The ruffian says quickly, "I'm Kellen. Uh, Mosk?" just before the door opens and three ruffians enter.
The lead ruffian is a female half-elf, who stops speaking mid-sentence when she sees Badger and Ash. She looks at Kellen. "What the hells is this?"
A male human ruffian flanks the female gnome. The third stands in the doorway, holding open the door, keeping K hidden.
Kellen: "Heh, hey Pikka. New recruits."
She looks skeptically at you two. "Why aren't they robed outside the barracks?" You notice that they all wear dirty red robes.
Kellen: "Heh, yeah. We need more I guess. I could only find one and they were fighting over it, so I just said, you know what, neither of you get it then. Heh."
Pikka looks at Badger's hand without shaking it. "Clive Badger, is it? You look and sound like someone who attacked some of our boys yesterday. And why are you wearing armor and a shield in the hideout?"
She pulls out her shortsword to attack (9 & 18 to hit, miss) but both swipes glance off Badger's armor.
This triggers K's readied action.
We are then back into Initiative at the top of the order.
K quarterstaff attack on Pikka (17 to hit, 6 bludgeoning)
Badger shifts east to gain flanking advantage with K and swings his axe at Pikka (18 to hit (+flank), 6 slashing)
K hits Pikka again (18 to hit (+flank), 8 bludgeoning) then punches the ruffian at the door (15 to hit, 7 bludgeoning)
Ash slips west and slashes at Kellen before he can betray them. (25 to hit (crit!), 14 piercing). He then moves south to attack ruffian 3 (6 to hit, miss).
Ash: there was 20gp on the table and another 17gp dispersed among the pockets of the dead. There are shortswords, but none that are in as good a shape as yours. On Pikka, hidden in an inner pocket, you find a trinket: a silver badge in the shape of a five-pointed star; it has the words Young Rider stamped into it; it looks beat up, but could fetch a few silver pieces.
K flanks the door in the corner, hopefully hidden by the door when it opens.
The ruffian groans loudly at the slash on the leg, but is clearly trying not to be too loud. He realizes he will die if he gives you away.
You each have another round of actions before the others enter. If you plan to maintain a ruse, give me a group deception check.
Badger shakes the ruffian to get him to stop groaning. "What's your name? Quick. And who commands the bugbears? Quick, quick." Deception: 10
Ash stashes his shortswords and leans casually against the wall by the north door, a hand on a dagger. Deception: 20
K readies an attack with his quarterstaff should anyone make a hostile move towards the party. Deception: 14
The ruffian says quickly, "I'm Kellen. Uh, Mosk?" just before the door opens and three ruffians enter.
The lead ruffian is a female half-elf, who stops speaking mid-sentence when she sees Badger and Ash. She looks at Kellen. "What the hells is this?"
A male human ruffian flanks the female gnome. The third stands in the doorway, holding open the door, keeping K hidden.
Kellen: "Heh, hey Pikka. New recruits."
She looks skeptically at you two. "Why aren't they robed outside the barracks?" You notice that they all wear dirty red robes.
Kellen: "Heh, yeah. We need more I guess. I could only find one and they were fighting over it, so I just said, you know what, neither of you get it then. Heh."
We'll jump back into initiative when necessary.
Badger takes a step to the half-elf with a hand extended. "Clive Badger. Happy to join the crew."
Ash stays where he is, smiles, and nods.
K keeps his readied action.
Pikka looks at Badger's hand without shaking it. "Clive Badger, is it? You look and sound like someone who attacked some of our boys yesterday. And why are you wearing armor and a shield in the hideout?"
She pulls out her shortsword to attack (9 & 18 to hit, miss) but both swipes glance off Badger's armor.
This triggers K's readied action.
We are then back into Initiative at the top of the order.
Map:
K quarterstaff attack on Pikka (17 to hit, 6 bludgeoning)
Badger shifts east to gain flanking advantage with K and swings his axe at Pikka (18 to hit (+flank), 6 slashing)
K hits Pikka again (18 to hit (+flank), 8 bludgeoning) then punches the ruffian at the door (15 to hit, 7 bludgeoning)
Ash slips west and slashes at Kellen before he can betray them. (25 to hit (crit!), 14 piercing). He then moves south to attack ruffian 3 (6 to hit, miss).
Pikka collapses from K's quarterstaff attack and Kellen is brutally ripped open by Ash's shortsword. Both are dead.
Ruffian 3 slashes once each at Badger (11 to hit, miss) and Ash (22 to hit, 5 piercing).
Ruffian 4 slashes at K twice (5 & 9 to hit, both miss), but K dodges each slash.
Badger is up!
Badger slices at ruffian 3 (18 to hit, 3 slashing)
K swings his quarterstaff across the jaw of ruffian 4 (14 to hit, 7 bludgeoning) and then kicks his knee (6 to hit, miss)
Ash slashes at ruffian 3 twice (9 & 9 to hit, miss)
Ruffian 4 at the door is looking rough, but dodges the knee kick. He turns and runs, giving K an opportunity attack.
Ruffian 3 grins at Ash as his slashes are dodged or glance off the ruffian's leathers. He aims both his slashes at Ash (8 & 15 to hit, 5 piercing)
Kristofferson opportunity attack (18 to hit, 10 bludgeoning)
Kristofferson catches the base of ruffian 4's skull as he flies and he falls face first in the hall, dead.
Only ruffian 3 remains.
Badger is up!
Badger says, "Surrender or die." He the slashes with his battleaxe (3 to hit, miss).
K steps east to attack the ruffian (22 to hit, 11 bludgeoning) then punches him (21 to hit, 4 bludgeoning).
The ruffian only scoffs at Badger's threat before being killed by Kristofferson's attacks.
Battle has ended. Six Redbrand ruffian corpses are in this room.
Ash checks the bodies for anything useful like keys, weapons, gold, or trinkets. Investigation: 17
K says, "Someone else will come clean this up, right?" He looks around sheepishly. "Like, do we put them in a nice pile at least, or...?"
Badger looks at K, trying to think of an answer, then just shrugs.
Ash: there was 20gp on the table and another 17gp dispersed among the pockets of the dead. There are shortswords, but none that are in as good a shape as yours. On Pikka, hidden in an inner pocket, you find a trinket: a silver badge in the shape of a five-pointed star; it has the words Young Rider stamped into it; it looks beat up, but could fetch a few silver pieces.
Ash gives 27gp to Badger, 5gp to K saying they should each carry at least some in case a need arises, and keeps the rest.
K thanks Ash, then says, "We should release the Dendrars and then go confront this wizard."
Badger concurs.
Before the three of you leave the room, the north door opens slowly and Droop enters.
Droop, in goblin, to Ash: "You kill more bully. Droop safer. Droop thank you."
Ash smiles and pets Droop on the top of the head. "Droop, what of these corpses?"
Droop: "Oh, those let's feed eye monster. Then eye monster happy and helpful like Ash."