On the mountain.....

Hlam weaves around Cico’s strikes “You must be one with the shadows young student.” The candles flicker a moment and the monk disappears before you. 

Legendary action: Invisibility

Round 2

Lyss 14 (Stable)

Hlam 11

Aimee 9

Cico 8

Hlam: Recharge 1

Lyss breaths peacefully, the blow merely knocked her out. Aimee feels fists flying from nowhere.

Attack 1 : Attack: 29 Damage: 17

Aimee must succeed on a DC 18 Constitution saving throw or be stunneduntil the end of Hlam’s next turn.

Mirt takes the paper with a chuckle. “Kerri, don’t worry. I always have time to read reports, no matter how unimportant it may seem. Fenton, put this on your reading list to condense into my weekly briefing.” He waves the note over at Fenton as the butler approaches to retrieve it.

Aimee Con save 23

Lyss gives an adorable little snore. It's been a long day, she needs a nap.

He whips around, striking safely at the back of her head Attack: 25 Damage: 16

As the half elf falls, the monk retreats into the shadows. “We strive in the darkness. To understand the darkness is to know that which is concealed.” 

From the shadows a dart flies towards Cico

Attack: 23 Damage: 9

Quote from Viper15E >>

"Davil seemed guarded, but wanted us to look into a series of murders in the dock ward, where the killer used some contraption that shoots little chunks of metal at high speeds. It'll be the second sort of tinker toy converted to a murder tool in our recent knowledge, the first being the Nimblewright that attempted to blow up Trollskull to kill the Zhent agent."

Aldrik pauses a moment as Mirt is fishing out the badges. "Davil accused me of boasting about murders. Could be projecting his own guilts..." before catching the badge in his palm.

Aldrik holds the silver harp badge in front of him, looking at it with a bit of a grin... at least until Mirt mentions that Kerri is his new handler. He glances over to Kerri, and his expression slips to one of... concern? Oh-crap-what-have-I-gotten-in-to?

"Right. Of course. We'll pay this Remi a visit." he says, nodding to the old wolf.

 
“I suppose that could be worth looking into, could be a trap though. Still, better you than I.”

Edvord is now profusely and visibly sweating. "The matter is of a bit of urgency... I had assumed an information broker such as yourself would show more interest. While I understand your time may be valuable... so is my families. If you are unable to find the time for this matter, I shall take it to one of your competitors who is more attentive to opportunities."

Assuming that Mirt is not enticed into reading the note, Edvord will attempt to lunge and intercept it from Mirt's hand before it is given to Fenton.

Edvord History Check: 7

Edvord Persuasion/Intimidation Check: 21

Inspiration to Edvord for going so hard on a nat 1 insight check

Mirt holds his palm out to Fenton and reads the note. He shoos him away afterwards and once he has left the room speaks gravely, his voice lacking the carefree energy he normally exudes. “This artefact cannot fall into the wrong hands. I implore you to find this and return it as soon as possible. The Stone of Gollorr is already missing, and now the keys to the vault. I sense a heist is afoot.”

"Understood Sir," Kerri nods, desperately trying to keep everything together as Edvord does... whatever it is he does. "Though it does seem like things tend to go missing in this city far more frequently than I expected it to be."

"Hey! OW! Stopppp-"

*Thump*

Edvord's panic has subsided as Fenton leaves the room. "The artifact, what exactly is it? It is communicating with one of our party members... but I do not believe it should be trusted. I assume you are asking for it to be returned to your possession, and not the Helm-forsaken labyrinth in which we found it?"

"Oh I'm sorry did you have a bad time in there?" Kerri snaps. "At least you didnt wind up in a pile of grease because someone thought it would be funny to watch."

Cico, despite his sluggishness still sees the dart coming towards him and reacts quickly. His free hand snakes out, catches the dart and whips it back into the shadows at Hlam.

Reaction: Deflect Missles - reduce damage by 10  and uses 1 Ki point to flip the dart back at Hlam: Attack: 17 Damage: 7  

Cico then races forward, into the shadows after Hlam. He slashes out once with his short sword, following up with a quick strike to the midsection with his foot.

Action: Attack: 10 Damage: 10  

Bonus Action: Unarmed Strike: Attack: 9 Damage: 9  

(Should have rolled with disadvantage on the unarmed strike - second roll: 26  )

Hlam’s eyes widen as Cico catches the dart. “Good….” As he dodges the sword Cico’s foot just touches Hlam’s chest before he grabs a hold of it stopping Cico in his tracks. “You have the skill, that would have struck me if you had conserved your energy better.” His foot whips out under Cico hooking his ankle.

Attack: 16 Damage: 13

DC 18 Con save or knocked prone

(On a hit only. Also that was legendary action)

While still tired, Cico manages to hop up, allowing Hlam to only graze his ankle, and lands, keeping his balance and avoiding any more damage.