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<blockquote data-quote="FitzTheRuke" data-source="post: 7202806" data-attributes="member: 59816"><p><strong>Location:</strong> Delimbiyr River South Bank (Behind the Cottages)</p><p></p><p><strong>Encounter:</strong> Goblin Raiding Party</p><p></p><p><strong>Round One (Lionel's POV)</strong></p><p></p><p>Lionel jumped off the boat, intending to follow his friend Tommi, but he had quickly lost him in the dark. Everyone was running everywhere, and he could make out the back-lit shadow of a cottage, so he ran that way, looking for something to hide behind while he got his bearings.</p><p></p><p>In the dark behind the cottage, he heard a scream. He peeked around the back and saw a woman being dragged off by goblins. He had spent quite a lot of time flipping his knives. Juggling them while he was cooking, throwing his not-so-good ones into targets. He had never thrown them at a living creature before, but he had gutted fish and broke-down many four-legged animals. He threw his knife as hard as he could from far away from the goblin, and he heard the creature yelp as it thudded home, just under it's collar-bone.</p><p></p><p>Then someone was behind him and he turned quickly to find that it was Dandin, chuckling to himself for reasons unknown to Lionel (it was for having put so many goblins to sleep). Snake was there also, a shadowy form barely visible. Then, from somewhere in the tall grass of the hill above them, a rain of arrows descended upon the little group. Snake rolled and was missed, Dandin was just lucky as the arrow missed him by an inch, but Lionel felt a sharp pain in his leg and looked down to see the shaft protruding from his leg.</p><p></p><p><em>I've been shot!</em> him mind raced, <em>What will mother say? She told me to go find a nice girl, and instead I got myself killed fighting goblins. She'll think it was Tommi's idea and blame him, again.</em></p><p></p><p>He couldn't see the goblin who shot him, hidden as it was in the tall grass, but another goblin that was behind the newly-burning cottage was drawing an arrow as the one he had injured with his knife dragged the woman around the corner and away from him. He pressed himself up against the cottage's wall, behind the back steps, and closed his eyes, hoping that this was not the end.</p><p></p><p>He heard a thud and opened his eyes to see one of the crewmen from their boat, fall to the ground. Janos the riverman was leading a couple of the crew up the hill in the dark, calling out to his wife, <strong>"Marta! Stay where you are, I'm comin' for you!"</strong> The goblin had picked-off one of his men. The goblin ran back around the corner of the cottage.</p><p></p><p>Snake leaped out and send a bolt of flame up the hill and somewhere in the grass, a goblin yelped in pain. Lionel couldn't tell how Snake could tell where the goblins were. It must be those cat's eyes...</p><p></p><p>[GM]I should point out that while this area is in Darkness (aside from right over near the burning cottage) it's not so dark you can't basically tell where you are. In other words, all the penalties of Darkness, but you can move about without tripping over your own feet or bashing into walls.</p><p>[sblock=Notes]</p><p><strong>Name * Init * "HP" * (Space) * Actions * (Results)</strong></p><p></p><p><strong>Lionel 18</strong> "11-5"(to M30) Dagger 22 vs G9 (Hit for 5)</p><p><strong>Dandin 18</strong> "8" (to M25 then M29) Sleep 34 vs G4, G5, G6, & HG2</p><p><strong>Goblin10 17</strong> "?" (to L39 then M41) Bow 22 vs Lionel (Hit for 5)</p><p><strong>Goblin11 17</strong> "?" (to P39 then N41) Bow 13 vs Dandin (Miss)</p><p><strong>Goblin12 17</strong> "?-3" (to Q39 then M40) Bow 7 vs Snake (Miss)</p><p><strong>Janos 10</strong> "9" (to L32) Dash</p><p><strong>Crew3 8</strong> "5-8" (to L31) Dash; Dead</p><p><strong>Crew4 8</strong> "5" (to L30) Dash</p><p><strong>Goblin9 7</strong> "?-5" (to AD28) Drags woman away</p><p><strong>Snake 4</strong> "8" (to L30 then L28) Firebolt 22 vs G12 (Hit for 3 fire)</p><p>[/sblock]</p><p>[sblock=Rolls]</p><p><strong>Janos</strong></p><p><a href="http://roll.coyotecode.net/lookup.php?rollid=174131" target="_blank">Init: 1D20+1 = [9]+1 = 10</a></p><p><a href="http://roll.coyotecode.net/lookup.php?rollid=174131" target="_blank"></a></p><p><strong>Crew</strong></p><p><a href="http://roll.coyotecode.net/lookup.php?rollid=174448" target="_blank">Init: 1D20 = [8] = 8</a></p><p><a href="http://roll.coyotecode.net/lookup.php?rollid=174448" target="_blank"></a></p><p><strong>Goblins</strong></p><p><a href="http://roll.coyotecode.net/lookup.php?rollid=174457" target="_blank">Attack: 2D20.HIGH(1)+4 = [18, 8]+4 = 22</a></p><p><a href="http://roll.coyotecode.net/lookup.php?rollid=174457" target="_blank">1D6+2 = [3]+2 = 5</a></p><p><a href="http://roll.coyotecode.net/lookup.php?rollid=174457" target="_blank">2D20.HIGH(1)+4 = [9, 1]+4 = 13</a></p><p><a href="http://roll.coyotecode.net/lookup.php?rollid=174457" target="_blank">1D6+2 = [1]+2 = 3</a></p><p><a href="http://roll.coyotecode.net/lookup.php?rollid=174457" target="_blank"></a> vs Lionel & Dandin</p><p><a href="http://roll.coyotecode.net/lookup.php?rollid=174458" target="_blank">Attack: 1D20+4 = [3]+4 = 7</a></p><p><a href="http://roll.coyotecode.net/lookup.php?rollid=174458" target="_blank">1D6+2 = [6]+2 = 8</a></p><p><a href="http://roll.coyotecode.net/lookup.php?rollid=174458" target="_blank"></a> vs Snake</p><p><a href="http://roll.coyotecode.net/lookup.php?rollid=174462" target="_blank">Check: 1D20+6 = [6]+6 = 12</a></p><p><a href="http://roll.coyotecode.net/lookup.php?rollid=174462" target="_blank">1D20+6 = [14]+6 = 20</a></p><p><a href="http://roll.coyotecode.net/lookup.php?rollid=174462" target="_blank">1D20+6 = [4]+6 = 10</a></p><p><a href="http://roll.coyotecode.net/lookup.php?rollid=174462" target="_blank"></a> G10,G11,G12 Bonus Action Hide</p><p>(Two out of three can be heard, but the Halflings can't see them anyway in the dark)</p><p><a href="http://roll.coyotecode.net/lookup.php?rollid=174463" target="_blank">Attack: 1D20+4 = [19]+4 = 23</a></p><p><a href="http://roll.coyotecode.net/lookup.php?rollid=174463" target="_blank">1D6+2 = [6]+2 = 8</a></p><p><a href="http://roll.coyotecode.net/lookup.php?rollid=174463" target="_blank"></a> vs Crew3 (Oh no!)</p><p>[/sblock]</p><p>[/GM]</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH]87575[/ATTACH]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="FitzTheRuke, post: 7202806, member: 59816"] [B]Location:[/B] Delimbiyr River South Bank (Behind the Cottages) [B]Encounter:[/B] Goblin Raiding Party [B]Round One (Lionel's POV)[/B] Lionel jumped off the boat, intending to follow his friend Tommi, but he had quickly lost him in the dark. Everyone was running everywhere, and he could make out the back-lit shadow of a cottage, so he ran that way, looking for something to hide behind while he got his bearings. In the dark behind the cottage, he heard a scream. He peeked around the back and saw a woman being dragged off by goblins. He had spent quite a lot of time flipping his knives. Juggling them while he was cooking, throwing his not-so-good ones into targets. He had never thrown them at a living creature before, but he had gutted fish and broke-down many four-legged animals. He threw his knife as hard as he could from far away from the goblin, and he heard the creature yelp as it thudded home, just under it's collar-bone. Then someone was behind him and he turned quickly to find that it was Dandin, chuckling to himself for reasons unknown to Lionel (it was for having put so many goblins to sleep). Snake was there also, a shadowy form barely visible. Then, from somewhere in the tall grass of the hill above them, a rain of arrows descended upon the little group. Snake rolled and was missed, Dandin was just lucky as the arrow missed him by an inch, but Lionel felt a sharp pain in his leg and looked down to see the shaft protruding from his leg. [I]I've been shot![/I] him mind raced, [I]What will mother say? She told me to go find a nice girl, and instead I got myself killed fighting goblins. She'll think it was Tommi's idea and blame him, again.[/I] He couldn't see the goblin who shot him, hidden as it was in the tall grass, but another goblin that was behind the newly-burning cottage was drawing an arrow as the one he had injured with his knife dragged the woman around the corner and away from him. He pressed himself up against the cottage's wall, behind the back steps, and closed his eyes, hoping that this was not the end. He heard a thud and opened his eyes to see one of the crewmen from their boat, fall to the ground. Janos the riverman was leading a couple of the crew up the hill in the dark, calling out to his wife, [B]"Marta! Stay where you are, I'm comin' for you!"[/B] The goblin had picked-off one of his men. The goblin ran back around the corner of the cottage. Snake leaped out and send a bolt of flame up the hill and somewhere in the grass, a goblin yelped in pain. Lionel couldn't tell how Snake could tell where the goblins were. It must be those cat's eyes... [GM]I should point out that while this area is in Darkness (aside from right over near the burning cottage) it's not so dark you can't basically tell where you are. In other words, all the penalties of Darkness, but you can move about without tripping over your own feet or bashing into walls. [sblock=Notes] [B]Name * Init * "HP" * (Space) * Actions * (Results)[/B] [B]Lionel 18[/B] "11-5"(to M30) Dagger 22 vs G9 (Hit for 5) [B]Dandin 18[/B] "8" (to M25 then M29) Sleep 34 vs G4, G5, G6, & HG2 [B]Goblin10 17[/B] "?" (to L39 then M41) Bow 22 vs Lionel (Hit for 5) [B]Goblin11 17[/B] "?" (to P39 then N41) Bow 13 vs Dandin (Miss) [B]Goblin12 17[/B] "?-3" (to Q39 then M40) Bow 7 vs Snake (Miss) [B]Janos 10[/B] "9" (to L32) Dash [B]Crew3 8[/B] "5-8" (to L31) Dash; Dead [B]Crew4 8[/B] "5" (to L30) Dash [B]Goblin9 7[/B] "?-5" (to AD28) Drags woman away [B]Snake 4[/B] "8" (to L30 then L28) Firebolt 22 vs G12 (Hit for 3 fire) [/sblock] [sblock=Rolls] [B]Janos[/B] [URL="http://roll.coyotecode.net/lookup.php?rollid=174131"]Init: 1D20+1 = [9]+1 = 10 [/URL] [B]Crew[/B] [URL="http://roll.coyotecode.net/lookup.php?rollid=174448"]Init: 1D20 = [8] = 8 [/URL] [B]Goblins[/B] [URL="http://roll.coyotecode.net/lookup.php?rollid=174457"]Attack: 2D20.HIGH(1)+4 = [18, 8]+4 = 22 1D6+2 = [3]+2 = 5 2D20.HIGH(1)+4 = [9, 1]+4 = 13 1D6+2 = [1]+2 = 3 [/URL] vs Lionel & Dandin [URL="http://roll.coyotecode.net/lookup.php?rollid=174458"]Attack: 1D20+4 = [3]+4 = 7 1D6+2 = [6]+2 = 8 [/URL] vs Snake [URL="http://roll.coyotecode.net/lookup.php?rollid=174462"]Check: 1D20+6 = [6]+6 = 12 1D20+6 = [14]+6 = 20 1D20+6 = [4]+6 = 10 [/URL] G10,G11,G12 Bonus Action Hide (Two out of three can be heard, but the Halflings can't see them anyway in the dark) [URL="http://roll.coyotecode.net/lookup.php?rollid=174463"]Attack: 1D20+4 = [19]+4 = 23 1D6+2 = [6]+2 = 8 [/URL] vs Crew3 (Oh no!) [/sblock] [/GM] [ATTACH=CONFIG]87575._xfImport[/ATTACH] [/QUOTE]
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