OOC: Alrighty! :P Just wanted to see if magical items had some obvious properties in Collabris, like being in much better condition than normal weapons, having runes glowing or a faint aura about them. In my home group, I usually let my players know there is something different about items touched by the supernatural, but they need Identify or Detect Magic to specify which kind of enchantment. Don't worry though, I'm perfectly fine with magical things being unremarkable from mundane items to the untrained eye in Collabris if that's the case. It gives a additional level of surprise :D


Satisfied by what he see, Marik take the two chain shirt and stuff them in Rani's bag. While Raszire and Filimena team up to inspect the walls, he takes a moment to survey the rest of the items, see if any shows distinctives markings like the presence of runes or a level of condition that would be abnormal for weapons and armor of that age. He feels pretty confident he could tell if a weapon or piece of armor appeared to be forged with a level of care and craftmanship superior to what would be given to common soldiers.


OOC: Marik rolled 23 for a Investigation check if applicable
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Marik doesn't think any of the arms nor armor are superior to any of the others.

Looking over the door Raszire finds no sign of traps and can hear nothing thru the door, though that might have to do with the thickness of the door more so than what lies beyond.

Finishing his inspection, Marik guide Rani to join Raszire and Filimena.

"Shall we?"

OOC: Assuming y'all are going in

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An oppressive warmth assaults the group as the door opens.  The room beyond the door is unpleasantly hot and filled with the stench of hot metal and ash.  A blazing forge dominates the east wall, flanked by malachite caryatids depicting dwarven metalsmiths.  In front of the hearth rests a ten-foot-wide, twenty-foot-long slab of gray stone surmounted by two black anvils.  Barrels of water and metalsmithing tools rest nearby.  Two cylindrical iron cages, each one five foot tall and two feet wide, dangle from the ceiling by iron chains.  The bottoms of the cages hang five feet above the floor, and the giant fire beetles locked within them shed a lurid orange glow.  Atop the slab, a female dwarf and three goblins hammer away at a pair of newly forged javelins while two halflings  sit on the floor nearby, linking together tiny chains for what will ultimately become a suit of armor.  The dwarf and halflings have manacles binding their ankles.

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Stepping forward, Filimena casts Mage Hand and attempts to open this portal the way she did the others. Part way through, she decides on a whim to try replicating the weird, smokey tentacle that had appeared previously, grimacing, not sure at all it would work.

Obviously, posted this before refreshing the page and noticing there was a new reply. Keeping it here for posterity, but I guess it can be ignored? Or just taken as something that happened earlier.
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Seeing the manacled dwarf, the hafling and the three goblins, Marik pick up his bow and turn the head to the others. He point the goblins and mimic a talking head with his hand.


Knowing it's only a matter of time before the goblins see them, he tap the panther head exactly four times. The big cat start growling very lowly and then louder and louder, until the growling slowly make itself heard above the hammering sound.

As this happen, Marik has his bow drawn and aimed directly at the goblin right next the female dwarf. When he gets the goblins attention, Marik speak loudly.

"Stop. One move. You die."" "[Language unknown: Ome ulall, pe iofi]".


OOC: Marik ready his action to attack if one of the Goblin move. 
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The goblins look up confused, and one of them call out [Language unknown: "EKHOTOOM!"] in some strange language.

You can hear the movement of armored individuals from the southern end of the room as four hobgoblins pop out from around a corner and loose arrow upon Marik. They retreat after they fire upon the elf.

OOC:
11:04, Today: DM5 rolled 3,20 using d20,d20 with rolls of 3,20.  Initiative  - Party vs Goblins + !
11:07, Today: Hobgoblin rolled 22,6,11,9,12,3,7,4 using d20+3, d8+1, d20+3, d8+1, d20+3, d8+1, d20+3, d8+1 with rolls of 19,5,8,8,9,2,4,3.  Attacks on Marik x4!

Marik - 1 hit for 6 damage
Battle map time!
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Seeing the enslaved dwarfess, Omaron lurches into action. A small pyramidal totem grows from the ground between the door and the smithing slab, thorny vines growing in all directions in moments. As he moves straight into the room, Omaron calls to the dwarf, [Language unknown: "Out u he paleilit, st"]."

He utters a breathy incantation, and a powerful blast of wind rushes around him. The torrent blows away the unattended items on the table, and pushes at the goblins. As the wind hits the forge, the flames flare momentarily then diminish slightly as the gust continues, stoking the embers to white-hot temperatures.

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Dice Rolls

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Action: Cast Gust of Wind to push the two Northmost goblins toward the forge fire (Str DC 14 or be pushed 15'. Hoping my warning gives the dwarf enough time to get advantage.  *big, shiny kitty eyes*)
Move Action: Move to make the most of Gust of Wind
Bonus Action: Drop thorn totem 10' into the room

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HP: 16/26 AC 19
Buffs/Debuffs: Aura of Stoneshield (allies gain +1 AC w/in 10')
Conditions:
Spells/Totem Duration: 1/3 Spell Slots, Thorns Totem 3/3 (Enemies treat 10' radius as difficult terrain)

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Not quite expecting the sudden arrival from the hobgblins, Marik is caught off guard by the sudden hail of arrows raining down in his direction and, instead of firing on the goblin, duck on his saddle. He feel one on the projectile scratch him, leaving a small line of red passing from his shoulder to the back of his neck.


[Language unknown: "Ilave, asit romlesbut!" ]

The panther roar and run to crouch behind the large piece of gray stone, a few feet from the fire beetle cage. Marik avert his gaze from the fiery-red beetle. It can't bite them, he thinks, it's in a cage. He tries especially not to think of the hearth, of which he feels the burning heat.

His bow drawn, Marik see the line of hobgoblins and aim in their direction. Until suddenly, Omaron shout something and a gust of wind make the fire ROAR, reaching a enormous height. He release the arrow in surprise, the shot going vaguely in the direction of the hobgoblin. Releasing numerous curse in elven, he duck on Rani back, hoping the cover from the gray stone table will be sufficient. He drop his bow and reach for his sword and shield.

OOC: I'm aware that my AC will still be 16 (17 with Omaron) until my next turn since the change of weapon isn't immediate.
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Raszire readies his shield and mace making a move to engage the hobgoblins. When with in range he stops and releases his breath weapon on the hobgoblins.

OOC: 5 by 30ft line. DC 13 Dexterity save for 2d6 fire on failed
save, half on success

20:57, Today: Raszire Toumash rolled 5 using 2d6 with rolls of 2,3.  Breath Weapon.

Surprised to find a room so crowded, Filimena takes a moment to react, but quickly remembers herself and motions at one of the goblins, sending a Eldritch blast hurtling towards it.

OOC: That's 21 to hit, doing 7 damage, aiming at the southernmost goblin, i.e. the one not targeted by Omaron's Gust of Wind.

14:28, Today: Filimena the Gentle rolled 21,7 using d20+7,d10+5, rerolling ones with rolls of 14,2.  Eldritch blast w/ Agonising Blast.

OOC: The map should be editible so please show your intended area effects on the  battle map so I can figure out what's going on.

I added a line for Raszire plus a cone and totem for Omaron but want to make sure they are in the right locations

OOC: I edited the line to try and show what I was attempting. If that is not workable let me know.
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OOC: Moved Filimena a tiny bit too, just to get the angle on the shot

OOC:
Moved my portrait, and changed the cone to a 10' wide line, as that's the spell effect.

Filimena's arcane energy slam into far goblin sending it sprawling to the floor and from the amount of blood leaving it's body ... it won't be getting back up.

As Omaron's magic blasts the pair of goblins and older dwarf, the trio spill backwards! One of the goblins lands in the fire! The dwarf slams into the goblin and he too spill into the fire!

OOC: 08:54, Today: Goblin rolled 12,11 using d20-1,d20-1 with rolls of 13,12.  Gust of Wind - DC 14 Str.
09:00, Today: DM5 rolled 6 using 1d20+1 with rolls of 5.  Gust of Wind - DC 14 Str.

09:02, Today: DM5 rolled 3 using 1d8 with rolls of 3.  Fire Damage.
No more goblins... [Private to GM: G1 0/7 G2 0/7 G3 0/7]

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Two of the hobgoblin manage to get out of the way of most of Raszire's fire breath! The remaining pair draw longswords and move to attack the dragon born while those that were singed stay back and rain arrows down on the other party members before retreating to cover.

OOC: 14:35, Tue 17 Apr: Hobgoblin rolled 20,14,5,13 using d20+1,d20+1,d20+1,d20+1 with rolls of 19,13,4,12.  Dex Save vs 13.
10:40, Today: Hobgoblin rolled 20,5,9,6,4,8 using d20+3,1d8+1,2d6,d20+3,1d8+1,2d6 with rolls of 17,4,5,4,3,3,5,3.  Attack vs Raszire x2!
10:42, Today: Hobgoblin rolled 12,4 using d20+3,1d8+1 with rolls of 9,3.  Attack vs Filimena.
10:43, Today: Hobgoblin rolled 17,9 using d20+3,1d8+1 with rolls of 14,8.  Attack vs Marik.

Raszire - 20 to hit for 14 damage
Battle Map

[Private to GM: H1 9/11 H2 9/11 H3 6/11 H4 6/11]

[Language unknown: "U! nd ck ma .... Ameomende?"] curses the elf, as another arrow fly by and graze his forehead, leaving a red line of blood spilling out of the wound. Marik peek out the head to look at the battlefied, see a large pool of blood coming out of a goblin on the floor and two other screaming and writhing as the large flames of the heart quickly consume their flesh.


"Don't think of it. Don't think of it, Don't..." he repeat to himself as he think of what to do, sweating in fear. He was about to tell Rani to charge the goblins, but since they don't appear to be a problem, better to focus on the larger threats. He heard one groaning on pain on the far back. Maybe he could take him down.

He interrupt his movement, put down the sword and shield and take back his bow. He see one hobgoblin on the far back. He aim, distracted by the blood dripping over his left eye and shot quickly, before ducking back behind the table. He tries to make himself even smaller this time. He don't think his shot find it's mark.

OOC: Marik rolled 15 for his shot. In the unlikely event these hobgobbos would be less armored than the rest, the shot would do 6 piercing damage and 11 poison.
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Seeing her goblin splattered against the ground Filimena grins evilly and steps sideways across the room to send another Eldritch Blast hurtling towards the same hobgoblin she sees the elf aiming his bow at, cursing as it a stray spark from the fire lands on her nose and causes her to miss by an embarrassingly wide margin.

10:23, Today: Filimena the Gentle rolled 9,6 using d20+6,d10+4, rerolling ones with rolls of 3,{1}2.  Eldritch blast w/ Agonising Blast.

Razsire attacks the hobgoblin on his right.

21:19, Today: Raszire Toumash rolled 13,8 using d20+6,d6+3 with rolls of 7,5.

Omaron skirts the melee taking place before him, staying out of the reach of both hobgoblins. He rushes forward, menacing the hobgoblin archers with his axe. As he moves into the second portion of the forge, the spectral thorn totem disappears from its first position and pops up just south of the hand to hand fight.


OOC:
Move and Dash to threaten the archers. I can just barely make it. Bonus action to move and refresh the totem.

OOC: Hobgoblins are AC 18.

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The Hobgoblin press what little advantage they have versus the party, that being their martial prowess!

12:38, Today: Hobgoblin rolled 21,9,5,17,4,3 using d20+3,1d8+1,2d6,d20+3,1d8+1,2d6 with rolls of 18,8,2,3,14,3,1,2.  Attack vs Omaron x2!

12:39, Today: Hobgoblin rolled 23,5,10,8,3,9 using d20+3,1d8+1,2d6,d20+3,1d8+1,2d6 with rolls of 20,4,4,6,5,2,4,5.  Attack vs Raszire x2!
12:39, Today: Hobgoblin rolled 6,8 using 1d8,2d6 with rolls of 6,6,2.  Crit Damage.

Omaron - 21 to hit for 14 dmg, 17 to hit for 7 dmg
Raszire - 23 to hit for 29 dmg

Battle Map

[Private to GM: H1 9/11 H2 9/11 H3 6/11 H4 6/11]
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Filimena sends another Eldritch Blast towards one of the hobgoblins, this time barely missing. Not good. Not good, she thinks.

08:12, Today: Filimena the Gentle rolled 14,15 using d20+7,d10+5 with rolls of 7,10.  Eldritch Blast w/ Agonising Blast.

Marik hears a groan. The dragonborn just took a nasty hit and is about to fall. This is not looking good. The creatures will probably attack him or the hostages now. He need to take the initative and engage them on his own terms.


[Language unknown: "Atwi nt eve. Se antus t lar stieramen onethiurewhi andovebleiou."] He see Omaron has put up another of his totem-like spell a little further.


[Language unknown: "Rehou wh, Is. K k whiv hiunme poof."]. The panther roars and climb on the gray stone table, running to the other side. While passing by, Marik fire an arrow on the hobgoblin who injured Raszire. The projectile get past the chain mail and get firmly stuck in the creature shoulder.


The panther leap to cross the rest of the distance and land behind the hobgoblins, into Omaron thorn totem influence. He quickly transition from his bow to his sword and shield, slamming the blade on the wooden shield to draw the creatures attention. Hopefully, the sight of a giant roaring cat and a angry elf will make them forget about the little halfling in the corner and the hostages.



OOC: Marik rolled 22 for a attack with his bow. Does 6 piercing damage and 5 poison damage (CON save DC 11 for Half).

OOC: Marik use a bonus action to transition from his bow to sword and board, hopefully bringing his AC to 19 with Omaron totem.


EDIT: Sorry, got Omaron powers mixed up. AC will be 18 unless Omaron can move inside the thorn totem circle.
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Omaron grits his teeth as the first hobgoblin strikes through his defenses. His shield deftly blocks the second attack, but dwarf blood splatters the ground around his boots. His axe lashes out slicing viciously into the same enemy that had hurt him. Suddenly, the gust of wind blasts into the face of both hobgoblins, tearing at their clothing and pushing at their bodies.

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08:47, Today: Omaron Stonehammer rolled 11 using 2d8+3 with rolls of 3,5.  Axe crit.
08:47, Today: Omaron Stonehammer rolled 25 using 1d20+5 with rolls of 20.  Axe att.
08:46, Today: Omaron Stonehammer rolled 18 using 1d20 with rolls of 18.  Concentration DC 10.

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Action: Attack (Hit- 25 CRIT!!!  Dmg- 11)
Move Action: If they fail their save against the gust of wind, I'll move into the thorns totem.
Bonus Action: Move the blast of wind the push the hobgoblins (Str DC 14 or be pushed 15')

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HP: 2/26 AC 19
Buffs/Debuffs: Aura of Stoneshield (allies gain +1 AC w/in 10')
Conditions:
Spells/Totem Duration: 1/3 Spell Slots, Thorns Totem 2/3

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The hobgoblin doesn't seem as phased by the poisioned arrow as much as the arrow itself. The pair turn and assault the elf with their swords but only one manages get past Marik's armor!

09:29, Today: Hobgoblin rolled 19 using 1d20+3 with rolls of 16.  Con save vs poison DC 11.
09:59, Today: Hobgoblin rolled 14,4,11,18,7,10 using d20+3,1d8+1,2d6,d20+3,1d8+1,2d6 with rolls of 11,3,5,6,15,6,6,4.  Attack vs Marik  x2!

Marik - One hit for 17 damage

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Omaron's axe bites hard into the hobgoblin sending it splaying to the floor with it's guts spill out onto the dark malachite. The other hobgoblin is sent sputtering towards the door at the southern end of the room which he runs out of ...

09:58, Today: Hobgoblin rolled 5 using 1d20+1 with rolls of 4.  Strength vs DC 15.
Battle Map

[Private to GM: H1 1/11 H2 8/11 H3 -/11 H4 6/11]
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