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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Lazlow" data-source="post: 2329509" data-attributes="member: 24242">Round one - FIGHT!Pure chaos erupts in the tavern as one of the goblin inflitrators (G6) callously clubs an unarmed patron with the pommel of his sword and laughs as this person crumples to the ground with a cry.  The goblin (g1) standing in front of the seated half-orc lunges forward with a cackle, but his blade is turned aside by the steel plates of the gruff warrior's armor.Karjanga, drawing out her greataxe, lets loose a battle cry and, miraculously finding a beeline through the patrons and tables to the larger group of goblins (OOC:  Good eye!), separates that same goblin's (G1) torso from his pesky legs; the upper half of his body falls to the ground with a sickening thud, his lifeless eyes wide in surprise.A bellowing roar erupts from the bar and suddenly Sunderkeg is standing on top of the bar with a well-worn ugrosh in his hands.  "You picked the wrong bar, you filthy mongrels!" he yells as he leaps from the bar to the table directly in front of him and raises his weapon above his head.  Upon seeing this, two of the goblins on the east side of the bar (G5 & G7) give each other worried looks and back away momentarily.The filthy conspiracy-minded dwarf leaps from his seat at the table and, seemingly without regard for his own safety, charges straight at one of the villians (G6).  Shocked, the goblin lands a feeble blow, nicking the dwarf's hand, but, being blocked by tables, chairs, and patrons, has nowhere to go and is summarily knocked to the ground as the dwarf barrels over him.The cleaner, previously insulted dwarf charges into the fray:  Pulling out a huge waraxe of dwarven make, he rounds the table between him and the nearest goblin (G7) and with a finely executed upstroke, quickly relieves the vile creature of its left arm and head.Overturning the table in front of him, the heavily-armored half-orc steps backward out of his seat, a litany of vulgar oaths dripping off his lips.  Drawing himself up to his full height, he draws his longsword and stares down the back-stabbing goblin (G2) - who responds by immediately soiling himself and the floor beneath him.At this time, one of the goblins (G4) decides he's had enough and bolts for the door, knocking over patrons and tables as he makes his way over there.  The soiled goblin (G2) tries to take a step backwards, but slips on his own filth and falls over backward, his sword falling from his hands with a clatter.  Seeing his comrade split in half, another goblin (G3) curses in his native tongue and slashes at Karjanga but misses by a country mile.  On the other side of the room, an altogether braver goblin (G5) thinks he can go toe-to-toe with Sunderkeg and moves in to strike - but as he closes, the burly tavernkeeper's foot shoots out like a bolt of leathery lightning and snaps the goblin's head back with a sickening crack.  The goblin crumples to the floor in an ignominious heap.At the door, Hamm pulls out his trusty harmonica as he leaps to a nearby table, and, bursting into song, imbues his erstwhile companions with courage and valor courtesy of an old arse-whoopin' tune.=======================OOC:  Agrajag, take 1 pt of damage.  Karjanga gets the Awesome Overkill award, doing 3.6 times more damage than necessary...  Nice way to start out an adventure, eh?  Jarlaxale comes in a close second, doing 3.2 times more damage than was needed.Of course...  They're just goblins.   <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink    ;)"  data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" /></blockquote>

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