Age of Worms: Act I - The Whispering Cairn

[hippocrachus]

OOC:
[sblock]Does anybody speak Goblin? :\
It will be hard to justify killing it after the battle is over...[/sblock]

 

[Ozmar]

OOC:

[sblock]I'm hoping it speaks common. In any case, live prisoners will be taken to the garrison. They may have a goblin-speaking interrogator, and they'll know how to dispose of it (methinks mining might be appropriate.)[/sblock]

 

[hippocrachus]

OOC:
[sblock]It's good to have another Lawful Good character around!
I'd hate to be the only one wishing to keep it alive...[/sblock]

 

[Verbatim]

Moving quickly into the room beside the tumbling man he had awoken moments ago, Chryse saw the goblin with the dagger preparing for another strike and moved quickly to protect the Whitecloak's back.

As the goblin snarled up at him and made his move, Chryse stabbed downwards with his spear and the razor sharp tip once more bathed in the blood of a goblin. As the creature recoiled from the wound, the tumbling stranger came up beside it and sunk his rapier deep into its side. As it fell to the ground, a strange yelping snarl came from the remaining goblin and with a primal scream, it flung itself at the swordsman that had nearly knocked him unconscious.

The unexpected attack allowed it to get under the knight's shield and it plunged the rusted blade into the knight's knee, threatening to collapse the leg entirely.

OOC:[sblock]Chryse had an 18 for attack and did 3 pts of damage to goblin #4. Shadow had a 17 for attack and did an additional 4. Goblin #4 slain. Goblin #2 had a 19 for attack and did 2 pts of damage to Jorun.[/sblock]

 

[Ozmar]

"Ow! By the Shining Blade! Die, fiend!"

Jorun brings his sword down with all his might, hoping to end this battle quickly before he succumbs to his wounds.

OOC: SMITE EVIL! Attack: +8 longsword 1d8+3 (+1d6+1 if evil) dmg; AC 16, 2 hps

 

[Verbatim]

With a calm eye, Orin took aim at the wildly thrashing goblin and let his arrow fly. However, Orin's aim was once again off due to the goblin's unpredictable movements and as the arrow sank into the board by the swordsman's foot Orin cursed slightly under his breath.

Turning around at the knight's scream, Chryse saw that the man's trousers were sticking to him in several places as his blood continued to pour freely from the deep slashes the goblins had scored upon him. Trying to stab the creature who was using the knight as a living shield, Chryse's strike was a tentative one and once again the canny goblin scampered out of the way at the last second.

Shadow approached the creature from behind and with a cold look upon his face sought to plant his rapier into the creature's unprotected back. A curse escaped his lips when his strike missed as the goblin twisted away from the prophet's strike.

While the goblin's antics had allowed it to escape thus far, Jorun's anger finally bubbled free and as he called upon the Shining Blade to guide his strike, his prayes were answered. His blade connected with the goblin's left shoulder and when the blade finally halted it was firmly lodged in the creature's right ribcage.

OOC: [sblock] Orin had a 3 total for his attack roll, a miss on Goblin #2. Chryse had a 3 on his attack roll, a miss on Goblin #2. Shadow had a 6 for his attack roll, a miss on Goblin #2. Jorun had a total of 18 for his attack roll, a hit on Goblin #2 and did 14 pts of damage on the goblin. The goblin was killed, thrice over...[/sblock]

 

[Ozmar]

Little punk. Teach him to...

Oh, hey, was that the goblin I had wounded? Uh... oops.

Jorun looks around for any surviving enemies, particularly if they're still up and waving blades at him. Assuming he sees none, he finds a spot to sit and tears some bandages to bind his wounds, while mumbling to himself.

"Damn goblins. Ow, that's gonna leave a mark." Grumble grumble.

Presently, he looks up and surveys the scene. Seeing several (apparant) townsfolk, he tries to stand and addresses them. "I thank you for your assistance. I am Jorun Trask, of the local garrison. Who can tell me what is going on here, and where did these goblins come from?"

 

[Elocin]

Shadow - Rogue 1

"You can call me Shadow and I was off exploring these woods when I came upon these two doing battle with some sort of flying creature and these goblins so I came to thier aid." With that Shadow will start to go through the bodies to search for anything of value and if any of the goblins show any sign of life he will make sure none of them rise again. After this is done he will begin to search the room and then will offer to search the rest of the building as well while the others are being taken care of.

 

[Ozmar]

"Shadow, is it? Is that a professional name?" Jorun keeps an eye on him. [OOC: detect evil] He overlooks the looting of the goblins, but if any show signs of life, he'll try to restrain Shadow from killing a potential captive. "Here now, have any survived? We'll need information as to where they came from and what they are doing here. There may be more out there, you know."

 

[Verbatim]

Jorun:[sblock]You do not see the taint of evil on any of the people in the room, nor do any of the goblins appear to be breathing anymore. Especially not the goblin who has your sword sticking out of its chest like a metallic flag.[/sblock]

Shadow:[sblock]While the goblins are wearing pieces of leather armor, none carry a coin purse of any kind you can easily detect. When you reach the leader, you can see that the morninstar he dropped as he died is a finely crafted one, his studded armor new, although still too small for you, and there is a black stone necklace around his neck.[/sblock]