responding shakenly, he raised his crossbow and lined up on the Goblin he thought had shot him. At least at one that had a bow...
-Thwang-
Tamilius jumps and fires Magic Missile at the strongest looking Goblin! "Huzza!"
Gozer stops for second looks down at the scratch on his leg and smiles at the poor poor goblin and then lets out a roar of pure death at it, he lifts his axe over his head and brings it down.
Rwaahhhh!!!!
Maya uses her readied attack to take a swing at the goblin that charged her.
Potential Damage:
The little bugger dodges a rather clumsy series of attacks.
Talberon aims at the Goblin that hit him, the bolt flies true and punches through the creatures bulbous head exiting the back in a spray of blood and brains. It almost floats to the ground coming to rest in a small pile.
You notice that the bridge has a wooden slats that come up onto the grass allowing you to cover your self behind it. However to fire you still need to remain above the wooden slats.
I will rule that you have 40% cover. i.e. the Goblins have a 40% chance to miss you if they attack. Is this ok?
Trapper's swing is blocked by the Goblin's viscous looking blade, your weapons are locked momentarily and he grins greedily at you before swiping wildly with his sword. But you easily parry, the Goblin's grin becomes a snarl.
The Goblin squeals as Gozer's axe rips through the air towards the leg slasher but in it's fear it manages to dodge beneath the great blade. It looks momentarily shocked before screaming and attacking once more his friend joining in.
They both strike at your legs carving two more slashes into your flesh. They laugh maniacally, clearly they are having fun.
The Goblin dodges easily away from Maya's attack and it quickly strikes back but once more the clang of sword on shield rings out. It growls spit flying from its malformed mouth before speaking in Goblin.
Tamilius's missile fires across the land hitting one of the Goblin's with a bow, leaving burnt flesh on it's shoulder.
Belethor charges the Goblin that Tamilius just hit and misses wildly his sword chopping only grass.