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Game Master Nazard

Yes, these are the same men you fought off earlier, some with their wounds still evident.

so interestingly, Zuran took 13 damage from that critical that put him down, which wouldn't have put Genisen down. After the stabilizing and Laya's first healing potion, he was back to 2, so lets go with putting Genisen at 5 HP. Laya then used her second pôtion on herself, but it was defective and did minimum healing. I'd say Genisen would then want to use his three potions to put himself at max, so feel free to roll. Laya might want to think about using her last potion on herself before heading down.

Laya might want to think about using her last potion on herself before heading down.

Oh, Laya has thought about it quite a bit. :)

Potion #1 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (4) + 1 = 5 = 10hp

Genisen decides not to drink the second and gives Laya the potion and lets her drink it so they each have one left

Potion #2 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (6) + 1 = 7

Genisen notches an arrow and says to Garim, "Sure lets see how they fare with the threat of an arrow. I'm going for the one on the left, I don't like the look of him."

He let's the arrow fly:

Attack with longbow: 1d20 + 5 + 1 ⇒ (11) + 5 + 1 = 17
Damage: 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (4) + 1 = 5

Assuming that goes into the table since it grants them cover Genisen calls out, "No one else has to get hurt or die. The next one won't miss. Throw down your spears and we'll let you live. "

Intimidate: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (17) + 2 = 19

"Ah-There's another one, you know. Hiding. With a bow." Ofelio mentions, standing behind Garim only reluctantly.

Laya accepts the potion from Genisen graciously. She looks much better after drinking it. Now at full hp.

"The ambush," she says quietly in response to Ofelio.

"The one on the left? What don't you like about the one on the left?" Garim mutters back at Genisen's comment.

"I give you the same deal," a gruff, cruel voice calls back. "We don't care about killing you or not, just leave your weapons, armour, and gold on the ground, and we won't stop you from leaving."

The bandit on the left ducks his head completely behind the table, leaving his spear sticking out. Unless he looks back up, he'll have total cover, but be unable to stab at any of you or take an AoO against anybody moving through his threatened space.

"Your offer leaves us at an impossible disadvantage."
Ofelio grumbles to the bandits, already practicing what he hopes to be merciful, single stroke annihilations in his mind.

After the bandit sticks his head behind the table, Genisen smirks, ""Predictable, there is our opening to advance on them"

Bandit 3, or the one on the left, now has Freebooter's Bane on it. Our party has +1 to hit and damage until he dies or I pick a new target

Garim takes in a deep breath, then swallow hard and hustles forward, his shield held before him and his morning star swinging loosely from sweaty hands.

Genisen readies an arrow waiting for his target to poke his head back up, C'mon I know you want to stick it back up there

"We seem to have a bit of a stalemate," Laya mutters.

Initiative: 1d20 ⇒ 15

Bandit Initiative: 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (9) + 1 = 10
Genisen Initiative: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (15) + 5 = 20
Ofelio Initiative: 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (15) + 1 = 16

Initiative: Genisen(Readied), Ofelio, Laya, Bandits, Garim

Round 1
Genisen readies an attack for the reappearance of Bandit 2.

Ofelio is up! Garim hasn't moved yet, so if nobody wants to do anything obvious, we'll skip right to his advance.

Go get them Ofelio!

Well, there is also the matter of the table barricade and spear men in the way.

Blarg. Something happened to my reading comprehension. What would I need to do to pull that table away? AoOs against me and STR check? Because Ofelio will do that.

An opposed Strength check, and you will take two AoO.

AoO 1: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (18) + 4 = 22
Damage: 1d8 + 3 ⇒ (7) + 3 = 10

The first AoO takes Ofelio down before he can even reach the table.

It's a fair comp.

"Oh dear," Laya says as Ofelio falls. "Not a good start. However, I think Ofelio has given us a good demonstration of how not to attack these people. Instead..." As she speaks, she begins rummaging through her scrip.

An arrow flies from the dark at Genisen.

Attack: 1d20 + 3 - 2 ⇒ (18) + 3 - 2 = 19
Damage: 1d6 - 2 ⇒ (6) - 2 = 4

It wobbles as it flies, but still manages to strike.

The hiding bandit pokes his head up, activating Genisen's readied action. Rolls, please

Garim is up. He had posted a move, but might want to rethink it, given Ofelio and Laya's smokestick idea.

Initiative: Bandits, Garim, Ofelio, Laya, Genisen Genisen, Ofelio, and Laya moved to the end of the round for simplicity's sake.

Genisen gets hit with an arrow throwing off his shot sailing harmlessly to the side.

1d20 + 5 ⇒ (6) + 5 = 11

"Ofelio?" Garim moves forward, trying to catch up to and protect the fallen tiefling.

I'm not sure where Ofelio got to on the map? T128?

Map Updated

Need a stabilization roll from Ofelio.

Initiative: Bandits, Garim, Ofelio (stabilizing), Laya, Genisen

Laya can only make out two of the bandits at the table.

Sta-bi-li-za-ci-on"1d20 + 2 - 2 ⇒ (12) + 2 - 2 = 12

Continuing to provide advice on how to fight the bandits, Laya moves cautiously forward.

Genisen is up!

Genisen moves up behind Laya [U124] and fires at the same bandit

Attack with Bane+Point Blank+Precise 1d20 + 5 + 1 + 1 ⇒ (11) + 5 + 1 + 1 = 18
Damage 1d8 + 1 + 1 ⇒ (5) + 1 + 1 = 7

Genisen, don't forget Laya's bonus, too, though it's still not enough to get past the guy's cover bonus.

Genisen's arrow thuds into the table right beside the man's throat. He once again ducks down completely behind the table.

ROUND 3

Bandits 1 and 2, whom Garim can now see, let arrows fly at him.
Arrow 1: 1d20 + 3 - 2 ⇒ (16) + 3 - 2 = 17
Arrow 2: 1d20 + 3 - 2 ⇒ (5) + 3 - 2 = 6

Both arrows clatter uselessly off his armour.

The other bandits continue to wait behind the table with their spears trained on the space in front (except for bandit 3 who continues to cower behind the table).

Initiative: Bandits, Garim, Ofelio (unconscious), Laya, Genisen

Map Updated

Garim flinches as the two arrows strike his armor.

"Smoke them out Laya, smoke them out."

Snapping the handle of his morning star into the belt sheath he grabs Ofelio with one hand and drags him backwards.

Nazard, don't forget I moved up behind Laya

"Smoke, of course, can have a very debilitating effect on human eyesight," Laya says, holding up the stick in her hands. As she lights it, smoke begins to pour out from it. Then she tosses it.

If you have a ready source of flame, I would say lighting the smokestick can be part of the action for throwing it; otherwise, nobody would ever want to use the things (if they have to blow two standards).

Fortunately, there is a ready source of flame. The bandits have kindly lit two stubs of candle along the hallway (the sources of the faint light that let them see you to target with arrows but not vice versa). Laya sticks the item into the flame and then hurls it.

The smokestick makes a cloud that fills the space behind the table with smoke. The bandits gasp and cough, and sight of them is obscured.

Map Updated

The fog cloud fills a 10-foot cube, so I positioned it in the opening of the room. It does mean that one of the bandits can just barely see you around the edge of the cloud, but the archers' views are blocked.

Genisen is up.

Genisen will use the cover of smoke to move up to Ofelio and give him his last potion 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (7) + 1 = 8

Assuming that worked in one turn:

The tiefling's creepily-opened eyes refocus and the smaller one blinks. Ofelio looks surprised to see anyone standing over him, let alone both Garim and Genisen.

Ah. I'm not dead then.

He offers a weak, bloody smile to his apparent saviors.

Round 4

From behind the table, your hear coughing, cursing, and yelling. Two arrows fly out of the cloud, but come nowhere near you.

Garim is up.

Seeing Ofelio open his eyes Garim lets out a held breath of air. His appearance is unnerving, but that doesn't mean he needs to be killed.

With his thoughts on the near death of the tiefling something darker wells up inside him. It comes unbidden but Garim does not squash it down either. The words of magic come to his lips. The spell is followed by the roar of a great cat laced with the hissing of some unknown being from darker realms. The sound reverberates off the walls of the narrow hallway.

He asks in a whisper, "Do we attack or fall back?"

Ofelio gropes around for his glaive, frowning when he can't find his sacred weapon. He gets to his feet gingerly, swaying at first before looking for it.

He can see it, lying on the ground about five feet away (and five feet in front of the cloud).

Ofelio steps forward to pick it up.

Laya, then Genisen.

I'm reluctant to bot Laya, given Garim's question.

Apologies for the delay everyone. I've been crazy busy. Back to normal now. I think.

"Fall back for now, I think," Laya whispers. "We need a plan."

Assuming everybody does that, a few arrows fly out at you as you withdraw, but nothing close to hitting you. You all get down to the end with the ladder before the smoke dissipates.