"Zolis! He is on your right! Swing NOW!!!" Fenic calls out. You hear the rage filled grunt of Zolis (Attack: 12) as the sound of steel running along the flesh and buckles of leather armor. The voice calls out; "Whoa there, that is a bit close." Several steps can be heard before the voice calls out from another location; "Goblin, you and your Hobgoblin master are on the wrong side here. We should be working together against the heroes; you are betraying your nature." (Vadek, make a Charisma Save.)
"Nice try, but we're free goblinoids, and are not beholden to your charms foul thing. Now show yourself and face us, your time is now numbered." Growls Vadek aiming his bow into the darkness.
"Why do you seek me? The great Duan Beestringer!" He says with a flourish to his voice as the eerie bells begin to chime again in unison. "Is it I you seek, or the lives of those I've claimed?" The voice can be heard moving through the darkness. "Like this fine soul!" Suddenly a dwarven guard stumbles out of the darkness towards you all, his eyes glazed over, staring at nothing. "You can take him now; and leave. Mission complete. Boom, and you are all the heroes you want to be."
Suddenly the dwarf is pulled back, as if by wires, and once more is lost into the darkness. "Or you can fail to find me in my darkness; and you'll never see him alive again."
Fenic and Navarra shake their heads; "Don't know." Navarra says. "If I was sure that the area was clear I could drown it in poisonous gas; but..." She gets cut off by Zolis yelling; "It can't go on forever, lets just charge through!" Moments later the sounds of countless bells ring out as it sounds like their wires are getting snapped by Zolis' charge. Fenic speaks up; "Follow the sound! She is clearing a path.", as he rushes into the darkness towards her.
The sound of blades clashing against bells leads Vadek's way into the darkness; with Fenic before him and Navarra's hand upon his shoulder. Before long you hear you can hear Zolis call out from ahead; "I'm through! And not alone!!", before the sound of combat erupts.
Navarra doesn't notice the glance in the darkness. Moments later you pour out of the darkness and back into the woods. Before you are five armed humans and the Felbarr Guard, all attempting to attack Zolis. She is doing her best at defending off their attacks; but is hindered by the metal wires Interwoven between the trees; holding hundreds of bells, making eerie sounds when rung.
(Because of the wires, this area counts as difficult terrain. Please roll initiative.)
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"Try not to kill them, they're just his puppets!" Vadek shouts to Zolis, he takes a second and watches their movements as he takes a strange handle strapped to his forearm into his free hand.
Vadek notices that the angles of the backs of all the people are all pointing in the same direction. Looking closer, he notices that there is a thick bundle of wires localized in the area behind the them; all heading deeper into the woods.
The people don't so much as turn around; but are more dragged backwards towards you all as you run past. Navarra gets cut off by the dwarf that stays behind.
"Navarra!" Vadek shouts, spinning his glaive defensively. "Shit. Fenic, Zolis we need to find the puppetmaster." He shouts over the clamor of battle, "I see his strings!" Vadek is gesturing in the direction the strings are going.
Perception: 3
(Fenic Perception: 16) (Navarra Perception: 3)
"Zolis! He is on your right! Swing NOW!!!" Fenic calls out. You hear the rage filled grunt of Zolis (Attack: 12) as the sound of steel running along the flesh and buckles of leather armor. The voice calls out; "Whoa there, that is a bit close." Several steps can be heard before the voice calls out from another location; "Goblin, you and your Hobgoblin master are on the wrong side here. We should be working together against the heroes; you are betraying your nature." (Vadek, make a Charisma Save.)
18
For a brief moment the words of the enemy rings true to Vadek; but that feeling fades fast, replaced with anger as the charm spell fails.
"Nice try, but we're free goblinoids, and are not beholden to your charms foul thing. Now show yourself and face us, your time is now numbered." Growls Vadek aiming his bow into the darkness.
"Why do you seek me? The great Duan Beestringer!" He says with a flourish to his voice as the eerie bells begin to chime again in unison. "Is it I you seek, or the lives of those I've claimed?" The voice can be heard moving through the darkness. "Like this fine soul!" Suddenly a dwarven guard stumbles out of the darkness towards you all, his eyes glazed over, staring at nothing. "You can take him now; and leave. Mission complete. Boom, and you are all the heroes you want to be."
Suddenly the dwarf is pulled back, as if by wires, and once more is lost into the darkness. "Or you can fail to find me in my darkness; and you'll never see him alive again."
"Only cowards hide in darkness." Vadek says, "Navarra, Fenic you got any ideas to get rid of the dark?"
Fenic and Navarra shake their heads; "Don't know." Navarra says. "If I was sure that the area was clear I could drown it in poisonous gas; but..." She gets cut off by Zolis yelling; "It can't go on forever, lets just charge through!" Moments later the sounds of countless bells ring out as it sounds like their wires are getting snapped by Zolis' charge. Fenic speaks up; "Follow the sound! She is clearing a path.", as he rushes into the darkness towards her.
Vadek charges in after Fenic, whipping the bow in a circle, folding it back into a glaive. The arrow he held is back in the quiver.
The sound of blades clashing against bells leads Vadek's way into the darkness; with Fenic before him and Navarra's hand upon his shoulder. Before long you hear you can hear Zolis call out from ahead; "I'm through! And not alone!!", before the sound of combat erupts.
Vadek gives Navarra a quick, over-the-shoulder glance, and picks up the pace through the darkness.
Navarra doesn't notice the glance in the darkness. Moments later you pour out of the darkness and back into the woods. Before you are five armed humans and the Felbarr Guard, all attempting to attack Zolis. She is doing her best at defending off their attacks; but is hindered by the metal wires Interwoven between the trees; holding hundreds of bells, making eerie sounds when rung.
(Because of the wires, this area counts as difficult terrain. Please roll initiative.)
Initiative: 17
(Fenic Initiative: 12, Navarra Initiative: 3, Zolis Initiative: 10, Humans and Dwarf Initiative: 7)
Vadek goes first.
"Try not to kill them, they're just his puppets!" Vadek shouts to Zolis, he takes a second and watches their movements as he takes a strange handle strapped to his forearm into his free hand.
Perception 11
Vadek notices that the angles of the backs of all the people are all pointing in the same direction. Looking closer, he notices that there is a thick bundle of wires localized in the area behind the them; all heading deeper into the woods.
Vadek focuses in on the wires, and rushes off towards their source, "Navarra on me. We flank. Fenic, help Zolis!"
The people don't so much as turn around; but are more dragged backwards towards you all as you run past. Navarra gets cut off by the dwarf that stays behind.
"Navarra!" Vadek shouts, spinning his glaive defensively. "Shit. Fenic, Zolis we need to find the puppetmaster." He shouts over the clamor of battle, "I see his strings!" Vadek is gesturing in the direction the strings are going.
Zolis yells back; "Well, if you can see them, than you can cut them!"