"Gah!" Talashia blurts as pain spreads out from the arrow wound. The weapon isn't deeply embedded, and she can easily yank it out, but it's a stark reminder that she's still flesh and blood...for now. She quickly casts a spell to help solve that problem. Magic coalesces around her, then fades into invisibility. "Okay then...let's try this again." Her protective shield of magic in place, Talashia looks up in time to spot Elrya engage Goblin2 in front of the nearest house to the north of the byway, while Grokk trundles around the side of the same home--hot on the trail of another goblin.
With a final resounding bark, the loping Taran clears the remaining few yards to the mounted goblin in a soaring leap. Sandstone falls upon the hated creature and its mount with gnashing teeth and flailing forepaws. The rough collie's ferocious bite, which deals 5 points of damage to the Goblin Commando, fells the creature to the packed dirt byway in front of the White Deer Inn and Tavern. Though Taran's first claw attack and tail slap miss, a solid blow from a second claw hits the goblin dog across the spine, instantly killing the beast--though not before the foul mount loudly squeals in fear and pain one last time.
Momentarily overwhelmed the by swiftness of events, Tac barely has time to register Talashia's wound when his cousin Elyra neatly decapitates one goblin and Grokk runs behind a nearby building after another. "Talashia, are you alright?" Tac starts to ask, but as magical power flares, he flinches. "I'll take that as a yes."
Sandstone's barking, oddly enough, is what finally snaps Tac into action. After witnessing the rough collie's maelstrom attack shred both the goblin rider and its mount to pieces, Tac blurts out, "Okay, if we get out of this, that dog is definitely going home before he gets chopped to bits!" Rapier at the ready, the young engineer sallies forth into the fray.
Grokk and Goblin1 round opposite corners of the house nearly simultaneously. With a low growl, Goblin1 flings itself at Grokk and slices the half-orc priest in the thigh with its dogslicer for 2 points of damage.
[imager]http://img194.imageshack.us/img194/3409/combat3b3o.jpg[/imager]Not finishing taunting the cornered nobleman fop hiding behind the rain barrel, Goblin3 prances to and fro, then suddenly jabs a second blow at the cowering human for another 2 points of damage. A pair of bleeding gashes on his forearm, the human screams in fright and tries to shield his face with his injured arm. Goblin4, the crafiter of the pair, spares a backward glance over its shoulder as Sandstone rips its boss and the boss's mount to pieces then abruptly flings down its dogslicer and flees south down the byway leading away from the Inn. Goblin4 is speedy and is soon 90 feet distant.
Status: Talashia I8. Taran T9. Tac T7. Goblin Commando dropped. Goblin dog dropped. Goblin1 K1. Goblin2 dropped. Goblin3 X10. Goblin 4 running away. Elyra K5. Grokk J1, -2 HP. Sivan P9.
Initiative:
Talashia 21
Taran 17
Tac 15
Goblins 13
Elyra 11
Grokk 5
Sivan 3
