The southern wall suddenly explodes, sending rubble and dust everywhere! Townspeople begin to scream and flee as goblins race forward through the hole in the wall.

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The goblins have a round of surprise and use it to rush into the town.
Wall Rubble: These squares are difficult terrain.
Merchant Carts: These squares are difficult terrain.
(The alley we came from is between the southeast wall and the southeast shops.)

Goblin Hexer Initiative: 15 + 3 = 18

Gale Initiative: 1d20 +1 15 + 1 = 16

Goblin Cutter Initiative: 2 + 5 = 8

Goblin Warrior Initiative: 5 + 3 = 7

Joe Initiative 1d20 +5... 1 + 5 = 6

Elric Initiative 1d20 +1...5 + 1 = 6

Timothius Initiative 1d20 +2...1 + 2 = 3

Goblin Cutters (C)
HP 1; a missed attack never damages a minion.
AC 16; Fortitude 12, Reflex 14, Will 11

Goblin Warriors (W)
HP 29; Bloodied 14
AC 17; Fortitude 13, Reflex 15, Will 12

Goblin Hexer (H)
HP 46; Bloodied 23
AC 17; Fortitude 14, Reflex 15, Will 16

The townspeople have 10 for all their defenses and are killed if hit.
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"Wretched thieves!" the Hexer shouts as he looses a blast that kills the nearest townsperson, "Feel the wrath of the Ogre King!"

He then shouts orders at the other goblins in their native tongue.

Hexer Stinging Hex vs. Townsperson

1d20 +7 >= 10
19 + 7 = 26 ... success

Gale screams at the sight of a man being killed.

"You killed him!" she shouts, "Murderers!  Feel the wrath of Gale!"

Her eyes erupt with black flame as the shrieking black tendrils of her Grasping Shadows spell burst from the ground under some of the goblins.  Five of the goblins caught in the spell shriek and collapse unconscious.

She then summons a flaming sphere behind some of the other goblins, the heat of which causes them to fall unconscious.

((Yay action points and daily powers.  Grasping shadows creates a zone that lasts until the end of Gale's next turn. Each creature that enters the zone takes psychic damage = her int mod and is slowed until the end of its next turn. ))

Gale Grasping shadows vs. Goblin Warrior 2 Will

1d20 +7 >= 12
17 + 7 = 24 ... success

Gale Grasping shadows damage
1d8 +5
3 + 5 = 8

Gale Grasping Shadows vs. Cutters 1 through 5, need 5 or better to hit.
7 + 10 + 9 + 12 + 10..  all hit.

ACTION POINT!
Gale Flaming Sphere vs. Goblin Warrior 2

1d20 +7 >= 15
19 + 7 = 26 ... success

Flaming Sphere damage
2d6 +5
3 + 2 + 5 = 10

Goblin Warrior 2 = 11 HP left (Bloodied and slowed)
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Two of the remaining goblin cutters panic and dive under the nearest merchant cart rather than risk running past the dark tendrils of doom or the fireball of fate.

"Spare us!" they cry, "We surrender!"

One of them is a lot more pessimistic about the situation and attacks Gale!

"We're as good as dead anyway!" he says as he runs around the scary-looking Warforged to get at the not-wearing-armor-mage-that-kills-7-goblins-in-one-turn.  Much to his surprise, his sword actually connects and does damage!

Meanwhile, the human named Sunsteen grabs his leg, screams, and drops to the ground.

((From the Monster Manual:
Goblin Cutter - If it dawns on them that they’re losing the battle, they flee, hoping to live to fight another day.

From the F.R. Campaign Guide:
As soon as the goblins become aware of the danger the PCs represent, they focus their attacks on them.

I'd say it's a toss-up, so I let the dice decide for each remaining minion.

Those minions who dived under the carts are prone and have superior cover.  Took them a minor and a move action to get under there, so for their standard action:
TOTAL DEFENSE: STANDARD ACTION
✦ +2 Bonus to All Defenses: You gain a +2 bonus to
all defenses until the start of your next turn.))

Cutter fight of flight? 1=fight, 2=flight.

3d2
2 + 1 + 2

Goblin Cutter sword vs. Gale's robe

1d20 +5 >= 16
11 + 5 = 16 ... success  4 damage to Gale

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The goblin warrior that was entangled by Gale's Grasping Shadows spell struggles 10' to the north before hucking a javelin at her, but his aim is off and the javelin misses her completely.  He snarls in frustration and curses in goblin.

The other warrior shouts something in goblin and runs for the shop northeast of the well and smashes the display window with his spear.

((OOC: Final details.  W2 is hiding behind the well's lip and has partial cover.  The carts grant partial cover to the Hexer.   Townsfolk initiative = 10, so they fled after Gale's fireworks.))

Fireball Damage to Warriors

1d4 +5
3 + 5 = 8


W2 javelin vs. Gale.

1d20 +6 >= 16
7 + 6 = 13 ... failure
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  Joe calls to the two sensible Goblins (the ones hiding under the carts, if that wasn't obvious)  "Care to elaborate on that 'Wretched thieves' announcement?"

  A swift shot drops the Goblin next to Gale to the ground as an arrow goes through it's knee.  Not into, through.  It's a very big bow.  A second shot isn't quite so successful as it whips past the Goblin by the well and into the cart behind it's head.

  "Say, could you move your head a bit to the left please?"

---

Standard: Twin Strike, Hit Cutter, Miss Warrior 1.
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Timothius rushes to the downed townsperson and touches him, reviving the man. Timothius then glares at the goblin who killed the townsperson with a stern look. Because believe me... Timothius pays close attention to things like, oh *murderers*.

Timothius figures whatever the goblins are after, even if it originally belonged to them, it clearly can not be trusted with them now. He charges at the goblin Warrior who smashed the shop window figuring he must be after the "stolen" item. If the goblins are making this much of a fuss over it, the item is clearly dangerous and powerful. "You will surrender at ONCE!" he yells as he swings his blade at the warrior, twisting it at the last moment to hit the goblin with the flat of it.

(Move Action: Move to townsperson)
(Minor Action: Lay on Hands > Townsperson)
(Move Action: Move from townsperson to square AE-10.)
(ACTION POINT!)
(Standard Action: CHARRRRGE! vs Warrior at AK-9)
(Roll: 18. +7 = Hit)
(Damage: 7 + 3 = 10 dmg to the gobby at the shop.)

(OOC: Discussed it with the GM and came to the conclusion that "Lay on Hands" can be used to revive or at least stabilize a fallen NPC, namely the townsperson that would otherwise be labled "killed". Timothius intends to make sure no living thing dies on his watch. His heart still bleeds for the fire beetles.)

Furious at what the warforged cleric of Pelor sees as an unprovoked attack on the city by the goblins, Elric rushes to assist Timothius in dealing with the Goblin seemingly trying to pilfer items from a shop.

“If you goblins were sent by an Ogre king, and that individual wishes to terrorize innocent people, then I will bring Pelor's Light to wash away your darkness!” Elric's eyes glow brightly while charging at the goblin warrior to assist Timothius landing a solid blow upon the Goblin warrior with the new Greatspear that Elric acquired. “This is your last chance to surrender. I suggest you take it.”


_{[OOC: Minor Action is unused.
Move action: Move to AG10
Standard Action: Charge to AI10 to attack Goblin Warrior 1.
[267] 09-07-15 23:08:20 CEST - c_fewell@hotmail.com
Elric's Charge attack on Goblin Warrior 1 (The one next to Timothius) 10+1 (charge bonus)+1(Warforged Tactics as Tim is adjacent to the Goblin Warrior.) (typoed the 1d20 in previous attempt)
1d20 +12 >= 17   ->  18 + 12 = 30 ... success
[268] 09-07-15 23:11:20 CEST - c_fewell@hotmail.com
Damage Roll for Great Spear of Skewering +1 vs Golbin Warrior 1
1d10 +5  ->   2 + 5 = 7
Goblin Warrior 1 is now at 4hp left and is bloodied. (29-8-10-7=4)]}

"Cursed glory seekers!" the Hexer shouts as he backs away toward the exit, "This is none of your concern!  These vermin you protect are hardly innocent!"

He follows up with something in goblin that's apparently directed at his allies then fires a spell at the warrior at the well that may as well be a smoke grenade.  The spell expands into a huge cloud of smoke, obscuring everything within.

(( Vexing Cloud (standard; sustain minor; encounter) ✦ Zone
Area burst 3 within 10; automatic hit; all enemies within
the zone take a –2 penalty to attack rolls. The zone grants
concealment to the goblin hexer and its allies. The goblin hexer
can sustain the zone as a minor action, moving it up to 5 squares.

DM Ruling:
Judging from the MM entry, I think what they meant to say was, "While the goblin hexer and any of it's allies are inside of it, the zone grants concealment."  *slams gavel*))
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"He's getting away!" Gale warns the others, "We gotta stop him!"

She runs past the cart and well and commands her fireball to give chase to the Hexer.  The snow outside the town wall hisses as the fireball rolls over it.  Notably, the goblin cutter under the cart doesn't take advantage of the opportunity to slice at Gale's ankles as she passes him by.  The Grasping Shadows spell fades away as suddenly as it came.

The townsperson Timothius healed doesn't understand how he was revived, but he knows danger when he sees it and flees to the west.

"Thanks, Timothius!" he shouts as he runs.

(( Move, Move, Minor sustain.))
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"We came to take back the horn totem that was stolen from our master!" one of the goblin cutters blurts out in answer to Joe's question.

"It's only valuable to goblins," the other interjects, "We don't know why the villagers would take it!"

"They hate us for no reason!"

"We're sorry the villager was hurt."

"But he's ok now... See?"

((OOC: Standard action: full defense))
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The goblin Elric and Timothius attacked knows his moments are numbered.  He shouts something in goblin at his ally at the well who runs for the exit then hucks a javelin at Timothius which strikes the Paladin between the plates of his armor, injuring him badly.

The warrior at the window uses the distraction to grab the horn totem from the shop's window display, takes a few steps, hurls it as hard as he can at the goblin Hexer, then makes a break for the exit himself.  Timothius tries to smack the Warrior with the flat of his blade for letting his guard down, but the javelin injury combined with the vexing cloud is enough to make him miss completely.

((OOC:  W2 used:
Mobile Ranged Attack (standard; at-will)
The goblin warrior can move up to half its speed; at any point
during that movement, it makes one ranged attack without
provoking an opportunity attack.
Hence it's moving 9 squares in it's turn rather than just 6.))

W2 javelin attack vs. Timo's AC

1d20 +6 >= 22
17 + 6 = 23 ... success

javelin damage with Great Position bonus

2d6 +2
6 + 1 + 2 = 9 damage to Timothius

Timothius AoO vs. W2 -vexing cloud penalty

1d20 +7 >= 17
6 + 7 = 13 ... failure

W2 improvised ranged "attack" at willing ally, -2 penalty for lack of proficiency, DC = 10

1d20 +4 >= 10
8 + 4 = 12 ... success
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  "I'm gonna have to make a wild guess any legitimate rage would be due to your choice of blowing up scenery and raiding the unarmed civilian section of town, as your choice of action.  Though I am lacking any reason to shoot you two at the moment, much appreciated"

  Joe's lack of reason to attack the hiding Goblins is taken advantage of as he slips between two of the carts (got to love diagonal movement) and comes to a stop right at the edge of the recently made wall entrance.

  Unfortunately, both of his shots go wide in his attempt to take down the fleeing warriors.

---

Move miss blah blah.  Joe and Hexer are lacking LoS with each other due to the wall.

((OOC: Minor detail - The area outside town is covered in an inch or two of snow and counts as normal terrain.  Also, having given the "exploding" wall some thought...  The book says the wall explodes but never explains HOW.  I'll just wave my Jedi hand and add the little detail that a large tree trunk is laying on the ground just outside the wall, hinting that it was the weight of a falling tree trunk that knocked the wall down rather than some mysterious Goblin dynamite.  The trunk counts as difficult terrain.

tim: "you're over thinking this.  it's for dramatic flair and... that's that."

joe: "like the Kool-aid man enterance"

me: "lol  funny you should mention that... tim and i were playtesting a character of his on the tabletop...  and artificer eli summons a construct that bursts through a wall and says "OH YEAH!"

Joe: "good times"))
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Having been struck, Timothius winces. But when he sees the goblin and his boss playing Football with the horn and hears Gale shout a warning about the boss getting away, he decides to make a break for the boss. With a javelin hanging out of his chest and his sword seemingly magnetized towards the hexer to some degree, Timothius' pupils shrink as he charges at the goblin hexer with a yell, "You should have come here in a civil manner! Maybe I would have even *helped* you get it back!" ...for something with wings, the guy looks like a tank charging through the battlefield with no concern for mere things like, oh, a CHEST WOUND. Timothius is running on pure adrenaline at this point.

He's so focused on the Hexer, he charges right past the Warrior.

(Move: Diagonal to AH-11 and then to AH 14.)
(Standard: CHEEEARRRRGE! *again*)
(Minor: Divine Challenge. Hexer is now marked with the challenge.)
(+1 to attack from Inescapable Longsword since Timothius missed the opportunity attack against the warrior earlier.)
(aaand luck smiles on me. >:) )
(Warrior Opportunity Attack: 2. Misses.)
(Timothius charge: 17+10=27. It hit.)
(Damage: 2+4=6 damage.)
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Elric gives chase after the Goblin Warrior after it tosses the horn to the Hexer. The warforged cleric murmures a prayer to Pelor to shed light on this situation, invoking a blast of white radiance from his holy symbol as Elric finishes the prayer. The light Elric produces heartens and guides Timothius, Joe, and Gale, while both Goblin Warriors are burned by it's stern light and fall to the ground. “It is obvious there is more going on here than what you've claimed. We will work to bring the truth to the light of day, which requires hearing both sides of the story. But your actions have been less than civilized. There are better ways to try and recover stolen property than brute force and terror.”


_{[OOC:
Move Action: Move to AH15.
Standard Action: Divine Glow vs Goblin Warrior 1 and 2, plus it gives Joe, Gale, and Timothius a +2 power bonus to all attacks they make during their next turn. (even if it misses both Goblin Warriors.)
Minor action: Unused
[291] 09-07-16 23:21:37 CEST - Elric's Divine Glow vs Goblin Warrior 1's Will.
1d20 +6 >= 12 -> 13 + 6 = 19 ... success
[292] 09-07-16 23:21:52 CEST - Elric's Divine Glow vs Goblin Warrior 2's Will. - hamete dice roller didn't roll a dice for some reason...
[293] 09-07-16 23:22:18 CEST - Elric's Divine Glow vs Goblin Warrior 2's Will.
1d20 +6 >= 12 -> 11 + 6 = 17 ... success
[294] 09-07-16 23:25:25 CEST - Divine Glow Radiant Damage to both Goblin Warriors.
1d8 +4 -> 5 + 4 = 9 Radiant Damage.
Goblin Warrior 1 is now at -5 HP, an Goblin Warrior 2 is now at -6 HP.]}

The Hexer curses something in goblin as his backside catches fire and his frontside catches longsword.

"Spare me your hypocrisies, glory seekers," the Hexer spits venomously in reply, "You force your supposed ideals with violence so your actions make my argument for me."

The vexing cloud moves south and engulfs all the combatants.  The Hexer tries to sneak away, but Timothius gives him a parting strike with his longsword as the Hexer runs.

((OOC: Minor + Double move.  Hexer is hidden to characters with a passive perc less than 9.  I just noticed I've been roleplaying this guy way smarter than he's supposed to be.  I assumed magic user = smartz.  Oh well.  -.-))

Fireball damage vs. Hexer
1d4 +5
3 + 5 = 8

Hexer stealth check
1d20 +20 oops.  finger musta slipped
4 + 20 = 24 +10 = 14 (-5 penalty for moving more than 2 squares) = 9

Timothius AoO vs. Hexer -2 penalty
1d20 +7 >= 17
10 + 7 = 17 ... success

longsword damage vs hexer
1d8 +4
8 + 4 = 12

Hexer HP: 46-6(Timo charge) - 8(Fireball) -12 (Timo AoO)= 20HP
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"Oh no you don't" Gale shouts, "You're not getting away so easy!"

She hurries through the hole in the wall then hucks an icy javelin at the Hexer which melts and refreezes on impact, chilling him to the bone!

"Booya!" she cheers, pumping her fist, "Try and escape NOW, hornseeker!"

(( OOC: Move, minor sustain fireball, Standard: Ray of Frost.))

Gale Ray of Frost vs. Hexer Fort.+2 (for cover.)
1d20 +7 >= 16
14 + 7 = 21 ... success

Ray of Frost damage
1d6 +5
4 + 5 = 9 damage to Hexer Hexer is slowed until the end of Gale's next turn!

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  Joe has suggestions on proper looting methods, but it would be in poor taste to give them right now.  Maybe he might fill in the two sensible Goblins later though.

  "I'm not very good with moral lessons.  So I'm gonna go with the kind I am good with."  Joe commented as he ran (technically walked) through the goblin induced darkness and stopped just outside it.  Letting an arrow fly.

  That bounced off the Hexer's skull headdress...

  And then a second arrow struck the same spot shattering their extra skull, while only heavily bruising their personal skull as they toppled to the ground.

  "Today's lesson.  How to shoot someone in the head without killing them."

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Move: Duh.  Minor: Quarry Hexer.  Standard: Twin strike to Hexer, Miss/Hit

16 damage.  11-9 = -5  Hexer Fall down.

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Timothius doesn't waste time going to the downed Hexer and grabs the horn to himself before beginning to heal the Hexer. "It's not hypocricy to fight for what you believe in. I never said violence was wrong. Only that you were going about this wrong." Sure, the Hexer probably didn't hear a single thing Timothius said, but he's saying it anyway to help calm himself down.

(Heal check: Because I'm not wasting his only other lay on hands for the day on an enemy. Lay on Hands is for emergencies that involve mid-battle anyhow. 11+8=19 win.)

The stamp of running feet and clank of armor can be heard approaching from the north and east.

"What the hell is THAT thing?" a voice demands.

"Don't shoot!" the familiar voice of Sunsteen replies, "You could hurt the heroes!"

"Heroes?  Mr. Urbeth!  Are you ok?"

"Yes!  Heroes!  If it's not goblin, it's probably friendly.  A winged cat, a walking suit of armor, a woman wizard, and an archer man... human.  I think they succeed in defeating the goblins...  Two surrendered.  Over there!"

"Heroes!  Do you need aid?!  You two.  Secure the prisoners."
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Elric quickly approaches Timothius as the paladin tends to the Hexer. “How badly are you hurt?”

The warforged cleric then turns to the northeast when the unknown voice demands to know what the hell that 'thing' is as Elric isn't sure if the person is talking about him, or someone else. The warforged's eyes dim slightly at being referred to as a walking suit of armor, as Elric is far more than the attached chain-mail Elric is wearing.

 Elric then responds to the voice when asked if the group is okay, “As far as I know, some of us are slightly wounded but nothing immediately life-threatening. I am curious to know why the goblins claimed the villagers were thieves. They said that the horn totem they tried to claim was an item that was stolen from them. I am also concerned about the Ogre King they mentioned, and what that individual might try once it is realized that the raid on the village failed."
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The Goblin Hexer slowly regains consciousness, but is too stunned from all the hurt to do anything threatening at the moment.  The vexing cloud loses it's power and fades away to reveal that the voice to the north belongs to one of several armed guards, and reveals the heroes to the guards.

"I believe I can answer your first curiosity," a voice from the northeast calls.

An old, white bearded Dwarf steps out of the shop that was burglarized.  He takes a look at the heroes and even his experienced eyes bulge in surprise.  Cat with wings and walking armor indeed!  He puffs excitedly on his pipe.

"A few days ago, Curuvar, the town wizard, sold me the horn totem I heard you mention earlier.  It's a magic 'daggar' of sorts of no small value.  Makes it's bearer able take on foes much larger than themselves.  Especially of value to Dwarves as you might imagine.  Curuvar claimed to have 'found' it on one of his many brazen excursions into the southern barrows."

As the town patrol begins binding the fallen goblins, Garwan and the apparent leader of the patrol approaches the heroes.  Sunsteen seems eager to do the same, but is struggling to keep up with his crutch.

Gale poofs a pillow with prestidigitation, places it on the fallen tree trunk, and sits to tend to her wound.

"Real smart, Gale," she mutters to herself, "Just got new magical armor that could have spared you some pain, and you totally forget to use it!"

"Allow me to introduce my friends," she addresses the approaching people, "This is Elric, a Warforged cleric of Pelor.  The kit...  erm...  Shifter with wings over there is Timothius.  He's a paladin of the Platinum Dragon.  This is Joe, apparently quite the capable archer.  Human if you couldn't guess.  I'm Gale.  Wizard as Mr. Sunsteen mentioned.  Also Human."