Chapter 3.1: The Second Expedition

Round four, continued...

Myrtha charges into the darkness following the terrified goblin leader. The goblin is not being particularly clever in its retreat, moving in a straight line and crashing through the underbrush, so that Myrtha has an educated guess as to its whereabouts.
Myrtha feels the spear connect, though she cannot see it. Theran and Morton watch in satisfaction as the warrior woman plunges the magic spear into the goblin's back.
Goblin 5 takes 8 piercing damage and dies.

Round four, completed

Jonel trots back toward Morton and the fire, aiming carefully into the tree in front of Aanbo. With a precise shot, he flings his accumulated magical energy in a gout of flame, hitting Goblin 4.
Goblin 4 takes 6 fire damage and bursts into flame. It falls to the ground with a crunch that ends its scream.

With that victory over the goblin marauders, each PC gains 75 XP!

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23 - Ember (9/9)
23 - Chase (14/14)
23 - Giant Spider
20 - Morton (9/9)
20 - Goblin 5
16 - Myrtha (9/18)
15 - Jonel (7/7)
13 - Theran (14/18)
11 - Goblin 1, Goblin 2, Goblin 3, Goblin 4
10 - Aanbo (19/27) 15' up a tree
9 - Arya (10/10)

Aside from the crackle of the campfire and the burning goblin, the only sound is the crunch of leaf litter as Myrtha makes her way back through the woods toward the firelight. After a few moments, a bat swirls past, swooping up bugs attracted by the light. An owl hoots. All appears normal.

As the monk begins to clear the area of bodies, Ember cleans her weapons, and Arya offers healing while tidying her clothing, the group takes stock of their situation. Aanbo, Myrtha, and Theran are the only Dungeon Busters still wounded; the druid fighter most of all. The goblin raiders had a paltry amount of coin on their persons: the party is able to retrieve 68 seals and 120 cubs. Only one short bow survived falling out of trees, and the heroes are able to search and retrieve 23 arrows in total (between their own and the goblins' arrows) and four scimitars. Most of the goblins were wearing greasy hides, but the leader also wore a chain mail shirt.

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Aanbo (19/27)
Arya (10/10)
Chase (14/14)
Ember (9/9)
Jonel (7/7)
Morton (9/9)
Myrtha (9/18)
Theran (2/18)
Theran (14/18)