Kwiazy takes a parting shot at the departing hobbogobbo, but in his eagerness to put flashing blade to green flesh, his strike is a bit clumsy.
Morgryn grimaces in disgust at the cowardice of the hobgoblin, but is not without understanding. He is, however, without thought of mercy. He swings the lucerne hammer at the hobgoblin as it attempts to flee. His eagerness interferes with his accuracy unfortunately. He spits out a curse as he misses!
Stop him, Yewleaf! Jarvak yells.
Yewleaf slices the hobbogobbo, who then limps away.
EVERYONES OF YOU BIGGUNS! GRAB WATER AND TRY TO PUT OUT THE FIRE! shouts Charzark as he charges towards the doors thinking of those trapped inside Burning hurts, burning to death has to hurt a lot
"I'll get up there and cut free the burning bit," Jynnjun hops from foot to foot with nerves from the fight as she speaks. She follows the words with getting out her rope and grappling hook to throw at the chimney or other places it might catch.
Jarvak rushes towards the fire and dumps the contents of his water skin onto the fire.
Stop it from spreading! he yells, keeping a lookout for hobgoblins.
Kwiazy seems entranced by the fire at first... dancing around from foot to foot in a strange little pattern... "fire burn bright!" The words of the others snap him out of his initial joy at the sight of the fire, though and he runs to the nearest water source... well or water barrel, and collects a bucket of water. He runs back to throw it on the fire... Um.. fire bad when it burns longshanks. Me put out fire.. "
He turns to the townsfolk who are with them and gives them a little encouragement to get buckets of water as well and form a bucket chain. "Help put out fire, hoomans, need save this place!"
Come on, get that fire out! Xakroo yelled, grabbing the nearest bucket and trying to douse some of the flames.
Morgryn spat on the hobgoblin and muttered some curses at it even as he turned away and began stomping over towards the burning building. He narrowed his eyes and began using the Create Water spell over the 'hot spots' to try and not only douse the flames but stop them from spreading.
Your combined efforts put the fire out before it is able to spread. There is still no sign that the people in the building were even aware of the fire. They seem to have just been hiding from the hobbogobbos.
Jarvak approaches the building and looks around to see that there are no other hobgoblins. IF he doesn't see any, he says to those in the building.
We're here to get youz out! There are other survivors! We need to go woods! Jarvak says.
He speaks the truth! Come on, hurry, and bring any supplies you can find! Xakroo called out next to Jarvak.
"How do we know who you really are?"
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Jarvak will tell them about other people in the village and how life is/was like.
I'm from around here! I know about the juicy plums that are sold out by mid sun in the market! About the hummingbirds that roost in the tavern! How old Mrs Maggan will bake you the best apple pie if you bring her the ingredients! Jarvak says.
Jynnjun puts her two coppers in. "Look, we just put out this fire which's burning your place down. Is now the time to sit around doing nothing? Hurryhurryhurry!"
Morgryn gave a grunt of satisfaction once they were able to put the fire out. He wiped a forearm across his forehead and blew out a breath. He gave a snort of amusement at the people inside not wanting to come out. "Do we SOUND like hobgobbers?" He chuckled and stepped back.
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When MOrgryn says that, Kwiazy bites his lip. He was about to speak, but realized, They will probably think I sound like a hobbogobbo, after all they're mostly longshanks and they think we all look and sound alike...'If it's green, hate it' He shrugs and then nods toward the woods... softly sings a couple of bars from a song he barely remembers...
Into the woods,
Without delay,
But careful not
To lose the way.
Into the woods,
The time is now,
We have to live,
I don't care how.
The trees are just woods,
the woods are just trees,
no need to be afraid there.
There's something in the glade there...
"Please, we mean you no harm, if we wanted you dead we never would have put out that fire." he turns to Aubrey pleading for him to speak.
You hear scratchy sounds, like furniture moving, and a few bedraggled survivors come out to you. Searching carefully through the store, you find a cache of masterwork weapons.
Jarvak does a quick search and asks if the survivors know of any others. After that he's ready to head to the bridge.
Xakroo finds a masterwork longbow of his size, and he beams at the weapon. Ah, this will do nicely he says while hiding his enthusiasm.
Kwiazy manages to find a finely made small scimitar and exchanges it for his old one, which he slings on his back, just in case he ever needs a backup weapon.
Jarvak finds a nicely made shortbow amongst the cache. He plucks the bowstring as though it was an instrument.
This one sound good! Will be useful! he says.
Morgryn helped the people out and gave instructions on the traveling and buddy system, as well as sharing the load of supplies so no one gets too worn out or overloaded. He is not kind and gentle, but he is compassionate and understanding and his words are not too brusque.
He is surprised to find a version of the polearm weapon he used all the time, the Lucerne Hammer, only this one was much better made than the one he currently carried. He hefted it, tested its weight a bit, then put away his old one and gave a satisfied grin as he began to walk towards the bridge.
"Now who makes a sickle a masterpiece? If they're anywhere here I must thank them."
Yewleaf rummages through the weapons and sees an odd looking knife in the back. Reaching inside he pulls a fine looking weapon identical to the one he currently wields in shape but far surpassing it in quality. "Very nice, I will find great use for this," he remarks as he sheaths his new blade.
Charzark looks among the weapons for a while before choosing a dagger with a dark ebony hilt Oooh shiny!
Ready!
Travelling in formation, you approach the bridge.
You come close enough to see the bridge arching over the Merideth River. It has viewing points that were built into the bridge for toll collectors, even though they have only been used by fishing villagers for years. You see the one hobgoblin and wolf. He is looking around, but has not seen you.
One or two surprise round actions for the entire party; what do you want to do?
Jynnjun gets out and swigs a potion, vanishing from sight. "Going innnn..."
Xakroo looks to the others, Should I sneak around to make a distracting shot?
Jarvak whispers. Aye. We need to take them down quickly. Maybe my singing will help distract them, he says.
Jarvak readies his bow to fire at the hobgoblin.
Xakroo will sneak around to a spot where he can get the hobgoblin's back turned towards the others.
Kwiazy will get as close as he can while staying out of the hobgoblin's sight...then will wait and see what happens between the invisible one and the archer taking the hobgoblin by surprise...
Jarvak tries to hide and get close enough to the hobgoblin to fire off a shot.
A round behind, Jynnjun scurries forward too.
Ok, if what you guys want to do is positioning, I'll set the map up. You may place yourselves as you want, but if you get within 40 feet of the enemy, that starts the fight. If you all stay 40 feet away, one of you can shoot before initiative.
OK, that makes sense.
Kwiazy moves five feet because any closer would put him too close to the enemy to stay hidden...
Morgryn let the smaller folk start getting ready and getting in to positions. He stayed back for the moment, gripping his new and well-crafted Lucerne Hammer tightly. He was getting ready to charge in but was holding off to see if it was needed.
Xakroo hides near the viewing point, and aims his bow, and fires at the hobgoblin.
Jarvak also fires at the hobgoblin, eager to try out his shortbow.
Jarvak's arrow bounces off the hobbogobbo's armor, but Xakroo scores a solid hit.
[spoiler=initiative rolls]
Yewleaf
Morgryn
Kwiazy
hobbogobbo
wolf
Jynnjun
Charzark
Jarvak
Xakroo
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