D&D 5e: Arcana of the Ancients (IC)

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Chaos at the Fair

The Dragon's razor sharp moon grass rips into the feet of four of the sleepwalker goblins, but these creatures are neither stupid nor immune to pain. All four stop moving, drop their makeshift blades, and draw scrappy short bows from their backs. Two of them fire at Ar-Raaqis, but both shots go wide. A stray goblin not caught up in the hazard rushes forward, somehow keeping his feet as he runs with his eyes closed, and manages a slash across Qadira's arm. One of the goblins mired in razor grass manages to graze Yusha with a bowshot, while another leaves a long scratch along Shalar's arm with a haphazard arrow.

On the other side of the battlefield, unimpeded by magical traps, the four remaining goblins bound into combat against Greck as his hammer blow smites one of their number to a pile of inanimate broken bones. However, try as they might, their scavenged blades only scrape against his armor and bounce off his shield. He stands like a monument of endurance among the ankle biters, unaffected by their meager attempts to harm him, though given time their numbers may drag him down.

From behind a stall sixty feet away, a threat that may be more appealing to Shalar makes itself known. Standing head and shoulders above his smaller kin a bugbear appears, and it also has a metallic fungal sprout coming from the crown of it's head. Though it also appears to be sleeping, it has a wicked grin across it's features, and under one arm it holds a collection of bamboo tubes strapped together with long wicks winding out the back to a single fuse. It flicks a tindertwig to light on it's thumb, lights the fuse, and brandishes the fireworks platform like a haphazard siege weapon. The results are immediate and explosive.

These do not appear to be the same caliber fireworks that are resounding with thunder high above you, but each rocketing little fireball does come with a loud BANG and a belch of flame and smoke. There is little aiming on the part of the bugbear and more waving the platform back and forth wildly. Thankfully the civilians have already cleared out of the area, or doubtlessly many would have died, but it proves to be an effective weapon against our heroes, due to random chance more than malicious skill. One ball of fire hits Qadira squarely in the stomach, burning her clothing and singing her flesh. Another grazes Shalar, and where the hoard of goblins failed the bugbear succeeds by hitting Greck in the neck with a fiery blast. Fate is not wholly against you all, however. Sensing that the Dragon is wounded, the bugbear brings the bamboo contraption back towards her, but entropy sends the fireball directly into the back of the skull of the goblin who cut Qadira seconds before, slaying it immediately as it's brains sizzle like eggs in a pan. With the weapon exhausted, the bugbear throws the platform aside and draws a morning star from it's back, moving thirty feet closer and bringing it within range of a charge.

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SURPRISE! Roman candles for everyone!

2 Goblins miss Q with bow attacks. 1 Gob deals 3 to Q with a scimitar. 1 Gob deals 4 to Yusha with an arrow. 1 Gobbo hits Shalar for 3 (and she DESERVES it ). 4 Gobbos surround Greck and all miss with their pitiful attacks. The Bugbear fires randomly, managing 5 attacks against you all (1 each) and one against an ally. It got improbably lucky, critting Qadira for 8 fire damage, hitting Shalar for 3, and hitting Greck for 6. It also crit it's ally gobbo, slaying it with a mini fireball to the head.

Now it is everyone's turn.