Kend decides the orc who appears to be giving orders should be prioritized and leaves the mutant to Karth. He feels his anger at his new comrade's wound overtaking his reason. Dropping the axe held in his left hand, he swings his warhammer forward with both hands in an overhand blow.
Attack
Damage
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With the bow in his hand and the mutant so close, Karth falls back a step up the stairs, notching an arrow and letting it fly at her chest.
Unfortunately the woman seems to be adapting to the close quarters fighting quickly, stretching forward with her falchion and batting aside the arrow just as it leaves the bow.
Kend turns his attention to the orc leader, letting his other weapon fall so he can put his full power behind his warhammer. The clang of the axe on stone brings the orc's attention from Karth to the barbarian for a moment though and he sees the swing coming just in time to leap back out of the way of the blow.
12 Errigal*
12 Buckwell
11 Creature from west
9. Leader
(end of round 2)
21 Zeldin
21 Kathrine
20 Thugs
19 Karth
13 Kend-Krid
Seeing Katherine fall unconcious at his feet, Bucky casts a Cure light wounds spell on the injured woman.
Cure light wounds:
Errigal nods at Buckwell, "Keep her safe and watch you back from that thing Buckwell, they need my help up front."
Errigal then manuevers his way down the stairwell next to Zeldin and and attemps to strike the mutant woman with a spiked elbow.
Attack
Damage
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Errigal steps down the stairs quickly, slipping in through the range of the mutant woman's blade to ram his armor spikes into her. The varied points pierce deep into her flesh between the bony protrusions and for a brief second she grunts as she drops to a knee. When she slowly rises back up the sword is trembling noticeably in her hand and its obvious she can barely stand.
Buckwell dips down, awakening Katherine with a touch that staunches her bleeding even if her wounds are still extensive.
The orc leader's expression seems to change as he sees the woman weaken before him, a show of fear passing over his face. He snarls at the other guard before taking a quick swipe at Kend-Krid.
In orc
The blow from the falchion is powerful, but Kend manages to bat it away with his warhammer. After he makes the attack the orc steps back and turns to retreat down the hall away from the group.
21 Zeldin
21 Kathrine
20 Thugs
19 Karth
13 Kend-Krid
12 Errigal
12 Buckwell
11 Creature from west
9. Leader
(end of round 3)
Zeldin notes Errigal beside him and is grateful for the man's presence. For a moment Zeldin had wondered if he would become a front line fighter.
Repeating his earlier action, another small bolt of blue shoots from his fingertips toward the mutant.
Karth! Don't let him get away. Zeldin calls needlessly.
AoO
As the orc turns, Kend instinctively lunges foward to strike while the enemy's stance is broken.
Attack
Damage
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As the orc turns to run, Kend finds a perfect opening and brings the warhammer down into his back. There is a sickening crack of bone and the orc gives a cry, making a half-turn back towards the man who struck him even as his legs buckle. The way he bends is less than natural however, making it obvious that something important has broken, and by the time he hits the floor he is still.
With the fall of the leader the tides seem to have turned quickly for the enemy, another blast of bright energy flies from Zeldin's fingertips and strikes the mutant woman squarely. The blow from the projectile is too much for her and her sword falls to the stairs a moment before she does.
21 Kathrine
20 Thugs
19 Karth
13 Kend-Krid
12 Errigal
12 Buckwell
11 Creature from west
(end of round 3)
21 Zeldin
Kathrine feels a hot wash of energy flow into her body as Bucky's hand presses near her wound, a sharp distinct pain ripples from her wounded shoulder as her eyes open to see Bucky kneeling over her.
Kathrine's looks up to see the battle still raging ahead of her and pushes off her good shoulder from the wall, standing wobbly on her feet with Fauchard in hand, but the pain of the wound in her shoulder lances through her mind like a sharp spear and stalls her actions, ragged breathing coming from her throat.
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While Kathrine rises to her feet the clang of weapons continues to ring out. The remaining orc snarls in anger as he sees the warhammer strike into the leader. Not smart enough to flee, he lashes out at Kend-Krid with his battleaxe.
The wild but powerful swing forces Kend to hop back out of the way though it is easily evaded.
From the nearest western door that originally let out the single kobold a veritable wave of small monstrous humanoids come running, 3 goblins lead the way with their teeth showing unnaturally wide grins and blades that are little more than rusty jagged metal in their hands. Behind them a second kobold comes running down the hall, followed closely by the original kobold when the door he was banging on pulls open.
Nothing yet comes out of the second door, though its obvious there is something there to have opened the door.
19 Karth
13 Kend-Krid
12 Errigal
12 Buckwell
11 Creature from west
(end of round 3)
21 Zeldin
21 Kathrine
20 Thugs
Skipping back Kend recovers from his swing at the fleeing foe's back and raises his hammer in preparation to attack the remaining orc, but instead finds himself striking towards a goblin who seems intent on running past towards the rest of the party.
AoO
Damage
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Kend's backswing is powerful, but for all the reckless abandon they show as they rush into the group's reach, the goblin proves to be surprisingly nimble, ducking under the hammer blow with a creepy giggle.
19 Karth
13 Kend-Krid
12 Errigal
12 Buckwell
11 Creature from west
(end of round 3)
21 Zeldin
21 Kathrine
20 Thugs
Kend sweeps his hammer back and forth without pause, almost franticly, trying to use his longer reach to keep the goblins back while he is fighting the orc.
Attack
Damage
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Firing down at the goblin that has pushed towards the front of the group, Karth proves that the creature isn't nearly as skilled at dodging arrows as he sinks one to the fletchings in the goblin's chest. Its eyes go wide, dropping its blade and grabbing at the protruding feathers as it drops to the ground.
With the enemy at his side fallen it is obvious Kend is able to bring his full focus to the orc before him, slamming aside the enemy's axe before bringing the warhammer across his foe's head with a force that spins him around and leaves him crumpled on the stone.
12 Errigal
12 Buckwell
11 Creature from west
(end of round 3)
21 Zeldin
21 Kathrine
20 Thugs
19 Karth
13 Kend-Krid
Somewhat bewildered at the frantic action of real combat, Errigal is stunned as the bodies of both the mutant woman and the goblin fall at his feet. A few moments later, he recovers enough to lash out with his whip, attempting to strike the goblin directly in front of him.
Whip Attack (power attack -1, higher ground +1)
Damage
After striking out with his whip, Errigal steps up next to Kend-Krid and nudges the bodies aside somewhat to find firm footing.
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Errigal's whip flicks out from his hands towards the goblin at the bottom of the stairs. The creature ducks its head quickly, leaving the barbed tip to pop in the air above it, between its long floppy ears. The loud crack brings a squeal from it that leads to the remaining goblin to erupt in a tittering giggle.
12 Buckwell
11 Creature from west
(end of round 3)
21 Zeldin
21 Kathrine
20 Thugs
19 Karth
13 Kend-Krid
12 Errigal
Encouraged by the tide that the battle seems to be taking, Zeldin whoops in excitement.
He focuses his energy and launches another orb of crackling sparks at the kobold in the rear.
Bucky will load and fire his crossbow at the mountain lion coming up the west stair.
Attack roll:
Damage:
OK. Rewrite that as Bucky will hold his action should the lion reappear, then he'll fire his crossbow. If not then he does nothing but wait this round.
Also add +1 to the 'to hit' roll, keep forgetting my own Bless.
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The gnome loads his crossbow, bracing the stock against his shoulder and watching down the west stairwell cautiously for anything to approach, but for the moment at least the passage seems to be clear.
The electric arc flies from Zeldin's fingertip to strike the kobold causing it to jump and burst out in a string of what are obviously expletives from a variety of languages.
21 Kathrine
20 Thugs
19 Karth
13 Kend-Krid
12 Errigal
12 Buckwell
11 Creature from west
(end of round 4)
21 Zeldin
Kathrine's eyes widen as she takes stock of the current battle field. Seeing the area in front of the stair case littered with dead bodies and more importantly, a group of kobolds and goblins. Kathrine's mouth splits into a wide grin as she steps forward between Karth and Zeldin, ignoring the pain in her shoulder she takes up her Fauchard in both hands again and steps up behind the imposing Kend-krid. Sweeping out her Fauchard she attempts to disable the little goblin menace.
"It just had to be goblins, didn't it?"
Trip CMB:
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The goblin, still busy laughing at the shocked kobold, suddenly widen's its eyes and gives a yelp as its feet are caught by the curve in the long weapon and pulled from beneath it, dumping it with a thud on the floor.
He quickly tries to scramble back up to his feet, fumbling with his sword as he does so.
The second goblin tries to push hurriedly past the other, squeezing up to the front of the group with the poor excuse for a sword he holds ready to strike.
The two kobolds both press forward towards the barbarian, one simply easing forward to jab out with his spear, the other wise enough to stay out of range of the man's warhammer and running around the others until he can stroke as well.
The first kobolds attack is a feeble, obviously nervous attempt that Kend is able to easily bat away, the second kobold uses that moment and nearly gets through the man's guard, though Kend's skill shows as he ducks back out of reach of that spear thrust as well.
From the back room the kobold had been banging on before he approached come a new wave of enemies, two hobgoblins leading another trio of goblins though all of them appear to be trying to finish pulling on gear as they run as if they were unprepared before the sounds of battle had started.
19 Karth
13 Kend-Krid
12 Errigal
12 Buckwell
11 Creature from west
(end of round 4)
21 Zeldin
21 Kathrine
20 Thugs
With battle raging below him and any flankers apparently driven off, Karth nocks another arrow and lets it fly towards the incoming hobgoblins. The din of battle throws his aim off just a little and he curses lightly, hoping the hastily donned armor of the target will fail to protect the goblinoid.
Attack on h2
Damage
Kathrine's mouth opens into a wide grin as she sweeps her Fauchard into a back swing across the legs of the second goblin who tries to step forward over the first. Swiftly shifting the direction her curved blade faces so it curves into the goblin's legs.
Trip CMB:
Kend swings madly about himself as the goblins seem unprepared to defend themselves. The frenzy of attacks is fueled by an unreasonable anger that has been building up inside of him.
AoO
g2
g3
Errigal sees the new rush of monsters comming and grits his teeth in determination, striking out with his armor spikes at the little pest of a goblin in front of him.
Attack[vs. g3] (+1 bless, +1 higher ground)
Damage
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Katherine flicks out with the return strike of her Fauchard, taking the second goblin's feet out from under him as well and dumping him in a heap on the ground.
Surprisingly the goblins are still impressively agile even on the ground, Kend makes two mighty swings of his warhammer but both manage to wriggle out of the way of the blows.
The goblin who already climbed back to his flicks out his jagged sword towards the barbarian, while the other one's chance to attack is wasted and he spends the remainder of his turn climbing back up to his feet.
As the goblin tries to stand Errigal is able to slam a spiked shoulder into him, crumpling him back to the ground in a heap.
The remaining goblin's swing goes wide from Kend as if he were off balance from pushing up to his feet.
Over the front row fighters' heads Karth's bow twangs again, sending an arrow out into the larger room. The arrow strikes one of the approaching hobgoblin's in the shoulder just above his shield, causing him to grunt out and leaving his arm hanging a bit more limp at his side.
Errigal steps up next to Kend-Krid and attacks the kobold in front of him with his armor spikes.
Attack [vs. k2] (+1 higher ground, +1 bless)
Damage
Seeing a clear opening for his whip, Errigal snarls and lashes out with it at the goblin standing 10' in front of him.
Attack [vs. g2] (+1 higher ground, +1 bless, -1 power attack)
Damage
Kend, clearly having no luck with striking goblins, turns his violent attention to the kobolds standing before him. He steps forward and brings his warhammer down with an unintelligible battle cry.
Attack K2(Beginning 3rd round of rage)
Damage
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Turning to face a new opponent, Kend brings around his warhammer in a mighty swing that catches the kobold completely off guard and smashes into him sending him sprawling back in a heap.
The goblin is momentarily caught off guard, seeing the kobold smashed beside him and it leaves him open to the sudden pop of the whip's barbed point that splits him open as surely as any blade. His blade falls to the floor as he gives a confused look, grabbing at the wound before he too drops to the stone.
12 Buckwell
(end of round 4)
21 Zeldin
21 Kathrine
20 Thugs
19 Karth
13 Kend-Krid
12 Errigal
Again the tattooed man mutters to himself and again a spark of blue light appears at his fingers. This time it races toward the hobgoblin that Karth had previously punctured.
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The bolt of energy flies from Zeldin's fingers, streaking through the air and striking into the hobgoblin's chest. He teeters, looking like he is going to fall, but he somehow holds his feet, though he isn't even able to keep his shield up anymore as it hangs beside him.
21 Kathrine
20 Thugs
19 Karth
13 Kend-Krid
12 Errigal
12 Buckwell
(end of round 5)
21 Zeldin
Still leaning slightly to one side, each breath Kathrine takes reminding her of her shoulder injury, she raises up her Fauchard in a ready stance to strike forward if any more of the monstrous creatures in front of them decide to attack.
Trip:
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The hobgoblin in the front charges forward with his blade at the ready, though he isn't prepared for the Fauchard to sweep out between the two front line fighters. Kathrine's skill shows through again as she catches his legs and brings them up, dumping him on the ground. He is forced to scramble up to his feet within range of Kends warhammer.
The injured hobgoblin looks to the others, clearly considering fleeing. There are obviously no healers among them though and he knows the odds he would face hurt in the dungeon alone.
Tightening his grip on his sword he gives what he has left, shouting out in goblin and then charging forward towards the barbarian with his sword raised.
Those who speak Goblin
Still his wounds are too much for him and even as he tries to bring the sword up he can't make a good swing and falls in a heap on the stones.
The kobold before Kend raises the small spear in his hands, jabbing out at the man around the corner.
Obviously not very capable of a fighter, the spear is able to be batted away easily.
Next the goblins come charging forward in a wave, pushing at each other to be the first to reach the party in their bloodlust. Unfortunately the winner of their own little scuffle only leaves himself open the the weapons of the party.
Of the remaining pair, only one of the goblins is able to get to the front, lashing out at Kend with his makeshift sword.
This attack too is easily parried away by the barbarian's warhammer.
19 Karth
13 Kend-Krid
12 Errigal
12 Buckwell
(end of round 5)
21 Zeldin
21 Kathrine
20 Thugs
With the melee joined and the corridors tight, Karth takes a pot-shot at whatever target presents itself, being careful to send the arrow through space not currently occupied by the writhing mass of the party.
Attack (+5 +1 bless +1 higher ground -4 firing into melee)
Damage
Kend relentlessly lays into the foes before him, taking every chance he can to connect with his smashing blows.
AoO h1
AoO g4
Attack on Kend's Turn
Kathrine gives a wide grin as she wathces another of the monsters falling to the floor, reversing her grip, she brings the Fauchard swinging down at the next goblin to come into her range.
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As the creatures press forward, Kend takes a powerful swing at both the hobgoblin and the goblin, though the attacks have to come so fast that that creatures are able to get out of the way. The swing does leave the goblin open to Kathrine's follow up however and she splits the creature open, sending him back into the foes behind him.
Karth's bow twangs from the top of the stairs, but none of the enemies offer a truly clear shot and his care to not hit the members of the party give the hobgoblin a chance to parry away the arrow with his shield.
Kend put his focus into the next swing, waiting until the hobgoblin's shield is raised to blow the arrow and bringing his warhammer beneath it, crushing ribs and bone. Blood flecks the creatures lips as its legs buckle.
12 Errigal
12 Buckwell
(end of round 5)
21 Zeldin
21 Kathrine
20 Thugs
19 Karth
13 Kend-Krid
It is fast becoming apparent to Zeldin that although he cannot judge thier hearts to be good or not yet, he can certainly judge thier professionalism. These are skilled people and he is proud to be with them.
We are winning! he exclaims excitedly.
Not seeing a clear opportunity to strike at range with Kend-Krid obscuring one goblin and another goblin half hidden behind the corner of the stairwell, Errigal carefully steps up into the pile of bodies and strikes out with his armor spikes at the goblin in front of Kend-Krid.
Attack (+1 higher ground, +1 bless)
Damage
Buckwell will step up to R-33 and fire his crossbow at goblin g-6.
Attack roll:
and misses.
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The gnome moves to the top steps, letting him see clearly over the others, but there is too much scuffle going on in the front to get a very good shot. Being cautious to avoid striking his own team he lets the bolt fly and it strikes the stone floor just behind his intended target.
21 Zeldin
21 Kathrine
20 Thugs
19 Karth
13 Kend-Krid
12 Errigal
12 Buckwell
end of round 6)
Feeling raw energy flowing through him, Zeldin produces a small globe of sparks and throws it at the goblin in front of him at the bottom of the stairs.
Kathrine sweeps her Fauchard forward and up from her current position behind Kend-krid, attempting to hit the same goblin that Zeldin just zapped with more of his electrical attacks.
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The fauchard sweeps out again, the goblins shock at the pain of the jolt leaving him open to the sudden blow that leaves a wide gash in its chest.
The remaining goblin and kobold look to each other with a panicked gaze and then each drop their weapons, turning and fleeing down the long hallway at full speed.