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Flikk winces visibly as Hornbori gets tossed to the side, again. Flikk heard Dwarves not like to get tossed... he gonna wake up mad! Undeterred, foolish or brave, Flikk puffs his chest out and hollers over the bear towards Squash "Gonna move over some so we stab bear really good!"
The burly little goblin bounces his way to the east to get in better position.. what could go wrong?
Once in position, hopefully unbloodied, Flikk stabs twice at the flanked bear. "Bear steak supper here we come!"
Bouncy Goblin: Feat 1: Prerequisites Unbreakable Goblin heritage
You have a particular elasticity that makes it easy for you to bounce and squish. You gain the trained proficiency rank in Acrobatics (or another skill of your choice, if you were already trained in Acrobatics). You also gain a +2 circumstance bonus to Acrobatics checks to Tumble Through a foe’s space.
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Makai focus on the Trudd's blessing and extends its reach. Then she looks at how badly Hornbori looks
"Trudd might need a new champion in this battle, but who might that be?" asks looking around. Where her sight stops on the albino elf.
"We are to of dwarfs, so you must do Elfino. May Trudd guide your hand, may your bow devastate the enemies of the Mighty."
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Elfino watches closely as the others engage the bear. He hopes to learn as much about its strengths and weaknesses as possible before he takes a crack at the creature himself. He cringes a little as Hornbori goes flying again but is happy to see that Qigiq takes care of getting the dwarf back on his feet. He even gives out a little cheer as Flikk dodges past the beast and sneaks a couple of good stabs in with his small sword while it's confused.
When Makai comes up and gives his bow a boost, Elfino thanks her. "Bless ya Makai. I 'ate ta say it, but with dis big boy, I'm goin' ta need all de 'elp I can gets."
With Makai's aura suffusing him with inner strength and with his now glimmering shortbow in hand, Elfino sends a small prayer to Irori, asking for some of that physical and mental perfection that his patron is known for. Elfino then concentrates his attentions on the bear to see if he can spot any type of opening it its defenses that he can take advantage of.
With a rush of relief and excitement, he notices the bear turn and expose the soft part of his neck as he cranes his head to get a better look at Flikk. "Ah, great Irori, I see that you came to me in my hour of need. I will not let you down." And whipping an arrow from his quiver and nocking it to his bow, he pulls back on the string and without hesitation, lets it fly true.
Shortbow: (20) + 4 + 3 +1 +1 = 29
Seeing his arrow strike its intended target with devastating effect, Elfino sends two more arrows after the first, knowing deep down that there was almost no chance that they would be anywhere near as impressive as the first.
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Squash sways another chain across the bears paw causing it to flinch in pain.
Elfino lines up a shot and puts an arrow right into the bear's eye. The bear rears up as it howls in pain. Qigiq extends a bit of healing Hornbori's direction to keep the dwarf from succumbing to death.
Flikk rolls underneath the bear as it bites down at him.
The goblin bounces up and away before the bear can get a good hold onto him. Sliding across the ice Flikk slices across the bears flank as he cuts it wide open.
The blinded bear clumps to the ice as blood and innards seep out of it across the white snow.
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After a few moments of catching your breath from the dangerous battle, you tend to the wounded, helping Faergim and reviving her unconscious team. Once ready, both teams resume to Balgirdtrek. Finally, one by one, the teams reach the finish line.
Two tall, wooden linnorm statues mark the finish line to the harrowing Balgirdtrek. Crossing the line, the gathered crowd of spectators and participants cheers and applauds. Racers are met with blankets, soup, and medical supplies almost as soon as they are within the village of Frostgarten, where spectators are gathered to celebrate the competition and those who completed it.
"You did a great job as first-time participants," one of the race officials says to the group. "We heard about how you came to the aid of Faergim who, truth be told, is not the sort of person who needs help. You did a great thing, even with being first across the finish line. We'd like to officially invite the Pathfinders to return for next year's Balgirdtrek."
A feast is being prepared and once the last of the teams cross the finish line, the festivities begin. With the feast laid out, members of the Pathfinders are given a place of honor at the banquet table and a huge celebration commences! Without Trace and Fail slowly approaches Flikk and your group. "We are sorry, you have shown a great honor today. More than we have as we tried to sabotage your race." It seems to take a lot as they apologize for their actions. "We will turn ourselves into the officials to be disqualified."
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Makai looks at the wonderful shot that Elfino made. And she breathes out air seeing the monster falling on the ice. Soon after she tends the wounds of others.
When the celebration time comes she simply nods her head to what Without Trace and Fail says. She believes sabotaging another team effort is bad, and childish for that matter.
But there is little sense to pick up on that. She takes a drink of beer and eats some warm and seasoned food...
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Elfino doesn't much care about Without Trace and Fail's sabotage attempts. He'd noticed the unusual extra difficulty of some of the trials, but had assumed that they were merely a normal part of the race. They had overcome all these obstacles, so what did it matter in the end; and anyway, with a little luck, Elfino would never find himself in this cold benighted land again. All that really mattered to him right now was finding a nice warm inn with decent food and a cozy bed to sleep in. Tomorrow he would figure out the fastest way back to his precious Absalom and this terrible cold nightmare will finally be over.
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Being on the backside of the bear Flikk doesn't get a good look at the attacks landing from the front. All he knows is his sword stroke brings down the bear "Flikk killed the giant snow beast!!" He jumps up and down, cheering.
"Snow Beast FEAST!" He calls out triumphantly before noticing the arrow sticking out of its eye "Hey, one of Flikk's arrows too, sweet!" After checking to see everyone is ok, and helping patch up the other race team, Flikk haphazardly hacks at the bear carcass for large slabs of meat. "Come come, help Flikk cut up bear.. oh, that must be what these hatchets are for!" Its a bloody affair.
Later at the feast Flikk celebrates ruthlessly and with a smile on his face. "Flikk know you guys not like us, nobody wants goblins at their tables, or their stores, or their winter races." He shrugs, unconcerned "But we here now, and we coming back!" He grins and raises up a greasy, half burnt chunk of bear meat in victory. Goblins always eat their enemy, so be careful which side you're on...