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Message: <blockquote data-quote="CanadienneBacon" data-source="post: 4820288" data-attributes="member: 11146">[PLAIN]Surprise Round [Tac, Grokk, Elyra][/PLAIN]After licking its bloodied dogslicer clean and letting out a victorious but garbled whoop, the goblin by the wagon hops back and forth over the carcass of the dead dog, pulling and tugging at the dog's fur until great tufts of skin and hair litter the packed dirt in a three-foot ring around the dog.Grokk growls low in his throat. Foul goblins! Is there no limit to their evil? The half-orc draws his hammer and shield and charges the goblin with a guttural cry, his hammer a blur as he tries to bring the creature down.  The hammer misses the goblin but flays the side of the wagon, sending a shower of splinters into the air with a loud crack.  As wooden shards of wagon fly, the goblin dancing rings around the dead dog grunts in surprise and looks up to spot a massive and angry half-orc bearing down on him from the front.  Tac finds his pride and excitement instantly shattered by the dog's death. Although he doesn't recognize the dog as the stray who frequented the build site, thoughts of the oddly helpful Sandstone quickly came to mind.  "What the hells did you do you little ... goblin?" Tac calls out. Beginning to circling the goblin, Tac draws his rapier and warily moves to a position behind the goblin, his eyes searching for the best angle.  After circling north and then east a few paces, Tac finds himslf at the edge of the northern byway that skirts the north face of the public square in front of the Cathedral, by the rear wheel of the wagon.  A loud crack, followed by the sound of splintering wood alerts Tac to the presence of a potential ally, causing Tac to lunge forward to take a shot with his rapier at the distracted goblin.  The tip of Tac's rapier eases past the goblin's leather armor and holes into the creature's backside 'til the rapier is buried halfway deep.  Tac filets the goblin in the liver for 4 points of damage, causing the goblin's eyes to burn red with fear and quivering rage as it turns its head to perceive that its days are shortly numbered.  Sandwiched between Grokk and Tac, the goblin wildly swivels its head, clearly seeking an escape route.Caught off-guard as Tac circles north and the half-orc charges the goblin, Elyra draws her sword and looks to Tac, but resists the urge to run after her cousin and protect the reckless idiot. Something's not right, Elyra thinks.  It would be suicide for a lone goblin to charge into town and start cutting things. Scanning the town, Elyra searches for other intruders and quickly notes two other wee but reeking beasties scrabbling in the festival square in front of the Cathedral.  The first goblin Elyra spots clambers onto a nearby buffet table of food.  Its eyes wide with glee, the goblin drops its stubby blade and commences stuffing an entire smoked salmon down its gullet.  Not bothering to chew, the goblin wretches but continues to stuff itself, sending a spray of flaked fish over a nearby human woman garbed in frilly lace and a ruffled collar.  The woman screams and blindly begins to flail, trying to get away from the hideous goblin perched atop the serving table.Hearing a cry across the square some 50 feet distant, Elyra looks up to spot a smaller goblin hopping back and forth, making faces and waving a dogslicer in front of a frightened child devoid of her parents.  The goblin snarls, taunting the girl, eliciting a second higher-pitched shriek from the terrified child--much to the goblin's delight, for it closes the gap and makes another face then waits in eager anticipation for the girl's reaction.******************************End of Surprise Round, Start of Round 1***************************The festival square alights in a chaotic frenzy of screaming citizens, most of whom drunkenly scrabble from the scene.  A haze of dust soon thickens the air as folk push back from tables and trip over one another in pandemonium, dropping all manner of silverware, ale tankards, and platters in their wake.  Taran, Sivan, and Talashia all spot two goblins in the northeast corner of the festival square--one goblin is cornered and bleeding between a reedy human man (Tac) and a towering male half-orc (Grokk), while a second goblin appears to be distractedly stuffing its gullet with smoked salmon atop a nearby buffet table.  In the south and west corner of the square, more shouting and shrieking is audible above the din of dust and fear.Status: one wounded goblin by the wagon, flanked by Tac and Grokk.  One unwounded goblin on top of buffet table close to wagon (within 30 feet of all PCs).  One unwounded goblin scaring a small child, 50 feet distant (Elyra is the only one to have spotted the third goblin).Initiative:Taran 19Goblins 18Grokk 18Tac 16Talashia 12Elyra 6Sivan 3[sblock=Die Rolls]Name, type of action, raw dice roll / roll after modifiersGoblin Initiative 17 / 18 (+1 init)Grokk Charge 3 / 7 (+2 attack, +2 charge)Tac Sneak Attack 10 / 15 (+3 attack, + 2 flanking)Tac Damage 3, 1 (2d6, total 4 dmg)Elyra Perception 15 / 25 (+10 vs. goblins) [/sblock]</blockquote>

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