Paphos Plaza Remnant

This used to be the a area used for an open air market twice a week and was used for parades and other large gatherings when Paphos still stood. The buildings are all single story brick constructions with heavy wooden doors and small but high open air with bars windows. All the roofs often have easy access to the rooftops that have a slight dome like curve and the walls extend 2 feet above this. This allows the rooftops to act as view stands.

Date&Time(Alpha): 30@13:30

Opening the door reveals what you all heard through the windows. A crowded plaza with a variety of races though almost all look to be warriors. Packs of goblins patrol the area, small packs of kobols with sorcerous and heavily armored leaders, hobgoblin squads, a couple lizardmen groups, and even a couple bugbears and an ogre. The building you exited from is in the middle of the plaza. Scattered throughout the area are a variety of stalls. Most are selling foods through a few have exotic weapons and armor or miscellaneous goods from jewelry to lumps of stone or silken cloth.

Though sparse there are a couple humans but your group seems to attract attention as you stand apart from the "usual" creatures that walk these streets. Kaarik's acting gets a few sniggers from swaggering bugbears that pass you. Most worrying of all are the two gates you see to the east and south manned by goblins and the goblins patrolling the area. They seem to be looking you over.

While acting curiosity, Arc asked the goblins of the first stall So.. what enchantment do the sling stones have?

After hearing Geis, instead of turning south in that point, he leads to the north 4 squares. And waits for Geis comment.

Oh, those magically never run out and make flash and bang when they strike something. Not enough to do much to the target but useful none the same. The color and sound vary depending on what is struck. Very useful in knowing if you hit your target or something else. Also good for finding wall and other things in the dark.

Moving north you pass a building that has guards around it and the roof has be set as a stage of some sort. As you move through the crowd you catch a bit of chatter.

As you move north then stop you hear Geis again Um... closer but not there yet? maybe east a bit? Move around and I will let you know

There were cloak in the kobold stall if you wish to purchase those. The are designed to entirely cover smaller creatures but will still cover most of everyone else except Ark with his wings. The Camouflage Cloaks are a mottled grey with strips of dull green and orange on one side and purple and dark green on the other tied in what looks like haphazard ways. Up close they stand out but in the wilds they might actually help. The vendor is selling them for 5 silver a piece.

As you move you Skeeve looks as some of the other stalls

Goblin Supplies: Miscellaneous Goods
General Goods: Adventuring Gear (Rope, Torches, Rations), Basic Tools (Hammers, Tongs, Pliers), Goblin Brew (Alcoholic Beverage), Dried Meat and Fruit, Water Flasks

Kobold Treasures: Miscellaneous Goods
Valuables: Small Gems and Precious Stones, Gold and Silver Coins, Decorative Items (Goblets, Rings, Bracelets), Collectibles (Rare Feathers, Shells, Fossils), Ancient Relics (Dating Back to Pre-Breaking Era)

The cloaks fit well enough as do the helms, though they are a bit stale smelling. Goblin soap and oils are not known for their over attractiveness to other races but these items are neutral enough you are not gagging. Throwing them on as you wander on you begin to blend in better with the crowd.

The goblins are the most chatty of the groups but the comment about the big boss came from a passing orc.

You have noticed that many of the other patrons of stakes you passed would not take the first asking price and instead negotiate a lower price.

Servitor has multiple tiny diamonds each worth 25 GP for a total of 300 GP. He has limited stores of wealthe and deamed that few others besides himself would recongnize the value of what he sought. And should they then he doubted they would sell for what he could afford.

Most of the items radiate magic though most only faintly. The scroll case is absolutely dead to magic. The goblin seems a bit nervous when he sees you casting magic over his items but did not object

All items poses a bit of magical energy or at least react to it, like reflecting light from the sun. The scroll case is more like a pitch black pit. If you were not looking at it with your eyes physically your would not think it existed based on your magical senses.

Geis has found this place interesting but Servitor is prompting a quick return to Dean. With your primary objective completed you wander around to not draw too much attention. Heading back immediately or do you want to do something else first?

As you wander around, heading back to the room you arrived in you pass the platform/stage with its guards. The area around it stays mostly clear due to the rather surly disposition of the guards that are in full armor with helm so it is impossible to determine their race, save they are humanoid. As you meander you catch another snippet of gossip.
Piecing together things you have heard and filling in a few gap you gather there will be an auction some time soon. But you get the impression it will not be today but within the next several days. The invitations are likely for those deemed strong enough to bid on it, and their forces. The Expedition might want to learn more about this.

Upon arriving back at the building you arrived from you are a bit put out when you see a trail of smoke drifting out from one of the windows and several goblins loitering around the front of the door.

Continuing to meander you circle around and from what you can tell the goblins are simply cooking a meal and relaxing in the shade of the building. when you get to close in you examinations a couple of the ones outside give you glares and tell you to "go delve yourselves elsewhere"

Based on what you have seen of the other Remnanats you have wander more than half of this one but must be in the intterior. You know there are gates on the outside, guarded by the goblins, but will have to leave the plaza to reach them. Which side of the Remnant do you want to go to for an exit?

Wandering around you check out all the gates and they all have guards, but only 3 are standing open.
The walls are made of stone about 3 feet thick.

The buildings of the Remnants are built of brick and are about 1' thick.

Though not crowded the are does have many others loitering, selling, and strolling around. As with most goblin groups, other thatn the guards, the ones in the building are under the eye of a bunch of kobolds. The two groups have a bad history in the area and both seem to be holding the grudge. However though the kobold groups is able to see and is watching the goblings they are over 100 feet away.

There are other groups and the closest is a trio of lizardmen hanging out by a door to the SW of the building with the matrix Node.

The area has ebb and flows of traffic by various factions, races, and individuals, that move through and around the stalls that are scattered around the plaza. As you plan all this you hear a loud noise behind you and to the north. A quick glance indicates what looks to be a bar with some kind of comotion inside.

Arc wanders off by himself till he is on the eastern side of the building in question and waits for a signal from the rest of the group that they are ready.

Lets get a basic test from Arc for performance/deception to see how well he is at getting everyone's attention. Then the "attack" from Skeeve. Feel free to add basic situational details based on existing content with minor additions. Let me know if there are any other preparations or adjustments to the above plan.

The rock rises slightly behind one of the lizardmen then flies through the air going right where Skeeve aimed it. The force of the unanticipated attack knocks the goblin off its feet. The startled warborn scrambles back to his feet to look back where the rock flew to see the lizardmen pointing and laughing to each other.


The felled goblin looks angrily at the lizardmen and start muttering back and forth with each other as one slips inside.


The lizardmen settle back and his back and forth with each other, seeming unconcerned.

After a couple moments more goblins come outside, glaring at the lizard men, and glance at one of the passing goblin patrols. The gathered goblins mutter to each other with the one struck being the most agitated.

You move in but the goblins aren't rushing to attack the lizard men. You hear the goblins grumbling and overhead over say If we get caught the boss will skin is alive. We can't just go rushing at them in bread daylight.

Just Wait till they leave the plaza, then we can get them..

You can tell from their tone and reactions that though they are mad at the lizard men they all are more frightened of the "boss". The goblins are all on edge now but are too afraid to act out where they can get caught.

Through the buildings open windows you hear the goblins inside finishing up their cooking. Several minutes pass and they goblins get called to go back on duty and leave but from the sounds of it the building will but teaming vacant for long. You quickly slip around the building and inside the room.

The room is much as before, littered with scraps save the for pits hand fresh soot and embers. Moving to the Node Skeeve contacts Dean and after conferring a moment you all move to the Node and are pulled through to the little basement home of the Construct.

Date&Time(Alpha): 30@14:15

Date&Time(Alpha): 35@9:30

Walking up to the guarded gates you are looked over by the guards, who do not look familiar and do not react to the pary other than to relax more after verifying your invitation.

Stepping inside the remnant you look around and see it is a bit more crouded than before.

There are 8 gates, 2 per side, but the goblins insist that only 1 on each wall be used for entry and another for exit. They do this to prevent groups meeting right outside where they may cause problems. The area is much busier though you note that most of the shops have consolidated or closed up. There are still merchants but they now form isolated areas by the faction they are with, kobold, goblin, hobgoblin, orc. Besides these you also see more lizardmen, a few ogre, and even a couple trolls, though those are given a wide berth by most of the others.

Some of those simply seem to be loitering about, much as you are doing, while others move with purpose, and some act as if in town or at market, chatting and joking around. There are several bars, a few building seem to be staked claims by factions. Goblins continue to loiter around the building holding the civic node. The stage is still guarded by dark armored humanoids.



Give me some tests for either eavesdropping or chatting up some of those you meet.

Skeeve would like to check out the kobold and goblin wares, to see what they have.

He will also want to move past goblins groups in particular to see if he can pick up anything through eavesdropping. He will also try to see if anything can be heard by the little building with the city node in it. This, of course, is all depending on what everyone else wants to do, too. Finally, while keeping a bit of distance, he will want to see what species the dark armored humaniods are. (Orcs?)

Some rolls below. I am assuming Advantage due to Perceptive and Charismatic, depending on the specific roll. I assume Focus for the eavesdropping and identification; no focus on the chatting as that has to be "in the moment".

Rolls
Chat up the goblin merchants DC: 5 - Adv - (3d6) = (223)
Chat up the kobold merchants DC: 5 - Adv - (3d6) = (555)
Eavesdrop on the city node hut DC: 4 - Adv - (3d6) = (512)
Identify the dark armored humanoids DC: 4 - Adv - (3d6) = (532)

The good look to be much the same as before and as you chat with the goblins you only learn that they are much less arrogant and more nervous than last time. The Kobold however are more excited and you notice that while not working directly with the lizardmen there are several large groups of the larger humanoid reptiles loitering around the kobold shops. From the kobold you learn that they are expecting several factions boss's to show up and are looking forward to tomorrows events, being supremely confident of their dragon overlord's protection.Moving to the small building that seems to always hold a goblin enclave. Though you manage to get closer before being chased off by the simple method of a mass of goblins moving in to press on you till you back off. All you are able to overhear are a few bit of the group grumbling about the black guards and that they will be glad when the contract is up.

As for the figures in black armor you are uncertain. The full body armor is obviously well made and fully conceals the people within. Best guess is that they are human or hobgoblin but it could be another race.

You catch a few more tidbits of idle chatter and gossip but nothing revealing

"More ogres on the street, since the giants took over the castle."

"The plaza's temple to Bane is recruiting for Mace again. Grishnak won't be happy."

You move slowly as you talk, getting a rough map of the area. The kobolds are hold up in the SE corner and the lizardmen are in the southern area. The SW seems to be a point of contention. The western block is a mix of bars and private shops and has a mix of clientele. To the NW are the Orcs while the NE is the Hobgoblins with the northern block having a mix of both with some human and ogre as well. The east and smaller interior buildings are full of goblins. There is one that is guarded by the black armored men, looking to be the same as those that guard the auction platform, and no one goes into our out of it this building.

The firestarter amulet will ignite any combustable material you touch no matter its state. But all it guarentees is a small flame.
Potions of invisibility cost 250 GP
Bag of tricks produces random magical single use items (think minor variant of wand of wonder ~ random spell touched level of effects)
All in the world have a vague sence of magic, and any with mystic abilities have this heightened. The ancient relics are more along the lines of archeological finds or scams

Potions of invisibility are drunk as an action and make the drinker and their clothing and items invisible from all nonmagical sight and many lesser magical forms of vision. The effects last up to 10 minutes or until you attack anything or are damage by another creature or magic.

The bag of tricks is 500 GP

You move to the western district where you avoid "The Pit" as the closest to the plaza but also the roudiest establishment, deciding you can visit it later if you wish. Just behind the pit you find a smaller building that is more of a tavern focusing on food as much as drink. Taking a table you order a meal and drink -1 silver each. The clientll has a mix of hobgoblin, orc, a couple humans, duende, dwarf, changeling, and fungoids. You noticed a few of these other races out in the plaza but the are few and far between.

As you eat you overhear a variety of conversations but many are muted but soft speaking and the crowds. The orcs are the loudes and tend to sound boastful and domineering. The most discernabl point is their repeated declarations about their "boss" though others refer to him as the "Dark Lord". A few other snippets you overhear shed some light on the other races in the plaza. It seems the "boss" has been recruiting, similar to the expedition" but with much lower standards and drawing less reputabe individuals and grouops. While there is not clear focus on what the recruitment is for it seems similar to the expediton in that they are searching the regin and securing items and information. They are aware of the expedition but seem to look down on them as weak and out of the know. There is also mention of the Tower but these seen to be more of anoyance for some reason.

The orcs do indeed seem to be heavy drinkers though none are fully innebreated. There are currently only 2 groups of orcs, a trio at a table by the window and a quartet closer to the bar and kitchens.

This tavern is calmer but you overhear that the pit, the bar close to the plaza, is much livelier and has organized pit fights, gambling, and much more. If you want a rougher and more interactive crowd the pit is the place to be. if you want to eavesdrop or interact give me a test roll and basic outline of action/intent

The pit fights are all pay to play and a purse of 5 gold is gathered frrom the team for enty to the fight Aizashi does fairly well against his first opponent, a snarling orc who scoffs at the weaponless beastkin. That is untill his weapon is dodged and a pair of clenched paws driven into his sides knocks the air from him. Now taking it more serious but hampered by its early overconfidece the pair circle each other cautiously while the others mingle with the crowd.

Arc is able to find a spot at the bar and casually watches the fight as he listens in to the other patrons. Between sips of ale and shouting encouragement to Aizashi he is able to get into snippets of conversation with a pair of nearby hoboblins who's friend just lost to the orc. He learns that the orgs ar moving into the hobgoblin teritory to the NE and have taken over one of the remnants there.

Kaarik, unfortunately, finds mingling with the tough crowd problematics and after being stared away by several groups drifts back to Skeeve and Arc.

Skeeve is the least conspicious of the trio and manages to find a spot near the pit and gets a bit of food and drink as he cheers on his friend in the pit. he is able to gleen from the mutted conversations he overhears between the shouts of the croud that tensious between the factions is rising and were it not for the iminent arrival of the "BOSS" the dominance of the orc/hobgoblin aliance would have shattered and resuled in an open 3 way conflict between them and the kobolds and lizardmen. The aution is anticipated to have several decent magic items, most will cost in the thousands of gold and is reputed to have an artifact of power that has drawn the attntion of the Boss.

The pit is a large structure with an above average ceiling hight supported by arcing beams. Multiple tables, benches, crates, and a wide variety of assorted objects used as furniture. The "bar" is along the west side of the room and is quickly turning into a small fortress where all the employees are beating of anything that gets within their weapon reach.

The open area used for the fights, towards the middle of the room where the party save Arc now stand, has been flooded by the crowd. However the gang of toughs that seem to be have been running the fights are now wading through the area laughing and roaring as they smash heads, stab random passersby, and acting like nothing more than berserkers out having a bloody good time.

Arc has completely lost sight of the orc through the thick throng of the crowd as he is now at the south and the orc went to the north. Climbing to his feet he readies his bow only to realize it is not a great weapon of choice for close opponents at this time as most targets are moving and being moves by shoves, weapon strikes, and the occasional spell. However his shout gets a returning roar over the crowd, many of whom cheer and shove Arc or open a path for him to return to the middle of the room.

Aizashi tries to shove his way through the crowd , only to wind up getting shoved back and is quickly caught up in a face off with the offended lizardman who lunges at the beastkin Monk with jaws agape.

Kaarik looses his bow at Aizashi's lizardman opponent, which is cought off guard and distracted by the arrow. Slipping through the crowd he then sends a lit arrow into the north wall. The brick walls offer no good targets so instead he selects a wooden beam that spans the roof of that side of the structure.

Skeeve somehow ends up the brunt of two random attacks, getting slammed from both sides 2 damage.

Meanwhile Arc heads back to the others, after quickly deciding flight is not a good idea due to the number of projectiles flying overhead, only to get shoved into a quivering man who screams as he falls to the ground. A vile smell instantly erupts and the man scrambles back into the crowd as an expanding mist of mixed hues rises from a puddle where the man fell. As the puddle spreads any who touch the fluids scream and jump away creating a small but expanding opening in the crown that none dare enter.

The large single story building looks more like a warehouse converted into a massive tavern hall. Made it brick, as all buildings seen to be, it has a 12' ceiling with stout wooden beams going east west. The room is littered with patrons, combatants, and furniture but not packed right. While not all are fighting even those that are not fighting are ready to fend off any that get too near, making movement hazardous. Arc is about 30' to the south from the rest of the party. The puddle is currently about 10 in diameter and spreading.

The main flights are centered around the former arena, just to the north of the party. While the trouble making orc was thrown to the far north wall his bodies are still nearby and give you occasional glares and shift closer as opportunity permits through the chaos.

Aizashi, Kaarik, and Skeeve gather together, there are many such groups throughout the room and fend off any who get too close as they make to either leave the place or hunker down and wait for things to die down. As this thought runs through your minds you notice that not everyone involved is settling for a punch or poke here and there as several bodies already itter the floor.

The pts have only a single door in the NW corner. All the windows, like all the buildings of the city are near the ceiling , long, narrow, and do not open, though these are larger they also have heavy metal frames between the glass panes. The entire building is made of stone and bricc save the heavy wooden beams, spanning east to west, that help support the ceiling over the large room. The strange pool that formed when the man fell to the ground is about 10' across and is steadily disolving anything that touches it. The vapors that rise from it smell foul but do not affect Arc otherwise.

A bard by the bar tries to calm everyone with a spell, but it backfires and creates strobing lights that spit sparks, adding to the confusion.

In the commotion, someone is thrown into Arc. Save to avoid falling in the pool and taking 1 damage

Arc manages to take flight and leap across the puddle. After a bit of maneuvering he makes it back to the others

There are about 150 people in the room but many are clustering along the walls leaving the middle to the more "eager" individuals and groups. Between you and the door you see 2 major groups, the pit boss pack stand in the middle roaring challenges to one and all while the antagonistic orc and his cronies loiter near the door shoving any who try to leave back into the middle of the room.

There are 4 in pit boss group but 2 look very tough, including the one that talked with Aizashi, another larger individual you guess to be an ogre that has no difficulty handling any opponent he faces and is the obvious leader of the crew, and the last is a shorter cloaked figure that does not get involved in the fight. The orc by the door has 6 companion and all bluster and glower at any nearby. There are only 3 or 4 bodies on the ground. Two are obviously dead while the others are uncertain.

As you discuss your plans the door bursts open, shoveing the orc and his cronies furthr into the room. A sqad of goblin guards dill the doorway, shouting for everyone to stand down. The spearmen move to start arresting anyone still fighting while several mages and heavily armored goblin sergents take on anyone resisting. The unexpected arival of the gobins stirs up the taveern thugs and all the ones who had been avoiding combat rush the door, deciding to join the brawl, swinging at anyone nearby and escalating the chaos. You are caught up in the mad rush, with several oportunistic attacks thrown your way but thankfully with no ill effect, and can either fight against the crush towards the door or go with the flow.

Random attacks : 1=Kaarik 2=Aizashi 3= Arc 4=Skeeve

Random attacks : 1=Kaarik 2=Aizashi 3= Arc 4=Skeeve

You head towards the exit when Skeeve is struck by a wave of force magic hurled by one of the goblin sorcerers as he leads the others. Fortunately the goblin mage is not highly skilled and he manages to deflect the energies but several other nearby combatants are thrown back. On the plus side this clears the area around you of other random combatants. On the down side it resolves the chaos near the door to only the pit boss crew, the surly orc, the goblin guards and your party.

One of the pit boss crew, a large surrly bugbear roars out in anger at the orc crew. I don't care if the boss is an orc. You think you can throw your weight around here after getting tossed out by his new guards the giants? and launches himself at the orcs and soon the two crews are fully embroiled in a no hold bar battle royal leaving only the goblin guard with their bosses and mage as an obstacle to your exit that way. They block the door and you can not get out of the room without moving or killing them.

Kaarik, who stands near the back of the party notices the are near the bar is becoming depopulated and a quick survey reveals that most of the bar employees have vanished and he catches a glimpse of several sly looking goblins slip behind the bar and disappear leaving the bar abandoned.

3 pit boss (1 troll, 1 bugbear, 1 ogre) / 4 Orc / Goblins : 2 boss, 2 mage, 6 basic

Bassic goblins are weak and usually have 1-2 HP, mages would have 1-3 HP, a boss will have 4-6 hp. But they all have the standard Duende evasion skill and both boss have shields

The group quickly shifts targets towards the bar. As you do some of the lanterns suspended from the ceiling beams collapse to the ground, their ropes having been burned thorugh. The crash and subsequent eruption of flames as the oil from the fallen lamps ignites from the skoking rope draw much unwanted attention to your area as you dive behind the bar. The area is vacant of any employees or goblins and yousearch for th door and release mechanism.

Each PC can test once to locate the trap door and/or release mechanism. As soon as someone succeeds you can all pass through the door and close it behind you. Each PC should also roll 1d20 for random events as the bar room brwl peaks and you slip out the back.

Skeeve finds a trap door and spends a moment longer finding how to open it With a click and thunk the door pops up and is quickly levered up to allow the others to descend into the darkness below. The narrow passage is a tight fit for evryone and you shove the door closed as the last of you slip into the darkness below.

From above you hear a melodious song being played and all sounds of combar fade and dissapear.

The party is in a narrow stone passage under the city remnant that deadends at the ladder leading up. The abundance of spiderwebs now handing loosly to the side indicae infrequent but recent use.

The music likely came from the room you just left as it is the only thing above you.

The passage heads south and dead ends at another ladder to a trap door. As you move up the ladder you hear talking from above but the door muffles the words, preventing easy eavesdropping.

There was a single tunnel that led to this exit.

You all entered the plaza mid morning and have moves around listening for several hours
Date&Time(Alpha): 35@12:30

You ander around a bit and get a feel for the area then find a quieter building you might be able to rest in but decide to return to the residential remnant to sleep. Returning in the morning you notice the are is much more crowded and the number of people continues to grow as the you near noon.

There are even more of the black armored guarda around the auction block but the glowing dome on in has shrunk down to be a small orb about 4' in diameter enclosing something within. The auction starts around mid mroning selling off odd bits and pieces, some artistic, others archeological, some books, and a few magic items of odd an unusual nature But all the items being auctioned off go for thousands of gold at the least.

Then at noon a squad of the black armored guards escords a man to the platform and he begins casting a spell as the autioneer informs the crowd that it was time for the main event. An artifact or emense power would be auctioned.

The black guards are heavily armored and carry a fain sense of magic. They seem to be ethere lean orcs, or heavily muscled hobgoblins or humans.

Due to the press of bodies the gobins have given up on any attempt to isolate their little club house but have manages to be able to keep th interior to themselves.

The energy of the crowd has increased and you notice a shift where others seem like you in that they want to be present but not too close. Others look to be taking up strategic positions. As the final auction begins it seems that this items is more for those in the know as its details are not expounded on. All you can see is a metal cube about 2 '.

The auctioneer anounces And now for our final item we ask that only the serious members speak up. To ensure this is the case we will only respond to those that hold and bid plate which must have ben purchased prior to this event. At thie time we wil have the item verified by an independant party known and respected by many who know them. He then bows to a figure in the crown.

You see an elven female ascend the stairs. She moves up to the box with 3 of the black guard surrounding her and the box as she slides open a small pannel on the top and peering in before chanting several spells. After completing this she nods to the auctioneer and signs a sheet of paper before turning to adress the crowd. The artifact has been verified and has a Order essence.

After that the auction begin with a bid of 100,100 god and incraments in bids of 10,000. You notice several serious participant that stand out. A contingent of hobgoblins that is comprised heavily of priests, clerics, and other clergy but have dozens of heavily armored soldiers with them. There is also a group of orcs, but they defer to a human in dark finery but functional cloths. There is also a mixed group of humanoid that makes you think of the freeholds. However after the bid exceeds 250k all the others give up and after a couple exciting minutes the dark clothed man wins the bid.

As the man and his orcs move to claim their prize there is a massive crashing sound and the entire plaza shudders. The sky above has massive cracks spider web over the entire area. The cracks spread and then pieces of the shattered sky begin dropping, revealing a massive black draconic form peering down through the gaps



I have come for my prize! Flee fools and pests

The voice booms throughout the plaza filling your ears and mind, diggingdown to trigger a primal fear within your hears. Roll a save test, 2d6, or become filled with fear and driven to flee

The dome over the plaza shatters under the dragons claws and he drops onto the wall and rooftops at the south end of the area, droping his forelegs down into the plaza as its long neck extends towards the auction block. As this happends chaos erupts as several forces unleash magic and arrows at the masive beast while most of the crowd sreams and runs in fear.

Arc prepares to leap into the sky but a tug form Skeeve is enough to remind him of his companions. Though the urge to flee is strong he also does not want to abandon his friends . . .

The metal chest is at least 3 foot cubed so Skeeve doubts his magic would be strong enough to bring it with you in a blink maneuver, though he could try to hurl it.

Circling the hut to get out of the fight you make to the back of the building and back to the far corner just fine but is is here that you encounter a snag. While Arc is able to calm somewhat enough to hand over his potion of invisibility just the sight of the dragon hindquarters and tail sends him back into a panik as stories of a dragona legendary senses makes him sure that if they "sneak up behind it" to get closer to the door the dragon will know and lash out with breath or spiked tail. Both Kaarik and Arc need to make a Save or be forced close enough to enter the room

As you move around the building Aizashi notes that the fight over the box is escalating and it is still in the plaza. Kaarik is only all to eager to point out that with the dragon entering deeper into the plaza the gates to the south and or west are a viable escape path!

Moving ahead for now Skeeve reaches the door after moving past the swishing tail but knocked against the building by a shifting claws 2 damage to Skeeve, only to find it barred shut and the goblins within scream in fear as he slams into the building.

The loss of the box seems to have broken any trace of the facade of law in the plaza and it turn into a wild flight for survival and open chance to take out some competition.

The goblins lay into Skevee as he stand in their way out of here while a nearby squad of monsters try to duck behind the building where the others hide and try to smash you out of "their" hiding spot only to face off against Aizashi who steps forward to safeguard his friends

The monster squad diving for cover with the three behind the building consists of 4 large humanoids. A mix of bugbear, orc, and gnoll.

@daryen The goblins are pannicked. Do you stand in their way to intimidate or step out of the way and let them pass?

The goblins are so panicked Skeeves word do not seem to mean much to them but when he gives them room they stream out of the hut as is is smashed by the dragons tail as it continues ton contend with the other factions within the plaza.

The dragon is definitely winning the fight for the plaza but not without a taking some damage in turn. Most of the panicked masses have fled the are by this point in time, though you still hear them in the distance of the remnant, and the powerful forces are making orderly withdrawls as well. The dragon roars in rage and frustrations as it continues to spew acid and magic all around. Everyone need to roll a Save again. If you fail you take 2 damage and gain the fear effect. Succeed and take only 1 damage without fear.

At Skeeves call the others quickly rush to get into the building but your group has drawn the attention of others and the squad of 4, their greed or survival instincts peaking their curiosity and driving them to follow closely behind.

Kaarik is able to avoid all but incidental damages and shake off the dragon fear as he move to join Skeeve and noting with anoyance the tag-a-long pack at your heels.

The party scrambles into the small building and manage to fend off the others long enough for the pad to activate. With a wave of light and dark you are back at Paphos.