Kevros takes one more shot at Dalvik and then switches to his Elven Curve Sword since he is not quite ready for ranged melee engagements and in a last ditch effort to some how get the goons to chase Dalvik, he yells out ... "OH NO YOU DON'T! WE WILL GET THAT BOUNTY FOR YOUR HEAD!"
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I am slightly confused, do you drop your crossbow as a free action? Is there a strap? Move action to pull out sword and standard action to shoot crossbow. Your shot went just wide.
Delvik goes around the corner.
Sala your turn...
Since the characters in the tavern are not truly in the fight yet, just stabilizing the last few goons, their initiative will be starting next round.
Kevros replies to his narrow miss ... "Damn!"
S'ala quickly takes in the situation, and realizes he cannot apprehend the half orc villan without dealing with these thugs. He decides to take the thugs out, fast. He breathes deeply and reacts with a flurry of blows against the first thug, striking with lightning speed with his feet, hands, and elbows.
= 22 and 19
= 5 and 6 Sorry the formula wasn't right will do different next time
First strike is possible critical:
A an elbow slam to the chin, followed by a quick roundhouse kick both strike his opponent with impressive force.
Quince still not sure about what Saren is up to keeps an eye on him as Masota stabilizes the thugs.
Masota glances up at Saren when he responds to Quince's comment that he made in celestial. "There's definitely more to this man than what I first thought..." She stands up straight after tending to the last downed thug and looks at Saren. "I think it might be best if we check up on our allies. I don't want them falling into a trap. Would you mind keeping an eye on these men? Narcissa and the watch should be along shortly."
"I will watch them but I would suggest that the rest of your group get in here."
Masota glances up at Saren when he responds to Quince's comment that he made in celestial. "There's definitely more to this man than what I first thought..." She stands up straight after tending to the last downed thug and looks at Saren. "I think it might be best if we check up on our allies. I don't want them falling into a trap. Would you mind keeping an eye on these men? Narcissa and the watch should be along shortly."
"I'd say the chances of a trap or ambush is very high. These aren't all of the men Davlik has at his disposal" she says to Masota. Turning to Brassik, "Brassik ,is there any roof access?"
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Sala knocks out the fellow with the battle axe as it goes skittering across the floor. The other two goons each strike surprisingly well. Kevros takes a massive blow across his chest for 18 damage, while sala gets his arm cut from blocking the blow the best he can taking 7 damage from the longsword.
Everyone else please roll initiative.
Realizing he can not take another blow like that, Kevros yells out, "S'ala withdraw to where we just came from!"
S'ala takes the wound stoically. He's had worse.
"You retreat, this One will hold them off for a moment."
Initiative
Hmm, probably won't have time to get to the roof.
Angeus runs to the back door and unslings her crossbow from her back. She steps outside to see where Kevros and S'ala are.
Initiative
Of course I'd roll high when i'm at work. Just put me near Angeus unless kevros is close enough to lay on hands.
Angeus holds her aim on one of the thug's eyeballs as they retreat, ensuring they don't threaten herself or S'ala. If they approach, she fires.
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Masota hurries out the rear exit and draws her sword when she notices the thugs. When it's fairly obvious they're not looking to fight the whole group, she instead turns her attention toward the badly wounded Kevros.
"Hold still Kevros." She reaches out her hand, hovering it slightly over his wound. Her eyes close briefly as a bright white light escapes from her hand and spreads out across Kevros' chest.
Quince rushes fourth toward Masota and Kevros. Guarding incase any enemies come through the door.
With it apparent his foes are in retreat, S'ala composes himself breathing deeply and whispers a quick thaks to Irori for intervening before someone died. He keeps a wary eye on the thugs until they are out of sight.
"It is problematic that the half-orc escaped. Certainly trouble and misfortune must follow with one such as he on the loose."
"The villan had a trap set that this One was not expecting. For that, this One must apologize to the bow-man, who received such a serious wound. Please accept this One's humble apologies for failing to protect the Brave Master. What is the penance required of this One?"
He drops to his knees in front of Kevros with head bowed.
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Kevros, they are retreating about 20 feet away.
Thank you Masota. Thank you Quince.
Out of combat.
Kevros decides to not pursue the thugs mainly because he was in no shape and it appears the party is in general consensus not to pursue. Let the guards handle it.
Like always, Masota's healing touch hits the spot and Kevros will now survive a pin prik ... "Thank you Masota, your healing touch always repairs a broken soldier. This time, it was really close before I was in serious trouble! Unfortunately, Delvik escaped. I have a feeling we will be seeing him again."
Kevros looks at S'ala, "At ease S'ala, on your feet, I work for a living! I know for a fact, that your knock out probably saved our lives! So don't be too hard on yourself! In fact, I am more frustrated and angry at myself that I was seriously injured, had to withdraw, and as a result, we could not catch Delvik. So in fact, please forgive me!"
Kevros responds to the guard, "Delvik, the brigand was in here. He must be captured or he will cause problems with the operations in the Stolen Lands. Perhaps one or both of those thugs running away can you lead you or tell you where is at?"
Kevros looks at the bartender, "How much damage, cost wise, was done? And can I have an Ale to help take the edge off this wound?"
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Brassik, "A few silver pieces should cover the broken chair, Saren has already ordered a round for y'all so there it is." You can see that there is a pint poured out for each of you on the bar, Saren is holding his in hand waiting for the others.
The guard, "Why should we care about the operations in the Stolen Lands, is there some offense against Delvik or his band."
Quince smiles. "Well our business in the Stolen Lands will be for us to administer. In the effort of being good neighbors we called you here. Dalvik was hoping we would send him money back this way or else he would take it out on Restov petty extortion, empty threat perhaps."
Quince continues, "Again not wanting undue harm to come to your fair city we made it clear to his own thugs that it would be better for them to oppose his extortion." He motions to the commotion and the wounded thugs. "They did not fair as well as they hoped. Dalvik escaped. Though they have proved they no longer wish to be associated with such a villan" Quince looks at the thugs in the eye in turn. His last sentence an admonition to chose better friends.
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The guard has a confused look on his face, "So there was an altercation between Delvik and these men. Who started it? It seems that Delvik ended it, though none of them are dead, that is a good sign. What is this about extortion." You can tell they are not the smartest guards, but wish to do the best for all.
Angeus steps forward "Delvik runs a protection racket down in the slums and sought to up his standing in life by taking on the Swordlord's charter in the Stolen Lands. Unfortunately for him, another group took his charter earlier and we were selected over him just a short while ago. He wasn't too pleased with us and his men weren't too pleased with him.
Diplomacy.
"Any charges?" Masota groans and shakes her head. They really were that dumb. "For starters, they're members of a gang that specializes in extorting honest people for protection money. I'm sure you can find plenty of witnesses in the area willing to testify to that. Not to mention that they attacked their former leader with lethal force. Saren and Brassik here can attest to that. Delvik himself escaped, as the others have mentioned. He's the real problem, and men like these will continue to terrorize the city until something is done about him."
Nodding to what Masota said, Angeus adds "Look, these " she says indicating the thugs left behind " 'men' are probably known to the Watch for something or other, Brassik would probably be grateful if you took them elsewhere, charge them with disturbing the peace or some such.
Diplomacy
Kevros lets the less wounded and more diplomatic members of the party handle the particulars to the guard. Kevros stated his piece and unfortunately for him, the guards wanted more information which does not appeal to the injured crossbowman at this time. "How is one gold piece to pay for damages and be invited back without animosity bartender? Will that cover it?" ... Then Kevros pours himself a drink and checks to make sure none is leaking out that nice gash across his midsection ... Then speaks up, "Anyone else want to join me for drink? I need to take some edge off this gash. And no, I am not planning on getting drunk."
Angeus smiles at Masota "Well played, got Devlik off our backs for now as did you Kevros, how is that scratch?" taking a swig of her ale she continues "Now , I need to see about a horse, anyone else?"
"Reward for Dalvik?" Quince looks at the others with a smirk. "Perhaps we should look into getting Dalvik here and now in the wild we would have long trek back to collect such a bounty."
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Brassik, "Heh, if you want to pay for the damages all the better, I would say have the thugs pay for it before they are trutted off. What do you say Valen? I have no animosity to Angeus's group. But I won't say no to your coin."
The main guard, obviously Valen agrees with Brassik, and they go through some of the thug's pockets to find the needed coin.
Saren raises his pint to Kevros. Saren has already paid for a round for the group, He gets up and hits his pint to Kevros' pint, takes a long drink. Then he looks to the others expectantly, "Will you not join me in celebration of no loss of life, to seal our merry band with a drink?"
Kevros smiles at Angeus ... "Thank you for asking, it is doing much better especially if the brew is not coming out of my gut and I get a slight tingle to help ignore the pain." ... Kevros laughs ... "Masota and I are good for horses and we will retrieve them shortly." ... Kevros looks at Quince with a mischievous smile and liking his idea ... "Yes, we should see if there is a bounty for his head. Like the guard stated and knowing his personality, I bet there is!" ... Kevros throws Brassik a gold piece and states ... "Hire some guards and/or liven up the place a little." ... Then realizes, Stalker is probably wondering where the h*** is the group ... Hey guys, we need to hurry before we lose our guide or whatever. We cannot stay here for long Saren and you shouldn't be drunk on the road to the Stolen Lands."
Masota politely declines the drink offered to her and instead continues tending to Kevros to make sure he's in good enough shape to travel. "I believe while everyone is making preparations to leave I'll have a talk with the guard here in town. I'd like to make the bounty official. He needs to be dealt with and we unfortunately have obligations elsewhere. It should at least make him less active here in Restov if he's smart. Best case scenario he seeks revenge against us in the stolen lands and we deal with him there. Either way, I doubt he'll be operating as openly as he once did."
Kevros smiles at Masota ... "Thank you again for the healing, I think I am fine for now but still will not be going toe-to-toe if I can help it until I am fully healed." ... Kevros pauses ... "You and I should go pick up our horses and talk to the magistrate. I can hold the horses while you talk to them if they do not have a tie down. Afterwards, we can use the horses to travel to the Black Fur and meet everyone there."