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Message: <blockquote data-quote="CanadienneBacon" data-source="post: 4850958" data-attributes="member: 11146">Round 4Sivan deteminedly trudges forward, glaive at the ready.  The paladin's stubborn stride forward at last pays off; he rounds the corner separating the Festival Square and the public green to the south.  Hackles raised, Sandstone rounds the corner of the cottage and advances closer to the bonfire. Standing his ground and readying a bite at any goblin approaching within melee range, the tawny collie bares his canine fangs and barks threateningly at the trio of goblins.The sight of the helpless priest fills Elyra with dread.  She cannot leave either goblin unattended when the half-orc cannot defend himself.  "Take that one," she calls to Tac, "I'll get the other."  Elyra runs to the goblin standing before the chanter and strikes, hoping to slay the wretched thing quickly.  Longsword at the ready as she sweeps past the stunned priest, Elyra puts the might of her well-muscled arm into her swing and aims for the exposed neck of Goblin1.  With a mighty and resonant ting of metal slicing through air, Elyra lops the head off Goblin 1 with a clean blow, dealing 10 points of damage.  The goblin chanter standing behind its dead compatriot narrows its eyes at Elyra, its raised whip twitching.Grokk groans in pain, his hands clutching his head but unable to do anything more for the moment. I hate goblins! Tac cringes at the piercing shrieking sound from Goblin3, but cringes more as he notices the heretofore-effective half-orc appearing to be incapacitated by the sound.  "That does not look like a good sign," Tac mutters, gulping audibly.  Nodding at Elyra's retreating back, Tac takes a deep breath and rushes Goblin2, hoping his rapier will prove effective without a hulking half-orc as distraction.  As the tip of Tac's rapier whittles through the air by the bonfire, Goblin2 hops sideways toward the flames.  Though Tac's lunge with the rapier is a miss, bits of Goblin2's leather armor begin to smolder from the intense heat and proximity of the bonfire.  The goblin hops distractedly to and fro, howling in fright--Tac completely forgotten for the moment.One of its kin dropped to the ground on the public green and the other goblin distracted by its smoldering armor, Goblin3 focuses on Elyra with a hard squinty glare and shuffles ten feet to the north.  Drawing its barbed-tip braided whip backward then casting the throngs forward, Goblin3 attempts to lash Elyra but misses wide.  The missed blow clearly angers the goblin and, unlike its brethren who tend to retreat, Goblin3 warily eyes Elyra and prepares to lash out again with the whip.  The creature's eyes flicker toward Grokk.The hideous goblin shriek begins to retreat from memory and Grokk finds that he recovers himself and can once again move.  Elyra now stands between himself and one headless goblin lying in a pool of blood at her feet, while the shrieking goblin has pranced ten feet to the north. Status: Sivan H1 (new map), Taran I4, Elyra N7, Grokk L7, Tac I9, Talashia off-map (doing something honorable). Goblin1 dropped. Goblin2 J10. Goblin3 P7.Initiative:Sivan 21Taran 14Elyra 11Grokk 8Tac 7Talashia 3Goblins 2</blockquote>

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