Vedika wallops Yellow with her sap.
Yellow takes a 5' step away from Vedika and swings at Nethen.
Green doesn't like being flogged so he takes a 5' step and swings at Ariadne.
Everyone may now act!
Vedika follows her foe and swings again.
Ariadne lets out a cry of pain and shock as the guard hits her far harder than she would ever think possible. Gritting her teeth she advances, bringing her blade level to strike at her enemy's heart, seeking to punish the bastard for hurting her. "You'll die for that!!"
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Kayleigh winces as the slaver-guard's weapon cuts into her childhood friend. She's a bit surprised Ariadne stills stands; she's flabbergasted when the mage-warrior spits a vow at the man and launches a counterattack!
Milani grants her a practiced ease in healing Ariadne's wounds and the cleric steps up to keep the pressure on the guard leader.
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Vedkia wallops Yellow again.
Ariadne hacks into Green.
Kayleigh casts Cure moderate on Ariadne.
Iorghil casts Hedging weapons and creates a simple wepon fo force.
Nethen?
Nethen hears Ariadne's cry of pain but remains focused on the man he and Vedika are facing. He cracks his whip out as he steps sideways, trying to draw the man's attention to him so that Vedika could attack from his blindside.
Nethen punishes Yellow
Green sweeps at Ariadne's legs with his halberd.
Knocking her to the ground prone.
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Yellow takes a 5' step closer to the door and swings at Nethen
The party may now act. Ariadne is prone!
Cursing as her feet are taken out from under her, Ariadne shifts her body into a defensive position, sword raised, using her armor and shield spell to minimize her vulnerability as she slowly rises.
Kayleigh tries to bash the slaver in the ribcage even as he trips Ariadne. Her timing on the blow leaves much to be desired.
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Nethen ducks underneath another clumsy swing from the guard. "I hope they're not paying you much," he growls as he steps again, keeping the guard between himself and Vedika, before lashing out with his whip.
Vedika whallops the guard between herself and Nethen , hitting him right across the back of the head.
Yellow drops unconscious.
Green makes a break for the door, brushing Iorghil aside.
Everyone can now act.
Ariadne scrambles to strike out from her defensive position, unable to come anywhere close to hitting the fleeing guard as he dashes past her.
Kayleigh swings her morningstar at the fleeing man, aiming for the side of his ribcage. Then she pursues, flanking the fellow between herself and Iorghal before swinging again for the man's (yellow) spine!
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"We can't let him escape and raise the alarm," Nethen growls. His whip cracks out towards the last guard's legs, attempting to bring his flight to a halt.
Quickly standing up, Ariadne casts a spell, hoping to daze the fleeing guard long enough to be brought down.
Nethen causes the fleeing guard to stumble and then Kayleigh batters him into unconsciousness.
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Loot:
MW Guisarme (2),
Halberd + 1,
MW Composite Longbow (+4 str),
Net (2),
Sap (3),
Potion CLW (2), CMW (1),
Tanglefoot bag (2),
Cloak of resistance + 1.
What are you doing now?
Kayleigh grimaces at the unusually heavy impact of her morningstar on the head guard. "Sorry!" she whispers to the fallen man. Turning to her comrades, she gives a nervous smile and asks, "So...what kind of latitude did the Field Marshal give you in terms of using armed force to accomplish our goals? I can channel energy to stabilize the guards, but it might also wake them up."
A bit later, she adds, "No keys on any of the guards, so maybe we can head out the front door if we can take out any more guards that might be in our way."
"I'd say tie them up and leave them for now if no one is in immediate danger of dying. Once we're out of here, with the evidence we have, Field Marshal Kroft can send a squad in to shut this place down and make arrests." Ariadne says, looking at the downed guards.
"Agreed, tie them up and gag them and leave them here. I'm not too bothered what happens to them after that," Nethen says, disdain dripping from his voice. "Then we need to get moving before someone comes to see what all the noise was about. Why don't we check through here?" he suggests pointing towards the door.
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After helping with the looting, Kayleigh leaves binding the guards to someone who has a clue how to do so. She nods and prepares to open the north door once everyone's ready.
Nodding, Ariadne takes out some rope and sets to tying the unconscious guards up, bunding their hands and feet and gagging them with torn strips of their own clothing. Looking over the collected items, she picks up the halberd and slings the longbow over her shoulder, smiling in approval as Kayleigh makes a point of visibly storing the healing potion on her person. Good to know when it was if she went down in a fight, not that Araidne had any intention of letting that happen.
"Okay, let's move!"
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Before the group heads out, Kayleigh does a quick check to make sure they still have three rescuees. She again smiles and tries to at least get names out of the strix and shapechanger by pointing at herself, declaring, "Kayleigh," and then pointing at each of the others in turn with a questioning look on her face.
Nethen pockets one of the potions before they move on, just in case. He stands next to the door, whip coiled loosely in his right hand, and listens carefully for any signs of life in the next room.
There is nothing else on this level. It is decidedly sparse. No doubt that is why the mysterious 'Pet-maker' is away seeking new victims to restock his horrible menagerie.
"So unless we can come up with a way to take out the otyugh, the only way out of here is up, through whatever forces they have on the surface. Are we agreed in heading up?" Ariadne asks.
"Let's lock up the prisoners in case they wake up and make sure the children stay safe down here while we fight our way out," says Vedika grimly.
"That makes sense. Let's do so quickly." Ariadne agrees, grabbing the biggest of the unconscious guards by the arms, and dragging him toward the cells.
"I believe the first guard we captured said there were six more guards upstairs," Kayleigh chimes in quietly as she helps Ariadne drag the guards to the cells. "If we just slink back out through the sewers, we might be able to take out or at least drive off the otyugh from above safely enough...provided something that big can't climb up the ladder or reach us with its tentacles. Plus, I still have all six of my healing channels remaining if we get roughed up by the thing."
After a pause, the young Milanite adds, "But going out the front doors--especially if we take out the guards in the process--would likely put a bigger dent in the Pet-Maker's operation. Plus, we can't be sure there aren't more captives being held on the main level unless we explore it ourselves. And there might be incriminating records up there...or even some other atrocities Korvosa would be better off with if we eliminated them now."
Approaching Vedika, the cleric removes a dagger from a sheathe on her belt and hands it, pommel first, to her new friend. "If we leave Sita and the others alone down here--even with the other guards locked up--it might be wise if they weren't all unarmed. We can trust your sister with a dagger, right?"
Vedika gives a throaty chuckle. "Oh yeah. She knows what to do with that."
Nethen helps Ariadne move the prisoners into one of the cells, checking their bindings to make sure they won't be able to try to escape. "I think I'd rather fight my way past the guards than take on whatever that is that's lurking in the sewers," he says with disgust. "And those guards deserve punishment for what they've done here."
"Agreed!"
Once the guards are relocated to cells, and their bindings checked, the children are set up in a safe spot with Sita put in charge, Ariadne draws her own punching dagger, gently offering it to the young shapeshifter.
"Alright, let's head up."
You have a set of stairs leading up to a heavy, locked ironbound door.
How are you doing this?
"Vedika, want to take a crack at the door?" Arani asks, mining down the step enough to give the stealthy woman room to work.
Nethen steps aside as Ariadne does, letting Vedika get to the presumably locked door. He keeps his whip ready and his eyes and ears open.
Kayleigh again raises her light-infused morningstar high to provide the rogue with sufficient light to work her magic on the lock.
Vedika takes 10 and easily opens the locked door.
Behind the door is a small 10'x10' chamber with a ladder leading up.
It seems the shaft is concealed by a large crate above you. Vedika spies through a crack in the crate and can see three guards in the area.
What are you doing now?
"Those guards would be on us fairly quickly as we climb the ladder one by one," Nethen says. "But unless we can find another way in I suppose we don't have any choice. Maybe some of us try to sneak up so that we can hold the guards off ?"
"Well, I'm neither quick nor particularly stealthy in this armor," Kayleigh whispers quietly, "so maybe I should make up the rear. But since we know we've got to fight our way out of here, I could probably cast some spells on the group down here before we make our move. I have another bless spell that should last about 4 minutes; shield of faith has the same duration and would be useful for someone going in first; plus, I could offer Milani's guidance to everyone--that lasts up to a minute. If I cast all those spells a way back in these tunnels, I think it's a safe bet the folks upstairs wouldn't hear me."
"I'd take the spell, Kayleigh. It'll help with drawing thier attacks." Ariadne volunteers. "I think its a good call, prepping spells, then move hard and fast once we get above ground "
”Could we lure them down with a ruse? They expect there to be other guards down here.”
"Calling for help is the only thing I can think of that wou'd lure anyone down, but then everyone above would be on guard."
”Calling for help is only going to work for one or two guards, then we’ll be stuck down here anyway. We need to hit them hard and fast, get our foot in the door as it were,” Nethen suggests.
Ariadne moves as quietly as possible, which turns out to be not very much so.