Anevia sighs.
"Horgus, shut up. Aravashnial's right, people aren't infallible. The stresses of yesterday are still bothering me, and I'm letting revenge speak louder than reason. As much as I may disagree with it, you should do as you see fit."
Let us try the door to the north
"Revenge is a strong motivator indeed. You have no idea what these people have done to the rest of us in the past," Lann says, shaking his head. "However, I am but one voice in this group, and will defer to the whims of the majority."
"The cycle of revenge is endless until someone is willing to put the past behind them." Kel said with a shrug.
He moved to the north door and waited. "I'm not good with all the trapspotting and lock picking stuff. Someone want to check the door?"
You're an idiot, you know that?
Tina will look at the door.
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Deia adds her input to the group discussion. "These cultists have shown themselves to not be trustworthy in the past." She shudders as she thinks of the taunts that the cultists used during the battle. I am OK with letting them live but let's be sure to protect our rear. Perhaps we can put them in the storeroom and bar the door?"
Looking at the few possessions of the cultists she says, "10 bedrolls and we have seen 4 cultists so far. Let's keep our guard up, there should be at least 6 more of them, with who knows how many giant lizards."
Max stays out of the debate, finding it uncomfortable to argue about yet another life to take or spare. Instead, he and his companion listen at the door to the east.
Tina moves over to the others and whispers. Voices from the north door, no doubt more cultists.
I could try to sneakily peek in.
Max whispers - "We have someone behind this door too! We should bar one of the doors - maybe this one." Max points to the door he was listening at.
Okay, let us do that.
"That smarted, I guess I shouldn't rush in like that..."
"Thanks for the heal, Deia."
"Yeah I'm pretty sure they know we are here, but with any luck of the gods they are deaf or not paying attention."
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"Oh, Tina, I'm sorry I missed you earlier" says Deia.
After looking around the room, Deia hatches a plan and tells the group. "I bet we could take the heavy barrels from the storeroom and use it to block one of the doors while we open the other. It won't stop a determined effort to open the door but it will certainly slow them down."
Rex takes position behind the last door to be opened with pistol drawn and ready to fire.
As Rex glances down at the mongrel bodies,"I get the feeling we will be meeting their friends before to long."
"Then let's give them a warm welcome." Kel says quietly.
"Here's what we're going to do…"
Max nods in agreement with Kel's tactics.
Kel nods, moves the bodies to the south door, and heads to the north. As soon as everyone is in position he counts down on his fingers and yanks it open.
"Well, I do have some disabling magics that will not have lasting effects on any hostages."
Heart racing, Max goes up to the door. He takes a deep breath, and goes over what he needs to do in his mind.
As Kel pulls the door open, you can see two armor-clad women on either side of the door. One is wielding a menacing looking scythe, while the other is wielding a glaive of similar styling to the one in Kel's possession.
Once the door is open, a flurry of action occurs.
As the two cultists begin to move, Rex's shot roars out, slamming into the one with the glaive. Max casts a spell that causes the ground beneath her feet to shine and becoming slippery, forcing her to the ground. Deia's hex causes the other cultist to slump against the wall, asleep, before tumbling to the ground. Tina's bomb wakes her up shortly thereafter, having detonated squarely on top of her sleeping form.
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I drew a square of Grease on the ground - might be relevant later.
"Oh my, that worked!" Max is elated at the success of his spell, but decides it's time to seek cover behind his allies again. "Can you finish them off?" Max casts guidance on Rex.
After seeing the effects of the ambush, "Nice work everybody!"
Rex sets about reloading his pistol.
"I gotta learn how to reload this thing faster..." as he frantically packs more powder into the barrel.
Deia throws another curse at the cultist with the scythe.
Max offers Rex another blessing while trying to retreat.
Anevia hobbles her way into the room, sword in hand. She swings at the cultist with the scythe.
The cultist with the glaive stands up, provoking an attack from Anevia.
She then casts a spell.
The cultist of Deskari stands up, adjusts away, and casts a spell.
Lann keeps guarding the bottom door. "Sounds like things are going well over there."
Kel moves into the room, surprised at how fast Anevia moved on her broken foot.
He reaches past Anevia with his polearm and cuts at the one in the grease.
"Casters! Dammit. Tell Aravashniel we could use his help now!"
Tina looks for a club or whatnot dropped by the downed cultists in this room.
Kel moves in and slices at the cultist of Baphomet, scoring a solid hit.
Tina moves to where one of the mongrelmen fell earlier and retrieves his dropped club.
Rex hastily reloads his pistol.
"Yes, I daresay that was very effective, Lann!" Max moves in front of the blocked door and keeps an eye on it, just in case. He prepares an incantation in case any enemies should come through!
Deia attempts to hex the cultist of Baphomet, but she shakes it off.
Max retreats toward the southern door and prepares in case anyone tries to get through.
Anevia scores a solid cut on the cultist of Baphomet.
The cultist of Baphomet swings, slashing into Kel's leg.
The cultist of Deskari backs away and carefully casts a spell in Kel's direction.
As the spell takes its hold on Kel, she growls an order. "Lie down like the dog you are, Iomedaen scum!"
Lann, having been told that the fight was going well, stays in position at the southern door.
Kel, having been ordered to lay down with the impetus of magic, complies.
Round 2
Tina pushes herself up so she can aid Anevia