Marek hears movement and subtle noises, including a sneeze, behind the door to the South, perhaps 3-4 men maybe 20 feet behind the door.
Vesna steps into the building saying, "નસીબ બનાવવામાં કારણભૂત હોઇ શકે છે!" A cool wave washes over the group and they momentarily feel like they can do anything. The feeling fades slightly, but the memory of their power lingers and bolsters their confidence.
May fortune favor us!
Realizing she's speaking Celestial again, Vesna merely sighs and shrugs her shoulders. Then she nods at Marek, bring her crossbow up.
Vesna's spell goes off, as Marek opens the door.
Aurora, being right next to the door, takes a brief second to glance around the door frame to see where the people in the room are situated.
Two of the bandits are using the center table for cover; one of them is using an overturned bed; and the last is using a trunk for cover. All of them have bows in their hands.
Aurora dislikes the standoff, and who knows, maybe there were more bandits sneaking around behind them to get them in a trap. She had to end this decisively now. Summoning all the courage she has, she dashes in to the room, trusting to the surprise of her movement and the cover provided by the doorway, table and chairs to keep her from harm.
Turning to face the surprised bandits, she smiles sweetly, summoning her arcane might and blasting the men with a scintillating array of pretty looking ice crystals.
Martok moves in with his sling in hand and throws a bullet at one of the bandits seeking cover.
Vesna slips into the room behind Exiel and fires her crossbow, but she is badly off aim. It lodges into the wall behind the men.
Aurora sprints across room and casts Color Spray and two bandits fall unconscious!
Aurora sprints across room and casts Color Spray and two bandits fall unconscious!
Martok nods at the girl's ice magic and looks at Marek and Exiel, "Well, do you want to tie them up or should we kill them." The former shepper continues, "I have no time for wolves that threaten the flock."
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Surprised by the sight of Aurora just dashing into the room, Exiel rushes in right after her, sword raised and ready to strike...only to see that Aurora had already wrapped things up.
With a shrug, Exiel smacks with the flat of his blade the bandit that Martok had hit with his sling:
(-4 for non-lethal damage)
(Proceed to NLD CDG the remaining bandits.)
Glad to be contributing, and very relieved that her desperate plan worked and she was still in one piece, Aurora allows herself a small smile.
Well done all, we'd best press our advantage and immediately move to search the other rooms here, Exiel would you be so good as to lead the way please?
Vesna watches Exiel land some hard blows on the unconscious forms and merely shrugs. She nods at Aurora. "Let's see where this noblewoman is."
Martok shrugs his shoulder as the paladin proceeds to kill the helpless bandits, "Good job. No need to let the wolves get away."
With his spear in hand, the dwarf gets right behind Exiel as they continue to explore the building.
Aurora follows at Exiel's shoulder, crossbow at the ready.
The party moves to the North door and kicks it open. A bed and a chest sit across one another in this small room. A door exits to the west and a window looks out on the north side of the lodge. The chest is locked.
You head through the west door, where you see a sturdy bed heaped with blankets sits near the only window, and a large maple chest occupies the SW corner. A door to the south most likely leads to the main room and a door leads west.
You head west and find a small room with a single rumpled bed and a door to the south.
You head back into the main room, where a bearskin rug dominates the floor of this trophy area and the heads of several deer have been mounted on the walls. Doors lead to the north and south.
You head north and find the kitchen, a pot of soup simmering on the fire.
You head south and find a corner bedroom.
Glass double doors to the SW lead to a porch and back outside, where you see a rope bridge in the distance and a building to the south.
I advocate finishing looking through the house first, otherwise we're asking for a crossbow bolt in the ribs venturing outside Aurora muses.
She toys nervously with her bow as they wait for Marek to return, keeping an eye as best she can on all the doors in the hallway.
Stealthy as a cat, Marek moves up to the 2nd floor, where he sees a closed door at the end of the hallway.
Anxious to see and hear what's going on, the dwarf grips his spear a little tighter. he whispers over to the ranger, "Anything?"
Marek finds no traps on door and hears two male voices and odd chanting from one of them (perhaps magical?) but it sounds like gibberish to him... He relays this information to the rest of the party.
"If it is a spellcaster, it's best to rush them before they can prepare anymore. They probably won't be able to handle all of us anyway." She nods to the group and blesses the group again. The chill leaves everyone shivering but wide awake and invigorated.
Aurora nods at Vesna's wisdom, she certainly wouldn't appreciate being rushed if she was casting a spell.
She'll stand by Exiel and wait for him to open a door, crossbow at the ready.
Exiel leads the party upstairs and kicks open the door!
Inside, an L-shaped table with many chairs takes up most of the floor space in this loft. A second smaller table sits near the entrance, and several windows look over the snowy grounds of the lodge. In the southwest corner, a large map hangs on the wall, opposite another door in the northeast wall.
Two skeletons, an aura of cold, stand guard to attack you as soon as you enter! On the other side of the room stands a human male in his early 30s, a short sword in hand, with a smile on his face. "You will pay for killing my bandits! Kill them, my servants, in honor of Norgorber!"
With her spells useless against the undead, and the confines of the room so small, Aurora hesitates to enter. She instead waits for the melee to start so she's not in the way. Trying to be helpful, she reaches out and touches Exiel's blade, coating it in a thin layer of sparkling frost
With the tight spaces in the hallway and the melee about to ensue in the room, Vesna hangs back and allows Martok to slip by her. "I think they're going to need your lord Fire in there."
The dwarf nodded and could feel the heat building in his gut. The fire threatened to consume him as the heat traveled up his torso. Luckily, the energy found an outlet in his stretched hands as a fan of white-hot flames spread from his fingers.
Martek's arrow strikes true, wounding the cleric deeply! Then the paladin rushes past the flat-footed skeletons, jumps on the bar, and strikes a blow at the cleric, plunging his sword into his chest. Rokhar collapses to the floor!
Round 1: Enemies!
The skeletons follow their master's last order and attack the nearest enemy, Exiel!
The one on the left full moves 5' and attacks the paladin with his claws, shredding Exiel's thighs and ripping flesh, leaving the paladin woozy!
The other skeleton moves around the bar and attacks Exiel as well with one claw but misses!
The dwarf nodded and could feel the heat building in his gut. The fire threatened to consume him as the heat traveled up his torso. Luckily, the energy found an outlet in his stretched hands as a fan of white-hot flames spread from his fingers.