Garnult says Somebody's comin...
Warren slides against the wall to surprise whoever comes around the corner.
"I'll handle this," Tolbert says, stepping boldly into the middle of the path and adjusting his robes.
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Cassidy will slip the lighted rock Garnult gave her into a pocket and will pull out her sword. And if there is a crevice to slink back into that's close, she'll do that too.
Tolbert steps around the corner while the rest of you attempt to go unnoticed in the tunnel.
Coming around the bend, you immediately find yourself in a large, natural cavern, probably 150 feet across in any direction, and lit with wall-mounted torches and freestanding braziers alike. At the far side runs an underground river, flowing roughly southwest-to-northeast. A couple of crude wharfs have been constructed along the river, and a rowboat is docked at one of them.
Within the cavern are six people: a dwarf, three humans, a half-elf, and an undine. As soon as you walk in, the undine and dwarf see you. The undine looks first to the dwarf, who immediately shouts, "Who are you?!" The undine then looks back at you, as does everyone else in the room.
Just after Tolbert rounds the bend, you all hear a gruff voice shout "Who are you?!"
"I'm with the mayor's taskforce on vermin. We tracked a monstrous spider to its lair within these tunnels. Have any of you had encounters with it or other dangerous pests?"
The dwarf gives you a dark look.
"Kill him."
The rest of you hear the same gruff voice say, "Kill him."
Order:
HP2
HA1
HP1
HE1
Warren
Tolbert
D1
Garnult
Cassidy
U1
One of the humans picks up his polearm and moves to a position in front of the dwarf and undine. Another human moves behind the first, drawing a bow as he goes, and fires an arrow at you:
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The arrow slams into you for 7 damage!
Much like the first human, the third picks up a polearm and moves to defend the dwarf, undine, and archer.
The half-elf takes an elven curve blade from his back and advances 60 feet toward you, now adjacent to you.
The rest of you hear hurried footsteps, along with a thud and a cry of pain from Tolbert!
Warren comes around the corner to Tolbert's aid. As he rounds the corner, one had comes off his weapon for a second and stays on your side of the corner and motions for you to stop as you hear, "Crap! Tolbert go back to the spider and get the rest of the exterminators". He steps up and attacks the man next to Tolbert.
I'm assuming I'm close enough to move up and attack but not close enough to 5' step and full attack
Half-elf: 6/13
As you come around the corner, you see a large natural cavern with an underground river in the back. Well, I guess you've probably just read Tolbert's spoiler by now, so, you see that. :)
The five guys in back are arranged approximately thus:
AXDXU
XPXPX
(A=archer, D=dwarf, U=undine, P=polearm-guy)
The group is about 50 feet away from your and Tolbert's position.
The five guys in back are arranged approximately thus:
AXDXU
XPXPX
(A=archer, D=dwarf, U=undine, P=polearm-guy)
The group is about 50 feet away from your and Warren's position.
Everyone else hears the sound of metal on metal, and a grunt in an unfamiliar voice.
Tolbert steps back, content to let Warren handle the half-elf, pulls out his shiny new wand, and lets a charge fly at the archer.
HE 6/13
Archer 11/15
Tolbert zaps the archer!
The dwarf shouts "Take out that wand!" and then begins casting a spell.
Cassidy and Garnult: you hear the gruff voice yell "Take out that wand!"
...that it opens into a huge natural cavern. An underground river runs through the back of the cavern, and two crude wharfs have been made, one of which has a rowboat moored by it. Warren and Tolbert stand near the entrance with you, and half-elf wielding an elven curve blade is toe-to-toe with Warren.
About 50ft further back in the cavern, five other people stand: a dwarf, an undine, and three humans. Two of the humans stand with polearms at the ready in front of the other three people. They're arranged approximately like this:
A D U
P P
(A=archer, D=dwarf, U=undine, P=polearm guy)
The dwarf appears to be in the process of casting a spell.
He's casting sleep.
Garnult casts Divine Favor and hustles forward, drawing his warhammer as he does!
Garnult comes around the corner, hammer in hand, ending just a few feet behind Tolbert and Warren.
Cassidy will move closer and attack the half-elf, if she was close enough to move and attack (and if possible, flanking).
Archer 11/15
Cassidy comes around the corner and steps in front of Tolbert, finishing off the half-elf with a deft swing of her sword!
The undine regards the group carefully, but makes no obvious actions.
The human archer takes a shot at Tolbert:
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Despite having to aim past Cassidy, he sinks another arrow into the lawyer!
Responding to the dwarf's earlier order to take out the guy with the wand, one of the polearm wielders pulls a chakram from his belt and chucks it in the general direction of Tolbert, hoping for a lucky shot:
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...and he gets uncomfortably close! The other frontliner also tries to get a chakram around Cassidy and into Tolbert's head:
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And now both sides of Tolbert's moustache have been trimmed!
Updated order:
HA1
HP1
HP2
Warren
Tolbert
D1
Garnult
Cassidy
U1
Warren whaps Tolbert on the back of the head and says What part of go back to the Spider didn't you understand! He then grabs Tolbert by the collar and proceeds around the corner as he passes Cassidy and Garnult he says in a low voice And I motioned you two to stay put!
Assuming Tolbert goes with him he then says Drink em if you got em.
Warren stops moving 10' past the corner. That's probably all of the actions I can do.
Tolbert steps to stay behind Cassidy, and pulls out a scroll of mage armor to protect himself.
Archer 11/15
Tolbert pulls out a scroll and surrounds himself with layers of protective force!
The dwarf finishes his spell!
Cassidy and Garnult collapse to the ground, leaving the wounded but freshly-armored Tolbert standing alone!
The dwarf then casts another spell, with no obvious visible effect.
Cassidy and Garnult snooze peacefully on the ground.
The undine continues to observe the battle without making a move to intervene.
The archer takes another shot at Tolbert!
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The arrow skips off of the newly-applied magical barrier!
The polearm-wielders continue to hold position, apparently content to let the ranged combatants take you all down from behind the safety of their glaives.
Tolbert drops to the ground amidst the hail of ranged attacks, and fires another bolt from his wand, this time at the spellcasting Dwarf.
Warren sighs. For being so smart, you are awful stupid! You should get around the corner and heal up! If I drop you better run outta here and tell the captain! With that said Warren draws his bow as he steps into the opening and shoots at the archer.
Archer 11/15
Warren looses an arrow, but misses!
The dwarf barks out more orders: "They've got us out-ranged! Advance!"
Cassidy and Garnult continue to snooze, undisturbed.
The two humans with glaives advance about 40 feet, stopping just before coming within reach of Cassidy and Warren.
The dwarf follows behind his guards.
The archer follows only about 20 feet, and attempts to finish off Tolbert:
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He misses terribly!
The undine advances about 30 feet, and casts a spell on Warren!
Magical fear fills Warren's heart, and though he doesn't run, he's quite shaken!
Updated order:
HP1
HP2
D1
HA1
U1
Warren
Tolbert
Garnult
Cassidy
T=Tolbert, W=Warren, C=Cassidy, G=Garnult
P=Polearm, A=Archer, D=Dwarf, U=Undine, X=Empty space
(Note that the polearm users have reach.)
TG
CW
PP
D
U
A
Tolbert see if you can help Garnult and remember if I go down get out of here!
Warren then shoots at the Polearmman in front of him, drops his bow and pulls out his sword.
+2 Fav enemy -2 shaken
Tolbert stands up, then fires an enfeebling ray at the polearmsman in front of him.
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Archer 11/15
Warren's arrow misses, but Tolbert's ray strikes its target!
He's weakened only slightly.
Cassidy and Garnult continue to sleep soundly.
The glaive-wielders wait a moment for their archer ally, who steps forward a bit and tries to finish off Tolbert:
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Tolbert takes an arrow to the gut, but stays on his feet!
The weakened glaive user steps forward and reaches over the sleeping Cassidy to try and put Tolbert down:
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A miss!
The other steps up and takes a swipe not at Warren, but at his weapon!
Warren maintains his grip on his sword!
The dwarf and undine maintain their positions safely behind their guards.
Warren takes a 5' step forward and attacks.
Try as he might, Warren fails to get an attack past his opponent's armor!
Tolbert steps back, then unleashes a blast of light against the glaive-wielder.
Archer 11/15
P1
The bandit that was attacking Tolbert collapses in a heap!
Cassidy and Garnult continue snoring.
The bandit felled by Tolbert lies on the ground, drooling and twitching. The one engaging Warren decides not to do the 5ft step dance; he drops his polearm, draws a sword, and takes a swing!
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He puts a large gash into Warren!
The archer tries to finish off Tolbert
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A pitiful miss!
The undine shakes his head, then addresses the dwarf:
"I've seen enough to make my recommendation to my superiors."
Without another word, he turns and flat-out sprints to the back of the cave, diving into the river.
The dwarf swears loudly, then casts a spell and approaches Warren, attempting to touch him:
The dwarf lays his hand on Warren, and a spell surges into him!
Fortunately, it has no perceptible effect!
Warren takes a 5' step back and sees if he can help Garnult.
Tolbert kicks at Cassidy. "Wake up! I need you to go chase that undine through the river!"
Tolbert and Warren rouse their friends, who wake to find themselves lying prone on the cavern floor with their fallen weapons next to them where they landed.
Garnult casts a spell from prone, healing Warren for then Garnult gets up.
Cassidy grabs her weapon as she stands up, and looks around assessing the situation.
The freshly-awakened allies stand, one casting a spell and the other grabbing her sword.
The archer again takes a shot at Tolbert in an attempt to even the rapidly-shifting odds of the fight:
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An arrow slams into Tolbert's chest and he collapses like a rag doll!
Meanwhile, the man with a sword continues his melee with Warren:
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It's a wild haymaker, and misses the mark!
In desperation, the dwarf makes another attempt with his magic, casting a spell and then stepping up to try and touch Warren:
Warren dodges the swipe this time, and the dwarf spews some more profanities!
Garnult calls to the other Dwarf in their language By the Stones of our Fathers' man! Stop fightin! I'm a Dwarf and a follower of the Forgefather, throw down your weapon or better yet, smash those bastards shootin the arrows!
Garnult reaches down and heals Tolbert and grabs his Shield while he is at it.
As Warren attacks the dwarf with the glowing hand he says You can throw down your weapons and surrender now or you can pay the price. It looks like your boss isn't happy with you already as he ran away.
Tolbert's aorta stops spewing, though he doesn't wake. Meanwhile, Warren swiftly puts the enemy dwarf to the ground in a bloody heap!
Cassidy charges the archer.
Cassidy slices into the archer, dropping him to the ground!
Suddenly finding himself devoid of conscious companions, the remaining bandit drops his sword, falls to his knees, and announces "I surrender! Please, I don't want to die!"
Garnult says Disarm those ones... Indicating the downed foes.
If someone disarms them Garnult channels healing everyone within 30' including the enemies
Hopefull Garnult waits until Warren has them all tied up. Either way Warren starts tying up the prisoners, disarming them and searching them and checking to see if any are dead.