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Hey everyone, as you might have seen I'm a bit too preoccupied to focus on GM-ing a game atm. This will probably not improve over the coming months so I think it might be best to call this campaign at an end. I'm sorry for this, but I hope you enjoyed it so far, I know I at least have. If I ever start up another game, I'll let you all know via PM if you're interested.
David moves up a little closer again and fires a bolt from his crossbow at one of the goblins, Taliesin on the other hand moves up to assist Nathan and Nathaniel and swings at the last goblin standing.
David misses the last goblin, the bolt bouncing off of Nathaniel's armour who was in melee with him, Taliesin maneuvres so that the goblin is caught almost unawares and gets hit pretty badly. He still stands, but then fear catches ahold of him and he flees from the battlefield and retreats inside the caves.
Inside the caves there's a lot of commotion as the last goblin enters the caves and you hear shouting and a sudden squealing sound.
The gostly curved blade kills the other helper goblin who was too distracted to notice the blade in the first place. He did notice it when he saw the other end sticking through his chest however.
The one in front of Nathaniel gets whacked by his mace but keeps standing. Forfax and Scout kill one, and Scout slams his hoof into the goblin attacking Taliesin takes a full hoof to the face and there's a crunch of bone beneath the hoof and he slumps to the ground unconscious.
The sudden appearance of a spirit weapon behind me catches the ballista-firing goblin totally by surprise and wounds him badly, but he still stands.
The goblins now attack with renewed vigor either through fear or morale you can't really say.
The goblin attacking Forfax also misses, although barely, Forfax manages to dodge the mace by using the other end of his bill. The wounded helper goblin tries to run away but falls down after his initial sprint and doesn't get up. The other helper drags the bolt towards the ballista and starts loading it. The ballista goblin though takes out a short sword and approaches the right side to attack Taliesin as he isn't in a fight yet. Yet he also misses his swing and Taliesin easily avoids it.
Taliesin charges the right three goblins wielding his longsword two-handedly and slices at the goblin who has already got the bite wound from Scout.
Nathan rides hard after one of the goblins on the left side, aiming to cut down another, at the same time Nathaniel kept on and jumped off just before Nathan attacked.
The goblin, scraed of the sudden charge of the horse ducks just in time, cowering before the horse and rider, this saved him from receiving a nasty cut across his chest. Suddenly behind the ballista using goblin, appears a ghostly elven curved blade ready to attack.
David blasts one of the helpers goblins and he drops one end of the new ballista bolt as he feels really uneasy. The other goblin drags the bolt further on. Nathaniel misses the goblin in front of him.
Because their armour is thrown together in almost an instant the goblins haven't properly gotten their bodies completely covered and Forfax's bill pierces a goblin exactly in such a spot and it falls down in a wailing pile of dying goblin. Forfax shakes of the goblin as he readies himself for a next attack, while Scout bites another goblin at the right side of the ballista in his shoulder. Again the goblin screams in agony.
In his haste though the goblin releases the string too early and the bolt sails over the heads of Nathan and Nathaniel. The other 5 goblins now appear in quickly donned fashion at the sides of the ballista, while the two loading goblins quickly get another bolt for the siege weapon. GM things:
Perception DC 33 for Taliesin, Forfax, Nathan and Nathaniel:
There is a goblin in shining armour watching the chaos in front of the caves from higher up, an opening in the caves that looks chiseled out, some sort of air vent perhaps. Two loud hornblasts suddenly echo across the cave system, a ruckus of noise can be heard from inside the caves shortly afterwards. As if large groups of goblins race for weapons and other stuff.
"Don't worry about that Nathaniel, she is a true-blooded warhorse she can hold you."
The goblins seem to be hastily reloading the weapon, no bolt comes off from the weapon, but the five goblins relaxing in the sun have finally caught up that they're un der attack and are gathering their weapons and squirming into their amrour.
The group's initial approach goes smoothly but then around 300 feet there's much screaming and wailing from the goblins outside the caves and a sound of cranking is heard with the eventual *Twang* sound from the ballista.
The ballista bolt goes wide, but narrowly misses Nathan and Nathaniel, landing several feet away in the ground close to Taliesin and David.
Two goblins hurry toward the ballista with a new bolt.
"So how many goblins did you see there Taliesin? Are we greatly outnumbered or are the groups manageable? Did you find their leader perhaps?" Nathan asks him as he answers the other's questions.
Taliesin: In these caverns you saw about 25-30 goblins total, most of them were in common room. There are no more caverns here, not in this cave, you didn't seem to find another exit though. So where does that other cave entrance lead to?
Taliesin: You can see no other exits to this room, the smoke and heat blur your vision a bit and you make your way back to the split in the section.
When you go right, you find another door that's locked, though it looks a softer sort of door than the great oaken doors you've seen before. It looks more easily breakable and there's a quite simple lock on it.
Taliesin:
Going left you come to a fiery smithing room, a large furnace stands in the middle of the room, it glows extremely hot and radiates an intense heat. A lot of smithing supplies litter the room and it seems someone has been working here quite recently. In the moulds bubbles a silvery white substance.
The moulds resemble parts of an armour though it's larger than anything you've seen made before.
Meanwhile as Taliesin is scouting around the insides of the caves. The others can see a group of eight goblins coming out of the woodlands some 150 feet away from you. As the group hid themselves quite well to avoid detection, this scouting group doesn't look like they've seen you and they're heading for the caves themselves now.
Taliesin: You come across two sleeping rooms one to your left and one to the right, each with over 50 beds is your first assumption, but that is only at first glance. There is a multitude of small goblins walking around, some carrying bows, some carrying axes or maces, but also some who appear to be spiritual leaders of some sort as one attends a small group and is talking to them and another is performing healing on two sick goblins.
Further on there is a common room and eating room to the left and a foul-smelling room to the right. Then you come across a section in which two paths diverge and a closed off room right in front of you. The door is made out of solid oak and it would be hard to get into the room without the key.
Taliesin:
Taliesin wastes no time after having cast Invisibility to approach the caves and as he gets closer, he sees that the goblins are prepared for unwelcome visitors. Three goblins look out over the open land from whence Taliesin came and the others are waiting, two of them having some sort of long lens and the third is sitting behind a very large crossbow on a rotatable platform. Furthermore, there are 5 goblins walking around outside the caves, or even chilling in the sun.
GM:
Taliesin approaches unseen up till 300 feet distance, moving at a slow pace makes him harder to notice and he can see two more dots at the structure in front of the caves.
Taliesin: That's fine by me, but do tell me how far off you intend to get to the caves without using invisibility.
The group manages to approach the caves up to 600 feet without any trouble, though now the forest edge appears and cover is little from this side. Int now closer distance, you can see a large structure of sorts standing atop of a rocky hill, just before the two caves and below the spot where black smoke rises from the side of the mountain. There are several smaller dots moving into the left cave. Perception DC 25:
You can hear sounds of a goblin patrol still in the woods, coming from your south-side. Perception DC 30: The structure in the distance doesn't look like a building or look-out tower, but it is certainly big. There's a small dot beside it.
From the vantage point you have no you could see a few dots, probably goblins heading into the left cave opening from the two combined. There's some big structure close to the entrance though, what it is exactly you're not sure.
No problem there Elenzar, my idea to start at level 1 Gestalt seems to have been quite confusing.
PC Class 4 Elenzar, but still gestalt at first level, so just add the stats for PC class 4 and you're fine. Pleaseoutline it like Nathaniel and Taliesin have done.
"I've got only the one Forfax, I'd think it would scare animals if you'd try to put one on them." Nathan replies. The following morning comes without too much trouble, as the rest of you make preparations to leave, Nathan still sleeps soundly until the end of the morning.
May they get better soon Forfax, don't worry I'm rather busy myself at the moment, so posting may be slower than usual.
"Well I'm glad I found you, if anything like that would happen again I'd make sure you get the hell out." Nathan laughs as he sets down his equipment for the night and makes his bed down close to the others. "I've heard your reasons for exploring and venturing out to here from Lord Midway and Arvinth. Arvinth gave me this little gadget to be able to catch up to you during the night, daytime travel seemed a little dangerous." Nathan pulls out the strange glasses he had on earlier, the glasses in them are dark and look shaded, but still quite clear. "It allows me to see through the darkness which I normally couldn't, it's pretty handy and I can only guess how Arvinth came by it. Arvinth also pressed me to not let you do anything too rash, 'we may find more out there than just enemies' he said."
Enjoy the camping trip Forfax, I'll DMPC you if needed.
"I've seen the evidence of your troubles, though one skirmish had me baffled as there were no slain enemies close. You must tell me more about that. I'll need to find a good path to get my horse up there. Forfax can you show me the path you used to get Scout up the hill?" Nathan asks as he grabs the reins of his own horse again. Nathan will follow you back to your campsite and will rest for several hours with you, enjoying his deserved time of peace and sleep.
The man looks up to you and the shine of the moonlight glints in what would be his eyes. Slowly he removes his hood and seems to remove something before his eyes. The look of the man changes somewhat as he squints his eyes and holds up a hand as if he's trying to see you better.
"I was actually looking for you, you were difficult enough to track through rain, muddy terrain and now these rough hills."
"Elenzar right? You guys left quite a slew of slain goblins behind in your way south."
The three of you make your way closer to the sound of the horse and it takes you several minutes to have a clearer view of it. Forfax is the first to spot the rider as well. The horse steps around slowly, but the rider is cloaked in dark cloth and seems to be looking for something on the ground, sometimes even stepping off and face turned down.
His gear is pretty usual, a longsword on his hip, sturdy boots and a faint glimmer from beneath his cloak as the moon shines on it. The only thing that stands out is the weird glimmer at eyeheight as he turns to and fro as if something else than his armour is reflecting the moonlight. It doesn't look like he's spotted you though.
The hoofbeats move slowly westwards, but seem to slow down even more from time to time as though it's standing almost still.
Both Forfax and Elenzar can't see the source of the sound, but Elenzar can distinguish the snort and soft whinny of a horse. It moves in a slow pace at the bottom of the hill you're camping on.
The sound draws a little nearer, and a slight tinging can be heard as well as though there's material of some sort banging against each other.
The following night is quite restless for you all as the night gets a little chilly when you light no fire and the one of you that watches in the night and the guards after that, sees the groups of goblins heading more to the western side and disappear behind a mountain. The groups of goblins disappear one by one during the night, the torches disappearing during the night. The last group of torches disappears around 4 AM in the morning.
Elenzar sees the same thing as Taliesin, the illuminated faces of four goblins, and a few dark shapes between them.
The other groups were too far away for you to get close quickly enough, but the other groups seemed to also have four lit torches with them.
Taliesin sees the group appearing from a south-western road. His eyes need some real adjusting to the dark, but he can clearly see the four goblins carrying the torches as they are illuminated against the darkness. Three of them carry bows, the fourth one carries a spear and a horn.
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