Perception Check: 14

Fin: 13

After a few minutes, you seem to be getting used to the smell down here. You turn left and then right before reaching the big open area marked in your map. The place appears to be an abandoned water treatment facility or something like that. There are broken machines near the walls, enormous water vats, and pieces of rusted equipment on the floor. There is another chamber to the south that appears to be identical to the one you are in. Your path to the laboratory continues east through another narrow tunnel. 

Anyone who rolled a 15 or better:

As you make your way through the abandoned chamber towards the tunnel on the other side, the faint sound of breathing becomes obvious to you. You look in time to see a trio of scruffy shifters hanging from the ceiling like bats. One of them is the shifter you had just had that terrible run-in with. As soon as they are noticed, they drop on you. They have no visible weapons. One of them whistles. The loud noise gets amplified inside the enclosed chamber. Something responds from the chamber to the south.

We are beginning combat!

A reminder about how turns work in combat: just post your turn when you get a chance and the DM will sort it out for you. Please try to be specific and include any backup plans if you feel they are necessary (for example, "If that guy days, I will hit this guy instead). DM will always try to talk to you or redirect your spells/attacks in a way that is beneficial to you if you can't be reached for a change of action. Also, be sure to note that you have a free use of the Inspiration Action! 

Berlyn, Fin, and Trigger all have tied initiative scores, so I will accept whoever posts first as going before the others in the round. (Unless you word your action like Trigger goes after Berlyn, Fin goes after Trigger, etc.)

Shape of the map:

You can be any of the numbers on this map. Just claim your number when you post your turn. The initiative order reveals what letter is who!

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Initiative Order:

Jhess 
Berlyn (tied)
Fin (tied)
Trigger (tied)
Emannuel 
Shifters 
-> Wolfish Guy (that you talked to) X
-> Cat-like Guy Y
-> Wolfish Gal Z

Jhess - (2)

(Assuming that they have dropped down pretty much right on top of us we're already in melee range as appropriate to the map.)

As timid as she has been thus far, when the shrouded figures drop down from the ceiling practically right on top of her she reacts purely on instinct, reaching not for her rapier but the two daggers on her belt.  With an enemy both behind and before, she is quick to assess which is the bigger threat.  The one in front of her is between her and Trigger (assuming Trigger is 1 since he was basically leading the group) and she feels like Trigger's sledgehammer should make pretty short work of him, so she decides to spin around and focus on the one behind her.  With a quick, practiced twirl, she ducks low to help avoid any initial incoming strike as she spins around then delivers a quick stab as she rises back to her full height.

Action: Dagger vs. (Y)  Attack: 18  Damage: 4 

Don't remember if you use flanking rules or not, but if so...Advantage Roll: 6 and Sneak Attack: 6

Movement: Remain in position, ready to assist either Trigger or (3) however possible.

[1] Berlyn sees the shifter as it drops next her. "I told you not to mess with us!" she says as she tries to jabs him with her rapier.

Attack: 5 Damage: 7.

"Wow, your reek overpowers the sewers," she says using Inspiration Action to cast Vicious Mockery (damage: 3 if he fails DC13 WIS save and Disadvantage on next attack roll). 

"Do something extraordinary, Trigger!" (BA: d6 inspiration)

Trigger's eyes flash with an amber light as he brings up his hammer to chest level as he swings 180° to the shifter behind him. 

Bonus Action: Rage

Action: Attack: 9 Damage: 8 targeting Shifter Y.

(Assuming the nat1 doesn't cause Trigger ti lose his hammer...)

Inspiration Action: Attack: 8 Damage: 17, same target.

(Let it be known, I saw this coming after that nat20 perception check...)

@KnightofMoonshadow, You have a d6 bardic inspiration as well :)

(@WhitsEnd, I know, I'm just not sure it's worth it for 6 damage. I'll hold onto it for now.)

(@WhitsEnd, I know, I'm just not sure it's worth it for 6 damage. I'll hold onto it for now.)

[5] "Huh?" Emanuel turns around, seeing a strange Shifter behind him.  Noticing that his group is under attack; he swings the flat of his sword towards her head.

Between Jhess and Trigger, they manage to bring the feline shifter to a bloodied state. He pants heavily from their two-pronged assault.

Berlyn misses, but words seem to have elicited an eyebrow twitch from the wolfy shifter guy. 

Fin taps the wolfish lady shifter on the shoulder, who turns and sees a most ghastly expression on Fin's face as she says, "I suggest you and your little mongrels tuck tail and run."

Eman manages to give the Wolfish Gal a walloping! 

Wolfish Guy X growls as he makes two attacks against Berlyn! He swipes first with his claw, and then attempts to bite her. Berlyn can see his features become feral as he harnesses the power of the beast within. (Claw, Attack: 10, Damage: 4 slashing. This attack has disadvantage.) (Bite, Attack: 7, Damage: 7 piercing.)

Feline Guy Y looks from Trigger's metallic body to Jhess's half-elf form and does a quick risk calculation. He tries to bite Jhess! (Bite, Attack: 11, Damage: 10 piercing. If hit, you must succeed a DC 12 Strength saving throw or be knocked prone.)

Wolfish Gal X whimpers and turns away from Fin completely. She cannot walk past Eman... so she attacks him! (Bite, Attack: 11, Damage: 5 piercing. If hit, you must succeed a DC 12 Strength saving throw or be knocked prone.)

You all hear a chittering sound reverberate as you fight from the room south of you. A rat has come up to Jhess and hisses at her. It appears to be with the shifters.

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Initiative Order:

Jhess 
Berlyn (tied)
Fin (tied)
Trigger (tied)
Emannuel 
Rat
Shifters 
-> Wolfish Guy  X (Taken 1 damage) 
-> Cat-like Guy Y (Taken 18 damage, is bloodied)
-> Wolfish Gal Z (Taken 13 damage, is frightened of Fin)

Trigger makes another attack against the cat-shifter. If cat-shifter is felled by Jhess, Trigger instead moves to and attacks the rat. Whether or not the cat-shifter and/or the rat die, Trigger moves to place himself between the chamber to the south and the rest of the party.

Action: Attack: 22 Damage: 15

"Be smart and just stop." Emanuel says to the Wolfish Gal (Z).  "It was folly attacking us."

He lines his greatsword up against his shoulder, bends his knee, and slams both shoulder and sword into her.

"Ha! Not quite fast enough!" Berlyn exclaims as she nimbly avoids the canine claws and teeth. She responds with cacophonous whispers and a glare waiting for his eyes to flinch with pain.

Dissonant Whispers: DC13 WIS; Damage: 5 psychic and must use reaction to move away if failure; half damage if success and does not need to move.

Jhess is too quick for the cat-boy and manages to avoid his reaching fangs.

Both daggers now firmly in hand, she darts in two quick strikes when she sees her foe glance over his shoulder at Trigger.

Action: Dagger vs. Cat-boy  Attack: 13  Damage: 7

Bonus Action: Dagger vs. Cat-boy  Attack: 23  Damage: 3

Sneak Attack: 4 (If applicable.)

Her aim is to injure and subdue, rather than kill, as she's familiar with the kinds of situations that could lead someone to join a gang like this.

She doesn't notice the rat at all unless Cat-boy goes down and she has a chance to look around.

Jhess slashes then knocks the cat-like shifter in the head with the butt of her dagger. He falls over unconscious.

Trigger quickly moves and crushes the rat! It instantly dies. But he hears more chittering behind him...

For Berlyn, she sees that the noises almost take effect, but the shifter shakes it off!

Fin pulls out a dagger and sticks it to the wolfy gal. She stabs the wolfy gal, killing her as it cuts deep into the wolf's kidney. She quickly puts the dagger out of view and into her bag. Eman lands onto the wolfy gal, though she seems lifeless now. As the blood pours out, Fin comments, "Oh wow, Eman, I think you killed her with that slashing attack!"

Three more rats scurry onto the scene! They move their full movement to Fin and Trigger. Trigger has two ratties on him.

The two ratties on Trigger go to bite his ankles! (Rat 1, Attack: 23, Damage: 4 piercing and 4 acid damage.) (Rat 2, Attack: 24, Damage: 6 piercing and 5 acid damage.)

The ratty on Fin will bite! (Rat 3, Attack: 24, Damage: 8 piercing and 3 acid damage.)

Wolfish guy is too busy fighting Berlyn to notice his friends are dead and downed! He goes for another swipe and bite. (Claw, Attack: 8, Damage: 9 slashing.) (Bite, Attack: 17, Damage: 4 piercing.)

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Initiative Order:

Jhess 
Berlyn (tied)
Fin (tied)
Trigger (tied)
Emannuel 
Rat(s)
-> 1
-> 2
-> 3
Shifters 
-> Wolfish Guy  X (Taken 9 damage) 
-> Cat-like Guy Y (Downed)
-> Wolfish Gal Z (Dead)

Rat 2 critical on Trigger -> 3

Berlyn avoids the claw but takes the bite and falls to the ground.

Death Save 1: 15

The bites themselves seem to have only minimal effect, but the aditional burning acid takes its toll.

Trigger is down...

"Wha...? What, what do you mean killed her?  Tha... That's impossible.  I... I was so careful.  I made sure to... I made sure..." Emanuel just begins walking down the sewer away from the fight.

Hearing the large thud of Trigger going down, Emanuel rushes over to him, and brings his greatsword down upon R1 with tears in his eyes.

He then turns to R2, trying to remove both threats to Trigger.