Burnt Offerings

With a battle cry filled with righteous fury Gerund ignores Sahsa's suggestion to withdraw and smites the hound attacking her. The power of Erastil flows through his blade and cuts the unholy beast deeply. The creature cringes away from him, badly wounded, giving Sasha a chance to regain her feet and beat a hasty retreat out of the temple. Yola jumps into the the space and delivers a powerful sweeping chop to to the wounded hound, but without the force of Gerund's holy energies behind her, most of the attack is again deflected, serving only to chasten the beleaguered creature. The second hound however, is more bold and lunges at Gerund's exposed flank. Sasha yells a warning just in time, and Gerund manages to pivot away from the snapping jaws at the last moment. The wounded hound is not out of the fight yet, and tries to bowl Yola over, and while it does manage to take a savage bite, the Shoanti woman's rage fueled strength keeps her on her feet.

In the hallway, Seoni taunts the goblin king while she draws the slim iron wand recovered from the catacombs below Sandpoint. Ripnuggut snarls at her and charges again, but Seoni reaches out and touches him with the wand's tip and sends him reeling back, arms flailing rigidly, lightning dancing across his metal armor. Ripnuggut lands in a lifeless heap, smoke curling up from his dented crown. The two goblins behind him let out a tiny "eep" and beat a hasty retreat back the way they had come.

Seeing that Seoni seems to have single-handedly stopped the goblin ambushed and vanquished the Chief of Thistletop, Shalelu shrugs, adjusts her aim and fires an arrow past Sasha's head into the hound harrying Gerund's flank. Her aim is true, but the wound is little more than a pin prick.

Ripnugget goes down! Yola takes 5 hp from the wounded hound's attack. Gerund, your smite is very potent, but remember it is only good against the one opponent that you declared it on ( in this case the now badly wounded hound).