"Move out of the way Wardog coming through"
He cried out as Sebastion growled and rushed torwards the room. There was a moments hesistation but then the dog darted to the right torwards the closest unharried hobgoblin. Darry waited and then slashed at him after Sebastion took a bite out.
As the eagle harries the foe, Sor embarrassedly tries to finish him off.
Realizing there was no other easy way in, Faerieth heads back toward the entrance.
Big John makes a buttonhook entry and power attacks hob4 with his cold iron flail
Elandra's eagle continues it's assault on the now flanked enemy
Elandra then slides into the room behind Darry and snaps off a quick shot against the halfling's foe.
Round 2 complete____________________
"Move out of the way Wardog coming through" Darry cried out as Sebastion growled and rushed towards the room. There was a moments hesitation but then the dog darted to the right towards the closest unharried hobgoblin. Darry waited and then slashed at him after Sebastion took a bite out.
As the eagle harries the foe, Sor embarrassedly tries to finish him off.
Realizing there was no other easy way in, Faerieth heads back toward the entrance.
Big John makes a buttonhook entry and power attacks hob4 with his cold iron flail
Elandra's eagle continues it's assault on the now flanked enemy,
Elandra then slides into the room behind Darry and snaps off a quick shot against the halfling's foe.
[npc] Both Arlen and Yaron fired through the doorway at Hob 3…
[npc]Ghosteye rushed over to scoop up Arlen's arrows and returned them to his quiver.
Hob1 ignored the eagle and lashed out at Sor.
for a possible bludgeoning damage.
Hob 2 popped a catalyst into a shell and threw a bomb at Big John.
Hit! The fiery burst dealing fire damage to Big John, and 3 points fire damage to both Sebastion and Derry.
Hob 3 popped a catalyst into a shell and threw a bomb at Arlen. (In Partial cover.)
Fumble! The bomb slipped out of his hand up into the air, then down on his head. He took fire damage, blowing himself apart.
Hob 4, infuriated and embarrassed, hauled out his heavy mace and attacked Big John.
for a possible bludgeoning damage.
Round 3_____________________
Players take their turn in order of posting, enemies will go last.
Sor runs his foe through with a grin he's glad his veil hides.
And Hob 1 goes down.
Yelping with pain both wolf dog and its riding cried out, remarkibly the same when the bomb went off singing the both of them. With a growl of fury the bit and lashed out at the hobgoblin.
Arlen gives an appreciative nod to ghosteye, then steps into the doorway and takes another step forward and to the right to get a clear shot at hob 2.
Entering the room, Faerieth hurls a dart at the first unoccupied hobgoblin she sees.
Yaron rushes into the room, taking his place at John's back before spinning and firing at the hobgonlin not in melee.
Elandra moves in and fires at the read hobgoblin before sedning in her eagle.
”Gahhh! Someone get the Hob in the corner before he bombs us again!”
Big John steps to the square to the north of Hob4 trying to let the others work the flank. He transitions to sword and shield knowing he was pressing his luck without seeing to his defense.
”Damn, missed.”
”Take em out before they get us bunched up again!”
Round 3 complete_____________________
Sor runs his foe through with a grin he's glad his veil hides.
Darry Swiftfoot: Yelping with pain both wolf dog and its riding cried out, remarkably the same when the bomb went off singing the both of them. With a growl of fury the bit and lashed out at the hobgoblin.
Arlen gives an appreciative nod to ghosteye, then steps into the doorway and takes another step forward and to the right to get a clear shot at hob 2.
Entering the room, Faerieth hurls a dart at the first unoccupied hobgoblin she sees.
Yaron rushes into the room, taking his place at John's back before spinning and firing at the hobgonlin not in melee.
Elandra moves in and fires at the read hobgoblin before sending in her eagle.
Big John steps to the square to the north of Hob4 trying to let the others work the flank. He transitions to sword and shield knowing he was pressing his luck without seeing to his defense.
(npc) Ghosteye shifted up next to the doorway and looked through, judging the course of the battle.
Hob 2 popped a catalyst into a shell and threw a bomb at Faerith.
Hit! The fiery burst dealing fire damage to Faerith, and 3 points fire damage to both Elandra, Yaron and Sebastion.
Hob 4 grimaced and lashed out at Sebastion, who almost tripped him to the floor.
Hit! for crush damage.
Then he took a step back through the doorway behind him, gaining the partial cover bonus to AC.
Round 4_____________________
Players take their turn in order of posting, enemies will go last.
Sor silently steps and slices.
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Yaron raises his bow and fires at the hobgoblin in the corner, taking advantage of the distraction of the eagle.
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Elandra takes a step away from the flames before nocking an arrow and firing at the rear hobgoblin.
His eagle then turns and unleashes it's full furry.
Between the two of them, Yaron and Elandra's archery fire takes down Hob 2 (with an assist by Elandra's eagle).
As the flowers woven into her hair fall to ash, Faerieth bats at the last remaining flames, before distractedly throwing another dart that comes nowhere near her intended target.
Darting forward with a snarl both halfling and wolfdog attack the hobgoblin in the doorway with a flurry of axe and tooth.
Round 4 complete___________________
Sor silently steps and slices.
Yaron raises his bow and fires at the hobgoblin in the corner, taking advantage of the distraction of the eagle.
Elandra takes a step away from the flames before nocking an arrow and firing at the rear hobgoblin.
His eagle then turns and unleashes it's full furry.
As the flowers woven into her hair fall to ash, Faerieth bats at the last remaining flames, before distractedly throwing another dart that comes nowhere near her intended target.
Darting forward with a snarl both halfling and wolfdog attack the hobgoblin in the doorway with a flurry of axe and tooth.
(npc) Arlen shot at Hob 4, but hit the doorframe, narrowly missing his companions too.
(npc) Big John thrust around the doorjamb at the hobgoblin, but also missed.
(npc) Ghosteye rolled into the shop, pointed a finger at Hob 4 and unleased a Cold Blast; neatly parting Darry’s hair as it missed wildly and shattered against the wall.
Hob 4 carefully withdrew from Big John’s vicinity, retreating back to where he fumble frantically to open a door to the room beyond.
Round 5_____________________
Players take their turn in order of posting, enemies will go last.
”Oh! Runnin away are ya!?”
Big john gives chase and attempts to run the hob through as he fumbles at the door.
Elandra moved into the doorway and takes a shot at the fleeing hobgobling.
Elandra then whistles for her eagle to attack as well.
Darry hit the AoO for modest damage, Sebastion missed.
Elandra missed, but her eagle hit for minor damage.
Then Big John rumbled forward to slam his sword through the hobgoblin through the door and into the bedroom beyond.
The battle is over.
These Ironfang Grenadier Recruits (the ones that aren't on fire) seem to have the standard equipment;
There are Three sets of hobgoblin equipment:
*Leather Armor
*Ironfang Legion uniform
*Heavy Mace
*Dagger x3
*Hooded Lantern
*Potion of Cure Light Wounds x2
*Potion of Invisibility
*Flask of Alchemist's Fire x3
*Vial of Antitoxin
*Healers' Kit (10)
*Bottle of Lamp oil x5
*Smokestick x2
*Tanglefoot Bag x2
*Thunderstone x2
*Bandoleer with Alchemical stuff (useless without training)
*20 silver pennies, 30 copper farthings
And rations totaling three Provision points.
The alchemist’s shop is neatly organized, its shelves filled with jars, bottles, and paper envelopes.
Much has been destroyed or looted, but with several minutes searching you can still find three vials of antiplague, five bottles of bloodblock, a bottle of fire ward gel, and two flasks of defoliant.
A well-used marble mortar and pestle (worth 50 gp) sits on the desk.
Beyond the shop lie a workroom and part-time clinic, and a comfortable bedroom. A cellar door here has a rug hastily kicked over it, but the pounding from underneath shows you where it is.
Below is a hidden workshop with two civilians hiding from the hobgoblins.
Oreld’s workstation can be gathered up as a portable alchemist’s lab.
A locked cabinet stands against one wall; Oreld's body carries the key.
Within the cabinet are various alchemical components that can be identified with a successful DC 15 Appraise or Craft (alchemy) check, or DC 20 Spellcraft check. The components are worth 200 gp on their own, or can be used as raw materials to craft up to 600 gp
worth of alchemical items.
One holds a dose of dust of illusion, and the other holds a
dose of dust of tracelessness.
Notes and papers on a work table describe Oreld’s experiments with a “stump remover,” a potent explosive mixed from alchemically refined lamp oil and animal dung.
Enough ingredients can be found in the workroom with 1 minute of searching to assemble one charge of the explosive. The notes themselves provide a +5 bonus on Craft (alchemy) checks to assemble and use the explosive, and allow such checks to be attempted untrained.
Yoink!
Big John throws back a potion of CLW.
Then he goes over to haul out the two civilians out of their hiding place. He dusts them off before asking grimly.
”How long before we arrived was Olred able to hold them off?”
Faerieth spends her time going through the contents of the alchemist's workspace, cataloging the equipment that could be invaluable to them. Rifling through the notes and papers on the desk, she smiles to herself. Though poor Oreld had fallen prey t the hobgoblins, he might still have provided the key to them escaping and preventing pursuit.
"With the details in these notes, and the materials here, I can likely put together a charge of the stump remover." she says, folding the papers and tucking them into her satchel. "Everything here could be invaluable. Definitely worth loading onto one of the wagons."
”It would have been even better if the guy who knows how to use to use it all was still alive.”
Big John grumbles.
”Glad you can do it though.”
He adds.
"Yes, well a dozen others are because we were there when they needed us." Faerieth says cooly, gathering up the required materials and turning to a few of the others for help getting everything loaded up. "People who need us now, we should get moving."
Elandra nods "Aye, this the stump remove in hand we should definitely get going, I've been getting this bad feeling that we've been pushing our luck for awhile now."
Yaron says, "If we can't take everything with us, maybe we want to set a charge here? Call it a trial run for the bridge... and the loud blast here could draw some hobbies away from the bridge."
”No, lets just take it.”
John says to Yaron while still waiting for the rescued villagers to answer his question to them.
"There's only enough material for one charge, so we'll want to save it for the bridge." Faerieth replies with a shake of her head."A good idea, but not one we can afford."
”How long before we arrived was Olred able to hold them off?”
The two civilians trembled under Big John's gaze.
"I, I don't know exactly how long sir. M-maybe five-ten minutes?" One said.The other nodded eagerly. "Yeah! Yeah, that's right!"
"I'd hate to say it, but well if we need some sort of distraction Me and Sebastion could always go barking down the center of the town and then make for the bridge... Would rather stick to the group though."
He offered patting his wardog but frowning. He noticed the poor folks trembling and offered calming words.
"Don't worry about Mister John's wild looks folks, He's a valiant man and a real foe of these damned hobgoblins. Let's get moving, we are gathering folks and getting out of here. "
John hands the villagers some smaller items to carry and urges them to move outside before speaking in an oddly calm and cool manner.
”These people are from the village and know who I am. I would have been here to save Olread had we not been so worried about raiding the store house. Like I said earlier.”
He looks for a sheet or blanket in the mess and says matter of factly.
”No point in diversions at this point Darry. We can either take the bridge or die at it’s foot. If we can drop it, we can escape. If we fail to drop it we will be caught shortly after crossing. Better to stick together.”
Big john will go out and bundle Olread’s body to take with them as the group prepares to move for the bridge.
While taking the useful stuff from Oreld's Fine Shop, those of you scouting ahead see nothing impeding your way.
The occasional Hobgoblin squads that would march by when you first set forth seem to have, at least for the moment, broken ranks and are pursuing those unfortunate celebrants that had started to run into the savannah surrounding the town; the individual Ironfang troopers whooping it up in pursuit.
Even with all the weapons, tools and supplies, from the Phaendar Trading Company the wagons are lightly loaded enough that you and your rescued civilians can muscle them up the road back to the Taproot Inn.
Jet, surprisingly, has everyone organized when you roll up to the Inn.
She has people attach harnesses to the horses and connect them up to the wagons while others load them up with the equipment and supplies from the Inn.
At this point, when you've got everything loaded, Taidel runs up to you.
"Boss! Bad news; they got some full plate Ironfang guy on the bridge! It might be an officer!"