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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Plane Sailing" data-source="post: 222863" data-attributes="member: 114">Four of the hobgoblins open fire with longbows, but Arilyn creates a windwall between the two parties, and the arrows are deflected all over the place. Lysander and Anne-Marie move in to attack the hobgobline spear wielders, but they are obviously well trained fighters, taking full advantage of their long spears and combat reflexes to get several attacks of opportunity against their attackers. Even Anne-Maries spring attack doesn’t help against this hedgehog of spears.The hobgoblins are clearly outclassed though, and as the fight continues and the magic users look on, the hobgoblins are slowly whittled down – although one of them manages to actually strike Anne Marie and gain a critical hit, which really hurt (took her down to half hit points).At last, the hobgoblins are all dead. Ignoring Awk’s request to take advantage of the “tasty treats going to waste”, they press on into the village, and find it strangely deserted… strange because in many of the houses there is still food laid out on the tables, and childrens toys scattered across the floor. It is all cold now, but these villagers must have left in an awful hurry.Careful examination of the gateway to the village reveals numerous tracks frozen into the mud – although nobody is a skilled enough tracker to make out the details, it looks like the villagers were herded out of here a few days ago by booted soldiers – probably hobgoblins. Concerned by this news, the party continue round to the valley leading to the wizards tower – siz hundred feet away from them they see it now, rising from a solid base into a carved spire, high in the sky. There is something odd, assymetric about the tower though. Dala sends Awk to go and have a quick look around the tower and he reports back that the room at the top of the tower has one of its walls blown completely out, probably a long time ago. Arilyn tries to send her familiar to have a more detailed look, but Smoke baulks a little. He has a bad feeling about that tower and is at pains to point out that he is not very robust at the moment!As they watch, huge brass doors at the foot of the tower slowly swing open, and another troop of hobgoblins with similar armament troop out. Dala quickly makes himself and K’tan invisible, Arilyn hides while Lysander and Anne-Marie draw their bows and start to open fire at extreme range.  The hobgoblins hunker down and return fire in turn.After a minute of fruitless arrow exchange, apart from a good hit by Anne Marie and a couple of truestrike – enhanced shots by Lysander, the missile fire has not been effective at this long range. The Hobgoblins drop their bows, ready their longspears and start to charge across the open ground towards our heroes.In the meantime, Dala has been cautiously working his way down one side of the valley. Seeing the hobgoblin charge he waits, and prepares one of his favourite spells. As the yelling line of hobgoblins draws level with his position he throws his hands forward and utters a few sharp syllables – and a bolt of lightning crackles across the valley, frying almost all the hobgoblins in mid stride. The one survior attempts to make a break for it up the side of the valley but is shot by Anne Marie as he is climbing.The way is clear to investigate the tower.</blockquote>

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