Madness, Blood and Thunder in Ravens Bluff IC

[TheFallenOne]

The ranged attacks on the archers have little success, but both Jorran and Magnus kill a goblin, among them the last one wearing plate, and Mirielle injures another one. This time, the ranks on the fronline aren't refilled with the goblins' reserves nearly depleted, and one of the Blues draws a glowing stone, summoning another mental assault from it at Magnus, but this one is noticably weaker.

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F2 and G2 are down.
One last Reflex save, then the Grease vanishes

B1 shoot Mirielle - (1d20+2)[7] (1d6+1)[3]
B3 damage on Magnus - (1d10)[1] overcome resistance - (1d20+1)[20]

A1 shoot Aya - (1d20+3)[13] (1d6)[1]
A3 shoot Aya - (1d20+3)[14] (1d6)[5]
A4 shoot Mirielle - (1d20-1)[5] (1d6)[1]
A5 shoot Magnus - (1d20-1)[19] (1d6)[3]
A6 shoot Magnus - (1d20-1)[4] (1d6)[4]

G8 ready action
Gb attack Magnus - (1d20+2)[19] (1d6)[2]
Gc attack Jorran - (1d20+2)[9] (1d6)[1]
Gd attack Mirielle - (1d20+2)[3] (1d6)[2]

R2 attack Magnus - (1d20+6)[12] (1d8+3)[7]

[Sallera]

Nearly have you. Question is, are you going to run? Punctuating her thoughts with another pair of arrows, Aya continues the awkward exchange of projectiles.

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At A1/A2 again.
Attack 1: (1d20+7)[9]
Damage: (1d8+3)[10] + 1 electricity
Attack 2: (1d20+7)[17]
Damage: (1d8+3)[10] + 1 electricity

[candycorn]

Magnus continues to weather the assault upon him, thankful that they're not levying the assault on another of his comrades... Rather than attacking, he summons energies from his equipment, and lays hands upon Jorran.

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Reflex: (1d20+4)[12] DC 14
Will: (1d20+5)[17] DC 11 (assuming ML 1 power stone)
Healing belt on Jorran, 2 charges: (3d8)[20] healing

Also, A5 has a crit threat on me, which needs to confirm to have a chance of damage.

Adjust essentia.
Astral Vambraces 2, Spellward 3

Then, if I've fallen, I'll stand, eating the AoO's.

[Frog Dragon]

After slipping and falling once more, Jorran springs back up, reinvigorated from Magnus' magical gear, attempting to drive his sword into the goblin in one smooth motion, ready to step forwards as he does so.

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HP: 30/46

Delay after Magnus
Move action to stand.
Attack Gc: (1d20+7)[15]
Damage: (2d6+5)[13]
If Gc dies, 5ft step to take his spot in M14.

[Jeff the Green]

Seeing Jorran and Magnus fall in the slippery ectoplasm, Mirielle tries to take down the goblin she struck earlier.

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Attack Gc (1d20+6)[10] (1d8+3)[9]

[Cardea]

Keeva

Keeva reloads, aiming at the archer again.

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Reload for Move, IoP on myself and firing as standard.
Attack: (1d20+9)[24]
Damage: (2d8)[7]

Edit: At A3. Keep forgetting to specify.

[TheFallenOne]

No goblin falls, though Keeva's bolt deals a nasty wound, but the slippery goo vanishes and with Jorran healed your frontline stands strong against the remaining goblinkin, keeping the assault up in desperation.

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that was a quick turn O.o

AoOs on Magnus
(1d20+2)[19] (1d6)[1]
(1d20+2)[9] (1d6)[4]
(1d20+6)[13] (1d8+3)[4]

B1 shoot Mirielle - (1d20+2)[18] (1d6+1)[7]
B3 damage on Magnus - (1d10)[7] SR - (1d20+1)[18]

A1 shoot Aya - (1d20+3)[17] (1d6)[1]
A3 shoot Aya - (1d20+3)[9] (1d6)[1]
A4 shoot Mirielle - (1d20+3)[6] (1d6)[3]
A5 shoot Jorran - (1d20+3)[23] (1d6)[5]
A6 shoot Mirielle - (1d20+3)[11] (1d6)[3]

G8 ready action
Gb attack Magnus - (1d20+2)[5] (1d6)[3]
Gc attack Jorran - (1d20+2)[10] (1d6)[2]
Gd attack Mirielle - (1d20+2)[22] (1d6)[1]

R2 attack Magnus - (1d20+6)[25] (1d8+3)[4]

[Sallera]

Sieges are so tedious. Aya continues firing, taking a moment to check her supply of remaining arrows.

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And again (A1/A2Gd).
Attack 1: (1d20+7)[27]
Damage: (1d8+3)[7] + 1 electricity
Attack 2: (1d20+7)[20]
Damage: (1d8+3)[8] + 1 electricity

[Jeff the Green]

Mirielle's arms are growing tired from swinging at--and frequently missing--the goblins, and her attention begins to wander.

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Same old, same old. Attack Gc (1d20+6)[11] (1d8+3)[6]
Edit: Clearly Mirelle's attention span is a problem.

[candycorn]

Magnus again feels them pressing feebly against his mind, and smiles as the hobgoblin's weapon actually scored a hit, wondering if the hobgoblin even knew. He then strikes back, attempting to silence the hobgoblin, now that the brunt of the frontal press was broken.

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Will:(1d20+5)[23]

Have all maneuvers (crusader strike already expended) this turn, refresh next.

swift: 2 vambraces, 2 incarnate, 1 spellward
Douse the Flames (R2): (1d20+7)[18]
Damage: (1d8+5)[9]
Heal 2, to Jorran, if I hit.

[TheFallenOne]

Out of nowhere, a miniature thundercloud suddenly appears over Magnus's head, and a thin line of lightning zips down, almost gently but warningly striking the smith on the top of the head.

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DM Lightning - (1d6)[5]

I said it before, the next one to make hobgoblins out of the common goblins or bugbears feels the wrath of DM Fiat. I'll be nice and count it only once although you used the word three times

[Frog Dragon]

Jorran continues to try to stab the goblin in front of him.

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HP: 25/46

Attack Gc: (1d20+7)[23]
Damage: (2d6+5)[9]

If Gc dies, 5ft step to M14.

[Cardea]

Keeva

Keeva reloads, aiming at the archer again, cursing at the repetition.

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Reload for Move, IoP on myself and firing as standard. At A3.
Attack: (1d20+9)[13]
Damage: (2d8)[9]

[TheFallenOne]

The goblins' defensive line is finally breached when Jorran strikes down the goblin in front of him, and the archers are further reduced by Aya's steady stream of arrows. Seeing the battle lost, the Blues retreat, and as soon as they turn the morale of the remaining goblins finally breaks as well, though in their rout they lose another two goblins and the bugbear.

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well, we're pretty much in the mopping up survivors phase and there's nothing really they can do anymore. They go to the exit at the top, then turn right. Pursue, pause to heal?

[Jeff the Green]

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Yes, I think we should stop for some healing. How much does everyone need?

Once the goblins are clearly a danger no longer, Mirielle inspects each of her allies' wounds, and tapping them with her wand induces them to close. When she comes to Magnus she does the same, but prods at his wounds perhaps a little harder than necessary.

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I don't think there's anything left for me to do; all my buffs are cast. I wasn't keeping track of rounds, but I'm pretty sure it took less than 10, so there's still >3 minutes left on protection from evil and shield of faith, and luminous armor is hrs/level.

[Sallera]

"Hm, not bad. Not really the kind of fight I like, but we managed." Grinning at Mirielle, Aya sidles inside the cave to have a better look around. "They might have some exits elsewhere, so we shouldn't wait too long. We can loot the bodies afterward."

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Aya needs two charges from the wand, so we're stuck here for two minutes, at least.

Don't feel like counting up every shot I missed with, so I'll just lowball it.
Arrow survival: (10d2)[2][1][1][1][2][1][1][1][1][1](12)
Shapesand arrows are pretty flimsy. Guess that makes sense.

[Jeff the Green]

@Sallera, et al.

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Actually, those are all Shapesand arrows, right? We can just recover and reshape them. (Though the reshaping may take a while; I'm not sure it's worth it.)

[Sallera]

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Yeah, time is my concern here. Don't want to wait any longer than we need to for healing.

[Jeff the Green]

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Alright, since we have a couple minutes downtime while lesser vigor works, Mirielle will try to reshape some arrows I'm assuming I get one check/six seconds since the description doesn't specify, and rolling for four minutes of downtime. (I'll truncate that if we have less time.) Wisdom check, DC 16.
(40d20)[3][19][8][6][1][2][5][19][1][1][17][2][9][18][13][12][7][10][11][4][15][13][1][14][12][8][12][17][13][8][2][16][6][16][15][2][17][4][14][12](385) (Wis mod +3, so 13 and higher succeeds.)

Edit: So 2 the first minute, 3 the second minute, 5 the third minute, 5 the fourth minute for a total of 15, 17 with the two recovered ones. Eh. Better than average, but barely. The rest of the shapesand goes back into the haversack.

[Cardea]

Keeva

"So all things considered, that went better than expected. aye?" Keeva says, regaining her composure. She stows away her crossbow, and tugs at her braid, settling it back into position under her armor and clothing. "So, they're gettin' away. We goin' to chase, or search around for what they're leavin' behind? I'm a fan of the latter, to be honest."

[candycorn]

Magnus

As the healing begins to take hold, Magnus begins to gather the bodies together. "Healing will take a bit of time, anyway. May as well use the time to check out the area, perhaps see if these creatures carried anything of importance."

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At 16/38, so 2 charges will fix me up.

[Sallera]

Aya shakes her head, taking the arrows from Mirielle and moving up to the intersection. "We can do that later. If they've got another exit from this compound, I don't want them grabbing our pay and running. If you want to take a minute for a look around, fine, but don't take too long to catch up. I'm going on ahead." Taking out her lantern, Aya sighs as she ignites it. "Can't help the light, I guess." Tucking the light under her cloak to soften the glow and obscure its source, she pads down the hall after the goblins, carefully scanning the hall for anomalies and hidden passages.

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Scouting down the way the goblins took, taking 10 on Hide, MS, Spot and Listen, for 20, 20, 21, and 21 respectively.

[TheFallenOne]

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the fleeing goblins left clear traces of blood. From the right path they took you hear clear commotion and panic from 50 voices or more. There is a rather large room of natural rock, illuminated by some fires. It seems to be their common room, mostly filled with noncombatants far as you can see.

On the left hand is an double door of fine make, made of the same wood as the dam. Up ahead the path twists and turns, going deeper into the earth pretty fast.

On the goblins you killed you find
lotsa mundane gear

Fs
2 MW small falchions
2 MW small breastplate
Cloak of Resistance +1
Least Crystal of Stamina
potion Remove Fear

B2
MW small studded leather
Glitterstone(MIC 161)
potion CLW

for the cash I'll give you a total at the end

[Sallera]

Aya dries her lantern and tucks it away as she sees the fires ahead, slowly creeping closer until she gets a proper look at the room. Where are you hiding, little blues?

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Get rid of the light, get as close as she can without losing cover. Trying to see if there are any other ways out of the common room, or if the ones that ran away are still there.
Hide: 20
MS: 20
Spot: 21
Listen: 21

[TheFallenOne]

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most or even all the goblins that ran are here, getting their wounds treated by three goblins in grey robes. No other visible exits.

[Sallera]

With a satisfied nod, Aya retreats down the hall, returning to the others. "Alright, looks like they're stuck there, along with their noncombatants. We can find what they've collected after, so let's finish them off while they're unprepared. I'll go a bit ahead and start sniping; the rest of you block the tunnel, and with a bit of luck, all the noncombatants won't panic and run toward you. Once I'm noticed, which probably won't take that long, I'll come back to you and we can finish the fight from there."

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Was that mundane or magical treatment?

[Jeff the Green]

"Please tell me you mean you'll snipe at the ones we just fought, and not at their wives and grandparents." Mirielle says to Aya with one eyebrow raised. "Whatever the plan, it would be wise to do it carefully, as most of the protections I put on us have worn off by now."

[Sallera]

Aya giggles, reaching up to pat Mirielle on the head. "Don't be silly, why would I waste arrows on people who can't fight back? Come on, let's go finish the job. Draw up in formation, and stay about fifty feet behind me; they might not notice your light that way. I'll see if I can knock out a blue for you, Magnus. Once we've got the leaders and the warriors down, the rest ought to listen to what we tell them."

[Jeff the Green]

Mirielle is not entirely reassured by Aya's response, but she doesn't mention it.

She looks around at the area her armor is illuminating and makes a quick estimation. "A little further than fifty feet, I think. This sheds quite a bit more light than a torch."

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Are there other light sources down the tunnel?

[Sallera]

Aya shrugs, heading for the tunnel again. "They've got fires in the room, so they might not notice, but take the distance you need. Just don't get too far back; I don't want to end up surrounded."