A Collection of Connoisseur

A pair of duende are pulled ashore out of the lazy yet still deadly current of the river. Quickly climbing up the river bank you make your way to cover quickly and you watch additional arrows, flaming and otherwise fall on the boat, the crew, and others that. stayed too close to the light of the burning boat. Staying as silent as possible you take stock. The arrows came from the same river bank you are on but the far bank would have been to far to make with all your gear so you took a calculated risk and made for this one. Will the attackers search the riverbank for survivors? Did you grab everything you needed? Did you remember to thank the otter for saving your life after trying to swim with a full pack? These are just a few things to think and act upon. The urgency and order is up to you while you still have breath in you.

The night is dark due to being partially overcast but the little moonlight, starlight, and firelight from the boat have revealed that the riverbank is lines by trees and shrubs higher up. You know from the captain of the boat that there had been problems with pirates but most of those had been cleared out by now. And this far down the river you should be past all of those anyhow. You were expecting to get to the expedition base tomorrow by noon so should not be to far up river from it. Again according the the riverboat captain the expedition is know to be having trouble with hobgoblins, orcs and some kobolds. Which if any of those three the attackers may be if they are not pirates you are not sure.

Still immediate personal safety seems to be the important thing to focus on right now. You are crouched at the base of a bush that has grown down below the high riverbank. You know a few others from the boat survived the initial arrow volley and hit the water as you did but after that you lost track of them so you are likely on your own. The obvious choices seem to be continue downriver on the clear riverbank, climb up the riverbank and into the bruch and thickets that line the river, or slip back into the river and swim down river, though the last will be hard with full packs on.

The boat you were all on was bound for Paphos, a recently discovered city lost during the Shattering, so you make you way towards it hoping you are on the correct side of the river. You scramble up the bank to the treeline and out of sight. As you enter the trees the scant light of the night sky is blocked by them making it difficult to see and navigate.
I need a couple of Test from everyone. Assuming you all help each other I will take any success as covering the entire group. So I need a test on navigation(finding the best path through the trees), stealth (in case the archers are close), and perception(to sense the archers,animals,etc). Remember some traits and heritage give you advantage (3d6) on select Tests but otherwise just roll a standard Test (2d6). You can roll all 3 if you like or just the ones your character might be good at but everyone should roll at least 1 test

As you make your way downriver you pause as Gus and Grin detect a troop of about half a dozen armored men making their way down to the river. Happy to bypass that particular encounter as it seems mostly likely they are related to the attackers. You find the riverbank occasionally crisscrossed by small paths likely from animals going to or from the river and skipping one take the next. This leads back away from the river but Oliver is easily able to ascertain your proximity to the river allowing you to roughly parallel it as you cross from one path to the next. Traveling most of the night you make your way several miles from where you first reach the riverbank.

Finding a sheltered grove about an hour from sunrise and make camp to settle down for some much needed rest. Arranging a rotation you take turns keeping watch allowing each to rest 4 hours so break camp about mid morning. The sun is bright and the air is crisp making you a bit chilled from you still damp clothes. Setting out again after a quick meal you make your way over and around the low rolling hills that shape the land to the west of the river. This comforts you as you recall that Paphos is on the west bank of the river and so you continue south and west.

Moving cautiously due to the events from last night you catch sight of ocasional patrols further inland over the grassy and lightly wooded hills. One such patrol makes its way closer to the river bank and look to be heading in your direction. Though you have not gotten a good look at the patrols they are similar to the armored figures you avoided last night.

If you take any actions that have chances of failure add a Test roll as well

The trees are thicker back towards the river and you move back that way while you look for a good concealed spot in which to hide as the patrol gets closer.
Roll perception to find a hiding spot. The better you are at finding one the harder it will be to spot you.

Grin spots a thicket next to a stream that has a small depression from seasonal run of that will allow all 3 of you to hide quite nicely.

With everyone set you all hide yourselves and await the hobgoblin patrol. Less than a minute later they can be seen walking down the path as predicted by the sprites. They move into the initial position and one of the sprites, assigned to Oliver signals he can activate his magic smoke. The sprites will wait for them to react but plan to fire before the hobgoblins leave the encircling archers firing zone.

You each strike one of the hobgoblins that seem somewhat surprised and are struck by another volley of arrows from the sprites. Staggering the hobgoblins swing wildly, all the while screaming in their own language. Oliver and Grin gasp themselves when they see that Gus now looks more like a short stone elemental with glowing eyes and oversized hands. The fey trickery masking your appearance. With but a single target visible two charge Gus, while Oliver and Grin each get a single hobgoblin chasing them down.

Grin and Gus each move to evade the hobgoblin attacks but gus both are hit, Gus with a sword and Grin form a bow that the hobgoblin carries.

Grin slinks off to fire from cover as Oliver continues his volley of small stones and Gus twirls his frying pan with deadly ease. The sprites continue their barrage as well and the hobgoblins realize they are in trouble. One snaps a command and three begin their own retreat while moving to avoid furfure attacks.
3 Hobgoblins : Move & Evade Actions
The last hobgoblin seems fixated and tries to fire on Grin but is having difficulty due to the cover and fey sleeping toxins.

One of the hobgoblins attempting to flee finally succumbs and falls to the ground and is abandoned by the others with one pulling ahead of the other who is having difficulty moving in a coordinated or coherent manner.