Jeff kneels next to the door and starts poking. He tries several tools. He manages to open it after about twenty minutes work. "Hah! There! I knew I could do it!" He stands with his chest puffed in pride.
Jeff doesn't really know what he did right to get the doors to open.
The door opens up into a corridor which isn't well illuminated, given the drawn curtains. To the northeast of the now open back door there is a double door from which the noise they heard earlier can be heard. To the southeast, the corridor extends to a diagonal wall with a door on it, and then continues northeast. The southern wall has two windows. A torch is next to the entrance door, but it is not lit. From inside the building, a loud rumble coming from the furnace to the northeast can be clearly heard.
From the door to the northeast, high-pitched giggles, shrieks and glass breaking can be heard.
Dolgrin moved in first leading the way. But after a few steps he raises his hand signaling the others to halt.
"I can hear giggles and shrieks. Someone is in here. Potentially goblins."
He steps a few meters back and as silently as possible gives prayer to Torag. "Torag will protect me."
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"Excellent work, Jeff," Dart tells the man, "you truly have a gift. We'll take things from here, but if we ever have need of a master locksmith again, we know who to ask," and he claps the man on the arm and then heads inside.
Once inside, Dart says quietly to the group, "Pure dumb luck. He had no idea what he was doing. Shelyn must have blessed our progress."
As Dolgrin gives his warning about the Goblins, Dart wonders aloud, "If Ameiko's brother the outcast specifically wanted to meet here where there are Goblins...it's just suspicious. Do we know if the old priest had ever offended him in some way? Maybe he was the robed figure who defiled the tomb?" he then waves away the speculation, "Bah, there are Goblins present. Time for theories later," and he adjusts his grip on his longspear and prepares to confront the beasties.
I don't hear anything but I'll be mindful... goblins get in every where!
As the tensions rise, the shrieks, giggling and glass breaking in the room continue. Outside, the chilly morning begins to disperse, giving way to the warm sun.
Poppy tries to discern if the sounds are in fact goblins.
why would there be goblins in here? I am really not liking this.
she readies her hammer and shield ready for anything. a small electrical charge begins to form around her hammer.
Poppy and Izumi can't really narrow the sounds down, as it's really mixed with the loud rumbling from the furnace. The door remains closed, however.
A small spider enjoys lunch: a large mosquito that clumsily flew into her web. The mosquito has been enveloped in her web for a few hours now and she is feeding off of it. Little does she know, a baby gecko watches the spider from afar. He will wait for her to finish lunch and go back to her corner. The gecko doesn't like spider webs, so he'll wait until the time is right.
We continue to explore.
Dart identifies the noise coming from that door.
Izumi opens the door to find a very long room, which seems to be the main glassworking room. A furnace burns along the southeast wall of this room. Marble tables sit in the chamber, which look like the main working chamber. There are wooden tables cluttered with various tools close to the marble tables.
The furnace rumbles loudly which explains why the ruckus was so hard to hear. Various goblins laugh and shriek at a gruesome sight. A dead man is sitting in a chair in the middle of the room in a humiliating position. His identity is hard to recognize form this distance, since he is completely encased in glass. The goblins throw pieces of glass at the man and laugh loudly when they manage to hit him.
Spread around the room are severed limbs of various people. From their clothes, it seems they are glass workers.
Some pieces of broken glass litter the floor. Stepping on them will probably hurt.
The goblins are so entertained that they fail to notice anyone coming inside, but it is clear that staying in the room will quickly correct that.
Goblin colors for reference: White, purple, black, brown, red, green, blue, orange
Casts shield of faith and moves into the room...
goblins. I knew it! They're like fleas, they never go away. Ya gotta get the eggs. If goblins lay eggs that is.
Poppy tries to be a little quiet so not to alert the goblins to her presence.
Three goblins notice the incoming heroes. They scream and get ready to attack.
Initiative
The three goblins that spotted the group moves towards them, drawing their weirdly shaped weapons. One of them tries to climb on top of the table but fails. The other goblins begin to notice the group and yell at each other.
Moves slightly to the left and attacks the goblin on the end, swinging with both hands.
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Poppy looks for an opening and when she sees a goblin within range...
a twirl of her hammer and a bolt of lightning shoots forth
Dolgrin moves next to Izumi. "Haha, another day, another goblin fight"
But he's as clumsy as the others with his first swing.
Two of the goblins near Izumi try to get on the table to face her. The goblin next to Dolgrin tries attacking him.
The other goblins rush forward to join the fray.
One of the goblins fail to climb on the table.
Two of the goblins hurt their feet on the glass while running toward the group and start limping.
Curiously, two of the goblins do not draw their weapons and seem to be coming forward with molten glass in their hands.
Both attacks on Dolgrin fail, one of them almost getting him, but stopping from his protective spell.
The goblin with molten glass puts it against Izumi's skin which burns hot.
AoO Black
- two handed
Black is killed immediately by Izumi, with her sword coming out of his torso on the other side.
Black is killed immediately by Izumi, with her sword coming out of his torso on the other side.
Izumi attacks the other attacker...
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Izumi's swing is stopped by the goblin's leathery armor and it shows its teeth menacingly.
Dolgrin's swjngs are slow, but constant. From left tk right and from right to left his pick flys.
Dolgrin's pick chips off a piece of the furnace's worn masonry, making it go flying up.
(Forgot to add +1 for high ground... does 14 hit?)
With her hammer in hand Poppy moves up to help form a front line against the advancing goblins.
Standing beside her dwarven comrade she make a somewhat might swing with her hammer. keeping Darts sounds of inspiration in her mind. motivating her to be better.
Poppy's blow is unfortunately stopped by the goblin's armor.
The goblins decide to team up on Dolgrin. They all jump on the dwarves legs, trying to bring him to the ground.
The goblins manage to bring the dwarf down on the floor and they start dragging him towards the open furnace.
Meanwhile the other goblins start picking up broken glass from the ground and throw it at Izumi, who stands mighty on the table.
Two of them don't even hit her frame, but one of them actually hits her armor, but it protects her from the shards.
"Yes, come here, you sneaky bastards!" Dolgrin awaits the goblins and swings at the one who eventually tries to trip him.
The goblin looks very aggressively to the goblin next to it and attacks it. Despite missing, there seems to be a new feud between the two.
Dolgrin hits the goblin and hurts it deep. But it still finds the strength to bring the dwarf down.
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Izumi cuts the goblin's arm off and it falls on the ground unconscious.
She moves off the table and to engage the purple one...
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The purple goblin dies to Izumi's blade.
You leave my friend alone, you green freak Poppy yells as she moves to smack the goblin dragging Dolgrin.
Poppy hits the goblin's arm, and it yelps in pain, but continues its joint team work.
Dolgrin goes on full defense trying to fend off the goblin hands.