Festrog
Undead, darkvision 60ft, scent. Bite and 2 claw attacks.
Charging Trip (Ex) A festrog that hits with its bite after making a charge attack on all fours can attempt to trip its opponent (+4 bonus). This trip does not provoke attacks of opportunity.
Diseased Pustules (Ex) When a festrog takes damage from a piercing or slashing weapon, some of its boils rupture, squirting the attacker with puslike fluids. The noxious secretions carry a potent contact disease that causes those infected to break out into painful necrotic boils.
Feed (Su) Every time a festrog makes a successful bite attack, it feeds on its opponent’s flesh and gains 5 temporary hit points.
Four-Footed Run (Ex) A festrog can run on all fours at speed of 50 feet.
Marcos hears fray sounds, and a calling from Lash. Realising the alleys are narrow, he decides it's best not to be disturbing when the grown-ups are fighting. Instead, he starts talking about something he thinks could inspire them.
"Be bold, my friends, as the mighty Hector the Lonely when he resisted the demonic hordes of Hell in the battle of Aristion, alone and with only a soup spoon! He fought for days and managed to prevail thanks to his..."
Worried, Sim exclaims from the corridor. "Let me pass! I can't defend no one from where I am!"
Seeing the undead dog-thing, Kahli steps up to attack with her mace. "Don't slash the pustules on the thing! They'll spray you with the diseases the thing carries!"
"There isn't enough room for you Sim. Just be ready if we need you!"
Turn order: Marcos, Kahli, Festrog, Shiv/Caiman, Lash, Sim
Marcos steps back through the party, reciting a story and lifting their spirits.
Kahli wants to swap places with Lash, so readies for her to move.
The Festrog lashes out at Lash as she's still the only one near it.
Lash manages to dodge the bite and the first claw, but the crowded hallway impedes her movement, however the second claw clashes off the wall as Lash turns to retreat, and she escapes unscathed.
Shiv'Raston slides past Lash,
and evades the bite while deftly slicing into the creature, causing a spray of noxious secretions from its boils that cover Shiv'Raston.
And as the creature calls out in pain and dies, slumping to the floor, Shiv feels a slight twinge of disease enter him. [ooc]We'll roll the disease stuff once you rest, as it's an onset of one day.
The explosion of sound and fury leaves as quickly as it came and, once again, all is calm.
"... and thus ends the first battle of Montfort, with our heroes saving the day." Marcos ends the performance, inspiring and bolstering Shiv's heart and spirit.
"I thank you for the effort, but I am still certain this illness has gotten into me. Filthy beast."
Lash can feel Marcos' words infusing into her in welling up this strange effect. As he tells the tale of mighty Hector, she catches her moment of escape and deftly tucks inward toward the wall as the Festrog nips at her. She uses her momentum to "wallride" up the side of the wall with great agility, giving Shiv'Raston the opportunity to rush underneath her in a quick moment. She deftly lands in his spot and readies her arrow, but with quickness, Shiv defeats the beast. The spray and blast just seem to miss her as she sees it fall. "That could have been me!"
"Can we do anything?" she asks with great concern for Shiv'Raston's well being. "Thank you for stepping in there. I am not so great in melee combat. I think you may have just well saved me..."
With a deep breath, she will put away her arrow and look to him to see if there is anything she can do. She will pull a decorative sash hanging from her belt off and hand it to Shiv to wipe himself of the nastiness of the Fostrog.
Taking the opportunity to enter combat, Sim quickly moves forward, raising his shield to protect himself from the creature. "Face me, oh vile creature! I'll strike you down as my honor demands!"
Move Action: Move
Standard Action: Attack with fighting defensively
Sim slashes the dead creature two more times before he realises it is really gone, visibly ashamed. "And... and remain down..."
Kahli looks at the disgusting creature. "All undead are disgusting! Probably should clean the slime off of yourself and any weapons. I can cast Create Water for cleaning.... And we'll have to watch for sickness later. It usually takes a while to affect you, but it can put a person down...."
Looking down the hallway past the festrog, you see why it would be in this hallway. There is a pile of meat, bones and clothing that appear ravaged with a trail of blood leading from the pile down and around the corner.
Lash will leave the searching of the body to those nearby it. In the meantime, she will return to the door they passed most recently and will search on the way up to it and on the door itself for traps while they do.
As she passes by everyone, she will ask a question in whispering form, "I'm going to check this door, if it is not trapped, who wants to be first in?" She'll wait until everyone is ready and back with the group before proceeding.
Lash begins making her way back through the group to the door they overlooked.
Shiv will set to the gruesome task of checking the undead corpse for anything useful it may have had before being turned into an a festrog, then inspecting the pile of meat and bones likewise for anything salvageable.
Meanwhile, Sim follows Lash. "I'll enter first. This way I can protect you from anything nasty!"
"And let me be second. If they're a number of enemies my abilities are stronger...."
Lash will smile and nod to Sim. As soon as Shiv'Raston returns, she will give an okay symbol to proceed with her fingers. Creeping upward to the door, she checks all over the door, but a moment later, she presses her ear next to the door to hear inside. Worry comes over her face briefly and she'll move slowly away from the door to huddle with the group.
"Inside is a fire, or sounds of one, and multiple voices. Maybe three or four. I can't understand the language, but it's not common and they all seem male. I could see no trap on the door, nor any lock. There may be traps inside. I'd prefer we keep our eyes open in case they have set them inside the doorway. Kahli? Any magics inside?"
She will step out of the way and let the Cleric scan the room through the doorway if she wishes. Once done she'll state, "I can take the corner and shoot into the room if needed. You fighters can move past me into the room. We are going to present a sudden show of force, but let's keep in mind, these could be potential allies. Let us try to not fight and kill everything we don't have to. Agreed?"
Kahli quietly speaks prayers while Lash is speaking "Someone else will have to detect for magic. I didn't prepare that."
Shiv uses his scythe to poke and prod at the dead festrog, but finds nothing of import. Treading carefully down the hallway, he pushes aside half-chewed meat and lumps of skin draped in ragged cloth. He does manage to find a small corked glass vial.
He uncorks it and, with a whiff, identifies the potion as a potion of Magic Fang.
The party gets into position and Sim reaches out and places on hand on the door knob, the other holding his gladius. Shiv concentrates on any magical auras through the door, but after a couple seconds, can't detect any through the door. Sim gives a look back, confirming everyone is in position, then swings the door open.
Before Sim, standing eye-to-eye, is a green creature with a large head, who appears to have been reaching for the other side of the door. It stands there, wide-eyed for a moment, allowing Sim a chance to scan the room. The room appears to be more of the same; flagstone flooring with stonework masonry walls. In the center of the room stands a larger creature, stirring a large cauldron on top of a steady campfire. Near it is another smaller creature, seemingly cheering on the larger creature in a language Sim doesn't understand. On the far side of the room, two more of the smaller creatures are sleeping on ratty makeshift beds.
Looking over Sim, Kahli recognizes them as Goblins of various sorts. Before she's able to provide any information, the Goblin standing in front of Sim yells out, grabbing the attention of all the other goblins.
Turn Order
Lash
Goblin 1
Goblin 2
Goblin 3
Sim
Kahli
Marcos
Shiv
Small Goblin by Cauldron
Large Goblin by Cauldron
Round 1
The Goblin in front of Sim draws it's sword and swings out at him
but it clangs off of Sim's armor.
The other two Goblins on the far side of the room wake up to the commotion and stand up, picking up their swords from the floor.
"We don't have to be enemies! We can reason with you!" she will call out as the first goblin strikes Sim's armor. Her hand will draw an arrow and notch it just in case.
If her words do not reach their ears and their companions begin to charge outward toward Sim, she will lean right, crouch a little, and let off a shot through the arms of Sim to strike at the goblin in front of him. In a quick moment later, she will fire another arrow off at the second closest.
Readying attack to fire if goblins persist in moving forward to combat.
Move: None
Free Action: Talk, notch arrow
Just realized I forgot to attach the Battle Map.
"Goblins!" Marcos calls out loud. "Remember, my friends, the Goblin invasion in 4058? A huge horde of greenskins entered the lands of Alduria and harassed everything on their way! Make good the prowess of the Aldurians, who managed to drive them off and..."
Sim reacts quickly but readying his shield and then he tries to kick the goblin back so the others can join the battle.
Move Action: Ready shield
Standard Action: Bull Rush
Free Action: 5ft step forward if possible
Shiv curses these narrow corridors as he winds forward, then calls for the aid of the Green Mother to stikes, "Bring the merciful clean death of nature to these foul beings!"
"Come, croc!"
Move Action:Move to C 5 if either lash has dropped the goblin ot Sim has bullrushed it back
Standard Action Cast Spiritual Weapon at creature in G3
Free Action:command caimon
Croc Full Action: Double move to C5
Kahli moves in to the room, trying to get closer to all of the goblins, and a little distance from the party. If she feels she is far enough, she holds up her holy symbol and channels power from her Deity.
damage and -1 to attacks for one round. DC14 Will save for half damage and to ignore the Channel modifier.
Kahli moves in to the room trying to reach a goblin to attack.
Lash calls out for peace, but the Goblin seems to not understand and gives her a confused look. As it reaches for it's blade, she quickly lets loose two arrows, both striking the Goblin in its big head, and it drops to the ground, dead.
The two Goblins on the far side of the room respond to the commotion by standing up and grabbing their swords off the ground.
Sim pulls up his shield, shifts forward, and takes a stance, ready for whatever comes.
Kahli runs past Sim and the dead Goblin, stops on D4 (Goblin 3 is 30' from there), and Channels out Negative Energy, sending it flowing through all the enemy combatants.
Goblin 3 and the smallest Goblin manage to fight off the negative energy effects.
Marcos begins reciting a story that empowers all his allies!
Shiv and his croc run into the room, turning to the right as they enter, stopping on C5. He holds a hand out and a scythe made of energy appears over the smallest of the Goblins, and smacks into its face.
The smallest Goblin draws its shortbow and begins chanting a spell while staring at Shiv. Suddenly, Shiv feels his scythe slipping out of his hand.
Luckily, he grips tightly and stops it from falling.
The largest Goblin looks over the group and draws his spear with a growl. With the butt-end of the spear, he jams it under the cauldron and tips it over, pouring out boiling hot liquid across the floor.
Shiv, distracted by trying not to drop his scythe, is the only one to not make the Reflex save, and takes 3 damage. Lash, Sim, Kahli, and Shiv's Croc take 1 damage.
"Fine..." she growls out as the goblin attacks and lets loose her arrows. She pegs it dead and allows her allies into the room.
A loud crash resounds as the cauldron hits and falls over. Soon rushing liquid surges up over her protective boots, burning her in a tiny way. There is a whimpering sound that comes from her as she pats her legs to relieve the pain. Once she had spilled coffee over her and her matron and it felt similar. She looks briefly to Marcos, who is fortunately spared this. For some reason, his words seem to inspire her to push past the pain.
The liquid subsides. A moment later, she will shuffle into the room and aim at one of the goblins to take fire. Seeing one seem to have a bow beginning to ready, she will take aim at him.
Move: From D7 to B3.
on the smallest goblin (archer/mage).
Free: Reload
"...while, deciding not to give away an inch of land more, our hero Brestfold One-eye led the Aldurians in a desperate charge..."
"Ack! Fire! I will teach you to bother us, creature!"
Free Action: Command croc to attack
Move action: Move to E3
Standard Action: Scythe Attack:
Croc move action:Move to E1
Croc standard: Bite
Kahli grins as she feels the slight burn on her feet. These little fools couldn't last much longer. She advances to the right of the mass, directly toward the wall before she turns to them and again berates them in the name of her Deity. "Calistria loves those that value beauty and love her. But not pathetic creatures like you all. Die quickly now that you've wasted your last meal!"
damage and -1 to hit.
Sim has to lower his shield to the ground so he can protect himself, being smaller than the others. He then moves ahead, to attack the cook and spellcaster. "This soup looks disgusting! What is it, pea?"
Move Action: Move to F4
Standard Action:
Lash runs into the room to the northernmost wall and takes aim at the chanting goblin, striking it in the left shoulder.
The two Goblins along the west wall take a moment to scan the room and wait for a more opportune time to attack.
Sim steps up to the chanting Goblin but it manages to dodge while recoiling from Lash's arrow.
Kahli moves deeper into the room and sends out more negative energy.
DC 14 Will
Marcos steps up to the doorway while continuing to recite his story.
Shiv and his croc move up to the big Goblin and both take an attack, but the Goblin manages to step its leg back away from the croc's attack while blocking Shiv's scythe.
The chanting Goblin looks at Sim, panicked, and hops backwards (5-foot-step) while chanting rhythmically. Kahli, speaking Goblin, recognizes it speaking a violent poem of dissection and boiling meat.
The big Goblin 5-foot-steps over to G3 to take the place of the chanting Goblin and stabs its spear out at Sim
but stabs over Sim's head.
The Goblin in I1 sees the Halfling and it flies into a (flavor) rage, runs over to G4, and takes a swing at Sim
but clangs off of Sim's shield.
With a clear line, the Goblin in H1 lets out a high pitched scream and Charges at Shiv and takes a wild swing at Shiv.
but can't quite reach with its tiny arms.
"I don't think we want to know. Probably Festrog soup..." she will answer, although not loud enough to disrupt the inspiring words of Marcos as he calls out his tale.
The burning subsides in her legs as the fabric cools with her movement. Her shot rings true as she pegs the chanting goblin. She can't help but grin a little bit at its frantic dance and chant, but it is the violence in his words that makes her want to continue to shoot at him. With one arrow loosely in her teeth and the other notched, she lets one fly and then shortly after, another!
"I'll shut that ugly mouth up for good..."
Move: None
Free: Reload
"...And then the goblins, scattered across the battlefield, died one by one under the swords of the saviours of Alduria..."
Feeling almost certain that the melee was over, Kahli attacks the goblin in front of her.
With two enemies at him, Sim focuses more on defending himself, now knowing Lash is quiet deadly with her arrows.
Standard Action:
Lash kills the Warchanter with an arrow between its wide-set eyes.
Goblin 2 swings out at Shiv again, hoping for a better result, but Shiv blocks it with his scythe.
Goblin 3 sees similar results trying to hit the well defended Halfling with its sword only finding Sim's shield.
Sim responds but can't connect.
Kahli attempts to bring her mace down on the Goblin's head, but the group fighting throws off her attack and she slams her mace into the floor.
Marcos, becoming more animated, continues reciting his epic and motivating his newly found friends.
Shiv, tired of the Goblin's incessant attacking, deflects its attack and plants his scythe's blade deep into the Goblin's stomach.
The croc grabs a hold of the dead Goblin's leg and tears it off.
Seeing Goblin 3 fail to get through the Halfling's armor, the large Goblin throws his spear down and attempts to grab and crush the Halfling, but Sim raises his shield, knocking its hulking hands away.
Lash doesn't get sick at exploding fostrogs or cuts or the shots from her bow, but as the crocodile literally rips off a goblin's leg, she dry heaves as it death spins it off. "Focus...focus"
She pulls out two more arrows and can see through the flames of the fire a goblin dancing about trying to slam into Sim without avail.
Seeing her opportunity, she lets an arrow fly through the flame as it parts ways (as she doesn't want her arrow to catch fire even as unlikely as that would be). She can feel the story of Marcos coming to an end as combat seems in their favor. What would happen in his story further?
Move: None
Free: Reload
The flames curl around Lash's arrow as it cuts its way through the fire. As the large Goblin recoil from Sim's defense and appears to be going in for another grab, the arrow pierces through it's left armpit and lodges itself deep inside the large goblin's chest. It gurgles its last breaths as it collapses to the floor.
With only a goblin left, Sim lowers his shield a little and attacks.
Standard Action:
"Good job croc! Guard!"
Free Action: Command croc to defend
Move Action: Move to H2; this will provoke
Standard Action: Attack big one
Shiv moves to H2 (AoO from Gob 3) then attacks, killing Gob 3
After Lash's arrow drops the large Goblin, the last remaining Goblin nervously eyes each member of the party and shoves its hand into a pouch, provoking an attack from Sim
---but the Goblin manages to duck its head under his blade. It pulls out a vial of red liquid, gives it a quick shake and, with panic in its eyes, throws the vial at Sim's feet.
The vial explodes into fire under Sim.
Kahli holds her action and stands guard next to the croc.
Marcos' voice rings out into the room, encouraging his allies onto victory.
Shiv runs around Sim, the Goblin quickly slashing out at him
but Shiv easy gets around its attack and slices the Goblin's back open, spilling its innards onto the floor.
Sim immediately drops to the ground after the Goblin dies and tries to extinguish the flame
but is unable in his bulky armor.
All falls quiet except the crackling of the fire.
Now that there is only the one goblin left, her eyes focus in on it. It quickly draws a flask, and before she can shoot, it has flung it at the feet of her new ally.
With deadly aim, she focuses on her shot and pulls back her bow just a little further, but Shiv slices the goblin's back open.
"Good hit!" she will exclaim.
A moment later, Sim's flames leap up and she has nothing to help with except to stand clear of his rolling. Even if it is in the nasty liquid of whatever the goblins were cooking.
"Oh no...Are you okay? Can anyone heal him?"
With concern, she will rush to his side to help him move by helping lift his shield so his movement isn't so restrained. There, she observes his burns. Her fiery reddish hair and the ashen body below her chest make it almost look like she too was in the blast.
"You should take care with your suntanning" Marcos jokes. Whistling a popular tune, he wants his hands and some of the burns Sim has got on his skin start to heal.