Good day to not die

Actually, it was kind of a crappy day. After an unsuccessful attempt to draw some of the fort dwellers out, we did some overnight recon with Oisin changing his form while using my invisibility spell, and me also invisible nearby for support. He got the lay of the fort to help out planning. And then we woke to a downpour. Perhaps it helped cover our approach. Perhaps it helped contribute to the interminable debate on how to assault the fort. Perhaps it made me a little cranky and foolhardy as I found myself volunteering to scale the wall and open the gate, albeit doing so while invisible, but that's what I did. And that part went pretty well, if I do say so myself!
 
I got myself over the wall easily enough and carefully lifted the bar to unlock the gate. Opening it just enough to let the party know I made it in, I turned around to cast my first spell and hit a group of goblins with a Shatter. I guess Griswold follow up immediately after with a second one and that took out a good number of our foe.
 
Oisin and I then laid down the spike growth spells (I from the stored spell in my sword) and that helped a bit, but placement was a bit off. Need to work on that.
 
In the heat of the moment, I did forget to take cover behind the nearby wagons, but managed to avoid getting punished for the oversight. Wasn't long before I had a bugbear in front of me, though. This part of the fight is a bit of a blur, but it wasn't good.... I took some hits and watched as Dagos also took damage and it looked like things were going south. I was able to use Thunderwave to put some space between me and the bugbear and a nearby Manticore. This gave me a chance at what we will call a strategic retreat out of the gate. There I spotted Oisin who'd been knocked out. I grabbed him but Griswold had the better footing and so grabbed Oisin from me to get away from the battle.
 
Then I remembered my wand, just in time. The web allowed me to ensnare two of the combatants including the leader, a hobgoblin, and what turned out to be a rather nasty goblin. A third, spellcasting goblin (that's a thing???) managed to escape the web and was most troublesome.
 
Feeling a little woozy, I backed down the road a bit to join Griswold and Oisin. Was able to use my crossbow to help out with a few shots and to shout some encouragement to the party. Once the hobgoblin was down, I used Cure Wounds to bring Oisin back to consciousness. With all of us back in it, I can't say it was super easy, but we got the job finished quickly after that.
 
Looks like we have some wagons to return to merchants back in Rennes. And we will have a few coins to add to our purses. I'm curious, though, about the flight of griffins that passed overhead after the battle. We'll need to ask around for information on that.
 
And now back to Rennes for the really important work at hand - ordering my new lute!
 
Cheers!