KIley takes in a sharp gasp as she comes back to consciousness and the white-hot fire of her wounds. It doesn't take long for her to gather her wits, though, as the sounds of a growling goblin dog focuses her mind wonderfully.
"Hal! Get behind me," she tells the mad priest of Groetus.
"Hm?" Hal mused in turning to the tiefling, ignoring the slavering canine for a second. "Oh, no no no, dear, I'm the mad one, remember? Please don't ask me to retreat behind you in your state."
Kiley seeing how badly she's positioned gets to her feet and focuses on the spark of... something that she has. Pulling on the magic, she creates the illusion of a stone wall erupting up from the floor.
The mangy mutt bit into the cleric's side, a transaction of teeth and flesh that left neither party pleased. For his part, Hal did not find being eaten alive very agreeable. And the dog was sorely disappointed at the stringy bit of meat it had clamped its jaws around; there were stick insects out in the world with more meat on their bones than the elf. Undeterred by the canine, however, the cleric laid a hand onto the unconscious Kiley and focused solely on his magic. He did not say a prayer because he knew Groetus wasn't listening. Instead he siphoned off his divinity, pulling it through the multiverse to send it cascading into the tiefling as a curative light.
KIley takes in a sharp gasp as she comes back to consciousness and the white-hot fire of her wounds. It doesn't take long for her to gather her wits, though, as the sounds of a growling goblin dog focuses her mind wonderfully. "Hal! Get behind me," she tells the mad priest of Groetus.
"Hm?" Hal mused in turning to the tiefling, ignoring the slavering canine for a second. "Oh, no no no, dear, I'm the mad one, remember? Please don't ask me to retreat behind you in your state."
Kiley seeing how badly she's positioned gets to her feet and focuses on the spark of... something that she has. Pulling on the magic, she creates the illusion of a stone wall erupting up from the floor.
Finally!
The goblin dog is horribly confused as a wall suddenly springs into existence. Kiley can hear it barking on the other side, not knowing what to do.
Kiley - 6/17, -2 Dex & Cha for 24 hours.
Hal - 13/17, -2 Dex & Cha for 24 hours
Henric - 15/19
Goblin archer - 24/30
Henric continues his assault on the goblin, more trying to give Stryn the opportunity to do some damage than himself.
Standard Action: Attack goblin
Stryn doesn't even bother talking this time knowing its no use at this point and resigns himself to the fact that they are likely going to have to kill all these stupid goblins. He waits for the right moment and strikes out at the goblin archer once again.
Renae cursed angrily in Thassilonian a few other languages when she realized that her spells had failed yet again. Frustrated beyond relief, but knowing that kvetching would do her, and her allies, little good, the wizard took in a breath and did what she could.
Moving to get into line of sight, Renae once again tried a daze spell on the goblin dog, her other options not looking so good with the loss of her other spells and the unlikeness of her getting a good shot with her crossbow.
Stryn doesn't even bother talking this time knowing its no use at this point and resigns himself to the fact that they are likely going to have to kill all these stupid goblins. He waits for the right moment and strikes out at the goblin archer once again. His rapier strikes true, further wounding the goblin.
Henric continues his assault on the goblin, more trying to give Stryn the opportunity to do some damage than himself. His staff clatters off the walls as he swings it, but he finds that the confines aren't as tight.
Renae cursed angrily in Thassilonian a few other languages when she realized that her spells had failed yet again. Frustrated beyond relief, but knowing that kvetching would do her, and her allies, little good, the wizard took in a breath and did what she could. Moving to get into line of sight, Renae once again tried a daze spell on the goblin dog archer, her other options not looking so good with the loss of her other spells and the unlikeness of her getting a good shot with her crossbow.
The goblin archer shakes off Renae's spell and, still enraged at the human before her, slashes at Henric again, this time cutting him.
Another goblin comes around the corner. Renae is the only one who can see him right now, and she recognizes him as one of the goblins who'd promised they could pass in exchange for pickles. More importantly, he recognizes her, and turns and shouts something in goblin.
"Spiketongue, Thornlip, Bogot, you guys head downstairs quick! Brambick, Fiddlerip, and I will help Nighteye!"
The other two goblins from the day before come around the corner, see Renae, and immediately begin talking amongst themselvs and with the one who spoke originally.
Kiley - 6/17, -2 Dex & Cha for 24 hours.
Hal - 13/17, -2 Dex & Cha for 24 hours
Henric - 15/19
Goblin archer - 8/30
"Ooh. Good one, Kiley," the cleric smiled in seeing the hallucinatory hurdle spring into existence like the phantasm it really was. How clever. That should allow him to retreat without the mutt biting at his ankles. Taking the opportunity kindly provided by the tiefling, Hal crawled away, taking the time to give Kiley an appreciative pat on the shoulder as he went. If he even realized the small blessing he imparted upon the young woman in doing so, the elf showed no sign of it.
"Won't fool it long," Kiley tells Hal as she draws her planson and steps through the illusory wall.
Kiley's battlecry echoes through the warren as she brains the mangy beast.
"Ooh. Good one, Kiley," the cleric smiled in seeing the hallucinatory hurdle spring into existence like the phantasm it really was. How clever. That should allow him to retreat without the mutt biting at his ankles. Taking the opportunity kindly provided by the tiefling, Hal crawled away, taking the time to give Kiley an appreciative pat on the shoulder as he went. If he even realized the small blessing he imparted upon the young woman in doing so, the elf showed no sign of it.
"Won't fool it long," Kiley tells Hal as she draws her planson and steps through the illusory wall. Kiley's battlecry echoes through the warren as she brains the mangy beast. It collapses in a heap.
Kiley - 6/17, -2 Dex & Cha for 24 hours.
Hal - 13/17, -2 Dex & Cha for 24 hours
Henric - 15/19
Goblin archer - 8/30
Grateful for the ability to stand upright, Henric tries to keep the goblin distracted by blocking and parrying between his attacks.
Standard Action: Attack goblin
Renae made a sigh of relief as the of sound howling finally died. With only the the goblins left to deal with, the wizard readied her crossbow. The chances of hitting anything under this conditions was a grim prospect, but given her luck with magic this day, Renae decided to try regardless.
Stryn strikes out with his small rapier once again, trying to time it when the goblin girl is distracted by Henric.
However, he slips on some of the blood pooling from the goblin and his jab goes off wide.
Stryn strikes out with his small rapier once again, trying to time it when the goblin girl is distracted by Henric. However, he slips on some of the blood pooling from the goblin and his jab goes off wide.
Grateful for the ability to stand upright, Henric tries to keep the goblin distracted by blocking and parrying between his attacks. His attacks miss the goblin, as well.
Renae made a sigh of relief as the of sound howling finally died. With only the the goblins left to deal with, the wizard readied her crossbow. The chances of hitting anything under this conditions was a grim prospect, but given her luck with magic this day, Renae decided to try regardless.
The goblin archer continues trying to cut Henric to bits.
She gets past his dodging and parrying to nick him with her dogslicer.
The other three goblins approach Renae and one says something to her.
"Did you bring the pickles you said you'd bring yesterday?"
Kiley - 6/17, -2 Dex & Cha for 24 hours.
Hal - 10/17, -2 Dex & Cha for 24 hours
Henric - 15/19
Goblin archer - 8/30
Seeing a trio of goblins she can't understand fast approaching in her position, Renae quickly weaves an protective spell that summons a shell of force armor around her.
Kiley moves past Hal and draws on the last little spark of magic she can feel and concentrates on wall between Renae and the goblins. The sound of digging comes from there before out bursts a three-headed dog snarling and snapping at the goblins.
"Hal, can you patch me up some more? That goblin dog took a lot out of me," she forces out through gritted teeth as she works the complex illusion.
Stryn overheads the goblins talking to Renae and he calls back in reply.
He waits to see their response noting to the others "Don't attack those three yet"
If they stop their advance and convince the female goblin to stop attacking Stryn will lower his weapon and recommend the others do the same. Otherwise, if the female goblin doesn't intend to give up he will try and finish her off.
"My oh my, I sure am glad I'm not prone to hallucinations," the elf laughed at Kiley's talking cerberus bursting through the bedrock. "I'd be ever so confused right now."
"Hal, can you patch me up some more? That goblin dog took a lot out of me," she forces out through gritted teeth as she works the complex illusion.
The tiefling received no reply - none beyond a concentrated grimace as Hal scrunched up his narrow face in focus. That, and a growing brilliance from his pendant. The holy symbol, hanging freely from the hunched over cleric, was already emitting what light there was in the dark cave, but that pale sheen was now taking on a golden hue, rapidly building in intensity. When the radiance had grown such as to appear too much for any skull-shaped trinket to contain, it burst out. For a second the cavern was entirely illuminated as a light so powerful as to be palpable, pleasantly so at that, washed over everyone present. It faded quickly enough, however, wounds and scars fading away with it.
Noting Stryn's sudden change in his stance, and the arrival of more goblins, Henric changes to a more defensive stance, waiting to see what happens.
Full-round action: Total Defense
Stryn overheads the goblins talking to Renae and he calls back in reply.
"Yes, we brought the pickles, but your companions were not so welcoming. They were going to try and stab us in the back and steal the pickles for themselves, steal them from you! We can still make a deal, you don't need to fight us!"
He waits to see their response noting to the others "Don't attack those three yet!"
Noting Stryn's sudden change in his stance, and the arrival of more goblins, Henric changes to a more defensive stance, waiting to see what happens.
Seeing a trio of goblins she can't understand fast approaching in her position, Renae quickly weaves an protective spell that summons a shell of force armor around her.
Kiley moves past Hal and draws on the last little spark of magic she can feel and concentrates on wall between Renae and the goblins. The sound of digging comes from there before out bursts a three-headed dog snarling and snapping at the goblins.
"Hal, can you patch me up some more? That goblin dog took a lot out of me," she forces out through gritted teeth as she works the complex illusion.
"My oh my, I sure am glad I'm not prone to hallucinations," the elf laughed at Kiley's talking cerberus bursting through the bedrock. "I'd be ever so confused right now." The tiefling received no reply - none beyond a concentrated grimace as Hal scrunched up his narrow face in focus. That, and a growing brilliance from his pendant. The holy symbol, hanging freely from the hunched over cleric, was already emitting what light there was in the dark cave, but that pale sheen was now taking on a golden hue, rapidly building in intensity. When the radiance had grown such as to appear too much for any skull-shaped trinket to contain, it burst out. For a second the cavern was entirely illuminated as a light so powerful as to be palpable, pleasantly so at that, washed over everyone present. It faded quickly enough, however, wounds and scars fading away with it.
The goblin archer shouts in Goblin:
[spoiler=Goblin]
"Join me in slaying the longshanks who murdered our precious goblin dogs and brought that three-headed dog into our midst!"
She then tries to stab Henric, who is able to bat aside her attack.
The female goblin doesn't intend to give up so he will try and finish her off. He slips on gravel, though, and his thrust is wide.
The three goblins see the dog burrowing out of the ground, scream in fright, and run away from it.
Kiley - 6/17, -2 Dex & Cha for 24 hours.
Hal - 10/17, -2 Dex & Cha for 24 hours
Henric - 15/19
Goblin archer - 8/30
Kiley, feeling the wounds close give Hal a nod of thanks before moving up to stand beside her illusionary hound as it pads up to stand beside her. She looks down at it and begins talking to it in a voice not unlike a doting owner might use.
"Ah, I was wondering where you'd gotten to! Are you hungry for goblins? That's right! You are!"
Stryn scowls at the goblin who is so stubbern but strikes out once again as he says under his breath "Stupid... you should just give up, you have no chance..."
"Persistent little things, aren't they," Henric comments, then immediately looks abashed as he realizes who he's talking to. "Sorry..."{/b]
[b]Standard Action: Attack goblin
"You're alive!" exclaims as she sees Kiley up and standing. The wizard might have hugged the tiefling right then and there, but given the still dire circumstances around them, Renae opted to instead focus on eliminating the seemingly only goblin left in the cave with her crossbow.
"Everything alright over there? Hal yollered at the goblin and behatted man once he finally came upon the two again; it wasn't easy keeping track of everyone in the dark cave. Hopefully they were alright, the elf thought in lazily waving a hand over Kiley, once again imparting a minor blessing on the tiefling. The group wasn't out of the woods yet. Cavern. Whatever.
Kiley, feeling the wounds close give Hal a nod of thanks before moving up to stand beside her illusionary hound as it pads up to stand beside her. She looks down at it and begins talking to it in a voice not unlike a doting owner might use.
""Ah, I was wondering where you'd gotten to! Are you hungry for goblins? That's right! You are!"
"Everything alright over there?" Hal yollered at the goblin and behatted man once he finally came upon the two again; it wasn't easy keeping track of everyone in the dark cave. Hopefully they were alright, the elf thought in lazily waving a hand over Kiley, once again imparting a minor blessing on the tiefling. The group wasn't out of the woods yet. Cavern. Whatever.
"Persistent little things, aren't they," Henric comments, then immediately looks abashed as he realizes who he's talking to. "Sorry..." His staff whacks the goblin on the head, but despite hitting a critical part, the blow is closer to a graze than a decisive strike.
"You're alive!" exclaims as she sees Kiley up and standing. The wizard might have hugged the tiefling right then and there, but given the still dire circumstances around them, Renae opted to instead focus on eliminating the seemingly only goblin left in the cave with her crossbow. The tight space and melee confines caused her bolt to skip along the floor.
Stryn scowls at the goblin who is so stubbern but strikes out once again as he says under his breath "Stupid... you should just give up, you have no chance..." She proves to be quite evasive, however, and he catches only air.
The goblin, screeching in fury, nearly cuts Henric across the belly. Fortunately, his defensive maneuvers manage to keep the blow from eviscerating him at the cost of a wound on his arm.
Kiley - 12/17
Hal - 10/17
Henric - 11/19
Goblin archer - 4/30
"Sorry," Kiley says to Renae through clenched teeth, "Concentrating!"
She moves up to where she can see the goblin, directing her illusory hound to "dig" into the floor and tunnel around to beside the goblin that just refuses to quit. The sounds of scrapes, scratches, growls trace a path over to where it bursts from the ground with a growl and a bark in two part harmony and menaces the goblin.
Stryn curses as the stupid goblin girl keeps managing to get lucky and he can't strike her. He goes in for another try.
"Hey now," the cleric called out like a disapproving teacher upon the remaining goblin cutting at Henric, "I just fixed that."
Advancing upon the little beastie, Hal seemed almost to grow with every step in a disconcerting fashion; his back scraping along the rising cavern ceiling, he rose along with it. Joining the fray and slicing out with his knife, the blade glinted with the light emitting from him. As a healer the elf firmly believed in the old adage of an ounce of prevention being worth a pound of cure. And what was disposing of a threat if not a preventative measure?
Renae saw and heard her loosed bolt skip across the cavern floor. It was a pretty familiar sight for the wizard given the past few days but Renae refused to let that deter her. Not when things finally seemed to be coming to an end.
She prepared another shot and fired it at the last goblin.
"Stryn," Henric calls out between blocking with his staff. "Now would be a good time for a trick."
Standard Action: Attack goblin
"Sorry," Kiley says to Renae through clenched teeth, "Concentrating!" She moves up to where she can see the goblin, directing her illusory hound to "dig" into the floor and tunnel around to beside the goblin that just refuses to quit. The sounds of scrapes, scratches, growls trace a path over to where it bursts from the ground with a growl and a bark in two part harmony and menaces the goblin.
The goblin is startled by the appearance of the dog next to her.
"Hey now," the cleric called out like a disapproving teacher upon the remaining goblin cutting at Henric, "I just fixed that." Advancing upon the little beastie, Hal seemed almost to grow with every step in a disconcerting fashion; his back scraping along the rising cavern ceiling, he rose along with it. Joining the fray and slicing out with his knife, the blade glinted with the light emitting from him. As a healer the elf firmly believed in the old adage of an ounce of prevention being worth a pound of cure. And what was disposing of a threat if not a preventative measure? The still confined space made striking the goblin difficult, however.
"Stryn," Henric calls out between blocking with his staff. "Now would be a good time for a trick." His own staff swing does not connect.
Renae saw and heard her loosed bolt skip across the cavern floor. It was a pretty familiar sight for the wizard given the past few days but Renae refused to let that deter her. Not when things finally seemed to be coming to an end. She prepared another shot and fired it at the last goblin. This one didn't skip across the floor, but it still missed.
Stryn curses as the stupid goblin girl keeps managing to get lucky and he can't strike her. He goes in for another try, but is still unable to do so.
Nighteye hollers something as she attacks the three-headed dog.
"Die, monstrosity!"
She's frustrated as she appears to fail to hit the thing.
Kiley - 12/17
Hal - 10/17
Henric - 11/19
Goblin archer - 4/30
Kiley slips past Hal and Henric to bring her Goeden dag to bear.
"Guten tag," she says in a cheery voice as she steps up beside Henric and brains the goblin.
Then noticing Stryn, blushes with embarrassment and shifts uneasily from one foot to the other.
"Um, sorry Stryn. I... I shoulda let myself get so carried away," she apologizes.
Kiley slips past Hal and Henric to bring her Goeden dag to bear. "Guten tag," she says in a cheery voice as she steps up beside Henric and brains the goblin. The goblin crumples to the ground. Then noticing Stryn, blushes with embarrassment and shifts uneasily from one foot to the other. "Um, sorry Stryn. I... I shoulda let myself get so carried away," she apologizes.
Stryn just waves his hand dismissively happy to see the threat down. "Others ran off, probably warn the rest of the tribe. Probably lots more fighting now. Are we continuing on? Still the dwarves to find."
"You're right, Stryn,"[b] Renae says to the goblin. [b]"Those goblins will likely be back here soon enough, which means we have to move to rescue the dwarves before they do.
The wizard looked towards the rest of the party, happy to see them all alive, but noting just how wary some of them look after the fighting. "I don't know about everyone else, but my spells are exhausted and I I'd prefer not to get into another fight if it can be avoided."
"I can still fight," Kiley says as she makes to rub the three headed hound behind the ears, "but that was my last trick like that for a while. It's also cramped in here. Too cramped for me to fight well. If we could shrink me down, I could work with Stryn to keep them off of us. As it is, I don't know if I can."
The hounds dissolves into smoke as Kiley looks down at her torn and bloodied clothes. She was grateful to be alive, but she couldn't help but feel upset at the state of her outfit. These were new, dangit!
"Either we press on or pull back. Those are our options. Just pray the goblins don't figure that we want to rescue the dwarves and threaten them," she says, her voice and mood turning gloomy.
"I still have some reserves," Henric says, leaning on his staff. "We took a beating, but can we afford to hold off too long? We have no idea before any living captives stop being that way."