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Nogrogomed considered trying to hide behind a tree or in the brush, hoping to surprise the little buggers when they arrive, but remembers he is not a nimble little halfling. Instead, he decides to be the bait, standing in the clearing waiting for them to arrive. Perhaps being big, green, scarred, and bleeding will scare them in to submitting. Nogrogomed will continue to take a Total Defense action until the enemy is in site and he has a chance to act: AC increases to 19 "Finn, perhaps you could position yourself in such a way that would allow you to charge once they rush me. Lucian, perhaps you could take advantage of your stealth to stab them in the back?"
Sensing that his decision to go tree hopping perhaps wasn't very well planned out, Nogrogomed takes one last swing at the kobold before jumping down and moving toward his next target.
to jump down safely Nogrogomed moves towards the other kobolds, drawing a javelin along the way.
Nogrogomed attempts to levy himself up on to the branch, realizing he maybe didn't think this all the way through.
Now staring down at the kobold, he takes a swing
Nogrogomed, sullenly looks at his falchion and back at the kobold up in the trees. He lets out a bestial scream as loud as he can, waving the falchion menacingly. [dice=Intimidate to Demoralize] 1d20 + 7[/dice] With his magically enhanced speed, he then proceeds to take a running jump in an attempt to land in the tree next to or near the kobold
"To take pity on something attempting to kill you is compassionate. It will also likely get you stabbed in the balls." ~ Nogrogomed :)
Nogrogomed looks over is shoulder, asking casually,"Lucian, could have a look at this? I nearly set this off and I have no skill at disabling them. I will watch your back."
<- +2 to find hidden objects or traps
<- +2 to find hidden objects or traps
"Let us test their resolve when they have to meet me face to face" Nogrogomed cast Leaded Blades, swiftly activates his Sudden Speed ability, and uses a move action to advance up to 60 feet, depending on the layout, hoping to provide a spot to allow Finn to charge anything that my pop up behind him.
Nogrogomed will track as well
"Opalia, where I come from you earn your glory by the scars you carry. Defeating a foe with overwhelming force while being unharmed may be a great show of prowess to some, but to my people it means you have not challenged yourself appropriately. That is not to say every fight needs to be a near death experience against vastly overpowering enemies, but respect is earned the closer you get to balance of maximum risk to yourself and your ability to overcome that risk. For a largely graceless people, I believe my clan has found a fundamentally beautiful mechanic for discovering oneself - what you can do, what you can handle, how you can improve. The trick is, of course, being able to assess yourself and your enemy to gauge risk before you get yourself killed for taking on more than you can handle. In regards to the owlbear specifically, it was certainly more of a challenge than I anticipated, but not every loss results in death. From this defeat I will grow, and I must say I think the new scar is rather lovely."
While the party enjoys coffee and their breakfast, Nogrogomed will keep a look out.
Nogrogomed spends the first part of the morning having a quiet, yet intense, conversation with his mask. The mask can be seen over his shoulder, hanging from a branch. With his back turned to the party, he makes attempts to turn away from anyone who might try to glimpse his maskless face. After an hour or so he rises, stretches, and after eating his trail rations, puts on the mask. While everyone else is going about their morning rituals, he whiles the time away cleaning and caring for his falchion.
Nogrogomed volunteers for the first watch
"I wonder how much tax they'd charge on that..."
While working to free the creature and ascertain its condition, Nogrogomed asks,"Finn, I believe it likely that any intelligent predator familiar with this area who has previously steered clear of these spiders will find it odd that they would host a fire so close to their webbed meals and possible lairs. Perhaps we should avoid the attention. I'll leave to you all to decide. In any case, I will happy to take the first watch. I can see just fine with or without a fire. Ichabod, I still have a few remaining scratches if you'd be willing to heal them before you rest."
Nogrogomed will work to free the creature, taking his time to insure he does not injure it.
Nogrogomed will use 20 feet of movement to try and tumble in to a flank position with Garrun before striking, trying to avoid being bitten while his guard is down.
After this effort, Nogrogomed become quite tired. "Who knew these critters could be such trouble"
Well, no one has been poisoned yet at least
In either case it would take you action next turn, as I think you acted twice in the same round
Nogrogomed will begin raging
Nogrogomed is not at all happy about this webbing... "...hate creepy crawlies..."
"RAAAAAAAAAARGH" Nogrogomed bursts through the webbing and once again closes on the spider.
”Dėl randų ir šlovės”
Orc:
"For scars and glory"
Did you try turning it off and then back on again? :P
"Creepy crawlies coming in from the east! Perhaps those of delicate dispositions should stand back"
If permitted, Nogrogomed will take the following actions:
Nogrogomed prepares his falchion, not sure what he is looking or listening for
Nogrogomed ventures a guess at what may be sneaking around, and states loudly while gripping his falchion,
Goblin:
"Little One, you will find no easy meal here. Be gone, or state your business" May as well try talking first...
"Oh, do not get me wrong, I will be happy to meet Our Lady of Souls. But it would be a shame to go when I could be saved to collect more scars. If you can help, please do so, if you cannot, do not worry. We must all accept the fates we are given."
"Aye, I'm with Lucian"
"Take solace that it will not be unpleasant for us, as we will have already been judged. What matter is the end of the material plane once every living thing has already passed on? Now, shall we proceed, camp here, or continue on?"
"At least we have an idea for the mentality of whoever built the shrine, but I put no credence in it. If there is nothing else of interest here, let's move on before it gets too late."
"Perhaps it is a religious motif, but I don't know much about such things. I admire Pharasma, but I'm not sure if she would love this or hate it. Death is the great leveler. In any case, I'm curious how recently it has been visited, and perhaps what manner of tracks have been left. Again, I'm not sure I'd expect goblins to have this much attention to detail." Nogrogomed feels very conflicted, and confused, by his inability to understand this monument. Death should be respected and embraced, but he's not sure if this is proper respect, or disrespect thereof. He'll mull over this, but for know he is cautiously looking for traps, remaining wary.
"Well lads and ladies, let's be on our guard." Nogromomed proceeds down the path.
"Aye, the bridge could use some work, but if the keep wants it done they can sure as Pharasma pay us for it, given the taxes they charge. I've known a few goblins, even learned their tongue, but I'm puzzled why they would bother to mount the head at all and not just eat it. Or pickle it. Those buggers will pickle anything. Makes me wonder if these are odd goblins, or something else entirely."
"Well that's not very subtle." Nogrogomed hefts his falchion and headds towards the trail warily.
Hey now, what if we get hungry?! Nogrogomed is a growing boy!
Nogrogomed, with his falchion out and resting on his shoulder, continues down the road just behind Lucian.
I think we can continue on with Opalia on auto-pilot, we have six actives. That way we don't have to wait most of a week to continue.
Perhaps we should have left the donkey at the keep
Hmm. Perhaps we have an over abundance of melee, 5 if you count the dog. Each will want to be in the front for various reasons. Not unmanageable, but perhaps it won't be so easy to settle on a generally acceptable order.
I'm wondering what Finn will prefer. Perhaps he would have no problem being second rank and letting Lucian and Nogrogomed be the front rank.
"May as well keep going."
Should we establish a standard marching order to make it easier for the DM to understand our general orientation? Being a front-line fighter with decent perception and survival, I'm happy to be up-front. The wild cards are Finn and Lucian. Finn will need space for charging, and I'm guessing Lucian will want one of two things: To be upfront to make use of perception, and have a chance to act early for surprise round sneaks, OR to hang back, giving us rear guard perception, and the ability to come forward once we've set up flanking positions for him. I've used the map from the last encounter to try and parse out possible set-ups. We could space it out of course, but I just threw it together for context. Warpriest, witch (plus donkey), and cleric in the middle, me and Finn up front (me for perception, he for chargability) the archer and rogue in the back. Alternatively, we could move the rogue to the second rank so he can still provide perception, but can move forward or backward to react.
"It seems we are agreed. On we go then. Let's keep an eye out for more critters, those last ones weren't very nice."
"I wonder if anyone in town will recognize the jewelry. In any case, shall we continue exploring?"
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