The Kobolds - Part 1

The midday sun barely broke the clouds. It wasn't cold but it wasn't exactly clear skies either. We stood, a strange group, in front of a trapdoor before the ruins of an old tower.

We had answered a call for help from a Shopkeeper in Farreltown. He had recently lost a wagon to increasingly bold and violent Kobolds including a green dragonhide which he was planning to make into a fine suit of scale armour. He had offered us 200gp each if we returned with the hide.

And so we found ourselves slowly heading down some stairs. The huge dragonborn paladin, Rhogan at the front followed by the party warrior, a dwarf, female unusually, next up was the rogue, halfling of course and I was followed by Caspian the one man who hadn't tried to chat me up so far. He was a cleric of Lathander and very certain of his faith. Me? well I trust in my own magic.

We walked down towards a strange eerie green glow coming from a trench of gooey looking stuff we were slightly entranced before suddenly a stone clanked against Rhogan's armour I looked ahead and saw two kobolds, one menacingly twirling a sling, the second brandishing a nasty looking spear. Immediately the dwarven female charged off into the fray round a corner followed swiftly by the halfling leaving me, Caspian and Rhogan on the stairs.

I threw an acid arrow at one whilst Caspian threw flames of holy fire at another as Rhogan charged off brandishing his longsword towards the one Caspian hit. He strode up to him brandishing his longsword slightly wonkily. Unfortunately he just slapped the guy with it due to the hasty draw. The kobold didn't take this lying down however and snaked his spear past the armour. He took it stoically and retaliated knocking the kobold down.

I advanced and threw another offensive spell pilum of fire at the other now in front of me. meanwhile I saw the dwarf and halfling in between two kobolds but as they seemed to be holding their own I concentrated on helping Rhogan who now challenged the second kobold in front of me, and advanced upon him.

As he did this to my right one of the kobolds withdrew from the melee with the halfling and the dwarf. As it did this the dwarf landed a blow and he retreated behind a portcullis.as the halfling turned on the other and rushed him into the gooey glowing stuff in the trench. Rhogan claimed the conciousness of his second and walked towards the trench looking down to the enemy below. . .

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Part 2 next tuesday