Sandpoint: The Swallowtail Festival

Eldred is able to sneak around without issue, as the commotion from the goblin raid has whipped the people up in a frenzy of fear. He sneaks towards the cathedral square, seeing a goblin fighting a half-orc, with two other men creeping towards the green ones.

The goblin's body extends fully in mid-air for a moment, and then it slumps onto the ground, lifeless.

There is an eery calm in the immediate vicinity, though you hear human screams in the distance.

You hear Mayor Deverin yell, You four, keep the square clear of threats. We are going through and around the cathedral, to make sure it can be a haven for our villagers. Send anyone innocent into the building!

With that, she, the priests, and the sheriff disappear into the cathedral.

Combat Map Round 3.

As you all are attentive and peering around for danger, you hear some shrilly, high-pitched singing that you can now make out.

Goblins chew and goblins bite.
Goblins cut and goblins fight.
Stab the dog and cut the horse,
Goblins eat and take by force!

Goblins race and goblins jump.
Goblins slash and goblins bump.
Burn the skin and mash the head,
Goblins here and you be dead!

Chase the baby, catch the pup.
Bonk the head to shut it up.
Bones be cracked, flesh be stewed,
We be goblins! You be food!

You then see near Theogrin 2 goblins rush up and slash at him (one of them finding a spot of flesh and causing him to bleed a bit [unless you choose to use a shield block reaction], 2 goblins rush up by Thackery and slash at him (one of them get a slash in [unless you choose to use a shield block reaction]), and a single, ugly-looking female goblin come up nearby, drawing her shortbow and shooting at Thackery, singing her war chant as she fires, the arrow flying past his left.



Round 4 map.

Thackery:
You block one of the goblin's hits with your shield, and a dent appears where the dogslicer hit. The goblin does pull back his weapon, though, and quickly hits your thigh.As you swing your shield arm out to hit the goblin, he flies 10 feet to your left, impaling his body into a large tent post. Due to the ferocity of your first swing, the two sword slashes following that formidable shield swipe do not find purchase.

Theogrin:
Your shield blocks the brunt of the damage, but your arm hurts from the heavy impact. This goblin also is able to double back and hit you again.You effectively slaughter both targets, the second one quickly decapitated by your sword, and then you pull your shield close to defend against future attacks.

Eldred:
You run up and take your shot at the goblin you see standing next to Thackery, since you noticed that Theogrin dispatched of the two goblins near him rather quickly.Not getting a good look, your shot veers past the goblins head and Thackery's side. You then whistle, and your badger friend runs towards the goblin engaged with Thackery.Gerrek:Gerrek aims at one of the goblins that Theogrin was engaged with, and would have hit the goblin's head were it not that the paladin dispatched them so quickly.

Goblins:

The goblin war chanter keeps singing her goblin chant, inspiring both herself and the remaining goblin to fight.

She shoots an arrow at the pesky human Thackery, but upon seeing the badger appear she shrieks and yells, KILL THE UGLY DOG!!!

She then fires a shot at the badger.

Both arrows strike their marks.The other goblin attacks Thackery, slashing his leg, and upon hearing the command, he takes a step, then buries his dogslicer into the badger.

Battle Map