Vanidur begins searching the small area for secret doors, leaving combat to the others for now.
Before the goblins can react, Katten looses an arrow, nailing the creature to the west; but the goblin doesn't go down! Dran moves to guard her if necessary. Her next shot takes it in the face, dropping it like a stone. Elden edges forward carefully, the cavern completely dark to him now that Vanidur has taken his light to investigate elsewhere. He passes Katten and takes up a defensive stance, relying on his training.
Nocturno rushes up to engafe Katten's opponent, only to find it already dead. Unable to reach the Minotaur's foe, he braces for any incoming creatures. Linar takes up a spot at the end of the hall, bow ready, but cannot swe any foes from his current angle.
Garroth steps forward to bite at the goblin to the east, but the creature is quicker! It swings a crude mace at the minotaur, barely missing him.
Suddenly, warcries can be heard from all around!
A second goblin rushes forward to attack the large bouvine Ranger, swinging at him with another mace. The blow goes wide, however. Snapping forward, Garroth catches his first assailant in massive, powerful jaws. He crunches down on the malnourished creature, nearly biting it in half! As the mangled body falls from his bloody muzzle, he stabs at the second goblin with a dagger in each hand. The agile monster dodges the first stab only to be skewered by the second right through the middle. The sheer force of the blow breaks his back in addition to the puncture wound.
Four more goblins pour forth from the passages north and south of his position! The first to step out from the north stops abruptly. Looking down it finds a sheaf arrow sprouted from its chest, courtesy of the Drow. It falls backward with a thid as the remaining three stab at the Minotaur with their shortswords and spear!
The first sinks his spear deep into the minotaur's side, causing more damage to his girth than it would even to a smaller creature; causing him to cry out in pain. The sword-weilding goblins have worse luck, only one managing to barely lay a scratch on the large Ranger.
More cries burst from the cavern, this time to the North and North west! IT'S A TRAP! A quartet of larger, sturdier looking goblins rushes south to engage the human and the elf!
Elden, ready for action, strikes out blindly as the first closes, catching nothing but air. Nocturno steps up as well and slashes at the creature, laying a savage wound along its chest. The goblin screams in anger, taking the hard blow but looking far the worse for it. He lashes out by stabbing the human in the side, adding to his injury from before.
The other three split off between Elden and Nocturno. The human manages to dodge the next attack, and the other two fail to bypass the elf's combination of armor, nimbleness and training.
A strange chanting noise begins from the north, and a crazed looking goblin appears! It wears a deer-skull head-dress covered in raven's feathers and a suit of all-bone splint mail! Various trinkets and fetishes hang off of him, rattling as he shakes his twisted oaken staff, capped by what could only be a halfling skull. He mumbles his magical chant in ever increasing volume, ending with a shriek as he points the staff towards the group!
Suddenly the world is plunged i to utter darkness, though the melee rages on. Elden attacks again, oblivious of and no more inconvenienced by the magical darkness as opposed to the natural. His second attack nesrly connects, brusing against the side of his foe's armor. Katten and Linar suddenly have no way to aim in the dark without seriously risking their allies.
[Actions R2?]
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Everyone except Vanidur is caught up in the magical darkness. [I'll post extra for Sol in his private thread]
The map shows the state of the room just
before the magical darkness fell.
Ausie, in the future Please put some description in the roll syntax for Unseen Servant. Otherwise it just looks like a bunch of d20s with no designation as to which is which. Also, you dagger weapon speed is 2, not 1. And the natural attack initiative modifier applies; which for large creatures is 6.
Nice hits, though. Garroth is
definitely a tank.
Elden was still hurt from his last fight. He's just 1 good hit away from a KO.
I use death's door rules: unconscious at 0 and dead at -10. Lose 1 hp/round.
Additiinal details are in the rules thread

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Init R1
Dran: (2+3 natl attk) = 5
Vanidur: (5): 5
Katten: (1+7 longbow) = 8
Elden: (7+3 natl attk) = 10
G31: (5+3 short sword +2*) = 10
G30: (3+7 mace) = 10
BG1: (7+3 ss) = 10 Hold
BG3: (7+3 ss) = 10 Hold
BG4: (3+7 mace) = 10 Hold
Sh: (6+4 spell) = 10 Hold
Linar: (4+7 longbow) = 11
Nocturno: (6+5 longsword) = 11
G33: (4+7 mace) = 11
Garroth: (8+6 Lg creature Natl attk) = 14
G36: (8+6 spear) = 14
G34: (9+6 spear) = 15
BG2: (8+7 mace) = 15 Hold
G32: (10+6 spear) = 16
G35: (10+6 spear) = 16
Init Elden, Katten, Linar, Van [1d10] = 7, [1d10] = 1, [1d10] = 4, [1d10] = 5
*Katten: (bow ready, opponent in sight w/in 20 ft, opponent doesn’t have missle wep. 1 Free shot before initiative. +2 to target init) From Complete fighter.
*Katten fires her Longbow (piercing vs hide armor +2) at G1 (goblin +4)
Thac0 18 vs AC 6 (+6): need 8 or higher
[1d20] = 15, Hit!
For [1d6] = 3 damage!
G31 is
Hurt Badly!
Dran moves up near Katten and holds.
Vanidur begins searching for secret passages (1/5 rounds)
Katten fires her Longbow at G1: need 8+
Katten vs G31 [1d20] = 11, [1d6] = 5: Hit!
For 5damage!
G31 Dies!
Elden Moves up into the darkness to cover Katten (blind fighting now)
G30 attacks Garroth (AC 6) with his mace:
G30 vs Garroth [1d20] = 13, [1d6] = 6
Miss! (Barely)
Linar moves into the hall 15' away and holds, waiting for a target.
Nocturno moves up to attack G31, but he is already dead. Nocturno holds.
G33 appears from the SE passage and attacks Garroth (AC 6) with his mace:
G33 vs Garroth [1d20] = 9, [1d6] = 5
Miss!
Garroth makes natural weapon and close combat checks [both pass]
Natl wep: free natl wep attk/round during this combat, +1 to natl wep dmg
Close combat: +2 to hit w/ natl weps, P or B type weps in cramped underground.
Garroth Bites (+2 close qtr ftg) at G30 (Piercing vs hide armor +2):
Thac0 17 vs AC 6 (+4): Need 7+
[1d20] = 10, hit! (Bite is 1d4+x not 1d6+x)
Garroth bite vs G30 [1d4+7] = 2+7 = 9: +1 natl weapon bonus
= 10 damage!
G30 Dies!
Garroth stabs with the dagger in his right (+2 close qtr ftg) at G33 (Piercing vs hide armor +2): Need 7+
[1d20] = 6, Miss, (barely)
Garroth stabs with the dagger in his left (-2 offhand, +2 close qtr ftg) at G33 (Piercing vs hide armor +2): Need 9+
[1d20] = 18, Hit!
For [1d4+7] = 4+7 = 11 damage.
G33 Dies!
G36 appears from the NE passage and moves to attack Garroth.
Nocturno and Elden ready but cannot reach opponent past Garroth
Linar ready. Linar fires a sheaf arrow from his Longbow (piercing vs hide armor +2) at G36
Thac0 19 vs AC 6 (+2): need 11+
Linar vs G36 [1d20] = 12, [1d8] = 2
Hit! For 2 damage!
G36 Dies!
G34 appears from the SE passage and attacks Garroth (AC 6) with his spear (1d8 vs Lg creatures):
G34 vs Garroth [1d20] = 15, [1d8] = 7
Hit! For 7 damage!
Garroth is
Hurt! [11/18]
G32 appears from the SE passage and attacks Garroth (AC 6) with his spear (1d8 vs Lg creatures):
G32 vs Garroth [1d20] = 11, [1d8] = 8
Miss!
G35 appears from the NE passage and attacks Garroth (AC 6) with his spear (1d8 vs Lg creatures):
G35 vs Garroth [1d20] = 18, [1d8] = 1
Hit! For 1 damage!
Garroth [10/18]
BG1-4 stop holding
BG1 appears from the NW passage and moves south to attack Elden!
Elden is ready!
Elden attacks BG1 with martial arts Thac0 18 vs AC 6 (-2 blind fighting) need 14+
Elden vs BG1 martial arts attk [1d20] = 6
Miss!
Nocturno is ready!
Nocturno slashes at BG1 with his longsword:
Thac0 18 vs AC 6. Need 12+
[1d20] = 15, Hit!
For [1d8+3] = 2+3 = 5
BG1 is
Hurt Critically!
BG1 stabs with his short sword (piercing vs Std Lea -1) at Elden (AC 6, blind fighting. No ac penalty for darkness in melee)
BG1 vs Elden [1d20] = 19, [1d6] = 2
Hit! For 2 damage!
Elden is
Hurt Badly! [4/10]
BG3 appears from an alcove to the N and moves south to attack Elden!
BG3 stabs with his short sword (piercing vs Std Lea -1) at Elden (AC 6)
BG3 vs Elden [1d20] = 2, [1d6] = 5
Miss, badly.
BG4 appears from an alcove to the N and moves south to attack Nocturno!
BG4 stabs with his spear (piercing vs Splint -1) at Nocturno (AC 1)
BG4 vs Nocturno [1d20] = 13, [1d6] = 6
Miss!
BG2 appears from the NW passage and moves south to attack Nocturno!
BG2 stabs with his spear (piercing vs Splint -1) at Nocturno (AC 1)
BG2 vs Nocturno [1d20] = 11, [1d6] = 1
Miss!
SH stops holding
SH appears from the NW passage and begins casting a spell!
Darkness falls on the entire melee! Nobody can see!
katten cannot use her final ranged attack in the darkness!
Elden (specialist 2nd attack) attacks BG1 with martial arts Thac0 18 vs AC 6 (-2 blind fighting) need 14+
Elden vs BG1 martial arts attk [1d20] = 12
Linar cannot use his final ranged attack in the darkness!