Rusty strides up the stairs to join his companions hiding behind the pillar. A couple arrows zip out of the darkness to impact against the mechanical man. Hissing sounds as pressure is lost, a whine of a cog or wheel can be heard from internal broken mechanisms. He takes a couple more steps before slowing to a halt. The weight of his head and arms settle upon the supports he calls legs. The machine shuts down.

Rusty will need to make a Death save this round

Felmar and Krikas at least find safety in the brightly lit lift room. Watching as arrows zip past their friends. Briar charges into the opening and up the stairs, the word of power already upon his lips is unleashed as a pair of Raiders lean out and release their arrows towards him. The arrows ting off metal or ricochet from the stone. One of them yelps as white hot flame pours down upon him, he ducks back into cover. His companion not so lucky, an arrow to the chest knocks the man backwards where he falls with a short moan before lying still.

"Hold...Hold... a few seconds more" can be heard from the man deep in the other room. The Raiders are waiting for something, an action to occur?, a strategy? reinforcements? It seems you don't have much time left to act before their plans will unfold. They intend to win, to survive this encounter. 

Krikas, Felmar, Make a perception check DC 22    If it succeeds open this spoiler

Briar, make a perception check, DC  9 if it succeeds open this spoiler

Initative

1. Your group<---your turn, any order
2. The Raiders, still unseen waitning for?

Briar Perception: 8+3 = 11 //sorry, guys

"Rusty!" he shouts, "Torm aid your fight!"

Healing Word on Rusty: 1+3 = 4hp restored
[[ Guessing you'll want to top that off with a Second Wind ]]

"I don't like the sound of what they're saying. I'm guessing they're readying for a charge."

Action, Movement, Item Interaction: Going to figure those out depending on What Krikas can tell us

Perception: 6

Felmar sees Rusty go down. He knows Briar can help but wants to make sure there’s an opportunity. So he will step in front of the prone Rusty and fire a crossbow bolt in the direction of on coming fire

Attack: 12

Damage: 6

Krikas

Perception 15

(OOC: We are not a perceptive bunch apparently 🤦🏼‍♂️)

Krikas 

Dazed by the ongoing battle, Krikas fails to perceive anything other than the arrows zipping around. He follows Felmars lead and runs across the front of Rustys inert form letting fly a bolt as he moves. He ducks behind the wall at the base of the stairs(?).

Move - transitions from the outcrop the group was hiding at to the base of the stairs.

Action - xbow Attack: 17 Damage: 7

@DM 

Briar ducks out from the stairs to loose another sacred flame, drawing his warhammer for the anticipated melee before heading back to cover. "We'll hold the line." he says with forced confidence.

Sacred Flame on a visible raider (preferably one that's already been hit)
Damage: 6 radiant
DEX Save DC 13 (no benefit from cover)

[[
If I did my math right, there was a 13.5% chance for us to not get anything from this round. (75% Briar failed, 45% Krikas failed, 40% Felmar failed. So .75*.45*.4 = .135) So not as bad as I initially but you're right, Nightbird, we are blind right now. :P
Since add in the previous missed checks and the odds will get even lower.
]]

Taking a leap of faith, Briar calls upon his god to heal this strange man made of metal and wood ... and it works! Internal mechanisms fix themselves as the magic takes hold, and the tiny pinpricks of light in each eye returns. Rusty continues moving to get behind the cover of the pillar. "Repair-pair-pair-pairing," he says in his usual monotone.

Second wind: 11

Aelinn

They must be trying to flank us she whispered to her allies. Have you sabotaged the lift?

She watched the shadows near Briar, the second set of stairs worried her. Perception 17 .

Then she glanced back towards the archers, one down another to go and hopefully burnt by Briar. If only it were darker she could slip nearer. Stealth 21. Her eyes on the darkness surrounding the columns , she could still see clearly into the shadows waiting patiently for movement from the brigands.

Aelinn is watchful for any form of movement . First brigand to move into sight, attack 17 , damage 7 , sneak attack 5 for total damage of 12

Raider Dex save DC 13: 9

Stealth check:9

Perception check 12

It has been less than 10 minutes since you entered the caves and engaged with the hounds. Felmar still has a Bardic Inspiration

Rusty activates again, his mechanisms once again flaring to life. Felmar races across the gap in the stairs, firing a bolt randomly towards the foe. Just to make sure they keep their heads down, it shatters against the rock pillars. Tucking himself behind the wall where the stairs split, the area is getting crowded.

Krikas follows, an arrow shot into the dark, he tries to gain cover but the large form of Rusty, the Dwarf and Half-elf get in the way. Briar and Aelinn watch closely, anticipation hangs heavy in the air. Aelinn's whispers prove to be a premonition.

The Man in the distance yells, "NOW...NOW take them" as all hell's break loose. The Raiders charge from their cover towards the party. Briar barks a command of power as soon as he sees the Raider he struck last time, another gout of flame cascades over his head, yelping in pain he tries to continue forward. A second Raider dashes from cover, just what Aelinn was waiting for. Her arrow flies true catching him in the shoulder. In the raiders hand a large glass jar, ready to throw is knocked free. It tumbles in the air, exploding into a roiling ball of liquid fire, coating both Briars target and her own. The two scream as the liquid clings to their flesh and clothing. The two fall, the passage ahead covered in flames.

Briar spins hearing the gentle crunch of a foot fall behind him, a pair of Goblins rush forward descending from the stairwell. Both scream a shrill battle cry as scimitar flash in the light of the alchemical fires now burning.

Goblin scimitar attack against Briar: Attack: 13 Damage: 6

Goblin scimitar attack against Briar: Attack: 20 Damage: 5

Unheard, unseen, until now, a pair of burly raiders, climb up the lift rope, pulling themselves into the light of the Lift room. Daggers in their teeth they flick the blades towards your clustered group then pull short swords from their sides. 

Raider throws a dagger at Krikas: Attack: 16 Damage: 4

Raider throws a dagger at Rusty: Attack: 4 Damage: 4

The bellowing man, the one that has kept them all in check and coordinated appears around the corner, joined by a female of dainty but deadly appearance a bow in her hand. She fires at the exposed side of Krikas while the man charges into the fray.

Female Raider, arrow attack against Krikas: Attack: 11 Damage: 4 (Krikas has 1/4 cover against this attack) (+2AC)

Initiative

1. Your group<----Your turn, any order
2. The raiders and goblins have surrounded you, flanking on three sides.

The Alchemical fire burns uncontrollably, any movement through the area causes 5 Fire damage

Felmar will swing Squelch at the closest Raider at the entrance to section 6.

Attack: Dirty 20

Damage: 6

Aelinn

She watched the goblins smash their blades on Briars armour but they did not penetrate. Aelinn takes a shot at one of them. Goblin on the left of Briar attack 17, damage 9 Sneak attack 5=  total damage 14

 She frantically whispered at Krikas Use the fire bombs from the goblins we killed! Take out the raiders behind us.

Stealthily she became part of the wall again hoping that Briar could take the goblin on the right. Stealth 23.

[[
Think dagger hit Krikas with 18 and the arrow with the 19 for a total of 11 damage on the 10hp Krikas, right? So currently 0hp.
]]

Briar looks as the half-elf bard falls to the ground in the onslaught. "Not again." he mutters, "Keep fighting!"

Healing Word: 4+3 = 7 hp
target: Krikas

He turns to the goblins in front of him. "This is my warhammer. Nice to meet you."

Attack
To-Hit: 9+4 = 13
Damage: 5+2 = 7 bludgeoning

Turning at the sound behind them, Rusty throws Briar's javelin at the first raider that climbed the lift. (7) Not familiar with the weapon, his lob is off, and the projectile misses completely.

Krikas 

"Arggh!" Krikas below in pain as a dagger hits him in the thigh. Before he has a chance to turn and face his assailant he is hit again. He clutches at his abdomen as dark red begins to seap through his new shirt. The room grows dim as he feels himself collapsing. 

Energy flows though Krikas' body. A feeling of pure goodness if there was such a thing. Suddenly he is awake again. Memory of searing pain, not once but twice flood his mind. The sound of battle the only thing that brings him back to the present. From his crumpled position he sees a javelin soar through the air. Instinctively he fires his crossbow in the same direction before limping his way to the top of the stairs and taking cover behind Rusty. "Sorry Rusty, just give me a second to recover" he attempts to justify to his colleague why he is being used as a shield.

Action - xbow Attack: 17 Damage: 7 aimed at the same raider Rusty attacked

Move - ascend the stairs and finish between Rusty and the alchemical fire.

(OoC - thanks for the up VitusW)

Aelinn's accuracy continues to drop foes, the goblin slumps with an arrow through its neck. Briar hammers at the second goblin but It bats away the attack and with a sneer drives its scimitar forward. "Get out of my way" it snarls.

Goblin attack against Briar: Attack: 24 Damage: 6

The whine of gears starting up again, Rusty lobs the javelin wide, the Raiders don't even move from the attack. Krikas hammers a bolt deep into the thigh of the blonde one. He limps forward a step behind his partners charge. Short swords stabbing into the mechanics of the construct. A look of confusion, trying to understand the thing before them and how to take it down.

Raider short sword attack against Rusty: Attack: 4 Damage: 7

Raider short sword attack against Rusty: Attack: 14 Damage: 6

Felmar slams squelch into the Large Raiders ribs, a crack of splintered bone. The man grunts, glancing about, the other Raiders fighting on he thrusts to skewer the Dwarf. The female archer tries to move from side to side. The angle wrong, the Large raider between the two of you. She fires anyway.

Large raiders attack against Felmar: Attack: 9 Damage: 7

Longbow attack against Felmar: Attack: 11 Damage: 3  (Felmar has 3/4 cover against this attack (+5AC)

Initiative

1. Your group<---Your turn, any order
2. A goblin presses Briar, The Large Raider before Felmar is hurt so is the Raider with a bolt in its legs fighting Rusty. The other raider against Rusty is eager, the female archer lining another shot.

1st Death Save

12

Felmar brings his shield up to block his opponents strike, and he counters with another of his own.

Attack: 20

Damage: 4