Act 1, Scene 1: "Through the Undergrowth" (Main Game Thread)

[Chris1234]

"Garoth, remember our talk about watching rack others' backs? Need your help in that, please. If this wise elf keeps talking, please punch him," requests Linar makin a lot less noise than the other elf.

[ausie]

Garroth whispers back to Van.. "Remember when those other wizards thought to haze me and ten of them tried to beat me up with staves and fists and I punched them all in the mouth... Snapped teeth, broken jaws, Yeah? Well remember it was really quiet for days in classes afterwards... Just try to emulate that silence before I have to punch anyone in the mouth..."

Garroth slips his left hand into an oversized knuckleduster... and flexes... then continues... raising an oversize bovine eyebrow back at Linar?

[TristenC]

Coaching the others to quiet, Linar and Katten lead the way deeper inside. The members to the rear of the group realize that there is no sign of the dwarf... perhaps something happened to him above... Elden has to rely on the help of others to even navigate the short tunnel. While he has some skill fighting without sight, it will be impossible to determine friend from foe in the dark until he is within melee range... Garroth approaches the narrower corridor and has to sink down to his hands and knees to even progress; his broad shoulders scraping either side of the wall... if it narrows much farther, he may not be able to continue at all...

Linar and Katten follow a short straight-away to find the corridor widens. The chamber opens up to either side, and the roof rises to a height of at least 8 feet. Several passages branch from the small chamber; one north, one west, and a pair nearby to the south which may be connected. Unfortunately the room is populated by a group of 5 goblin guards, four of which are watching vigilantly. The fifth is sleeping soundly next to a large metal pot hanging from a tripod... perhaps some form of crude alarm... With the noisier members of the group behind and around a couple of corners Linar and Katten seem to have approached unnoticed.

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[In passages 1 square wide, a large creature (like Garroth) will have movement divided by 3 and lose dex bonus to AC in combat.]

Dran and Elden cannot see in the lightless cavern.

The black dot is the cookpot 'alarm'
The goblin with the blue circle around is asleep.

[ausie]

Once the message is given to advance, he will whisper to Van... "Stay behind me, and don't say a damn thing..." then Advance silently on his hands and feet until the roof is high enough to stand.

As soon as The flint is about to strike the arrow, he will switch to normal vision...

[Jenara]

"Get others." Katten Whispers, "We drop lit arrow on sleeping one, it bind others using night vision. He burn, we fight." She winks she held herself in check, her and Dran, the Wolf nearly lets out a little whimper. "No one attacks till arrow hits. All change to normal vision, or you blind too." Speaking once again in broken common she smiles wickedly in the darkness, her oversized canines totally exposed.

[Rivi]

elden flexes his hands in balled fists ready to test his skills on the goblin foe he had wanted to punish so

[Chris1234]

As she moves past him to get the others, Linar whispers in her ear, "Got a Colour Spray." And if he thinks he can gain elven surprise he will advance and take a goblin out, preferably with a sneak attack.
{OOC: Which ones have backs turned, even if just through strolling around? Ideally it's the nearest one to the gong that's up and moving. Then try to prevent any of them ringing the gong.}

[Nocturno]

If he is told the plan, he will whisper back: "Once the arrows are in, I will get into their ranks."

[ausie]

"Ready..." Garroth whispers when in place... He will prepare to charge.... Though he believes that they should be able to account for five gobs withougbresorting to melee.

[Sol Mazer]

In a whisper, understanding the dilemma and danger, "I could keep the light going... really dazzle them... Help our less visioned folk as well."

[ausie]

Garroth will grab hold of Van's forearm and applying a little pressure "shh" him in a whisper ..

[Sol Mazer]

Nods...

[Jenara]

"Do it" Katten comments to Van, "When I fire, make it light." She lets loose an arrow as soon as he is ready, followed by another both aimed at the sleeping guard.

Long Bow (Thaco 18) [1d20] = 2 dmg [1d6] = 1 Hit like AC 12..

Long Bow (Thaco 18) [1d20] = 19 dmg [1d6] = 4 Hit AC - 5 for 4 damage.

[TristenC]

[Chris: they're all stationary with their backs leaned on walls. This group is actually fairly alert for goblins]

The rest of the group creep up to the final bend in the tunnel, as far as they safely can without causing more noise than those ahead.

With the goblins alert and facing the entrance, Linar shields Katten's work as she strikes the fuses on a pair of flare arrows. She keeps her eyes averted as she does so to prevent the flash from temporarily blinding her. Standing she fires the first quickly, but it crashes into the limestone wall, narrowly avoiding the alarm gong! The second arrow takes the sleeping goblin square in the chest, and it wakes with a loud shout of pain and surprise! The flare goes off, illuminating the chamber and causing the other goblins to turn in surprise, blinking as they shield their eyes from the abrupt light.

[Actions for the surprise round?]
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The red circle indicates the goblin is on fire (1d4 dmg/ round for 2 more rounds) and the red shading over the goblin indicates he is Bloodied ("Hurt Badly" or worse).

There are notes on Obvious Damage terms in the Rules thread, as welll as my house-rules for firing into melee. Thought I should mention that since we have a lot of archers.

Katten fires her Longbow (piercing attack vs hide armor +2) at G1 (goblin +4)
Thac0 18 vs AC 6 (+6): need 8 or higher
[1d20] = 2, miss!
The flare arrow breaks releasing powder which ([1d100] = 74) does not ignite!

Katten fires her Longbow at G1 again: need 8
[1d20] = 19
[1d6] = 4 dmg! G1 is Hurt Badly!
The flare arrow breaks releasing powder which ([1d100] = 28) does ignite!
The burning flare does [1d4] = 1 damage!
G1 is Hurt Critically!

The room is illuminated abruptly!
The Goblins get -2 penalty to attacks for the surprise round.

[ausie]

Not wanting to miss the fun, and not particularly wanting to charge before a hail of arrows, Garroth moves to where he can fire his own bow on the closest unwounded goblin...

[1d20] = 13 Hits Ac: 7

[1d20] = 10 Hits Ac: 10. (Miss I assume..)

Damage: [1d8] = 6