Kane Taerix quickly sheathed his sword and unwrapped his sling to cast a stone at the hobgoblin in the breach. In his haste, though, he bungled the shot and told himself to breath more slowly as he readied the sling for another shot.

08:11, Today: Kane Taerix rolled 11 using 1d20+4 with rolls of 7.  sling at hobgoblin.

Wasting no time at all, Aldara hurries to Eoni's side.

Marklin drops his sword and shield,and grabs up his longbow and arrow. He loosed a shaft at the remaining Hob gob archer.

16:36, Today: Marklin rolled 2 using 1d8 with rolls of 2.  arrow damage.
16:36, Today: Marklin rolled 18 using 1d20 with rolls of 18.  Arrow attack on Hob Gob Archer.
This message was last edited by the player at 20:37, Wed 25 Oct 2017.

OOC: Sarah is described as "inside the keep about 10 feet distant from the hobgoblins."  I believe this was true of the hobgoblins who were in the breach, and that I am not within ten feet of the sole remaining hobgoblin in the courtyard.  Therefore . . .

The breach, now devoid of living foes, is passable; Sarah darts through to the outer side, where Marklin, Valthur and Kane have retreated slightly, and then sharply turns to use the wall as cover against the hobgoblin in the courtyard.

Once there, she sheaths her sword and readies her crossbow.
This message was last edited by the player at 20:50, Wed 25 Oct 2017.

Leaning against wall after yet another ranged attack pierces his armor, Valthur digs 2 acorns from his belt and pops them into his mouth. The bleeding seems to slow, and with a renewed sense of confidence, the dwarf loads his crossbow to deal with the wolf and final hobgoblin.


01:02, Today: Valthur Ironhelm rolled 7 using 2d4 with rolls of 3,4.  Acorns of revivication.

The sole remaining hobgoblin in the courtyard lowers his bow and shouts over his shoulder, [Language unknown: "Ingbutureder Ndpl! Ncmori uleric onwiattile fo whck! The! Hershehouhis! Ngwhi!"]

He then bolts to the west, disappearing out of view of anyone within the breach.

The quartet fires another volley of missiles at the dire wolf, a couple striking true. The dire wolf growls, sniffs the dead goblin, and peels off somewhere to the east. Apparently, freed from its master, it no longer has an appetite for battle either.

Eoni and Aldara file back up the stairwell and arrive back at the top of the ruined tower, their find firmly in hand.


OOC:

Marklin, Taerix and Valthur are currently just outside the breach. Two dead hobgoblins lie in the breach.

Jorr, Anders, Gaston and Lenny are about 30 feet down the hill.

Eoni and Aldara have moved down the stairs of the southwest tower and is at the base of these stairs in a circular chamber. (1st level)

Sarah is at the base of the wall, outside the keep.

Minotaur
AC: 6
HP: 24/24 (southwest barracks)

Hobgoblin Veterans, 4
AC: 5
HP: 0/10 (breach), 0/10 (breach), 8/10 (southwest barracks), 10/10 (fled)

Goblin Dire Wolf Riders, 2
AC: 6
HP: 0/8, 0/8 (courtyard)

Dire Wolves, 2
AC: 6
HP: 0/21, 9/21 (fled)

Manticore
AC: 4
HP: 21/31 (blinded, fled)


PC         AC   HP    9  8  7  6  5  4  3  2  1  0 -1 -2 -3
Aldara     8    9/9  10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 20 20
Eoni       8  19/19   9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 20
Marklin    2   8/14   9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 20
Sarah      4  12/12   9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 20
Taerix     1  15/15   9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 20
Valthur    5   9/20   9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 20

NPCs
Gaston     5  11/16   9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 20
Lenny      5   8/9   10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 20 20
Anders     7   9/9   10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 20 20
Jorr       8   6/10  10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 20 20

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  HD       9   8   7   6   5   4   3   2   1   0   -1  -2  -3
Up to 1    10  11  12  13  14  15  16  17  18  19  20  20  20
1+ to 2    9   10  11  12  13  14  15  16  17  18  19  20  20
2+ to 3    8   9   10  11  12  13  14  15  16  17  18  19  20
3+ to 4    7   8   9   10  11  12  13  14  15  16  17  18  19
4+ to 5    6   7   8   9   10  11  12  13  14  15  16  17  18
5+ to 6    5   6   7   8   9   10  11  12  13  14  15  16  17
6+ to 7    4   5   6   7   8   9   10  11  12  13  14  15  16
7+ to 9    3   4   5   6   7   8   9   10  11  12  13  14  15
9+ to 11   2   3   4   5   6   7   8   9   10  11  12  13  14

]

PCs are UP!

This message was last edited by the GM at 11:51, Fri 27 Oct 2017.

Looking over the parapet to see that the others had cleared the breach handily, Eoni waved to get their attention.

"Up here," she whispered, gesturing for those in the breach to come up.  "There's a few more in here.  I think they've barricaded themselves in.  One of them is a bull of a man.

"Gaston, Jorr," she called to the bowman, "everyone up!"

Her gesticulation complete, she sat with her back to the parapet to survey her prize with Aldara.

At Eoni's suggestion, Valthur attempts to scramble up the wall, but his many recent wounds hamper his ability to do so. "Lend me a hand, would you?"


23:57, Today: Valthur Ironhelm rolled 9 using 1d20+2 with rolls of 7.  Climb wall (STR check?).
This message was last edited by the player at 05:00, Fri 27 Oct 2017.

If everyone's going up, Sarah is too.

Aldara priests herself away from her and Eoni's mighty prize to help her companions up the wall, offering anything from rope to hands to aid them.

Taerix gratefully accepts Aldara's help, as well as the help from any other characters, as even a 10' foot wall looks really high to him.

21:35, Today: Kane Taerix rolled 9 using 1d20 with rolls of 9.  Strength Check.

 Marklin loosed another arrow at the remaining enemy archer, but it went wide of the mark.


18:28, Yesterday: Marklin rolled 11 using 1d20 with rolls of 11.  arrow at remaining hob gob archer.
This message was last edited by the player at 21:52, Sat 28 Oct 2017.

Eoni and Aldara stand atop the keep lending aid to Valthur as the dwarf scales the battered wall. Likewise, Sarah and Taerix pick their way up the wall and pull themselves over the parapet. Meanwhile, in the breach below, Marklin fires another arrow at the lone hobgoblin archer in the courtyard, but his arrows misses the mark. Gaston, Anders, Lenny and Jorr make their way up the hill and assemble in front of the wall a few feet distant from Marklin.

The hobgoblin in the courtyard sees these developments and calls out [Language unknown: Andwerion inederain ndpr lewias! Alretast! Heriompo! Ome!]

Those atop the wall hear heavy footsteps paired with a low roar coming up the stairwell in the southwest tower. Moments later, a hulking bull-headed humanoid stomps through the tower, through the doorway, onto the wall, massive axe poised for blood. Roaring with delight, the minotaur swings its axe, its wide arc aimed at Eoni. The cleric ducks just in time and the axe strikes the wall sending bits of crumbled masonry showering onto Marklin below.

Moments later, the courtyard hobgoblin is joined by a bugbear garbed in a crimson cape. Emboldened by the bugbear's appearance, the hobgoblin cries out, [Language unknown: Erto oveureset. The a his thand!] The hobgoblin gestures at the wall with his bow, then levels it toward Marklin, sending another arrow at the fighter, but it flies wide of its intended target.

The bugbear throws its head back and laughs hideously while drawing a potion from a pelt pouch. [Language unknown: I! Onwer moof pa sta siouilec tiri whei tictraoul. Itwiie Ce sale n intversti...ndeon Pr th Ousncethi p ar!]

Quaffing the potion, the bugbear takes to flight and streaks across the sky toward the north.

The hobgoblin curses the bugbear and steels himself for his fate, his only ally now a raging minotaur.


OOC:

Marklin and the mercenaries are at the breach. A single hobgoblin is in the courtyard directly ahead.

The others are atop the wall, just outside the southwest tower, with the raging minotaur.

Minotaur
AC: 6
HP: 24/24 (southwest tower/wall)

Wyrmlord Koth, Bugbear Sorcerer
AC: 5
HP: 20/20 (flying to the north)

Hobgoblin Veterans, 4
AC: 5
HP: 0/10 (breach), 0/10 (breach), 8/10 (courtyard), 10/10 (fled)

Goblin Dire Wolf Riders, 2
AC: 6
HP: 0/8, 0/8

Dire Wolves, 2
AC: 6
HP: 0/21, 9/21 (fled)

Manticore
AC: 4
HP: 21/31 (blinded, fled)


PC         AC   HP    9  8  7  6  5  4  3  2  1  0 -1 -2 -3
Aldara     8    9/9  10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 20 20
Eoni       8  19/19   9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 20
Marklin    2   8/14   9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 20
Sarah      4  12/12   9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 20
Taerix     1  15/15   9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 20
Valthur    5   9/20   9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 20

NPCs
Gaston     5  11/16   9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 20
Lenny      5   8/9   10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 20 20
Anders     7   9/9   10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 20 20
Jorr       8   6/10  10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 20 20

[Private to GM:

  HD       9   8   7   6   5   4   3   2   1   0   -1  -2  -3
Up to 1    10  11  12  13  14  15  16  17  18  19  20  20  20
1+ to 2    9   10  11  12  13  14  15  16  17  18  19  20  20
2+ to 3    8   9   10  11  12  13  14  15  16  17  18  19  20
3+ to 4    7   8   9   10  11  12  13  14  15  16  17  18  19
4+ to 5    6   7   8   9   10  11  12  13  14  15  16  17  18
5+ to 6    5   6   7   8   9   10  11  12  13  14  15  16  17
6+ to 7    4   5   6   7   8   9   10  11  12  13  14  15  16
7+ to 9    3   4   5   6   7   8   9   10  11  12  13  14  15
9+ to 11   2   3   4   5   6   7   8   9   10  11  12  13  14

]

PCs are UP!

 Marklin loosed another arrow at the enemy archer,and scored a hit!

11:33, Today: Marklin rolled 5 using 1d8 with rolls of 5.  arrow damage.
11:31, Today: Marklin rolled 13 using 1d20 with rolls of 13.  Arrow attack on Hob Gob Archer.

Taerix would never let it enter his mind to let Eoni fight alone, so he carefully makes his way along the wall and draws his sword, attacking if he can reach the beast in time. Now, if his sword didn't fly out of his hand, he'd be happy....


12:46, Today: Kane Taerix rolled 3 using 1d20+2 with rolls of 1.  Attacking minotaur.

Sarah is so confused as to why Eoni would summon the group up to fight a minotaur.  Or, did she not know there was a minotaur?  And if she didn't, is it stealthy, thief-like minotaur?  Or is that Eoni is just not that perceptive?

With these perplexing thoughts running through the girl's mind, she has no chance of aiming her crossbow.



22:07, Today: Sarah rolled 3,5 using d20+2,d6 with rolls of 1,5.  Crossbow (13 to hit minotaur).

The mercenary quartet rush up to the breach and take beads on the lone hobgoblin archer. Two strike their quarry and bring it down.

Valthur climbs over the parapet and onto the wall, hoping for a breather and maybe some divine healing courtesy of Eoni. Much to his dismay, what immediately awaits is a cocksure minotaur already looking for blood.

"Moradin's beard," he sighs.

The dwarf dusts himself off and stumbles into the fight, doing little more than swinging at the air between him and the half-bull-half-man in front of him.


22:49, Today: Valthur Ironhelm rolled 7 using 1d20+3 with rolls of 4.  Axe vs. Minotaur.

Relieved that Valthur had stepped in front of her, Eoni saw that the dwarf was sorely taxed, his strength waning as he swung wildly.  The Sister of Avandra reached out to focus the mercy and strength of her mistress into the sinewed armsman.

"Let Avandra give you strength to carry on and smite evil and oppression in her name," she intoned, feeling the strength flow into him.

OOC: Valthur healed for 3 hit points.

Marklin would see if he could get a clear shot at the Bull thing on the wall. It was taller then the others,it might work.

The minotaur brings down his huge axe on Valthur, nearly knocking the dwarf to his knees with a painful blow. The menacing beast glares with rage at the adventurers as froth and spittle drools from its mouth.

The flying bugbear flies away to the north, disappearing out of view as it streaks into the canopy making good on its escape.


OOC: Minotaur hit Valthur for 10 points of damage.

Marklin and the mercenaries are at the breach. A single hobgoblin is in the courtyard directly ahead.

The others are atop the wall, just outside the southwest tower, with the raging minotaur.

Minotaur
AC: 6
HP: 24/24 (southwest tower/wall)

Wyrmlord Koth, Bugbear Sorcerer
AC: 5
HP: 20/20 (fled)

Hobgoblin Veterans, 4
AC: 5
HP: 0/10 (breach), 0/10 (breach), 3/10 (courtyard), 10/10 (fled)

Goblin Dire Wolf Riders, 2
AC: 6
HP: 0/8, 0/8

Dire Wolves, 2
AC: 6
HP: 0/21, 9/21 (fled)

Manticore
AC: 4
HP: 21/31 (blinded, fled)


PC         AC   HP    9  8  7  6  5  4  3  2  1  0 -1 -2 -3
Aldara     8    9/9  10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 20 20
Eoni       8  19/19   9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 20
Marklin    2   8/14   9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 20
Sarah      4  12/12   9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 20
Taerix     1  15/15   9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 20
Valthur    5   5/20   9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 20

NPCs
Gaston     5  11/16   9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 20
Lenny      5   8/9   10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 20 20
Anders     7   9/9   10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 20 20
Jorr       8   6/10  10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 20 20

[Private to GM:

  HD       9   8   7   6   5   4   3   2   1   0   -1  -2  -3
Up to 1    10  11  12  13  14  15  16  17  18  19  20  20  20
1+ to 2    9   10  11  12  13  14  15  16  17  18  19  20  20
2+ to 3    8   9   10  11  12  13  14  15  16  17  18  19  20
3+ to 4    7   8   9   10  11  12  13  14  15  16  17  18  19
4+ to 5    6   7   8   9   10  11  12  13  14  15  16  17  18
5+ to 6    5   6   7   8   9   10  11  12  13  14  15  16  17
6+ to 7    4   5   6   7   8   9   10  11  12  13  14  15  16
7+ to 9    3   4   5   6   7   8   9   10  11  12  13  14  15
9+ to 11   2   3   4   5   6   7   8   9   10  11  12  13  14

]

PCs are UP!

This message was last edited by the GM at 03:34, Sun 05 Nov 2017.

Taerix uses the opportunity to again strike at the minotaur while it is focused on Valthur. His aim is finally true, and the blade bites deeply into the beast. He avoids looking down as he thinks... now if he can just stay on top of this wall...


00:52, Today: Kane Taerix rolled 13 using 1d20+2 with rolls of 11.  Attacking minotaur.
00:54, Today: Kane Taerix rolled 9 using 1d8+1 with rolls of 8.  sword damage.

Temporarily overcome with feelings of despair, and then bolstered by the actions of her allies, Aldara does not use her magic.  Does not flee like she really, really wants to.  No, she chucks one of the daggers she has at the ready at the fiend.  Daggers were expendable, but magic was valuable!

05:47, Today: Aldara rolled 3,2 using 1d20+1,1d4 ((2,2)).

Hurling a dagger at the minotaur.

Catching the dwarf as he stumbled back into her from the mighty ax blow, Eoni once again prayed for renewed vigor.

"Avandra renew our strength and resolve in this time of strife and pain," the Sister intoned, helping the dwarf back into the fray.

OOC: Valthur healed for 3 hit points, again.  Would it kill the dwarf to throw Avandra a little prayer once in a while?  Perhaps she'd then be more inclined to offer more than 3 hit points in return.

"Many thanks, sister," Valthur replies, allowing himself to rest for a split second under the support of Eoni before wiping the sweat from his face and rising to his feet. "Tell everyone I died bravely."

And with that, the dwarf raises his axe for what he realizes may well be his final charge into battle.

17:47, Today: Valthur Ironhelm rolled 15 using 1d20+3 with rolls of 12.  Axe vs. Minotaur.
17:47, Today: Valthur Ironhelm rolled 9 using 1d8+3 with rolls of 6.  Damage.