Memories and Portents Chapter #2: Scourge of the Howling Horde

[airwalkrr]

OOC: On his first turn, Vorkhad will unheft his crossbow and load it. His AC is 16 while using the crossbow as he does not have his shield readied.

In future rounds, in case I forget to post, he will cautiously approach, firing on the goblins with his crossbow and ordering them (in Common) to stand down or face death. If any goblins get within 25 feet, he will target them with a mind thrust augmented by a wild surge. You can assume his standard operating procedure for now is to use wild surge whenever manifesting unless I say otherwise. He makes no attempt to hide the auditory display.

 

[hero4hire]

Canis bears his fangs but holds until given the word to attack.
Khyl unsheathes his new scimitar and waits for the goblins to get closer.

ooc: Khyl and Canis hold thier actions until the goblins make thier move, then they move to flank one and attack if possible.

 

[SecondTime]

Zeril'thin stomps past his fellow party members, a noticable heat spreading from his metallic skin until he is immediatly behind Talik and Kaine. Meanwhile, the two goblins farthest away from the party spread to the right and left respectivly. The creatures simultaneously remove small javelins from a sash on their backs and with a squeacky grunt toss them at the three neareast defenders of the caravan. Two of the javelins land near the feet of Kaine and Talik, but one grazes the cheak of the young priest.

Talik takes 2 damage.


As Antonus fires another crossbow bolt at the nearest the center goblin (G1), Kaine rushes towards it, his feet lifting in a kick towards the monster's head, missing due to its small size. Talik follows after the monk, attempting to demoralize the creature with his threats. The goblin, though visisbly shaken, continues to fight.

The shifter druid and his wolf companion rush down the hill after the others, flanking the goblin on the left (G2) from either side.

As the goblin on the right (G3) prepares takes hold of another javelin, it is struck in the shoulder by a crossbow bolt courtesy of the mysterious traveler Vorkhad. Both the javelin in its left hand and the morningstar in its right suddenly explode in what appears to be unholy fire, falling into little bits towards onto the trade road. The thing seems surprised for a second, but then begins to flee in the direction opposite the party.

The other two goblins, surrounded by blade and teeth, attempt to retreat. Kaine's foot slams into the side of the center goblin's face immediatly, causing it to fall to the ground unconscious. Meanwhile, Khyl's scimitar and Canis' fangs lay into the other goblin, cutting its throat and mawing off the javelin weilding arm respecitvly; it collapses to the ground in a gush of black blood.

As the lone standing goblin well on its way in flight away from the party, the battlefield remains quiet but from the gasps of the spectators from the caravan. A beautiful young woman with a hint of fey elven features rushes up behind Antonus, still aiming his crossbow towards the fleeing goblin. She startles him just as the rogue unleashes another bolt, striking the last goblin in the back of the neck, felling it. "Oh, Antonus! You are so brave!!"


Out of Initiative. Everyone recieves 50xp. You are surrounded by many dead bodies, most struck down before you arrived on the scene. There is once unconscious goblin, knocked out by Kaine. An overturned wagon rests on the roadside a dozen or so feet away.

 

[cog_and_taz]

Zeril'thin, insofar as it is possible to tell from the expression of a warforged, is stricken with grief. Kneeling down beside the carnage, he whispers, seemingly to himself "Such a waste, such a waste..why?" Turning to talik, he points at the one still-living goblin and asks "is there anything you can do for this one?"

 

[Enforcer]

"The goblin will be fine, assuming we let it live after questioning it," Kaine says, "If I wanted to kill it, it would be dead. For now, I think it's important to learn what we can about this attack."

Kaine begins to slap the goblin's face with just enough force to wake it, he's not trying to be cruel.

 

[Ilium]

Talik nods grimly. "Yes, but first," turning to the woman speaking to Antonus, he continues, "do any of the folk from the caravan need help?"

OOC: Tend to any unconscious caravan folk first then the goblin, then anybody who's injured but still conscious. Use spontaneous Cure Minor Wounds to stabilize anybody who's dying, then triage the use of more powerful spells.

 

[airwalkrr]

Vorkhad hefts his crossbow at the sight of the fleeing goblin and rushes up to the woman.

"Are you quite alright madam? Did the kinetic energy from that concussive blast injure you in any way?"

 

[Asmor]

Antonus turns to the woman, lowering his crossbow. "Kayla!" he exclaims. Dropping the crossbow to the ground, he gives her a hug. A moment later, he breaks the embrace. "You should go back to the wagon, there may still be more of those things lurking around. I'm going to go see if anyone over there's alive." Antonus smiles at her, picks up his crossbow, and runs towards the scene of the battle.

 

[airwalkrr]

"Hmm. You know this woman, Antonus?"

 

[SecondTime]

None of the members of the party's caravan were injured during the party, though Talik does confirm that all the elves and all but of the goblins is dead. The priest himself suffered a wound from a goblin javelin (2hp).

Talik, chanting over the goblin captive, causes the creature to shine a faint, stark white for but a moment; the goblin's dark eyes open in terror. It shivers in terror and screeches in some unintelligble language as it comes to the realization that it is surrounded by enemies.

Dondel Bresh, the party's caravan master, descends down the hill, barking a half-question, have desperate accusation, "What happened here!?"...

...Just then you notice a frightened halfling peering at you from behind a barrel in the overturned wagon.

"Is it -- is it safe to come out?" she asks. "I'm Sten, Sten Goodseller, a merchant from New Cyre. Are you the fine folk who saved me? What are your names?" She is clearly excited.


OOC: Now is the time for everyone, especially the new players, to introduce themselves. Oh, and I would like to remind the old players about that handy ring of translation.