(003A) Ambush on the Trail!

[Eris]

OOC: You're now in Combat Mode!

Turn 0
The party is 30 feet above and about 60 feet away from a group of Goblins and 80 feet away from a group of Hobgoblins all in a boulder field to the left (north) side of the trail. The Goblins are mostly hiding behind the boulders as 3 Halflings from the other side of the road are slinging stones and firing some sort of magic missiles at them. The Hobgoblins are also mostly hiding, but occasionally pop up to fire off an arrow. Neither side is aware of the PC's standing above them on the trail, so you have complete surprise on any actions you take for, at least, one turn...maybe more depending on your actions.

The monsters are in two general groups: 1. Several Goblins with 1 Hobgoblin (leader) about 60 feet away from you near the trail; 2. Four Hobgoblins (with bows) and a few Goblins about 80 feet away from you about 10 feet deeper in the boulder field.

All PC's with Bows are within range of all the Goblins and Hobgoblins. All the bows are at Medium range for all the monsters.

The Sleep spell is also within range of all the monsters, but can't hit both groups at the same time...it will be either group 1 or group 2 for for the spell.

You all have 30' movement, so it is going to take 2 Turns to close to Melee with the first group and 3 Turns for the second group, assuming neither group of monsters move during that time.

Marching Order:

^Val........Des........Frank^
^Eodrien..Magdal....Callista^
^...........Jameson..Darien...Kazan^

Please, give me an Action and Move (or Move and Action) for your PC this turn. I'll collect them, roll what needs rolling and tell you want happens.

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Frank (NPC) takes aim and fires an arrow at the Hobgoblin with the first group then moves forward 30 feet down the trail.

Jameson (NPC), without a ranged weapon, moves 30 feet forward and off the trail to the left as soon as he can. He wants to sneak behind the Goblins and strike from behind if he can.

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[bruce.desertrat]

Valerin fires his bow at the Hobgoblin leader of the nearest group (Goblins+ Hobgoblin) He will not move so long as we have surprise on them.

[ateno]

I posted for Darian earlier that he moved behind Eodrien whn he saw the set up.

"If I cast now the surviving could wake them."

Since Darian is not going to charge without everyone else, he is going to take a pot shot at the leader of the Goblins also.

He looks at Eodrien's stance and copies it and centers the crossbow on the Hobgoblin and knowing a little bit about ballistics, raises the angle of his light crossbow just a bit more than the heavy brother of Eodriens and takes a breath out like hes trowing the dart and fires.

[terrymixon]

OOC: You're now in Combat Mode!

Turn 0
The party is 30 feet above and about 60 feet away from a group of Goblins and 80 feet away from a group of Hobgoblins all in a boulder field to the left (north) side of the trail. The Goblins are mostly hiding behind the boulders as 3 Halflings from the other side of the road are slinging stones and firing some sort of magic missiles at them. The Hobgoblins are also mostly hiding, but occasionally pop up to fire off an arrow. Neither side is aware of the PC's standing above them on the trail, so you have complete surprise on any actions you take for, at least, one turn...maybe more depending on your actions.

The monsters are in two general groups: 1. Several Goblins with 1 Hobgoblin (leader) about 60 feet away from you near the trail; 2. Four Hobgoblins (with bows) and a few Goblins about 80 feet away from you about 10 feet deeper in the boulder field.

All PC's with Bows are within range of all the Goblins and Hobgoblins. All the bows are at Medium range for all the monsters.

The Sleep spell is also within range of all the monsters, but can't hit both groups at the same time...it will be either group 1 or group 2 for for the spell.

You all have 30' movement, so it is going to take 2 Turns to close to Melee with the first group and 3 Turns for the second group, assuming neither group of monsters move during that time.

Marching Order:

^Val........Des........Frank^
^Eodrien..Magdal....Callista^
^...........Jameson..Darien...Kazan^

Please, give me an Action and Move (or Move and Action) for your PC this turn. I'll collect them, roll what needs rolling and tell you want happens.

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Frank (NPC) takes aim and fires an arrow at the Hobgoblin with the first group then moves forward 30 feet down the trail.

Jameson (NPC), without a ranged weapon, moves 30 feet forward and off the trail to the left as soon as he can. He wants to sneak behind the Goblins and strike from behind if he can.

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Des is going with Jameson. Two is better than one in an ambush.

[joertexas]

Eodrien aims at the nearest hobgoblin and fires her heavy crossbow. She then swings the weapon around behind her back, and unlimbers her waraxe.

[Darithe]

Magdal takes aim with her bow and let's loose an arrow shot at one of the archer hobgoblins, whichever one she recognizes as being the best shot.

[bobk2323]

OOC: You're now in Combat Mode!

Turn 0
Please, give me an Action and Move (or Move and Action) for your PC this turn. I'll collect them, roll what needs rolling and tell you want happens.

Callista moves forward towards the flank of the line of goblins, intending to hurl one of her javelins into their hobgoblin leader as soon as her target is in effective range. She also scans the area, hoping to find some effective cover for herself for after she lets the javelin fly.

--
Bob K.

[Eris]

Turn 1

Frank (NPC) takes aim and fires an arrow at the Hobgoblin with the first group. The arrow flies true and strikes the Hobgoblin (5) in the chest! With a shout, Frank then jogs forward 30 feet down the trail and prepares to fire another arrow.

Jameson (NPC), without a ranged weapon, moves 30 feet forward and off the trail to the left as soon as he can. The thief moves quickly and quietly, pausing among the boulders to pick a route behind the Goblins. Des is going with Jameson. "Two is better than one in an ambush." he thinks and he moves in behind the thief and waits to see what Jameson does next.

Valerin fires his bow at the Hobgoblin leader of the nearest group (Goblins+ Hobgoblin) and misses, but hits one of the Goblins grouped around their leader! Goblin 8 falls next to his leader, dead! With Frank, Jameson, Des and Callista rushing forward is is unlikely that the monsters will be unaware they are being attacked.

Eodrien aims at the nearest hobgoblin, Hobgoblin 1 and fires her heavy crossbow. The bolt hits (9) an instant after Frank's arrow and throws the monster violently back against a boulder behind him killing him instantly! She then swings the weapon around behind her back, and unlimbers her waraxe as people around her start to jog forward..

Darian says, "If I cast now the surviving could wake them.", but Darian is not going to charge without everyone else, so he takes a pot shot at the leader of the Goblins also. He looks at Eodrien's stance and copies it and centers the crossbow on the Hobgoblin and knowing a little bit about ballistics, raises the angle of his light crossbow just a bit more than the heavy brother of Eodriens and takes a breath out like he's throwing the dart and fires. Darian's shot flies out...no where near the Hobgoblin, but as luck would have it hits Goblin 11 (3) and drops that unfortunate creature like a rock!

Magdal takes aim with her bow and let's loose an arrow shot at one of the archer hobgoblins, whichever one she recognizes as being the best shot. To her it looks like Hobgoblin 3 is the best shot so she aims at him. Her arrow arcs out, she watches the fletchings twirl as the arrow head penetrants the Hobgoblin's side (6) toppling him like an old worn out fencepost! He won't be rising from the ground again!

Callista moves forward towards the flank of the line of goblins, intending to hurl one of her javelins into their hobgoblin leader as soon as her target is in effective range. She also scans the area, hoping to find some effective cover for herself for after she lets the javelin fly. As she moves forward she sees Jameson and Des have the same idea and jog down and into the boulder field ahead of her. She hurls her javelin into the group of Goblins, hoping to hit the leader, missing him, but killing Goblin 5 (3) and then ducks down into the boulders behind her two comrades.

OOC: You folks got some wicked rolls of the dice, but you're just too good with these ranged weapons!

There are confused shouts from the Goblins and the surviving Hobgoblins all stand up and start scanning around to see who is attacking them. Hobgoblin 2 staggers back cursing as he is hit (3) by an energy bolt coming from one of the Halflings and the other Hobgoblins all duck as sling stones ping off rocks next to them!

The monsters have seen you, though, so your surprise is blown!

Jameson, Des and Callista are in the rocks about 30 feet from where the Goblins are grouped. Frank is out on the trail, without cover, aiming his bow at the Hobgoblins, waiting for one to pop up. Up on the top of the rise, Eodrien has dropped her crossbow and unslung her war axe preparing to charge forward. Darian and Kazan are just behind her and Valerian is to her left, all still 60 feet from the nearest enemy.

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End of Turn 1 --- What do you do now?

[ateno]

Darian carefully sets the light crossbow down on a large rock on the side of the road in plain sight.

He jogs up, Follow Kazan. to behind the advance party and uses Sleep
on the group with archers, trying to center on as many hobgoblins as he can.

[bruce.desertrat]

Valerin aims carefully at one of the hobgoblins with a bow and fires.

[joertexas]

End of Turn 1 --- What do you do now?

Eodrien lifts her war axe, and, with a yell, charges the enemy, focusing on the nearest one as she approaches.

[terrymixon]

Turn 1

Frank (NPC) takes aim and fires an arrow at the Hobgoblin with the first group. The arrow flies true and strikes the Hobgoblin (5) in the chest! With a shout, Frank then jogs forward 30 feet down the trail and prepares to fire another arrow.

Jameson (NPC), without a ranged weapon, moves 30 feet forward and off the trail to the left as soon as he can. The thief moves quickly and quietly, pausing among the boulders to pick a route behind the Goblins. Des is going with Jameson. "Two is better than one in an ambush." he thinks and he moves in behind the thief and waits to see what Jameson does next.

Valerin fires his bow at the Hobgoblin leader of the nearest group (Goblins+ Hobgoblin) and misses, but hits one of the Goblins grouped around their leader! Goblin 8 falls next to his leader, dead! With Frank, Jameson, Des and Callista rushing forward is is unlikely that the monsters will be unaware they are being attacked.

Eodrien aims at the nearest hobgoblin, Hobgoblin 1 and fires her heavy crossbow. The bolt hits (9) an instant after Frank's arrow and throws the monster violently back against a boulder behind him killing him instantly! She then swings the weapon around behind her back, and unlimbers her waraxe as people around her start to jog forward..

Darian says, "If I cast now the surviving could wake them.", but Darian is not going to charge without everyone else, so he takes a pot shot at the leader of the Goblins also. He looks at Eodrien's stance and copies it and centers the crossbow on the Hobgoblin and knowing a little bit about ballistics, raises the angle of his light crossbow just a bit more than the heavy brother of Eodriens and takes a breath out like he's throwing the dart and fires. Darian's shot flies out...no where near the Hobgoblin, but as luck would have it hits Goblin 11 (3) and drops that unfortunate creature like a rock!

Magdal takes aim with her bow and let's loose an arrow shot at one of the archer hobgoblins, whichever one she recognizes as being the best shot. To her it looks like Hobgoblin 3 is the best shot so she aims at him. Her arrow arcs out, she watches the fletchings twirl as the arrow head penetrants the Hobgoblin's side (6) toppling him like an old worn out fencepost! He won't be rising from the ground again!

Callista moves forward towards the flank of the line of goblins, intending to hurl one of her javelins into their hobgoblin leader as soon as her target is in effective range. She also scans the area, hoping to find some effective cover for herself for after she lets the javelin fly. As she moves forward she sees Jameson and Des have the same idea and jog down and into the boulder field ahead of her. She hurls her javelin into the group of Goblins, hoping to hit the leader, missing him, but killing Goblin 5 (3) and then ducks down into the boulders behind her two comrades.

OOC: You folks got some wicked rolls of the dice, but you're just too good with these ranged weapons!

There are confused shouts from the Goblins and the surviving Hobgoblins all stand up and start scanning around to see who is attacking them. Hobgoblin 2 staggers back cursing as he is hit (3) by an energy bolt coming from one of the Halflings and the other Hobgoblins all duck as sling stones ping off rocks next to them!

The monsters have seen you, though, so your surprise is blown!

Jameson, Des and Callista are in the rocks about 30 feet from where the Goblins are grouped. Frank is out on the trail, without cover, aiming his bow at the Hobgoblins, waiting for one to pop up. Up on the top of the rise, Eodrien has dropped her crossbow and unslung her war axe preparing to charge forward. Darian and Kazan are just behind her and Valerian is to her left, all still 60 feet from the nearest enemy.

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End of Turn 1 --- What do you do now?

If Des is in range to charge and attack, he’ll target a goblin in the group. He’ll do so in a way that leaves then open for archers.

[bobk2323]

End of Turn 1 --- What do you do now?

Callista keeps her other javelin ready to throw as she remains in cover behind the rocks, and will throw it at the next goblin or hobgoblin within range that dares to make itself visible to her.

--
Bob K.

[Darithe]

Magdal can't suppress a shout of glee as the archer falls and takes aim at another. She wishes to remove the archer's threat before joining the others in combat.

[Eris]

Turn 2

Jameson, Des and Callista are in the rocks about 30 feet from where the Goblins are grouped.

Jameson continues to angle to the left trying to flank the Goblins, while Des charges forward directly toward the group of Goblins he can see hiding behind rocks just ahead! Goblin1 and Goblin2 turn toward Des and counter his attack with rusty swords! Goblin1's sword strikes Des (4) on his leg drawing blood through his armor and causing him to wince! Goblin2's sword is blocked by Des' armor, and then he strikes! The big ax crashes down on Goblin2 separating his sword arm from his body, blood gushes from the wound and the monster looks surprised as it falls to the ground.

Callista has her other javelin ready to throw as she remains in cover behind the rocks, and hurls it Goblin1 as a pair match up with Des. Her javelin flies past the Goblin, missing it and clattering as it hits a rock and drops to the ground!

Magdal's arrow flies past Hobgoblin4, missing the creature!

Frank is out on the trail, without cover, aiming his bow at the Hobgoblins, waiting for one to pop up, and sure enough one does, Hobgoblin4 pops up and fires at him, just as he shoots his arrow at it! Frank's arrow strikes the monster (5) and its arrow whizzes past Frank missing him. Frank now moves over to the side of the road where the Halflings are and ducks behind one of the boulders there.

Up on the top of the rise, Eodrien has dropped her crossbow and unslung her war axe preparing to charge forward. She runs forward down the trail getting most of the way to the first group of Goblins, but not in range to attack any with her war axe.

Darian carefully sets the light crossbow down on a large rock on the side of the road in plain sight and jogs ahead with Kazan following him. Stopping he waves his arms and murmurs arcane words under his breath...Sleep!... he can't be sure as they are among the rocks, but he thinks he sees two collapse to the ground in slumber.

Valerin aims carefully at one of the hobgoblins with a bow and fires, but his aim isn't so true this time and his arrow flies harmlessly over a Hobgoblin's head.

The Halflings also get in their attacks as the Wizard firing off those magical blasts drops a Goblin and one of the others casting stones from their slings hits another wounding it!

From the Hobgoblin group there comes a loud whistle! There are shouts and movement and then the Goblins and remaining Hobgoblins turn and run away from you deeper into the rocks toward a trail leading north! Des can attack Goblin1 as it tries to disengage. Jameson is still moving to flank the Goblins so he might have an attack as they stream past. The rest of you can chase after them, but it'll be hard to catch them!

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End of Turn 2

OOC: The rolls for ranged shots were more normal this round.

What do you do now?

[joertexas]

Turn 2

Up on the top of the rise, Eodrien has dropped her crossbow and unslung her war axe preparing to charge forward. She runs forward down the trail getting most of the way to the first group of Goblins, but not in range to attack any with her war axe.

The Halflings also get in their attacks as the Wizard firing off those magical blasts drops a Goblin and one of the others casting stones from their slings hits another wounding it!

From the Hobgoblin group there comes a loud whistle! There are shouts and movement and then the Goblins and remaining Hobgoblins turn and run away from you deeper into the rocks toward a trail leading north! Des can attack Goblin1 as it tries to disengage. Jameson is still moving to flank the Goblins so he might have an attack as they stream past. The rest of you can chase after them, but it'll be hard to catch them!End of Turn 2

What do you do now?

Eodrien has her crossbow on a cross-body sling, so she didn't drop it.

"We can't leave the caravan," Eodrien calls. "Those of you closest, go back to the wagons." She herself turns and starts back toward the wagons at a trot.

[bobk2323]

Eodrien has her crossbow on a cross-body sling, so she didn't drop it.

"We can't leave the caravan," Eodrien calls. "Those of you closest, go back to the wagons." She herself turns and starts back toward the wagons at a trot.

Callista looks over at Eodrien, seemingly dispassionate as almost always. "Okay." Her violet eyes slowly scan the scene around her for a few seconds before she adds, "Is there anybody hurt? Who isn't a nasty person?"

--
Bob K.

[joertexas]

Callista looks over at Eodrien, seemingly dispassionate as almost always. "Okay." Her violet eyes slowly scan the scene around her for a few seconds before she adds, "Is there anybody hurt? Who isn't a nasty person?"--
Bob K.

"Go and find out what happened," Eodrien says.

[terrymixon]

Turn 2

Jameson, Des and Callista are in the rocks about 30 feet from where the Goblins are grouped.

Jameson continues to angle to the left trying to flank the Goblins, while Des charges forward directly toward the group of Goblins he can see hiding behind rocks just ahead! Goblin1 and Goblin2 turn toward Des and counter his attack with rusty swords! Goblin1's sword strikes Des (4) on his leg drawing blood through his armor and causing him to wince! Goblin2's sword is blocked by Des' armor, and then he strikes! The big ax crashes down on Goblin2 separating his sword arm from his body, blood gushes from the wound and the monster looks surprised as it falls to the ground.

Callista has her other javelin ready to throw as she remains in cover behind the rocks, and hurls it Goblin1 as a pair match up with Des. Her javelin flies past the Goblin, missing it and clattering as it hits a rock and drops to the ground!

Magdal's arrow flies past Hobgoblin4, missing the creature!

Frank is out on the trail, without cover, aiming his bow at the Hobgoblins, waiting for one to pop up, and sure enough one does, Hobgoblin4 pops up and fires at him, just as he shoots his arrow at it! Frank's arrow strikes the monster (5) and its arrow whizzes past Frank missing him. Frank now moves over to the side of the road where the Halflings are and ducks behind one of the boulders there.

Up on the top of the rise, Eodrien has dropped her crossbow and unslung her war axe preparing to charge forward. She runs forward down the trail getting most of the way to the first group of Goblins, but not in range to attack any with her war axe.

Darian carefully sets the light crossbow down on a large rock on the side of the road in plain sight and jogs ahead with Kazan following him. Stopping he waves his arms and murmurs arcane words under his breath...Sleep!... he can't be sure as they are among the rocks, but he thinks he sees two collapse to the ground in slumber.

Valerin aims carefully at one of the hobgoblins with a bow and fires, but his aim isn't so true this time and his arrow flies harmlessly over a Hobgoblin's head.

The Halflings also get in their attacks as the Wizard firing off those magical blasts drops a Goblin and one of the others casting stones from their slings hits another wounding it!

From the Hobgoblin group there comes a loud whistle! There are shouts and movement and then the Goblins and remaining Hobgoblins turn and run away from you deeper into the rocks toward a trail leading north! Des can attack Goblin1 as it tries to disengage. Jameson is still moving to flank the Goblins so he might have an attack as they stream past. The rest of you can chase after them, but it'll be hard to catch them!

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End of Turn 2

OOC: The rolls for ranged shots were more normal this round.

What do you do now?

Des will give goblin 1 the axe.

[terrymixon]

Eodrien has her crossbow on a cross-body sling, so she didn't drop it.

"We can't leave the caravan," Eodrien calls. "Those of you closest, go back to the wagons." She herself turns and starts back toward the wagons at a trot.

Callista looks over at Eodrien, seemingly dispassionate as almost always. "Okay." Her violet eyes slowly scan the scene around her for a few seconds before she adds, "Is there anybody hurt? Who isn't a nasty person?"

--
Bob K.

Des waves.