The goblin had a head start, but the trail was easy to follow. After two hours, you hear some noise up ahead, and those with darkvision see a pack of wolves guarding their kill-- a certain goblin.

Initiative! (Only post if you go before the wolves, please. The rest of you will go into my next post.)

Wolves 7


wx= wolf x
You may move/attack through the trees (t), but they provide half cover for medium creatures, 3/4 cover for small.

Enialis spots the goblin that's currently being eaten by the wolves. He then walks towards the forest, he says a few words and an arcane circle appears on his hand, he then aims it at one of the wolves and a firebolt shoots towards the wolf.

12:02, Today: Enialis Siannodel rolled 16 using 1d20+3.  Initiative.

Move to F12
Action: Firebolt Att on w5
12:06, Today: Enialis Siannodel rolled 13 using 1d20+5.  Firebolt Att.
12:08, Today: Enialis Siannodel rolled 9 using 1d10.  Fire Dmg.

Initiative 16
Xannan rolled 16 using 1d20+3

"Oh, I'm probably still too hurt to get too close", thinks Xannan as he moves forward to H11 and throws a dart at W5.

(disadvantage for throwing at long range)
Xannan rolled 20 using 1d20+5.  dart (disadvantage)
Xannan rolled 9 using 1d20+5.  dart (disadvantage)
Xannan rolled 4 using 1d4+3.  dart damage
(probably a miss)

Malkus moves directly towards the wolves and readies a javelin. Getting within comfortable throwing distance, he hurls it at one of the creatures.

Move to G11. Draw Javelin, and throw it at W5.

06:25, Today: Malkus rolled 16 using 1d20 ((16)). Initiative

06:27, Today: Malkus rolled 12 using 1d20+5 ((7)). Attack

06:27, Today: Malkus rolled 4 using 1d6+3 ((1)). Damage

Round 1
Malkus moves forward, and throws a javelin at a wolf, narrowly missing.
Enialis moves as well, hurling a bolt of fire which scorches wolf 5, causing yelps of pain and fear!
In the dim light of Enialis' spell, Xannan can easily make out the forms of the wolves, and his dart strikes true, killing the beast! (You don't have disadvantage.)
The remaining wolves rush forward, attacking in pairs.
Two wolves attack Xannan, but both miss.
The other two attack Malkus, one missing, the other hitting for 10 piercing damage! Make a DC 11 Strength saving throw or be knocked prone.

Initiative:
Chloe 6
Odilon 1
Malkus 16
Enialis 16
Xannan 16
Wolves 7

w5 has taken 13 damage, and is dead.

Enialis backs away from the melee and releases another bolt, this one only makes a spark on the wolf's fur, small flames are visible on the wolf though.

Move towards C15
Action: Firebolt on W3
08:36, Today: Enialis Siannodel rolled 13 using 1d20+5.  Firebolt Att.
08:37, Today: Enialis Siannodel rolled 2 using 1d10.  Fire Dmg.
This message was last edited by the player at 23:11, Thu 11 June 2020.

With her third torch in the left hand and the drawn rapier in the other, Chloe overcomes her hesitation. She hustles forward next to Malkus and attempts to pierce the first thing with fur crossing her glance.

There are so many of them!

Oh well, not for long. One quick step ahead, one sudden strike.

Chloe moves to F11 and uses her action to attack wolf 2. As a finesse weapon, the dexterity modifier (+2) is added to the attack and damage roll.

09:35, Today: Chloe Nellington rolled 18,7 using 1d20+4,1d8+2 with rolls of 14,5.  Attack and damage roll: w2.

Xannan will spend a ki point to use Step of the Wind, allowing him to use a bonus action to use the disengage action.
Once disengaged, Xannan will move south to H14 or H15, away from the wolves.
Then, as a regular action, Xannan will throw another dart, this one at W1.

Xannan rolled 6 using 1d20+5.  dart attack

Xannan hits ... a tree !

Odilon was glad the group had taken a short rest, it allowed him to clean and bandage his own wound. But now as they stared down the maw of so many wolves he wondered if it would do any good. Never the less he rushed forward (I 11) and held his hands out in front of him as he spoke the divine word for Fire!

OOC: Odilon is going to go move to I11 as his move action, then he will cast Burning Hands diagonally which I think will allow him to hit 3 of the wolves (1 2 and 4).

Burning Hands is a DC 13 Dex save and will do:
08:17, Today: Odilon rolled 16 using 3d6.  Burning Hands.

Wolf 1 made the save, against Odilon's spell, but still took 8 damage. It is scorched, but still alive. Wolves 2 and 4 were thoroughly roasted, however. Enialis may edit his post with a new target.

Malkus jumps up from where the wolf knocked him down, pulling his greatsword free from its scabbard as he does. With a flourish, he aims a slicing attack at the nearest wolf.

using my movement to stand.

11:51, Today: Malkus rolled 17 using 1d20+5 ((12)). Attack Wolf 1

11:52, Today: Malkus rolled 13 using 2d6+3 ((5,5)). Damage

Chloe stabs w2, wounding it.
Odilon casts burning hands killing two wolves, and seriously burning a third.
Malkus jumps to his feet and finishes of wolf 1.
Enialis mildly singes the remaining wolf.
Xannan attacks the true threat: The forest itself! His attack was ineffective!
The remaining wolf, alone and singed, decides to flee. Anyone adjacent (Xannan, Odilon) may make an opportunity attack, if they wish.

Initiative:
Chloe 6
Odilon 1
Malkus 16
Enialis 16
Xannan 16
Wolves 7

w1 has taken 21 damage and is dead.
w2 has taken 23 damage and is dead.
w4 has taken 16 damage and is dead.
w5 has taken 13 damage, and is dead.


This message was last edited by the GM at 20:35, Thu 11 June 2020.

"Is its head required for payment?" Malkus inquires at Chloe. He heads over to the dead goblin in preparation to decapitate it if needed.

"Well, we're supposed to come back with proof" replies Chloe. "And something tells me a severed head fits that bill quite right."

Her eyes wander over the piles of ash that used to be wolves. "The old man must be a hoot at barbecues" she comments jauntily before trying to wipe the blood off her rapier. She glances over to Odilon and grins.

It's not a wry or sarcastic grin. It's not a grin that tells someone they're "not so bad" or "kinda alright I guess". It's a genuine grin of excitement and youthful joy. There is a sparkle in Chloe's eyes, much like the morning light on the rippling surface of a lake.

With the threat gone, her hard-boiled demeaner slides off her and with a teetering step - half walking, half bouncing - she begins to make her way towards the dead goblin in the back to join Malkus.

"Look at you!" she says to him with her squeaking voice. "All trashed up! Are you always the unlucky one on trips like these?"

It shouldn't be worth a roll to loot a dead goblin while carrying a blazing torch but I'mma do it anyway in case I needed one after all.
21:13, Today: Chloe Nellington rolled 15 using 1d20+1.  Investigation: that poor dead goblin dude.
This message was last edited by the player at 19:14, Fri 12 June 2020.

Odilon caught Chloe's grin, and returned it. It was nice to see the exuberance of youth...and also nice to receive a compliment.

"I have exhausted myself save for minor magics unless we rest. But this ends one portion of our trip, and have we not finished our patrol?" Odilon scratched the side of his head, but not vigorously so as to not affect his hair.

With a casual distaste, Malkus hefts his sword above the goblin's corpse and decapitates it with a downward swing. He watches Chloe while he reaches down to grasp the foul thing by its hair.

"It happens to the best of us. Better that it happens to me than to someone squishier."

He wipes his sword off on its clothing after she's done looting it, and abruptly stands with his prize.

"Ready to move on when you all are."

Enialis call's back his hawk, that was on the trees the entire time, and she sticks on his shoulder,"I hope we get paid extra for this minor job. Miss Nellington, would you like us to escort you back to town." Enialis says after Chloe loots the headless goblin's corpse.

The goblin's body was in better condition that you'd have expected, at least before Malkus decapitated him. His pack however had been torn open, and the roast torn into by the wolves. Coin glinted in the snow under Chloe's torch, 15 copper pieces. THe goblins leather armor had been practically destroyed. but he still carried a scimitar, a shortbow, and a quiver of arrows. Poor thing never even had a chance to draw them before the wolves got him.

Your patrol now complete, you return to town with your grisly trophy.

Including the Xp for the wolves, the patrol quest, and a small bonus for tracking the goblins, you each get 175 xp and two downtime units!

(Oops.. I'm a bit late, but...)

Xannan will try and take the opportunity to attack the fleeing wolf (W3),
performing a spinning kick at the wolf's back.

Xannan rolled 12 using 1d20+5.  opportunity attack versus wolf
Xannan rolled 6 using 1d4+3.  damage

With swift fingers, Chloe bags the 15 copper pieces and stocks up her own quiver with what the goblin failed to use. She wrinkles her nose as she sees the torn roast, leaving it be. Hey, what did she expect?

She isn't really interested in the other weapons (besides the second quiver with the now presumably 19 arrows) so she just gestures towards the scimitar and the shortbow for someone else to collect. Just the thought of leaving these perfectly fine tools behind makes her heart ache.



"It would be appreciated, sir elf. I'm getting cold and it would be nice to rely on someone's nightvision for a change." With quick steps and visible breath she marches back the way they came.

175 xp noted.
This message was last edited by the player at 07:19, Sat 13 June 2020.

Enialis nods,"Alright then, why don't we also postpone this patrol and take a rest at the inn. We'll resume patrol tomorrow." he says, also marching back the way they came.

Finding the way back is easy considering how many footsteps the five humanoids left behind. After a while she begins to open up a little more and under a thin layer of earnest professionalism (that she keeps up until the very end!) there is a spark of jolly silliness in her voice.

Chloe stays close to Enialis (and Malkus if he had chosen to join) both of whom she seems to have taken a liking to. She tells weird second-hand stories about the sea, hums songs from the north, and tells jokes that were originally told in Orcish so they don't make any sense after translating them into Common or Elvish.

She also asks the patrol group about themselves: How often they face foes like these, what they usually encounter and whether they have ambitions beyond just walking around Smith's Gambit every day. Strangely, she stays away from deeper topics such as where they come from or why they joined the settlement ... only an insight check could give hints in that department if interested.
This message was last edited by the player at 15:48, Sat 13 June 2020.

As they head back, Malkus casts a sidelong glance at the merchant girl. "You seem to be rather well-traveled. It sounds like you don't typically have a lot of people to talk to, huh?." He listens patiently to her barrage of questions, trying to keep up with her train of thought as well as sneak answers in edgewise, where appropriate.

He relates to her that this is his first patrol here, so doesn't know what all to expect other than sahuagin raiding parties and apparently goblins and wolves. Having just arrived in Smith's Gambit himself, he hasn't put a lot of emotional effort into planning future endeavors.

"I am just happy to be able to help travelers in distress, by Helm's mercy. Patrols suit me just fine, along with other tasks to maintain order."

"Lately there has been only Julius", Chloe notes. "But he is actually good to talk to. He is pretty considerate and plans ahead ... even though his actions seem to reflect the opposite at times." She pauses mentally and ruminates. "It's kind of a shame. I'd love to support him in his strengths but ... I always end up bossing him around." She shrugs. "Force of habit, I presume. He is technically my employee."



"I get that. I don't really see myself as a guard but I do have an adventurous side. Perhaps I should accept the job from the cartographer lady. Until my store is built there is not much else to do other than to establish some ... connections."

Enialis tends to be a bit nervous in conversations especially when it comes to a professional merchant, he remains silent as well and answers with the questions he can keep up on.

"I've been here for quite a while now, I think this is the third one so far. We usually face wolves and goblins, but their tends to be more dangerous creatures roaming around the settlement. As for my ambitions beyond patrolling, well I think I'm fine with walking around the town as long as it helps me understand and improve my magic abilities. And besides, their are other jobs that don't involved patrolling so it won't be the same thing everyday."