The conversation comes to an abrupt end. The three humans bow, and the purple-robed woman turns and marches east, her twelve black-armoured guards following her. As they retreat into the distance, the humans stand, and begin talking to each other in low voices, too low for you to hear. As far as you can tell, there is no-one else around.
Elspeth strains to hear any scrap of conversation that reaches her, memorising what details she could, then watched, quietly, as the twelve guards and the woman walked away. Once she was certain they were out of sight and well out of earshot, she scrabbled in the dirt for some sort of rock, and tossed it towards the centre of the three remaining figures. As soon as any one of them catches sight of her, she's going to run back as fast as possible to where she left the group.
The rock strikes one of the humans on the arm: What the...?
At that moment, Elspeth stands and begins to move away. Get her! The three figures draw their weapons.
Everyone roll initiative please.
(OOC: As a reminder, you can deal non-lethal damage easily enough, just by declaring that you are trying to do non-lethal damage. There's no extra difficulty in doing it. However, you can only do non-lethal damage with a melee attack (i.e. not ranged) and with a melee weapon or unarmed attack (i.e. not a spell or a bow and arrow).
Elspeth, your slingshot hits the main square in the face and he falls to the ground, dead. The younger woman hisses something to her companion, and the older one nods. They advance, both drawing their scimitars, though they are not able to come close to you. The older one turns her head and shouts into the shadows: Tored! Attend!
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Three men clad in leather armour appear from behind a building not too far off and charge towards you; they are still some distance away.
The javelin goes straight through her heart; the older woman falls down dead. The younger woman glances at the corpse with disdain, and seems undeterred.
This post has potentially manipulated dice roll results.
We have to try and grab one of them before the others get here.Jalt says as he moves forward towards the younger woman and aims to hit her with a non lethal forearm
Attack: 13 Damage: 7
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Hoard of the Dragon Queen - Jalt Rhogar - Dragonborn Cleric (9)
Jalt isn't in range to make a melee attack; the woman is more than thirty feet away. He can move up near to Elspeth and Soar and ready an attack if you like. It would be with the attack and damage roll you already made.
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"...resistance at the Keep. Lennithon has..."
"...towards the camp..."
"...the Lady will not tolerate..."
"...kobolds... obedient for now..."
"...eggs must be..."
The conversation comes to an abrupt end. The three humans bow, and the purple-robed woman turns and marches east, her twelve black-armoured guards following her. As they retreat into the distance, the humans stand, and begin talking to each other in low voices, too low for you to hear. As far as you can tell, there is no-one else around.
(Soar etc can't or see hear any of this, right?)
No, only Elspeth is hearing any of this.
Breena is just sitting with the group, trying to braid interesting long grass into her hair because she has to do something to keep herself awake.
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Elspeth strains to hear any scrap of conversation that reaches her, memorising what details she could, then watched, quietly, as the twelve guards and the woman walked away. Once she was certain they were out of sight and well out of earshot, she scrabbled in the dirt for some sort of rock, and tossed it towards the centre of the three remaining figures. As soon as any one of them catches sight of her, she's going to run back as fast as possible to where she left the group.
Dex(?) roll as needed: 10
The rock strikes one of the humans on the arm: What the...?
At that moment, Elspeth stands and begins to move away. Get her! The three figures draw their weapons.
Everyone roll initiative please.
(OOC: As a reminder, you can deal non-lethal damage easily enough, just by declaring that you are trying to do non-lethal damage. There's no extra difficulty in doing it. However, you can only do non-lethal damage with a melee attack (i.e. not ranged) and with a melee weapon or unarmed attack (i.e. not a spell or a bow and arrow).
Soar initiative: 12
Jalt Initiative: 9
Hoard of the Dragon Queen - Jalt Rhogar - Dragonborn Cleric (9)
"Ive heard it both ways."
Initiative: 20
Badger: 22
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Round One:
A: Breena and Elspeth
B: Unknown man and two women
C: Soar and Jalt
Badger is first to act. Muttering something under her breath about not needing three prisoners, she looses an arrow at the man:
Attack: 15 Damage: 4
It hits the man, causing him to stagger as he has to pull an arrow out of his left thigh.
Elspeth is up.
Elspeth turns around, lobbing a rock using her sling at man one.
Attack: 14 Damage: 6
Elspeth, your slingshot hits the main square in the face and he falls to the ground, dead. The younger woman hisses something to her companion, and the older one nods. They advance, both drawing their scimitars, though they are not able to come close to you. The older one turns her head and shouts into the shadows: Tored! Attend!
19
Three men clad in leather armour appear from behind a building not too far off and charge towards you; they are still some distance away.
Soar and Jalt are up.
Soar turns to Clara and says "stay safe back here and sit on this kobold for a tick, we got this!"
She bursts out from behind the building and moves up to Elspeth and hurls one of her two remaining javelins at the older woman.
Attack: 23 Damage: 6
The javelin goes straight through her heart; the older woman falls down dead. The younger woman glances at the corpse with disdain, and seems undeterred.
Jalt is up.
We have to try and grab one of them before the others get here. Jalt says as he moves forward towards the younger woman and aims to hit her with a non lethal forearm
Attack: 13 Damage: 7
Hoard of the Dragon Queen - Jalt Rhogar - Dragonborn Cleric (9)
"Ive heard it both ways."
Jalt isn't in range to make a melee attack; the woman is more than thirty feet away. He can move up near to Elspeth and Soar and ready an attack if you like. It would be with the attack and damage roll you already made.
Round Two
A: Breena and Elspeth
B: Younger woman, Tored, Long-haired man, Stocky man
C: Soar and Jalt
Breena and Elspeth are up.
Yes.. have that be his readied attack
Hoard of the Dragon Queen - Jalt Rhogar - Dragonborn Cleric (9)
"Ive heard it both ways."
Great.
Badger takes a shot at the man apparently named Tored:
Attack: 12 Damage: 8
The arrow hits his chest but misses any vital organs; he continues to advance.
Elspeth is up.