[i][color=8882be]Mot was moderately annoyed with the dragon's casual display of power, not because it destroyed his creatures as effectively as it killed the rats, minions often had to pay the price of serving a dangerous master and this was no different. The extra attention that would be gathered though, that bothered him. He hated being put into the focus of another, and he felt even now that others were watching. He sighed, why couldn't they just go about their business discretely? Oh well, for better or for worse he'd cast his lot, though whether or not he remained with this motley group remained to be seen.

Mot stood quietly, enjoying the memories of an old swamp, burned by natural fires, and drew upon it's energies to better prepare himself for whatever was still watching. He didn't have to wait long to find out.

Teysa was the obvious target, walking through the carnage with pride. The goblin tribe she sought, aimed for her first, fearing the same fate as the rats, but encouraged by their leader and his two wizards. Suddenly the sound of a rhythmless rattle erupts from a thicket of brambles off to the party's left, while nine separate sparks streak towards Teysa (nine instances of 1 damage, from various sources, being dealt directly to Teysa). A howling goblin bursts from the hedge, followed closely by a small horde of other very angry goblins (18 goblins coming out of the hedge altogether). They split up choosing targets apparently at random (rolled a d6 for each attacker, and just went down the list of players in order of their application). 

Dread Cultist Mot, the first up in the list, is being attacked by a Bloodcrazed Goblin, a Goblin Brawler, and a Goblin Brigand. Thanks to Teysa's little stunt his defenses are gone and he suffers several injuries as he tries to defend himself. Next up is the Black Angel, and she faces a Bloodcrazed Goblin, a Goblin Brigand, and the Goblin Bushwhacker. The Kind Stranger, is less fortunate, and faces three Goblin Arsonists, a Goblin Berserker, and a Goblin Brawler. Her wall still stands, however, the rattling noises necessitate that a second creature joins the wall before they can block any of her opponents. The Chaotic Resurgent, is also being attacked, but only by a Bloodcrazed Goblin, a Goblin Arsonist, and a Goblin Berserker. The Chains of the Sea, is being attacked by a single Goblin Brigand. The remaining Bloodcrazed Goblin and two Goblin Berserkers trip and fall as they attempt to cross the charred remains of the rats.

Teysa, and other sufficiently experienced planeswalkers, might recognize that many of the attacking Goblins would not be felled by an overloaded Mizzium Mortars, this was a special bunch alright. The leader was likely to know the information Teysa sought, and she might be tempted to assume the Goblin Bushwhacker led the group, but that assumption would quickly dissipate as she saw how resilient and strong these goblins were. The true leader hid within the hedge with the goblins that had shot Teysa, only moments ago.[/color][/i]


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[list][*]Each character effectively has a life total of 30.
[*]All of the attacking goblins have the following enhancement: +2/+3
[*]All remaining goblins, except the leader, have this enhancement: +1/+3
[*]The Goblin Cheiftan only has a +0/+2 enhancement.
[*][url=http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=25676]Goblin War Drums[/url] and [url=http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=202426]Goblin Caves[/url] are active.
[*]Charcter's health cannot be reduced to less than 0, at 0 the character becomes unconscious.
[*]Technicalities, including those listed above, may be ignored with GM/CO-GM's permission, usually done to progress the plot.[/list]
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