Exited through the caves, it was night.
The cart had been attacked. A strange
was there.
They got to a campsite for travelers.
rest...
continued on path, making great time... and then saw a strange sight of blood. Shadow starts to see movement, pulls out her bow and Bastion pulls his sword.
Hobgoblins
Ogres
Ogre chain brute, x2
Ogre bolt launcher, x2
Hobgoblin devastator
Hobgoblin warlord
The Battle:
Need to do Combat...
R.1
Bastion holds
Scorching Ray (l.3) at the first thing to pop out, and moves forward a bit.
Shadow moves, into the bushes, casts
Spike Growth in the middle of the path.
Arktos runs to Shadow
Hobgoblin shoots an arrow and hits Shadow. sticks in
Armor. "Looks like we got a fight on our hands!"
Shadow "We saved your asses!"
*Bastion saw him, but too far*
Calliope moves to
Barlo, uses
Mage Hand to sweep the brush. As it rakes through no sounds of life.
Bad guys move. One attacks Bastion, misses. Bastion uses his attack back in response. Hits the chainmail, doesn't strike.
Another one shoots at Shadow and hits. An arrow.
That disrupted her concentration and the
Spike Growth disappears.
rustling off to the left.
The middle brush, a large
Ogre with a crossbow the size of a ballista (bolt launcher). Shoots at
Arktos and misses.
A
Hobgoblin comes up to Shadow and misses with the longsword
Barlo rages, then "High gear" move and an attack on a
Hobgoblin, reckless claw attacks. ☠️ Kills it.
Hobgoblins move and attack...
hiding is advantage
I need to remember that attacks from hiding is advantage.
Arktos is attacked and hit by a longsword from a
Hobgoblin.
Hobgoblin Devastator comes out and raises a staff towards
Barlo, casts
Fire Bolt and
Barlo shakes it off. no damage.
Hobgoblin Warlord range attack fails
Rustling in bushline ahead
Sas casts
Chill Touch on a
Hobgoblin, but is deflected.
R.2
Bastion pops
Bladesinger,
Haste, runs to the
Hobgoblin near
Barlo, misses. misses.
Shadow has
Arktos slide over and attack the
Hobgoblin in front of him, bite attack. (takes 4 ferocity points). signature attack, actually... Bites on the side of the neck and ☠️ kills him. Munches it and growls to the other one.
Shadow steps back a few feet, shoots an arrow at that
Hobgoblin. (Favored Foe), swarm, etc... ☠️ Kills him. Second attack goes to another
Hobgoblin. ☠️
Dead.
Enemies move...
Calliope moves, "Hey manure mouth, watch this." (
Vicious Mockery, but it doesn't connect.
Hobgoblin Captain moves, attacks
Barlo with a javelin. Hits and slices across the arm.
Hobgoblin misses, critically, with long sword against. Bastion.
Ogre (chain brute) runs in the brush and appears behind Basiton, swings long chain. Bastion jumps over it with finesse, it hits him a bit on the back of the leg for some damage. The
Hobgoblin on the other side, not so lucky and he curses.
Ogre (bolt launcher) moves and shoots at
Barlo, misses.
Rustling near
Barlo, a large
Ogre (chain brute) comes up behind him. Attacks with the chain and misses.
Barlo is thinking of jumping on the creature, but instead just attacks the
Ogre in front of him. Hits, critical. movement hindered.
Enemies move, and then an attack on
Barlo with a
Scorching Ray attack, two hit and one misses, from the
Hobgoblin devastator. The warlord screams out "have strength and kick some ass" to his team. Another
Ogre comes out of the woodline, with a ballista-looking crossbow that misses Shadow
Sas moves, casts
Chill Touch and hits.
R.3
Bastion Attacks an
Ogre with
Green-Flame Blade, repeat it due to
Bracers of the Illusionist and hits, then a sword strike. Moves
Shadow sends
Arktos back towards Bastion, then she attacks the
Hobgoblindevastator and ☠️ kills it with an arrow through the eye, then moves.
Calliope moves up towards the party, Casts
Suggestion on an
Ogre, "take a nap", it lands.
Hobgoblin Captain moves forward, misses on
Barlo. another one strkes at bastion and misses. bolt launcher moves, shoots at
Barlo. hits. large bolt hits. Then a chain sweep on
Barlo, he isn't knocked
Prone.
Barlo wrecklessly attacks the
Ogre in front of him, hits. Another attack, that ☠️ kills him. He runs up him as he claws into him and then slides down with the claws, staring at another enemy.
Warlord begins to retreat
Ogre Bolt launcher sees
Barlo's actions, attack - crits -
Sas moves in,
Shillelagh +CRITS+ ☠️ Kills the
Ogre Chain brute as she slams down on it. Moves.
R.4
Bastion kills
Hobgoblin with
Green-Flame Blade in the eye, uses second cantrip on
Hobgoblin Captain and hits. Moves back to
Barlo, an opportunity strike misses.
Shadow has
Arktos move and hold an attack. Shadow attacks the retreating captain
Hobgoblin, hit and a miss.
Calliope moves, casts
Vicious Mockery at the retreating captain, "keep running coward"
Mobs attack. Greatsword strike misses on
Barlo.
Bolt launcher shoots at
Arktos, hits. 20 damage, then moves
Barlo goes after the bolt launcher that struck at
Arktos, the
Hobgoblin next to him takes and hits with an opportunity attack.
Barlo hits. 3x strikes, bloodied but standing.
missed attack against
Barlo.
Sas moves. Attacks and misses with
Shillelagh
R.5
Bastion attacks
Ogre bolt launcher,
Green-Flame Blade strikes and pushes damage to second one. Another of the same, hits both. ☠️ Kills the first one.
Shadow moves
Arktos and he bearhugs the
Ogre.
She then shoots an arrow and hits, ☠️ killing the
Hobgoblin. The other arrow crits on the
Ogre.
Calliope casts
Vicious Mockery, "Stupid head" after she moves. it kills the
Ogre.
Barlo runs down the last survivor, has so much movement.
The warlord attacks
Barlo.
Shield bash.
Sas runs forward,
Chill Touch and it lands.
R.6
Bastion dashes to the
Hobgoblin, strikes with dual attacks. Hits.
Shadow runs to him as well. Two arrows fired. And he is
Dead.
Hobgoblin ☠️ warlord is down.
end of battle.
☠️ ☠️ Barlo (Hobgoblin, Ogre chain brute)
☠️ Arktos (Hobgoblin)
☠️ ☠️ ☠️ ☠️ ☠️ Shadow in the Snow (hobgoblin x3, Hobgoblin Devastator, Hobgoblin warlord)
☠️ Sas W.T. Rayce (Ogre chain brute)
☠️ Bastion Bladesinger (Ogre Bolt Launcher)
☠️ Calliope Galanodel (Ogre Bolt Launcher)

t Combat Experience: 6300 (1260 ea) | Total: 59856 (Next Goal: 64,000) t
t Milestone Experience | Total: 60,000 (Next Goal: 64,000) t
They see a cart in the woodline.