The thieves, however, were surprised at the noise, and decide to turn and fight these strange, powerful foreigners, one of which seems to have the power to magically conjure Grug's cart as a projectile weapon.

Each half-orc throws a dart. One at Ari, one at Cassandra

Dart 1 12 6 dmg to Ari

Dart 2 21 4 dmg to Cassandra

In their surprise, both of them miss.

When it's his turn Ari uses his action to shoot his hand crossbow and his bonus action for a 2nd crossbow attack (CB expert feat)

20 to Hit and 7 Damage on the first.

NATURAL 1 FUMBLE :/ on the 2nd.  

Ari hits one of the thieves in his chest, and hits one of the donkeys with the other shot.

When it is her turn- Cassandra will attack the one carrying the box with thorn whip, and continue to advance on him.

13 to hit, 2 damage if that actually hit.  He will be pulled 10’ closer to her.  

she will also snarl at him trying one of her new scary  faces.” Drop that bag and we will let ye live, Ya thief!”

6 on the intimidation check (back to that mirror!) 

The vine whip just barely misses, ripping a bit off of the half-orc's shirt.

I'm going to have my fox retrieve the box and bring it back to me. I then cast Fire bolt

Attack: 14 Damage: 4

The box is a bit heavy for Vetnum, but it manages to push the box five feet towards you.

You hit the half-orc with the firebolt.

I think they are up, but on her turn, Cassandra draws her sword and says”Drop the bag and yer weapons or die!” and she attacks the one who had the bag.

22 to hit, 8 points of damage. 

Uther will aim for the leg so the one with the bag can't run anymore 

To hit 17

Damage 8

OOC - Not sure if it's Ari or the bad guys turn - I am going to be busy the next few hours so here is my next turn below to help keep things moving. 

Ari will shoot his crossbow at the one holding the bag.  

To Hit 23

Damage 8

To Hit 19

Damage 8

The two thieves are quickly overwhelmed by your attacks and are quite injured now, dropping the bag and running, leaving behind one pair of Boots of Elvenkind and 72 Gp for you to split.

(Wow, 2/5 of the money rolls were nat 20's. Fine, they crit their fumbling and drop an extra 20 Gp)

You've retrieved your box, but the wrecked cart is still there, and the driver is beginning to wake up.

"OI! YOU! Yeah you, step away from the cart! Do you realise how fast ye were going? You crashed yer cart and I ave alf a mind to detain ye fer drunk and disorderly! Scedaddle afore I take ye in."

Deception, for those that can think on their feet.

As the group recovers the items and gold, Cassandra goes up to the driver and helps him.

up and says “heere ya go, yer alright methinks- let me help ye put things back together,  it’s ok-  ye may have lost control but ye didn’t hurt the Otterfolk none, Heel get over it pretty quick.   Let’s see about yer cart and animals...”

She will help him pick up his things  and checks over his donkey.  If needed, she will slide him 2 gold “because me goddess likes ye today”.

OOC-  Boots of elvenkind are pretty nice, especially for a rogue type.  Who should take them? 

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As the group recovers the items and gold, Cassandra goes up to the driver and helps him.

up and says “heere ya go, yer alright methinks- let me help ye put things back together,  it’s ok-  ye may have lost control but ye didn’t hurt the Otterfolk none, Heel get over it pretty quick.   Let’s see about yer cart and animals...”

She will help him pick up his things  and checks over his donkey.  If needed, she will slide him 2 gold “because me goddess likes ye today”.

 Remember, Ari accidentally shot one of the donkeys, you might wanna just heal it instead. 

I forgot.  She heals the injured donkey with healing word for 4 HP.

She says to the driver-  “there now, yer donkey’s better too.”

( sorry I’m late what did I miss?)

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( sorry I’m late what did I miss?)

 We found out there's a shaman half-orc that may be able to open the box, I made a pet robo-fox, we, sorry, I made a cart crash because we were in pursuit of a pair of thieves that have now fled and now we're cleaning up the mess. And we visited an abandoned fishing village and found about 300 gp worth of stuff which I think I used about all of making my fox. That about summarizes everything right?

Would you all like to pursue the criminals or continue on to the shaman's house?

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Would you all like to pursue the criminals or continue on to the shaman's house?

 Nah, those guys won’t soon bother us again. Let’s get to the shaman’s.