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The door!? Crap...and crap! Dimly bellows. He turns around, steps towards the door (trying to get his back against it), and swings his sword at the goblin who closed the door, trying to secure a way out.
Round 1 Moments earlier... "Oh ... shit,"Rainey calmly observes as the door closes and their new companion is trapped -- alone -- on the other side. Horatio slinks back to join the rest at the intersection and is almost bowled over as AdaRue begins racing down the corridor. "Come on everyone! Let's help him!" she calls as smashes her shoulder into the hard, wooden door.
In the moment... "The door!? Crap...and crap!"Dimly bellows. His intention is to back towards the door, and hopefully get to the wall, but the goblins move more rapidly and he quickly finds himself completely surrounded. The goblin that shut the door (#2) slides positions itself between Dimly and the door, blocking any exit, then proceeds to jab the tip of its spear into the dwarf's back (-3). Dimly manages to fend off the attacks from the goblins at his right (#4) and front (#3), but the goblin to his left (#1) also manages to stick him with the tip of its spear (-3) leaving him heavily wounded.
Dimly, reeling in pain, swings wildly with his longsword, unable to connect and lessen the numbers against him. "Crap! and crap!" he repeats loudly.
Moments later...
The door, which was just pushed closed and did not fully latch, flies open as AdaRue slams into it and almost clips the goblin that closed it moments earlier. AdaRue's momentum carries her into the room. Inside, the group sees Dimly completely surrounded, and heavily wounded.
Keebler sends a perfectly placed arrow whizzing down the passageway which sinks into the goblin at Dimly's back, dropping it. Horatio is not as fortunate as his arrow nicks the stone framework surrounding the door frame and snaps harmlessly in half.
Junius and Sacro creep forward a bit to get into position for ranged combat and loose a pair of arrows, with Junius clipping a goblin at Dimly's flank, wounding it.
Canun loads another stone into his sling and moves up behind Keebler and Horatio, but does not have a shot through the crowded hallway.
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The undersized goblin remains cowering against the far wall.
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AdaRue, and her 60-foot movement rate, was not able to attack in addition to opening the door.
Correct me if I'm wrong, but I had Junius with 28 arrows, not 19, leaving him with 27, not 18.
Breathing heavily to fight off the panic, Dimly swings at the goblin to his south (#3), then steps back toward AdaRue to try to form some sort of line and keep the corridor clear.
Dandelion - female half-orc beautyqueen in training (The Lone City in the Wildlands) OSRIC Halfpint - female halfling badgirl wannabe (Lab Lord- The North Marches) LL Mark'd - charismatic human fighter (Lab Lord- The North Marches) LL
Round 2
The goblins continue to act quickly, and Dimly still finds himself facing multiple attacks. The surrounded dwarf manages to fend off the spear stab from the goblin to his right (#1) with his shield, but feels a clip from the goblin bully in front of him (#3)... but, despite his already heavy wounds, manages to fight off his new pain (-1) and continue the battle!
The door-closing goblin to Dimly's left (#4) wheels around when the door is thrust open and, spying a new target, jabs its spear in AdaRue's direction, but the clerics armor easily protects the priestess from any harm.
The undersized goblin scampers across the room, knocking aside a chair and taking cover behind a table located in the room.
Dimly swipes with his long sword at the goblin in front of him as he begins to back towards the entrance. His attack appears to be on target when, at the last instant, he almost trips over the goblin lying dead in his path; the momentary stumble is just enough to throw off the accuracy of his strike allowing the goblin to at least temporarily escape death.
AdaRue quickly puts an end to the goblin that turned to target her, thumping the small creature in its chest with a solid strike from her mace.
A volley of poorly-aimed arrows and sling stones cut through the air -- one narrowly missing Dimly -- as they crash against the far wall of the chamber.
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The undersized goblin and two of its bullies remain.
I'll hold'em back, lass, Dimly grunts to AdaRue. Don't let yourself get cut off if I fall. He swings desperately at the goblin in front of him (#1), hoping to get the first blow in.
Canun, his mace still slick with gore from the thief and goblin, is now overconfident with his melee abilities. He strides forward with his mace, ready to brain another goblin.
Dandelion - female half-orc beautyqueen in training (The Lone City in the Wildlands) OSRIC Halfpint - female halfling badgirl wannabe (Lab Lord- The North Marches) LL Mark'd - charismatic human fighter (Lab Lord- The North Marches) LL
AleBelly wrote:Canun, his mace still slick with gore from the thief and goblin, is now overconfident with his melee abilities. He strides forward with his mace, ready to brain another goblin.
Round 3: The Surrender
The lone surviving goblin bully (#4), realizing it is now facing the a larger group outside the chamber, and has potentially alienated the victim of its bullying (Small), quickly throws down its spear and back away from Dimly towards the center of the chamber. The smaller goblin, mimicking the actions of its larger tormenter, does the same -- tosses down its small goblin blade and wooden shield -- and backs away.
With a majority of the group now having moved into the room, and the perceived threat level having been reduced, they're afforded a better chance to survey their surroundings. Aside from the two remaining standing goblins and the three dead goblin bodies, the room contains a short sturdy wooden table and five small wooden chairs. Wooden shelves line the south wall, and a small wooden box rests on the floor off to the right containing a few crude goblin weapons.
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The goblin bully and victim, empty hands held up, come together near the center of the room and await the groups response with a look of fear in their eyes.
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No to-hit roll will be required to kill the goblin or goblins, but since they won initiative (again), and surrendered, I wanted to afford you guys a chance to respond accordingly. Since no attacks have taken place (yet), no arrows have been expended.
Zhym wrote:Harold doesn't like bullies, human or otherwise. He does not hold his fire.
He shoots at the big goblin only.
Junius looks confused as he sees yet another new adventurer rush into the room and shoots the big goblin.
Assuming the bully is done, Junius will ask the bullied one, Why were they attacking you?
Sacro will look to see what goodies are in the pile of armaments.
Dandelion - female half-orc beautyqueen in training (The Lone City in the Wildlands) OSRIC Halfpint - female halfling badgirl wannabe (Lab Lord- The North Marches) LL Mark'd - charismatic human fighter (Lab Lord- The North Marches) LL
Keebler scowls at the bloodthirsty newcomer. He shakes his head sadly. Do humans value life so little because they don't have as much of it, he wonders?