Tippi motions to Festa to join her in moving back toward the others so they can discuss their next move. Gathered in the corner , they inform Jacinth and Felos of their findings. "I don't know if we can block the door," Tippi admits, "but if we filled the corridor outside where they're sparring with the chairs from the other room, it might slow them down. Then we could check the first door," she nods northward , "without worrying that they'll sneak up behind us or cut us off from the exit without our knowing."
"It's the best plan we have. Let's do it."
Let's do it! The sense of action flows out of Festa; unusually obvious for his usually passive appearance.
Festa hurries down the hall into the dining room and carefully grabs one of the chairs. He slips it out of the room and back down the hall to place in front of the door to the sparring room. There's still quite a bit of noise coming from inside that room, so he has no difficulty going unheard by them.
He then slips back to the dining room to grab another chair. Unfortunately, one of the legs scrapes a little along the floor as he picks it up, and this causes the birds in the cage to start twittering. He hurries back to the hall with the chair, but as he gets to the hall, the door to the north opens and a high-pitched voice says angrily, "How many times do I have to tell you Dragons to stop bothering...?" The voice cuts off suddenly, and Festa can see a small lizard-like humanoid standing there in a cook's apron and carrying a chef's knife. Her eyes widen in shock and then she screams--a loud, high-pitched scream.
Tippi and the others hear the scream down the hall, and when the sounds in the sparring room stop, it seems they probably heard it, too.
Order: Others, Felos, Kobold, Festa, Xanthippe, Jacinth.
There will be a surprise round in which your party and the kobold may act, but not the others in the sparring room.
Up First:
Felos double moves 40 feet down the hallway towards Festa.
"We're committed now," he growls.
Felos hurries down the hall towards Festa. Inside the dining room, the kobold, still screaming, dashes back through the door and shuts it behind her
Next Up: Xanthippe, Jacinth, Others, Felos, Kobold.
Tippi retrieves her key and prepares to close the sparring room door if it opens.
Festa hurries over to the door the kobold has just shut .
Out in the hall, Tippi keeps an eye on the door to the sparring room, prepared in case it opens.
Next Up: Others, Felos, Kobold, Festa, Xanthippe (subject to readied action).
Jacinth anxiously keeps guard over the two doors.
From behind the door, Tippi and Felos here somebody yell, "Quickly! Move it!" This is followed by sounds of practice weapons clattering to the floor and feet rushing about. The door opens briefly, pushing the chair in the hall back a bit. Tippi and Felos have just enough time to see a look of surprise come over the man on the other side's face before Tippi casts her spell and the door slams shut again.
Next Up: Kobold, Festa, Jacinth (subject to delayed action), Xanthippe, Others.
Felos double moves 40 towards Fedta, getting just inside the eating room.
As Felos rushes past her, Tippi realizes the party is about to be split and calls out desperately, "Jacinth! This way! Hurry!"
Ok then.
Jacinth hurries to join the others.
Felos hurries forward to help Festa, leaving Tippi by herself, so she calls out to Jacinth to hurry to her, which he does.
The kobold stops screaming, but from his position by the door in the dining room, Festa can hear movement and rummaging on the other side.
Next Up: Xanthippe, Others, Felos, Jacinth, Kobold.
"[b]Some small critter. A goblin? A kobold? An imp? It looks like its the cook. And it's screaming bluddy murder.[b]" Festa informs Xanthippe. He spends his turn jamming a nearby chair to lock-down this door.
Jacinth can see Tippi's lips moving but doesn't hear any words. She steps back toward the entrance, drawing her rapier, and, intoning the syllables of a spell, vanishes from sight.
In the dining room, Festa grabs a chair near him and jams it up against the door.
Out in the hall, Tippi whispers some words to Festa and Felos, then steps in front of the door and vanishes.
A moment later, the door opens roughly and the man behind it almost falls through. He was apparently expecting more resistance to opening the door. Quickly recovering his wits, he steps to the side of the door . Two people behind him, a man and a woman, have hand crossbows raised and pointed towards the door. The woman (#2) aims and fires at Jacinth, but the man (#3) doesn't have a clear line of sight. They were obviously hoping somebody would be standing right at the door when it opened.
-- hit
The bolt slices across Jacinth's shoulder.
From further in the room, two other people rush forward past the two with crossbows. Both of them are brandishing rapiers. #4 comes out into the hall and attacks Jacinth.
-- miss
#4 is unable to strike Jacinth.
Next Up: Jacinth, Kobold, Festa, Xanthippe, Lotus Dragons.
Felos moves up to AY14, drawing his heavy flail, and swipes around the corner.
Felos moves up beside Jacinth and swings his heavy flail. Despite the corner in his way, he manages to hit his target, hurting #4 considerably.
Next Up: Kobold, Festa, Xanthippe, Lotus Dragons, Felos.
Jacinth attacks back.
Morningstar:
to hit to hurt
Jacinth swings his morning star at #4, but the Lotus Dragon member steps aside from the blow.
In the kitchen, Festa hears the rummaging through the other door stop. The kobold does not attempt to open the door he's blocked.
Next Up: Xanthippe, Lotus Dragons, Felos, Jacinth, Kobold.
Well that is encouraging at least. Festa hurries over to the others.
Festa hurries to join the others.
From Xanthippe's perspective, #4 happens to move into her path while she tries to slip past him, and she finds the way blocked. She has to pause at least momentarily.
From everyone else's perspective, nothing happens.
"Fall back!" #1 calls from inside the room. "Draw them into the open space!" The Lotus Dragons pull away from the door and #4 backs into the room again.
Next Up: Jacinth, Festa, Xanthippe, Lotus Dragons (#1 and #5 subject to readied actions).
Felos, seeing that Tippi wants the door shut and the dragons want it open, steps forward and shuts it himself. His other move action is to wedge the chair under the door knob.
Felos moves up and closes the door again.
Next Up: Festa, Xanthippe, Lotus Dragons (#5 subject to readied action), Felos.
"Might as well do this now."
Channel Energy
"What? ...Ya, don't worry, I got the oil. This place will burn down a treat." Festa wiggles his eyebrows at the others.
Returning to the visible spectrum, Tippi cocks an eyebrow at Festa, looking around at the damp, natural stone tunnels. "Jacinth, try that door you're next to," she suggests.
With the door closed to block its spread, Jacinth lets healing energy spread out over the party. Unfortunately, the healing has only minimal effect.
Festa calls out a bluff in hopes of convincing the Lotus Dragons that the party is about to burn down the lair.
Tippi becomes visible again and directs Jacinth to the other door.
From inside the room, you can hear startled, but muffled responses to Festa's bluff. "Doesn't matter if it's true or not," the voice of the one who is presumably in charge says. "They might be getting away. Get the door open!"
-- fail
Felos then sees the door move against the chair blocking it as someone behind it tries to open it. The door and chair hold for now.
Next Up: Jacinth, Festa, Xanthippe (subject to delayed action), Lotus Dragons.
Felos really jams the chair in this time, then backs up with the others towards the dining hall.
Try the door.
Felos adjust the chair to make sure it holds, then backs away.
Jacinth opens the door beside him to reveal a room containing several chamber pots and a barrel of water. Considering its intended use, the room is remarkably clean and non-smelly.
Next Up: Xanthippe (subject to delayed action), Lotus Dragons, Felos, Jacinth.
"No good," Tippi breathes when the room's size and contents are revealed. She squeezes down the corridor past the others into the dining hall.
Jacinth will step out of the way so the others can move about.
After determining that there's nothing of interest through the door, Jacinth moves down the corridor, followed by Tippi, who moves more quickly, slipping past him and into the dining room.
Next Up: Lotus Dragons, Felos, Jacinth, Xanthippe.
Festa follows after Tippi, and attempts to open the door where she stands. He points out the southern door, "That's where I found... I guess the cook?"
Festa moves into the dining room and opens the south door. Beyond is a short hallway with another door immediately to the left. The hallway ends after 10 ft at another door.
-- fail
-- success
From down the hall, you hear a crack and a clatter as the Lotus Dragons get the door open despite the chair. A moment later, three Lotus Dragons come round the corner. The lead one goes for Felos with her rapier.
-- miss
She misses.
Next Up: Jacinth, Xanthippe, Festa, Lotus Dragons.
Since he's there, Felos might as well try to bash his brains in.
Alas, he flails and fails with his flail.
Felos attacks #2 with his flail, but she dodges aside.
Next Up: Xanthippe, Festa, Lotus Dragons, Felos.
Jacinth readies his longspear and then attacks over Felos's shoulder.
-- hit
The spear pierces #2's chest near her shoulder and digs in deep. As he pulls it back out, she falls over. Jacinth then steps back into the dining room to allow a bit more room for Felos to move back.
Next Up: Festa, Lotus Dragons, Felos, Jacinth.
Tippi slips past Festa into the hallway and uses her cantrip to open the door at the end of the short corridor, if it isn't locked.
The door at the end of the corridor swings open to reveal a corridor running east-west.
Next Up: Lotus Dragons, Felos, Jacinth, Xanthippe.