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[Kuildeous]

I'm cool with the diplomacy attempt, but we'll position ourselves for a fight.

[Jorbles]

Yep, me too. Whatever anyone wants to take the lead on really. Merik standing in the front will be neither charming nor imposing.

[shraeye]

[down for whatever]

[Gveoniz]

[Veonis can go in first whether we go with force or diplomacy. The bigger problem is that I just have no idea what to say. We can still try though, at most we would miss the surprise attack.]

[WinterSpartan]

Hroksull, with his ear still to the door, suddenly realizes that the arguing on the other side has stopped and the far room is (as best as he can tell through the stone) quiet.

[Kuildeous]

Unwilling to reveal their presence, Hroksull remains silent but draws his weapons, indicating that things have changed. He steps back from the doors and glances briefly at his companions.

[shraeye]

Derath warily follows Hroksull's lead...

[Gveoniz]

Veonis guesses that they might have been noticed. He also step back from the door. Then, pointing at the door, Veonis asks without speaking whether they should go in or stay. Veonis also tries to reminds others that he shall be the one who speaks, and not to show too much aggressiveness in front of them.

[Jorbles]

Merik draws his sword in one hand, and picks up a rock that looks like it might leave a dent in something in the other. He stands behind everyone else.

[Kuildeous]

Hroksull hefts both axes in his hands and then lowers them to avoid looking too threatening. He looks at Veonis and then cocks his head toward the door.

[shraeye]

Derath nods, letting Veonis take charge.

[Jorbles]

[Does the door open inwards or outwards? (Could I open the door while hiding behind it to move the plot forward?)]

[WinterSpartan]

[Does the door open inwards or outwards? (Could I open the door while hiding behind it to move the plot forward?)]

[Sure, that would work. Sorry; I could've done that myself, but I've been rather busy. I'll try to get a map/combat update tonight.]

[Jorbles]

Merik grabs the door and pulls it towards himself while hiding behind it. He reminds himself that discretion is often the better part of valour and all that, but still feels a little cowardly about the whole thing.

[WinterSpartan]

Merik flings the door open, and the party quickly takes in the scene. A hobgoblin, in robes and wielding a staff, stands near the door with arm outstretched - apparently about to open it himself. Behind him, and behind a table that seems to have been serving as the site for a primitive council of war, are three goblins, the center one bedecked with the charms of a priest and the other two stripped to the waist, wielding large axes, and in warpaint. One of these two upends the table, papers and all, into a corner, and calls out a shrill battle cry.

A quick glance around the room reveals a set of stairs behind the goblins, leading back up, and a set to the party's right (the goblins' left), leading still deeper into the blackness.

Initiative:
Hobgoblin Warcaster:

Rolled 1d20+5 : 12 + 5, total 17

Goblin Acolyte:

Rolled 1d20 : 17, total 17

Goblin Skullcleavers:

Rolled 1d20+3 : 18 + 3, total 21

Beleren:

Rolled 1d20+1 : 9 + 1, total 10

Derath:

Rolled 1d20 : 8, total 8

Hroksull:

Rolled 1d20+3 : 4 + 3, total 7

Merik:

Rolled 1d20+1 : 11 + 1, total 12

Veonis:

Rolled 1d20-1 : 8 - 1, total 7

Knowledge checks, on Hobgoblin Warcasters:
Beleren:

Rolled 1d20 : 14, total 14

Derath:

Rolled 1d20+4 : 8 + 4, total 12

Hroksull:

Rolled 1d20+9 : 4 + 9, total 13

Merik:

Rolled 1d20+3 : 9 + 3, total 12

Veonis:

Rolled 1d20+41 : 2 + 41, total 43

Goblin Acolytes:
Beleren:

Rolled 1d20 : 7, total 7

Derath:

Rolled 1d20+4 : 6 + 4, total 10

Hroksull:

Rolled 1d20+9 : 10 + 9, total 19

Merik:

Rolled 1d20+3 : 18 + 3, total 21

Veonis:

Rolled 1d20+41 : 14 + 41, total 55

And Goblin Skullcleavers:
Beleren:

Rolled 1d20 : 9, total 9

Derath:

Rolled 1d20+4 : 8 + 4, total 12

Hroksull:

Rolled 1d20+9 : 1 + 9, total 10

Merik:

Rolled 1d20+3 : 7 + 3, total 10

Veonis:

Rolled 1d20+41 : 18 + 41, total 59

[WinterSpartan]

Before the party can so much as speak, the skullcleavers charge at them, engaging Derath and Veonis (in that order):

Rolled 1d20+7 : 16 + 7, total 23

Rolled 1d10+5 : 8 + 5, total 13

Rolled 1d20+7 : 16 + 7, total 23

Rolled 1d10+5 : 9 + 5, total 14

The warcaster calls a spell to his lips, and sends a pulse of force leaping past the front line at Hroksull:

Rolled 1d20+5 : 10 + 5, total 15

vs. Fortitude

Rolled 2d6+4 : 3, 2 + 4, total 9

And the acolyte calls upon his dark god to bind Derath in place:

Rolled 1d20+5 : 10 + 5, total 15

vs. Fortitude

Rolled 1d6+5 : 2 + 5, total 7

[WinterSpartan]

[Veonis, your Virtue of Prescience (which neither of us has remembered before, I don't think) will work to block one of the casters' attacks on your friends. Hroksull would take 9 damage and be pushed 3 squares, while Derath would take 7 damage and be immobilized for a turn. Which would you prefer to prevent?]

The fierce attack of the goblins crashes into the party like a wave on a sandcastle...



Party's up.

[Jorbles]

[Wow +41 to all knowledge, Veonis must have babysat these hobgoblins or something? He knows their names, their parents, their hobbies, their favourite colour and the time in elementary school that they cried.]

[WinterSpartan]

[Lol, whoops. Obviously that should've been a +4.]

[Gveoniz]

I will block the attack for Horksull. (I can heal Derath later.)
[Can the goblins response to our speech before we do the rest of our turns? If not I think we should just abandon that approach.]

[WinterSpartan]

[You can speak, but if you wanted to try to convince them not to attack we're talking Standard Action-level Diplomacy/Intimidate checks. And dealing with a mage, a priest, and a couple of berserkers... your odds wouldn't be too good. Maybe better if you hadn't all flubbed the initiative rolls, but oops.]

[Gveoniz]

[Then we should just fight them, at least for the berserkers. I suppose the casters may be more likely to negotiates , especially after we take down the melee force. They are also more possible that they are the ones who argued.]

[Is the one in purple the Acolyte so that Derath can be healed? If he cannot bot be healed I would like to protect him instead.]

Minor: Majestic words on Derath. [Do Derath wants to be shifted by one square?]
Move: Draw the sword if I have not been holding them.
Standard: Guiding Strike on D8 goblin (reduce AC by 2 if it hits)
vs AC

Rolled 1d20+7 : 14 + 7, total 21

damage

Rolled 1d8+4 : 6 + 4, total 10

[Gveoniz]

Action point: Second Wind

[WinterSpartan]

[Is the one in purple the Acolyte so that Derath can be healed? If he cannot bot be healed I would like to protect him instead.]

[Yes, it is. Sorry for the lack of clarity.]

[WinterSpartan]

[Bump - all but Veonis are still up. Reminder that as of Friday I'll be gone until July 8 or later.]