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Message: <blockquote data-quote="DrSpunj" data-source="post: 1152478" data-attributes="member: 994">Riva, if you had enough movement to charge the length of that hallway, you certainly had enough movement to bullrush Kytum-Up 10' back up the stairs (there was no one behind him when the goblins first fired upon you, everyone came running just after that). That maneuver would have brought you into the upper part of the corridor, and since we couldn't shoot or cast spells at the ballista from up there, I'm sure the ballista and the goblins near it wouldn't have been able to fire upon you either. Even without knowing about the hidden/flanking goblins that would have been a better plan than you singly throwing yourself at them with the majority of us left behind at the top of the shaft! Who knows how many were down there waiting to pepper you with poisoned bolts! You only saw three, but another appeared to help load the ballista, and you don't know the layout of the place like Kytum-Up does. Those passages weren't new: I'm curious if Kytum-Up remembered their presence and/or whether his tribe used them as well for similar defensive purposes.And apparently we all need to sit and have another pow-wow: these goblins LOVE ambushes! They LOVE being sneaky! If you didn't "expect" it before, hopefully nearly dying TWICE in a matter of as many minutes will help provide the evidence you need to be convinced! Every time we've encountered them they have (usually successfully) baited us into all sorts of bad positions: spreading ourselves too thin, leaving our more fragile party members out in the open where they become target practice dummies, circling around moving even faster than Bavic & I on those blasted wolves or with magic to flank us from an unexpected direction...I can go on if you need further reminders. Exactly which part of all of our encounters so far led you to believe they were going to stand out in the open in a long line and await our charge?Realizing just now that he's been getting louder and louder, Garret takes a deep breath, turns around, and heads off muttering a prayer* that he seems to be using an awful lot lately:Holy Mother, heed my prayer, Lend me your wisdom, So that I might see clearly; Give me your PATIENCE (this with a bit of extra fervor), That I might bear what I see.* Common prayer of Morwyn, Book of the Righteous</blockquote>

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