Unless someone needs the light out, helena would stuff the stone in her pocket, wishing to not give their location away easily.

Before the light goes out or anytime for those with darkvision, Bramble appears uneasy. He did back up a little to allow Stigandr the lead, but he is clearly looking worried. He, by far, prefers the outdoors and the thought of being pinned down in a building that could be set on fire, has him spooked.

He will continue to look for movement outside, weighing his options for ranged Magic stone or melee Shillelagh.

Round 3:

The group makes their preparations for possible additional attackers. For the most part, they can't tell what is going on outside the temple. Essie moves over next to Daerthe, casting Bless on the drow, Bramble, and Stigandr who waits by the door. He is ready to smash any foes, but can't see much since he lacks darkvision and the door is mostly closed. Ryndar uses Fey Step to teleport up onto the sort of window sill near the bell. The space is a little small and the sill rather narrow, so he wobbles a little at first, but is able to steady himself to look out across the town. Even with his darkvision, he can't make out any movement. The roofline of the temple is about 15 feet below him, should he want to move that way at any point.

Meanwhile, within the temple, Bramble nervously steps back, giving Stigandr more room. Does he catch a little movement out there in the dark night? It's so hard to tell. Are those footsteps he hears coming from the east? Is it better to hide and hope? Or face danger in the open? Who can say?

(What do Daerthe and Helena want to do to finish out this round? And then, Essie, Stigandr, Ryndar, and Bramble can start off Round 4. At this point none of you see anything from where you are.)

Daerthe will move closer to the exit, keeping herself hidden as much as possible. She will move to a place with cover and stay there. Once again she will hold an attack for the first goblin to come into sight.

"I'd almost rather just close the door and put a bar across it." Helena says as she covers a yawn. "Hole up in here till morning, then deal with whatever is out there once it is light again. Likely we won't get that chance." she covers another yawn as she leans against the wall to one side of the door. "See anything out there?" She asks someone looking out into the darkness. That ends her action.

(Essie, Stigandr, Ryndar, and Bramble, you fear that more goblins are on their way. The night is dark, especially for those without darkvision. Are those voices calling? In a language intelligible only to Bramble? Is the fear you can't see worse than one you can? Will you crouch and hide? Or leap out boldly?)

Ryandar will drop down the the roof off his perch, moving so he is on the roof over the doorway, hoping to get both a more stable perch and possibly a better view of what might be coming.

(Feel free to use whichever rolls you deem relevant)

Acrobatics: 11
Perception: 15

Essie looks around at all the others. She's not quite sure what they're doing anymore. So, with a small shrug, she takes a seat on the floor, a good distance away from the door. Her crossbow lays in her lap, ready for use when - and if - it becomes necessary. She turns her little amulet over and over in her fingers as her eyes close. Trying to see if she can hear anything besides her companions.

Perception: 24

Bramble will alert everyone,

”The voice said, ‘Vark, where are the attackers?’” Bramble thinks while he relays the information. Without warning he rushes to the door beside Stigandr staying inside and screeches in a simulated excited goblinish tongue out into the darkness.

”Ar daan dhuuc hakhaan! Mogec!”

 Bramble will tell the team, “If they believe me, they’ll head to the gate. We might have a chance to ambush them.”

(Ooh, clever! Please roll Deception, Bramble.)

Deception: 19

Stigandr roughly pounds Bramble on the shoulder. "Cleverly done! Those stupid bat-ears will run off the wrong direction!"

Round 4

As the worrisome seconds tick by, Essie steps away from the door and sits with an uncertain sigh. Her crossbow ready in her lap, she closes her eyes and listens carefully. Outside the temple, she hears agitated voices calling, but she doesn't understand the language. Stigandr waits at the door, anxious for action.

Meanwhile, Ryndar grabs hold of the opening in the bell tower, swings his legs down, and drops to the roof of the temple. He teeters a bit, but is able to steady himself and creep along the rooftop. Surveying the town, he catches sight of two small figures just at the edge of his vision, to the east of the temple. At this moment, he hears Bramble yell out into the night in a language he doesn't understand.

The two goblins running in from the east pause for just a moment.

(Did Bramble's deception work? Insight roll: 9)

Round 4 continued

Ryndar watches as the two goblins turn toward the front gate of the village, yelling as they go, ”Duun daan hakhaan! Mogec!” At this point two more goblins come into view from the south and also turn toward the gate. (Stigandr and Bramble can hear the pattering of goblin feet heading west toward the front gate. The others inside the temple may hear the yelling, but don't have a good sense of what is going on outside.)

(Daerthe and Helena can take their turns to finish up Round 4. Then Essie and Stigandr can start out Round 5.)

"If we can get a bunch of them together, I can likely put several of them to sleep." Helena says as she waits to learn what is going on. "I'd have to be able to see a bit of where they are located for me to cast the spell, but it might help keep us from having to kill them all. It would be nice to get some information from them after all."

Daerthe will do her best to get around the others that are crowded around the door, attempting to get a shot off at the nearest goblin that she can see. "I will kill one so the spell can have a higher chance of being useful..."

Shortbow: Attack: 18 Damage: 8

(Reminder for Stigandr, Daerthe, and myself: we had Bless cast on us in Round 3 - post #160, so all saves and attack rolls for us gain a 1d4 through Round 12, should this take that long)

Round 4 continued

Daerthe slides past the group around the door and about ten feet out of the temple. She lets fly an arrow that sinks into the nearest goblin's back. The creature squeaks and falls dead. The others look at their fallen companion and then look around for the source of the attack Meanwhile, Helena shares her idea of casting Sleep on a whole group of the goblins and questioning them.

(We're ready for Round 5: Essie and Stigandr are up first. Keep in mind that for the moment, those without darkvision will be acting under the Blinded condition.)

Hearing the voices, Essie scrunches her nose a little. But when she opens her eyes, she spots both that her companions are already aware of the enemies - and are apparently moving to fight. "Oh, are we going out to fight them?" She scrambles up and joins the rest of them at the door, swinging her crossbow as she goes. She waits at the door and holds her shot until an enemy approaches, ready to hold the fort more than rush into battle.

((Stigandr is going to hold his action until there is some light to see by.))

"It's no good fighting stinking goblins in the dark. Someone give me some light so I know where to swing my maul!"