vidruth continues to launch the small motes of flame as fast as he can form them
action: firebolt on w4 [15 to hit] [2 fire damage] (if that wolf is already dead i will target whichever other i can see)
move: if the wolves are dead i move to where i can see the goblins but still behind a martial, if not i remain in place
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Nosam hears the warning from Daphyra regarding the healing situation and knows the urgency of getting these targets down. He considers Second Wind, but opts to wait. He advances around the bend hoping to get his eyes on the remaining targets and provide a defensive buffer for his allies. Berry and Daphyra appear to be wearing the wolf down and Nosam readies his attack as he nears the beast. However, it looks as though it may collapse before his arrival.
(OOC: If Daphyra already killed W2, maybe Nosam can move far enough into the chamber to shift his attack to G6? And hopefully he heard Marten in time to go for a knock-out instead of a kill!)
Berry: somersault over W2 to be positioned between wolf and goblins (P12) / attack G7, hit: 21 for 7 damage / Bonus: attack W2, hit: 8 for 7 damage
Daphyra: Toll the Dead vs Wolf2 (DC13 Wis save or 6 necrotic damage) / Healing Word for 5HP (Kiselina)
Nosam: move' to O12 / Attack wolf 2 Warhammer: hit 16 (11+5), damage 10 (7+3)
Kiselina: Prefer to close with goblins without provoking AOO from wolf, but will to get an attack in on any goblin. / Attack goblin ?, (To hit-8, damage-10)
Marten: Moving as far to the the east of the chamber as he can
Vidruth: firebolt on w4 [15 to hit] [2 fire damage] / if the wolves are dead i move to where i can see the goblins but still behind a martial, if not i remain in place
Round 6 Results
Berry’s short flight over the wolf comes as a complete surprise to the goblin facing him, and the surprise continues until the moment the hairy-eared bandit looks down to see Berry’s short sword deep in its gut, red-black blood soaking its dirty jerkin. It falls to its knees, eyes crossing and cuss words forming on its lips, but only blood coughs out as it collapses.
Daphyra sends healing to Kiselina, and necrotic damage to Wolf 2 (WIS 3+1=4). The tolling bell begins to dessicate and draw the life out of the already damaged creature, which, in moments, cracks into shards which disintegrate into lifeless ash, drifting down to the cave floor.
Kiselina moves forward to attack the remaining goblin, but the creature parries the dragonborn’s halberd strike with an unexpected angling of its shield.
Nosam: since the wolf is dead, you may continue on to attack the remaining goblin. Your roll hits, and the dwarf’s war hammer smashes the goblin against the wall. It falls in a heap, dead.
ALL ENEMIES ARE NOW DEFEATED (except Goblin 4)
Vidruth: all enemies are defeated, so I left you in place on the map. You have a free turn here if you would like to take it.
Marten can only make it as far as R12, because the rubbish pile is difficult terrain, and Marten must there make a STR save to continue climbing. Possible outcomes are as follows: Please post your STR save and indicate what you wish to do:
(OOC: A narrow opening in the east wall leads to a natural chimney that climbs 30 feet. At the base of the fissure is rubbish. A character attempting to ascend or descend the chimney shaft must make a DC 10 Strength (Athletics) check. If the check succeeds, the character moves at half speed up or down the 30’ shaft, as desired. On a check result of 6–9, the character neither gains nor loses ground; on a result of 5 or less, the character falls and takes 1d6 bludgeoning damage per 10 feet fallen, landing prone at the base of the shaft.)
You are now situated like so:
Marten and Vidruth may complete their turns. Others may post AFTER Vidruth and Marten complete their turns.
(N.B.: Only one person can climb the chimney (or fly in the chimney) at once. The opening is small.)
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(OOC: A few questions about the rubbish heap and the "natural chimney"...
Does the rubbish heap extend from R12 to T13? That is, are all of those squares marked "rubble" at the east end of the chamber difficult terrain (2:1 movement)?
Does the base of that 30-foot climb up the natural chimney start at U13 (after crossing through that narrow opening between T13 and U13)?
If the climb up the "chimney" starts as soon as we hit the rubble squares at R12, did you mean that moving from R12 to U13 is just (2:1 movement)? Or did you mean that moving from R12 to U13 counts as climbing in difficult terrain (3:1 movement)?
Marten can only make it as far as R12, because the rubbish pile is difficult terrain
Did you mean that Marten already used his full 60' of movement (with the dash action) this round to get to R12? Or did you mean that he's used 30' of movement, and now he has to start making STR checks to climb up the rubbish heap and into the chimney?
Using the [Tooltip Not Found] action in round 5, I thought that Marten could move 12 squares (60 feet), starting at M10. Since you had said that goblin #4 "climbs the rubbish heap", I actually assumed that it required 2:1 movement for climbing. Something like this:
(OOC: A few questions about the rubbish heap and the "natural chimney"...
Does the rubbish heap extend from R12 to T13? That is, are all of those squares marked "rubble" at the east end of the chamber difficult terrain (2:1 movement)?
Does the base of that 30-foot climb up the natural chimney start at U13 (after crossing through that narrow opening between T13 and U13)?
If the climb up the "chimney" starts as soon as we hit the rubble squares at R12, did you mean that moving from R12 to U13 is just (2:1 movement)? Or did you mean that moving from R12 to U13 counts as climbing in difficult terrain (3:1 movement)?
Marten can only make it as far as R12, because the rubbish pile is difficult terrain
Did you mean that Marten already used his full 60' of movement (with the dash action) this round to get to R12? Or did you mean that he's used 30' of movement, and now he has to start making STR checks to climb up the rubbish heap and into the chimney?
Using the [Tooltip Not Found] action in round 5, I thought that Marten could move 12 squares (60 feet), starting at M10. Since you had said that goblin #4 "climbs the rubbish heap", I actually assumed that it required 2:1 movement for climbing. Something like this:
N11
O11
P11
Q11
R12
R12 (difficult terrain)
S13
S13 (difficult terrain)
T13
T13 (difficult terrain)
U13
U13 (difficult terrain)
)
Everything marked as rubble is difficult terrain. I stopped Marten at the end of his regular movement (30’), because Marten needs to weigh the risk of climbing, as spelled out above, against his desire to dash. He is free to dash, following the instructions above, and taking the risks as specified.
Marten can only make it as far as R12, because the rubbish pile is difficult terrain, and Marten must there make a STR save to continue climbing. Possible outcomes are as follows: Please post your STR save and indicate what you wish to do:
(OOC: A narrow opening in the east wall leads to a natural chimney that climbs 30 feet. At the base of the fissure is rubbish. A character attempting to ascend or descend the chimney shaft must make a DC 10 Strength (Athletics) check. If the check succeeds, the character moves at half speed up or down the 30’ shaft, as desired. On a check result of 6–9, the character neither gains nor loses ground; on a result of 5 or less, the character falls and takes 1d6 bludgeoning damage per 10 feet fallen, landing prone at the base of the shaft.)
Marten and Vidruth may complete their turns. Others may post AFTER Vidruth and Marten complete their turns.
(N.B.: Only one person can climb the chimney (or fly in the chimney) at once. The opening is small.)
Finishing round 6
Marten would stop once he reaches the bottom of the chimney. From his position at the start of the round, goblin #4 had climbed the rubbish heap and apparently vanished at the east end of the chamber somewhere. Marten was just trying to chase and get into a position where he could see where the goblin hid or, finding the opening, see into whatever tunnel or chamber was east of T13 and whether G4 was there.
Since Marten instead finds the bottom of a steep / vertical chimney, he stops at that point. He just checks to see whether he can still see the goblin climbing the chimney. Then he'll use any remaining movement to go back toward the party so that he's not blocking the chimney, and then he waves Berry over to him: "Berry! Quick! We need wings to catch that goblin who ran away."
(OOC: see above. It's unclear to me where the STR save or Athletics checks start, so here's one for Marten if needed: 4.)
"Orders boss?" vidruth snaps out, forgetting where he is, and whats going on+
Marten again seems confused by this question directed at him.
"One of 'em got away," he says, gesturing toward the fissure in the east wall."We should regroup. Where's Daphyra?", Marten looks past Vidruth anxously, scanning the group and doing a quick headcount. This is his first time looking at his companions with darkvision, which reminds him of how things look under a waning moon outdoors: clear but dim and drained of color.
Berry, still in rage about the goblin’s mistreatment of the wolves, doesn’t need to be asked twice to hunt down the running goblin and follows suit. Flying over the rubble, he should be able to make good way towards the goblin who must have had a harder time crossing the field and climbing up, perhaps he can still get him? Did the goblin leave his shield behind? And his weapon? Oblivious about his own state of near death he shoots into the chimney as far as possible and starts climbing when flying isn’t an option due to the tight space in which case he’d also sheathe/ drop one or both weapons if that is needed to advance. If he finds the goblin he stabs at it with his short sword, or yanks G4 around in the confined space (unarmed), depending on whether or not he had to let go of his own weapons. If the goblin is too far after Berry moved into the chimney, but visible, he’d hurl a javelin or an improvised weapon after the goblin, otherwise he’d dash after it.
OOC: there are a number of ifs in this turn but I try to offer rolls to all of them
Move: into the chimney after the goblin into melee if possible, or, if the goblin is hidden, dash after it. Climbing if flight isn’t possible: Athletics: (3,7)+5=12
Free: sheathe the short sword if Berry needs to climb and needs a free hand, additionally drop the scimitar if two free hands are needed.
Action: if the goblin isn’t visible inside the chimney, Berry dashes. If he is in melee range after a normal move, he stabs with his short sword at G4, otherwise he hurls something, ideally one of his javelins, up (hit: 14 for 8 damage), if he throws an improvised weapon, such as his scimitar or short sword then he isn’t proficient and the hit roll is lower by 2 and damage would be 6 (from a d4, I believe). An unarmed attack would cause 6 damage, too.
Bonus: If the Goblin is visible and Berry gets into melee with a normal move and didn’t need to drop/sheathe a weapon, he’d attack the goblin as part of two-weapon fighting. If he can throw a second weapon instead of dropping it, he will do that as well (I’m unclear whether the throw of an improvised weapon made with a light weapon that doesn’t have the thrown property counts as a light weapon, but I would guess that not). Hit: 25 (crit) for 8 damage, or with improvised weapon: 4 damage
"You see the ol' pup fly against the wall? He's down and I'm not on my belly in the muck, hah, so that's a plus." Nosam advances to the base, but does not begin ascending. "We all chasing? Who's headin' up first?"
Kiselina, worn-out from the combat, relaxes just a bit at Daphyra’s touch. He’d like to fully relax; take a knee, drink some water, catch his breathe, but the group is far from complete with its task. Gundren clearly isn’t here, there is still more to explore. Which means there is more potential for increased danger.
He watches Marten dash after the escaped goblin. He appreciates the fairy’s gusto as well, thinking to himself that Berry alone of the group is best suited for the task.
The Paladin sees no point in putting forth his effort towards the well handled escaped goblin situation, so he moves to cover the tunnel that continues north, monitoring it for any enemy reaction.
(Free Action) “Thank you Daphyra, we aren’t finished yet I fear.” (Move) N10 (Action) Observe further up the tunnel. Perception: 19 (Bonus) n/a (Reaction) n/a
Daphyra offers guidance to Kiselina and enters the cavern.
Kiselina scouts a little farther up the creek passage and sees that it, the main passage from the cave mouth, climbs steeply upward, the stream plunging and splashing down its west side. In the shadows, a side passage leads west across the other side of the stream.
In the shadows of the ceiling to the north, the paladin can just make out the dim shape of a rickety bridge of wood and rope crossing over the creek ahead of him, as part of another passage which intersects the creek passage, though twenty feet above it.
Marten, in what we’ll call the kennel chamber, stops at the base of the rubbish heap after a few steps show him the footing is treacherous.
Vidruth and Nosam join him there.
Berry flies past them with a rush of wings and disappears from the view of his company into the chimney. Up and out of the chimney top he pops a moment later, from a narrow opening 30’ above Marten and the others, in a different large chamber lit savagely by a central fire pit.
The fairy has time to spot the fleeing goblin 4 — recognizable, Berry now notes, by a cleft in one of the goblin’s hairy ears — laughing over its shoulder as it runs out of the chamber into an adjoining room, yelling “Look out!”
But before Berry can pursue and carry out an attack, he feels a tremendous blow land from behind him, a morning star wielded by some muscular, hidden creature with hairy knuckles, which breaks bones and knocks Berry instantly unconscious as a gruff voice behind him — the morning star-wielded — jeers, “Klarg no like bugs in garbage! hahaha!”
Berry falls back down the chimney, and the others see him, one arm hanging limp and bloodied, his shoulder blade at an unnatural angle, roll down the debris pile and crunch to a stop at Marten’s feet.
Berry is at 0HP, unconscious, and his rage ends. Due to incurring damage from the fall, he fails his first death save.
Marten is glad to see that Daphyra has joined them, but he sees Kiselina leave the chamber. Maybe going to stand guard?
Just as Marten turns back toward the rubbish heap to see whether there's a way for the party to get up to the fissure and follow Berry, he hears a voice coming from that direction--a new voice, deeper and gruffer than the goblins--followed shortly by the sound of something tumbling down the rubbish heap toward them. Marten doesn't realize what he's seeing at first, and then squatting down, "Berry! Can ye' hear us? Berry?! Mistress Daphyra? It's Berry! He needs help." His voice is tight and sounds scared.
As Marten calls to Daphyra, he stands and takes one step past Berry's mangled body. He draws his bow with another goblin arrow and faces the fissure in the east wall through which Berry tumbled, ready to fire on anything that emerges. Are the goblins disciplined enough to wait in a fortified area or will they make a reckless counterattack, hoping to overwhelm the injured party? Marten starts to count in his head: 3 goblins yesterday, 4 wolves and 3 more goblins today. But how many more hiding in these caves?
Ready action: Attack any creature that he sees through the fissure in the east wall or that emerges onto the rubbish heap Shortbow (80/320): 9 Damage: 4
vidruth stands beside marten, and moves berry carefully aside, where he wont be stepped on if fighting breaks out, then tries to figure how many goblins there would be based on the size of the cave, and their behaviour
(history if applicable 20 {17+3})
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Kiselina hears Marten’s call, he looks over his shoulder and watches as Daphyra moves to stabilize the fairy. He still maintains the guard position for now, and watches for movement both above and on the ground. If someone moves to relieve him, he will go to Berry and Lay on Hands for 1 HP, saving the remaining should another group member go down.
“Master Nosam, come take up a position here if you please?”
To everyone else, “We need a plan. We are charging when we should hold. We can’t rescue anyone if we all die. One of us is now down, two of us are fairly injured. We are half spent. My pool of healing is very limited and we have no other healing left. If we continue as we are, I fear we will fail. It pains me to say so, but I think it best to retreat to a more defendable position outside these warrens and recover from our wounds. If any think otherwise, I would entertain your proposition.”
His words are curt. They aren’t meant to place blame however. He’s simply concerned at their current chances of success.
Berry hurried after the goblin and could hardly believe how fast the little bugger had climbed up through the bolt hole. This tunnel must have been prepared for a quick getaway and a worrying thought begun coalescing in Berry’s mind while he raced through the confined space in rage. Mere moments after the goblin left the other exit Berry went after him sure that he would get the coward this time. BANG! Berry’s body went limp and he fell right through the hole back to where he came from.
vidruth scowls 'that would be best though it burns in me bone" he snarls, infuriated by the current situation "ill follow orders, but i dont like this"
he picks up berry carefully, ready to carry him out if they decide to leave
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Kiselina hears Marten’s call, he looks over his shoulder and watches as Daphyra moves to stabilize the fairy. He still maintains the guard position for now, and watches for movement both above and on the ground. If someone moves to relieve him, he will go to Berry and Lay on Hands for 1 HP, saving the remaining should another group member go down.
“Master Nosam, come take up a position here if you please?”
To everyone else, “We need a plan. We are charging when we should hold. We can’t rescue anyone if we all die. One of us is now down, two of us are fairly injured. We are half spent. My pool of healing is very limited and we have no other healing left. If we continue as we are, I fear we will fail. It pains me to say so, but I think it best to retreat to a more defendable position outside these warrens and recover from our wounds. If any think otherwise, I would entertain your proposition.”
His words are curt. They aren’t meant to place blame however. He’s simply concerned at their current chances of success.
Nosam trying to be of service moves to where he is requested. “Anything I can do to help, Mister Berry is in bad shape.”
Nosam follows the suggestion and leaves his movement up to his allies. He remains alert and defensive.
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vidruth continues to launch the small motes of flame as fast as he can form them
action: firebolt on w4 [15 to hit] [2 fire damage] (if that wolf is already dead i will target whichever other i can see)
move: if the wolves are dead i move to where i can see the goblins but still behind a martial, if not i remain in place
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(OOC: If Daphyra already killed W2, maybe Nosam can move far enough into the chamber to shift his attack to G6? And hopefully he heard Marten in time to go for a knock-out instead of a kill!)
(OOC: oops. I forgot that Darkvision only makes darkness look like dim light. A second roll for Perception disadvantage in dim light: 23)
Round 6 Results
Berry’s short flight over the wolf comes as a complete surprise to the goblin facing him, and the surprise continues until the moment the hairy-eared bandit looks down to see Berry’s short sword deep in its gut, red-black blood soaking its dirty jerkin. It falls to its knees, eyes crossing and cuss words forming on its lips, but only blood coughs out as it collapses.
Daphyra sends healing to Kiselina, and necrotic damage to Wolf 2 (WIS 3+1=4). The tolling bell begins to dessicate and draw the life out of the already damaged creature, which, in moments, cracks into shards which disintegrate into lifeless ash, drifting down to the cave floor.
Kiselina moves forward to attack the remaining goblin, but the creature parries the dragonborn’s halberd strike with an unexpected angling of its shield.
Nosam: since the wolf is dead, you may continue on to attack the remaining goblin. Your roll hits, and the dwarf’s war hammer smashes the goblin against the wall. It falls in a heap, dead.
ALL ENEMIES ARE NOW DEFEATED (except Goblin 4)
Vidruth: all enemies are defeated, so I left you in place on the map. You have a free turn here if you would like to take it.
Marten can only make it as far as R12, because the rubbish pile is difficult terrain, and Marten must there make a STR save to continue climbing. Possible outcomes are as follows: Please post your STR save and indicate what you wish to do:
(OOC: A narrow opening in the east wall leads to a natural chimney that climbs 30 feet. At the base of the fissure is rubbish. A character attempting to ascend or descend the chimney shaft must make a DC 10 Strength (Athletics) check. If the check succeeds, the character moves at half speed up or down the 30’ shaft, as desired. On a check result of 6–9, the character neither gains nor loses ground; on a result of 5 or less, the character falls and takes 1d6 bludgeoning damage per 10 feet fallen, landing prone at the base of the shaft.)
You are now situated like so:
Marten and Vidruth may complete their turns. Others may post AFTER Vidruth and Marten complete their turns.
(N.B.: Only one person can climb the chimney (or fly in the chimney) at once. The opening is small.)
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walk up to marten
"Orders boss?" vidruth snaps out, forgetting where he is, and with whats going on, reverting to older training
move: q11
action: dodge
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(OOC: A few questions about the rubbish heap and the "natural chimney"...
Did you mean that Marten already used his full 60' of movement (with the dash action) this round to get to R12? Or did you mean that he's used 30' of movement, and now he has to start making STR checks to climb up the rubbish heap and into the chimney?
Using the [Tooltip Not Found] action in round 5, I thought that Marten could move 12 squares (60 feet), starting at M10. Since you had said that goblin #4 "climbs the rubbish heap", I actually assumed that it required 2:1 movement for climbing. Something like this:
)
Everything marked as rubble is difficult terrain. I stopped Marten at the end of his regular movement (30’), because Marten needs to weigh the risk of climbing, as spelled out above, against his desire to dash. He is free to dash, following the instructions above, and taking the risks as specified.
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Finishing round 6
Marten would stop once he reaches the bottom of the chimney. From his position at the start of the round, goblin #4 had climbed the rubbish heap and apparently vanished at the east end of the chamber somewhere. Marten was just trying to chase and get into a position where he could see where the goblin hid or, finding the opening, see into whatever tunnel or chamber was east of T13 and whether G4 was there.
Since Marten instead finds the bottom of a steep / vertical chimney, he stops at that point. He just checks to see whether he can still see the goblin climbing the chimney. Then he'll use any remaining movement to go back toward the party so that he's not blocking the chimney, and then he waves Berry over to him: "Berry! Quick! We need wings to catch that goblin who ran away."
(OOC: see above. It's unclear to me where the STR save or Athletics checks start, so here's one for Marten if needed: 4.)
Marten again seems confused by this question directed at him.
"One of 'em got away," he says, gesturing toward the fissure in the east wall. "We should regroup. Where's Daphyra?", Marten looks past Vidruth anxously, scanning the group and doing a quick headcount. This is his first time looking at his companions with darkvision, which reminds him of how things look under a waning moon outdoors: clear but dim and drained of color.
Berry, still in rage about the goblin’s mistreatment of the wolves, doesn’t need to be asked twice to hunt down the running goblin and follows suit. Flying over the rubble, he should be able to make good way towards the goblin who must have had a harder time crossing the field and climbing up, perhaps he can still get him? Did the goblin leave his shield behind? And his weapon? Oblivious about his own state of near death he shoots into the chimney as far as possible and starts climbing when flying isn’t an option due to the tight space in which case he’d also sheathe/ drop one or both weapons if that is needed to advance. If he finds the goblin he stabs at it with his short sword, or yanks G4 around in the confined space (unarmed), depending on whether or not he had to let go of his own weapons. If the goblin is too far after Berry moved into the chimney, but visible, he’d hurl a javelin or an improvised weapon after the goblin, otherwise he’d dash after it.
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Daphyra finally moves into the cave, putting her hand lightly on Kiselina's shoulder as she moves next to him, casting Guidance.
Action: Guidance spell on Kiselina
Bonus Action: none
Movement: to N11
Past characters:
Cariadne - Forest of Celador
Daphyra Fuffletail - The City of Cats
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Leela Steadystone - Adventures in the Sands
Mirri Goldenhorn - Journeys through the Radiant Citadel
Lola Smythe-Whyte - Larkin Expedition
Daphyra - Deathworld: Lost Mine of Phandelver
Vanja - Binder's Hold and the Problem with the Mine
"You see the ol' pup fly against the wall? He's down and I'm not on my belly in the muck, hah, so that's a plus." Nosam advances to the base, but does not begin ascending. "We all chasing? Who's headin' up first?"
Movement: to R13
Kiselina, worn-out from the combat, relaxes just a bit at Daphyra’s touch. He’d like to fully relax; take a knee, drink some water, catch his breathe, but the group is far from complete with its task. Gundren clearly isn’t here, there is still more to explore. Which means there is more potential for increased danger.
He watches Marten dash after the escaped goblin. He appreciates the fairy’s gusto as well, thinking to himself that Berry alone of the group is best suited for the task.
The Paladin sees no point in putting forth his effort towards the well handled escaped goblin situation, so he moves to cover the tunnel that continues north, monitoring it for any enemy reaction.
(Free Action) “Thank you Daphyra, we aren’t finished yet I fear.”
(Move) N10
(Action) Observe further up the tunnel. Perception: 19
(Bonus) n/a
(Reaction) n/a
Daphyra offers guidance to Kiselina and enters the cavern.
Kiselina scouts a little farther up the creek passage and sees that it, the main passage from the cave mouth, climbs steeply upward, the stream plunging and splashing down its west side. In the shadows, a side passage leads west across the other side of the stream.
In the shadows of the ceiling to the north, the paladin can just make out the dim shape of a rickety bridge of wood and rope crossing over the creek ahead of him, as part of another passage which intersects the creek passage, though twenty feet above it.
Marten, in what we’ll call the kennel chamber, stops at the base of the rubbish heap after a few steps show him the footing is treacherous.
Vidruth and Nosam join him there.
Berry flies past them with a rush of wings and disappears from the view of his company into the chimney. Up and out of the chimney top he pops a moment later, from a narrow opening 30’ above Marten and the others, in a different large chamber lit savagely by a central fire pit.
The fairy has time to spot the fleeing goblin 4 — recognizable, Berry now notes, by a cleft in one of the goblin’s hairy ears — laughing over its shoulder as it runs out of the chamber into an adjoining room, yelling “Look out!”
But before Berry can pursue and carry out an attack, he feels a tremendous blow land from behind him, a morning star wielded by some muscular, hidden creature with hairy knuckles, which breaks bones and knocks Berry instantly unconscious as a gruff voice behind him — the morning star-wielded — jeers, “Klarg no like bugs in garbage! hahaha!”
Berry falls back down the chimney, and the others see him, one arm hanging limp and bloodied, his shoulder blade at an unnatural angle, roll down the debris pile and crunch to a stop at Marten’s feet.
Berry is at 0HP, unconscious, and his rage ends. Due to incurring damage from the fall, he fails his first death save.
DM for Candlekeep Mysteries // Dev Hornd in Curious Critters // Eclipse Faraway in Gallows Dancer
Marten is glad to see that Daphyra has joined them, but he sees Kiselina leave the chamber. Maybe going to stand guard?
Just as Marten turns back toward the rubbish heap to see whether there's a way for the party to get up to the fissure and follow Berry, he hears a voice coming from that direction--a new voice, deeper and gruffer than the goblins--followed shortly by the sound of something tumbling down the rubbish heap toward them. Marten doesn't realize what he's seeing at first, and then squatting down, "Berry! Can ye' hear us? Berry?! Mistress Daphyra? It's Berry! He needs help." His voice is tight and sounds scared.
As Marten calls to Daphyra, he stands and takes one step past Berry's mangled body. He draws his bow with another goblin arrow and faces the fissure in the east wall through which Berry tumbled, ready to fire on anything that emerges. Are the goblins disciplined enough to wait in a fortified area or will they make a reckless counterattack, hoping to overwhelm the injured party? Marten starts to count in his head: 3 goblins yesterday, 4 wolves and 3 more goblins today. But how many more hiding in these caves?
Ready action: Attack any creature that he sees through the fissure in the east wall or that emerges onto the rubbish heap
Shortbow (80/320): 9 Damage: 4
vidruth stands beside marten, and moves berry carefully aside, where he wont be stepped on if fighting breaks out, then tries to figure how many goblins there would be based on the size of the cave, and their behaviour
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Daphyra moves quickly to Berry's side. She casts Spare the dying on him, and looks sorrowfully at Marten.
"I can stabilise him, but I can't bring him back yet. Maybe Kiselina might be able to help further?"
Past characters:
Cariadne - Forest of Celador
Daphyra Fuffletail - The City of Cats
DM - Geek Legends - Wild beyond the Witchlight
Leela Steadystone - Adventures in the Sands
Mirri Goldenhorn - Journeys through the Radiant Citadel
Lola Smythe-Whyte - Larkin Expedition
Daphyra - Deathworld: Lost Mine of Phandelver
Vanja - Binder's Hold and the Problem with the Mine
Kiselina hears Marten’s call, he looks over his shoulder and watches as Daphyra moves to stabilize the fairy. He still maintains the guard position for now, and watches for movement both above and on the ground. If someone moves to relieve him, he will go to Berry and Lay on Hands for 1 HP, saving the remaining should another group member go down.
“Master Nosam, come take up a position here if you please?”
To everyone else, “We need a plan. We are charging when we should hold. We can’t rescue anyone if we all die. One of us is now down, two of us are fairly injured. We are half spent. My pool of healing is very limited and we have no other healing left. If we continue as we are, I fear we will fail. It pains me to say so, but I think it best to retreat to a more defendable position outside these warrens and recover from our wounds. If any think otherwise, I would entertain your proposition.”
His words are curt. They aren’t meant to place blame however. He’s simply concerned at their current chances of success.
Berry hurried after the goblin and could hardly believe how fast the little bugger had climbed up through the bolt hole. This tunnel must have been prepared for a quick getaway and a worrying thought begun coalescing in Berry’s mind while he raced through the confined space in rage. Mere moments after the goblin left the other exit Berry went after him sure that he would get the coward this time. BANG! Berry’s body went limp and he fell right through the hole back to where he came from.
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vidruth scowls 'that would be best though it burns in me bone" he snarls, infuriated by the current situation "ill follow orders, but i dont like this"
he picks up berry carefully, ready to carry him out if they decide to leave
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Nosam trying to be of service moves to where he is requested. “Anything I can do to help, Mister Berry is in bad shape.”
Nosam follows the suggestion and leaves his movement up to his allies. He remains alert and defensive.