Liam grimaces at Erlick's restriction. Unable to assist in disabling the kobold, he starts looking upwards into the tree that he is standing beneath. Perhaps he can climb into it in order to snipe at any returning kobold patrols.
[ooc - how climbable is the tree. . . for a person with a -1 climb score? If it looks impossible he will simply hunker down by his tree (hide +5) and watch the clearing for returning patrols]
Sonrik quickly sees the wisdom in showing mercy to the Kobold captain, as one of the group will be returning to warn the village. He switches his grip on his longsword and charges in to hit the Kobold with the flat of his blade.
Ala cries out, her words tinged with the power of her patron, "Surrender!" She then pauses for a moment and yells again. "Drop your weapons and you'll not be harmed!"
Seeing that simply dropping the bow might lead to losing it in a retreat, Sel'Tarien puts it away in a more orderly fashion and draws his rapier as he moves on to the kobold.
A rapier is pretty awkward for subdual, but maybe...
Rak scans the woods. Looking and hearing for the enemy. If he does not see or hear any on his right flank he will advance seeking cover. "Gemble follow me" he wispers.
Erlik takes a few moments to look around and listen. His efforts are rewarded, if you can call it that, when he first hears rustling through the dried leaves on the woodland floor. He turns to see several of the small, lizard goblin things weaving through the brush toward them… obviously, at least one of the squads heard their captain’s call! Rushing ahead and, having readied his light crossbow already, fires off a shot at the closest approaching Kobold. It strikes true, but the scrawny beast disappears behind a large shrub and Erlik cannot determine its fate.
The Priestess of Thorus Odara stops and cries out to her god. Odara answers as strange words flow from her lips just before she shouts “Surrender! Drop your weapon and you will not be harmed!” The captain, looking quite afraid, drops his weapon… though Ala suspects that her spell did not affect this decision.
Sonrik rolls the hilt of his blade in his hand and charges the captain. But as the blade drops from his tiny hand, Sonrik pulls up his charge and brings his weapon to the ready. The captain doesn’t blink at the paladin but cowers as the burly dwarf dives forward arms outstretched and lands, chest first, on top of the kobold in some kind of dwarven battle belly-flop. The kobold captain disappears beneath the broad shoulders and chest of the dwarf, who then quickly shoves the captain’s sword aside. “Ye be nae goin’ no where, ye drip!”
Meanwhile, Liam grimaces. His powerful eldritch blast is not well suited for putting an opponent away with only temporary harm. He looks up the tree… looks away… looks back up… Hey! He thinks he can probably climb up this sucker with all the limbs poking out this way and that. Grabbing a branch, the warlock takes a deep breath, knowing he’s not well skilled at climbing, and begins to pull himself up. About 8 feet above the ground, he feels he shouldn’t risk climbing higher. Away to the north, Liam can see a squad of Kobolds making their way through underbrush… they don’t seem to have heard the captain’s cry as they continue forward. To the east, he notices a squad of kobolds rushing back to their captain and opens his mouth to cry out a warning as Erlik rushes forward toward them. As Erlik looses the bolt, so too does Liam unleash the energies building up within him. A dark and violet blast of raw magic bursts forth from Liam’s outstretched hand at a second kobold. The thing yelps in pain and falls over onto the ground, unmoving.
Korbin, who had been moving in on the Kobold, watches the dwarf envelop the thing, turns to see what the commotion was nearby and sees a kobold soldier quivering in pain as it drains its life-blood onto the ground. A strange haze wafts away as the effects of Liam’s blast fades away. He readies himself as he sees a half dozen more kobold soldiers coming out of the brush.
Sel’Tarien shoulders his bow and draws his rapier and starts forward just in time to see the dwarf put the splash on the captain. But a streak of dark matter catches his periferial vision and he first sees Liam then the approaching kobolds. He alters his direction to intercept. Jaeden moves to Sel’Tarien’s side.
Unnoticed, Rak and Gemble sneak down to the large oak tree where, behind a nearby fir tree, they find nearly total cover. “Oh dear, a squad of those kobolds are returning.” Gemble says nervously by Rak’s knee.
Erlik: Loads crossbow with held action. Moves forward to K7 and fires on a kobold soldier rolling 16 (1d20) +3 (bonuses) = 19, hit, doing 4 (1d8) damage.
Ala: Casts “Command” on the kobold captain who rolls a total will save of 19 and resists the spell of the cleric. Ala may still move before the next round (and can combine this move with her next move for an effective 60’ move)
Sonrik: Moves to G14 and abandons charge. Still has a standard action.
Krueger: Grapples Kobold Captain and has him pinned.
Liam: Climbs tree, retains partial cover and now 8 feet up. Fires Eldritch blast at Kobold rolling 19 (1d20) +2 (bonuses) = 21, hit! Rolling 5 (1d6) points of damage. ||
You see the kobold that “disappeared” has fallen into the bush and appears to be dying
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Korbin: Moves to I14 to face the coming kobolds. Still has a standard action.
Rak: Finds near total cover behind a tree and under the large Oak in M8
Gemble: Hides behind Rak.
Jaeden: Moves to K10
Kobold Captain: Resists the Command Spell with a total will save of 19 (Man, I’m rolling high today), but drops his weapon anyway. Is then grappled by Krueger and is pinned.
Kobold 1: Disappears behind shrub
Kobold 2: Dying -1 HP
Kobolds 3, 4, 5, and 6: enter field of battle.
Up Next
Jaeden (Held Standard Action)
Ala (Held Move Action)
Sonrik (Held Standard Action)
Korbin (Held Standard Action)
Top of the order
Erlik swings his halberd into action and charging forward towards the kobolds brings his blade to bear using its reach to kill the beasties without getting close enough for the small lizards to retaliate.
