Goblin1 was being very vocal, shouting to the top of his lungs with laughter and taunts, but no sooner did he lift his torch to flaunt it, did it hit the ground. Goblin1 followed soon after, his laughing and taunting reduces to gurgles in his throat.
Goblin2 duck a blow by Kugrim, and still manages dodge Tavius. He is, however, distracted enough to miss a chance to hit Setius.
G3 misses while trying to sneak up and get Setitous from behind.
Tavius gives a slight growl as he sees the goblins teaming up on Setius and shoots again.
Setius turns his attention to the goblin that turned up behind him and attacks. [aooc]Attacking G3[/ooc]
Kugrim swings his horsechopper mightily at the goblin in front of him.
"AARGH!!!!! Stand still and fight!"
After being swarmed with attacks, Goblin3 takes off and jumps off of the tent. But just before he jumps, Setius manages to take another swipe at him and, although Setius misses, Goblin3 stops paying attention to where the edge of the tent is. He falls right off the edge and snaps his neck.
Goblin2 lunges at Kugrim, but he and Setius make sure the goblin doesn't have a leg to stand on.
Warchanter cracks his whip at Tarnish again, but does nothing more than splash a mug of mead on him.
Tavius fires at the Warchanter hoping to end the fight for Tarnish.
Tarnish's strike was a little slow due to a cup of mead flying past him (spilling even more mead on him), but the arrow in between the Warchanter's eyes seemed to slow him down a good bit, so the sword impaled the goblin straight through.
After y'all have caught your breath for a moment, you take a moment to look around. There are mostly just bodies of goblins strewn around the square, but there are a few poor citizens who lie on the ground dead. There is a goblin on the far south side of the square taking a nap, but other than that, it is silent. Then, through the silence erupts a terrified scream and a howl of a dog, coming from the north.
I've got a feeling that there might be more trouble.
Kugrim starts chanting and waving his hands as he heads towards the howling.
"Setius come!" Tavius yells out as he runs to the north. "Come on Tarnish we got more goblins to kill." He says as he passes by Tarnish.
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Given that the rest of the group is running, Tarnish increases his pace to a jog. He won't be the first in the group to get to wherever they're going, but he won't be the last either. He says, "Running towards a lethal force encounter when you have no real clue what's actually happening is usually a bad idea."
"You're probably right. Nonetheless, duty is duty."
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Tarnish replies, "Duty to what? Now don't get me wrong. I like the people here and don't want to see anything bad happen to them. But they haven't signed a contract and paid in advance for protection. Neither have they made me a Sherrif's deputy nor inducted me into their militia. So as far as any sort of duty goes, I don't see one. As far as I'm concerned this is sort of like charity work. I don't mind doing it occasionally, but it puts no coin in my purse."
"Right now all we know is that there's a bunch more goblins around than there should be and we have a dog howling in pain. I like dogs, but worst case scenario somebody can get themselves a new puppy a lot easier than I can get a new Tarnish."
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Tarnish replies, "Duty to what? Now don't get me wrong. I like the people here and don't want to see anything bad happen to them. But they haven't signed a contract and paid in advance for protection. Neither have they made me a Sherrif's deputy nor inducted me into their militia. So as far as any sort of duty goes, I don't see one. As far as I'm concerned this is sort of like charity work. I don't mind doing it occasionally, but it puts no coin in my purse."
"Right now all we know is that there's a bunch more goblins around than there should be and we have a dog howling in pain. I like dogs, but worst case scenario somebody can get themselves a new puppy a lot easier than I can get a new Tarnish."
The blue-skinned fellow nods along in response to each point. What he said. I don't want to have to get a new Strife, that's for sure.
Aloud, "Safety in numbers, though, and all that."
"It may not be your duty, but it is mine. As for why, that's a longer story than we have time for right now. You don't have to come along, but I'm defending these people whether it's smart or not."
"This is no time to argue Tarnish, if you will not do it for the town do it for a friend for this my home as well as theirs." Tavius replies before turning his attention back to where the howling came from and continued to run.
As you all go past the White Deer Inn, you hear a man calling for help. When you reach the North Gate, you are just in time to watch a Goblin Commando chop the head off a dog. When the dog is dead, three more goblins come, cheering, out of hiding. They are all preoccupied by the man hiding behind a rain barrel and they have not noticed you yet.
Kugrim rushes ahead, closing with goblin commando and another of his comrades. He swings his horsechopper at the goblin commando, trying to emulate the commando's attack on the dog.
As Tavius sees the goblins he draws an arrow and lets it fly.
Setius moves to flank the commando hoping to assist the taller grey one.
Tarnish's sling releases a little too early and it sailed right between Tavius and Strife's heads.
Goblin1 runs after Kugrim, ducking a swing, then returning one himself but still misses.
Goblin2's body makes it a lot closer to Kugrim than his head does, compliments of Kugrim's horsechopper.
Goblin3 licks his lips as he runs at Setius and delivers a knick on his leg.
Goblin Commando delivers a much nastier strike to Setius who is now in a lot of pain.
"Setius get to the wall!" Tavius yells as he fires an arrow at the commando.
Kugrim begins to carefully step around the goblin that attacked him as he lashes out at the goblin commando's legs with his horsechopper.
Goblin1 takes a wing and a miss at Kugrim.
Goblin3 got a little confused in all the commotion. At first he was attacking Setius but he flew away, then he was about to kill Tavius who shot an arrown at his commander, but then his commander ended up falling on the ground because he was tripped by Kugrim. Finally he decides to attack the last one he saw and he rushes Kugrim. He manages to duck Kugrim's blade, but misses a chance to retaliate.
After taking an arrow and being knocked silly by getting tripped, he doesn't even know where he is until a horsechopper is through his chest. He falls off of his goblin dog leaving it and Goblin1 as the only living enemies left.
"Setius to me!" Tavius yells as he fires at goblin Tarnish is fighting.
Setius flies over the battle by about 10 feet and lands on the ground next to Tavius.
Setius knew the glow from Tavius and let the strange man he ran into touch him.
Kugrim quickly steps behind the remaining goblin and uppercuts him with his cestus-containing hand.
Kugrim left a nasty cut on G1's face.
Goblin1 screams in pain, turns around and returns the blow He then call to the goblin dog who runs to him.
The goblin dog dies before he could answer his masters call.
Tavius fires another arrow into the fray.
Setius caws at strife a last time and flys into the battle pecking at the goblin.
It is now apparent that the battle is won. The shrieking of the goblins has gone, and the screaming of frighten citizens has now been quieted. Compared to the chaos of the goblins, the city of Sandpoint is silent. Sobs of children echo throughout the streets, a (relatively low) amount of human bodies lie, motionless on the ground, and goblin parts litter the streets.
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Tarnish looks over the scene and says, "Looks like we took care of the uninvited guests. I wonder why they attacked. I thought goblins tended to go after smaller and weaker targets. Them trying to take on an entire town doesn't make much sense."
The lean sylph looks worried. "You don't think they'll attack again, d-d-do you? That'd be really odd, right?"