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<blockquote data-quote="Goonalan" data-source="post: 8446366" data-attributes="member: 16069"><p style="text-align: center"><strong>The Unexpected in the Caves of Chaos.</strong></p><p></p><p><strong>Session #008: Death to the Goblins!</strong></p><p><strong></strong></p><p><strong>PCs (in alphabetical order)</strong></p><p><strong>Krago of the Mountains </strong>(Pete) Male Mountain Dwarf Ranger (Folk Hero) Level 1.</p><p><strong>Lappoy the Unexpected </strong>(Rob) Male High Elf Wizard (Sage) Level 2.</p><p><strong>Mohag the Wanderer</strong> (Pete) Male Human Barbarian (Outlander) Level 1.</p><p><strong>Sho-Rembo</strong> (Dave) Female Stout Halfling Druid (Hermit) Level 1.</p><p><strong>Sir Glen</strong> (Dave) Male Human Paladin of Lathander (Noble) Level 1.</p><p><strong>Sosspan </strong>(Dave) Male Dragonborn Wizard (Spy) Level 1.</p><p><strong>Yor</strong> (Pete) Male Dragonborn Fighter (Folk Hero) Level 1.</p><p></p><p><strong>NPC's (employed by Lappoy) Absent this session?</strong></p><p><strong>Wormwood</strong> Male Human Guard.</p><p><strong>Scrubs</strong> Male Human Guard.</p><p></p><p><strong>Captured by the goblins-</strong></p><p><strong>Trebbelos</strong> (Pete) Male Tiefling Sorcerer (Charlatan) Level 2.</p><p></p><p><strong>Dead PCs (in alphabetical order)</strong></p><p><strong>Afton Barr</strong> (played Dave) Male Half-Elf Bard (Entertainer) Level 1.</p><p><strong>Estra Zo </strong>(Pete) Female Wood Gnome Rogue (Urchin) Level 1.</p><p><strong>Farned of the Leaf Lord </strong>(Dave) Male Wild Elf Cleric of Rillifane Rallithil (Acolyte) Level 1.</p><p><strong>Tassit </strong>(played by Dave) Female Human Monk (Hermit) Level 1.</p><p><strong>The Mystical One</strong> (played by Pete) Female Human Warlock (Outlander) Level 1.</p><p></p><p><strong>Note, you can click on the pictures here to make them bigger (if you didn't know this already).</strong></p><p><strong></strong></p><p><strong>Day 10: Being the 10th Day of Mirtul, in the year 1493 by Dale Reckoning, known as the Year of the Purple Dragons, just after midday.</strong></p><p></p><p>The Unexpected are not going home, and they're moving quickly, policing up the area (and searching the place)- dragging the dead bodies of the goblins out of the way, and while this is going on Lappoy and Krago are, of course, putting the hard word on the goblin prisoner they have taken.</p><p></p><p>The badly wounded captured goblin is called Garby.</p><p></p><p>But here's the thing, there was a lot of chatter at the start of this session and for some reason Wormwood & Scrubs, Lappoy's two personal bodyguards, were no longer in the Combat Tracker on Fantasy Grounds Unity, and so... We kinda forgot all about them, so the two guards don't feature in this session.</p><p></p><p>Oops!</p><p></p><p>There were seven/eight PCs and a whole host of bad guys so my/our bad but, well... mistakes get made. I was relying on Rob (playing Lappoy) to remind me, however Rob forgot all about them too.</p><p></p><p>We only remembered right at the very end, after the session had concluded, it was at that point that Pete asked Rob- “What happened to those two guards of yours?”</p><p></p><p>But briefly back to the chatter at the start of the session- Lappoy (Rob) is all for finishing off the goblins and rescuing Trebbelos. Pete, who plays Trebbelos, obviously also wants his captured PC back, but he was hedging his bets at times, trying to work whether it was worth just abandoning Trebbelos and just shipping out of the goblin's lair and get back to the Keep. After all, six of the PCs have enough XP for level two.</p><p></p><p>And level 1 is proving to be a very tough ask.</p><p></p><p>Dave, he just wanted to get his PCs back to the Keep, and get levelled up.</p><p></p><p>But Pete, the bugger, kept on swapping sides.</p><p></p><p>So, a good thirty minutes disappeared into the fundament before the session even got started.</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]146072[/ATTACH]</p><p><strong>Chatting with Garby.</strong></p><p></p><p>Garby lets the Unexpected know... there's a chamber full of hobgoblins up the stair, that's not good, the PCs (Lappoy) have more questions regarding this, but... they're moving quickly here.</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]146073[/ATTACH]</p><p><strong>Don't go in here, the door's just to the north of Garby.</strong></p><p></p><p>Garby is also keen for Lappoy to know that Bad Nog, an Ogre with a foul temper, lives through the northern door here.</p><p></p><p>Mohag the Wanderer finds a sack of gold hidden beneath a barrel here, the barbarian was in the process of (quietly, Lappoy's orders) pulling the place apart.</p><p></p><p>There's a lot of gold in the bag, the barbarian shares his find with his colleagues.</p><p></p><p>However, it's at this point- while Lappoy is conversing with Garby about the newly found loot that two goblin younglings start shouting and hollering at Mohag.</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]146074[/ATTACH]</p><p><strong>Here we go again, maybe.</strong></p><p></p><p>The Unexpected react instantly, and they're a little trigger happy... seemingly, Yor fires a heavy crossbow bolt through the first goblin child while the second has its head dashed by a sling bullet (and what a shot by the way) from Sho-Rembo.</p><p></p><p>But that's not worked because just around the corner there are a bunch more goblins watching on, and very specifically watching a crossbow bolt end the youngling.</p><p></p><p>Note, Sir Glen got very upset with his companions briefly here- slaughtering goblin kids, but... then the war started.</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]146075[/ATTACH]</p><p><strong>Dead goblin kids, look away- it ain't pretty, you can see their skulls.</strong></p><p></p><p>And just moments later...</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]146076[/ATTACH]</p><p><strong>The goblins are coming, screaming and shouting- armed with scimitars, and the book says that these fellers will give their lives to defend the lair.</strong></p><p></p><p>So, no letting up.</p><p></p><p>Lappoy and Sosspan contrive to blast the first goblin warrior down with twin Fire Bolts, while Sir Glen wounds another. But then it starts to get busy.</p><p></p><p>Krago waves his battleaxe at a goblin warrior (= miss followed by an inspiration point = hit for '1' damage).</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]146077[/ATTACH]</p><p><strong>Did I mention that its getting busy?</strong></p><p></p><p>Note the female goblins are supposed to be non-combatants, but- the Unexpected killed two goblin kids, so I was rolling a D6 for each on their turn, on a '6' they charge into action.</p><p></p><p>I rolled a lot of 6s.</p><p></p><p>The female goblins are unarmed and unarmoured, they're trying to either punch, scratch or else trip the PCs.</p><p></p><p>Mohag the Wanderer takes two attacks with his greataxe to take a goblin down (another inspiration point after a roll of '1' for damage).</p><p></p><p>Sho-Rembo takes yet another goblin down with a Produce Flame (the most powerful spell in D&D, or so my friend Vinnie tells me).</p><p></p><p>But remarkably the Unexpected have not taken a point of damage- so far, not one.</p><p></p><p>Note, during the fracas Sir Glen is continuing to admonish his fellow adventurers for targeting (and killing) goblin children.</p><p></p><p>So...</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]146078[/ATTACH]</p><p><strong>That's an unarmoured, and unarmed, female goblin- the mother of one of the fallen children attempting to punch the paladin in the nuts. Oh, the moral quandary.</strong></p><p></p><p>But then...</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]146079[/ATTACH]</p><p><strong>Lappoy drops the bomb... Thunderwave!</strong></p><p></p><p>Before and after...</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]146080[/ATTACH]</p><p><strong>Oh, Lappoy!</strong></p><p></p><p>He seems to always arrive at the right time- and come up with the goods, the High Master of Magics.</p><p></p><p>That changed the complexion of the encounter, but let's keep going, because the goblins keep on coming- these buggers, mostly armed with scimitars are screaming and shouting and giving their lives for the tribe.</p><p></p><p>And yet still none of the Unexpected have taken a hit.</p><p></p><p>Krago flings a handaxe and takes down another goblin.</p><p></p><p>There's a lot of giggling from the players, a nervous tension- they're doing this, or else- they think they are.</p><p></p><p>Mohag the Wanderer breaks the goblin line, smashes another one down dead and then after spending another inspiration point, badly wounds another.</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]146081[/ATTACH]</p><p><strong>The Unexpected are surging.</strong></p><p></p><p>Yor follows the barbarian in, cuts yet another goblin down and for the first time the adventurers get a look at what's in the chamber ahead.</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]146082[/ATTACH]</p><p><strong>A bunch more goblins- but none of them look to be warriors.</strong></p><p></p><p>Surge!</p><p></p><p>Even Sho-Rembo rushes to the front with her Shillelagh and then bonks a goblin dead, the last warrior to be seen, and the other goblins in the chamber ahead seem to be fleeing.</p><p></p><p>The chase is on!</p><p></p><p>Particularly as seconds later, after a pair of Fire Bolts courtesy of Lappoy and Sosspan clear the way, Sir Glen goes charging into the goblin's main cavern, shouting some tosh about the Morning Lord and shaking his shield and longsword like a real hero.</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]146083[/ATTACH]</p><p><strong>The paladin is giving it some! But let's just take a moment- can you see the goblin on the right of this image, that's Garby, he's prone and restrained (tied up) but he's making checks (at disadvantage) every turn to attempt to escape his bonds.</strong></p><p></p><p>But back to the action...</p><p></p><p>Seconds later Sir Glen spots a goblin archer setting up dead ahead, but then the closest very angry female goblins comes over and starts pushing and shoving him while babbling in its foul tongue.</p><p></p><p>The paladin is trying really hard not to lose his temper.</p><p></p><p>A moment later and Mohag takes care of the situation, and the scrabbling female goblin, with a swipe of his greataxe.</p><p></p><p>Sir Glen, it is noted by a number of players, doesn't complain to the hulking barbarian.</p><p></p><p>But the goblins keep on coming...</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]146084[/ATTACH]</p><p><strong>The goblins are surging!</strong></p><p></p><p>The newly arriving goblins are better armed and armoured, the ones arriving from the west are the chief's guard (and his harem), the one that has just rushed past Sir Glen is wearing a chain shirt and wielding a scimitar. Two of the goblins to the west are similarly armoured and firing their shortbows.</p><p></p><p>The goblins heading in from the north west are armed with crossbows.</p><p></p><p>Suddenly there are a lot of missile attacks.</p><p></p><p>Although the Unexpected are still yet to take a single point of damage.</p><p></p><p>Spoke too soon, Mohag the Wanderer takes an arrow to the chest, the big barbarian is bloodied in an instant, he battles on and smashes his greataxe into one of the armoured guards- the goblin however survives the ordeal.</p><p></p><p>Briefly...</p><p></p><p>Yor finishes the goblin guard off, and then rushes into cover.</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]146085[/ATTACH]</p><p><strong>Getting busy, and note the chief's harem (some of them) are in a fury and armed with daggers.</strong></p><p></p><p>Moments later the goblin chief makes its appearance, and stabs Sir Glen, that hurt, and then scurries off while ordering his warriors to redouble their attacks.</p><p></p><p>Lappoy is translating anything the goblins are shouting, particularly the leader types.</p><p></p><p>Then, after a little skirmishing and some way-off target ranged attacks from both sides, Sosspan rushes in and bathes the goblin chief and two of his harem (who are trying to stab Sir Glen) with his poison breath.</p><p></p><p>The goblin chief shoves one his guards in the way of the poisonous exhalation, but the chief's harem take the full dose, and die.</p><p></p><p>An inspiration point later and the brave dragonborn wizard steps up to the three crossbow wielding goblins in the northern corridor, and unleashes his Burning Hands (he's been saving it).</p><p></p><p>But then rolls really low for the damage.</p><p></p><p>naughty word!</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]146086[/ATTACH]</p><p><strong>Sosspan, the hero?</strong></p><p></p><p>Sir Glen steps in, delivers a half-arsed speech about the something of the Morning Lord, and then fails to connect with the goblin boss twice in quick succession, the second attempt courtesy of his inspiration point.</p><p></p><p>Krago charges in and smashes one of the chief's guards (and rolls another '1' damage).</p><p></p><p>Mohag rushes in and finishes the guard off.</p><p></p><p>The situation is there are four goblins with crossbows, three of them are badly injured, situated in the northern passage.</p><p></p><p>While the chief and just one guard occupy the western passage.</p><p></p><p>Note there has been a bit of chatter between the two warring parties during the fracas but not much, Lappoy has been ordering the goblins to surrender, while Krago has been describing the ways he is going to kill them all (and possibly eat them).</p><p></p><p>Krago's threats are actually helping Lappoy's checks (Intimidate and Persuasion) but the High Mage is mostly rolling low.</p><p></p><p>Then Yor steps in front of his brother Sosspan and slays one of the crossbow wielding goblins- note three of these chaps have tried, and failed, to shoot Sosspan in the last turn, I think they needed to roll a '10' to hit.</p><p></p><p>Sho-Rembo finishes off another of the artillery with her Produce Flame.</p><p></p><p>Sir Glen at last manages to cut the goblin chief, but then at the last second the sneaky bastard drags the one remaining guard in front of him to take the hit.</p><p></p><p>The chief however is now calling for a parley...</p><p></p><p>But Krago's having none of it, he smashes the goblin chief with his battleaxe (but for only '4' damage, keep in mind).</p><p></p><p>The two remaining goblins with crossbows fire their weapons and flee, Yor takes a hit, although the only combatants left in the fight are the chief and his last badly wounded guard.</p><p></p><p>Seconds later Mohag steps in and buries his greataxe in the chief, and now the little bastard is squealing to be allowed to surrender.</p><p></p><p>And so...</p><p></p><p>Lappoy accepts the goblin chief's surrender, just after he Fire Bolt's the remaining goblin guard dead- with a Crit, there's always a Crit at the right time for Lappoy.</p><p></p><p>Have you noticed that.</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]146087[/ATTACH]</p><p><strong>The Unexpected FTW.</strong></p><p></p><p>Sosspan also burns one of the fleeing crossbow wielding goblins dead with a max damage Fire Bolt.</p><p></p><p>And that's the fight over.</p><p></p><p>[Goblin chief and lots of others 1175 XP]</p><p></p><p>There is cheering.</p><p></p><p>And particularly when the Unexpected discover a badly beaten, but otherwise alive and kicking, Trebbelos in the goblin chief's chambers.</p><p></p><p>Oh, and just to note Trebbelos is now a level 2 Sorcerer, Pete is very happy about this.</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]146088[/ATTACH]</p><p><strong>Trebbelos!</strong></p><p></p><p>The goblin chief- Bad Koff, is prisoner of the Unexpected, while Krago is taking care of the captured goblin females and the kids, because the dwarf ranger really likes goblins...</p><p></p><p>But that's all she wrote for this session.</p><p></p><p>The pot is up to £43.</p><p></p><p>Stay safe and well you lovely people.</p><p></p><p>Toodles for a bit.</p><p></p><p>Cheers the Unexpected and goonalan.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Goonalan, post: 8446366, member: 16069"] [CENTER][B]The Unexpected in the Caves of Chaos.[/B][/CENTER] [B]Session #008: Death to the Goblins! PCs (in alphabetical order) Krago of the Mountains [/B](Pete) Male Mountain Dwarf Ranger (Folk Hero) Level 1. [B]Lappoy the Unexpected [/B](Rob) Male High Elf Wizard (Sage) Level 2. [B]Mohag the Wanderer[/B] (Pete) Male Human Barbarian (Outlander) Level 1. [B]Sho-Rembo[/B] (Dave) Female Stout Halfling Druid (Hermit) Level 1. [B]Sir Glen[/B] (Dave) Male Human Paladin of Lathander (Noble) Level 1. [B]Sosspan [/B](Dave) Male Dragonborn Wizard (Spy) Level 1. [B]Yor[/B] (Pete) Male Dragonborn Fighter (Folk Hero) Level 1. [B]NPC's (employed by Lappoy) Absent this session? Wormwood[/B] Male Human Guard. [B]Scrubs[/B] Male Human Guard. [B]Captured by the goblins- Trebbelos[/B] (Pete) Male Tiefling Sorcerer (Charlatan) Level 2. [B]Dead PCs (in alphabetical order) Afton Barr[/B] (played Dave) Male Half-Elf Bard (Entertainer) Level 1. [B]Estra Zo [/B](Pete) Female Wood Gnome Rogue (Urchin) Level 1. [B]Farned of the Leaf Lord [/B](Dave) Male Wild Elf Cleric of Rillifane Rallithil (Acolyte) Level 1. [B]Tassit [/B](played by Dave) Female Human Monk (Hermit) Level 1. [B]The Mystical One[/B] (played by Pete) Female Human Warlock (Outlander) Level 1. [B]Note, you can click on the pictures here to make them bigger (if you didn't know this already). Day 10: Being the 10th Day of Mirtul, in the year 1493 by Dale Reckoning, known as the Year of the Purple Dragons, just after midday.[/B] The Unexpected are not going home, and they're moving quickly, policing up the area (and searching the place)- dragging the dead bodies of the goblins out of the way, and while this is going on Lappoy and Krago are, of course, putting the hard word on the goblin prisoner they have taken. The badly wounded captured goblin is called Garby. But here's the thing, there was a lot of chatter at the start of this session and for some reason Wormwood & Scrubs, Lappoy's two personal bodyguards, were no longer in the Combat Tracker on Fantasy Grounds Unity, and so... We kinda forgot all about them, so the two guards don't feature in this session. Oops! There were seven/eight PCs and a whole host of bad guys so my/our bad but, well... mistakes get made. I was relying on Rob (playing Lappoy) to remind me, however Rob forgot all about them too. We only remembered right at the very end, after the session had concluded, it was at that point that Pete asked Rob- “What happened to those two guards of yours?” But briefly back to the chatter at the start of the session- Lappoy (Rob) is all for finishing off the goblins and rescuing Trebbelos. Pete, who plays Trebbelos, obviously also wants his captured PC back, but he was hedging his bets at times, trying to work whether it was worth just abandoning Trebbelos and just shipping out of the goblin's lair and get back to the Keep. After all, six of the PCs have enough XP for level two. And level 1 is proving to be a very tough ask. Dave, he just wanted to get his PCs back to the Keep, and get levelled up. But Pete, the bugger, kept on swapping sides. So, a good thirty minutes disappeared into the fundament before the session even got started. [ATTACH type="full"]146072[/ATTACH] [B]Chatting with Garby.[/B] Garby lets the Unexpected know... there's a chamber full of hobgoblins up the stair, that's not good, the PCs (Lappoy) have more questions regarding this, but... they're moving quickly here. [ATTACH type="full"]146073[/ATTACH] [B]Don't go in here, the door's just to the north of Garby.[/B] Garby is also keen for Lappoy to know that Bad Nog, an Ogre with a foul temper, lives through the northern door here. Mohag the Wanderer finds a sack of gold hidden beneath a barrel here, the barbarian was in the process of (quietly, Lappoy's orders) pulling the place apart. There's a lot of gold in the bag, the barbarian shares his find with his colleagues. However, it's at this point- while Lappoy is conversing with Garby about the newly found loot that two goblin younglings start shouting and hollering at Mohag. [ATTACH type="full"]146074[/ATTACH] [B]Here we go again, maybe.[/B] The Unexpected react instantly, and they're a little trigger happy... seemingly, Yor fires a heavy crossbow bolt through the first goblin child while the second has its head dashed by a sling bullet (and what a shot by the way) from Sho-Rembo. But that's not worked because just around the corner there are a bunch more goblins watching on, and very specifically watching a crossbow bolt end the youngling. Note, Sir Glen got very upset with his companions briefly here- slaughtering goblin kids, but... then the war started. [ATTACH type="full"]146075[/ATTACH] [B]Dead goblin kids, look away- it ain't pretty, you can see their skulls.[/B] And just moments later... [ATTACH type="full"]146076[/ATTACH] [B]The goblins are coming, screaming and shouting- armed with scimitars, and the book says that these fellers will give their lives to defend the lair.[/B] So, no letting up. Lappoy and Sosspan contrive to blast the first goblin warrior down with twin Fire Bolts, while Sir Glen wounds another. But then it starts to get busy. Krago waves his battleaxe at a goblin warrior (= miss followed by an inspiration point = hit for '1' damage). [ATTACH type="full"]146077[/ATTACH] [B]Did I mention that its getting busy?[/B] Note the female goblins are supposed to be non-combatants, but- the Unexpected killed two goblin kids, so I was rolling a D6 for each on their turn, on a '6' they charge into action. I rolled a lot of 6s. The female goblins are unarmed and unarmoured, they're trying to either punch, scratch or else trip the PCs. Mohag the Wanderer takes two attacks with his greataxe to take a goblin down (another inspiration point after a roll of '1' for damage). Sho-Rembo takes yet another goblin down with a Produce Flame (the most powerful spell in D&D, or so my friend Vinnie tells me). But remarkably the Unexpected have not taken a point of damage- so far, not one. Note, during the fracas Sir Glen is continuing to admonish his fellow adventurers for targeting (and killing) goblin children. So... [ATTACH type="full"]146078[/ATTACH] [B]That's an unarmoured, and unarmed, female goblin- the mother of one of the fallen children attempting to punch the paladin in the nuts. Oh, the moral quandary.[/B] But then... [ATTACH type="full"]146079[/ATTACH] [B]Lappoy drops the bomb... Thunderwave![/B] Before and after... [ATTACH type="full"]146080[/ATTACH] [B]Oh, Lappoy![/B] He seems to always arrive at the right time- and come up with the goods, the High Master of Magics. That changed the complexion of the encounter, but let's keep going, because the goblins keep on coming- these buggers, mostly armed with scimitars are screaming and shouting and giving their lives for the tribe. And yet still none of the Unexpected have taken a hit. Krago flings a handaxe and takes down another goblin. There's a lot of giggling from the players, a nervous tension- they're doing this, or else- they think they are. Mohag the Wanderer breaks the goblin line, smashes another one down dead and then after spending another inspiration point, badly wounds another. [ATTACH type="full"]146081[/ATTACH] [B]The Unexpected are surging.[/B] Yor follows the barbarian in, cuts yet another goblin down and for the first time the adventurers get a look at what's in the chamber ahead. [ATTACH type="full"]146082[/ATTACH] [B]A bunch more goblins- but none of them look to be warriors.[/B] Surge! Even Sho-Rembo rushes to the front with her Shillelagh and then bonks a goblin dead, the last warrior to be seen, and the other goblins in the chamber ahead seem to be fleeing. The chase is on! Particularly as seconds later, after a pair of Fire Bolts courtesy of Lappoy and Sosspan clear the way, Sir Glen goes charging into the goblin's main cavern, shouting some tosh about the Morning Lord and shaking his shield and longsword like a real hero. [ATTACH type="full"]146083[/ATTACH] [B]The paladin is giving it some! But let's just take a moment- can you see the goblin on the right of this image, that's Garby, he's prone and restrained (tied up) but he's making checks (at disadvantage) every turn to attempt to escape his bonds.[/B] But back to the action... Seconds later Sir Glen spots a goblin archer setting up dead ahead, but then the closest very angry female goblins comes over and starts pushing and shoving him while babbling in its foul tongue. The paladin is trying really hard not to lose his temper. A moment later and Mohag takes care of the situation, and the scrabbling female goblin, with a swipe of his greataxe. Sir Glen, it is noted by a number of players, doesn't complain to the hulking barbarian. But the goblins keep on coming... [ATTACH type="full"]146084[/ATTACH] [B]The goblins are surging![/B] The newly arriving goblins are better armed and armoured, the ones arriving from the west are the chief's guard (and his harem), the one that has just rushed past Sir Glen is wearing a chain shirt and wielding a scimitar. Two of the goblins to the west are similarly armoured and firing their shortbows. The goblins heading in from the north west are armed with crossbows. Suddenly there are a lot of missile attacks. Although the Unexpected are still yet to take a single point of damage. Spoke too soon, Mohag the Wanderer takes an arrow to the chest, the big barbarian is bloodied in an instant, he battles on and smashes his greataxe into one of the armoured guards- the goblin however survives the ordeal. Briefly... Yor finishes the goblin guard off, and then rushes into cover. [ATTACH type="full"]146085[/ATTACH] [B]Getting busy, and note the chief's harem (some of them) are in a fury and armed with daggers.[/B] Moments later the goblin chief makes its appearance, and stabs Sir Glen, that hurt, and then scurries off while ordering his warriors to redouble their attacks. Lappoy is translating anything the goblins are shouting, particularly the leader types. Then, after a little skirmishing and some way-off target ranged attacks from both sides, Sosspan rushes in and bathes the goblin chief and two of his harem (who are trying to stab Sir Glen) with his poison breath. The goblin chief shoves one his guards in the way of the poisonous exhalation, but the chief's harem take the full dose, and die. An inspiration point later and the brave dragonborn wizard steps up to the three crossbow wielding goblins in the northern corridor, and unleashes his Burning Hands (he's been saving it). But then rolls really low for the damage. naughty word! [ATTACH type="full"]146086[/ATTACH] [B]Sosspan, the hero?[/B] Sir Glen steps in, delivers a half-arsed speech about the something of the Morning Lord, and then fails to connect with the goblin boss twice in quick succession, the second attempt courtesy of his inspiration point. Krago charges in and smashes one of the chief's guards (and rolls another '1' damage). Mohag rushes in and finishes the guard off. The situation is there are four goblins with crossbows, three of them are badly injured, situated in the northern passage. While the chief and just one guard occupy the western passage. Note there has been a bit of chatter between the two warring parties during the fracas but not much, Lappoy has been ordering the goblins to surrender, while Krago has been describing the ways he is going to kill them all (and possibly eat them). Krago's threats are actually helping Lappoy's checks (Intimidate and Persuasion) but the High Mage is mostly rolling low. Then Yor steps in front of his brother Sosspan and slays one of the crossbow wielding goblins- note three of these chaps have tried, and failed, to shoot Sosspan in the last turn, I think they needed to roll a '10' to hit. Sho-Rembo finishes off another of the artillery with her Produce Flame. Sir Glen at last manages to cut the goblin chief, but then at the last second the sneaky bastard drags the one remaining guard in front of him to take the hit. The chief however is now calling for a parley... But Krago's having none of it, he smashes the goblin chief with his battleaxe (but for only '4' damage, keep in mind). The two remaining goblins with crossbows fire their weapons and flee, Yor takes a hit, although the only combatants left in the fight are the chief and his last badly wounded guard. Seconds later Mohag steps in and buries his greataxe in the chief, and now the little bastard is squealing to be allowed to surrender. And so... Lappoy accepts the goblin chief's surrender, just after he Fire Bolt's the remaining goblin guard dead- with a Crit, there's always a Crit at the right time for Lappoy. Have you noticed that. [ATTACH type="full"]146087[/ATTACH] [B]The Unexpected FTW.[/B] Sosspan also burns one of the fleeing crossbow wielding goblins dead with a max damage Fire Bolt. And that's the fight over. [Goblin chief and lots of others 1175 XP] There is cheering. And particularly when the Unexpected discover a badly beaten, but otherwise alive and kicking, Trebbelos in the goblin chief's chambers. Oh, and just to note Trebbelos is now a level 2 Sorcerer, Pete is very happy about this. [ATTACH type="full"]146088[/ATTACH] [B]Trebbelos![/B] The goblin chief- Bad Koff, is prisoner of the Unexpected, while Krago is taking care of the captured goblin females and the kids, because the dwarf ranger really likes goblins... But that's all she wrote for this session. The pot is up to £43. Stay safe and well you lovely people. Toodles for a bit. Cheers the Unexpected and goonalan. [/QUOTE]
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