Helgarr ponders their options for a split second - she doesn not believe Ali or Vandra will want to stand toe to toe with the newly arrived, but Azeri and Jeaux are there - "Stand back Ali and Vandra - let Azeri and Maria shred him"
Without any further hesitation, she charges down the hallway at the goblins who have inflicted massive damage on them just moments before, the bardiche trailing behind her, and leaving sparks to fill the tunnel.
Like a runaway train, she roars at one of the bomb wielding goblins - "Time to die!"
With a deafening warcry, Helgarr hustles up to the furthest fire bomber goblin and lashes at it with her bardiche. Despite the goblin having no armor, Helgarr curses as the goblin nimbly flips right over the bardiche. It laughs in sheer glee "Haha! I have ALL THE POWER!!" it yells in the common tongue.
Meanwhile, Maria weaves and dodges around the half-elf attacker to get a good flank on him, but she seems to slip up at the last moment and the dagger misses wildly.
The two goblins ignore attacks opportunity in order to throw more bombs! Helgarr's sudden attack misses by a mile, but Furnok swings a sure strike... BUT the goblin still manages to deflect it off it's hardened skin! Two bombs fly into the air, one to Helgarr, and one to Furnok. Each meet their mark with a deafening BOMB before everything in a 10 ft. spread is completely obliterated! Out of the destruction, the two crates protecting the goblins shatter and burn. Helgarr and Furnok also notice that their hair and clothes are also alight.
Helgarr goes down in a heap.
Ali stares up at the Half-Elf coldly, narrowing his eyes, before a slow smile splits his face. "Well, at least we know YOU won't blow up before we can... speak to you. Good!" Ali bowed his head and turned away from the man, moving away from him and focusing on the Alchemists instead.
Ali begins to summon runes of burning, of melting and destruction, gathering them in his palm, he launches them at the Alchemist before Helgarr.
Azeri grins as he steps in to Alandrians place, staring down at the Half-Elf before him. "So you would be the Longshanks who has brought all of these green filth together? Good. It is about time we spoke. I have a bone to pick with you!"
Azeri rears back, before lunging forward, lashing out at the man with all of his might.
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Vandra looked on in borderline despair as Helgarr tell once more. That despair turned to anger in a flash as his imagination turned the Shoanti woman into the bleeding corpse of his mother. He would not allow Helgarr to fall! A stroke of inspiration struck and he enacted his improvised plan.
"Helgarr, nooo!" Vandra yelled out, turning his tears of anger into sadness. He rushed over to the prone woman too cast for the half-elf to act, falling to his knees beside the woman. "Come on, you can't die on us now!"
Furnok keeps both goblins in his reach, or at least tries to and whacks #2
Dire times hit the party with explosive force. Helgarr, one of the main fighters, has fallen. Furnok's work is cut out for him as he tries to hold off these powerful goblin alchemists on his own. Ali breaks off from the fight to throw a bottle of acid at one of the goblins. The acid hits the goblin square in the face, but he's still itching for more fire. A crazed look seems to spread across his twisted smile, like that of a man with nothing to lose, a man without any sanity remaining.
Back at the other end, Azeri, Vandra, Maria, and Jeaux have teamed up against the half elf. Although Jeaux can't seem to get an attack on the nimble assailant, Azeri manages to land a solid smash. Reeling from the eidolon's force, the half elf nearly spins around with stars in his eyes. He regains his footing just in time, and spits out some blood before saying "I'll get you too, summoned beast."
Furnok tries to swing at the nearly impenetrable goblin, who dodges out of the way completely nonchalant. "You're gonna die if ya keep that up!" the goblin says as he mocks Furnok.
She hears the sounds of a massive battle but is tore between helping her friends, and guarding this stupid ugly smelly rat dung of a prisoner. Never in her life did she regret not killing something. She can't bring herself to end it though, and has a gut feeling if she left it alone it would end up at their backs in the fight.
So she stays where she's at.
As Cleo stays put, she sees a glimmer in the goblin's eye. Suddenly, the goblin starts chewing the gag.
The half elf hunkers down and tries to fend everyone off with his feat. Although the first kick is rather off balance, the second one catches Vandra in the thigh.
Despite the elven bastard taking considerable efforts to not get flanked, Maria manages to slices along his forearm. "You... Gods damn it all." He doesn't seem to be in tip-top shape today.
Evasion
Evasion
Fate smiles ever so slightly on the heroes as the goblin's aim fails them miserably. Laughing to the point of madness, the two alchemists launch their bombs; one of which hits the ground behind Vandra, while the other sails over their heads to crash into the wall beside Ali. The blasts echo around the stone hallway as the bombs erupt into fire, a sound that should scar some for years to come. No one was caught directly under a bomb, but most suffered minimal damage. Maria and the Half Elf were both able to avoid the blast entirely.
Ali stumbles to the side a little, shocked by the explosion beside him. He shakes off the effect however and raises his hand again, calling the same runes to mind and focusing them, before casting them at the Goblins eyes once again.
"You will die here runt!"
As the goblin nearest to him throws a bomb, Furnok tries to finally land a smack with his hammer. Truly unbelievable as it is, the goblin ducks under and around the hammer at just the very last second.
Azeri glanced at the Half Elf before taking a step in, flexing so his claws slide free.
"I know my Master wants to talk to you, but I wont be pulling mu punches this time. It is too dangerous and I do not wish to lose him. I apologise in advance!"
Bowing his head slightly, Azeri lashes out with both of his claws.
Azeri rakes his claws across the man's throat and stomach, seeking to end him quickly, before lunging forward and slamming in to him with all of his might.
When it's Cleo's turn, she'll go, Oh no you don't and try and knock the icky thing unconscious again with the hilt of the dagger.
Furnok tries tripping the goblin with the long reach of his hammer
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Looking over Helgarr's body at Furnok, Vandra gave the man a look before reaching out and laying a hand on his side. Channeling the magic he was slowly coming to recognize as his best strength, he slowly sent it into Furnok's body, increasing his already tremendous strength. "Tear them apart," He said in a low voice.
As Vandra boosts Furnok's strength, the hulking, flaming figure of the slayer looms over the crazed bomber. Furnok pulls his hammer close, then prepares to swing as hard as possible at the goblin's little legs. With a rush of air, Furnok unwinds, releasing a powerful blow that not only trips the goblin, but sickeningly shatters it's bones. "Haha, I can't feel my legs" the goblin says to the other alchemist. The two of them laugh, unable to experience shock due to their euphoria. Meanwhile, a splash of acid sails overhead and sears the upright alchemist's foot.
On the other side, Azeri just never stops attacking. Flailing with claw and paw, he rips across the half elf's chest. Two of the claws rack across him, but Azeri's body slam is still a little slow against the nimble half elf. The most insane part is that the half elf seems to fight on, barely bleeding whatsoever. Jeaux tries to aid Azeri, but she just can't find the right spot to land a clean strike.
In the epic showdown between goblins and halflings, representing the halflings is none other than Cleo Gingerberry. The fierce warrior wields her dagger expertly, landing a critical bump across the goblin's head. The goblin growls viciously in response! It's eyes are upon her!
The half elf holds firm, refraining from attacks. He seems to be completely defensive.