Chapter 3.5: The Temple of Merikka

Round three, completed.

Blood flecks Chase's lips as he struggles to breathe.
Chase succeeds his first death save!

Ember, every sense hyper-alert, lies still in the ground and plays dead. This seems to work; the goblins all seem focused on Aanbo.

Myrtha begins to daydream of the scar this wound will make, and while she imagines this, she slips closer to death.
Myrtha fails her first death save!

Special Investigator Eugenios blinks away the red spots in his vision.
Eugenios succeeds his second death save!

Ferranzo imagines the recriminations of everyone he's ever loved, berating him for his failure to save Lindun. Too late...too slow...too reckless...
Ferranzo fails his first death save.

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22 - Chase (0/17) Dying One success
22 - Ember (1/12)
20 - Myrtha (0/30) Dying One failure
18 - Eugenios (0/8) Mage armor, Cursed, Holding the Light shield, Dying Two successes
18 - Goblin B1 (Dead), Goblin B2 (Dead), Goblin B3 (-5)
16 - Aanbo (9/27)
12 - Goblin C1,Goblin C2, Goblin C3
7 - Ferranzo (0/8) Dying One failure
7 - Goblin A1 (Dead), Goblin A2 (Dead), Goblin A3

Round Four
(this is preceded by round three, followed by round five)



Chase succeeds at his death save.
Chase has two successes.

Ember rolls quietly to her feet and rushes Goblin C1 before does more than notice her. Using her Inspiration, she runs it through with her rapier.
Goblin C1 takes 11 damage and dies!

Myrtha succeeds at her death save.
Myrtha has one success, one fail.

Eugenios fails his death save.
Eugenios has two successes, one fail.

Beginning to be very worried, Goblin B3 drops its bow to hacks and slash with its sword at Aanbo. Try as it might, it cannot seem to hit the agile-but-very-injured monk.

Aanbo misses Goblin B3 with his staff, but with his no-look shadow boulder kick, he manages to connect with Goblin C2.
Goblin C2 takes 4 bludgeoning damage!

Goblin C2 tries to retaliate, cutting at the monk with its sword! But Aanbo is too fast, and the goblin's clumsy swipes miss again and again!

Not yet convinced that arrows are useless against the dwarf, goblin C3 looses another arrow at Aanbo. It misses by such a wide margin that Aanbo isn't even aware that he was targeted.

Ferranzo succeeds his death save.
Ferranzo has two successes, one failure.

Goblin A3 tries to slash Aanbo. Sweat-slick hands make the scimitar slide as it strikes the monk, resulting in no damage.

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22 - Chase (0/17) Dying Two successes
22 - Ember (1/12)
20 - Myrtha (0/30) Dying One success, One failure
18 - Eugenios (0/8) Mage armor, Cursed, Holding the Light shield, Dying Two successes, One failure
18 - Goblin B1 (Dead), Goblin B2 (Dead), Goblin B3 (-5)
16 - Aanbo (9/27)
12 - Goblin C1 (Dead), Goblin C2 (-4), Goblin C3
7 - Ferranzo (0/8) Dying Two successes, One failure
7 - Goblin A1 (Dead), Goblin A2 (Dead), Goblin A3

Round four, continued...

Chase succeeds at his death save.
Chase has two successes.

Ember rolls quietly to her feet and rushes Goblin C1 before does more than notice her. Using her Inspiration, she runs it through with her rapier.
Goblin C1 takes 11 damage and dies!

Myrtha succeeds at her death save.
Myrtha has one success, one fail.

Eugenios fails his death save.
Eugenios has two successes, one fail.

Goblin B3 missed Aanbo.

Aanbo misses Goblin B3 with his staff, but with his no-look shadow boulder kick, he manages to connect with Goblin C2.
Goblin C2 takes 4 bludgeoning damage!

Goblin C2 tries to retaliate, cutting at the monk with its sword!

Not yet convinced that arrows are useless against the dwarf, goblin C3 looses another arrow at Aanbo.

Ferranzo succeeds his death save.
Ferranzo has two successes, one failure.

Goblin A3 tries to slash Aanbo.

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22 - Chase (0/17) Dying Two successes
22 - Ember (1/12)
20 - Myrtha (0/30) Dying One success, One failure
18 - Eugenios (0/8) Mage armor, Cursed, Holding the Light shield, Dying Two successes, One failure
18 - Goblin B1 (Dead), Goblin B2 (Dead), Goblin B3 (-5)
16 - Aanbo (9/27)
12 - Goblin C1 (Dead), Goblin C2 (-4), Goblin C3
7 - Ferranzo (0/8) Dying Two successes, One failure
7 - Goblin A1 (Dead), Goblin A2 (Dead), Goblin A3

Round Five
(this is preceded by round four, followed by round six)

The light of the shield that Eugenios dropped shines enough into the room so that Ember can see not just her four companions dying but also the four goblins attacking Aanbo.



Chase chokes a little and inches closer to death.
Chase fails his death save.

Ember staggers up behind a goblin that is occupied with fighting the dwarf and runs it through.
Goblin C2 takes 15 piercing damage and dies.

The Valorous Maiden's breath evens out a bit more.
Myrtha succeeds her death save.

Eugenios dreams of days gone by.
Eugenios succeeds his death save and is no longer dying.

Slashing furiously, shrieking in outrage, Goblin B3 attacks Aanbo. More blood soaks the monk's robes as the scimitar cuts a diagonal slash across his back.
Aanbo takes 6 slashing damage!

Thrown off by the pain, Aanbo whistles his staff over the head of goblin A3, but kicks powerfully behind him, catching goblin B3.
Goblin B3 takes 6 bludgeoning damage.

Despite seeing the rogue slay his companion, goblin C3 remains focused on the enemy he's already attacked, and who has killed so many of its friends. Yanking out his sword, the monster slashes at Aanbo. Once again, the monk is too elusive, and the blade swipes through empty air, always just a hair too slow.

Ferranzo's groan turns into a sigh.
Ferranzo succeeds his death save and is no longer dying.

Goblin A3 aims carefully and hacks down at Aanbo when the monk's whirling staff leaves an opening.
Aanbo takes 6 slashing damage and falls, dying!
Goblin A3 moves over to Ember's side.

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22 - Chase (0/17) Dying Two successes, One failure
22 - Ember (1/12)
20 - Myrtha (0/30) Dying Two successes, One failure
18 - Eugenios (0/8) Mage armor, Cursed, Holding the Light shield, Stable Three successes, One failure
18 - Goblin B1 (Dead), Goblin B2 (Dead), Goblin B3 (-11)
16 - Aanbo (0/27) Dying
12 - Goblin C1 (Dead), Goblin C2 (Dead), Goblin C3
7 - Ferranzo (0/8) Stable Three successes, One failure
7 - Goblin A1 (Dead), Goblin A2 (Dead), Goblin A3