Deus Ex Machina

[Zurai]

Grace notices the strangely-shaped arrow out of the corner of its vision. New variable: Arrow, unknown attachment. Training: Goblins known to use dangerous and suicidal attacks in desperate situations; these Goblins appear desperate. Threat assessment: High. Nearby Goblins appear unable to harm this unit. Course of action: Eliminate new variable. Grace whirls and charges the desperate-looking goblin archer, ignoring the swords that clang against its adamantine shell.

[sblock=Attack and Damage]Grace's attack roll, round 3 (1d20+3=14) +2 for charging which I forgot to add in = 16.
Grace's damage roll, round 3 (1d8+2=10)
That goblin should now be a smear on the ground, I hope [/sblock][sblock=OOC]This is all assuming Erran's arrow doesn't kill the goblin. Usually 4 isn't enough even for goblins. If he did kill the goblin with the strange arrow, just use my attack roll and damage on the goblin archer nearest Grace.[/sblock]

 

[Isida Kep'Tukari]

Prying himself out of the dirt, and spying the odd arrow, Dog has no time to revel in the fact that he has not deactivated.

"Small Dog, attack!" he commands, pointing at the archer.

With that, Dog will then throw himself at the colonel to drag him down below arrow range.

 

[Eryndur]

3AC overreaches with his hammer, and it whistles over the head of Spider's foe, as the gobling comes to a sudden realization that its life is almost over.

Erran's arrow plunges into the mysterious-arrow-wielding goblin's abdomen, doubling it over, and Grace's sudden appearance spells its doom, as his longsword cleaves it in twain. The half-hearted attempts to harm the charging paladin on his path to the goblin bounce off his adamantine plating. The arrow drops to the ground, and Grace can see that it appears to be some sort of flare attached to the head with twine.

Dog ordered Small Dog to attack at the same moment Grace finished off the goblin, so the hound turns uncertainly back to his master, giving him a quizzical and slightly reproving look. The druid, in the meantime, bears the colonel to the ground, under much protestation.

[sblock=OOC]I need actions from Voda, Forgefly, Mellubb, and Necro. Forgefly, if you look at the last posted map, Spike is five feet north of Erran's position on that map.[/sblock]

 

[Isida Kep'Tukari]

"Colonel, goblin archer with unknown arrow was in your vicinity. GR8-C15 dispatched," Dog explains quickly. "Officers are favored targets." Undoubtedly the colonel already knew that very well, but for Dog it was the first time he had actually put it into practice on the battlefield.

"Small Dog, heel, guard!" he commanded his canine companion. He'd have to give Small Dog a treat for the aborted attack manuever.

"With the colonel's permission, sir, this unit will see you mounted to command," Dog offers, eyes peeled for further attacks.

OOC: [sblock]I'm guessing officers are usually mounted so they can see the battlefield more easily, so Dog wants to help the colonel get to his horse so he can take command of the battlefield. And, coincidentally, Dog can get the rest of his supplies in the bargain. [/sblock]

 

[Forgefly]

Spike bursts into action running north and grabbing the western most goblin, crushing him against his chest.

[sblock=Ooc]
Spike takes a move action to move north then initiates a grapple with improved grapple.
Touch Attack, Opposed Grapple, Unarmed Damage, Spiked Body Damage (1d20+2=9, 1d20+6=22, 1d6+2=6, 1d6=3)
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[Mellubb]

Fixem will attack the goblin in front of him.
Attack: 1d20+4=10
which I am sure misses and I won't waste an action point.

 

[Necro_Kinder]

Craft fights the urge to see what was attached to the goblin's arrow, and instead brings his morningstar down on the nearest archer.

[sblock=OOC] Craft moves and engages the closest goblin archer
Attack= 18
Damage= 9 (7 blud/peirce + 2 Fire[/sblock]

 

[Voda Vosa]

"Terminating enemy: Work in progress" Spider says as he shoot an arrow to the next goblin.

OOC:

spider Attack: 21 (http://invisiblecastle.com/find.py?id=1353906)
spider damage: 6 (http://invisiblecastle.com/find.py?id=1353908)

 

[Eryndur]

Dansern grabs Dog by the arm and pulls him close.

"Listen to me, warforged!" he says fiercely. "This is just a bold assassination attempt! The rest are coming! This front is lost. You must take the final messengers and get to the First Cave! Find Coaldust!"

He points at the huge mountain behind the tent, then makes a break for the horse pickets, the two remaining guards following in his wake. He reaches them, and mounts a large white charger. His face is grim with a mixture of resignation and pain.

Meanwhile, across the camp to the north, Spike impales a thoroughly surprised goblin on his chest spikes, and the body hangs there limply, a macabre trophy.

Fixem's mighty swing cuts air as his foe rolls out of the way, while nearby, the artificer wields his flaming morningstar like a holy weapon, slaying goblin after goblin.

A wild stroke by the goblin behind Spider misses as the warforged looses his arrow at an enemy further away, and fortuitously, it impales the hapless creature through the eye, killing it instantly.

The surviving goblins press the attack, but their pitiful blades simply bounce off the warforgeds' hides, and their arrows miss the mark. One brave creature, however, manages to slip his sword into the knee joint in 3AC's composite plating, and he sinks it half-way up the blade. The pain is excruciating, dealing 6 points of damage.

Then -- the worst happens. A lone archer, near Spike and standing over the body of the guard he slew moments ago, aims carefully along the sights of his bow, and looses a barbed arrow that cuts straight through the chaotic melee and plunges directly into the chest of Colonel Dansern, just as he rights himself in the saddle. Already horribly wounded by the hobgoblin's sorcerous energy, he stares down at the missile with a faint look of surprise, then topples to the ground in a heap. His two guards wail in anguish.

[sblock=OOC]End of Round 3. Your turn. Updated map:
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[Isida Kep'Tukari]

The colonel's final orders echoed in Dog's head, and his death did not change them. The loss of the commander was significant, and the loss of the front meant no further action was needed to protect the camp.

He is dead, Dog thought, rising to his feet and continuing his run toward the horses. He needed the supplies on his donkey for continued superior functioning during the mission. Calling for Small Dog to heel and guard again, he burst into action.

"Continue the objective!" he cried as he ran.