Kicking Ass, Taking Prisoners¶
2022-Jun-18
- Combat begins!
- 3 Bugbears and 5 goblins rush into the square, where they are met by an excited Kleb, bristling with weapons. He attacks with a flourish, but his blows glance off harmlessly, as does Rowan’s radiant mace.
- The bugbears counterattack, inflicting substantial damage to the pair
- As Rulkorf rushes into the fray, he summons a healing spirit near Kleb and as takes a chunk out of one bugbear with a clawed swipe. The wound hisses with an acidic sting
- The goblins fire their bows and throw their bolos, to little effect. They are slightly stunned when Kleb parries an arrow out of midair with his sword
- Kleb offers the goblinoids a truce, but after one beat without a response, he performs a sick combat roll and slashes at the legs of one bugbear
- He hears one shout to the other about notifying “the king.” As the battle goes on, he deduces that the enemies are interested in Rowan’s armor (which he stole from King Grohl)
- Rulkorf bobs and weaves, and with a quick incantation creates three afterimages of himself. Calling out to the others for a health-check, he sets up an alley-oop for Kleb with the healing spirit
- The goblins form a firing line, but reaching for their backup bolos proves time-consuming as the cords are unfortunately tangled
- One goblin turns to flee, taking off towards the south. Rowan tries to recall him with a Command, but his divine connection fails him. Flustered and a little desperate, the paladin takes off after him but Rulkorf impales the goblin with a trio of magic missiles, dropping him to the dirt.
- The rest of the goblins break formation and scatter, but are quickly cut down by Rulkorf’s barrage of magical darts and a particularly brutal thunderous blast
- Rowan knocks the bugbear unconscious for later questioning
- The party levels up!
