Pint-Sized Kings (Inactive)

Game Master Count Buggula

Odo gathers what he can from the table. He is going to need all the power he can muster, and probably even over to survive the night. With his belly full, he crawls to the granary checking if he can use his manacles to bind the door shut from the inside while using his rope to climb up and down from a higher point in the granary, he hoped that the construction had some kind of window or a crack where he could slide through. He also though of using the stacks of grain as a good cozy bed, until the night would come.

Sorry I didn't specify the time earlier - it's already evening (the meal you just ate was dinner) so there's not really time to rest.

You make your way back outside just as the last warm glow from the setting sun disappears into the night sky. Torches flicker here and there along the road, casting those few nervous lingering villagers in an eerie light. A cool breeze makes you shiver slightly in contrast to the warm tavern.

You approach the granary to find the plump man from earlier assisted by a few others piling wood onto a bonfire. He glances up at you and smiles "Ahh, there you are! We've set up a table and chairs in front of the entrance and started a fire to keep you warm. There's more wood over there" gesturing to a large pile "if you need any. Ring that bell yonder" more gesturing "if there's any trouble you can't handle. I can't promise much, but it might scare them away, if nothing else. Well, we must be going. Best of luck to you all." He tips his hat and walks away, perhaps a little too briskly.

Smiling as he listens to the mirthful comments of his new allies, Sancho doesn't talk much at fist, stuffing his face as a true halfling should. Once he had had his fill however, he chimes in with, "Well, my skills have been trained in the hall of a swordsman and not the ways of a bandit. I am proficient in the sword I wield and the armor I wear. My trusty Pip makes up for my lack of movement, and mounted atop him, we have plenty of skill to show these tall folk bandits what for."

Noting the time, Sancho too moves to finish up his meal before thanking their hostess. Then, leaving a moment, Sancho meets the rest of the group at the granery, holding a strip of leather in his hand that is conneced to he harness of what looks to be a wolf. "Now before you get too surprised, Pip here isn't an actual wolf, he is a wolf-hybrid, he is more likely to harm a cat than he is a human...unless that human happens to harm him of his kind that is." Sancho adds that last part with a wink. "I say we set up a nice ambush. With this layout, we should be able to find plenty of cover. As was mentioned before, bandits are brave in groups and usually focus around a leader of some sort. I say one of us first open dialogue with the bandits, find out who the leader of their group is. Once we know that, then we can either get them to surrender or let them taste he might of our combined effort. What say you all to that?"

"It sounds like an opening gambit worth trying, in my opinion. I would prefer not to be the one talking though. If things turn sour my inability to wear armor could get me killed." Lillith says, completely unfazed by the hybrid canine. "You seem to have an excellent way with words though."

After dinner, Nazdip looked around for a scarecrow we could "recruit".

Perception: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (10) + 5 = 15

Muroi will help in the bonfire and whatever the group needs. He will wait until the bandits arrive to think in a reaction. He is not a good strategist.

He closes his coat, and dressed completely in black he waits into the shadows, looking at the bonfire, the granery and the path.

"And he's better armored than I am. Hopefully us volunteering you for this doesn't get you killed, but feel free to haunt me if it does. I've never talked to a ghost before."

There is a mixture of curiosity, excitement, and something else that you can't identify. All in all, Terri seems to have a knack for cheerfully talking about some of the most morbid topics.

Terri will find out which way the bandits generally come from and hide in a dark alleyway on that road close to the granary, if she can't find one, she'll borrow a crate and use that as her hiding spot.

Stealth:1d20 + 11 ⇒ (14) + 11 = 25
Not bad, not bad at all.

You have a very cute friend, powerful enough to carry one of our kind atop yet smart enough not to throw it's owner off at the first sight of danger. Oto said to Sancho. If something would have happen to his master during the negotiates can I keep it? He started to lough, probably for the first time since he got to this town. Let me know if you want to ask him something.

He checked the zone around them but quickly give up finding a good hiding spot. If there are only two persons guarding it, they will suspect something, so might as well stick with you guys, near this cozy fire. Aggg... and also, would you mind if I turn off the lights once the negotiations are over?

The Granary is a roughly circular building about 40 ft in diameter. It stands a ways away from the nearest building, with nothing but low shrubbery and dirt paths winding into the treeline in the distance, which in the darkness of night the light from the bonfire barely illuminates.

Nazdip is unable to spot a scarecrow to snatch, but Terri gets comfortable in the shade of the wood pile and effectively disappears from view.

Minutes turn to hours as you wait and the effects of the late hour and boredom start to set in. Sancho is the first casualty, falling asleep looking at the fire and leaning against Pip. Odo manages to stay alert but is fading quickly. Nazdip relaxes in his seat, content to stare at the night sky, while Muroi nods off slouched against the table. The girls Terri and Lilith manage to stay awake, though Terri was starting to find the stack of logs surprisingly comfortable.

Terri shakes away the first grasps of sleep and peers into the gloom in the direction of barking.
Sure, hope someone over there heard that...
and that those dogs can't smell me. That would be very bad.

Perception:1d20 + 7 ⇒ (17) + 7 = 24

Every hour or so, Nazdip forces himself to stay mostly alert by getting up, having a stretch, and walking a patrol around the granary.

Earlier in the evening, he pulled out a whetstone and touched up the edges of his blades, also offering to do the same for the other halflings.

Muroi tries to stay awake, but the fatigue wins this battle. He is leaning on the table.

It seems as I am sleeping

In order to stay awake, Lillith routinely pricks herself with a sewing needle. She hated having to do that. What if she lost the needle?

At the ladies' comments, Sancho smiles as he says, "Fear not, I would not propose something that I am not willing to do myself. I'll be glad to be the one to do the talking and don't worry about staying awake, we shall set watches of two hours each. I shan't impose my thoughts on you all, but I am willing to take the first watch so that you all may get some rest. I will come to wake someone at the first sign of trouble or after two hours have passed, whichever comes first." With that he whispers to Pip as the dog sits and seems to start scanning the area.

Odo moves his ears then,looks to the right and left, but couldn't see anything. It seams we may have some company really soon. But I need to be sure. he says to Sancho then looks at Pip You say your pet is only half wolf, right?

He looked at the animal standing before him and put his head on it's forehead gently moving his hand through it's fur. He whispered some words to himself, then tried his luck on the wolf. What are the others saying? How many are approaching? If nothing, it would provide him with some entertainment but he would hate to lose part of his power just before the battle for a cat.

Into the light of the bonfire stride two men - one lanky and carrying a bow, the other chubby and hefting a huge club over his shoulder. A halfling stides confidently in front of them, a sickle slung by his side, and holding the leash to two menacing-looking dogs.

The halfling speaks first "Lay down your arms or have them chewed off by the dogs."

Perception to listen the barking and voices to wake me up 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (4) + 2 = 6. It seems like I will continue sleeping

Stealth: 1d20 + 11 ⇒ (15) + 11 = 26
Terri will move as stealthily as she can (half-speed) behind one of the two men, the closer to where her wood pile is. She'll pull out her rapier quietly before moving.
Current plan is to sneak behind one of the biggers and gank him with a sneak attack.

"Now I'm sure we can handle this peacefully, bandit to bandit, halfling to halfling." Lillith says as she puts the needle away. "Surely you don't the rest of what is in the granary with such... fine hunting dogs at your side?"

Nazdip stands, nudging Muroi's chair with his toe to wake the dozing guard, and puts his hand on the hilt of his dogslicer. "Perhaps you should lay down your arms instead, before we have to slice off your dogs."

Intimidate: 1d20 - 1 ⇒ (20) - 1 = 19

Muroi wakes up exalted "What´s going on?"..."Who are they?". And quickly stands up.

If I can do it in this turn, otherwise, I´ll do this in the next turn.

The halfling is surprised for a moment at Nazdip and takes a half-step back, but in doing so looses his grip on the reins and the two dogs charge forward.

Map here. I'll keep a link to any relevant maps on the campaign info page also for your convenience.

Initiative

23 - Lilith
13 - Stumpy
13 - Muroi
12 - Terri
10 - Lanky
10 - Chubby
7 - Nazdip
5 - Odo
5 - dogs

Don't wait for your turn to post. Once everyone has posted your intentions I'll summarize and we'll move to round 2.

Stealth:1d20 + 11 ⇒ (18) + 11 = 29
Terri moves quietly to E2 at half-speed. She thrusts her sword forward...
Attack on F3:1d20 + 1 ⇒ (4) + 1 = 5
Damage:1d4 + 1d6 ⇒ (3) + (5) = 8
And some how manages to miss horrendously.
Seems the only thing I'm good at so far is sneaking

Nazdip steps forward, drawing his greatsword. Shouting and cursing, he stands ready to attack anything that comes.

Muroi doesn´t move and casts minute meteors on H4.

Lillith's eyes seem to grow dark as she chants a spell and thros the magic at the dogs.

Casting Sleep on the canines. DC 14 Will Save

Odo yawns and was barely awake to see the men approaching. If only he would have put more trust into the dog's words, if only the dog would have said that there are accompanying the angry dogs. he moves slowly, careful not to get into the fire or to get to close to the enemies and launches an icicle at the enemy halfling. He guessed he was the boss, and if they can take him down quickly it could very well change the balance in their favor.

Acting quickly as she sees the dogs begin to attack, Lillith casts a spell but it doesn't seem to have any affect. Sancho wakes up with a start and stands up, drawing his weapon, while Pip runs forward and attacks one of the other dogs. The halfling, angered that his plans have been fouled, charges straight at Muroi, slashing a wide gash into his chest with his sickle. Muroi takes a step back, reeling from the pain, and casts a spell sending projectiles at his attacker, who nimbly dodges. The skinny human then steps forward a few paces, firing an arrow from his shortbow at Nazdip, striking him in the shoulder. Noticing the halfling trying to stab him in the back, the chubby one turns and brings his huge club down on Terri, knocking her to the ground and unconscious. Nazdip retaliates against the halfling attacker, in one swing beheading him as his lifeless body drops to the ground. Odo shoots a frozen shard at the humans but misses, then approaches closer to the bonfire. One of the dogs bites back at Pip, drawing blood, while the second charges at Nazdip who manages to keep the beast at bay.

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Muroi takes 3 damage. I gave you a 5' step to avoid the AoO from the halfling attacking you.
Nazdip takes 5 damage.
Terri takes 11 damage.

Just realized I accidentally left Sancho out of the initiative order. Sorry about that, I didn't mean to forget you!

Initiative, Round 2

23 - Lilith
13 - Sancho
13 - Muroi
12 - Terri
10 - Lanky
10 - Chubby
7 - Nazdip
5 - Odo
5 - dogs

Muroi touches his chest and feels the blood wetting his shirt. Looks at the guy who knocked down to Terri and casts a magic missile.

Nazdip bellows as the arrow strikes his shoulder, but it doesn't stop his own strike from eliminating the enemy halfling. The barbarian takes a defensive stance, and swings at the dog nearest him. He then steps forward towards the human who shot him. "WHO ELSE DOESN'T NEED THEIR HEAD ANYMORE??"

Lillith calmly loads her crossbow (move action) and takes aim at the bandit closest to Terri. The one in F-3 With a faint *twaing* she looses the bolt at him.

Light Crossbow:1d20 + 4 ⇒ (16) + 4 = 20
Damage:1d6 ⇒ 5

Terri's face drains a little color, not that you can see that in this light.

Liliths bolt strikes true at the larger human, who merely grunts as a show of pain. Sancho stands still, suddenly frozen by fear of battle, as Pip takes a bite at the dog in front of him, ripping out a large chunk of flesh. Bolts of arcane energy fly from Muroi's fingers to the chubby one, adding to Lilith's wound. The archer takes aim and lets another arrow fly at Nazdip but shoots high, losing the arrow into the darkness. Angered that one of his dogs was being hurt, the larger human steps forward and swings a mighty blow at Pip, who crashes lifeless against the woodpile. Nazdip retaliates by cleaving one of their dogs, who drops with barely a sound, its lifeblood staining the ground. Odo sends another icicle flying at the large human, but misses again. The last standing dog turns its attention on the druid and attacks, but can't get close enough to bite.

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Terri is at -4hp, Pip is at -6

Initiative, Round 3

23 - Lilith
13 - Sancho
13 - Muroi
12 - Terri
10 - Lanky
10 - Chubby
7 - Nazdip
5 - Odo
5 - dog

Stabilize roll:1d20 ⇒ 14

Woot, stable, and still unconscious, unfortunately.

Muroi smiles when the magic missile hits the guy. He doesn´t move nor says anything. He is sad and angry at the same time, but he knows the battle must end quickly to help their fallen friends. Casts another magic missile to the same guy.

Nazdip screams a curse in Goblin and raises his greatsword over his head, charging the human archer. "Surrender or die."

Seeing that he was little or of no use at all in this battle, Odo decides to take a gamble. The dog's wounds were way over his power, at the best he can only stabilize it for now. However he can do something for the halfling wounded in the darkness. He would need a clear path for that but time was of the essence, he would have to take the risk, he takes a big breath and tries to move swiftly bypassing his enemies. He uses his healing to cure some of Terri's wounds.

Lilith loads another bolt and fires it at the big human, striking true once more. Muroi lets lose more magic at the same, finally bringing the brute down. The remaining human fires a last shot at Nazdip, striking the enraged halfling just before he charges and slices the human in two. Odo runs past the dog to tend to Terri, earning a nasty bite to the leg in the process, but manages to bring her conscious. The dog chases Odo, nipping at him again, but misses.

Nazdip takes 5 damage.
Odo takes 5 damage.
Terri is at 0 hp. Awake but can only take move actions without incurring -1 hp.

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Initiative, Round 4

23 - Lilith
13 - Sancho
13 - Muroi
12 - Terri
7 - Nazdip
5 - Odo
5 - dog

Seeing a dog still threatening his comrades, Nazdip charges the final combatant, trying to stop it before it attacks again.

Terri gets to her feet feeling very shaky after her brush with death.

"What happened? I feel like I got run over by an ogre."

Muroi smiles while the body of the man hits the ground. Walks next to the fallen halfling and looks at his face. "It shouldn´t have ended on this way". Looks at the dog and waits to see what happens.

This turn I won´t attack. I´ll wait. Move to H8

Lillith moves to get a clear shot while reloading her crossbow.

Move Action: Move to H-8
2nd Move Action: Reload.

With his leg still hurting Odo lifts his sickle in the air and tries to attack the dog that wounded him, however halfway through he was hit by remorse. The animal was just a beast, targeted at him by the bandits, now that the it's owners are dead maybe it can go free.

Nazdip easily fells the last dog, and silence covers the group once more, save for the crackling of the bonfire.

Sancho rings the bell, and the the sound echoes in the distance.

Nazdip leans on his sword, trying to catch his breath after the prolonged exertions.

"Are either of the humans still alive? We should stabilize them so we can ask some questions later. When I start fighting...sometimes I don't know my own strength."

"Once our more seriously wounded are taken care of, can someone help me with these arrow wounds?"

Muroi crouches next to the halfling, "Maybe he has a clue or something that could help us later" Muroi looks for something of value, a paper, a map or something useful on the halfling body. "We could heal them, but first, we should take their weapons, armor, everything they have and bind their hands before they wake up"

Take 20 to look for things on the Halfling

"If I had the time and a kit, I could easily treat your wounds before you sleep tonight. As it is, I am without the supplies I need, and working on anyone of you is harder because of it." Lillith tells Nazdip. "It's amazing how simple it is to sew flesh back together when you have to patch a doll."

They're all quite dead. None of them seem to have any valuables on them. The halfling has a suit of studded leather armor, a small sized sickle and two daggers. The humans each have leather armor, and had a greatclub, handaxe, and shortbow between them.

Muroi is curious, so casts detect magic.

"Is someone interested in something? If no one wants, I want a dagger."