Here be Dragones! Game Thread

7 dodges the wild slap, but unfortunately for him Jojo has a follow-up (*correct?*)

OOC I thought my unarmed attack was a bonus action.  I have no idea if I could get a third attack?  If I can then see below r ignore it if I can't.

Having just missed with his off hand, JoJo repositions to be prepared for anything and uses his momentum to use his leg as a kick (unarmed)

Attack: 25 Damage: 7

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7 dodges the wild slap, but unfortunately for him Jojo has a follow-up (*correct?*)

OOC I thought my unarmed attack was a bonus action.  I have no idea if I could get a third attack?  If I can then see below r ignore it if I can't.

Having just missed with his off hand, JoJo repositions to be prepared for anything and uses his momentum to use his leg as a kick (unarmed)

Attack: 25 Damage: 7

 

To lock in the attack if the numbers change again.

7 gets his head kicked, and Jojo almost invents kickball.

4 whacks at Spear lady: 15, 5 bludgeoning damage 

She is dazed but not enough to discourage her spear stab: 21, 2 piercing damage 

*Fuzzpaw is up*

From behind the woman fighter, Fuzzpaw once again assists her by launching a Fire Bolt at the kobold she is engaging in combat.

Attack: 21

Damage: 5

And that’s all of them: Fuzzpaw accurately nails the last kobold of that contingent.

*Combat has ended for now*

Whether it was simply the weight of years settling into his bones or some quiet fading of the celestial vigor that had carried him through younger days, Cass could not say. Either way, he found himself a step slower than he remembered, and not particularly pleased about it.

The fight ends moments later as the remaining kobolds are cut down, left broken in the street. Cass lowers his mace and takes a slow look around the battlefield, checking the spearwoman, the children, and the others before giving a small nod of approval. "I have seen worse first meetings," he says, retrieving a cloth from beneath his cloak to wipe blood from the gash to his head. "Cass, Cass Caelum, by the way.”Looking out towards the town, he continues, “the town is still burning, however, which suggests our work here is only beginning."

Neega lowers her sword only after the last kobold falls. Her eyes move over the street, the alley, the fleeing family, and the rooftops above before finally settling on Cass and the other defenders.

She gives his introduction a short nod.  “Neega.”

She wipes her blade clean on one of the fallen kobolds and slides it back into its place, though her shield stays raised. Her gaze shifts toward the smoke and the shape moving above the town.

“I don’t know what we’ve been caught up in, but that dragon will spot anyone fleeing into the open. Tear through them too.” She looks back to the others. “We need somewhere defensible.”

Neega crouches beside the fallen kobolds and begins searching them with quick, practiced movements, checking belts, pouches, weapons, markings, and anything else that might prove useful. Her eyes keep lifting to the street and sky above between each motion, and then she looks up at the woman with the broken spear.

“You know this town. What’s the strongest place left to hold?”

(OOC: Does Neega recognize any emblem or other identification on the kobolds that would identify who the attackers are?  Perception: 12 )

“I’m Lina. Lina Swift,” the woman says. “This is my husband, Cuthbert (gesturing to her wounded husband) and our children.”

Turning to Neega: “There’s one place: the town keep, if it isn’t already besieged.” She looks worried in the direction of some riotous kobold noises.

Neega doesn’t perceive any special ID on the kobolds, and everything on their persons are utterly worthless save maybe a couple of small bludgeons

Cass follows Lina's gaze toward the distant noise and the smoke hanging over Greenest, briefly noting Cuthbert's injuries before scanning the streets and weighing their options. Looking toward the keep and then back to Lina, Cass nods toward the husband and children and adds, "If the keep still stands, that is where the townsfolk and defenders will gather, so we should move while we still can and make certain this family reaches it with us."

Finding nothing worth taking from the kobolds beyond a few crude bludgeons, Neega rises with a low grunt. She gives the street another quick look, then glances up toward the smoke and the sky before turning back to Cass, Lina and the others.

“Town keep?  Sounds promising.”

She adjusts the grip on her shield and looks toward the direction Lina indicated.

“Do you know who these attackers are, or what they’re after?”

Her eyes move briefly over the dead kobolds, then back to the burning town.

“There’s no payday in not knowing your enemy.”

Fuzzpaw takes a deep breath and steadies himself. This was his first time in actual combat, and the rush of adrenaline was something he had not felt since the first time that he manipulated the Weave. He looks around at the strangers who joined the fight talking to each other, and inspecting the kobold corpses when he realizes that he has not moved from the spot where he was standing during the battle. He shakes his body loose, and walks towards the group.

Wow, they must be proper adventurers, he thinks to himself as he watches the strangers clad in armor and carrying their well-used weapons.

Fuzzpaw suddenly remembers the injured man and children and walks hurriedly to them. As he draws near, he gives them a wave and a smile, hoping his appearance does not frighten the children.

"Are all of you alright?" He asks them, then turns to the injured man "I'm afraid I don't know any healing spells, but I can offer a shoulder for you to lean on if you need help walking."

Cass kneels beside Cuthbert and gives the man’s injuries an examination while the others speak. Years spent as a battlefield chaplain have taught him to distinguish between wounds that look frightening and wounds that truly are. Satisfied that the man can still be moved, he rises and glances toward Neega.

“Lina may know more than we do, but I would wager these raiders are after whatever raiders have always been after: gold, supplies, and people too frightened to resist.”

Cass turns his attention back to Fuzzpaw and the wounded family. “A shoulder will do more good than many healing spells if ihe keeps him moving,” he says with a faint nod of approval. He settles his shield more securely on his arm and looks toward the keep. “Questions are worth asking, but I would rather ask them from behind walls than in the middle of a burning street.”

*How is the group heading to the keep; by speed or by stealth?*

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Fuzzpaw takes a deep breath and steadies himself. This was his first time in actual combat, and the rush of adrenaline was something he had not felt since the first time that he manipulated the Weave. He looks around at the strangers who joined the fight talking to each other, and inspecting the kobold corpses when he realizes that he has not moved from the spot where he was standing during the battle. He shakes his body loose, and walks towards the group.

Wow, they must be proper adventurers, he thinks to himself as he watches the strangers clad in armor and carrying their well-used weapons.

Fuzzpaw suddenly remembers the injured man and children and walks hurriedly to them. As he draws near, he gives them a wave and a smile, hoping his appearance does not frighten the children.

"Are all of you alright?" He asks them, then turns to the injured man "I'm afraid I don't know any healing spells, but I can offer a shoulder for you to lean on if you need help walking."

 The children are fascinated by a talking bear (I presume that is what Fuzzpaw looks like). “Thank you kindly,” Cuthbert says to Fuzzpaw. He explains that he was injured in another scrape the family had while fleeing for the keep

Cass shakes his head. “Speed. Knew a scout named Perrin Locke who once spent an hour sneaking around a problem that would have taken five minutes to run past, and by the time he finished being careful the opportunity was gone.” He glances toward the keep and then the wounded family. “We have children, an injured man, and a dragon overhead, so every minute we spend standing here is a minute we cannot afford.

JoJo introduces himself and says, "let us go to the keep, others may as well.  I think with these roving bands of kobolds, stealth may be a safer mode then speed. If Lina can lead the way, I will pull a rear guard and keep our backs safe....keep the injured and children in the middle."

Neega glances up to the sky upon the mention of the dragon overhead.  "The keep is only safety if we manage to get there in one piece."

Turning to Lina, “What is the fastest way there without drawing eyes. Lets keep to buildings, alleys, shadows, or anything that keeps a roof between us and the sky.”

The orc adjusts her shield and casts a brief look toward the fallen kobolds, “I’d rather fight more of these than that.” She tilts her head up toward the evening sky.

“Come,” Lina says. “This is the fastest way.” She points down a street with a bedraggled sign that reads, “Morton’s.” “It’s to confuse the raiders,” she explains. I don’t think they’ll find this on any map.”

As everyone creeps towards the keep, they see a total of three groups of hostiles; counting a total of 12 kobolds, 2 winged kobolds, and 9 people in weirder black and purple robes.

*I’m going to presume that no one wants to try and punch through all of them. Everyone roll a Stealth check.*