Flouncy keeps his eyes peeled.
Quellina is still uneasy about the symbol and skull, and so she stays on alert.
It's rather sudden, but the birds stop singing, taking flight, and the squirrels all scamper away. It goes quiet, really quiet, as the entire forest goes still. Quellina and Amaya hear something odd, a very quiet rustling from the trees. Looking up, they manage to spot two small goat headed men, about the size of halflings. They are wielding longbows made of horn, and have arrows at the ready, giving the entire party a stink eye.
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Amaya glances at the goat men warily. "There is no need to shoot, we don't mean any harm. My friends and I are passing through, a kobold camp instructed us to be here at a certain time, and my friends and I are helpfully trying to follow their directions."
Aviz warily broadens his stance as Amaya's words tell him of the threats in the area.
The goat men don't seem to care at all about what Amaya said, one quickly firing an arrow into one of the tree trunks above the groups head. He says... something in a language that itself doesn't seem nearly as gruff as they look. He makes a 'shoo' motion with his hand.
Aviz puts a tree between himself and the source of the arrows. "What's the plan? I don't know what they're saying, do you think the kobolds sent us here just to get attacked by these creatures?"
OK.
The creatures look annoyed, starting to pull their bows back to fire, before stopping upon hearing the sound of something coming towards you all in the underbrush. They turn to look, even as a group of eight kobolds come stumbling out of the wood work. Five look like the drudges you encountered before, with three being equipped in the same gear as that previous warrior. The drudges and the warriors look at the party, and then at the goat men in the trees. One of the warriors shouts a command in their foreign language while pointing at the goat men, while the goat men turn to start shooting at the kobolds, their faces contorted into expressions of anger. This leaves the adventuring party at a decision, they could choose to help either group in their fight, leave, or simply wait to try and talk to the victor.
Quellina looks to the others. "Probably shouldn't let them kill the lizards we're trying to meet, guys. I say we take them down, and quickly."
This is madness. "I suppose the violent creatures we're trying to talk to is better than the violent creatures we can't talk to."
Agreed.
Flouncy draws his crossbow and loads it.
Quellina shrugs slightly, looking to the goat-men. "I suppose that settles it", she says as she unsheathes her longsword and immediately feels blood thumping in her ears.
Best that I don't go and get shot, she thinks to herself, and she chants quickly to summon a field of coruscating multicolored energy around herself.
Amaya creates a shimmering ball of dark energy within one hand, and prepares to fire it.
The warriors quickly pull out their crossbows, raising them to their shoulders and firing them off at the two goatmen. They came prepared for a fight it seems, as one of the shots manages to bury itself into a goatman's leg.
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Aviz darts forward, bringing his fauchard high into the air. When he reaches the archers he brings his weapon up and tries to hook one of them to bring him to the ground!
Quellina keeps her head together enough to realize that her sword is not a good weapon. She sheathes it, then takes out her glaive instead.
Flouncy fires at the one Aviz isn't attacking.
The drudges look at the goatmen up in their trees, then towards the party, looking between the two a couple of times before loading their slings, having decided. They spread out, keeping their eyes on the party and the goatmen as they get into position.
Amaya takes aim and blasts the nearest archer
Amaya's blast strikes the archer in the chest, causing it to let out a strangled noise before shaking its head. The one Aviz snagged with his polearm falls with a yelp, landing flat on his back. It takes a moment for the two to regain themselves, before springing into action. The one on the ground leaps back upright and tries to gore Aviz for all the trouble he caused him . The other one starts firing on one of the warriors, rapidly getting to arrows off.
Aviz tries to slash the creature as he stands but finds himself too close and his blade falls short. He snarls in pain at the gore, but sees they're deadlier with bows than their horns. He steps away from the one next to him and slashes again, trying to take the head off the archer!
The warriors watch the fighting going on with wicked grins on their faces, laughing as the goatman falls off the tree and to the ground. They reload their crossbows and take aim... launching their bolts straight for Aviz back.
Flouncy will try to take cover. He'll duck into the bushes.
He watches the drudges, readying an action to fire at any that appear to be casting spells.
Quellina looks on as the warriors fire at Aviz. Seeing that Amaya and Aviz have the goatmen sorted, she rushes the nearest warrior and makes a vicious slash with her glaive!
Aviz tries to slash the creature as he stands but finds himself too close and his blade falls short. He snarls in pain at the gore, but sees they're deadlier with bows than their horns. He is about to slash at the creature when he feels the arrows in his back. "Raaahhh!!!" He whips around in anger and charges into the kobolds, ignoring the archers behind him.
The drudges' eyes go wide as they watch one of their commanders fall to the ground, his head completely removed from his body. The other one is dealt as the blade sinks into his shoulder. They look at each other for a moment before starting to spin their slings, taking aim and firing their bullets off at Amaya and the goatmen. The three that target the goatmen just bounce off without any effect or miss, while the ones targeting Amaya..
Amaya targets the nearest drudge
The goatmen look at each other for a moment before nodding as Amaya's blast misses. Nocking their arrows, they spring into action. The one on the ground runs forward and fires a quick shot past Aviz, towards the kobold. The one in the branches fires two rapid shots at the drudges next to him.
The warrior whips his head out of the way of the arrow, even as the other goatman's arrows fail to find their mark as well. A snarl grows on their faces as they drop their crossbows and draw their short swords, thrusting at Aviz and Quellina.
Aviz steps back and cleaves at the archers at his back, but nearly trips over the haft of his weapon instead.
Flouncy takes advantage of his cover and fires at the farthest goat man.
Quellina takes another slash at the nearest kobold...
...but misses the mark again.
The drudges quickly reload their slings and fire off at the same targets, not smart enough to get that their rocks aren't really effecting the goat man. Amaya on the other hand...
Is missed yet again.
Amaya returns fire, hoping to find better success.