Talis, seeing the goblins about to push a burning cart into the center of town, ignores the goblins looting the smithy, and runs down the street towards the burning wagon. Not certain how he could fight half a dozen goblins, he moves 60 feet towards them, and shouts in their direction to try and get the goblins attention.

Glum ran forward five feet, reaching for one of the shuriken on his belt and promptly failed miserably to get it anywhere near the nearest goblin. In Fact...

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[ooc for DM to decide]
01:43, Today: Glum rolled 3 using 1d20+2. Throwing shuriken.

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Round 1
Talis distracts goblins {3-6} by running at them and yelling.

Catessa & Garious is like a little knight on a charger.  She charges goblin 1 and hits squarely with her spear, 7 dam.  Garious barely misses with a vicious bite.

Naomi Scrambles off Garth and fires, but misses in her zeal.

Glum missed by a mile.

Goblin2 Drops his load of weapons, grabs his dogslicer and attacks Garious hissing "Nasty biter", giving him a nasty slash for 5 dam.  This seems to make Garious angry.  It seems like dogs really don't like goblins and the feeling's mutual.

Goblin3-6 stop pushing the cart and grab a burning piece off it(torchs) jabbering "longshanks", "slice 'em" and "burn 'em all". 3 & 4 move toward Talis, swinging their torchs.  5 & 6 seem to have trouble pulling the torches off and don't make it very far.

singer she jumps up and down for a moment in frustration and then shoots an arrow at Garth and hits for 3 dam.

Garth moves forward and pulls a bastard sword from the pile of weapons
[Private to Garth Oakenshield: Takes the full round]

Tactical situation
goblin2 is in melee with Garth, Catessa & Garious
goblins3 & 4 are in melee with Talis

                       dam      status
Goblin1               7        down
Goblin2               0
Goblin3               0
Goblin4               0
Goblin5               0
Goblin6               0
Goblin Singer       0

Post away folks

   Cat urges Garious to shift over to make room for others to surround and overwhelm the second goblin.  Cat tries to thrust her spear into the goblin, but fails to even hit the goblin.  Garious too attempts to bit the goblin, but its not his best attempt.  She tells the others "Quick, overwhelm this goblin so we can deal with the others."

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Garious takes 5' step toward the opposite side of the goblin to flank, and make room for the others to attack.

23:11, Today: Catessa Fallowfield rolled 3 using 1d20+2. Cat's spear.
23:11, Today: Catessa Fallowfield rolled 10 using 1d20+3. Garious Bite.

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Talis was in at least a bit of luck, with the goblins coming slowly. Still, it might not be slow enough. He needed the others to finsih up with the smith before he got himself killed. Not wanting to really risk a two on one fight, or more if it lasted that long, he focused on deflecting their attacks, while making a few halfhearted cuts to keep them from getting too aggressive.

OOC:
attack: -1 (rolled a 1)
ac:17 (fighting defensively)

23:28, Today: Talis Revain rolled -1 using 1d20-2. defensive, attack.

With his newfound sword now grasped in a two-handed grip, the big warrior leaps forward to swing down upon the goblin already engaged with the big dog!  His swing is uneven though and his advance lacks his usual decisiveness.

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22:45, Today: Garth Oakenshield rolled 7 using 1d20+5. Attack on Goblin 2.
His swing likely missed, but here is damage anyway just in case...
22:51, Today: Garth Oakenshield rolled 5 using 1d8+3. Damage against goblin 2.

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Conscious of his inability to make the shuriken go anywhere near the goblins, Glum charged forward to engage the nearest goblin.  Unfortunately, his fist hit only the empty air where the goblin had been previously.

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10:04, Today: Glum rolled 6 using 1d20. Thump a goblin.

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"Nice plan," Zer-wedula mutters under his breath.

He casts Sleep upon the goblins furthest from him, those who had been readying the rolling wagon of flaming doom.

Walking steadily forward Naomi raises both hands firing off another blast of energy.  "Strike!" She says, internally thinking that maybe instead of just being quick to fire she should be more deliberate in her actions so that they mete out just right.

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07:19, Today: Naomi Armastance rolled 4 using 1d6+1. Damage.
07:19, Today: Naomi Armastance rolled 17 using 1d20+4. Ranged touch attack.

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Round 1
Zer-wedula Casts sleep, and goblins 5 & 6 fall down in their tracks, untouched by mortal hands.
<Good one on the "rolling wagon of flaming doom", LOL>
[Private to Zer-wedula: Please include the dc of the spell you are casting, thanks.]

Round 2
Talis swings his greatsword wildly (missing), trying to keep the goblins away from him with a circle of steel instead of trying to land a solid blow.

Catessa & Garious Garious is barely controllable with his extreme dislike of goblins causing both of them(Catessa & Garious) to miss.

Naomi figuring Talis needs some help, fires, and connects, for 4 dam on goblin4.
[Private to Zer-wedula: Please specify which goblin you are attacking, thanks. Also, when firing into melee, don't forget to take -4 to hit to avoid allies, otherwise there is a good chance you will hit them.]

Glum missed by only 1/2 a mile this time.  :)

Goblin2 being a coward at heart, 3 to 1 odds are too much, so he moves back into the gloom of the shop/forge and disappears from sight and sound.

Goblin3 is swinging his torch so quickly that all he accomplishes is to put it out.  Otherwise, the flashing steel in front of Talis is enough to keep him at bay for now, misses.

Goblin4 the flashing steel in front of Talis is enough to keep him at bay for now, misses.  It also keeps his attention when he is hit by Naomi.  He glances around but quickly focuses back on Talis.

singer moves to get a better shot and shoots at the strange gnome firing energy that makes her hair stand on end.  It hits her armor and deflects off, doing no dam.  Now that she isn't behind a burning cart, those looking can see a goblin female wearing studded leather and armed with a shortbow, dogslicer and whip.

Garth follows goblin2 into the shop and almost doesn't see him, but the goblin was trying to hide in front of the glowing embers of the forge.  However, Garths swing misses.   This still invokes a scream from the goblin "stupid too big longshanks".

Tactical situation
goblin2 is in melee Garth inside a smithy, crowded with tools, weapons and stuff
Catessa & Garious, Glum, Naomi and Zer-wedula are outside the smithy
goblins3 & 4 are in melee with Talis
goblins5 & 6 are taking naps
singer is 50' from Talis, 80+' from anyone else

                       dam      status
Goblin1               7        down
Goblin2               0
Goblin3               0
Goblin4               4
Goblin5               0        zzzzz (sleeping)
Goblin6               0        zzzzz (sleeping)
Goblin Singer       0

This rolling thing is getting silly.  For this round of combat only, reroll any 1 or 2 one time.  You must accept the reroll (even it is a 1 or 2)
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Getting her hit in Naomi flings another blast at the same goblin.  Intent on downing it as quickly as she can as 1 downed goblin is better than one standing goblin.

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10:58, Today: Naomi Armastance rolled 15 using 1d20+4. Ranged touch attack. reroll, and THANKS the RNG is pretty awful for this game.
10:58, Today: Naomi Armastance rolled 8 using 1d20+4. Ranged touch attack.
10:59, Today: Naomi Armastance rolled 7 using 1d6+1. damage.

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Talis changed stance, with a blast of energy helping turn the tide of his fight. now noticing the singing goblin as herhaps the second biggest threat, after the burning cart, he wanted to end this fast, rather then just distract them. He didn't dare risk a glance over his shoulder, but that the others hadn't made it up this far yet, meant the goblins he passed were still standing.

OOC:
Attack:12
Damage:8
Ac:15

12:58, Today: Talis Revain rolled 12 using 1d20+2. attack goblin 3.
13:02, Today: Talis Revain rolled 8 using 2d6+3. damage.

Edit: meant to attack the goblin in front of me, goblin 5 is a bit away

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With a snarl of frustration at having missed the jeering goblin, Garth advances forward, the sword still held in a two-handed grip as he is careful to use his blade within the tighter confines of the smithy.

"Soon, you little git, you'll have no shanks!"

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12:30, Today: Garth Oakenshield rolled 10 using 1d20+5. Garth's attack roll on Gobline 2.
12:32, Today: Garth Oakenshield rolled 8 using 1d8+5. Damage on Goblin 2

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   When the goblin turns and runs, Cat is almost relieved.  If he had stayed, he might have injured someone badly.  But now Talis appears to be in trouble.  Cat urges Garious in the direction of one of the goblins.  Cat jabs at the disgusting creature hoping to slay or drive it off before it can harm Talis.

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Charge: +2 to attack, -2 AC; Garious' and Cat's AC's drop to 16 & 14 respectively
Attack: Goblin 3
14:00, Today: Catessa Fallowfield rolled 18 using 1d20+4. Cat's Spear.
14:01, Today: Catessa Fallowfield rolled 4 using 1d6+1. Damage.
14:01, Today: Catessa Fallowfield rolled 9 using 1d20+5. Garious Bite.

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Glum charges off in the direction of the Goblin Singer sprinting as fast as his little legs will carry him.

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Zer-wedula heads into the smithy, following the tall human.  Perhaps he would find a crossbow.

"It pains me, Willi," he remarks to the weasel, her head now popped out of his pocket.  "I can't watch them run about like sea gulls after crumbs."

Round 2
Zer-wedula spies in the evening gloom of the smithy, a pair of crossbows hanging on the left wall.  As he approaches them, his fathers vision allows him to pick out details.  1 is a fancy looking repeating crossbow, which appears to be under lock and key.  Below it is a normal light crossbow.  Nearby are some bolts, loose.

Round 3
Talis swings his greatsword and misses.

Catessa & Garious charges goblin3 and spears it for 4 dam, but Garius misses.

Naomi shoots and hits goblin4 again for 7 dam, he goes down with a serious wound to his side.

Glum moves toward the goblin singing as fast as he can.

Goblin2 decides 1 to 1 odds are much better, though if he were smart he would count Garth with a bastard sword twice.   Oh wait, he's a goblin and smart is not a word typically applied to them.  But vicious is, and he seems to able to fight much better in crowded quarters than the big man.  Slashing with his dogslicer for 5 dam, ouch.  "Warchief Ripnugget reward me good for your hands"
<You're just lucky I didn't confirm that 19...>

Goblin3 catches Talis way over extended and connects with a vicious hit (which Talis walks right into), for 7 dam.
<...unfortunately for Talis, I did confirm this 20, ouch>

singer fixes her eyes on the dwarf that seems intent on heading her way, but the arrow whips by him, missing by a hair.

Garth just can't get a bead on this slippery fellow and misses.

Tactical situation
goblin2 is in melee with Garth inside the crowded smithy
Glum and Naomi are not currently in melee
goblins3 is in melee with Catessa & Garious
Talis is down
goblins5 & 6 are taking naps
singer is 50' from Talis, 40' from Glum, 70' from Namoi
                       dam      status
Goblin1               7        down
Goblin2               0
Goblin3               4
Goblin4               11       down
Goblin5               0        zzzzz (sleeping)
Goblin6               0        zzzzz (sleeping)
Goblin Singer       0

Post away folks

Walking right into the little creatures blade, Talis goes down, again. The loud hollow thump as his skull connects with the ground probably doesn't help things either.


OOC:
Stabilization: failed
21:30, Today: Talis Revain rolled 74 using 1d100. 91-100, stabilized.

   Cat dismounts Garious.  Perhaps the pair can fight better on foot.  Garious begins to circle the goblin, providing a distraction so the pair can finish the goblin and help Talis.  But the pair makes two ineffectual attacks on the goblin.

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Move: Cat dismounts Garious
Garious takes a 5' step around the goblin
Attack Goblin 3

21:31, Today: Catessa Fallowfield rolled 5 using 1d20. Cat's Reroll.
21:31, Today: Catessa Fallowfield rolled 3 using 1d20. Garious Bite.
21:31, Today: Catessa Fallowfield rolled 1 using 1d20. Cat's Spear.

I didn't add the bonuses.  There's no point.  They miss.

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Zer-wedula calmly walks over to the light crossbow and takes it down, then picks up a bolt and loads it into the crossbow, cocking it.

"But a moment, sir, and I shall do my best to pierce your dance partner," he calls out to Garth.

[Private to GM: Not sure if I can also shoot, but I will roll, just in case]

Zer-wedula rolled 13 using 1d20-3 (point blanck sht, melee). OMG!  Can I hit the gobbo?.

Glum, seeing, hearing and feeling the arrow go buzzsing by his head, decided that another round of charging toward the singer might be fatal.  Unfortunately for him, there was nowhere to hide so he sighed and redoubled his efforts, sprinting silently and letting out a loud, "Ki aii" as he tried to punch the goblin singer.

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15:39, Today: Glum rolled 9 using 1d20. Chaaaaarrrrge.

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Garth calls out as he glances over his shoulder to see the man about to fire a bolt "very" close to himself, "Nay, I have this git in hand, no need for crossbow play so close to me!"

As though spurred on by the thought that his "ally" was about to play William Tell with him, the big man turns and with a grunt, he brings down his sword with a two-handed swing at the irksome goblin!

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08:40, Today: Garth Oakenshield rolled 12 using 1d8+5. damage on goblin 2.
08:40, Today: Garth Oakenshield rolled 14 using 1d20+5. Attack on Goblin 2.

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Garth moves past Zer-wedula and grins, "There may yet be a use for that crossbow outside."  He then exits the building and looks about to see what other goblins may yet be found lurking about.
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Naomi flings out another blast but it falls wide.  Afterwards she looks down at her hands and shakes them a bit as if to work out her aim or something more.

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09:09, Today: Naomi Armastance rolled 1 using 1d20. attack reroll.
09:09, Today: Naomi Armastance rolled 5 using 1d20. Attack Goblin.

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Round 3
Zer-wedula takes the normal light crossbow off the wall and loads it
<draw weapon=move, load=2nd move>

Round 4
Talis dying
[Private to Talis Revain: send me the stabilize rolls in private, thanks]

Catessa & Garious dismounts and flank with each other, but still miss the squirming and injured goblin3.

Naomi has difficulty aiming at the goblin as Cat and her dog maneuver for position, so her blast goes high, miss.
[Private to Naomi Armastance: Please, state which goblin you are aiming at and take into account the -4 for shooting into melee]

Glum charges the singer and with a mighty shout...misses.  He does have her full attention now.

Goblin2 swings at the big man, who deflects the blow with his sword, miss.

Goblin3 finds himself with a foe on either side, so he attacks the dog snarling with hate and rage.  Perhaps too much hate, he misses wildly.

singer takes a 5'step back, pulls out her whip and trys to wrap it around his legs.  She hits the leg, but when she trys to pull, Glums larger size and dwarven stability is like pulling on a post.  Glum stomps on the whip, pulling it out of her hand. She looks surprised, <in goblin>"But the plan...we can't fail...".
<trip attack, she hit,  but failed her opposed roll, glum succeeded on his retaliatory trip attempt and she releases the whip>

Garth has the goblin off balance with his deflection and swings a mighty blow before he can recover.  It takes off an ear and hits deep into the shoulder at the neck.  The goblin goes down bleeding like a sieve, 12 dam.  You didn't know goblins had that much blood in them.  So Garth heads to the door.

Tactical situation
Zer-wedula and Garth are inside a smithy
Catessa & Garious are in melee with goblins3
Glum is in melee with the singer
Naomi is 75' from the singer

                       dam      status
Goblin1               7        down
Goblin2               12       down
Goblin3               4
Goblin4               11       down
Goblin5               0        zzzzz (sleeping)
Goblin6               0        zzzzz (sleeping)
Goblin Singer       0

Post away folks, the free rerolls were for 1 round of combat only, we are back to take what you roll.  I am looking into alternatives, but that may take a few days.  thanks.
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Talis begins feeling a little better, as the pain starts to fade.

[Private to GM:
-4.
12:28, Today: Secret Roll: Talis Revain rolled 34 using 1d100. 91-100, stabilized.  ]