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Petsha nods, "We'll listen certainly, but in the tight corridors they're fighting in they're much better equipped for this fight than I am. I believe they'll be up to the challenge."

Petsha helps Ardriel move the non-combatants to a safer position, letting those on the front lines deal with the new threats.

Petsha will also allow the rat to pass, moving away from its path to an exit.

"I've no need to kill a creature that will do no more harm to those around us. If it'll slink off to a nest that's fine with me."

Petsha takes aim at the wobbly mongrelman, hoping to put him down for good.

Standard action to attack with longbow.

Longbow Attack, Point Blank Shot, Bless: 1d20 + 7 + 1 + 1 ⇒ (14) + 7 + 1 + 1 = 23 Damage (P): 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (3) + 1 = 4 Arrow Recovery: 1d100 ⇒ 35

Petsha moves in to the corner of the room and fires an arrow at the remaining mongrelman.

Move action to move, standard action to attack with longbow.

Longbow Attack, Point Blank Shot, Bless: 1d20 + 7 + 1 + 1 ⇒ (5) + 7 + 1 + 1 = 14 Damage (P): 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (1) + 1 = 2 Arrow Recovery: 1d100 ⇒ 97

Petsha moves towards the combat and fires an arrow at the nearest mongrelman from behind his companions.

Move action to move, standard action to fire an arrow at the green mongrelman.

Longbow Attack, Point Blank Shot, Bless: 1d20 + 7 + 1 + 1 ⇒ (17) + 7 + 1 + 1 = 26 Damage (P): 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (8) + 1 = 9 Arrow Recovery: 1d100 ⇒ 79

Petsha keeps his bow trained on the rodent and tries again, this time finding a clean shot on the rat with devastating results.

Standard action to attack the rat. It will get cover from party members this time.

Longbow Attack, Point Blank Shot, Bless: 1d20 + 7 + 1 + 1 ⇒ (20) + 7 + 1 + 1 = 29 Damage (P): 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (7) + 1 = 8 Arrow Recovery: 1d100 ⇒ 4

Critical Confirmation: 1d20 + 7 + 1 + 1 ⇒ (14) + 7 + 1 + 1 = 23 Critical Damage (P): 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (8) + 1 = 9

Petsha takes aim at the one remaining rat, trying but failing to find a shot through the bodies of his allies.

Standard action to attack the rat. It will get cover from party members this time.

Longbow Attack, Point Blank Shot, Bless: 1d20 + 7 + 1 + 1 ⇒ (7) + 7 + 1 + 1 = 16 Damage (P): 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (3) + 1 = 4 Arrow Recovery: 1d100 ⇒ 9

Petsha nods at Ian before taking a shot which hits the rat to his west.

Standard action to attack the norther rat which should not get cover from party members.

Longbow Attack, Point Blank Shot, Bless: 1d20 + 7 + 1 + 1 ⇒ (16) + 7 + 1 + 1 = 25 Damage (P): 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (4) + 1 = 5 Arrow Recovery: 1d100 ⇒ 22

Petsha scrambles up the ladder and finds his way to a corner where he prepares his bow for a future attack.

"We can probably safely leave an underground river alone unless we run out of other options to move forward, or end up needing a large amount of water for something. I'd vote to move on."

Petsha nods at Ian, "That's more than enough to help, yes. I thank you. If anyone could help tend to Ardriel's wounds I would feel more comfortable going forward, though we could also make use of one of the potions we've found to help with that."

I believe that Ardriel is at 10 hp now. Fley is up to 14 and Ian took care of my wounds. Leothar, Donnen and Ian are all showing 20 hp, so I assume that's accurate?

Petsha takes the pause in the action to heal his wounds to the best of his ability.

Lay on Hands: 1d6 ⇒ 4

"Well, given that we can hear something of a roar, the river probably has some volume. Using one of the scales to levitate someone down to take a look isn't a bad idea, though before we do that we should make sure we're ready for another encounter like the last. That Hostilla woman did some serious damage; more like her and we'll be in some trouble."

Looking at the party, Petsha focuses on Fley and Ardriel. "I know that I saw the two of you take grievous wounds. Are you in need of healing? That last fight showed how we need everyone at top form."

It's probably best to use Lay on Hands for healing first to try to conserve the potions. We'll get the LoH back. I'm at 9 hp, and have used both of mine for the day.

I'll still pass on the weapon and would prefer not to be included in the roll. I don't think it's going to go to be poorly used if it's not in my hands. As long as it ends up in the hands of someone who regularly makes attacks with it I'm not too worried one way or another.

I'll bow out for the weapon as well. It sounds like consensus is mostly that Ian takes it and that works just fine for me.

I think my last attack probably should have hit then. I have precise shot and she shouldn't have cover as I don't take a penalty for shooting through a single creature thanks to the deadeye trait. That should be true this time as well calculating range from the northwest corner of my new square.

Petsha grimaces as the glaive hits him hard in the leg, but stays standing. He takes a step back to get out of range of the weapon and fires another shot.

5 foot step to the southeast, standard action to attack with the longbow.

Longbow attack, point blank shot, bless: 1d20 + 7 + 1 + 1 ⇒ (11) + 7 + 1 + 1 = 20 Damage (P): 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (5) + 1 = 6 Arrow Recovery: 1d100 ⇒ 73

With their foe still up and attacking, Petsha takes another look at the room. Head down, trying to make a smaller target, he runs in to an empty spot in the chaos before turning to fire at the woman.

Move action to move likely provoking an AoO, standard action to attack with longbow

Longbow Attack, Point Blank Shot, Bless: 1d20 + 7 + 1 + 1 ⇒ (12) + 7 + 1 + 1 = 21 Damage (P): 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (8) + 1 = 9 Arrow Recovery: 1d100 ⇒ 54

Petsha, hearing Ardriel's cry behind him, turns around and sees the elf bleeding just through the doorway. Abandoning his position in front of the south door, the human turns and runs back to channel what divine healing he can.

Move action to move, Standard Action to Lay on Hands on Ardriel

Lay On Hands on Ardriel: 1d6 ⇒ 1

With the cramped space in the smaller room already mostly filled with his allies, Petsha moves away and instead covers the door to the South in case anyone should come to aid the cultists.

Move action to move, Standard action to ready an attack against anyone that comes through the door to the south.

Readied Longbow attack, Point Blank Shot, Bless: 1d20 + 7 + 1 + 1 ⇒ (13) + 7 + 1 + 1 = 22 damage (P): 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (3) + 1 = 4 Arrow Recovery: 1d100 ⇒ 15

Petsha moves over to the doorway to try to take a shot at the woman through the cover of his allies, but finds no good openings to exploit for now.

Move action to move, standard action to fire into at least cover.

Longbow Attack: 1d20 + 7 + 1 + 1 - 4 ⇒ (3) + 7 + 1 + 1 - 4 = 8 Damage (P): 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (7) + 1 = 8 Arrow Recovery: 1d100 ⇒ 44

As the tiefling falls, Petsha raises his bow and looses a shot at the woman behind it's body.

Standard Action to fire at the woman with cover from the doorway.

Longbow Attack: 1d20 + 7 + 1 + 1 - 4 ⇒ (19) + 7 + 1 + 1 - 4 = 24 Damage (P): 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (4) + 1 = 5 Arrow Recovery: 1d100 ⇒ 63

Petsha moves into position as well and readies his bow, aiming it at the door to the north.

Move action to move. Standard action to ready an attack if he sees any enemies.

Longbow Attack: 1d20 + 7 + 1 + 1 ⇒ (9) + 7 + 1 + 1 = 18 Damage (P): 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (3) + 1 = 4 Arrow Recovery: 1d100 ⇒ 55

Petsha ducks into the room and looks around quickly for any enemies.

Perception Check: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (1) + 2 = 3

Not seeing anything obvious he warily holds his bow ready.

Move action to move, standard action to search.

Petsha, following Ardriel's lead, moves to a spot closer the door and readies his bow as well.

Move action to move, Standard action to ready an attack if he sees any enemies.

Longbow Attack: 1d20 + 7 + 1 + 1 ⇒ (11) + 7 + 1 + 1 = 20 Damage (P): 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (2) + 1 = 3 Arrow Recovery: 1d100 ⇒ 35

Petsha follows the others down the ladder to see if he can help with the situation.

Move actions to get to and down the ladder.

Petsha scrambles around the table towards the hole, peering down to see what lies below.

Move action to move.

What sort of action is it to climb down the rope ladder, and how far a drop down is it?

"Other than something I'd rather not touch given the chance I'm not sure. Why don't we all back up and see if it stays down there. If it does I'm all for leaving whatever it is alone. If it comes up here then we can try to kill it."

Ready Action to fire an arrow at the blob if it attacks any party member or comes into the room.

Longbow Attack: 1d20 + 7 + 1 + 1 ⇒ (14) + 7 + 1 + 1 = 23 Damage (P): 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (1) + 1 = 2 Arrow Recovery: 1d100 ⇒ 100

Ok, sounds good.

Peering into the hallway, Petsha wrinkles his nose involuntarily. "Given the other vermin we've already fought down in these caverns, I can only imagine what that pile of garbage might contain. I could put an arrow in it to see if anything comes out if we want."

Perception check to see if anything seems to be moving down the tunnel.: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (6) + 2 = 8

It probably doesn't help, but I think that Father's Day is on June 14th in Austria and Belgium this year.

On a more game related note, I feel like I'm getting slightly mixed signals about arrow usage. Based on the Fight with the Cave Lizard I got the impression from your description that I'd be using arrows if I fired after an enemy was down. The reason I tentatively held off on firing this last time was to avoid doing that again, though now you're saying not to. Possibly arrows are cheap enough that they don't count as a resource here (they are amazingly cheap,) but I'm tracking how many I use and have left because that's what we're doing at least for now.

Should I go ahead and make attacks with the understanding that if I see something is dead I can have the arrow back regardless of the flavor text? I'm not looking to quibble, just trying to get the expectations clear in my head going forward.

Thanks!

Surprised that their foe is still on her feet, Petsha repositions again, moving the a corner of the room where the shot will be clearer before unleashing another arrow.

Move action to move, standard action to attack.

Longbow Attack: 1d20 + 7 + 1 + 1 ⇒ (8) + 7 + 1 + 1 = 17 Damage(P): 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (3) + 1 = 4 Arrow Recovery: 1d100 ⇒ 34

Petsha will hold his fire unless the mongrelwoman is still alive (which would be surprising at this point.)

Petsha watches the arrow hit graze Leothar and springs into action, diving through the doorway and heading towards the wall opposite where the arrow seemed to come from. From there he sees the mongrelwomen and returns fire at her position behind the furniture.

Move action to move, standard action to attack.

Longbow Attack: 1d20 + 7 + 1 + 1 ⇒ (11) + 7 + 1 + 1 = 20 Damage(P): 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (8) + 1 = 9 Arrow Recovery: 1d100 ⇒ 73

"I don't know what's down there, but I sort of imagine that if it could get up here on it's own it would have done it by now. Shall we check what's behind the other other door in the previous room before exploring either up or down?"

As Leothar opens the door and reveals the scene inside, Petsha grits his teeth. Ah ha! The fallen crusaders. One even wielding a glaive, just like the bodies. It's time to put an end to their corruption. The paladin moves to the side of the cavern to try to find a good line of sight through the doorway before firing an arrow at the one with the glaive.

Move action to move, standard action to attack into cover.

Longbow Attack vs Blue: 1d20 + 6 + 1 + 1 - 4 ⇒ (9) + 6 + 1 + 1 - 4 = 13 Damage (P): 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (7) + 1 = 8 Arrow Recovery: 1d100 ⇒ 9

With his path to the lizard still open, Petsha draws back the bowstring once more and tries to find a weak spot in the creature's hide to pierce.

Longbow Attack vs Cave Lizard: 1d20 + 6 + 1 + 1 ⇒ (20) + 6 + 1 + 1 = 28 Damage (P): 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (5) + 1 = 6 Arrow Recovery: 1d100 ⇒ 6
Critical Confirmation: 1d20 + 6 + 1 + 1 ⇒ (5) + 6 + 1 + 1 = 13 Extra Critical Damage: 2d8 + 2 ⇒ (2, 6) + 2 = 10

Petsha follows the others into the room, heading south along the wall before moving to the center of the south portion to open up a nice line of fire on the lizard. Taking aim with the longbow he releases an arrow at the beast.

Move action to move, Standard Action to attack with Longbow.

Longbow Attack vs Cave Lizard: 1d20 + 6 + 1 + 1 ⇒ (12) + 6 + 1 + 1 = 20 Damage (P): 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (6) + 1 = 7 Arrow Recovery: 1d100 ⇒ 38

Seeing Ian duck out of the way, Petsha takes the best shot he can manage at the injured mongrelman. He also nods at Fley's words. "Poison would be an issue, so avoiding that would be good."

Firing longbow at the mongrelman who I assume has cover because of the doorway.

Longbow Attack: 1d20 + 6 + 1 + 1 - 4 ⇒ (14) + 6 + 1 + 1 - 4 = 18 Damage (P): 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (6) + 1 = 7 Arrow Recovery: 1d100 ⇒ 60

As the last of the defenders in the room falls, Petsha looks to Ardriel to see how he's holding up. When the elf makes use the potion he smiles slightly and nods, turning his attention to other matters. As Ian moves to the door, Petsha moves to a position beyond the barricade and prepares to engage any enemies that might be behind it.

Move action, ready an longbow attack should anything attack Ian (or any other party member) after the door is opened.

Readied Longbow Attack: 1d20 + 6 + 1 + 1 ⇒ (20) + 6 + 1 + 1 = 28 Damage (P): 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (4) + 1 = 5 Arrow Recovery: 1d100 ⇒ 26
Critical Confirmation: 1d20 + 6 + 1 + 1 ⇒ (18) + 6 + 1 + 1 = 26 Extra Critical Damage: 2d8 + 2 ⇒ (7, 8) + 2 = 17

Petsha breath catches as he sees Ardriel take the club to his shoulder and stagger. When elf stays on his feet, if barely, Petsha does his best to keep his attention on the mongrleman behind the barrier for now, trusting that his companion will be able to take care of himself for now.

Longbow Attack vs Blue Mongrelman: 1d20 + 6 + 1 + 1 ⇒ (6) + 6 + 1 + 1 = 14 Damage (P): 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (1) + 1 = 2 Arrow Recovery: 1d100 ⇒ 87

Petsha takes aim again, trying to time his shot so that it will hit at a moment the mongrelman is looking out from behind the barricade.

Longbow Attack vs Blue Mongrelman: 1d20 + 6 + 1 + 1 ⇒ (4) + 6 + 1 + 1 = 12 Damage (P): 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (8) + 1 = 9 Arrow Recovery: 1d100 ⇒ 11

Petsha moves up behind Donnen and offers some covering fire as the dwarf begins his work to dismantle the barricade.

Move action to move, standard action to attack the North-most Mongrelman

Longbow Attack vs North Mongrelman: 1d20 + 6 + 1 + 1 ⇒ (16) + 6 + 1 + 1 = 24 Damage (P): 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (7) + 1 = 8 Arrow Recovery: 1d100 ⇒ 56

"Oh no, Petsha! We couldn't possibly stay in the town where we'd be safe for a couple hours. It's much more important to be here in your way to make sure that you can't easily get to the fight again. We know you couldn't be happy without that!" Petsha stifles a sigh, knowing that his mocking thoughts of the citizens of Kenabres are unkind and not helpful at the moment. As such, he does his best to shove them to the back of his mind while he navigates past the three as carefully as he can to try to get into position where he'll have a better shot at the foes.

Double move action

"So be it then, I suppose we're ready to head on out." Turning to Lann, Petsha indicates the group's readiness to continue. "We'll follow you when you're ready unless you have anything else we should know before we go. Thanks again for your help. As long as you can point us in the right direction and tell us any turns we'll have to take you don't need to get anywhere near the camp."

Sitting next to Fley on one of the benches Petsha looks out around the town around them. "We're about to head to some caverns that we know to be occupied by corrupt crusaders and traitors to Neathholm here. It's probably going to be more dangerous than what we've encountered until now. I wonder if any of company who wouldn't be involved in a fight for whatever reason might feel safer staying here until we've made sure the way is safe? I wouldn't want anyone to get hurt unnecessarily, and I don't want any distractions for those who will be focused on the fight. I don't mean to impugn the honor of any with the suggestion, but getting everyone safely through this trial in the long run is my primary consideration, and this town offers a temporary safe haven that we hadn't encounter previously."

Not unless we sold either the morningstar (which would cover all but 1 gp of the cost of the +1 buckler) a lot of potions and scrolls. Given how light we are on other healing I'm inclined not to sell the potions, but I don't have particularly strong opinions.

That works for me as well for the morningstar.

@Leothar, were you looking for a basic buckler, or masterwork at this point?

Is anyone else going to make use of the merchant before we move on?

So perhaps having Fley wield the morningstar temporarily makes sense. He's often in the front making attacks and it would help with hitting and damage when he's not using aid another. Clearly it wouldn't be the long term solution, and maybe we turn around and sell it as soon as we're up on the surface again, but it'd be making use of it in a productive way for now.

*edit* Except that I see he's already using weapon finesse, so it would actually decrease attack rolls by 1 (though it would increase damage somewhat significantly on non-crits, and the expected value for kukri crit damage for Fley currently (4) would be slightly less than the expected value for non-crit hits with the morningstar (4.5).

@DM Trawets, I'd say that you should probably get rid of the dice we've been using, but then we'd get rid of the one enemies have as well. They've been at least as unlucky, so I should probably be happy with that. I'm having a blast so far!

@everyone, would anyone use the +1 morningstar at this point? It'd be wasted on me as I'm all about the bow. Eventually having something like that as a backup will make sense, but would the enchantment help anyone with their everyday attacks now?

As far as moving or resting goes, I'm inclined to keep pushing on today. We don't know if there's a timer of any sort for things that happen and we're not low on resources or hp or anything at this point. We can rest here if people want to, but I don't see the need.