Suddenly, you hear the piercing screams of several small, ugly creatures with pointed ears emerging from the brush to lunge towards you. There is one of them for each of you and they clearly bear you malice. Each one bears a crude club of some kind bristled with wicked, rusted barbs on the end. They appear intended for rending your flesh.
It looks like Arden and Garabold are the only ones not surprised by the creatures. They may act in the surprise round (standard action only). I've posted Garabold's action below. Once I have Arden's action, I will post the action for the creatures and everyone else can act. Feel free to post proactively though.
FYI, you begin this battle prone as you are sitting to take in lunch.
Sensing something is amiss and hearing something in the bushes, Garabold stands quickly to his feet.
"Filthy Raiders! Know that Krendon's favor is not with you!" he says as he holds a hand to the air, his bow in the other and blue lights fly in the directions of each of the goblins. He then moves closer to the center of the group.
(OOC:Cast Bane on all goblins(-1 attack, -1 fear for 10 rounds))
To clarify, since you begin the battle prone, standing up will take a move action, so you will only be able to move 5 feet closer to the center of the group and still manage to cast.
To clarify, since you begin the battle prone, standing up will take a move action, so you will only be able to move 5 feet closer to the center of the group and still manage to cast.
Arden stands and prepares her mind to shape the chaos of the situation. Her finger briefly, subconsciously, brush over a tattoo but she chooses not to activate it.
OOC
I think that's all she has time for since I earlier posted her drawing her dagger. (I assume that goes off in the surprise round). Otherwise, for her next action she will summon an astral construct.
After standing Garabold roars out a challenge to the creatures that approach, "Goblins dare to attack us in broad daylight? I knew you creatures were foolish, but I had also thought you too cowardly to attack during the day. Ah, well, your lack of wisdom shall be the death of you. Once I have my axe in hand you shall all fall before me!"
At this, Garabold leaps to his feet. The goblins let out a war cry and come charging into your camp, clearly thirsting for your blood. They cover you to a man and prepare to assault you with their cruel bludgeoning devices. Michael's curse catches them unawares and they are briefly cloaked in pale blue energy (the spell was a success). Garabold reaches for his axe which is lying on the ground next to him. Seeing that he has let down his guard, the goblin takes a swing, landing a hit squarely on the barbarian's back. Garabold lets out a shriek of angry pain, then, in a fit of rage, swings his axe at the goblin's head. A spray of goblin blood spatters across the glade floor as the head rolls off the goblin's shoulders and onto the ground. Garabold lets out a fierce victory cry at the sight of his kill.
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As an aside, I don't remember approving lesser orb of fire. I may be mistaken though. I thought I said to keep to the core rulebooks. I remember giving you a wand of magic missiles and the book of the hells though.
Arden feels a cold clarity settle over her mind as the goblinoid creature rushes forward. She blocks off the Coward's shrieking panic so that she might fully assess the situation and comes to the realization that using her powers would leave her vulnerable to its attack. Instead, she stabs at it with her dagger.
OOC
Not sure if it was my action or not, but I'm posting it just in case it is.
Standard action: attack the goblin +0 dagger, 1d4 dmg
No move action.
Arden slashes at the goblin before her with her dagger but he ducks out of the way. Kleb looks for an opening in defenses of the goblin before him and manages to bring his axe up underneath the goblin's torso, nearly cleaving him in half. The goblin falls over limp and lifeless.
Reminder, you are still prone unless you have taken a move action to stand. Arden, you took a -4 penalty to your attack, although it didn't matter since you rolled a 6. I assume Kleb will stand after killing his goblin.
Post 247 I had Arden stand & Kleb stood in post 249. I'm not sure if I had an action at the time to actually do so as I was a bit confused about initiative and actions at the time. Also, if I couldn't have had her do so previously, I would have used the move action of her just passed turn to stand up. However, I can have her stand on her next turn.
Sorry, I don't know what is wrong with me lately. I have been missing a lot of little details. I missed the part about Arden standing. Anyway, as I said, it doesn't matter much since she rolled a 6 to begin with. Arden and Garabold both got to act in the surprise round. Sorry if I didn't make that clear.
Arcanaman, just waiting on you to declare Lestrivius' action. You are currently prone and threatened by a goblin. Here are a couple tips if you have any tactical questions. Standing will provoke an attack of opportunity, as would crawling away. If you crawl away, you may only move 5 feet as a move action. You may draw a weapon or weapon-like object, such as a wand, without provoking. Also note that attacking or using a wand does not provoke so that may be your best course of action. You could also use the total defense action as a standard action giving you +4 to AC and then stand, which negates the bonus an attacker gets against you because you are prone. You may cast a spell while prone, but doing so provokes an attack of opportunity as it normally would while threatened. You may attempt to cast defensively by making a Concentration check with a DC of 15 + the spell level. If you succeed, you cast the spell and it does not provoke. If you fail, you still do not provoke, but the spell fizzles and is lost.
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