Azalmak’s scimitar strikes the goblin but the katar misses. The goblin is badly wounded, but still in the fight.
Round 5:
Bolded may act
Kn: Local to identify the goblins, but other than weapons they look like the ones you just fought
Kn: Nature to identify the beasts
Evelyn
Cara
Gaius Protection from Evil, Divine Favor
Azalmak
Green Goblin 5 damage
Orange Beast
John
Red Goblin 10 damage
Yellow beast 12 damage
Evelyn shoots her crossbow. No one is sure what she was aiming at.
Evidently this goblin knows something about riding, or at least about dismounting. They hop off their critter without pause. He directs the critter to attack Azalmak and then drops his bow and draws his mace to attack as well.
Neither come close to hitting.
Round 5:
Bolded may act
Kn: Local to identify the goblins, but other than weapons they look like the ones you just fought
Kn: Nature to identify the beasts
Green Goblin 5 damage
Orange Beast
John
Round 6:
Evelyn
Cara
Gaius Protection from Evil, Divine Favor
Azalmak
John cracks the head of the goblin, felling it in a single blow. The creature it was riding still seems hostile to your group.
Evelyn and Cara both give up on their crossbows and move to melee.
Suddenly, the sound of a trumpet rings out over the field, becoming louder as its player approaches.
Purple Goblin appears across the stream and she looks angry. She throws a javelin at Cara. It misses.
White goblin comes up right behind her and uses their bow to shoot at John. It misses by a lot.
Blue goblin also comes out to shoot at Cara. It just barely hits,
Finally Red goblin comes out to shoot at Gaius. They also hit.
Round 5:
Bolded may act
Kn: Local to identify the goblins, but other than weapons they look like the ones you just fought
Kn: Nature to identify the beasts
It is a DC 10 Swim check if you want to swim across the stream.
It is likely many of you could jump it if you choose your crossing well.
Orange Beast
John
Round 6:
Evelyn
Cara 4 damage
Purple Goblin
White Goblin
Blue Goblin
Red Goblin
Gaius Protection from Evil, Divine Favor
Azalmak
Gaius knows they are goblins and they look similar to the others. He would guess they are once again fiendish goblins, but they do look different enough that he can’t be sure.
Gaius realizes that the female goblin with the javelins is the leader of this band of goblins. She is strong and knows how to channel her anger into greater combat performance. She shows definite signs of fiendish corruption so he expects her to resist fire, cold and spells. He thinks she is also capable of smiting an opponent.
NE Small humanoid (goblinoid)
Resist cold, fire; SR
Smite good.
Gaius takes out the dog with his first arrow.
Round 6:
Bolded may act
Kn: Local to identify the goblins, but other than weapons they look like the ones you just fought
It is a DC 10 Swim check if you want to swim across the stream.
It is likely many of you could jump it if you choose your crossing well.
Purple Goblin
White Goblin
Blue Goblin
Red Goblin
Gaius Protection from Evil, Divine Favor Need to know who you shot with second arrow
Azalmak
Round 7:
Orange Beast 9 damage
John
Evelyn
Cara 4 damage
Cara decides she doesn’t like the idea of swimming, so she runs back and grabs the crossbow she dropped.
Round 6:
Bolded may act
Kn: Local to identify the goblins, but other than weapons they look like the ones you just fought
It is a DC 10 Swim check if you want to swim across the stream.
It is likely many of you could jump it if you choose your crossing well.
Purple Goblin
White Goblin
Blue Goblin
Red Goblin
Gaius Protection from Evil, Divine Favor Need to know who you shot with second arrow
Azalmak
Round 7:
Orange Beast 9 damage
John
Evelyn
Cara 4 damage
John leaps into the stream!
Round 6:
Bolded may act
Kn: Local to identify the goblins, but other than weapons they look like the ones you just fought
It is a DC 10 Swim check if you want to swim across the stream.
It is likely many of you could jump it if you choose your crossing well.
Purple Goblin
White Goblin
Blue Goblin
Red Goblin
Gaius Protection from Evil, Divine Favor Need to know who you shot with second arrow
Azalmak
Round 7:
Orange Beast 9 damage
John Standard action left
Evelyn
Cara 4 damage
Gaius’s second arrow hits the javelin thrower.
John decides to dunk himself in the stream. He finds it is deep enough for him to fully submerge himself.
Evelyn gracefully leaps the stream and threatens the goblins.
Round 6:
Bolded may act
Kn: Local to identify the goblins, but other than weapons they look like the ones you just fought
It is a DC 10 Swim check if you want to swim across the stream.
It is likely many of you could jump it if you choose your crossing well.
Purple Goblin 10 damage
White Goblin
Blue Goblin
Red Goblin
Gaius Protection from Evil, Divine Favor
Azalmak
Round 7:
John round 1 of hold breath
Evelyn
Cara 4 damage
Azalmak having seen Evelyn successfully leap across, is convinced to try it themselves. They make it across.
Purple Goblin draws a big sword and swings it at Azalmak! It shouts “Rawg!” as it swings. The blade goes over his head.
White steps back as it says “Get away from me, longshank!” It then shoots at Evelyn but misses.
Blue drops their bow and gets out their blade to slice at Evelyn. They miss.
fragile
Red drops their bow and also gets out their sword as they step into flank. “Now we’ve got this one!” they shout as they swing. It doesn’t help them.
fragile
Round 7:
Bolded may act
Kn: Local to identify the goblins, but other than weapons they look like the ones you just fought
It is a DC 10 Swim check if you want to swim across the stream.
It is likely many of you could jump it if you choose your crossing well.
Purple Goblin 10 damage
White Goblin
Blue Goblin
Red Goblin
Gaius Protection from Evil, Divine Favor
Azalmak
Round 8:
John round 1 of hold breath
Evelyn
Cara 4 damage
Azalmak cuts deeply into Purple, causing her to go down.
The other goblins cry out “You killed Izgarp!”
Round 7:
Bolded may act
Kn: Local to identify the goblins, but other than weapons they look like the ones you just fought
It is a DC 10 Swim check if you want to swim across the stream.
It is likely many of you could jump it if you choose your crossing well.
Purple Goblin 20 damage
White Goblin
Blue Goblin
Red Goblin
Gaius Protection from Evil, Divine Favor
Azalmak
Round 8:
John round 1 of hold breath
Evelyn
Cara 4 damage
John gets to shore. Fortunately for him, the goblin in front of him still has his bow out. John gets out of the water and smashes that goblin.
Cara gets her crossbow and moves up beside Gaius.
Gaius fires his bow at Red Goblin and kills them.
Evelyn shoots her crossbow at the only remaining goblin and manages to kill it.
Well, that was exciting! Three waves of goblins.
Looking through their stuff, in addition to the poorly made goblin weapons and armor you find:
potion of cure light wounds(4), acid (3), alchemist's fire (7), smoke stick, tanglefoot bag(3), thunderstone(2)
There don’t appear to be any more goblins in this area.
Gaius finds the tracks where the goblins came out of the forest. Tracking them back from there is a bit more complicated as the tracks go back and forth over each other. It seems goblins are not inclined to maintain organized formations.
He does find one thing of interest. A single set of fresh canine tracks splitting off from the other attackers and following the fence line on the other side of the fence.
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Gaius finds the tracks where the goblins came out of the forest. Tracking them back from there is a bit more complicated as the tracks go back and forth over each other. It seems goblins are not inclined to maintain organized formations.
He does find one thing of interest. A single set of fresh canine tracks splitting off from the other attackers and following the fence line on the other side of the fence.
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He does find one thing of interest. A single set of fresh canine tracks splitting off from the other attackers and following the fence line on the other side of the fence.
"Canine tracks following the fence?" John inquires. "That would seem to pose a more immediate 'threat' than these goblins." The half-orc places the head of his mace into the flowing water to clean it. With the weapon quickly cleansed, John smiles, "That is, if these goblins can really be considered a 'threat' at all."
Gaius and John lead the way along the fence, the rest of you following behind.
It doesn’t take long before you hear the sounds of screaming and goblin song again. You come to a clearing with a small, one-story wooden house located in the southwest corner of a large fenced-in pasture. Thirty feet south of the house, separated by a wooden fence, is a large wooden barn. The barn's door faces east and is shut and barred when the you arrive.
The screaming is coming from the house.
There is another goblin riding another of the dogs in the clearing, singing and waving their sword around.
You can also hear the sounds of an agitated horse braying and stomping its feet coming from within the barn.
Right now the goblin and dog are distracted and do not seem to notice you.
Those with ranged weapons get into a good position to fire at the goblin and dog.
At the signal, Gaius fires off two arrows. One of them hits, but it isn’t enough to kill the goblin. It does interrupt his singing though, which some may consider an advantage.
Cara says a prayer that her aim be true and makes a nearly perfect shot with her crossbow. Unfortunately it seems the head is not a vital spot to hit this goblin.
Having been struck twice, the goblin is still alive.
Evelyn hits the Goblin, but only because it wasn’t aware when she shot at it. It is very badly wounded at this point.