Ebb will sneak through the woods near the horses to see if he can spot anything
(Stealth: 8)
(Perception: 21)
Loraviel sees Ebb sneak through the woods. She gives the reins to Surge. "Please watch the wagon Surge." Then she wears her wooden shield and the Hand of Oskana, steps off the wagon, and go to the left side of the road, into the thickets. (Stealth: 7)
Kazri - Level 10 Human Paladin (Oath of the Ancients) - The Tales of the Fellowship of the White Cloaks Droknin Palemane - Level 4 Leonin Barbarian (Path of the Beast) - Where the Cold Winds Blow... A Lost Mines of Phandelver Story Faelan (Cottontail) Whisperwind - Level 3 Ranger (Fey Wanderer) - Zorg's Lost Souls II
"Science is organized knowledge. Wisdom is organized life."
Surge informs the group that he is quite positive that Tibard, their guest the night before, was pretty shady and they should be even more leery if they see him again. "He was too clean, for one, had almost unnatural mannerisms and was trying to learn something from us. I also wondered if he wanted to eat me or something of the sort, the way he was taking interest and staring at me!" He shivers and checks his personal belongings as well as the contents of their cart.
Surge can barely speak before everyone scatters to do their own thing when they spot the possible ambush site. He nods when Loraviel hands him the reigns while busy clutching his holy symbols and trying to ask Eldath for a blessing for his companions swiftly before they get too far away. After that the priest stands atop the cart and scans for trouble, being sure to look behind them on the road and in the woods they had already passed.
Perception: 23
The Priest casts Bless on Pardo, Ebb and Loraviel.
This post has potentially manipulated dice roll results.
With his customary gallantry, Pardo marches forward trying to find any signs of life hiding in the woods to the right of the road. At the same time, Ebb and Loraviel sneak through the the thickets on the left side. Or at least that's what they think. Their attempt at sneaking is not very successful, stepping carelessly on dried leaves and branches, making more noise than intended.
Luckily enough, Ebb notices two goblins 20 ft ahead of him, just as the goblins notice him and Loraviel. The creatures brace and quickly bring their shortbows out, arrows knocked, ready to let them loose.
On the right side, Pardo catches a glimpse of another goblin aiming at him, 40 ft away from him, partially covered by bushes. Also, another goblin comes out of the woods, rushing towards the halfling, 30 ft away from him at the moment, scimitar drawn.
Kilxus and Surge only see the goblin running towards Pardo, they are 50 ft away from the creature.
Kazri - Level 10 Human Paladin (Oath of the Ancients) - The Tales of the Fellowship of the White Cloaks Droknin Palemane - Level 4 Leonin Barbarian (Path of the Beast) - Where the Cold Winds Blow... A Lost Mines of Phandelver Story Faelan (Cottontail) Whisperwind - Level 3 Ranger (Fey Wanderer) - Zorg's Lost Souls II
"Science is organized knowledge. Wisdom is organized life."
These goblins were definitely waiting for any travelers to appear and, even though they were not expecting them to traverse through the woods, that doesn't mean they can't follow through with the initial plan.
The moment they see the tiefling a few feet in front of them, they quickly draw their bows and, with an angry shriek, shoot arrows at him. Both arrows find home, one sticking on Ebb's left shoulder, the other one just below the rib cage on the right side of the monk's body. The two arrows protruding from his body, along with an intense pain, are the last things Ebb notices before falling unconscious. Loraviel, who was following him closely, watches in horror as her new comrade falls down in front of her.
At the same time, a rushing goblin, scimitar drawn, lunges forward and slashes at Pardo, who deftly sidesteps and avoids the hit. The last goblin looses an arrow at the halfling but it aims poorly. Pardo remains unscathed.
Loraviel is shocked seeing her companion Ebb fall down with two arrows on him, them he’s healed by Surge and she is relieved. She charges towards the Goblins (1 and 2), though not straight at them. She runs a couple of paces to the left of their position to draw their attention to her. (OCC: FYI Wood Elves have 35ft movement. She goes 20 ft forward, but 15 ft to the archers’s right side, her left.) Loraviel then makes a sharp right, and looks for a hiding spot where she can pause (like a tree). She prays: “Goddess Mielikki. Grant me strength to defeat this evil.” Loraviel casts Shillelagh. Suddenly the Hand of Oskana glows with the power of Nature and moss grows on the club. She springs from her position, and runs towards goblins. "Feel Nature's wrath evil creatures!!" Loraviel yells and strikes one of the Goblins. Loraviel feels anger like she never felt before. She wants nothing but to destroy the creatures in front of her for killing innocent animals (horses).
(OCC: My idea is to have the goblins looking away from the battlefield, and Loraviel is 5ft between the two.)
Kazri - Level 10 Human Paladin (Oath of the Ancients) - The Tales of the Fellowship of the White Cloaks Droknin Palemane - Level 4 Leonin Barbarian (Path of the Beast) - Where the Cold Winds Blow... A Lost Mines of Phandelver Story Faelan (Cottontail) Whisperwind - Level 3 Ranger (Fey Wanderer) - Zorg's Lost Souls II
"Science is organized knowledge. Wisdom is organized life."
Surge tries to make out what is happening to his companions without leaving the cart unguarded. Looking out over the oxen he catches a glimpse of the arrows hit Ebb and the monk fall. At first he doesn’t see any of their attackers but then he gets a good look at one to the right side of the road. Reaching for his pair of holy symbols the Priest grasps them both tightly, saying a prayer to both of his gods. “Water and Wave, Mother and Captain, let no more under our protection fall.” Eldath’s symbol begins to glow a faint blue while tiny clouds and an arc of lightning engulf Valkur’s.
Ebb awakes to see the arrow in his gut slowly expelled from his body amidst a bubbling spring of sea water emitting from his wound. He even sees tiny shells, crabs and bits of seaweed flow from it but when he reaches to touch the wound those images are gone, the wound is healed and only the blood he previously lost remains.
On the other side of the road there is the brief, faint sound of ship’s bells, gulls, and the crash of waves as the goblin feels a sudden crushing sensation in his chest and starts to struggle to breath as his lungs fill with water.
Pardo regarded the archer and the onrushing scimitar wielding goblin with detachment. Instinctively he turned his left shoulder forward, holding the top of his shield level with his deltoid. At the same time, he slid the rapier out of its scabbard. The on-rushing goblin was swinging his scimitar in a wide, chopping motion, trying to overpower the shield-block he thought was coming. But, Pardo slid his left (front) foot straight back while angling the shield close to his chest. He pivoted on his right foot, crouching, and he heard the arrow fly over his head. Ahead and to his left, he heard a hissing groan while Priest shouted something he couldn't make out. Coming out of his crouch, he prepared to strike his rapier through the fiend's back, when he suddenly heard a loud chime and the sound of a torrent of water. The goblin's, body seized, as it gasped for breath, but Pardo did not wait to see if he would fall. The halfling thrust the rapier into the stunned goblin's back, effortlessly piercing the kidney. Pardo pulled the blade out, barely registering that it was coated not with blood, but with sea water.
Pardo had no time to consider the strange effect of the Water Genasi's spell He nodded brusquely in the Priest's general direction and turned to walk purposefully, but not hurriedly toward the remaining goblin archer on the right side. As he did so, he gestured with his rapier toward the left side of the road, calling out to Kilxus,
"TRY TO GET WHERE YOU CAN SEE THE OTHER ATTACKERS!"
Ebb is gonna jump up, quickly wave at Surge in thanks, then run at the goblin that just attacked him with a short bow, and missed. Once he gets to it, wielding the quarterstaff in both hands, he'll swipe across the goblin's jaw. As he does, he sees blood come out of the goblin's mouth, and then a single tooth falls out after it.
Then, following that attack, he'll try and jab at the goblin's nose with his elbow, but he doesn't notice that the goblin ducked down a little after the blow to the mouth, so Ebb's elbow just wiffs over the goblin's head.
Seeing the goblin in front of Pardo go down, Kilxus rushes forward trying to get closer to Loraviel and Ebb, heeding Pardo's command. As he does this, the tiefling notices two goblin a few feet away from his peers, and, eyes going white, he brings forth the palm of his right hand and a shoots a crackling beam of energy towards one of them. Unfortunately, Kilxus's attack hits a tree instead of the goblin.
The goblin who brought Ebb down, watches, surprised, its arrow come out magically from the monks body. Not wanting to risk any chances, it shoots at Ebb again but this time its aim is not as precise and the arrow misses its mark.
The goblin Loraviel tried to attack with te Hand of Oskana drops its shortbow and slashes at her with its scimitar, but the elf stops the attack with her shield.
On the other side of the road, the remaining goblin shrieks angrily after seeing its peer go down. It knocks another arrow and looses it at Pardo. This one hits the halfling, and pierces through one of his chain mail rings.
Kilxus rushes forwards, keeping to the left side of the road, pulling out his sickle as he goes. He spots two goblins in the brush on the left side of the road and realizes these must be the ambushers who got Ebb. He sees Loraviel near them and keeps an eye on Pardo on the otherside of the road.
He targets one of the goblins and casts an eldritch bolt but it hits a tree instead, ripping it in half.
Surge curses as he can't see any other targets and, after hesitating to leave the cart unguarded for a fraction of a second, vaults off of it and dashes forward up the road a bit, looking to help. Soon he sees a goblin to the left and grabs his holy symbols yet again, calling upon Valkur's fury. Faint sounds of the sea can be heard again as the bell tolls for the goblin. The creature suddenly convulses and grabs at its' throat as it spits up salt laden water, giving Loraviel an opening.
The pain catches Pardo by surprise. He had no time to pick up the flight of the arrow after shouting back to Kilxus, and now the arrow was stuck just above the lung on the right side of his chest. Pardo stumbled for a few feet before becoming overcome with a surge of adrenaline and rage. He reached up and pulled the arrow out of his chest with his thumb; his right hand never leaving the helm of his rapier. Overcome with fury, he approached the archer at a trot, pulling his rapier back with the intention of plunging it deep into the space right below the goblin's leather armor, where its intestine would be.
Plunging the blade forward, however, Pardo's sleeve caught on the edge of the thick hedges and the blade skittered harmlessly across the leather armor protecting the goblin's ribcage. The goblin's look of fear gave way to surprise, and then to pure malevolent mirth as it cackled in triumph, dropped its bow, and prepared to draw its scimitar ....
Kilxus scans the left side looking for any signs of danger. 6
Loraviel sees Ebb sneak through the woods. She gives the reins to Surge. "Please watch the wagon Surge." Then she wears her wooden shield and the Hand of Oskana, steps off the wagon, and go to the left side of the road, into the thickets. (Stealth: 7)
Kazri - Level 10 Human Paladin (Oath of the Ancients) - The Tales of the Fellowship of the White Cloaks
Droknin Palemane - Level 4 Leonin Barbarian (Path of the Beast) - Where the Cold Winds Blow... A Lost Mines of Phandelver Story
Faelan (Cottontail) Whisperwind - Level 3 Ranger (Fey Wanderer) - Zorg's Lost Souls II
"Science is organized knowledge. Wisdom is organized life."
Just before whatever is about to trigger, Pardo notices the commotion of the others behind him. Oh, no ...
"The wagon! Who's guarding the wagon?!"
Surge informs the group that he is quite positive that Tibard, their guest the night before, was pretty shady and they should be even more leery if they see him again. "He was too clean, for one, had almost unnatural mannerisms and was trying to learn something from us. I also wondered if he wanted to eat me or something of the sort, the way he was taking interest and staring at me!" He shivers and checks his personal belongings as well as the contents of their cart.
Surge can barely speak before everyone scatters to do their own thing when they spot the possible ambush site. He nods when Loraviel hands him the reigns while busy clutching his holy symbols and trying to ask Eldath for a blessing for his companions swiftly before they get too far away. After that the priest stands atop the cart and scans for trouble, being sure to look behind them on the road and in the woods they had already passed.
Perception: 23
The Priest casts Bless on Pardo, Ebb and Loraviel.
With his customary gallantry, Pardo marches forward trying to find any signs of life hiding in the woods to the right of the road. At the same time, Ebb and Loraviel sneak through the the thickets on the left side. Or at least that's what they think. Their attempt at sneaking is not very successful, stepping carelessly on dried leaves and branches, making more noise than intended.
Luckily enough, Ebb notices two goblins 20 ft ahead of him, just as the goblins notice him and Loraviel. The creatures brace and quickly bring their shortbows out, arrows knocked, ready to let them loose.
On the right side, Pardo catches a glimpse of another goblin aiming at him, 40 ft away from him, partially covered by bushes. Also, another goblin comes out of the woods, rushing towards the halfling, 30 ft away from him at the moment, scimitar drawn.
Kilxus and Surge only see the goblin running towards Pardo, they are 50 ft away from the creature.
Please go ahead and roll for initiative.
Goblins' roll: 16
6
21 (initiative)
Loraviel: 5
Kazri - Level 10 Human Paladin (Oath of the Ancients) - The Tales of the Fellowship of the White Cloaks
Droknin Palemane - Level 4 Leonin Barbarian (Path of the Beast) - Where the Cold Winds Blow... A Lost Mines of Phandelver Story
Faelan (Cottontail) Whisperwind - Level 3 Ranger (Fey Wanderer) - Zorg's Lost Souls II
"Science is organized knowledge. Wisdom is organized life."
Initiative: 18
Sorry guys, I've been busy all day, but I rolled my death save for my turn and failed. Let's hope I have better luck
These goblins were definitely waiting for any travelers to appear and, even though they were not expecting them to traverse through the woods, that doesn't mean they can't follow through with the initial plan.
The moment they see the tiefling a few feet in front of them, they quickly draw their bows and, with an angry shriek, shoot arrows at him. Both arrows find home, one sticking on Ebb's left shoulder, the other one just below the rib cage on the right side of the monk's body. The two arrows protruding from his body, along with an intense pain, are the last things Ebb notices before falling unconscious. Loraviel, who was following him closely, watches in horror as her new comrade falls down in front of her.
At the same time, a rushing goblin, scimitar drawn, lunges forward and slashes at Pardo, who deftly sidesteps and avoids the hit. The last goblin looses an arrow at the halfling but it aims poorly. Pardo remains unscathed.
Loraviel is shocked seeing her companion Ebb fall down with two arrows on him, them he’s healed by Surge and she is relieved. She charges towards the Goblins (1 and 2), though not straight at them. She runs a couple of paces to the left of their position to draw their attention to her. (OCC: FYI Wood Elves have 35ft movement. She goes 20 ft forward, but 15 ft to the archers’s right side, her left.) Loraviel then makes a sharp right, and looks for a hiding spot where she can pause (like a tree). She prays: “Goddess Mielikki. Grant me strength to defeat this evil.” Loraviel casts Shillelagh. Suddenly the Hand of Oskana glows with the power of Nature and moss grows on the club. She springs from her position, and runs towards goblins. "Feel Nature's wrath evil creatures!!" Loraviel yells and strikes one of the Goblins. Loraviel feels anger like she never felt before. She wants nothing but to destroy the creatures in front of her for killing innocent animals (horses).
(OCC: My idea is to have the goblins looking away from the battlefield, and Loraviel is 5ft between the two.)
Kazri - Level 10 Human Paladin (Oath of the Ancients) - The Tales of the Fellowship of the White Cloaks
Droknin Palemane - Level 4 Leonin Barbarian (Path of the Beast) - Where the Cold Winds Blow... A Lost Mines of Phandelver Story
Faelan (Cottontail) Whisperwind - Level 3 Ranger (Fey Wanderer) - Zorg's Lost Souls II
"Science is organized knowledge. Wisdom is organized life."
Surge tries to make out what is happening to his companions without leaving the cart unguarded. Looking out over the oxen he catches a glimpse of the arrows hit Ebb and the monk fall. At first he doesn’t see any of their attackers but then he gets a good look at one to the right side of the road. Reaching for his pair of holy symbols the Priest grasps them both tightly, saying a prayer to both of his gods. “Water and Wave, Mother and Captain, let no more under our protection fall.” Eldath’s symbol begins to glow a faint blue while tiny clouds and an arc of lightning engulf Valkur’s.
Ebb awakes to see the arrow in his gut slowly expelled from his body amidst a bubbling spring of sea water emitting from his wound. He even sees tiny shells, crabs and bits of seaweed flow from it but when he reaches to touch the wound those images are gone, the wound is healed and only the blood he previously lost remains.
On the other side of the road there is the brief, faint sound of ship’s bells, gulls, and the crash of waves as the goblin feels a sudden crushing sensation in his chest and starts to struggle to breath as his lungs fill with water.
Pardo regarded the archer and the onrushing scimitar wielding goblin with detachment. Instinctively he turned his left shoulder forward, holding the top of his shield level with his deltoid. At the same time, he slid the rapier out of its scabbard. The on-rushing goblin was swinging his scimitar in a wide, chopping motion, trying to overpower the shield-block he thought was coming. But, Pardo slid his left (front) foot straight back while angling the shield close to his chest. He pivoted on his right foot, crouching, and he heard the arrow fly over his head. Ahead and to his left, he heard a hissing groan while Priest shouted something he couldn't make out. Coming out of his crouch, he prepared to strike his rapier through the fiend's back, when he suddenly heard a loud chime and the sound of a torrent of water. The goblin's, body seized, as it gasped for breath, but Pardo did not wait to see if he would fall. The halfling thrust the rapier into the stunned goblin's back, effortlessly piercing the kidney. Pardo pulled the blade out, barely registering that it was coated not with blood, but with sea water.
Pardo had no time to consider the strange effect of the Water Genasi's spell He nodded brusquely in the Priest's general direction and turned to walk purposefully, but not hurriedly toward the remaining goblin archer on the right side. As he did so, he gestured with his rapier toward the left side of the road, calling out to Kilxus,
"TRY TO GET WHERE YOU CAN SEE THE OTHER ATTACKERS!"
Ebb is gonna jump up, quickly wave at Surge in thanks, then run at the goblin that just attacked him with a short bow, and missed. Once he gets to it, wielding the quarterstaff in both hands, he'll swipe across the goblin's jaw. As he does, he sees blood come out of the goblin's mouth, and then a single tooth falls out after it.
Then, following that attack, he'll try and jab at the goblin's nose with his elbow, but he doesn't notice that the goblin ducked down a little after the blow to the mouth, so Ebb's elbow just wiffs over the goblin's head.
(OOC: This happens before post 136)
Seeing the goblin in front of Pardo go down, Kilxus rushes forward trying to get closer to Loraviel and Ebb, heeding Pardo's command. As he does this, the tiefling notices two goblin a few feet away from his peers, and, eyes going white, he brings forth the palm of his right hand and a shoots a crackling beam of energy towards one of them. Unfortunately, Kilxus's attack hits a tree instead of the goblin.
The goblin who brought Ebb down, watches, surprised, its arrow come out magically from the monks body. Not wanting to risk any chances, it shoots at Ebb again but this time its aim is not as precise and the arrow misses its mark.
The goblin Loraviel tried to attack with te Hand of Oskana drops its shortbow and slashes at her with its scimitar, but the elf stops the attack with her shield.
On the other side of the road, the remaining goblin shrieks angrily after seeing its peer go down. It knocks another arrow and looses it at Pardo. This one hits the halfling, and pierces through one of his chain mail rings.
Kilxus rushes forwards, keeping to the left side of the road, pulling out his sickle as he goes. He spots two goblins in the brush on the left side of the road and realizes these must be the ambushers who got Ebb. He sees Loraviel near them and keeps an eye on Pardo on the otherside of the road.
He targets one of the goblins and casts an eldritch bolt but it hits a tree instead, ripping it in half.
Surge curses as he can't see any other targets and, after hesitating to leave the cart unguarded for a fraction of a second, vaults off of it and dashes forward up the road a bit, looking to help. Soon he sees a goblin to the left and grabs his holy symbols yet again, calling upon Valkur's fury. Faint sounds of the sea can be heard again as the bell tolls for the goblin. The creature suddenly convulses and grabs at its' throat as it spits up salt laden water, giving Loraviel an opening.
The pain catches Pardo by surprise. He had no time to pick up the flight of the arrow after shouting back to Kilxus, and now the arrow was stuck just above the lung on the right side of his chest. Pardo stumbled for a few feet before becoming overcome with a surge of adrenaline and rage. He reached up and pulled the arrow out of his chest with his thumb; his right hand never leaving the helm of his rapier. Overcome with fury, he approached the archer at a trot, pulling his rapier back with the intention of plunging it deep into the space right below the goblin's leather armor, where its intestine would be.
Plunging the blade forward, however, Pardo's sleeve caught on the edge of the thick hedges and the blade skittered harmlessly across the leather armor protecting the goblin's ribcage. The goblin's look of fear gave way to surprise, and then to pure malevolent mirth as it cackled in triumph, dropped its bow, and prepared to draw its scimitar ....
Kilxus growls as he casts another eldritch bolt, which also misses, passing the goblin and blasting into another tree deeper in the woods.