"worth a try... But we should be ready to rush em or hit them from range just in case."

"I could hang back and create a bonfire... and maybe the light from the flames could attact one or two.... and then we could attack them. The bonfire would also act like a barrier if we needed" Krackle would suggest as he put away his extinguished torch and pulled out a dagger to go in his off hand.

     "Or we could just move to the shadows and call out for them to come here.  All commanding like...?" Zeds suggests before whispering out an example.  

     "Two of you come now, help carry this!" he whisper-orders in an imitated accent that he's head from the cultists... "What you think?"

"That works too." Krackle replies, wondering what could be taking Ironthar so long to catch up.

Let me know what you do next? 

     Zeds will help everyone hid in the most shadowed nooks and cranies in the area they can find before he tries to lure a couple of the people they heard into the ambush.  Once everyone is as hidden as well as possible and know the plan of waiting for a couple to pass by before they all jump out at once, then Zeds will call out and do his best cultist impression - "Two of you come.  Now!" Mulligan shouts out.  He pauses just a moment then adds "Hurry!"

((Help provided to the others to hide?  His own stealth to hide:  8  *sigh*  Performance to imitate and summon them into the area: Nat 20+4 for 24)

Stirling stealth 7 +  4 from guidance 

That sucks

(I will wait for more stealth rolls from everyone else. I will say Zeds imitation was spot on) 

Ironthar hunker down using his black cloak to meld with shadows.

Stealth 12

krackle stealth 8

2 dragonclaws head down the steps towards the party, but they stop when they spot the party except Krackle. "Intruders on the stairs."

The 2 soon join the dragonclaws. 

Combat

Enemy - 3

Party - 9

Round 1 the party goes first. 

2 dragonclaws side by side on the stairs and 2 cultist in area 8, 10 ft behind the dragonclaws. 

Krackle gets a surprise round action and round 1 action. 

Krackle will fire off a fire bolt towards the first dragonclaw from his hidden position before quickly launching another towards the second!.

attack on 1 Attack: 6 Damage: 8

attack on 2 Attack: 10 Damage: 1

Stirling moves in and stabs with his dagger.

Attack 16

Damage: 6

     Zeds slips into melee with the target Stirling has engaged with and hopes to team up to put them down quick...

Shortsword Attack:  19 to hit, 7 piercing and 10 sneak attack damage

Bonus Action SS Attack:  23 to hit for 1 piercing damage...

Ironthar recklessly attacking the one still up.

Attack 18 Damage 7

Everyone hits and Dragonclaw 1 dies. 

Dragonclaw 2 attacks Zeds with 2-handed longsword

Attack: 18 Damage: 8

Cultist A fires a crossbow bolt at Sterling 

Attack: 8 Damage: 7

Cultist B fires a crossbow bolt at Ironthar

Attack: 18 Damage: 10

Round 2 

Now it is the party's turn. 

     Zeds delays enough to ensure one of the other party members are engaged with the remaining Dragonclaw before he himself moves in and attacks...

Shortsword Attack:  10 to hit for 10 damage...
Bonus Action Shortsword Attack:  13 to hit for 2 damage...
     (If by some chance either of those hit, then 7 additional damage due to Sneak Attack...)