Randy initiative: 2

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Does Vrin say anything as he approaches Quickfingers? And what do his goonies look like? Anyone seem particularly scary/strong/arcane? He might try shifting targets if so.

 ((Gloating businessman stuff, human, not that you can see at a glance from your position.))

((No such thing as a surprise round anymore, but being shot at by a dormer would be surprising...))

Turn order is: 

 ((So, if Storm, Meta, Shrink, Shamy or Scallywag want to do anything in terms of prepping, you can do so, otherwise we're waiting on Patter to take the shot and radio in that it's go time. Grandpa and Stables can go ahead and post now too, under the assumption that Patter takes a shot at Vrin.))

Storm will ready an action to open the door, so it doesn't take his action once it is go time.

Granpa, with the crossbow in one hand will open the barn door with his other yelling

Grandpa is here!

Next he will cast Scorching ray as a 3rd level spell. He will target 2 enemies in front of the doors, the merc leader and the local tough next to the merc leader (fire damage).

local merc at barn door: Hit roll: 24, Damage roll: 8
Vrin's Flunky at barn door: 24, Damage roll: 9
Merc Leader: 17, Damage roll: 6
Local tough next to merc leader: 6, Damage roll: 8

As a Bonus action he commands Black to attack one of the tugs at the door (If they are still alive, Vrin's Flunky first otherwise the Local merc) with a Force-Empowered Rend.

Hit roll: 24, Damage roll: 3 Force damage

Black will end his turn right next to him(within 5ft).
Red will fly 30ft towards him.

crit damage to local tough: 9

((d20 Surge check!))

Surge check: 17

(ah yes, sorry need to think of that one:P)

((From where Grandpa is waiting, he'd be able to hear Vrin, and get a sense of his position moving across the courtyard. If Patter hasn't posted by the time I am back and able to update, Grandpa can be who gets us started, unless he'd be disciplined enough to keep waiting. Wanting Red to stay where he is?))

((Storm, you can prep a dash if you want, opening the door would be able to be accomplished as part of your 'free object interaction' as part of that move, and it looks like Salkur will already have the barn doors open.))

Patter drowns out the chaos around him, and takes a deep breath. Focus on the job. This wasn't a job, this was a favor, and he turned off the part of his brain that wondered why, and made judgement calls.

He silently radioed "GO" to Ethan and the others, and pulled the trigger on his hand crossbow, aiming at the torso of Vrin.

Attack: 16 Damage: 9 plus 7 sneak attack damage

For his bonus action, he reloads and fires at Vrin's nearest goon.

Attack: 19 Damage: 7

Patter looses a bolt a Vrin, the feathered shaft catching him just below the breastplate, as he howls in pain. From within his concealment, Patter slaps another bolt in, draws back the string and looses it into the goon to the north of Vrin, who manages to only be grazed, but looks confusedly in the general direction of the roof.

Grandpa, hearing the chaos starting, bursts out the door, erupting with fire that lays about the courtyard, though missing half of his targets, it nearly blows the driver off the carriage. Black bounds out beside him and tears into one of the guys as Red swoops out from the false dormer towards him.

Stables & Anyone with held actions that apply here > Local Merc> Merc Leader> Rusty> Quick's Bodyguard> BB> Vrin> Bolt> Quickfingers> Storm> Meta> Shrink> Horsies> Shamy> Vrin's Flunky> Scallywag> Local Tough> Patter> Grandpa> 

The door is thrown open by Storm, as he gets the go. (readied action.)

((You could have thrown it open as part of a held dash movement that would get you just NW of Grandpa, or anywhere short of that if you want to make use of some movement.))

(Sure why not. Ethan would want to get out there asap.)

Siting in the tree, Randy turns back into his humanoid form and try to stay hidden
Hide: 18

((Since Verne-cat is, well, a cat, can his climb speed get him to the roof top next to the cart?)) 

The others are much more offensive than the halfling. Not in the gross way, in the brutal way. He reverts to his short self and calls on his natural powers. Throwing his palms toward the ground and raising his arms in a slow deliberate motion he calls forth grasping vines to hold some of the goons in place.

(BA Out of Wildshape. Action cast Entangle)

((Is that something Randy would have done before Patter took the shot, or doing that when your turn comes around?))

Stables makes it to the peak of the roof before entangling the choke point on the far side of the wagon, where he can put his vines to the most use.

 ((Roll a Surge Check d20, if you roll a 1, roll a d100 for the effect!))

((In the interest of not slowing things down, I'll roll the Surge Check. If you cast a slotted spell, go ahead and roll that d20, and if you've toggled your Tides of Chaos to get advantage on something, go ahead and roll the d100 surge.))

Surge Check: 18

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((Is that something Randy would have done before Patter took the shot, or doing that when your turn comes around?))

 

 If you allow me to do it before the turn, Then:

Randy will shoot a Chaos Bolt on Vrin. (advantage because hidden?) : 21 ; damage 5 + 2 (fire damage).

Wild surge: 6

 Randy's at home in trees, seeing Vrin step out and knowing violence was imminent, he ensures he has space to do so, then un-squirrels himself, staying nestled in the foliage.

((Realizing I could have just let you all go... Disregard the red dots, I'm using them to make sure I move each NPC once and only once on their turn, and had started doing so when I figured that their sweep of things and the startling nature of being shot by a building would leave them all still surprised for this round.))

((Rusty, BB and Bolt can all go, though Storm, Salkur and Black are going to be clogging things up at the doorway. With 30 ft movement, you can pull even with Storm, but there is only room for someone at the doorway immediately to the west of him. Dashing would get you out into the courtyard, even adjacent to Vrin if you wished, but you'd only have bonus action remaining.))

Rusty> Quick's Bodyguard> BB> Vrin> Bolt> || Quickfingers> Storm> Meta> Shrink> Horsies> Shamy> Vrin's Flunky> Scallywag> Local Tough> Patter> Grandpa> Stables> Local Merc> Merc Leader> 

BB will move out to where he can get a shot at the flunky without blocking the entrance and will firebolt him.

Attack: 19 Damage: 18