Chpt. 2 Kobold Prisoners & Prisoners of Kobolds

[Nuke66]

[1d20+1] = 10+1 = 11 to hit [1d10+1] = 8+1 = 9 damage

[SlyFox]

Gwennethel pulls the gag off of the kobold prisoner and he immediately begins screaming hysterically, They leave us there to guard goblins and die! They want to throw us out of clan and hope for our deaths! They are the traitors! Give us weapons! We help fight! They are too many! Lead them into natural caves! Get help from big spiders! They don't go in there!"

Corun and Rubesca follow Sammy and Trendt as they rush after the kobold and try to attack, but the kobold disappears through a door on the south wall where 20 kobolds stand with weapons drawn. They are laughing and growling at the party as the door swings wildly on its hinges and are about to lunge to the attack. There is a door in the western wall that has been thrown open and 24 more kobolds are lined up in a hallway, about to come through. Corun whirls around and sees Fanxyl's gear in the northwest corner of this room, but he yells to the party, "Retreat! Get the oil now! Get out of the cave!" He turns to run out of the room.

It is clear there are only two options for the party - to stand facing 44 kobolds and most likely die, or to follow Corun out toward the entrance to get the oil barrels. The goblins make a charge from two directions, crying out in victory as they move to attack.

Kobold initiative: [1d6] = 6

See the regular map on the 'maps/visuals' thread. Battle map below:

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Roll for initiative.

Actions!!

[FronkyDondo]

Gwydion
Gwydion, knowing that discretion is the better part of valor, immediately retreats back the way they came.

Coppish
Coppish, with even greater alacrity, sprints from the kobold stronghold.

[Zhym]

Lewellyn likewise gets the heck out of there.

[FronkyDondo]

Initiative:
[1d6] = 6

Woot!

[AleBelly]

Adel, using his nearly superhuman monk speed, yells "Run to the oil barrels - the kobolds outnumber us four to one!" and dashes out towards the cave entrance.

Initiative [1d6] = 3 edited as Fronky beat me to it

[LilacBird]

Gwennethel, Elf Druid

Gwennethel, hearing the commotion of war as the Kobold explains his anger takes her short sword and slashes the fabric binding the two Kobolds together and their leg bindings. She then hears Corun yelling "retreat" and starts running for the barrels of oil towards the cave entrance.

[Nuke66]

Sammy the Barbarian

"Run, I'll hold the door."

Sammy retreats to the narrow hallway just inside the door and awaits the onslaught. "Come and get me you dogs!" he yells.

Swinging his massive two handed sword he blocks the doorway

[1d20+1] = 2+1 = 3 to hit [1d10+1] = 3+1 = 4 damage

OOC: Great start. Statistically, I figure he can hold out for 50 rounds or so.

[Dram]

Fanxyl- He sees Adel turning back at great speed and turns and follows him back towards the room the barrels of oil.
Does anyone got a second bow! He screams

[GreyWolfVT]

Trendt not being dumb doesn't even have to wait for the retreat orders he is already dashing back out the door and helping Sammy get the door closed and trying to get that cage tied back up to the door. "Get them barrels of oil and someone help with getting this cage tied back to the door to keep em in."

[Dram]

Fanxyl returns to barrels of oil. Lets move these back to Sammy and Trendt. Somebody help them get the door closed.

[SlyFox]

Rubesca helps Trendt move the iron cage while the kobolds are right on their tales, but Sammy has just managed to slam the door shut and holds it while the other two get the thing positioned. She yells out to Corun and the others, "Hurry! They're blocked! Get those barrels in here!"

Dakara has stayed in the room and finds a good position in the back from which to use her sling while the others have turned and fled.

Gwennethel has cut the bonds of the two kobold prisoners and they immediately turn and run, following the other party members to the cave entrance, where they find two nice short swords left behind by their dead kin. The other kobold has torn off his own gag. Too small to help with the barrels, they know their only ability here is to fight with the weapons they know best. As they were forced to use rusty daggers before, these short swords are a great treat to them. They begin remarking on the weapons and how they will finally be rid of these that killed their own clan members and kidnapped them just after hatching. The two kobolds take torches out of the barracks room and take up positions beside Sammy and Trendt. "They take us from our families long ago and kill off our clan. Now they want to kick us out of this clan! We are outcasts wherever we go. We help you." The most outspoken kobold nods his head solemnly, swearing to fight and die beside these people who have kindly spared their lives.

Corun and the others finally come back into the room with the oil barrels, one for each of them. Merthyr takes up position by the oils barrels once they are brought in and prepares some rope wicks from the rope Corun offers him. He uses his sword to cut some wicks that are long enough to give the party time to get back before they go off. "I can light them, or we can get some arrows wrapped up with fiery cloth to shoot the barrels with, either way."

The kobolds blocked behind the door have been throwing themselves against the door to get it open. They can be heard laughing and jeering. "You nasty dogs are going to die! Filthy humans, stinking elves and diseased dwarves! Your mothers were lizards! Come on, cowards! What are you waiting for! The end is upon you! Surrender now and we might let you live to be tortured another day..."

[FronkyDondo]

Gwydion, Elf Ranger
Gwydion will assist Sammy if he needs help. Otherwise/Afterwards, he will position himself facing the direction the kobolds, awaiting their rush, or he will assist positioning the barrel(s).

Coppish, Elf F/T
Coppish has a nervous feeling that they may try to flank use from passages to the North - he keeps an eye out for those tunnels.

[GreyWolfVT]

Trendt "Go get another barrel we can pour the oil under the door and light it on fire. Burn these dogs where they are."

[FronkyDondo]

Gywdion, Elf Ranger
Frantically, Gwydion gets another barrel, rolls it into position per Trendt's direction.

Coppish, Elf F/T
Coppish will change to using his bow. He's nervous about the kobolds trying to flank them still...

[AleBelly]

Adel, helping with the barrels, makes his way back, placing his bullseye lantern on the floor and taking a position just outside the barracks (see attached image in the spoiler), where he can both attack kobolds running outside the barracks and see any other enemies approaching from the east. He places his bullseye lantern on the opposite side of the table in an attempt to create shadows, in which he tries to conceal himself.

Sly, do you prefer to make these ability checks or should I? I'm happy to have you do it since Adel's not really supposed to know if he's successful, but I can roll. Let me know.

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[SlyFox]

Oh, yeah. Definitely make a roll for it.

[Grognardsw]

Biblo the illusionist stands to the back, considering what phantasm to summon should the kobolds be more than the stalwart fighters can handle.

[FronkyDondo]

Biblo the illusionist stands to the back, considering what phantasm to summon should the kobolds be more than the stalwart fighters can handle.

Coppish
"Methinks the Illusionist will provide our greatest advantage. Bilbo - can you create a crowd of Goblin Soldiers? Maybe even with some townsfolk - that might cause them to rethink their ploy - maybe even surrender?"

[Zhym]

"Surrender?" wonders Llewellyn. "What could we possibly do with 44 kobold prisoners?"