Toot sees the strange goblin making odd noises, and figures that it must be a leader of some sort. No more magics, little one! The big takes a few steps away from Mizzug, then charges to the north at the goblin singer.
Bumbo turns to pat the dog on the head. He waggles a pudgy finder at his new canine friend. Now you stay here, my friend. It's dangerous over there, okay?
The gnome then turns away and rushes to the west. He takes out his sling and gets it ready.
Loth turns his eyes to the bard in the distance, singing its horrific song. If I can get close to him, I wager me and Toot can take him out...
Still, easier said than done. For now, Loth carefully approaches it, taking down the other goblin in his way first.
Raz rushes to the other side of the fountain and draws his Axe.
Tall enough to see over the raised platform, Aventail just catches a glimpse of the tip of the goblin singer's head bobbing as it moves to a new position, before the fountain obscures any further vision. She clambers up the steps next to her and rushes after Razkiv.
Double Move
Mizzug attacks with fury.
She misses. She is mad. gggrrrrr
These little punks are emboldened by their opponents ill time swings. Feeling confident, they stay in the fight.
on Loth
on Mizzug
on Loth (crit confirmation)
on Mizzug (crit confirmation)
Both scoring a solid hit, they bounce from foot to foot in joy and high=five each other quickly before turning back to the long shanks and taking on menacing faces. They then step back to be nearer to their leader as it shouts in pain from Toot's blow. .
@Aventail, Raz, and Dol. As you round the fountain, you notice another goblin in the waters. It's hands and pockets seem to be full of as many of the coppers and silvers that the townsfolk have tossed into this fountain over the years. It has drowned in its greed but is weighed down by the coins.
@Loth and Mizzug. You hear a loud yell and the thumping of small feet from behind and above you. As you turn your heads to look, a goblin leaps from the roof with its sword drawn to attack you. It falls short and face plants into the cobblestones, dying instantly.
Moving away from the overly aggressive dinner, the singer: a) continues singing; b) casts another spell.
And now it is back up and rockin.
The dog follows. It stays behind your legs but peeks around to growl menacingly at the goblins.
Raz jumps down from the fountain raises his left hand, the flame tattoos that cover it seem to come to life and rush down his arm and a cone of fire belches out of his hand covering all three Gobos.
"Augh, damn it!"
Loth's burst of bravery dies down the moment he actually gets hit, and he stumbles up to Toot, hoping the different angle might offer some insight.
Bumbo seems not to notice the disobedient pup, his gaze focused on the target ahead. Whirling his swing about like an absolute pro, he hurls his stone at the closest goblin.
Ha, take that!
Toot sees the display, and snorts. You'll have to do better than that, little Bumbo'kla! Watch and learn!
Toot moves forward a step and again attacks his original target, ignoring the insignificant other goblins.
Stepping forward, Mizzug again brings her brain smasher into play....slamming it hard into the ground. Lashing out with her pointy bits, she finds little more than air. "RAAAAAAAARRRG! Stop Moving!"
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Raz moves up and bathes the area in flame, scorching the stones and flesh alike. Toot chomps down on the singing goblin, his over developed teeth ripping flesh and muscle from bone and killing this goblin instantly. Loth studies the fight, hoping to find an opening that looks safe. Mizzug swings with all of her might, and misses in a truly spectacular fashion (bad luck with rolls so far for Mizzug). Aventail joins the fray, lending her intimidating frame to the job at hand, as Dol moves up to do the same.
Aventail sees how hard Mizzug swings and thinks that if she could ever make contact that those swings would really hurt. So Aventail moves to off some support in that regard.
Normally goblins like fire, they are fascinated by it, enraptured. But this time it just really hurts. Burnt and bleeding, these two little ankle-biters are on their last legs. But only one seems to realize that fact.
As such, Blue attacks Mizzug, hoping to bring her down.
It is overly confident after it's recent success and misses Mizzug.
The Red goblin sees the battle turning against them and turns to flee (full withdraw action), provoking from Aventail.
Aventail chops his head from his shoulders. As his body falls to the ground, another goblin runs in the from the north. It is carrying a barrel of some sort that rattles as he charges, a fuse burning at the top. After only making it about 5 feet into the square, the fuse burns down, and the barrel explodes, sending fire works and bits of goblin all over the ground, the walls, and the fountain.
FORT SAVE VS. DAZZLED; DC 10
Raz and Loth: Both of your eyes begin to water as the bright lights fill your vision (dazzled condition: -1 to attack rolls).
From back where you all came from, another goblin breaks out of a house holding a jar of pickles. It sees your group, screams, clutches the pickles tight, and runs off into town, trying to eat a pickle as it does so.
END OF THE ROUND SUMMARY:
Toot kills the goblin bard.
Raz does damage with burning hands.
Blue Goblin tries to attack, misses.
Red goblin tries to run, Aventail kills it with AoO.
Raz and Loth are dazzled, as is the goblin.
If this combat ends in this round (before I post again), you all will have one full round of actions before we move along with the plot/attack. So don't be leaving the square.
Buoyed by her decapitating performance, and shielding her ocular lenses successfully from the minced goblin’s bright shower, Aventail attempts to spit and split the goblin attacking Mizzug...
[+3 Str, +1 BAB, +1 bless]
[+6 THF]
Raz looks for a way to get a flanking attack on the goblin, but not seeing a way he steps up and swings.
Without that advantage Raz is not able to strike true.
Bumbo turns quickly, his empty sling raised ineffectually. What is it, boy? Where? Looking around, sees no immediate danger and kneels down to pat the dog's head. Where are they buddy? See something?
Toot, meanwhile, turns and charges at the next goblin in line, intent on biting and trampling and lost in the fury of his assault. Toot catches the goblin's skull in his jaws and uses it to hold the body upright as he tramples the poor creature's guts into paste.
Loth nods. "Thank you!" and follows Dol's instructions.
I'll say this. I can be a reeeeeeaaalll jerk sometimes. Like Jerk McJerkface, Mayor of Jerktown. But out of combat, low level, we can say that you guys finished off any renaming goblins. I haven't been rolling stabilization checks for them, and two of them went straight from conscious to negative dead. So, one round of actions each.
Loth moves, still has a standard.
Dol channels, still has a move.
Everyone else still has their full round of actions.
@Bumbo: The dog swivels its head back and forth, growling and showing its teeth.
@Everyone: You can still hear the sounds of screaming and fighting in town, but the square you're in as fallen silent for the moment. The loudest sound is the heavy breathing from all of you as you take a few seconds to catch your breath. This is interrupted by the squeal of the gate and a shaky voice calling out from the other side of the fence.
Hello?.......Are all the goblins dead now?
”All of these goblins are currently dead or dying. Others evidently yet live to harass the citizenry. You however, are safe.” Aventail calls back.
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As the party is healed, Dol looks around to assess everyone's health. Noting the Mizzug is still wounded, he draws closer to call on more of Torag's divine favor.
In the meantime, he suggests. "Someone should check the bard's possessions. He might have something useful."
In the back of his mind, there is a nagging sensation that something about the actions of these goblins doesn't seem quite right. Focused on the immediate needs of the team, though, the thought remains in the background.
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In response to the citizen's query, Dol calls out "Yes, these goblins are dead, but there are more in the city. The path to the cathedral should be safe. If you have children, you should move them there for safety.
Otherwise, you should grab a weapon and rise to the defense of your city. Other families may be in danger."
At Dol's suggestion, Toot looks down at his hooves and snorts. Bumbo quickly comes over, after turning to the dog. C'mon boy.
He searches through the bard's clothing and such, looking for anything useful, like a hint of why they were there.
The woman's wild eyes dart back and forth, looking for more foes to slay...or to slay to begin with. Her shame evident on her face for the poor display of their last fight.
The sound of the squeaking gate catches her attention and she rushes forward. "FRIEND O FOE! FRIEND O FOE!" shrikes Mizzug, hammer held high...jagged teeth on display for all to see.
Stopping short of the poor civilians, she glances back towards her talkative companions. "SAFE?! SAFE?! Grabs weapon! Helps Defend town!"
Tossing a thumb towards her oversized pick, she inquires with hostility "NEED BORROW?!"
Raz moves 'north' and looks around, trying to find more nearby conflict.
Loth sheathes his dagger and feels for the bow hanging from his back. Change of plans.
"If you guys don't mind, I think I'll hang back a bit more for the next fight, but I'll still give it my all!"
@Bumbo: This is what you find on the goblin warchanter (bard). All the gear is small sized. Potion of cure light wounds, studded leather armor, dogslicer, shortbow with 20 arrows, whip, 20 gp. I'll say that you can acquire one item before the bottom stuff happens.
@Everyone: As the gate swings open, you get your first (soon to be abbreviated) look at the person behind it. A human man, handsome, with fine clothing. Those clothes are rumpled, and the right sleeve is torn and blood soaked. An empty dagger sheath is evident on his belt, and the rapier he holds in his hand is broken only a few inches above the guard. This man has obviously not had a good time in this fight.
Oh thank you. Thank you all. So much. A weapon? Yes. I could use a new one. As he steps towards Mizzug, his steps falter and he falls to one knee, obviously weakened by the blood loss he has taken.
As you all watch him, the moan of pain from his lips is covered over quickly by the yapping of some vile canine type creature as it enters the square....being ridden by a goblin. It stops the dead sprint is was in, the rider obviously hesitant to take on so many armed individuals by itself. Luckily for it, his entourage quickly arrives, and another raiding party enters the square from the "top". All spot these hated longshanks doing something so vile and offensive as daring to still be alive and breathing. This cannot stand, so they charge to the attack. Luckily, so many of you are on a heightened state of awareness, what with all the combat going on around you, that no one is caught off guard. (For this fight, no one will be Flat-Footed. You all know that this was a high possibility, and the goblins are actively looking for a fight.)
This all but hairless canine appears ravenously hungry, and full of mange. The purple goblin strokes it lovingly before pointing at one of the PC's and saying
The goblin dog leaps for Aventails throat type area. It makes full contact...with all the metal it possibly could.
Or so it would have appeared, but a second look shows the dog impaled on the end of Aventail's weapon. The damage done by Raz's battle axe not comparing to the instant death of Aventail's glaive finding this "dog's" vital organs. All of them. At the same time.
The "southern" goblins (red, green, and blue) all run forward, waving their swords in the air.
The "northern" goblins (yellow, pink, and purple) run at Raz and swing their swords.
Two of the goblins miss, stamping their feet and yelling in frustration. The one manages a good hit, not caring that his blade barely drew blood. The goblin that hits points at the (barely there) blood on his sword and laughs at the other two.
The mounted goblin rides up behind his newest meat shields, drawing an arrow for his bow as he does. Taking aim, he fires at Dol. The arrow (seeming to surprise even the goblins) flies true and sticks into Dol's arm, digging into his flesh.
Regulars AC: 16; T: 13; FF: 14
Regulars HP: 6
Dog AC: 13; T: 12; FF: 11
Dog HP: doesn't matter, it's dead
Special Goblin AC: 17; T: 14; FF: 14
HP: 12
Raz takes a step back regretting his decision to leave the house without his shield, tossing caution to the wind he entangles the further group of goblins.
This spell causes tall grass, weeds, and other plants to wrap around creatures in the area of effect or those that enter the area. Creatures that fail their save gain the entangled condition. Creatures that make their save can move as normal, but those that remain in the area must save again at the end of your turn. Creatures that move into the area must save immediately. Those that fail must end their movement and gain the entangled condition. Entangled creatures can attempt to break free as a move action, making a Strength or Escape Artist check. The DC for this check is equal to the DC of the spell. The entire area of effect is considered difficult terrain while the effect lasts.
If the plants in the area are covered in thorns, those in the area take 1 point of damage each time they fail a save against the entangle or fail a check made to break free. Other effects, depending on the local plants, might be possible at GM discretion.
Spittle flying from her mouth, Mizzug turns to the new group and rushes headlong into battle!
Squishing the one in yellow with her massive hammer, she shrieks with glee. "SEES! WES BETTAS! Yous cow-wads gives up ors yous die!"
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As the arrow pierces his chest, just barely missing his heart, Dol cries out in pain, wavering unsteadily on his feet.
[b]"Forgefather, save your humble servant, so that I can help your chosen heroes to protect this town."[/ooc]
Following Mizzug (but staying out of range of the fallen goblin), Dol channels healing energy once again.
I would like to call upon the GMs benevolence to retroactively allow the purchase of a quiver of arrows. Rather than await however, I will set out both paths here.
Loth grabs the bow he was itching to get, an arrow, and immediately responds to the goblin threat by shooting one of them. (Blue)
Loth reaches for his bow, until he realizes he's currently without arrows. "Gods be damned," he mutters, and grabs his dagger again.
Toot jumps into action, eager to have another target to chase down. He steps around Aventail and charges past Mizzug to attack the next goblin in line.
Bumbo sets himself in a look of grim determination as he steps forward and casts a spell upon the approaching goblins to the south. Having developed a habit of calling out his spells, as if to imbue them with power, he yells. Sticky icky!
Aventail sees the two battle fronts, and agrees with Dol's assessment. She steps closer to Dol and the citizen with the broken sword.
"Support each other!" she calls loudly.
Move Action: Move one space West, one space South to end diagonal to both Dol and fop.
Standard Action: Tactician - gives all allies within 30' the Shake it Off feat for three rounds:
When you are adjacent to one or more allies who also have this feat, you gain a +1 bonus on saving throws per such ally (maximum +4)
@Dol: No need to make any other changes. I just didn't notice it at first. Thanks for pointing it out.
@Loth: We're going for a middle ground. You did not purchase any arrows. You did, however, pick some up off the goblin corpses. You have 20, now 19.
@Bumbo: Do me a favor when you cast spells like that. Go ahead and tell me what your save DC is so I don't have to look up your stats and feats. Please. I believe this one is a DC 15
Blue goblin is in the grease and the entanglement, but managed to avoid falling prone or being entangled.
Managing to keep his feet under him, he begins his move to get out of all this terrible stuff. He spends a full turn double moving because of all the double difficult terrain stuff going on.
Unable to even stand up, both the green and red goblins must first try to break free of the vines wrapping around them.
Green is stuck where he is, unable to move and tries again. And fails again.
Red goblin, however, manages to wriggle free of the vines and stands up. At the end of his turn, he makes another save versus the condition. And he is entangled again.
Pink and purple goblins see a better chance at winning since the big metal thing is staying further back. They move into flanking (one preparing an action for the other) before swinging in on Toot.
Pink makes a 5 foot step south and swings his sword. He cuts Toot along his flank. Unlike many of the other goblins, this one doesn't caper or jeer. It simply grins a malicious grin and seems to savor the blood drawn in a particularly sadistic fashion.
Purple follows suit. Accidently snapping it's blade against the cobblestones, this sword snaps off (and gains the broken condition).
Blessing his mount (in between cursing it), this goblin rears around and heads out of the entanglement. He then turns his body to fire another arrow, this time straight at Bumbo. Or it would have been straight at Bumbo if it wasn't for the fact that the arrow goes no where near Bumbo. It actually hits another goblin the next street over, killing it instantly.
After the holy energies wash over him, closing his wound and restoring some vitality, this unknown man stands to his feat and looks around. His skin flushes pale as he sees the many goblins moving in around him. He takes a half step back, his hands patting around his boots and belt.
Um, not to be so rude as to interrupt, but do any of you happen to have a spare blade I could borrow? He hefts the busted rapier in his hand. I very much doubt that this will do me much good in its present condition.
It runs up behind/beside Bumbo and begins barking furiously at the goblins.
Raz steps to the side, flanking with Toot and swings at the Goblin.
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Looking at the man with the broken rapier, Dol apologizes. "Sorry, all I've got is my warhammer."
Assessing the situation, Dol calls out, "Aventail, let's see if we can help Bumbo and Loth take out the southern goblins as they slowly make their way out of those vines. It looks like the others will be able to join us soon."
Saying a quick prayer for protection, Dol is surrounded by a glow which quickly fades. He then moves toward the goblins.
Loth calls for The Fop: "You want a dagger?"
Figuring the response can wait a bit, he weaves through his party, hoping to get a more successful shot off.
Toot, seeing Raz take down the goblin between them, sulks for a moment, but realizes there's another behind him. Quickly, he turns, and unleashes his fury upon the goblin to his rear.
Bumbo looks down at his faithful friend. Hey buddy, you made it! He pats the dog on the head, then grins. Whaddya' say...want some revenge? Watch this.
To demonstrate, he looks up at the southernmost goblin and waggles his pudgy fingers at it. Wokka wokka! He gestures towards the now hopefully confused goblin. Get him boy!
Aventail nods assent. She unslings her halberd and drops it to the ground, followed by the clatter of a mace.
"Take your pick." she advises the fop before heading off toward the southern battle, stepping swiftly and moving past Bumbo to stand in front of her companions, shielding them with her metal frame and great weapon.
Both the pink and purple goblins are down and out, due to the combined efforts of Toot and Raz. The southern goblins are not fairing well, but are relatively unharmed so far. Just very, very inconvenienced.
Shaking off the affects of Bumbo's spell, it slinks along the hedge before moving over in front of Loth to stab at him. Maybe because he is considering retreat, his attack is half-hearted and, as such, misses.
You can also see both the Red and Green goblins struggling against the vines. Both of them fail to wriggle free at first, but manage it on their second attempt.
Not having to move, this goblin bares its over-sized teeth as it draws and sights on Bumbo, hoping an obvious spell caster will serve as an easier target.
The arrow flies true, scoring along Bumbo's side and leaving a trail of blood along his skin. The mounted goblin points and laughs at Bubmo, feeling unusually secure behind all the entangling plants.
The dog turns its head towards the Blue Goblin, it's teeth bared, and lunges forward to attack. It's bark rings through the square as it leaps for the goblin's throat... missing as the goblin rears back in fear and surprise.
Yes, a dagger would be grand..... He trails off as Loth runs away from him. His attention is then quickly grabbed by the sounds of Aventail's two weapons hitting the cobblestones next to him. Um...thanks. He quickly considers the weapons before picking up the mace (move action) and then moving to join the fray to the south (move action).
Raz moves around the Fountain to try and get close to the remaining foes.
Toot looks about himself for more enemies, then snorts in disappointment when he finds none handy. Seeing the battle to the south, he charges down as quickly as he can.
Bumbo gasps in pain and grits his teeth. Choking back tears, he looks at Toot, who rumbles past. Can't be seen crying in front of that one. He stifles a sniffle, and hurls a stone back at the goblin with his oh-so-mighty sling.
Aventail stands firm, unwavering. She sees no advantage from pressing the attack and waits to engage the entangled goblins.