Yana spoke quietly, her bow out
"Shall we go left?  Time is running out "
She was sounding a bit...stressed.  Not afraid, but concerned about their dropping chances for success

"Would be fine by me." said in a whisper which still came out as clearly spoken due to her enhanced voice.

She wanted to say more for there was certainly more to say. She too looked to Amalia for the report on Osmon.
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As Snoric took some deep breaths, he drew Ultio and prepared himself for what was coming.  The time for stealth seemed over as the goblins clearly knew they were there.

"We should move.  They know we're here.  Either in this passage or they think we're washed out the front.  Either way we need to move before they surround us."  Snoric waited though he clearly thought they should move.  He had been happy to be forward scout when this was all about stealth and deception, now it seemed battle was inevitable, he felt his role was in the back lines offering ranged support.

Unless stopped, Yana proceeded forward,  bow at the ready.  She was a bit apprehensive about getting to their enemies before their enemies found them.  Unfortunately,  it made her a bit clumsier and more oblivious than usual

OOC: 18:11, Today: Yana Whitlock rolled 6 using 1d20+5.  Stealth.
18:11, Today: Yana Whitlock rolled 5 using 1d20+1.  Perception

Allura gripped her sisters shoulder, whispering again though it came out like normal speech, "Wait for the report on our wizard."

The hard edge to her words soften slightly as she glanced back to Amalia.

Amalia was concentrating on Ophelia and saw Osmon cast a spell. Almost immediately, she heard Osmon voice in her head, shocking her back to her body. As she was listening, she unconsciously turned her head toward the right passage, away from the prisoners.

Osmon says there are 2 goblins down to the right, watching towards the entrance and towards us. He says he's going to try to deal with them.

With the return message spell, she said to the mage.

Come join us soon, we'll go free the prisoners, let us know if you can't deal with the goblins. I'll place a rope to help you climb up.

Breaking the connection, she took her rope from the side of her bag and attached it to a rocky outcropping before sending it down.

Now we can go free those prisoners. I'll try to put as many goblins as I can asleep, so don't touch those that fall, it would just wake them up.
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Allura nods to Amalia then looks back to Yana.
Whispered again, "Give the magic man his chance to deal with those two. Then we move, and no one forget the wolves at our heels."

Location - cave
Party members - Osmon

Osmon walks up slowly, spying the goblins as they were preoccupied with the sounds to their right. Osmon walked to the intersection, using the corner for cover, where he finally saw the group eagerly waiting.

He turned the corner and uttered a simple but effective spell. The goblins made to go towards the others when they both fell to the floor, unconscious.

With a smile, he staggers up the slope with the help of the others, re-joining the party.

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Location - Cave intersection
Party members - Everyone (Minus Malice)

With Osmon returned to the group, the consensus was to move quickly. With Solgran and Allura leading, you turn the cave corner to see a large cave, divided in half by a ten-foot-high escarpment, a steep natural staircase  leads from the lower portion to the upper ledge.

The air is hazy with the smoke of the cooking fire, and pungent from the smell of poorly cured hides and unwashed goblins.

As you round the corner, you see several goblins ready for you, three with bows aimed at you from the upper tier, along with a big goblin at there side. all three fire, missing Allura once and Solgren twice. Along with them, there are several other goblins on the lower floor armed with daggers and swords.

on the upper floor you see two huddled figures, bound behind the goblins.

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Location - Cave
Party members - Malice

As you struggle to free yourself, you hear commotion, and the four goblins you see up top with you fire arrows, then chatter, the big one actually slapping one across the head.

<OOC: Iniative from everyone as well as moves. Map will go up tonight after work With placements so bare with me, but there are four goblins up top with the two prisoners (Three with bows and one large goblin), and 6 goblins below.

Post move and whether you aim at upper tier or lower tier goblin (Or the big leader)>


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Allura releases a blast at one of the goblins menacing with weapons and moves with Solgran having given word she would.


19:49, Today: Allura Whitlock rolled 19 using 1d20+2.  Initiative.
Bonus action: Shift Hex to new target one of the melee combatants and the target of her eldritch blast.
And a miss on the Eldritch blast. 7
Having said she would join Solgran she does not go back on her word and joins him in his movement.

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As aoon as she saw their enemies waiting for them,  as she'd feared,  Yana fired her readied shot, then tried to find cover for return fire

OOC:  Action- Fire at goblin archer closest to prisoners, then tried to Hide.

21:01, Today: Yana Whitlock rolled 20 using 1d20+3.  Initiative

21:06, Today: Yana Whitlock rolled 11 using 1d20+5.  Stealth.

21:04, Today: Yana Whitlock rolled 5 using 1d6+3.  Damage . 10.with crit

21:04, Today: Yana Whitlock rolled 25 using 1d20+5.  Bow.


Round 2:



21:11, Today: Yana Whitlock rolled 7 using 1d6+3.  Damage .

21:11, Today: Yana Whitlock rolled 23 using 1d20+5.  Second bow shot




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Solgran nodded to Amalia at her report, nodded to Allura to signal it was time to move, and then rushed toward the goblins off to the left of the group. He knew a battle with the bugbear was coming up, so he did his best to pace himself and stay focused throughout the attack, sticking close to Allura or presenting an obstacle between the goblins and those who would be standing further back.

As he reached his first target, he took a wide swing. He hoped it would hit, but that wasn't quite as important as getting the attention of the goblins. So he swung big and hard, arcing the massive blade through the air with a yell.

Initiative: 14 (advantage from Amalia)

Round 1
Move: close on the lower goblins (never target a sleeping one)
Action: Attack w/ Greatsword, Miss AC 8 for 14 slashing
Reaction: Sentinel/OA attack, Hit AC 15 for 11 Slashing

Round 2
Move: if needed, close to melee
Action: Attack w/ Greatsword, Hit AC 23 for 8 Slashing
Reaction: Sentinel/OA attack, Hit AC 16 for 11 Slashing

20:52, Today: Solgran Farnzythe rolled 14 using 2d20+2, dropping the lowest dice only.  Initiative.
20:52, Today: Solgran Farnzythe rolled 8,14 using d20+5,2d6+3.  Attack: Greatsword.
20:53, Today: Solgran Farnzythe rolled 15,11 using d20+5,2d6+3.  OA/Sentinel Attack.
20:54, Today: Solgran Farnzythe rolled 23,8 using d20+5,2d6+3.  Attack: Greatsword.
20:54, Today: Solgran Farnzythe rolled 16,11 using d20+5,2d6+3.  OA/Sentinel Attack.
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Amalia was really glad when she saw Osmon climb up the ramp and rejoin them, and she gave him a small smile, before moving with the others to the left branch. The twang of bow string resounded, followed by black arrows striking the ground, fortunately missing her companions. But she couldn't let that happen again. Finding the right words, she started to cast a spell she had never used in anger before, another of the numerous gifts Selune had bestowed on the young cleric.

Looking up the ledge, she pointed at the archer goblins and the heftier one and finished her casting with a single word.

Sleep

Casting Sleep on the archers and big goblin, 26 HP affected.

Ophelia flies up and does the help action on the bigger goblin, in case someone wants to attack him.

Amalia Firnam rolled 15 using 1d20+3.  Ophelia initiative.

Amalia Firnam rolled 10 using 1d20.  Amalia initiative.

21:21, Today: Amalia Firnam rolled 26 using 5d8.  Amalia sleep spell.

Initiative
Osmon: 16
Edgar: 4

Turn 01 (Surprise Round)

Standing at the back of the procession in these narrow confines my options are limited. Looking about desperately for anything that can help but I can not see anything I can use. I cannot see...Weaving my fingers through the motions I release the spell quickly.

"FOR GUNDREN, CHARGE!!" A booming voice echoes out from just outside the entrance to the larger cave followed by many voices cheering and the stamping of many feet.

Turn summary
Osmon
Action: Cast Minor Illusion to create sound.

Turn 02
As Allura clears the entrance I get my first luck at the Goblins arrayed to meet us. There sure are a lot of them. Well it worked earlier, hopefully it will work now.

"Amalia, go high, I will go low." I tell the young woman hoping she remembers our conversations on the road discussing possible tactics. Weaving the spell once more, I release it centred on the group of Goblins on the lower tier, whistle to Edgar pointing at the higher tier, and duck to the side to maximise any cover I can get from the archers.

Turn Summary
Osmon
Action: Cast Sleep centred on the Goblins on the lower tier (X) affecting 24 hit points worth creatures.
Bonus Action: Nil.
Move: Take position near the entrance where I can maximise cover from the archers on the upper tier and go prone(-->, total cover, if possible but I will take what I can get, prone - an attack roll against the creature has advantage if the attacker is within 5 feet of the creature. Otherwise, the attack roll has disadvantage)

Edgar
Move: Fly up to 60ft towards the higher tier maintaining as much altitude as possible (X).
Action: Investigate, look for any additional enemies (Perception: 5 if the area is dark and 6 if it is lit)


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Hearing the pained tone in the human's voice, I place my hand on his shoulder. "I think I can help with that." There are many goblins here and it seems fighting might ensue, I'd better not use all my resources just yet. Addressing his other concern, "I remember waking up briefly and hearing a water source, I'm not sure if there is any more to it than that. These goblins could be intelligent enough to set up traps, but I cannot say for sure."

Suddenly, arrows are flying from the goblins on the top ledge with us, there must be people below. Now might be the time to act!

I was easily able to slip out of my bounds, although until I can locate my gear, it might be wise to keep that a secret. Scanning more thoroughly around the room, I hoped to spy the familiar weapons.

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OOC:
Before initiative- 5HP lay on hands to the human
Initiative- 20
Round 1- Slip out of bonds. 18 Acrobatics
Round 2- Look for weapons. 15 Perception
Conditional movement- If I can see my weapons and it takes more than 30ft to reach them, will move 30ft toward them.

21:09, Yesterday: Malice Baenrret rolled 20 using 1d20+3.  Initiative.
01:13, Today: Malice Baenrret rolled 18 using 1d20+3.  Acrobatics.
01:13, Today: Malice Baenrret rolled 15 using 1d20.  Perception...we'll try it again.

As the ambush was sprung, survived and then sprung again Yulin struggled to keep up with everything that was happening. She righted her self and focused as the goblins became visible, managing to react quickly to the fight ahead.

Remembering the goblin that essentially exploded outside after it was hit by the devil's magic Yulin raised her voice to compel Allura, "Devil Allura, I have misjudged and mistreated you. You are a delightfully violent companion and I would much rather you fight with me than against me. Show me a bloody spectacle! Fight to the end of our enemiesss!"

With Allura rallied Yulin turned her attentions to the larger goblin, the hobgoblin. She spat an insult at the creature, "So doesss all that dirt and ugly make you hit harder or are you just like that for no benefit?"

Not really wanting to find out Yulin retreats to a safer position.

As the battle progressed Yulin focused on insulting the hobgoblin, trying to shake his confidence while boosting Solgran's morale at the same time.

Initiative: 17

Turn 1
Bonus: Bardic Inspiration on Allura (1d6 die added to ability check, attack or save)
Action: Cast Vicious Mockery (WIS DC13 3dam, disadv. on next attack) on;
1. Hobgoblin (Klarg?)
or if out of range (60ft)
2.Nearest unhurt goblin
Move: Move to cover if available.

Turn 2
Move: Up to half movement out of cover
Bonus: Bardic Inspiration on Solgran (1d6 die added to ability check, attack or save)
Action: Cast Vicious Mockery (WIS DC13 3dam, disadv. on next attack) on;
1. Hobgoblin (Klarg?)
or if out of range (60ft)
2.Nearest goblin in melee with group member
Move: Move back to cover

Snoric sees the goblins on the vantage upstairs and reaches into his pouch, pulling out a small rind of bacon he saved from his breakfast.  Crushing it in his hand he visualised the goblins upstairs and realeased his spell.

Once the spell took hold, he drew Ultio and commenced firing.


Initiative - 9
Round 1 - Cast Grease (10ft square centred between the four goblins upstairs)
Subsequent rounds - will attack with Ultio, any goblin not in melee

ROUND 1

The woman figure managed to wriggle her hands enough to loosen the bonds while the goblin's were distracted, causing a little rope burn but making no real damage, but managed to get loose. Getting to her knee's she looks around for gear, either hers or the other human prisoner, but see's none other than what the goblins have.

Yana, reacting almost on instinct once the arrow clattered near her sister, took aim and fired at the goblin who shot at her. Her shot true, hit the goblin in the forhead enough to snap it's head back violently, dropping the archer

While her sister protected her, the tiefling called her magical abiliy granted by her patron, missing the goblin, she moves up next to the first goblin

Yulin, meanwhile places a hand on Allura as she leaves, whispering praise to the woman's skill and prowess, the tiefling feeling inspired by the whisper of the yuan-ti <Allura, You have a 1d6 die added to ability check, attack or save> , then she looks at the nearest goblin and lashes out with an insult. The goblin looked shocked by the words and took note of itself, a look of shame in it's eyes.

Osmon, looking at Amalia, had sa plan in mind and again cast the sleep spell. Three goblins drooped their eyes and dropped their weapons as they dropped, one shaking it's head awake. He then backs away from the area to take cover near the entrance from the archers.

The largest goblin, holding a shortbow of his own, drew a bead on the most obvious target, Solgran. His shot true, hits the barbarian below his arm in the ribs. The shot, though exceptional, was lacking power <Solgran takes 5 Piercing damage>

Solgren, Snarling at the irritation, swiped with his greatsword, the sting making his shot miss.

The goblins, seeing there chance, attacked like a swarm of loctus. The two archers split targets an fire, each hitting there marks, One snoric, the other Yana <Both Snoric and Yana takes 7 Piercing Damage damage>

The Goblin closest to the stairs focuses it's gaze on the young cleric and comes in swinging, his sword hitting armor without a scratch to her. One advances on Solgren and swings, missing as it dodged the huge sword. The final one, still shaken by Yulin's insult, swung it's sword in anger at Allura, gashing the womans arm <Allura takes 7 damage>

Amalia, still facing the goblin with shield up, mutters a prayer to her godddess, asking her help with the beasts above. Another two drop down sleeping, leaving the large goblin fuming and glaring at the cleric then he too fell down asleep.

Snoric, seeing the antics of what happened, used his unique skills and send a slimy grease up on the shelf, covering the sleeping goblins and the boss. The goblin struggled, but maintained footing.




<OOC: Round one is over. There is one goblin dead, 5 asleep, one injured and 3 uninjured, plus the boss on the top tier.

Bad news is they rolled very well and a lot of you are injured. Solgren was lucky as the boss crit rolled and his damage was a 1 and a 2.

Yellow Hexagons are the ones asleep. The grey circle is the grease spell

Round two people....You can maintain your previous stated moves if you included them or make another, your choice>


Allura: 8/15  [1d6 Inspiration Die]
Osmon: 14/14
Snoric: 10/17
Solgran: 20/23 
Amalia: 18/18
Yulin: 15/15
Yana: 8/15
Malice: 22/22 

Goblin Leader: ??/??
Goblin (9): ??/??

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Amalia took a quick look at the tactical situation and noted that a few of her companions had been hit, before Osmon's and her dual sleep spells got half of the goblins asleep. There was no emergency but she could see that the big goblin was getting frantic. Before he did something like waking up the archers on the ledge, she decided to eliminate him from the equation, ignoring the goblin that had tried to hit her, figuring her armor and shield would protect her again.

amalia toll the dead on the big goblin, 12 if injured, 2 if uninjured,  DC 14 wis save

If big goblin is dead at her turn, target another goblin that's not asleep.

Ophelia does the help action on the big goblin
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Yana grunted daintily as she was hit by the goblins crude arrow.  Painfully she drew up her bow again.   Seeing one archer left, she decided to focus all of her concentration on him before moving on.  Using the sniper skills she'd learned at the Guild, honed with years of dedication,  she focused on the vitals and weak spots on the enemy archer.

OOC:14:56, Today: Yana Whitlock rolled 18 using 1d20.  Sharpshooter shot
  14:58, Today: Yana Whitlock rolled 15 using 1d6+13.  Damage arrow round 2.
14:58, Today: Yana Whitlock rolled 14 using 1d6+13.  Damage 1st arrow, round 1.
14:56, Today: Yana Whitlock rolled 18 using 1d20.  Round 2 Sharpshooter shot.

"Thank you Songstress. Good shot sister !"

If the opponent before her wasn't destroyed by Solgran's acting as Sentinel (His Feat) she strikes him or the other goblin near her. Allura draws her blade and fire flickers blue along it as she does so.

She brings her blade to bare on the goblin target she cursed.
Fire then leaps from her blade to the other goblin menacing her and Solgran scorching him for 3 fire damage.

[Language unknown: "With'prch di hotha wilwerlestio !"]





14:20, Today: Allura Whitlock rolled 25 using 1d20+5.  Eldritch Blast.
Same bonus for her swordstrike just so used to declaring eldritch blast. Nat 20.


14:21, Today: Allura Whitlock rolled 8,3 using 1d8+3,1d6.  Longsword and Hex.
Not sure if the hex damage is doubled but the sword damage should be doubled from the natural 20.

and 3 fire damage to the other goblin facing Solgran and her. within 5'.


21:25, Today: Allura Whitlock rolled 13 using 1d20+1.  Concentration. To maintain Hex since she was hit last round !


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This fight had not gone as smoothly as the others, many of the others have been hurt; fortunately, none as badly as Snoric earlier. One of the Goblins on the cave floor charged Amalia but so far it could not get passed her shield. Her father was an excellent armsmaster. Unfortunately, between her and Snoric I cannot get a clear shot at the creature.

Frustration building, I take another quick look around and notice Yana crouch back down after taking a shot at one of the archers on the escarpment; the bleeding gash on her left arm a parting gift from a Goblin arrow that came to close to ending her part of this fight. I cannot heal the wound but I can make her a harder target. Weaving the small illusion I anchor it over her position then whistle for Edgar and point back the path behind us. Just cause there are no more troops hidden on that escarpment does not mean the rest of these caves are empty.

Turn Summary
Osmon
Action: Cast Minor Illusion target Yana's square creating an illusionary rock 5x5x5 feet she can shelter in. (Since she is inside the illusion she should automatically be able to see through it. Hoping she can use this to gain advantage on firing from that position and disadvantage on attacks against her).
Bonus Action: Nil.
Move: Nil.
Reaction: Chronal Shift if a friendly within 30 ft of me takes a critical hit.
(You can magically exert limited control over the flow of time around a creature. As a reaction, after you or a creature you can see within 30 feet of you makes an attack roll, an ability check, or a saving throw, you can force the creature to reroll. You make this decision after you see whether the roll succeeds or fails. The target must use the result of the second roll.)

Edgar
Move: Fly up to 60 ft up the path to the North and watch for enemy reinforcements
Action: Investigate (Perception: 21 if the area is in dim light and 20 if it is dark)

Not having a clear shot at any of the awake goblins downstairs and not wanting to risk waking one of the sleeping ones, Snoric took aim at the large goblin upstairs.  He centred Ultio and fired.  The shot was true but veered to the right, only grazing the big creature.

Sighing and promising to work on the accuracy problem, the gnome began reloading.  As he moved to his left to avoid any fire from his quarry.

Attack 19
Damage: 4
Move: Step right ~10ft on the map to take cover from the archer
On subsequent rounds he'll repeat.  Step out, fire Ultio, take cover again.

ADDITION - If big goblin upstairs is asleep as DM suggested then switch my target to any awake goblin!!!

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Yulin stepped out of cover from behind the wall and spits another curse towards a goblin, "I hate to kill you, nobody should die that ugly."

Seeing Solgran laying waste to the goblins with his sword she grinned wickedly, "Cleave them Solgran! Only Allura can match your ferocity! You're not going to be beat by a devil are you?" She hoped the man took it as inspiring.

She didn't wait to find out, moving back behind cover lest the sleeping goblins again decide to draw their bows.

Turn 2
Move: Up to half movement out of cover
Bonus: Bardic Inspiration on Solgran (1d6 die added to ability check, attack or save)
Action: Cast Vicious Mockery (WIS DC13 3dam, disadv. on next attack) on;
1. Nearest goblin in melee with group member
or
2. non-sleeping goblin
Move: Move back to cover

Seeing all the goblins on the upper ledge with us either asleep, or dead in the case of one of the smaller goblins, I decided now would be the best time to move from the wall.

"I'll be back." I whispered to the man beside me and walked over to the slumbering goblins. Grabbing the shortbow and an arrow from my fallen captor, I peered over the ledge, aiming at the first goblin I see still standing.

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OOC:
Movement: Stand up and move up to dead goblin
Dex save for Grease: 20
Item interaction: Grab shortbow
Action: Attack with shortbow: 25 (crit)
Damage: 8


16:00, Today: Malice Baenrret rolled 20 using 1d20+3.  Dex save for Grease.

16:14, Today: Malice Baenrret rolled 25 using 1d20+5.  Shortbow attack.

16:15, Today: Malice Baenrret rolled 8 using 2d6+3.  Shortbow damage- crit.

ROUND 2

With one enemy dead, six asleep including what seemed the leader and three still up, the odds for the group changed drasticaly in your favor....and the goblins knew it.

The ebony skinned woman, now noticable by the party, crept forward, seemingly ill pgased by the grease spell enacted by Snoric, and grabbing one of the bows and an arrow, took aim.  for a moment it looked as if she was aiming at one of the party, but the arrow flew true and skewered one of the goblins through the throat nearest allura.

As the enemies slept, Yana, without hesitation, took aim at one of the sleeping goblins on the outcropping, one of the few able to be seen by the people below, and shot a shot straight into the top of it's head. Allura praised her sister as she thanked Yulin as she saw the drow blooded woman drop her foe. She had little tinme, instinct leading her towards the goblin attacking Solgran, and with a blade edged in green, swiped cleanly, the goblins head coming clean off.

The yuan-ti, focused on the only consious goblin in front of Amalia, taunted him, the gonlin too focused on his prey to notice the woman. as she praised the barbarian, a image of a rock came into lace care of Osmon, who nodded to her from the corner of the cave entrance.

But ultimatly it's Solgren who finished of the fight with a great swing, showered the Cleric in front of the goblin as he cleaved it in half.



<OOC: For all intensive purposes, combat is over.  There are 4 normal and one large goblin sleeping for one minute, one released drow-looking person and a human still bound but getting up>


Allura: 8/15  [1d6 Inspiration Die]
Osmon: 14/14
Snoric: 10/17
Solgran: 20/23 
Amalia: 18/18
Yulin: 15/15
Yana: 8/15
Malice: 22/22 

Goblin Leader: ??/??
Goblin (9): ??/??

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