[Early Morning, Inside Sandpoint Glassworks, Third Day After Goblin Raid]
[NOTE: I’m making PER checks for you where appropriate, but let me know if there’s a specific area you’d like to check out.]
The gnomish youngster has gone all starry eyed, and dashes off to the street. “Yes, ma’am. I’ll tell ‘em you’re after trouble makers. I heard something crashing back there.”
Somewhat lit by shafts of light piercing in between draperies, the interior hallway leading from the back door is dim and stuffy. Heat emanates from the double doors in front of you. At the end of the hallway, you can see it turn a corner, and there’s a door up ahead as well.
Meanwhile, up front, the farmer nods appreciatively. [NOTE: good job on the Diplomacy & Aid Another!]. “Well, now, it is right odd that the glass house is all shut up like this. Usually they’ve got all kinds of folks coming and going in and out of that place. Maybe you boys can sort it out. Good luck to you.” The crowd begins to thin some, as the townsfolk start up again on their daily errands, their curiosity sated for the time being.
It takes all three of you working together to smash the door down. You’ve entered a large reception room, probably used for greeting customers. Fancy cushioned furniture fit for a noble’s hall is all around the chamber. There are three other doors out of here: two are on the north wall, and there’s another to the east.
Yeah, I think Hakak is mobile only, unfortunately. If I ever do another PBP, I'll probably have Maptool as the medium to handle exploration, though.
Ned hears the crashing from the front of the building and grumbles quietly, "Ain't no way that were 10 minutes."
East door?
Ned hears the crashing from the front of the building and grumbles quietly, "Ain't no way that were 10 minutes."
"Maybe you should've told him five minutes twice? Easier for him to count," Lleidr grins at Ned before quietly moving up to the double doors. He'll take a moment to listen and, if all sounds clear, open them up for a peek inside.
<grin>
Jubrayl sighs. Well, let's be honest Hakak wasn't going to wait. Neither am I.
TSUTO! Where are you?! Where are you hiding, little man?
Slight mistake on the map. I thought Ned was with the group in front. Turns out, he's with Selia and Lleidr. I'll update the map tonight.
[Early Morning, Inside Sandpoint Glassworks, Third Day After Goblin Raid]
The front group comes upon a dusty storage room, crowded with old wood cabinets overflowing with signed parchments, many bearing wax seals. At a glance, they all look like contracts of some sort. There are no other visible exits from this room other than the door you’re holding open.
Meanwhile ... in the back of the glassworks:
Lleidr carefully opens the double doors. All three of you are hit with a wave of heat roiling out of an immense room whose entire back wall is a fiery furnace. Immediately in front of you are two goblins cackling and dancing atop a table, tossing sheets of glass onto the floor. Their backs are to you. You three can all hear laughter from other goblins outside your point of view.
"Goblins!" Lleidr hisses over his shoulder as he readies his bow. If he can, he'll use a 5' movement to step in the room and to the side, out of the way for Ned to become a target...uh, I mean for Ned to get inside. If that's not possible, I'd like just to 5' out of the way.
Ned carefully nocks an arrow and motions to Lleidr to take his sneak attack.
Ned carefully nocks an arrow and motions to Lleidr to take his sneak attack.
Lleidr will nock an arrow and fire at the nearest goblin.
vs flat footed
Not here.
Jubrayl goes and opens the double doors.
Ned looses an arrow
Very good Jubrayl, his sword remains shealthed but his shield comes up as he backs up the Paladin.
Not here.
Jubrayl goes and opens the double doors.
Jubrayl, you're with the group in front, right? There aren't double doors. There are 2 doors on the north wall. Which one are you guys opening? The one on the left or on the right?
Ned carefully nocks an arrow and motions to Lleidr to take his sneak attack.
Yep, you definitely have surprise.
Sorry, i thought you had said you were going with Lleidr earlier. Let's just leave it as it is, if that's OK. I have a feeling the group in the back will need all the help they can get.
[Early Morning, Inside Sandpoint Glassworks, Third Day After Goblin Raid]
The group in front comes into a long hallway. It appears to stretch out in a wide passage to the northwest as well as a smaller hall to due east.
[NOTE – I didn’t get any move orders from you, and I got nothing specific from Selia. But, it’s just a surprise round, so far. I think that I’m going to abandon individual initiative and just revert to group initiative for NPCs, so that you’re either going before or after them. That should make combats easier for you as far as coordinating together. Instead of labels for the grid, let’s try this for your movement – from your current position, tell me the # of squares you wish to move and the direction]
Lleider’s arrow strikes true and elicits a yelp of surprise from the closest goblin, who turns towards his assailants with an angry glare. Ned’s aim is a bit off, and the arrow sails into the furnace, disappearing in a whiff of flame.
Ned will move into the building just past where Lleider is standing and shoot another arrow
then drop the bow and quickdraw his greatsword.
Jubrayl runs up and to the right, determined to find Ameiko quickly.
Lleidr will move 2 squares southwest, which I think should have him kinda hugging the wall of the room, moving towards the furnaces. From there, he'll take another shot at the goblin he just hit, or the next closest if that goblin's down.
Nicholae follows Jubrayl.
[Early Morning, Inside Sandpoint Glassworks, Third Day After Goblin Raid]
Group in front: right in front of you is a door going east. The hallway behind has 3 doors. There is a door in a south wall, one in the west wall, and double doors in the extra-wide north-west passage. You’ve got another move action, if you’d like to take it this round.
Group in back: [NOTE: initiative worked out really well this combat. I’m rolling once for each NPC faction, and each of you in the back got an Init result greater than the goblins. You all go first. Unfortunately, I don’t have an action for Selia, so I’ll assume one.]
Selia steps inside, firing at a goblin with her crossbow, but misses.
Lleider steps inside, and goblin yells at surprise at your intrusion are drowned out by the massive rumbling furnace in front of you.
Your second arrow knocks a wooden bowl off the goblin’s head, which your target was using as a helmet.
Ned’s arrow pierces the leather armor of the same goblin, but the little fellow still stands. All of you are surprised to see eight mutilated bodies of the factory staff lying around randomly in various stages of dismemberment. Most horrifying, in an alcove, lies the body of Lonjiku, propped up in a wooden chair and encased in thick, runny sheets of hardened glass.
A goblin runs across the marble table in front of you with a tong of dripping molten glass. Ned is able to deftly dodge the creature’s swing. Drops of liquid glass spatter on the stone floor in front of you.
The hurt goblin backs off and limps away from you, muttering something in his foul tongue. You can catch the word ‘Tsuto’.
Several more goblins scream and cry out with both rage and glee, many bearing tongs of glass, or hardened glass balls they’re preparing to throw at you. A few are waving their dogslicers in the air with glee.
Ned will take a swing at the goblin on the table before him.
It doesn't look like there's anything to fight in here anyway. Unless Nich has been holding out on us it seems our only option is to explore the whole building as quickly as possible.
Having said that Jubrayl hurries to the door immediately in front of him and opens it.
Nicholae grunts his agreement and follows.
You may want to try seeing if your God will point the way for you... , he pants slightly.
Lleidr will keep an eye on Ned's fight but doesn't want to fire into melee. Instead, he'll keep targeting the goblin he's been firing at.
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Selia comes out of her reverie and realizes she had fired her crossbow. She then notices the goblins in the room that the group has just entered.
Round 2 | Full Round Action, cast Summon Monster I (4 right, 3 down) | Remain at current location
Selia calls to the wind and begins to summon an eagle near one of the goblins.
Summoned Creature: Eagle CR 1/2
N Small celestial animal
Init +2; Senses darkvision 60 ft., low-light vision Perception +9
DEFENSE
AC 14, touch 13, flat-footed 12 (+2 Dex, +1 natural, +1 size)
hp [7] [1d8+3]
Fort [+5], Ref +4, Will +2
SR 5
Celestial - Resist cold 5, acid 5, electricity 5
OFFENSE
Speed 10ft., fly 80 ft. (average)
Melee 2 talons [+3] [1d4+2], bite [+3] [1d4+2]
Special Attacks smite evil/good
STATISTICS
Str 10 [14], Dex 15, Con 12 [16], Int 2, Wis 15, Cha 7
Base Atk +0; CMB -1 [+1]; CMD 11 [13]
Feats Weapon Finesse
Skills Fly +8, Perception +10; Racial Modifiers +8 Perception
SPECIAL ABILITIES
Smite evil/good 1/day as a swift action (adds CHA bonus (+0) to attack rolls and damage bonus equal to HD (+1) against evil/good foes; smite persists until target is dead or the celestial/fiendish creature rests).
[Early Morning, Inside Sandpoint Glassworks, Third Day After Goblin Raid] – resolving Front Group 2nd move actions
In the interest of time, I’m taking a bit of liberty with the 2nd group, and so I hope you don’t mind. Your 2nd move action was to go east. The eastern door swings open quickly, and you all rush into a loading room with two double-door exits. An open safe sits next to a wheelbarrow. The northern doors open easily, revealing a scene of chaos inside the next chamber.
I’ve already gotten actions for the front group. Now I need actions for the next round from Ned and Hakak, and either a move or standard action from Jubrayl. I’m assuming that Jubrayl has used a move action in the next round to open the double doors, and would have chosen that exit as opposed to the four others, given the intense heat, goblin growls, and cries of dismay coming from his comrades on the other side.
Takes another swing
Oops, I mis-spoke. I need actions from Nicholae, Hakak and either a move or standard action from Jubrayl. Sorry for the mix-up, Ned.
Jubrayl readies his shield.
Oops, I mis-spoke. I need actions from Nicholae, Hakak and either a move or standard action from Jubrayl. Sorry for the mix-up, Ned.
I kinda thought so. Just use the roll for the next time he gets an action.
Nicholae draws steel and with a cry of Iomadae! moves to engage the nearest Goblin.
and
[Early Morning, Round 2 Resolved - Inside Sandpoint Glassworks, Third Day After Goblin Raid]
Hakak and Nicholae burst through the opposite side of the room from Lleidr, Selia and Ned. The bloodthirsty goblins give a cry of dismay upon the site of them.
So, we’ve got an action already for Ned for the coming round. No movement for Ned, though? I’ll need actions for everyone else.
Glassworks
If I get a response by this afternoon from everyone, I can post another update today. However, that’s not terribly likely. I’m going on vacation during Thanksgiving, and will be offline till sometime Sunday afternoon. So, have a great holiday, everyone!
Jubrayl will take a double move action and end up adjacent to Hakak. He will draw his axe along the way.
Lleidr will hold his position with his back to a wall and keep firing at the same goblin or, depending on how initiative and movement shakes out, switch to the next nearest, out of melee target.