Nestor stands by even with Arts kind words of this lady he was still hesitant as usual around anyone. To let your guard down even for a moment's notice was not something he wished to do, especially remembering stories his mother had read him as a child that typically led in some moral lesson where a lot of it was to not accept things from strangers. That and through his travels Nestor had met many folk who had deceived him in the past and thus he was wary of everyone he met who wasn't in his immediate family especially someone who could be making themselves look friendly and thus lead to us underestimating them. At that Nestor looked to the true men who he was become more trust worthy with and had a level of compassion for, "I know you say this woman has been kind to you in the past Art but keep your guard, the two of ye. Now I don't know if it's just my paranoia but something seems off about here."
You see this is why I don't trust people. Nestor is going to make a mental note of that and instead of entering will say. "I'm just going to have a smoke for a few minutes and I wouldn't want to leave a smell in your house so I'll just do it out here. I'll head in after a few minutes." At that Nestor will go around the back to supposedly go for a smoke but instead he will do what he actually intended to do, attempt to check for other ways out of this house in case it is some kind of trap.
I see, well I don't trust this lady in the slightest. Like perhaps knowing Art makes sense but surely they shouldn't know either Nestor or Nathanael so something seems a little off. I'd like to do an perception check of the surrounding area to ensure it is just this her in the house and no one is around the surrounding area. I rolled a 10+3 so a 13 on perception, do I see anyone else around?
You see to your left a man very far off in the distance watching you before he quickly steps behind a tree and to your right you see the man in a gray suit walking towards the cottage.
Ok I make note of them and walk back over to you both calmly as if I hadn't spotted either one of them and if the two of you are still outside I'd like to relay the information to you both. "So just there having a smoke ya know and spotted something interesting, man to the left of us behind a tree I couldn't fully keep track off but he's out there and then our the man in the grey suit making his way over here. Might be more people out there but at minimum there are two possible targets we might have to deal with here, I'd recommend ambushing both if we can but at minimum the grey suit man as he's out in the open. I could deal with him if the two of you keep watch looking out for the other man and deal with him, how's that sound?"
Art says "that sounds like a good plan," before he goes off to the left in search of this man, but as he gets behind the house he gets shot with an arrow in the back, the man in the raggedy suit had shot him and the arrow was made to make people become unconscious and Art had failed the constitution saving throw, he takes 3 damage and is at 5 Hit Points, he is also now unconscious.
you'll find out later, you succeed and don't get banished thankfully. (basically he is a warlock who can cast 4th level spells but you don't know that yet so shhhh)
Nestor stands by even with Arts kind words of this lady he was still hesitant as usual around anyone. To let your guard down even for a moment's notice was not something he wished to do, especially remembering stories his mother had read him as a child that typically led in some moral lesson where a lot of it was to not accept things from strangers. That and through his travels Nestor had met many folk who had deceived him in the past and thus he was wary of everyone he met who wasn't in his immediate family especially someone who could be making themselves look friendly and thus lead to us underestimating them. At that Nestor looked to the true men who he was become more trust worthy with and had a level of compassion for, "I know you say this woman has been kind to you in the past Art but keep your guard, the two of ye. Now I don't know if it's just my paranoia but something seems off about here."
A lady then opens the door and proceeds to say "Art Harrownets, Nathanael Panagos and Sir Nestor Ableteen, please come in."
You see this is why I don't trust people. Nestor is going to make a mental note of that and instead of entering will say. "I'm just going to have a smoke for a few minutes and I wouldn't want to leave a smell in your house so I'll just do it out here. I'll head in after a few minutes." At that Nestor will go around the back to supposedly go for a smoke but instead he will do what he actually intended to do, attempt to check for other ways out of this house in case it is some kind of trap.
the only other ways out are the windows, the house is a small square cottage and each side of the cottage has two openable windows.
I see, well I don't trust this lady in the slightest. Like perhaps knowing Art makes sense but surely they shouldn't know either Nestor or Nathanael so something seems a little off. I'd like to do an perception check of the surrounding area to ensure it is just this her in the house and no one is around the surrounding area. I rolled a 10+3 so a 13 on perception, do I see anyone else around?
no one, you can try an investigation check though to try and search around a little bit if someone is in the distance.
I shall do that then. I rolled a 16+8 so a 24 on investigation.
You see to your left a man very far off in the distance watching you before he quickly steps behind a tree and to your right you see the man in a gray suit walking towards the cottage.
Ok I make note of them and walk back over to you both calmly as if I hadn't spotted either one of them and if the two of you are still outside I'd like to relay the information to you both. "So just there having a smoke ya know and spotted something interesting, man to the left of us behind a tree I couldn't fully keep track off but he's out there and then our the man in the grey suit making his way over here. Might be more people out there but at minimum there are two possible targets we might have to deal with here, I'd recommend ambushing both if we can but at minimum the grey suit man as he's out in the open. I could deal with him if the two of you keep watch looking out for the other man and deal with him, how's that sound?"
Art says "that sounds like a good plan," before he goes off to the left in search of this man, but as he gets behind the house he gets shot with an arrow in the back, the man in the raggedy suit had shot him and the arrow was made to make people become unconscious and Art had failed the constitution saving throw, he takes 3 damage and is at 5 Hit Points, he is also now unconscious.
Nathanael Runs toward Art and uses 5 Of his Lay on Hands which is well 5 HP healing
Art is just barely bloodied and still unconscious, roll for initiative!
18
Art rolled a 16 and the man in the raggedy suit rolled an 11.
i Attack the reggedy suit guy (Gonna need a name soon) with my longsword to hit 10, im gonna assume that doesn't hit
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23 phew
(also how?)
you'll find out later, you succeed and don't get banished thankfully. (basically he is a warlock who can cast 4th level spells but you don't know that yet so shhhh)
(i get it no metagaming) Nathanael Attacks with longsword again... well if 10 didn't hit surely 7 didn't
hehehe, he grabs a bottle from his backpack and hits you with it but misses pathetically with a critical miss.