Drubbus reaches for a tindertwig in his tunic, and tosses it to Rita , and almost loses his footing as he watches the tindertwig fall to the deck below him.
He decides that the dogs don't pose a threat since they're tied up, and descends the ladder and takes a position with his back to the shack's wall, handaxe drawn, waiting for a longshanks to step out.
Medge starts searching through her pockets. She whispers to Rita and Drubbus"I have smokestick, can smoke 'em out good...bottles of acid, and um..." She points to the patches on the fancy new robe she's borrowing from Chief Gutwad "..this patch make ladder...have to think what they are..."
Poog climbs up the aft mast using the rope and find's himself 10 feet above the ship's deck. He can see the two dogs chained on the upper deck and a ladder leading to the galley just behind them. Attached to the platform is a set of ropes that lead to the other platform on the central mast.
Inside the aft crow's nest, he sees a sling and a dozen stones stacked in a pile.
The dogs see Poog climb the aft mast and start barking and pulling on their chains.
Drubbus readies an attack with his handaxe.
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Rita walks over and grabs up the tinderwood, Thanks Drubbus. Looking around at the group making sure they are ready she proceeds to the port hole.
Drawing and raising her gorge, barely able to contain her excitement of the fire that she is about to toss in this cabin, she swings at the porthole with all her might. .
After her pathetic attempt to break the window a thought pops in her head. Boom Boom and fire dont mix well...., but she quickly forgets about it and gets ready for anothe swing.
Drubbus smiles at Rita with a shy grin. He likes watching her do things. He walks to the door and decides to smash it with his axe...
Poog realizes the dogs have seen him. He also notices Rita and Drubbus trying to enter the cabin either by breaking the window or breaking down the door. The dogs are barking and the attacks on the door and window will surely have alerted whoever's inside the cabin. Hoping to prevent a potential flanked attack, he decides to head for the dogs.
"Dogs wild, frenzy. Hope chains not break..."
Rather than risking moving across the rope going between the two masts and falling, he decides to climb back down the same mast he went up.
When the dogs start barking again Medge flinches. The only thing she hates more than dogs are filthy sharks. "Dogs bad. Have lotsa sharp teeth...". She shakes her head to clear her thoughts.
Moving silently she goes to the unoccupied portal. . Instead of hitting it she tries cleaning the muck off with her sleeve. Maybe she can sneak a peak and see exactly what's inside.
Drubbus has a bright idea, and tries to open the door instead of breaking it...
Rita attempts to strike the porthole window with the blade handle but misses completely, hitting the wooden panel of the main cabin with a loud bang.
In Drubbus' attempt to break inside the main cabin, he halfheartedly swings his handaxe at the wooden door, hardly scratching it.
Medge tries to clean the grime off the porthole, but most of the dirt is on the other side of the window. With some vigorous scrubbing, all she can see is two blurs moving about in the cabin.
As Poog makes his way down to the main deck, the dogs bark and pull on their chains in a frenzy. With much force, the dog with the crooked tail breaks his rusty chain and leaps off the upper deck landing right next to Poog just as the goblin was reaching the main deck.
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Drubbus lowers his handaxe and slowly twists the door handle and...
It opens.
A loud piercing laugh comes from within the main cabin.
"Muwahaha. Fried gobbies go good with dog legs!"
Before Drubbus can react, a medium-sized ball of flame comes flying out of the main cabin door.
Produce fire:
Damage:
The ball of flame hits Drubbus right in the chest, leaving burn marks on his studded armor.
After he put's out the flames, what he sees is particularly frightening. Inside the cabin is none other than the cannibal Vorka herself and her animal companion, a giant frog.
Vorka wears a bloody apron as if she had recently finished eating a meal, which could have been a dog, goblin or even a human. Her mouth is her most fearsome feature - it's a bit too wide, even for goblin standards, and you can tell that her habit of filing her already sharp teeth has resulted in a snaggletooth grin of mismatched teeth that leaves little doubt as her preference for tough, stringy meat.
She wears rags and bits of stained cloth - trophies harvested almost at random from her hapless victims - over her equally patchwork leather armor. On top of her head is a floppy, pointy leather hat that makes her appear to have a large, misshapen head.
Initiative:
Vorka's eyes light up when she sees Drubbus shy away from the flames.
"Mmm. Burnt gobbie is good eats."
As Drubbus is putting out the flames, Vorka pushes past him and leaps for the aft mast, quickly climbing up to the platform. To the surprise of the party, Vorka doesn't seem to use the ropes to climb the mast, instead she is able to crawl up the pole like a large spider.
Once at the top of the mast, she calls down to her giant toad:
"Lord Longtung loves gobbie meat also. My sweet, kill gobbies for mommy."
Up Next: Drubbus, Giant Toad, Medge, Poog, Rita, Crooked-tail dog
Drubbus releases a foul belch on the dog, and moves to G11.
Drubbus opens his mouth wide and lets out a wretched burp in front of the crooked-tail dog's snout. The dog reels back in horror, dry heaving.
Lord Longtung hops his way outside the main cabin as Drubbus positions himself at the lower side of the ship. The faint smell of Drubbus' foul belch lingers.
The toad lunges at Poog trying to bite him.
Bite:
But misses.
Up Next: Medge, Poog, Rita, Crooked-tail dog
When Vorka emerges Medge jumps in shock. She watches her climb the mast in horror. "Vorka! Bad! Bad bad bad!" Medge turns to Rita and points at her rope. "I need rope! I sing make rope move!
When the dog starts dry heaving Medge sees her chance to attack. Medge swings at it with her dogslicer. It's a poorly judged swing; Medge only hits because the dog is too busy being sick to move.
The crooked-tail dog is too busy dry heaving to notice Medge's dogslicer come down on its body.
The blade cuts deep into the hound's back, dropping him to the floor and leaving him motionless.
Up Next: Poog, Rita
"Medge, brave! Good Medge!" Poog exclaims quickly as Medge cleaves the dog. The Vorka being immediately upon him makes his voice squeak a bit.
Poog decides the Vorka must be the next to go. He looks at the Vorka. Too close for comfort, he thinks to himself. He moves to give himself some distance between the Vorka.
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Hearing Medge's good plan Rita opens her bag and grabs out the moleskin rope from earlier, as she pulls the rope out of her bag she runs up to d12 trying to get in front of the fat toad to block for Medge and Poog. When she passes by Medge she drops the rope at her feet. Make rope move and I will climb, Rita fastest climber here.
Poog prays to Zarongel and his hand becomes engulfed in flames. He harnesses that power and pushes it toward Vorka, but the crows nest provides too much cover for him to hit her.
Rita's mole-sewn rope lands squarely in front of Medge as she passes.
"Ha Ha Ha, Vorka eat dead doggy later with dead gobbies stew."
Vorka nimbly crosses the rigging between the two mast platforms and positions herself in the crow's nest above the mangy hound on the upper deck. She grabs a Desnan candle that was laying on the platform and points it downward, ready to attack.
"Those ears might taste fine stuffed with eyes," she calls out to the party.
Up Next: Drubbus, Giant Toad, Medge, Poog, Rita, Mangy Hound
Drubbus drinks his potion of Cure Light Wounds, trying to recover from the fireball. . His burns magically heal, and he feels strong and brave once more. . He throws the empty vial aside and prepares to get his crossbow ready.
Lord Longtung hops in place and furiously croaks when he sees Rita approach him. He shows her his teeth, which are oddly sharp for a toad - as if he's been eating nothing but meat.
He lunges at Rita with his mouth wide open.
But misses.
Up Next: Medge, Poog, Rita, Mangy Hound
Medge puffs out her chest when Poog praises her. She starts to sing. "Sneaky Medge knows lots of stuff-" while singing she snatches up the rope. "-in a fight she's really tough!" Medge eyes the distance between herself and Vorka. Instead of using the rope she detaches one of her robe's patches- the one with a ladder on it.
After Medge removes the patch, she drops it on the floor and almost instantly the patch poofs into a 15-foot wooden ladder. The ladder tilts back and she catches it with her hands.
Poog sees that brave Medge is going for the Vorka up in the crowsnest with her magical ladder. "Woaahh!" he exclaimed, excited about the ladder that appeared from her found patch.
He decides to try another method on the Longtung. He throws a javelin at the stinky toad.
"Wahoooooo, take that, stinky frog!"
He remains in place
Lord Longtung tries to hop over the javelin, but the thin spear connects, leaving a deep cut on the side of the toad's right leg.
Up Next: Rita, Mangy Hound
Rita's own joke catches her off her game for only a second, which was enough time for Lord Longtung to move an inch to the left, dodging the strike.
Hearing all the commotion on the main deck, the mangy hound pulls on his rusty chains.
But the chain doesn't break.
Vorka stands on top of the central mast platform and hurls taunts to the party below.
"Goblin legs for Goblin stew, I'll tear apart each of you!"
She cackles loudly from atop her perch. "Doggy wants to play with gobbies. But Lord Longtung takes all the fun!"
In a quick motion, Vorka descends the central mast without any help of a rope or ladder. She crawls down the pole on all fours and lands squarely on her feet behind the mangy hound - who is too busy barking at all of you to notice her.
She raises her scimitar and brings it down hard on the rusty chain.
Still the chain doesn't break and Vorka goes into a fit of rage.
Up Next: Drubbus, Giant Toad, Medge, Poog, Rita, Mangy Hound
Lord Longtung hops into the air and comes down on Rita with a powerful bite.
The frog's teeth scratches Rita's leather armor, but otherwise doesn't hurt her. Tis a scratch afterall.
Up Next: Medge, Poog, Mangy Hound, Drubbus
Medge cheers when Poog's spear hits "Good! Hit dumb frog!" Medge drops the ladder. Cornering Vorka will be tricky, especially with the giant frog biting everyone. She moves by Poog, swings outside the mast and stops on the other side. She does some fancy dodge and roll maneuvers in case Lord Longtung tries to bite her.
Medge stabs at the toad "You no kill us dumb frog!"
The toad croaks in pain after it's stabbed with Medge's dogslicer. The attack draws a deal of blood after Medge removes her sword.
Up Next: Poog, Rita, Mangy Hound, Drubbus
Drubbus steps to E12 on the main deck and shoots his crossbow at the frog
Poog, seeing that there are plenty of tough goblins on this level of the ship all whacking bleeding frog, he decides to advance up a level and start whacking the Vorka and the mangy dog.
He attempts to climb the ladder to the main deck.
Once there he stays near the ladder in case an easy escape needs to be made, especially since the Vorka is trying to free the mangy dog. Best to kill dog first, he thought.
He decides to take another attempt at his rusty clerical spell, Fire Bolt...
A bright flame engulfs Poog's hands as he prays to the god Zarongel. He harnesses that power and pushes the flame toward the mangy hound, still chained to the central mast.
The dog yelps as the flame singes its fur.
Up Next: Rita, Mangy Hound, Drubbus
Rita takes a swing at the toad with her dogslicer but misses.
The mangy hound weakly pulls on his chain.
Drubbus peeks around the corner of the main cabin and fires a crossbow bolt toward Lord Longtung. The bolt grazes the toad leaving a light cut on his oily skin.
Vorka watches as Poog climbs the ladder to the upper deck and grins a sharp toothy grin.
"Mmm, Vorka loves good floppy goblin ears to eat. Me thinks liver be good too!"
She raises her scimitar high in the air and smiles. The blade comes down hard on the rusty chain that restrains the mangy hound.
The chain cuts clearly in half.
Up Next: Drubbus, Giant Toad, Medge, Poog, Rita, Mangy Hound
Drubbus reloads and shoots again at the froggy and decides that the stupid crossbow isn't as cool as he thought it was.
The giant toad croaks (almost as if it was laughing at you) as Drubbus' bolt flies widely away.
He happily tries to take a bite out of Medge, now that she's in range.
Medge easily dodges the bite and the toad almost takes a piece of the wooden mast out with its teeth.
Up Next: Medge, Poog, Rita, Mangy Hound
Medge taunts the toad as she dodges "Haha, can't catch me! Dumb frog is too slow! . She shifts position so the toad is caught between her and Rita.
The toad being trapped between the two goblins makes him easier to hit in theory. In reality it means that when Medge gets overzealous her swing not only misses her target but it comes close to hitting Rita.
The giant toad's eyes move back and forth nervously now that its being surrounded by Rita and Medge.
Medge swings her dogslicer at the toad but through the excitement she slips on the mossy deck and falls to the ground, dropping her weapon in the process.
Up Next: Poog, Rita, Mangy Hound
"Haaa, fire!" Poog yelled as the flames swirled from his hands to lick the dogs fur. His excitement is short-lived however, as he sees the chain securing the dog to the mast get chopped in two.
Realizing the dog is clearly able to run faster than Poog with his short, goblin legs, running away is out of the question. But Poog wouldn't run away anyhow. Feeling more confident in his clerical abilities, he prepares another fire bolt for the mangy dog...
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Seeing this Giant Toad take out a chunk of mast she knows this fight will not continue in her favor unless they can get rid of the Toad.
Good Job Medge now we can take out this stupid toadRita yelled out Hoping that with Medges strategy they will be able to take out this toad and she takes another swing.
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Poog's bolt of fire engulfs the mangy hound for a few seconds before quickly burning out. The dog yelps in pain as the smell of burnt skin wafts through the ship.
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Instead of coming down hard on the toad with her dogslicer, Rita goes in for a sharp stab. The stab goes in deep, leaving a bloody wound just below the neck.
With blood gushing out the side, Lord Longtung croaks weakly, but he still remains standing.
Meanwhile, on the upper deck, the mangy hound, now free of its chains, rushes toward Poog barking loudly.
It jumps a few feet off the ground and tries to land its sharp teeth in Poog's arm.
Poog quickly moves his arm, narrowly avoiding the hound's bite.
Vorka squeals with delight as the mangy hound runs toward Poog.
"Leave some tasty goblins for me, doggie!" she says.
She grips her scimitar tight and runs toward Poog ready to strike.
The blade comes close to Poog's face but he moves at the last moment.
Up Next: Drubbus, Giant Toad, Medge, Poog, Rita, Mangy Hound
Drubbus decides to drop the crossbow for now and draws his hammer, attacking the frog again. . and wishes he had more coordination. He wonders if perhaps there's something more helpful that he can do...
Drubbus steps up to the giant toad and swings his hammer and misses.
Lord Longtung, bloody and bruised, takes his chances by trying to bite Medge.
Even though Medge is lying on the ground, the giant toad's weak attempt at biting her doesn't even come near.
Up Next: Medge, Poog, Rita, Mangy Hound
Medge is still trying to figure out why she's lying down when she sees the toad coming for her. She rolls away from his gaping mouth and avoids the bite. "HA! Dumb toad can't bite me!" As she taunts the toad she pushes herself to her feet.
Medge gets a cheeky grin on her face. She reaches into her bag and, with a dramatic flourish, pulls out another dogslicer. "Tada!
Poog, seeing that he's about to be surrounded, decides to move back downstairs to the main deck so there will be more effort to help take out these guys. .
He readies his Dogslicer to be safe, and takes cover behind the large mast.
"Come get us, hahaha," Poog hollered as he moved down the stairs. "Medge, ok?"
As Medge pushes off the ground, Lord Longtung finds it an opportune time to strike.
The giant toad's teeth goes deep into Medge's shoulder, but she manages to stand up.
Meanwhile, on the Upper Deck, Poog takes a step back from the battle. As he is makes his way back down the ladder, the mangy hound see a perfect opportunity to get a bite in.
Poog jumps off the bottom rung of the ladder at the last moment as the mangy hound comes in for a sharp bite.
Up Next: Rita, Mangy Hound