Amaya's shot strikes the drudge, causing some of its scales to simply slough off its body as it yelps in pain. The goatman snorts at that, before they knock more arrows and fire them into kobolds.
The warrior ignores the awful shots from the goatmen, choosing instead to focus on the targets in front of them.
Aviz attacks!
And continues to have bad luck!
Flouncy fires at the goat man again.
Quellina is in the full throes of her fury. The pesky kobold's attacks strike but deal only a glancing blow. Her snarl crescendos into a roar as she makes another mighty slash with her glaive!
The drudges are still too stupid to realize the goatman isn't being hurt by their shots, so they keep on firing bullets at him. The two targeting Amaya let their own shots go flying.
Amaya fires again, keeping up the attack.
Amaya's shot goes wide, striking a nearby tree and causing the bark to disintegrate under the void bolts touch. The goatmen continue their shooting at the warriors and drudges, the one on the ground choosing to ignore Flouncy as he keeps shooting at him.
The shots go wide as the warriors just sneer, jabbing forward with their short swords yet again.
Quellina is a hair too slow, and her opponent's jab catches her squarely on her thigh, dealing a shallow wound. She stares at it for a heartbeat, then turns back to the kobold.
She raises her glaive overhead in both hands, then makes a mighty downward slash!
Flouncy decides to fire at one of the kobolds fighting Quellina.
Aviz and Quellina's attention to the warriors does not go particularly well, but they provide a great opening for Flouncy's bolt to find its mark in one of their legs.
The drudges targeting Amaya whirl their slings again and fire, sending a rain of stones her direction.
Amaya repeats her attacks.
Amaya misses her blast and the warriors snicker to themselves, jabbing out at the Aviz and Quellina again.
One of the goatmen keeps on firing at the drudges, while the other drops his bow and charges around the side of Aviz, trying to grab a hold of the kobold warrior and leaving himself open for an attack while he grabs a hold of the kobold.
Aviz launches another slice, finally narrowing down the nimble creatures and landing a blow!
Quellina's relentless assault finally finds it's mark, and she lands a decisive blow!
Amaya keeps up her unending elemental attacks.
Flouncy fires again, hoping to drop one of the kobolds.
The warrior the goatman was grappling drops, the other takes a fair hit, and the rest of the parties attacks go wide. The drudges glance at each other for a moment... before deciding it wasn't worth it, and choosing to flee into the surrounding woods. The warrior yelps something at them as they flee, before looking at how he's very, very outnumbered. He's about to flee himself, when the goat charges from the side, provoking from both Aviz and Quellina as he goes, tackling the warrior and starting to grapple. The other goat lets out what sounds a lot like a sigh and glares at the party, but doesn't grab a new arrow.
After taking a swipe, Aviz doesn't feel the need to chase any that got away. He turns to the goat creatures and eyes them for a moment to see if they're going to keep attacking.
Quellina swipes at the goatman as it rushes at the kobold warrior, then notices that the drudges have fled. As the other goatman watches them warily, she drops out of her fighting stance and feels her senses returning. She lets out a heavy breath, then notices Aviz's severe wounds.
"Well you sure took a beating, huh?" She walks over to him and extends a hand. "You want me to fix those? Be no good if you dropped on us."
What was that all about? Flouncy wonders.
The kobold and the goatman struggle for a bit, before the goatman manages to get him pinned. He shouts something at the other goatman, who grabs a vine and starts tying the kobold up with it. A third goatman comes out from a spot hidden in the underbrush and starts quickly talking to the other two.
The three seem to fall into an argument, the one Quellina slashed pointing at the wound on his arm from her swing. The third jabs both of them in the chest and shouts something, which seems to end the argument. They grumble and pick the still squirming kobold up, marching off. The third, new goatman, looks at the party and waves his hand to indicate that they should follow.
Let's go.
Aviz hesitates, then follows along after Flouncy. Might as well. Seem to be less hostile than the dragon-kin.
If we can find a translator, maybe we can make sense of this.
Quellina watches the boys start to follow the goatmen, and chuckles slightly to herself. "From shooting at us to wanting us to follow them into the woods...I feel like this could be a wonderful friendship," she said acridly, before beginning to follow as well.
Her hands tightened around the shaft of her glaive. But I'm no fool. This may be a trap, and if I'm the only one with a head still on my shoulders, so be it.
Amaya is likewise skeptical of the goatmen, but decides to follow anyway. She wasn't as worried about them as combatants and so trails the others, still cautious for attacks.
The three goatmen lead the way through the forest, the kobold shrieking and yapping away in the two's grasp as he struggles. The third goatman occasionally glances back at the party to ensure they're following, but otherwise nothing is said towards them. They pass through the forest without further incident, even though a feeling of being watched seems to come and go.
Eventually, the forest is left behind, the goatmen starting to ascend a rocky trail up into the mountain. The third one occasionally holds a rock in place, or stands on a stick to keep a trap from activating as everyone goes past. Eventually, a bend in the path reveals a small village, simple huts constructed of stacked stones and thatch hugging the side of the mountain.
A small group of goatmen have gathered at the end of the path, shouting angrily. The two goatmen carrying the kobold walk past the group and a large portion of the crowd leaves to follow them, a few staying behind to stare at the party. The third goatman who was guiding you all says a few words and shoos the onlookers away, leading you all to the largest hut, motioning for the group to enter.
Aviz gets more and more unsteady as they move forward. While the goatmen were not fierce combatants, they were competent enough, and being lead into a trap or even superior numbers could spell their deaths. He gets more and more jittery as they go deeper into the forest, his head jerking around at every noise. But once in the mountains he relaxes; here he could use air superiority if he needed it.
As they pass the traps, Aviz watches how they bypass them very carefully, doing his best to memorize the trap locations and ways of bypassing in case they need to come this way again without the aid of the goatmen.
Aviz looks to the other when they are ushered to enter. Do we have any ways to converse with these creatures? He wonders.
Flouncy likes to walk in the middle of the group. He has a 30' move speed, so he can keep up. He likes having big people to hide behind.
Friends, if they wanted to kill us, they would have done that on the mountainside, instead of bringing us all the way here to their inner sanctum. I suspect they have someone in there who can speak Common. We don't know what this is until we can communicate.
"That's a point. Or they could have let their traps on the path take us."
She pauses, considering. "If this does turn ugly, though, we should be ready."
She extends a hand to Aviz. "You're hurt, and I can fix you, if you want it."
"Yes, that would be much appreciated."
You better heal yourself up, too, Quellina. Can't be too ready.
Quellina smirks. "Well, just give me a moment..."
She touches his arm gently, then chants under her breath. Her words have an oddly disjointed tone, like no language any of the others know.
The lightest of Aviz's wounds disappear, but the deepest remain open.
Amaya watches the goatman make a motion for them to enter, and swiftly considers the likelyhood of anything being a trap. It was likely that they could be betrayed, but equally, it could be an innocent meeting. She decides that if anything turned wrong, she could start blasting away with her void bursts should things turn problematic, and boldly strides through the entrance
Aviz looks at the wound and frowns. Well, let's hope this isn't a trap. He enters.
Let's see what they want. Flouncy follows.
The inside of the hut is simple, a few shelves along the walls holding various bowls, containers, and jars. Dried herbs hang from the roof, and a firepit rests in the center. Standing next to it, fiddling with a pot, is a white haired goatman. He looks up and blinks at the party, offering a small smile before gesturing to the furs covering the ground. "Have a seat, I'm making tea. A dryad was trimming some plants near her, and well, she didn't need them."
Greetings. What kind of tea is it? the halfling asks.
"Mint, actually. I believe your people call it 'Green Tea' or something like that."