Toot hit with his last hoof attack (the 20). The measure is high.
Bumbo frowns at his location, in between Aventail and Dol. He slips back through the warforged legs and down the stairs to give his melee minded allies room.
Toot roars and pounds the goblin again
The rhythm of fighting alongside Mizzug fills Razkiv with nostalgia for his time among "The People"
He strikes at the goblin again.
@Bumbo: I went ahead and moved your piece from your last Withdrawal action. Make sure it is where you want it from that turn.
Some of the goblins have been wounded. Others struck down. But most are still standing and are rallied by the fact that they've drawn blood. And that their chief is still attacking.
Let us start with the regular goblins...
The one on the stairs rallies with Chief Ripnugget to attack Dol.
vs. Dol
and misses wildly.
The two near Mizzug attack at her as another one of the goblin dogs moves forward....
vs. Mizzug
Mizzug takes a cut across the leg (2 whole damage), and the goblin that cut her cheers himself along.
Only one can attack, and steps up to do so. But the other 2 move closer to where Razkiv has been making openings.
vs. Razkiv
But the jaws close on empty air as Razkiv quickly moves his leg out of the way.
Lots of these guys left. Starting with the two near the dogs. They each aim their bows, one at Mizzug, one at Razkiv.
vs. Mizzug
vs. Razkiv
Mizzug takes another bit of damage, an arrow cutting her arm as it flies past.
The two in the northern doorway continue their attacks.
vs. Loth
vs. Toot
Loth takes a solid hit in the side, 6 damage.
The bard in the back continues his drum beating and attempts to cast a spell on Toot. Like before, charm animal does nothing to the psuedo-pig.
Feeling he's in a good position despite the damage he's taken, Chief Ripnugget continues his attacks on Dol.
vs. Dol
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Alright, their turn over. Some damage dealt, but everyone is still standing. This looks like another really tough fight, but I think you guys can turn it around. Those commandos, I think, are your biggest consistent threat. What can you do?
Also, next week is Thanksgiving (obviously), so I'm not expecting the regular posting schedule as people enjoy their holidays.
Aventail swipes yet again at Rupnugget.
[+3 Str, +1 BAB, +1 Weapon Focus ; +6 THF, +1 challenge]
Bumbo waggles his fingers at the commando to the north of Loth, hoping to pause him in mid-swing.
Toot continues his assault on his own goblin.
Loth takes another big hit but refuses to relent, nodding at Bumbo, trusting that his Daze will hit the mark. He strikes again!
Razkiv ignores the snapping dog to strike at the hated goblin.
Feeling confident as the blood flies, Mizzug continues her game of 'whack a dog'
Swinging wildly, she realizes she needs to refocus on the task at hand.
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A couple hits on Ripnugget, but he is still up. Barely, but he fights to the death, so you'll need at least one more good hit to bring him down. And Toot hits the commando in front of him, but it continues the fight.
The one near Ripnugget helps him continue to fight Dol...
vs. Dol
... but a wild swing almost pushes him off the stairs.
The two near Mizzug continue their unimaginative assault...
vs. Mizzug
... The one to the south gets a lucky hit on Mizzug.
Same as last round, one can bite, so it does...
vs. Razkiv
...Not so lucky on the bite. Another miss.
The two to the east draw their bows back, aim, and fire.
vs. Mizzug
vs. Razkiv
Some more hits on the eastern front. Slowly chipping away at HP.
The ones in the northern doorway also attack.... (maybe)
The one in front of Loth staggers back a half-step, shakes his head, but seems to recover well enough. No actions this turn.
vs. Toot
And a miss on Toot for a whole round of nothing from that side.
Out of useful spells, it just continues beating its drum.
Hurt, bleeding, surrounded by bad guys, Ripnugget steps back a bit (still on the wall) and tries to increase his odds by hitting Dol hard enough to drop him....
vs. Dol
A hit on Dol, minimum damage but it still racks up. This little guy hits HARD. But this may be his last attack?
What do you guys have left up your sleeves? Any tricks you've got, now seems like the time. You're up.
Razkiv steps back blood flowing down his arms from the multiple wounds. he drops his axe the flames rising from his palm again, he focuses and they turn a warm blue. "эрүүл мэнд"
He touches one of the wounds and the blue fire closes it.
Seeing Dol arrive to back them up, Loth keeps up his guard, daggers ready to parry.
"You couldn't have come at a better time, think you have some healing for me?"
Cackling gleefully as she wipes the blood from he eyes, Mizzug subtlety changes her stance.
"No-ow's wes gettin ta da fun parts!" she shrieks, slashing at the dog again.
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Bumbo looks up at Ripnugget and hops from foot to foot and then tugs his beard. Hey!
Toot roars as this creature has the audacity to not fall down. He attacks again.
Updated as of this point. Orange goblin dog goes down. We'll wait on Aventail before proceeding.
Aventail slashes again with her hafted weapon.
(+3 Str, +1 BAB, +1 Weapon Focus, +1 Challenge ) (+6 THF)
@Bumbo: I'm afraid your daze spell auto fails vs. the chief. 5 levels of fighter.
@Aventail: Not sure what's going on with your map. Mine has you well away from Mizzug and over at Ripnugget. Right in front of him actually.
I went digging. I looked at your classes, checked your Archetype and redid all your math. Twice. All this because you missed Ripnugget by 1 point.
Luckily (hopefully), with his position on the wall and elevated, he's going to have to provoke in order to reach you. I presume you'll attack him and not the mount since all attacks so far have been on him.
SO LET US GET STARTED....
One of them steps into the newly opened space to bite at Mizzug...
vs. Mizzug
... and misses her leg. The other one tries to move past her to also be able to bite...
vs. Goblin Dog
... and Mizzug chops it down, breaking skin and bones as it crumbles.
As mentioned above, Ripnugget will provoke moving over and down to get at Aventail, since the dwarf was a COWARD and ran away.
vs. Ripnugget
... AND AN AUTO-HIT FOLLOWED BY MAX DAMAGE TAKES DOWN RIPNUGGET. NOT ONLY DID AVENTAIL HIT HIM HARD, BUT THE FALL DAMAGE SENDS HIM TO THE EDGE OF OUT AND OUT DEAD. THIS DEMORALIZES THE REST OF THE GOBLINS AND GIVES THEM THE SHAKEN CONDITION. AND THE BARD IS OUT OF PERFORMANCE ROUNDS. THIS MAY TURN THE TIDE ON THIS FIGHT IF YOU CAN BUT HOLD ON A LITTLE LONGER. THIS ALSO FREES UP AVENTAIL TO HELP THE FLAGGING NORTHERN FRONT.
Oh yeah, and the lizard runs away.
I'm out of flavor text, I'm so excited about that huge AoO. So two attack Mizzug, one on Aventail...
vs. Mizzug
vs. Aventail
...whole bunch of misses there.
Seeing the dwarf fall back, the two in the east both aim at Mizzug...
vs. Mizzug
...Surprisingly still manages a hit, for just a few points of damage. Lucky it didn't confirm, obviously.
And the Commandos to the north....
vs. Loth
vs. Toot
And the one in the back is starting to pick up rocks to throw. And that is the worst miss I have ever seen. At a -3, I'm going to say he hits himself.
He tries to target Bumbo with another daze spell...
...and that is BARELY a pass.
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This was one heck of a round. Ripnugget is down. Another dog is down. Only one person (on your team) got hit. I've never gotten this excited for a combat in PbP before. You guys can do it! Save Loth!
And as to what Razkiv said, this WILL earn you level 3. I do NOT care what the math comes out to. You'll have earned it regardless.
(Though I'm pretty sure this fight will put you almost to level 4.)
Seeing the enemies surge forward to encroach on Razvig, Mizzug cries out. "HEY! NO! BAD! Me friend needs a breatha. Ya kin fights me! YA LEAVE 'EM BE!"
As steam flies out of her ears, she slashes at the goblin in front of her before stepping in front of the dwarf.
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Seeing the chieftain fall, Aventail stomps toward Loth, stabbing over the halfling’s shoulder at a new enemy...
(+3 Str, +1 BAB, +1 Weapon Focus, - 4 cover ) (+6 THF)
"Thanks!" Loth shouts to Dol. Loth looks around trying to find some space so as not to get in the way of Aventail, but the room is much too cramped.
"Looks like there's not much option but to carve our way through!"
Bumbo hears Mizzug's call and moves out the door, hoping to work his magics on new enemies. He shouts out at the goblin across from him to the east.
Look, your pants!
Toot roars and laughs at Loth in agreement, and rips into the foe before him.
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@Mizzug: You didn't need to confirm. You cleave the goblins head from his scrawny neck in one swing. And the RED goblin is off the board.
@Aventail: Correct on the cover. Any creature that you can't share a space with (which I believe is more than 2 size categories difference) provides soft cover unless/until you take the phalanx formation feat.
Also, the blue goblin will take an attack of opportunity on you for leaving side down the stairs...
... another miss.
@Loth: Don't forget to update your HP from Dol's healing.
@Bumbo: We'll apply it to the one that Mizzug didn't chop the head off of...
... a failure. That one is dazed.
@Dol: I don't actually have anything to say about your turn. I just wanted you to feel included.
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I'll wait for Razkiv's actions this turn, seeing as how this fight is so down to the wire I don't want to make any assumptions (especially for a caster). Have a good weekend everyone.
Gives a clear moment the Druid takes the opening to step to the side and the flame in his hands turns hot again as he projects a bolt at one of the commandos.
"Maybe we should bar this door, Mizzug do you think you can do it?"
Most of the goblins are still up, and there turn comes now...
First and foremost, the blue goblin on the stairs sees the hated creature that struck down his chief fleeing like a coward (or so it thinks), and chases after it.... provoking an attack from Aventail...
...and Aventail chops its little head in twain.
Then the last remaining regular goblin steps up to attack Mizzug...
vs. Mizzug
...with a big ole whiff.
Actually only one left, and it has a target right in front of it...
vs. Mizzug
...and BARELY misses Mizzug, even with the lowered AC.
But Mizzug has another problem. One of the commandos is undazed and ready to fight...
vs. Mizzug
...but luckily the cover, melee, and shaken condition all work together to save Mizzug from unconsciousness yet again.
And the other commando in the east is dazed, as stated.
But to the north....
Red commando bleeds out, only had 1 hp left.
All the above being said, that amount of damage causes New Red to flee, provoking from Toot and Loth...
...and only by the grace of max damage does that goblin fall unconscious.
Which triggers a max exodus of the goblins. They begin to flee left, right, and center. Or just the two with turns left.
The remaining commando to the north (yellow) flees north and then turns east, a door slams open...
Seeing his entire protection line gone, his chief dead, and the reinforcements quickly deteriorating, the bard also flees. It follows the commando, through the opened door and down between the bow wielders and their dog towards the front gates.
We'll have another round of combat at least since not all the goblins had a chance to flee. Take it as you wish, but they are all visibly ready to gtfo.
Once again, Mizzug slashes away at the foes, this time aiming for the closest goblin.
"WESAGAVESYACHANCETRRUN!" she shrieks, excitement boiling over as she brings the sword around.
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Loth slumps down for a bit, having not the chance nor the desire to hunt down the last stragglers. "Gods, that took a lot out of me. I really need to work on my muscles."
Aventail carefully stows her glaive guisarme and stomps off to near the doorway where Mizzug ended many goblins. She picks up her heavy crossbow and begins to load it.
Toot roars out in anger. You won't escape me! He rushes to the north, following in pursuit, enveloped in his rage.
Bumbo looks up, concerned. No, wait! His shoulders slump as Toot rages on. Bumbo, instead of following, walks over to Loth and puts his hand on his shoulder. You okay buddy?
With Mizz chopping down the last melee goblin down Razkiv flings a bolt of fire at the fleeing bard.
We are still very much in combat. There are still combatants on the board, and a lot of missed swings. Not a one of your attacks have landed this round. Mizzug missed the goblin near her, Toot missed the Commando, Razkiv obviously missed with a 6.
Would anyone like to change what they did? Mizzug, Razkiv, Bumbo/Toot all took combat actions. If you don't do anything, they will probably flee. But they might take some parting shots as they go.
Loth moves north to back up Toot, but isn't fast enough to actually reach the goblin.
Bumbo moves over to the others, staying in the group as he sheepishly looks down at Toot's roar. He's got the bloodlust...want me to call him back?
@Aventail: You would. Both the goblin and goblin dog would get an AoO.
@Bumbo: Hold onto those attacks. Toot used his turn to move and attack already, the goblins would get another turn before he gets to do anything else.
@Everyone: I'll give Razkiv and Dol a bit to respond. And to be blunt, since this is the day before Thanksgiving, I probably won't be back on until Monday since I'll be at home with the family for the next few days.
So Happy Thanksgiving everyone and enjoy the short break.
Alright then, let's have the goblins do their thing.
This little guy runs; not tactics, no withdraw, just gtfo. This would provoke from Mizzug...
and Aventail...
...Both of which miss. He doesn't get far, however, as he has to stop and open the door leading out.
The dog has no sense of the morale of the others (not while in combat anyway) and is still unhurt, so it keeps attacking...
vs. Mizzug
...and it misses. Fierce, but not very accurate.
Seeing the fight not going their way, and doing so fast, the two to the east take some parting shots as they head out the door...
vs. Mizzug
vs. Aventail
...and they manage a parting hit on Mizzug. Not a lot of damage, but she doesn't have a lot left in her.
The Commando to the north (Yellow) considers trying to take on the pig-creature, but decides better of it when Loth shows up with his daggers. It flees, out the open door and onto the bridge head.
Runs. Pure and simple, down the bridge, off the map, escapes.
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So I was incorrect. We will have still more combat rounds. The dog hasn't been given a retreat order, hasn't been hit yet, and Toot will hopefully end this fight the way I imagine it.