[Ok.  Here we go.]

Droknin pulls open the secret door to reveal the room beyond.  It is 40' x 30' with a large cistern full of water on the wall nearest you.  The far side of the room rises with stairs to a landing, which leads to a passageway with more stairs headed further up.  Those who were with the party early this morning might recognize this room from Mud's description.  Those stairs lead up to the ruins of Tressandar Manor.

The room contains 8 Redbrand fighters, seemingly waiting to ambush any attacking force coming down the main stairs to the west.  They have erected a simple 4' wood and trash barricade in the center of the room.  Two crossbowmen wait on this side of the barricade.  Another two fighters, armed with shortswords, wait on the stairs to either side of the main stairway down.  Four more fighters lounge closer two you, seated on barrels to either side of the cistern.  Some were engaged in idle conversation, while the more disciplined men were focused on the stairway leading up.  None were expecting intruders from your direction, and all are surprised when Droknin swings open the secret door.

[You will have one round where Redbrands are surprised and can take no actions or reactions.]

INITIATIVE:

• Droknin:  19
• Keashirryl:  17
• Garrin:  13
• Kemp:  17
• T'laren:  20
• Redbrand/Crossbows:  19
• Redbrand/Shortswords:  10

((So since Drok is last to go in the order, but the one who is opening the door, is that happening on his turn, and you're starting us off there, with them surprised the following round, or is he throwing it open and fumbling around for his weapon while everyone watches him?))

[No.  PCs can move through ally occupied spaces, they just cannot end their turn in an occupied space.  So the rest can just rush past Droknin to carry out their surprise round actions.]

T'laren draws back an arrow to shoot when he has a chance.

[Don't worry too much about initiative order for the surprise round, just post your surprise actions when you are able.  Then the initiative order for subsequent rounds will be...]

1. T'laren
2. Kemp
3. Garrin
4. Keashirryl
5. Redbrands
6. Droknin

If he gets a chance to take a shot:

Longbow Attack: 18 Damage: 4

Cassius will quickly move into the room and slam his staff into the nearest of the Redbrands following it with a quick palm strike to the same one.

Attack: 21 Damage: 4

Then with his bonus action he will use Patient Defense to use the Dodge Action.

Garrin moves in with a warbling battle cry, firing an eldritch blast of power from a waving staff at one of the archers as he moves in to the center of the room

Attack: 17 Damage: 10 

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Garrin moves in with a warbling battle cry, firing an eldritch blast of power from a waving staff at one of the archers as he moves in to the center of the room

Attack: 6 Damage: 6 

 Halfling luck!

19

Keashirryl almost reaches for her melee weapon, but her hand changes direction halfway, drawing the light crossbow from her back, loading it with a clumsy, uncertain motion, and firing at the archer already under attack thanks to Garrin.

Attack:  22  Damage: 7  

After releasing the arrow, she turns her back towards the wall next to the cistern so that noone can surprise her from behind.

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Cassius will quickly move into the room and slam his staff into the nearest of the Redbrands following it with a quick palm strike to the same one.

Attack: 22 Damage: 6

Then with his bonus action he will use Patient Defense to use the Dodge Action.

 Just realized that it was a surprise round so I would be wasting a ki point to use Patient Defense. So instead I'll use the bonus action to use my unarmed strike.

Attack: 9 Damage: 4

[Botting Droknin's surprise round to keep the action moving.]

The mostly fearless Leonin strides into the room past the shocked fighters and unleashes his doublebladed scimitar first on the wounded crossbowman.  Attack: 24 Damage: 8  And again with the follow through.  Attack: 25 Damage: 5

But the crossbowman, reeling from the magical blast and bolt already having struck him, stumbles out of the path of both strikes!

2nd Round (surprise over!)

1. T'laren
2. Kemp
3. Garrin
4. Keashirryl
5. Redbrands
6. Droknin

[The two Redbrands with Red Dots are severely wounded.  The rest are all uninjured.]

T'laren moves 15ft closer and wonders if he should have just pulled out his blades.

Held Longbow Attack: 26 Damage: 6

Cassius turns his attention to the injured redbrand in front of him, bringing his staff around for another strike to take them down.

Attack: 20 Damage: 8

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Cassius turns his attention to the injured redbrand in front of him, bringing his staff around for another strike to take them down.

Attack: 20 Damage: 8

 Using his bonus action, Cassius will use his Patient Defense in order to take the Dodge Action.

Garrin will launch an eldritch blast at the same archer as before 

Attack: 19 Damage: 4 

Keashirryl keeps aiming at the archers: if the first one is still standing, then him, otherwise at the other.

Attack: 13  Damage: 3  

Cassius' savage blow brings down the fighter on the south wall, and Garrin's spell is enough to fell the wounded crossbowman.  Both T'laren and Keashirryl's ranged missiles go wide of their targets.

The surviving crossbowman disengages from Droknin and retreats down the north wall toward the other side of the cistern.

The remaining Redbrand on the south wall stabs at Garrin with his short sword and then retreat back toward the center of the map, adjacent to Droknin.

Attack: 10 Damage: 4

Attack: 21 Damage: 7

The two Redbrands on the north wall hop of their barrels, draw their short swords and give a battlecry.  They both rush Droknin [DM will assume Droknin used a bonus action last round to activate his rage].  

First attacker: 

Attack: 7 Damage: 8

Attack: 24 Damage: 9

Second attacker:

Attack: 10 Damage: 4

Attack: 8 Damage: 4

The Redbrand on the other side of the barricade, to the south, races to the barricade and climbs over it, also landing near Droknin.

The last Redbrand, on the other side of the barricade to the north, remains at the top of the stairs.  "No, you curs!  Go after the spellcaster first!"

(Can't see dice rolls, so his action below is if he's still up. Yes, sorry for the delay. He raged last turn.)

Droknin sees that the other crossbow man ran away to hide behind their friends, then all of a sudden he is surrounded by Redbrands earning to have a piece of him. He quickly does a eeny, meeny, miny, moe, and picks the one that just came from the south wall.

Mlinzi Attack: 18 Damage: Unable to parse dice roll.

Mlinzi Attack (BA): 24 Damage: 7