"Too easy guys."

Phrael walks over to the downed dwarf and bandit to retrieve his arrows if still usable. Taking a bit of time for anything else that might be valuable before looking over their options. 

"One door looks like they're trying to keep something out, the other is easy access... it wouldn't be right if it wasn't us guys. What if we open the southern door and then unblock the northern and let whatever is in there have free roam as we wait in the area we came from? "

Flux rolls his eyes, then shakes his head. "Let's not. Every second wasted is a second less my lord's blessing wanes. So, stayed focused and move quickly. With any luck, no one heard the disturbance." With that, he gestures for the others to lead the way with him covering the rear. Much again as he'd like to be in the front as a proper protector, he knew to wait for the right moment. 

"No fun, blue beard. It could be cat."

The wood elf shrugging as he moves to open the southern door

Rindarius sheathes his shortswords, fetches both thrown daggers, and falls in behind Phrael. 

Flux's eyes had gone wide as saucers. "More Demon Cats...." After a few seconds, he shakes himself and glares at Phreal's retreating backside. "One thing at a time." He mutters to himself. 

The door leads to a 30 ft corridor that goes south to a spacious room in which threadbare curtains hang on the east wall of a long hall, in the middle of which a muscular half-orc in dingy robes stands with his foot on the chest of a male human with wavy red-blond hair. Fire burns around the orc’s clenched fist, and his victim cries and squirms helplessly beneath him. Seated on a raised platform to the south is a nightmarish figure wearing black robes. It has large white eyes and rubbery purple skin, with four tentacles encircling its inhuman mouth. It cradles and gently caresses what looks like a disembodied brain with feet.

"Of course, we wouldn't expect to find Floon with his feet up while drinking a glass of brandy, but this?" Rindarius then, instinctively and without thought, gives each dagger in his hands a quick spin as he prepares to send the blades flying across the room...

• Initiative for Rin: 7

(Are we on initiative or surprise round)

((well, it's an open space, you might not surprise everyone, depending on how you get in the room, I'll uploade an update map afternoon...maybe in the evening))

(Should I roll initiative or can I get a free shot at the guy in the back with my long bow) 

((Let's just roll initiative, considering that the brain can sense over 300 ft and has telepathy, I don't think that a stealth roll would suffice))

(Sounds good to me.)

Initiative: 20

Flux's Initiative: 9.

(Bless is still going for at least a few more rounds, right?)

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Flux's Initiative: 8.

(Bless is still going for at least a few more rounds, right?)

 ((In which post did you cast Bless? I only found Guidance cast on https://www.dndbeyond.com/forums/d-d-beyond-general/play-by-post/24536-dragon-heist?comment=421
I'm down with Bless if it was cast at the beginning of the last encounter with the duergar and the bandit

@Rindarius, I'll allow that, however, I need to roll initiative for the enemies as well as see if I roll higher))

- You notice how everyone in the room but Floon looks at the door as if an alarm only they could hear was triggered - 

Orc - 16
Floon - 19
Brain- 16
Tentacle mouth guy- 2

((LoL just noticed that they can't roll higher than Rin))

((Only the brain Init changed because I added Floon between it and the Orc...original Result was 11))

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Flux's Initiative for next round:  2.

Flux had barrel in along with Kebron. But stops next to the door recognize the man for who he was. So THAT was what those tattoos were probably about... wait, didn't that mean Xoblob was... Flux's eyes went wide as the pieces fell into place. For both focus and need, Flux flares his cloak in the process of presenting his shield fully and chanting, "Grant us, 'ol wise watcher, your sight beyond sight, and bring about overdue justice!" 

Flux casts Bless on Phrael, Kebron, and Rin. (add d4 to attack and saving throws).

Don't forget that you do get advantage on surprise round attacks.

 (Here 😊)

((haha thank you, Ok, you'll get bless for 7 rounds))