and should we fail, we can retreat into the jungles and set up guerilla camps, win over the local population, and return en masse when the enemy expects it least. . . it may take ten years but Cuba Mebzuthishen will be ours!
Hey...wait a second -pulls mask off- Castro again?!
The party spends a day gathering all the city's horses and then speaking with citizens about joining the party. Most reply that they have a duty to remain present in the city, despite being bards, prophets, and other jobs; They're more than likely city officials in hiding, but still faithful.
At one point the party returns to the great central rampway that provides the ability to traverse levels when the cold hunter walks by
He walks by the party shouting out to a civilian someway behind all of you to identify yourselves, but seeing an opportunity like no other to destroy the tyrant in one swift stroke Burt's hand goes to his blade. Drawing all his focus into one strike he swiftly lashes out! The goblin had already turned invisible before the blade met his flesh, but it was too late for him to move as blade slashed across undead flesh and the sound of an invisible blade being drawn is heard before an overwhelming amount of horse neighing and screaming.
Combat Log:
Before the captain can even lash out against Burt he is overwhelmed hooves flying at him as the horses surge to protect their new owner. He dodges each blow as well as an arrow from Egem's bow. Burt attempts to pin the beast by stabbing him in the arm lodging the weapon firmly within and horses kick and bite at the goblin who dodges each attack. Horses charge at the goblin while others, in panic surge past Burt the bodies of both pushing the combatants further away from one another.
Galtran and Egem squeeze through the press of bodies to follow the goblin down to find a sickening scene as pools of horse blood already fill the stairwell as the captain stabs and cuts again and again. Egem fires at the invisible goblin again, but manages to dodge. Burt is the target of the invisibility spell and so the goblin is visible to all others!
Galtran charges forward
(Does he say anything?) and slams the pommel of his bejeweled and spiked blade into the right arm of the goblin. The goblin spins his knife in the air and slashes Galtran's finger from around his shield almost cutting it off completely and forcing Galtran to drop his shield!
Before the goblin can take advantage of his opponent's new vulnerability the few horses left roar in rage and attack the goblin who just barely dodges each blow and slashes in return only for Galtran to come behind and stab him straight through the chest rupturing a lung, but the goblin does not breath.
Galtran jumps out of the way of another blow
He stabs the Goblin straight through the back shattering the middle of his spine, and yet the goblin is held up by powers not of this earth!
The captain slashes at Galtran's arm attempting to take his other weapon out, but Galtran holds onto his blade despite the blood flowing down his arm!
More horses attack and the goblin brutally shoves a knife through one's skull killing it instantly.
Galtran and the goblin go into a stream of parrying one another's blows before Galtran lashes out in a wide arc spilling the foul reeking guts of the creature onto the floor!
The creature stumbles towards Egem, but the eagle man jumps aside while he loads his next shot at the beast.
The goblin catches Galtran's next blow on his blade before stabbing his disarmed left arm again.
Galtran punches the goblin in it's left ear crushing it into an unrecognizable mass of blood and flesh.
Both warriors eye each other for a moment
(What are they thinking?) before both slash one another's feet attempting to knock each other over.
Egem fires
(What does he declare?) and the arrow strikes true! The goblin's right arm takes the dwarven metal arrow and the bone is shattered completely!
Galtran and the goblin return to parrying for a few moments before Galtran slashes again at the lower body, perhaps in hopes of cleaving lower from upper?
The goblin attacks with renewed fervor and the two companions are forced into a series of dodging and jumping out of the way before Galtran slashes, AGAIN, at the lower body!
Parry, slash, parry, slash the rhythm continues as Galtran lines the goblin up for Egem's shot while simultaneously trying to make any of the creature's limbs useless in the battle!
A mere moment before Egem can fire his next shot the goblin somersaults out of Galtran's reach and during the spin slashes down taking Egem's left hand! his whip goes flying away with it as blood sprays across the already bload soaked room!
Galtran surges in slashing at the goblin's feet clearing severing nerves, but the monster still stands!
They parry one another again before Galtran slashes out the creature's right eye!
Horses continue to help and Burt has finally reached the room, but he can not see the cold hunter!
(What does he say or think?)Galtran viciously stabs the goblin's thigh, but it still will not fall to the ground as it tries in vain to stab through Galtran's gauntlet causing it's iron knife to break!
Egem fires an arrow and the captain desperately ducks to the ground to roll out of it's way and it is in this moment that Galtran cut's the monster's arm off and it goes flying away!
As Hal finally makes it into the fight with his scimitar the goblin punches Galtran in the head sending him reeling.
The creature dodges Hal again and again before grabbing his foot and taking him down to the ground!
Hal still stabs viciously despite being dazed, but the creature grabs onto his breastplate perhaps intending to tear it off the kiwi man?
Galtran slashes again taking the monster's OTHER arm!
In response it grabs Hal's left foot with it's own leg. It twists and twists in a flash until Hal's foot explodes into gore from the supernatural weight. Hal attempts to slash the constricting leg severing many nerves, but the beast does not let go. The two are left on the ground in a grapple as the goblin strikes at Hal only to meet his shield. Hal bites the goblin int he head with his beak!
Galtran attempts to hack away at the goblin's titanic legs
The goblin kicks Hal's left shoulder so hard that it explodes into gore causing the kiwi to drop his blade. The kiwi strikes the monster's foot with his shield crying defiantly!
Finally, Galtran's blade descends and the head of the goblin goes flying. Dead, finally. Hopefully.
The stairwell is covered in pools of blood, severed limbs, and dead horses. Hal is not in danger of death, but you must wait and see how he shall recover.
The party is attempting to staunch the blood flow from Egem's severed hand, but he is very pale and you will have to see if he makes it through the night.
You have a strange moment before you. The moment of fate that decides the course of history and even though the room is not silent it feels as if it is. As if the world around you waits with bated breath for your next decision.
Before you lies the dead goblin who singlehandedly ruled this entire city, perhaps the only city on this whole continent that still functioned somewhat normally.
Would you take the city for yourself? All of it's wealth and power could be yours for the taking quite easily. All it takes is a declaration before someone else makes it. Technically, this also keeps your word to the Union too; as the Silver of Staves would be utterly foolish to declare war on the humans with a potential enemy city on the opposite side of their territory. Shall you take the greatest city for yourself in this very moment? All it takes is, but one party member to claim it for themselves.
OOC:
Sorry Burt drew the short end of the stick there on the invisibility spell. Hal is also the slowest member of the party by A LOT so these super speed battles always take him forever to get into.
Fortunately, Egem can fire a bow one handed so that is nice lol. Shout out to him for literally having a missing hand and suffering near lethal blood loss and STILL shooting the enemy
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