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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Taboo" data-source="post: 788292" data-attributes="member: 5912">Goblins!"We have two paths that lie before us. To go back through the door where the cans were, because that appears to be one way, and the main entrance into the goblins' lair. Or we can go all the way out and try to go in through the other door, and try to go over the pit. It would be my sense that the goblins have reinforced that area."Kierwin interrupted, "And it will be just as dangerous as this door."Turk agreed, "If not more. Now remember, there were caltrops on the ground which will impede us, we'll have to move slower. Simply do not run through the area, then you would definitely endanger yourself. Then, there was a wall or something, which I will assume the goblins will have guarded with missile fire, bows, javelins, spears, perhaps, which they will  attempt to impale us with as we move forward. Does anyone have a shield?"The answer was no."Hmm. So we will just have to take our chances and move forward. Thorin, I suggest that you and I lead the attack. Spellcasters, do any of you have any sleep spells?"Electra did, but Kierwin only had Clerical spells that morning. Minx wanted to know why Turk wanted to know."We are moving into the goblin area. Cloaked one..." He was trying to get Snap's attention. "Do you have any of these sleep spells?"Snap had been ignoring him, and finally answered that he did. He also had more spells to cast than Minx did, which ended up causing a discussion about the difference between wizards and sorcerers. Turk was still learning about spellcasters, since it had not been addressed at the academy."My suggestion is, we open the door, and let Minx and Snap cast their sleep spells on the area just past that wall to knock out any defenders. Then Thorin and I will walk over to the wall, look over, see what awaits us, and at that point we will decide whether to move forward or not." Turk had outlined a solid battle strategy, based on the fact that they did not know how many defenders would be waiting behind the partial wall.  "Thorin, let's you and I take the lead, then we'll move back as quietly as possible, letting the spellcasters act first.""Let's let our enemies bleed and die for their evil gods, while we live and conquer for our good god, Pelor. Pelor, give us strength."Turk whispered to Kierwin, "Why don't you be rear guard in case anything comes up behind us." She walked to the back of the group with Geirmund, sword out and watching for movement behind them.With that, Thorin listened to see if he could hear anything on the other side, not hearing anything, they opened the door. The room was empty, except for the same mess they had encountered before, especially the great quantity of rat droppings.  There were recent tracks through the room, it looked like a couple of goblins had come partway into the room, and then gone back into the hallway. They moved over to the door that led to the hallway that the goblins guarded. It was slightly ajar. Turk could hear some sort of noise, but couldn't make out what it was. When they opened the door, movement caught Turk's eye as they opened the door. His hand shot out, catching a stone that had been placed on top of the door, and knocked off when they opened it, preventing it from alerting the goblins that the door had been opened.There were speartips visible above the wall at the end of hallway, so they knew that the sentries were indeed at their post. Minx cast sleep and they saw one of the speartips fall.  They heard surprised noises coming from one of the goblins, who couldn't figure out what had just happened to its partner. Snap cast the sleep spell he had prepared and the startled goblin joined its partner on the floor. Then Turk and Thorin made their way up to the wall, being careful of the caltrops that littered the floor. Turk and Thorin made it to the wall, and using the wall as cover, got weapons ready to slice and dice. Turk drove his greatsword into one of the goblins, killing it before it could awake from the spell. Thorin took the other goblin out by separating its head from its body. They made sure the rest of the area was clear before motioning the others on.Turk scaled the wall easily, and helped Thorin over. There was a doorway on that side of the wall, so Turk and Thorin guarded it while the others joined them after clearing the caltrops out of the hallway in case they needed to make a hasty retreat. They found wine skins with really nasty wine in them. The smell alone nearly made Thorin sick.They opened the door that Turk and Thorin had been guarding, Kierwin and Geirmund continued to watch behind them in case of an attack. As soon as they opened the door, they heard goblins. When Turk heard the goblins, he took off with his sword out, ready for a fight. There was a short hallway that turned and opened into another room. That room was divided by another crenellated wall, and the goblins were standing guard behind that wall. Turk, having left the others behind, got there first.  He peaked around the corner, and saw several goblin faces peering over the wall, chattering to each other. At the end of the room, near where he was standing, were several human-sized stuffed manikins and broken javelins littered the floor. He took stock of the situation, and quickly moved up to the wall, slashing back and forth with his greatsword to terrify the goblins. He called to Thorin come and share the glory with him as they killed the evil goblins. Three goblins stabbed at Turk as he moved to attack them alone. He dodged two, but the third hit, just grazing his left shoulder. Now Turk had a target, "You die first, putrid one!" He decided on a downward thrust with his sword, to work around the cover the goblins had from the three foot tall wall. He plunged his sword down through the heart of the goblin that had dented his armor with its javelin, and it slid off the blade, dead to the floor. He brought the sword up to hit the goblin next to him, but had lost momentum when he'd pierced the first one through. He just missed the goblin he was aiming for on the upswing, and nicked the wall.The goblin Turk missed was screaming and jumping around with its javelin and trying to hit Turk.  In its excitement, or terror, it missed.Thorin had joined in the fight while Turk was fighting, and managed to take the head and an arm off of one of the goblins. Turk said "Surrender or die!" And one of the goblins threw a javelin at him, then both of the remaining goblins ran for the door. Turk managed to bring down one as it turned to run, then stepped over the wall trying to keep the last goblin from getting away.Thorin saw the goblin  open the door, and did the only thing he could think of. He threw his waraxe. The goblin fell with the axe embedded firmly in the back of its head. Thorin climbed over the wall to reclaim his axe and clean the goblin brains off it.Kierwin and Geirmund had gotten there in time to see Turk and Thorin kill the last two goblins and climbed over the wall to join Turk and Thorin. Turk called for Minx and Snap, who were still back in the room at the other end of the short hallway. They finally joined the rest of the group, and didn't offer any explanations about what had held them up.</blockquote>

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