"Go on. Scout." Atherton hisses to Reth, staying by the door and staying ready for trouble.
Perception;Stealth (1d20+1=17, 1d20+3=22)
Malik tiptoes quietly behind Atherton and Reth, ready for an attack or discovery.
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Perception;Stealth (1d20+1=17, 1d20+3=22)
Malik tiptoes quietly behind Atherton and Reth, ready for an attack or discovery.
Malik checks out the counter in the room. Perhaps there is something to find about
a) the hygiene of the meat display
b) anything else at the counter.
No, just stay where I am covering the door until Atherton checks out whats beyond it. I assume we are going to try and talk first and Reth isn't so dpilomatic unless he's trying to threaten someone.
Malik listens to the expert and stops his discovery quest.
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Malik checks out the counter in the room. Perhaps there is something to find about
a) the hygiene of the meat display
b) anything else at the counter.
The hygiene leaves something to be desired, but then again, it's what you would expect from a group of guardsmen, probably they have even been making an effort......there is nothing else striking about the place.
Imagining this standoff taking quite some time Calandra shakes her head and pushes past both Rethvian and Atherton and heads through the door herself.
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Imagining this standoff taking quite some time Calandra shakes her head and pushes past both Rethvian and Atherton and heads through the door herself.
You enter a hallway stairs to your left lead up behind you. There is a door to your right and a double door, approx 30ft away at the end of the hallway.
Stealth check (1d20+6=9)
Perception check (1d20+7=12)
Distracted by the fact that Cal in a huff takes the lead Reth fails to notice anything and whispers louder than he intends too, "Careful, they probably live upstairs over the shop."
Stealth,Perception (1d20-1=7, 1d20+2=18)
Treading somewhat heavily as he moves forward to provide support to the headstrong young lady, Ward continues to keep an eye out for trouble and to try to get in the way of any attackers.
'Now what's her problem?' Atherton wonders as Calandra moves further into the shop. He sighs as Reth follows her with equally little stealth.
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'Now what's her problem?' Atherton wonders as Calandra moves further into the shop. He sighs as Reth follows her with equally little stealth.
A few moments after Cal enters the hall, you hear a crash from upstairs.
Ward:
The crash sounds like something bumping into furniture, a bang, followed by a small scrape. this is also followed by the sound someone swearing under their breath.
When he hears the crash from above Atherton sighs again. 'Damned fools. I should leave to sort out their own mess.'. Despite his thoughts, he catches up with everyone else, staying at the back of the group.
Upon seeing Calandra pause in indecision at the sudden noise Reth sighs and heads up the stairs. As he leaves Malik he whispers, "Malik, If you'd be ready with that spell to knock em' out when they try and stick blades in me I'd appreciate it." A half-smile crossing his face and some of his usual lighter demeanor returning.
Letting Rethvian and Malik head on ahead to investigate the sounds Cal hangs back a bit and walks along beside Atherton, giving him a small supportive smile, happy to let the others take the lead for now.
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As you reach the top of the stairs you enter the first upstairs room. The room extends a further 10ft in front of you and 10 behind, past the stairs. In the other direction, it extends 25 ft. In the room there are a table and 4 chairs, a small chest, and a door leading behind you into another room.
Reth:
Reth takes a bead on them. "First one to make a move gets feathered. Put your weapons down and no-one will get hurt. The Field-Marshall wants some words with ya. Malik, hit them now!" He move slightly forward and to the side so Malik can get by to cast the spell.
Ward' will try to draw their attention, whilst still trying to provide ablative cover for the rest of the party.
Bluff as I believe thats where the hit me button is. (1d20+4=16)
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It is tight, assuming Reth stepped into the room , there is room for Ward and Malik on the stairs, after that people will have to start moving....
Ward' will try to draw their attention, whilst still trying to provide ablative cover for the rest of the party.
Bluff as I believe thats where the hit me button is. (1d20+4=16)
The four men pause at the arrival of Ward, visibly shaken by the sight of the Shoanti.
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You and cal are both obscured, by the same logic though, you cannot yet see into the room.
As Ward shouts something in Shoanti, the 4 men look at each other, and charge as best they can at him, despite the fact that he is behind the banister, and hence in partial cover....one falling back to use his crossbow before the others close in.
Despite thier disarray, and obvious shaken-ness, the three men's swords make contact, and while Ward's armour deflects two of the blows, one passes through, putting a deep cut down the side of Wards face . The fourth man's crossbow bolt embeds itself harmlessly in the wall behind ward's head.
For the benefit of those who speak Shoanti, "Do as the man says or there will be regretable consequences." just with a bit of a snarl to attract attention.
Malik is pointing at the guard with the crossbow. An eldritch ball streaks from his outstretched hand across the room and hits the man in the chest.
Cursing, Reth moves a little to the side and shoots at one of the men. Both shots fly wide because he is tring to avoid hitting the Shoanti. "Malik, we are tryin to take them alive so if you get any, it would put the fear into them."
Rapid shot at guard (1d20+6=9, 1d8+3=11, 1d20+6=13, 1d8+3=5) I assumed a 13 still misses.
Atherton stays a good distance back from the fight, ready to fire his crossbow if anyone get's through, but not seeming overly interested in getting involved.
"Just drop them already, don't worry about me."
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Cursing, Reth moves a little to the side and shoots at one of the men. Both shots fly wide because he is tring to avoid hitting the Shoanti. "Malik, we are tryin to take them alive so if you get any, it would put the fear into them."
Rapid shot at guard (1d20+6=9, 1d8+3=11, 1d20+6=13, 1d8+3=5) I assumed a 13 still misses.
The four men grin as one at Reth's words, obviously pleased that this isn't a fight to the death.....The grin is still on the face of the man with the crossbow, even as he slumps to the floor, blood pooling from arrow wound.
One of the others cries out "Baldrago, NO!!"...
"By the various gods.." Calandra exhales "I thought we were going to try to avoid fighting if we could" Moving swiftly she hurries up the stairs and into the room.
"All of you stop it, NOW!" She demands of all of the men, enemies and allies "We're here to talk, stop all this needless fighting" She implores as she rushes towards the slumped man with the crossbow.
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"By the various gods.." Calandra exhales "I thought we were going to try to avoid fighting if we could" Moving swiftly she hurries up the stairs and into the room.
"All of you stop it, NOW!" She demands of all of the men, enemies and allies "We're here to talk, stop all this needless fighting" She implores as she rushes towards the slumped man with the crossbow.
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As Cal pushes past Ward and Reth, the man who shouted runs to his friends aid. The other two men look totally confused by the mixed signals, and move to defend themselves more than to do any real damage.
Malik pushes himself in front and readies a spell in case any of the others attack. His position is that he catches those in the corner and especially the one running to Cal in the cone of his Color Spray.
"If any of you three makes a motion to attack, you'll go down like the other. That... is a promise. But we don't want to harm you. It's your choice."
He looks grim looking toward Cal treating the downed guard. Lining up an arrow on the guard who went to his bleeding friend in case he decides he wants to try and take a hostage, "Is one of you Verik? If not, where is he?"
Calandra works quickly, staunching the blood and releasing a small sigh of relief. "Okay he should live, you can answer questions now" She tells the man beside her certainly.
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Calandra works quickly, staunching the blood and releasing a small sigh of relief. "Okay he should live, you can answer questions now" She tells the man beside her certainly.
Seeing that they are vastly outnumbered, the two men who remained fighting step back and drop their weapons. The man crouching by his friend looks at Calandra blankly and simply points at the door behind her, into the next room.
Ward' stays in an defensive crouch. "Ok Cal, your up lets see if we can end this without a further skirmish."
Cal gives a small nod and makes her way over to the door, sure that Verik has been alerted to their arrival she decides not to just and enter and instead knocks gently on the door. "Mr Vancaskerkin, we're here to talk business with you. Trust me, it will be worth your while" She announces certainly.
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Cal gives a small nod and makes her way over to the door, sure that Verik has been alerted to their arrival she decides not to just and enter and instead knocks gently on the door. "Mr Vancaskerkin, we're here to talk business with you. Trust me, it will be worth your while" She announces certainly.
As Calandra knocks, the door creaks partially open. You can just see a desk in the room, with an ornate dagger pinning some papers down, but there is now answer from Vankaskerkin.
Calandra looks a little suspisciously at the men in the room but pushes the door open a little more any way. "Verik?" She tries again.
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Perception (1d20=5)
You see a little more desk, and still get no response from Vankaskerkin. The door swings the rest of the way open before sticking on the rough wooden floor.
Frowning slightly Calandra slips into the room and makes her way over to the desk, curiousity getting the better of her.
Taking the dagger Calandra turns and has a look around the room, not wanting to head out just yet just in case she's missing something, there had to be a reason the man pointed out this door in particular.
Malik walks over to Calandra and sees her inspecting the room. "Where has he gone?"
Seeing that Ward' is staying put for the moment and Atherton is still back guarding the stairs, Reth moves up to the door scanning the new room and looking through the crack between the door and the jamb to see if someone is hiding behind it.