"Oh, c'mon!" Jessa rolls her eyes, "If the two of you can't break that thing down, we're never getting in there!"
Mitnal and Eugen make attempts to break down the door but both of them seem a little too cautious and the door remains steadfast.
"I wonder where Lim's got to?"
I wander to the edge of the chasm and peer down again, leaving the burly fellows to do the hard work that is, frankly, beyond me.
"Ready Mitnal? This time together, one... two... three!"
"Ready Mitnal? This time together, one... two... three!"
Mitnal falls through the open door.
"I thought we were going after 'three' not on 'three'," he complains.
"Boys, boys..." Jessa shakes her head as she steps past the prone barbarian, "C'mon, let's go!"
"Boys, boys..." Jessa shakes her head as she steps past the prone barbarian, "C'mon, let's go!"
Mitnal pulls himself up off the ground sheepishly.
Mitnal pulls himself up off the packed dirt floor in the midst of six goblins. The goblins seem as surprised as he is. they obviously thought the door would hold a little longer.
Besides the goblins, there are a number of stuffed dog and horse heads mounted on the east wall that can readily be seen.
Jessa pauses as she's about to step over Mitnal when she sees the goblins on the other side of the doorway.
"Oh my!" she says, drawing back so the better-armed warriors can proceed her. Her illusory double springs to life again as an instinctive defense.
The twin images then weave a spell and launch a single icy ray together at one of the goblins.
"Take that you...you...vile goblin!"
"Guys, hold on . . . ," Kenzo stops in mid sentence, and looks up to see goblins that are apparently as surprised as he is.
"Hey, there you are Lim." I turn back toward the action as Lim circles back onto my head.
Catching sight of the goblins I let forth an instant bolt of divine fire, like a nervous impulse.
divine fire through the door (1d20+4=10)
Gyorgy misses but Jessa hits.
Mitnal attempts to rise and attack using his usual klar and hammer combination on two different foes but cannot even manage to hit one.
1d20+3=4, 1d8+2=3, 1d20+1=7, 1d6+2=5
He must have hit his head when he fell.
I stumble a bit as the door goes, and look up to see the goblins.
initiative (1d20 +6=10)
I charge towards them just as jessa's spell flashes past.
Kenzo overcomes his initial surprise and moves to attack in a blur of motion, lashing out at a goblin first with a whipping backfist strike, and following through with a palm heel strike to the center of its chest.
Flurry of Blows:
Attack 1d20=12+1=13, Damage 1d6=6+1=7,
Attack 1d20=16+1=17, Damage 1d6=5+1=6
Goblins on Thistletop - Round 1
Gyorgy: Initiative-24
Mitnal: Initiative-14
Jessa: Initiative-10
Eugen: Initiative-10
Goblins: Initiative-9
Kenzo: Initiative-8
Gyorgy's attack misses. Mitnal rolls to his feet but is unable to land a blow with his weapons. Jessa's cold ray strikes the arm of one of the goblins turning his skin bluish in that spot from the freezing cold. A moment later Eugen cuts down the same goblin.
The five goblins shriek and surge forward. "Goblin's! Goblin's! Gobblliinns!!" they shriek, working themselves into a bit of a frenzy.
Three of them, thinking Mitnal is off balance and easy prey (not to mention he was the first they saw), rush at the big barbarian.
Goblins swarm Mitnal: (1d20+2=7, 1d20+2=8, 1d20+2=21)
Damage: (1d6=2)
One of them manages to nick Mitnal.
The other two move in to attack Eugen, obviosly trying to set themselves up for a flanking attack.
Attacking Eugen: (1d20+2=9, 1d20+2=4)
Eugen manages to pretty well keep them away from hitting him.
Kenzo charges in and knocks one of the goblins attacking Eugen to the ground. The creature tries to get back up but then slumps down, unmoving.
Goblins on Thistletop - Round 2
Gyorgy: Initiative-24
Mitnal: Initiative-14
Jessa: Initiative-10
Eugen: Initiative-10
Goblins: Initiative-9
Kenzo: Initiative-8
Mitnal whirls his hammer around in a sweeping arc, hoping to catch at least one goblin. He follows with a random slash with his klar but needs it more for defense than offense at this point.
Mitnal's hammer catches a goblin under the chin, staggering the little thing. It stumbles back, obviously near collapse.
Jessa focuses her concentration and once again sends her dagger spinning into the fray.
But she overcompensates her levitation of the weapon and it zips harmlessly over a goblin's head.
"Drat!" she complains.
Kenzo draws his sword and thrusts at one of the goblins attacking Mitnal, but the little monster proves to be a quicker target than the young monk expected.
I step closer to the door and aim my divine fire at one of the foes still threatening Mitnal.
divine fire at one of the goblins harassing Mitnal. (1d20+4=21, 1d6+1=7)
I swing around to try to catch the goblin who was flanking me off guard:
Gyorgy's blast knocks a goblin off its feet and back onto its back.
Eugen slices across the chest of a goblin who staggers, only barely managing to stay up. His face fills with fear and he moves a step back, away from Eugen.
That leaves only one goblin still attacking Mitnal. The other, the victim of the hammer blow, seems to be too befuddled to do anything but stare at the barbarian in shock at having been struck.
The one goblin, shrieking and laughing, whirls his dog slicer in a mad dance of death without actually coming close to hitting Mitnal.
Goblins on Thistletop - Round 2
Gyorgy: Initiative-24
Mitnal: Initiative-14
Jessa: Initiative-10
Eugen: Initiative-10
Goblins: Initiative-9
Kenzo: Initiative-8
Jessa reverses course with her levitating dagger and sends it into the nearest goblin.
Mitnal continues to attempt to use his hammer and klar, targetting different enemies with each weapon whenever possible.
With flashing blades and a hammer, the goblins are soon cut down to the last man.
Though most of them are not completely dead, there is not a one of them left standing.
The room, when you take the time to look around, has a hard dirt floor. There are dog and horse heads mounted on the north wall. On the south wall is a large pair of bat like wings pinned with daggers above the door. The wings likely have a ten to fifteen foot wingspan at the least.
There are three doorways along the north wall (a single door, a double door and a single door), with the third actually just within a hallway going east. There is a set of double doors on the west wall. Looking down the hallway to the east, another door going north can be seen, as well as a door on the far eastern wall.
Though most of them are not completely dead, there is not a one of them left standing.
Jessa summons her dagger back to her hand. Seeing that some of the goblins yet live, she can't help but remember the savagery they inflicted on Sandpoint. Before she even realizes it, she points to one of them.
"Heladoviga!"
1d20+2 = 11 to hit
1d3 = 3 hp, 1d3 = 2 hp
"hmmm . . . that wasn't as big a greeting as I feared we would face," Kenzo says as he looks around for any other goblins. After a double take at the large wings over the southern door, he continues, "and it looks like we have lots of options. Thoughts, anyone?"
"Yes..." Jessa agrees, "And hardly the army Tsuto referred to..." She pauses to take in all the doors and hallways. "Well, those two double-doors look like they probably lead somewhere important. Perhaps we should take one of them?"
For DM:
Mitnal smiles at Jessa and helps to finish off the goblins.
The goblins are soon finished off.
Cries of some sort, perhaps orders being shouted, can be heard from somewhere to the North, possibly the North-East.
"Uh-oh...that doesn't sound good," Jessa remarks, "Do we seek them out head-on? Or should we choose a different path and see what damage we cause along the edges of whatever defense the goblins are mustering?"
Thinking Jessa's question was a rhetorical attempt to call for a battle cry, Mitnal raises his hammer and cheers "Head-on!".
"Let's act fast: fortune favours the bold, we've a bloody wind at our backs and this surprise is a valuable ally!"
So, which door?
Kenzo takes the lead and heads for the double door in the north wall, making sure to check the others are with him.
Behind the double doors is a ten foot wide hallway, fifteen feet in length, going north. There are closed double doors on the other end of the hallway.
Opening the first set makes it clear that the voices are from some chamber on the other side of the double doors.
The speaker is a goblin, by the sound of it and as he shouts out orders, one can hear other goblin voices answering compliantly.
"Sounds like we're headed in the right direction," Jessa says, "Before we fight another army of these things, perhaps we should put a bit of luck on our side."
Once everyone's prepared to open the next set of double-doors, the wizardess gives a quick kiss to the cheeks of Kenzo and Mitnal. "You're good friends and able comrades," she says, "If we fall, lets take as many of them with us as we can..."
Jessa then focuses her mind and levitates her dagger before her. Another image of herself winks into existence beside her, seemingly performing the same action.
"Ready when you are..." she says.
I take up my traditional position at the rear as we ready to attack.
I walk up to the next set of doors with kenzo, preparing for a surprise.
I walk up to the next set of doors with kenzo, preparing for a surprise.
Mitnal stands just behind Eugen and Kenzo ready to barrel through the doors and hit things with his big hammer.