Elam stands up and moves back five feet.
As the chief is moving away, Thakus manages a large cut on his back. As he is getting ready to charge back, Brand shoots Sarenrae's fiery bolt that Elan inspired him to do which hits the chief on the shoulder. The chief weakens his grip on the saddle and slips off, falling face first on the ground, unconscious.
The gecko continues sticking to the wall and hisses at the group.
Azadi moves towards the north side of the room, away from the door. "Its just a scared animal now," he offers to his new allies, "give it a clear path to the door and there's a good chance it will run off. Don't touch the chief's body yet though, it might still be territorial about him."
After a few moments and trials, the group realizes that the gecko does indeed feel protective of its goblin rider. But it doesn't approach. Eventually, it is driven out.
Brand finds on the chief two magic potions and his short sword is magical too. His breastplate armor is well crafted as well, although it is made for small creatures. His dented crown might also be worth something. Finally, Brand finds a key ring on him with many keys.
Elan shakes the cobwebs out of his brain and returns fully to the land of the living. He looks around and says "Well that hurt. I am still on this life though." He then heals some more of his wounds.
"I know we were late to the party..." Azadi offers as he helps Brand gather up the valuable weapons and armor, "but was this chief the last enemy to deal with or are there more parts of the fort to explore still?"
Brand figures that both potions are healing potions . Apart from the double door that the group used to enter this room, there is a door to the north and two to the east.
Elan feels the positive enegy flow over him as his wounds heal. He then turns to the group and says, "Let's finish this floor and then head down. I'll start with the southern door to the east."
Elan opens the door to a corridor. There are two doors. One in the beginning to the left (north). Then the corridor turns south and ends in another door. From the second door, he can hear two goblins arguing.
Elan points to the door and puts up two fingers. He then hangs back in the corner so the others can approach the door.
Brand opens the door to find two goblins arguing over a game of cards.
Azadi moves up to the door with the dwarf and places a hand on his shoulder, blessing him with Gozreh's guidance. As the door swings open, he repeats the spell and prepares to touch Thakus as he hurries by.
Brand's warhammer hits the goblin strong, making him get dizzy.
Thakus moves into the room, ready to strike.
Before the goblins have time to react, Thakus thrusts his sword forward in a skewering motion.
Thakus cuts down the goblin. The other goblin gets up and attacks him.
The startled goblin only hits his armor.
Brand kills the other goblin with one stroke. In the silence that follows, the cards on the floor get smeared with goblin blood.
Elan moves into the room and looks around and asks "Did they have anything interesting?" He then points at the door to the west and opens it and moves down to the first door and examines it.
When the goblins fall with startling speed, Azadi decides to linger in the hallway for a moment to see if they’ve attracted any unwanted attention.
As Azadi enjoys the open room, he realizes that the clouds are still heavy and threatening rain. In the meantime, Elan examines the door which isn't locked nor trapped. He can hear snoring from the other side. Taking a peak inside, he can spot six poorly constructed bunk beds, little more
than hammocks slung from rickety frames, standing along the walls of this room. Each is heaped with a vermin-infested blanket and a lump of straw that serves as a frustrating pillow. In total, there are 18 beds, but 12 of them are empty. All 6 goblins are sleeping.
One of the goblins wakes up with Brand's very noisy entrance. He screeches bloody murder which wakes up the other goblins.
The goblins all fall from their beds and Brand cuts one of the beds. They swarm on Brand trying to slap and bite him.
Gladly, Brand's armor protects him from all the attacks.
Elan tries to pound the goblin between him and Brand over the head and then moves out of the way.
Elan hits a goblin hard, hurting him badly.
Azadi's mouth drops open in disbelief as Brand crouches as if he's going to sneak and then tromps loudly into the room awakening all of the goblins. It takes him a second to regain his composure after that but when he does he moves to Thakus and touches his shoulder to bolster his attack.
Thakus moves forward and strikes at the nearest goblin.
The goblin, although being a little hurt from Elan's attack, still manages to dodge Thakus' attack.
The goblins continue kicking and punching the dwarf.
They still only hit his armor and shield.
Azadi does his best to stay out of harm's way as he reaches out and touches Thakus again, convinced that eventually the half-orc's luck will change.
Seeing things not going well for Brand, Elan moves back down the hall and swings at a goblin through the door.
Elan manages to poke the goblin's head, but he still stands.
Bolstered by Azadi, Thakus trues again against the closest goblin.
Thakus finishes off the goblin, but another takes his place. They continue attacking Brand, but this time some of them try sweeping his legwhile the rest continue punching and biting.
Despite the dwarf's steady footing, the goblins manage to bring him to the ground. This new position makes him easier to kick and one goblin manages a kick in.