Alright, order is Tessandriel, Ranzo, Bandit Group 2, Kressle, Bandit Group 1, Mikhaela, Komana, Orsino, and finally Bexer.
Tess, Ranzo, you're up, Then I'll post for the bandits, and then Mikhaela through Bexer.
Use the bow and fire up to the stand on the 'top' of the stand.
Damage:
Tessandriel takes aim at Kressle and lets fly an arrow.
Sadly, the arrow from Ranzo flies off mark. Tessandriel's arrow, however, lands true. Despite the arrow now sticking out very nearly from her heart, this seems to just enrage her.
"Kill them all, but save the dark one for me!" she barks out to her men.
The one in the stand, unhappy that Ranzo had tried to snipe them, fires at him. The arrow strikes him, burying itself deep.
Three bandits pull longbows, taking aim at Bexer, Komana and Ranzo respectively.
Komana is missed by a mile, but woefully Ranzo and Bexer are struck.
Kressle seems quite angry, but also a little flustered at the arrow in her. Jerkily pulling it out (an additional 2 dmg done), she reaches for a small bottle in her belt pouch.
The last 4 bandits in camp pull out their shortswords and advance as far as far as the tree between K4 and K2. One bandit is also in K2's stand, who attempts to shoot at Orsino.
Bexer grunts as he feels the arrow penetrate his armor, and give some of his own life force to keep it going
Bexer shifts his weight, guiding Fidget to attack one bandit while striking at another:
Bexer shifts his weight, guiding Fidget forward while healing his armor
The horses hoof comes close to mark on one bandit who sidesteps at the last second. This causes the horse to carry through a hair too far, causing Bexer's swing to miss.
Waiting for Komana, Mikhaela and Orsino
Mikhaela shoots at the furthest bad guy that is in clear shot and close range.
for damage.
"HEY! Any of you are brave enough to challenge me?" says Komana while she dismounts her horse, pointing her dueling sword to outlaws that pull out their shortswords.
If Tessandriel fires at the leader and drops her I will fire at the guy in the blind, if she is not dropped I will fire at her.
Looking at the two arrows and the pain running through him, Ranzo, pulls back and tries to make one of them go away.
Bow:
Damage:
Also, this will be the last time I simply post a map. Someone I know is gonna teach me how to handle these via google docs so the party can see and move the field.
Mikhaela, you are in range. You are near K5 on map.
@Tess: Well, without a proper Heal check you can probably only estimate, but the arrow had been dug in fairly deep and close to their left collarbone. Not the best place to be hit...
Mikhaela's arrow strikes true, the bandit falling to the ground holding his arm and crying out in pain.
Orsino imbibes his extract.
Komana skillfully dismounts and gets near the bandit that had been narrowly missed by Fidget's hoof. The swordlord's instrument bites into the mans leg.
Tessandriel fires another arrow at Kressle.
One man to Bexer's left appears to be intoxicated, attempting to scramble over the log of K4, prompting an AoO from Bexer. Hoping their foe is too focused on their 'buddy,' the second takes a swing at Bexer with their short sword.
Komana's foe turns to her, and a lustful sneer crosses his scarred face. "A pretty girl for da men!" He lunges at her, hopes of the cruel things he plans for her on his mind. The bandit in stand K2 leans over and attempts to fire on Bexer.
Ranzo's lil buddy in stand K4 decides to repay him with an arrow of his own.
The archers back in the camp continue to aim at the party furthest west.
Kressle grimaces as the drow's arrow strikes home once more, but quaffs the potion anyway. Once swallowed, she pulls a handax forth and begins to approack Komana, pure rage on her face. However, she only makes it to the square just south of K2.
Orsino grimaced as the arrow hit him in the shoulder and he ducked behind the nearest cover and drank a potion to heal his wounds...
cure wounds potion from Oleg's
No longer fighting on the defensive, Bexer attacks the bandit who struck at him, letting Fidget maul the intoxicated bandit.
As the bandit leader begins to move forward, Ranzo's arrow pierces her neck, a small spin whipping her round until her body looks up towards the stars, though her eyes no longer see...
The bandit in the stand steels himself, ready to kill any who may approach. The bandit facing Komana, however, has his eyes bug out and and he attempts to flee. One of the archers seems to be glad Kressle fell, giving him a better line up, but the final two drop their bows and turn, running towards the tents. The one in K2 passes out from fear.
Komana attacks w her sword in a fast swing...
Mikhaela shoots Kressle. She will five foot step to get a clear shot, if needed.
for miss damage
Mikhaela abruptly realizes that the her target is already dead and targets instead the next nearest naughty person.
Komana, Orsino and Bexer may make their moves. The only bandits left now are the ones in stand K4, the one that just started fleeing from Komana who is now near K2, an archer at K1 and a passed out one in the stand at K2. Two have fled towards their tents just off map to the east.
Ignoring the two nearby, Bexer rides towards the tents, intent on cutting off the two runners.
Komana moves toward the fleeing bandits, pulls out her longbow, and shoots toward the one who is now near K2.
Orsino calmly studied his surroundings and made a run for the nearest bandit, as he closed in he grabbed the bandit by the neck and twisted...
attack
damage
Bexer absolutely slaughters another one, a large section of their midsection now missing.
Komana, though skilled, just couldn't line her shot up right, the arrow misfiring over the bandits head.
Orsino's lotus-infused power catches the man in the back of the neck, a nasty crunching noise being audible to him as the man's spine gives like a twig.
Tessandriel and Ranzo are now up. The bandit in K4 is still there, the bandit in K2 (in the stand, not at the feet of Orsino) is still there technically. One bandit is still at K1, a bow drawn and aiming. One bandit is still attempting to flee just ahead of Bexer just off the map.
Mikhaela shoots the man at K1
for damage
Ranzo will leave the other fleeing bandit to Bexter and turn his attention to the Bowman at K1.
Moving 30' or less to give himself point blank shot at the bowman and giving himself some cover from the bowman in the stand.
Bow:
Damage:
If she can see him, Tess will try to get a shot off at the bandit at K4.
As the man in K4 pops up to take a shot at Ranzo, the arrow from Tess's bow catches him in his shoulder. The force causes the poor fool to be pushes back, and with a final indignity his lifeless body falls from the stand on the northern side of K4.
Ranzo, meanwhile, fires off at K1's final bandit. The man sidesteps and fires off an arrow at Ranzo.
His shift, however, puts him in near perfect line for Mikhaela, her arrow catching him in the leg. Cursing, he decides he'd rather live and drops his bow, falling on his rear so he can try to extract the arrow.
The bandit just ahead of Bexer turns to see his 'buddies' now either dead, presumed dead, or otherwise. He collapses, and with a sob unbecoming a man his age and profession, he raises his hands. "I surrender, just please don't kill me."
Alright, so what does everyone do? You have quite a few dead bodies, to surrendered bandits, and one passed out in his stand. Their tents are just of map to the east.
Bexer dismounts, facing the bandit, "I won't promise you your life, but you'll get a chance to plead your case. For now, show me some rope, I'll need to bind your hands until we can work out how to handle this."
Assuming tat he cooperates, Bexer will bind his hands, and hobble his feet for good measure, and then check out the tents carefully, in case any of them are hiding in there hoping not to be noticed (or just so drunk or tired that they slept through it).
walking up and hearing Bexer Orsino speaks in a elven sing song voice...Now, now we aren't allowed to kill them... So instead we get to send them off to the Salt Mines, where they get to work for the greater glory of Brevoy for the rest of their short lives!
Bexer's helm turns to face Orsino, his face is still completely covered, but his voice is that of a man exercising control, "Don't you have flowers to go obsess over?"
Orsino's voice suddenly goes to a very serious tone and shifts back to a sing song elven voice as he says the last eight words. I do I suppose and a select few cooperative bandits may get the chance to avoid life long imprisonment and instead become gardeners for a few years... If of course they prove uncooperative, its off to the Salt Mines with them!
The man leads Bexer and Orsino to area K2, where there is some rope. He is starting to get a little antsy around Orsino, but knows his life is in their hands at the moment.
perception
Ranzo go to the fire and carefully removes the three arrows in him and starts binding his wounds.
"Stop promising anyone anything, strip 'em and search 'em, have them each tell us what they know separately just like before.
Mikhaela, would your God or Goddess take pity on me through you?"
Ranzo is grimacing in pain and not in the best diplomatic mood.
The bandit hands the rope over to Bexer, his eyes averted and glancing back at where he had picked it up.
Bexer sighs as he binds the hands of the bandit, "You did yourself no good by trying to hide some of the spoils. It's depressing how stupid greed can make someone."
After the bandit is bound and hobbled, Bexer will cast a spell to repar the rents in his armor , and then turns to Ranzo, "I promised nothing but to listen, which doesn't seem unreasonable."
He'll then flip the tent off the crates before investigating the other (set-up) tents, "By the way, it seems our little band of outlaws here were pretty successful; there are several crates buried here."
"We ought to turn them over to the local authorities."
Mikhaela hurries to help Ranzo.
of healing goodness on Ranzo.
"Thats a bit better for now, bleedings stopped, at least till we get back to the fort, as long as we don't get in another scuffle."
Ranzo will check his bow and collect what he can of his four arrows and
climb up the stand and see whats up there and get a sense of the camp.
Bexer turns towards Mikhaela, "We are the local authorities, and have that responsibility. The bandits at Oleg's were an unusual situation. We can't afford to drag every capture back to Restov...where execution is essentially certain anyway. We need to start making these decisions, and taking responsibility for them."
Tess will go over to Bexer and assist him in checking out the tents.
"You have the least naivete of the others. I will help you."
Once everyone has congregated again.
"Ranzo, you should use this." she says while handing him the masterwork composite longbow.
"Oh, does Haps bow not suit you? Thank you very much, I appreciate it. I'll carry my families bow back to the fort"
masterwork chain shirt armor
x2 masterwork handaxes
x4 daggers
x6 leather armors from bodies (dead) x3 leathers on still living bandits
x8 longbows with 20 arrows each in total
x8 short sword
x16 days of trail rations
One pair of silver earring
An ornate and decirated wooden music box
Three crates of various furs and hides
A polished set of potent greenish herbal liquor, 8 bottles worth
285 gp, 381 sp
Will post more here shortly, and when I get home I'll start a Google docs page for accumulated wealth and supplies/treaures
"OK, The first thing after they all tell us separately what the deal is with the bandits and whats going on, they then dig graves for their fellows, then we tie them up and escort them back to the fort. They get backpacks to help carry things also. What do we want to ask the prisoners?"
The first step to a successful interrogation is to terrify those to be interrogated, two people must perform the interrogation. One the bandits must regard as the Lord of Hell himself come to pass judgment, the other one must be seen as the redeeming light of Sarenae come to save them from death or worse. Naturally I will play the role of the devil, they already fear me. I believe either Komana or Mikhaela would be best suited for playing the latter role. As for questions since you Ranzo seem to want to be leader it is your burden to decide the questions. This is perhaps your first taste of true power, the power to decide the fate of these prisoners. I hope you choose...pragmatically.
Bexer takes the bandit who surrendered to him off to the side, "Before all the tiresome threats get trotted out, I'm going to ask you a simple question, and I expect a simple, honest answer. You've tried to hide something from me once, and it didn't work. Don't try it again."
"By the words of your surviving fellows at Oleg's, Kressle should have had at least a dozen men under her command, but there were only nine here. Where are the others, and when are they due back?"