The dagger sails through the air and sinks into the mud mephits shoulder. Schick! It recoils slightly and growls a sound of rocks crushing together. It balls its fist and strikes Kigur in anger!

It lands another blow into Kigur!

Loaf doesn't want to be anywhere near the mephit. He draws his dagger and flings it at the thing.

The goblin dies.

[OOC] you can describe what happens to it if you want and Loaf's up

Kigur staggers. He didn't expect a ghost to be so solid. He turns and swings the goblin at the dirty spirit.

The rapier finds its mark piercing the goblins chest. It gasps and goes limp sliding off the rapier slowly and crumpling on the ground. The goblin Kigur has been using as a club sees this and shrieks. He'll attempt to escape from Kigurs grasp again in panicked flurry. "No! NO!" it squeals.

The mephit recomposes itself and with renewed rage charges Kigur attacking again with its fists!

The mephit's right hook slams into Kigur's lower back with a thud!

[OOC] Kigur's turn followed by Loaf

Loaf wails in pain and drops his crossbow. He draws his rapier and thrusts it at the goblin, tears and snot dripping from his face.

[OOC] derp! don't sleepy post

The goblin by Loaf attacks taking another swipe with his scimitar!

The goblin slices across catching Loaf in the arm! The mephit annoyed its mud attack had no effect lashes out with its claws against Kigur!

It swipes with its sharp claws but as Kigur and the goblin wrestle you move out of the way throwing the mephit off balance. Its attack misses completely! Kigur takes this opportunity to assist Loaf and smashes the goblins into one another! Their heads bash together snapping the panicked goblins nose and leaving a gash in the back of the others head. They're both bleeding badly.

[OOC] gonna split the damage between the goblins since the one being used as a weapon is alive. Loaf's turn followed by panicked goblin then back to top of initiative

[OOC] Free goblin and mephit up next? After them, here's my plan:

Kigur drags the struggling goblin over to the other one, then attempts to club them with it.

Loaf tries to bring the crossbow to bear but cant line up the shot with the goblin on top of him! The other goblin that Kigur is holding tries desperately to escape!

The goblin struggles but isnt able to break free of Kigur’s strong grip!

In a panic Loaf points his crossbow at the goblin and fires as close to point blank as possible.

[OOC] damnit max comment depth reached again.

continuing from here...

The surviving goblin through the door bee lines for Loaf deftly evading Kigur. Its going to attack Loaf with its scimitar.

He swings hard down at Loaf hiding behind the wreckage but the blade gets stopped by a jagged piece of metal with a loud clang!

Just beyond the archway behind the panicked goblin attempting to escape is another mephit. This one however isn't made of steam but of mud. It's elemental nature defies physics while its wings lazily padding the air keep the heavy mud form afloat. It hovers into the archway and spots the wrecked contraption. These mephits are magically bound to an entity's will and although that will isn't aware of what each mephit is experiencing it still influences their thoughts and emotions. The mud mephit gets enraged at the sight of the destroyed contraption and lets out a wet earthy sucking sound. Shaking it turns to Kigur and vomits heaps of thick mud all over him.

The mud doesn't phase Kigur at all. Reaching past the mephit Kigur grabs the panicked goblin before it can run to get away.

[OOC] Loaf's turn is up next, followed by the goblin Kigur is restraining @phailhaus@piefed.social @Jilanico@lemmy.world

Kigur reaches out to snatch goblin 4 and drag him backwards into the room.

Loaf gives a yelp as he's been spotted. "How are you going to get out of this one, Loaf?" He desperately tries to reload his crossbow. "Why did you even take this job?" He tries his best to keep the wrecked contraption between him and the goblin.

[OOC] Lol no it doesn't matter. God damn thats one way to start out combat! But I looked and its same in 5 and 5.5 (thanks for that btw). You double the damage dice. I'd accept rolling double the dice or just doubling the amount then you add modifiers.

The first goblin walks through the archway and Loaf tenses loosing a bolt!

It pierces the goblins eye and it falls forward dead on the spot. The other goblins growl and cry out! A second and third enters immidiatly after the first. The second goblin spots Loaf hide behind the contraption and draws his scimitar.

"Get the humy!" He cries, pointing with his blade. At the same moment, The third goblin collapses under the crushing blow from Kigur's greatsword. The goblin is cleaved in two and is a crumpled mess of gore on the ground.

The fourth goblin just outside the archway about to enter, sees this and screams. He turns and is about to bolt back the way he came.

Kigur is going to let the first two past him, then strike the third.

All of Loaf's heroism dissipates as he backs away from the approaching creatures. He ducks behind the wrecked contraption but keeps his crossbow trained on the door from which he hears the sounds of goblins. If he sees a creature emerge, he'll probably squeeze the trigger without realizing what he's done.

A goblin's gonna walk through first. You each get a surprise round then we'll roll for initiative.

Kigur readies himself by the entrance to ambush whatever enters.

After a few minutes you hear a group of goblins approaching. You hear 3-4 pairs of footsteps and something flapping. Sounds like there might be a mephit with them.

Loaf listens closely for approaching goblins. If he hears nothing, he proceeds back to the room with lockers and gear in the hopes of finding something useful/valuable.

Kigur stores the stone in his pack, then readies himself for potential attack, stationing himself just inside the archway headed deeper.

The machine is split open and gnarled sharp bent brass points out. The pipe was detached from the top and is bent out of sorts. You can find the glowing blue white stone after some searching. While holding the stone everything looks a little bit sharper and brighter. The stone isn't warm to the touch but you sense a warmth and comfort rising up your arm as you hold it.

Kigur agrees. He wants to strip out the breeding stone before any loose spirits get to it.

Loaf looks at Kigur with wide eyes. "Maybe we should go see what damage we, I mean you, caused. It might attract goblins too."

You notice that this archway, and the one you just came from, are old like all the abandoned gear. But the other tunnels leaving this room are different. Newer. Recently dug? Carved? No, melted.

Also you hear a whistling coming from the previous room. Faint at first it grows louder and higher in pitch before a loud bang! The contraption you fiddled with was finely tuned. It has become unstable and exploded. Luckily neither of you were standing nearby...