Basically I'm trying to flank the Kenku in the back. Really my movement would've been determined by the following questions:
Are those stairs by Z2?
Can we jump over the debris?
Considering it was locked, is the big warehouse door easy to open from the inside?
Unsure of whether I would get the answers I needed before I made a move, I decided to add some predetermined movement should I miss my turn.
DM: If I could change my movement, I'd hide behind the debris in the left corner before jumping over if able. If not, then I'd move to try to open the big warehouse door, jump out, and break open the window. If unable to do any of those things, I'd keep my movement as stated.
"All will become equal now" | "Cause we're going to shout it loud, even if our words seem meaningless. It's like we're carrying the weight of the world"
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(If everyone has gone it is my turn so I will post my actions as I can.)
Since Phineas is next to her and there is a kenku in front of her, Siobhan will drop her bow to the side and draw her shortsword, attempting to slash ar the kenku.
Shortsword: Attack: 16 Damage: 8
If Phineas can give it Sneak Attack: 2
(If only I had the feat to draw both shortswords....)
Those are stairs at z2, and you could jump or climb over the debris which would be considered difficult terrain.
As for the big warehouse door, it's one of those ones that lefts upward. It's not difficult to do, but would require an action.
(Ok sounds good. In that case, Dolar will instead just move to cover behind the left corner of the wall of debris after slaying the Kenku, stowing his greataxe in the process. The following turn, he'll first take out his hand crossbow as object interaction, then I'll determine his remaining movement depending on what the Kenku in the back do. Thanks!)
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Sylelor will throw both handaxes [Tooltip Not Found] fiesta at the kenku that looks more injured, if it doesn't kill, It'll attempt to attack again, otherwise I'll target another Kenku.
10 dmg 8
13 dmg 5
((omg! wtf haha nothing but crappy rolls on encounters))
Siobhanunfortunately your attempts to slash at the kenku engaged with you prove fruitless as the bird hops from foot to foot avoiding the swing of your sword, but Phineas is able to come up striking it once in the side, and then cracking it right across the beak. The Kenku lets out a blubbering cry that sounds somewhat like crying.
On it's turn it throws it talon-like hands into the air and says in that blubbering male voice, "I surrender, I surrender, please don't kill me. I'll give you whatever you want!"
From the back you hear a much more refined male voice come from one of the kenku back there, "Please, we don't have much. Just let us be."
The last remaining kenku makes no action other than to hold up it's hands in surrender as well.
"All will become equal now" | "Cause we're going to shout it loud, even if our words seem meaningless. It's like we're carrying the weight of the world"
Dolar hears the kenku surrender, cautiously looking over the top of the debris behind which he's hiding before hoping over to close the distance between him and the kenku in the back. He motions for them to drop their weapons, then looks to Siobhan for further orders before proceeding.
Siobhan wil quickly kick the weapon of the kenku near her away, moving to slowly step to her full height. "All of you drop your weapons and step otu where we can see you. Any strange movements and we will defend ourselves."
The Kenku lets out a blubbering cry that sounds somewhat like crying. On it's turn it throws it talon-like hands into the air and says in that blubbering male voice, "I surrender, I surrender, please don't kill me. I'll give you whatever you want!"
Phineasstands down as they surrender deferring to Siobhaninstructing them what to do... The Jestergrins at the Kenkushe had just struck, "awww you poor creature, I'm sorry for hitting you so hard like that but I just have an aversion to being ambushed without out even so much a polite, by your leave... don't you know! One of my peeves you might say but I am willing to let bygones be bygones... if you all play nice."Phineasextends an empty hand out in a friendly manner to introduce herself (offering to shake-hands) to it, a wide smile on her painted face, "Hello, I'm Phineas... the Phineas Fop... the one and only! I'm looking a friend of mine, Floon... Floon the Loon that was last seen with some rough customers, one with a tattoo of the symbol of a winged snake like on those short swords over there in the pile and on the door to this joint so spill it and tells us what you know... what is going on and where we can find Floon?"
The Kenku will comply, surrendering their weapons. The two behind the furniture in the back end of the room stay there, worried that them climbing over might be seen as trying something.
"Talk" One in the back says in a cruel gruff voice.
"I'm sorry for hitting you so hard," the Kenku in front of Phineas repeats back to her in her own voice, and hesitantly shakes her hand. It considers for a moment, cocking it's head to the side in a very bird like fashion. Then, "Xanathar sends his regards,"it says in a thick, orcish accent. "Tie up the pretty boy in the back room." This one comes in a nasally voice with a lot of phlegm attached to it, adding "Follow the yellow signs in the sewers. No time to loot the place, just add the body to the pile." It gestures to the bodies piled along the wall.
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"All will become equal now" | "Cause we're going to shout it loud, even if our words seem meaningless. It's like we're carrying the weight of the world"
Siobhan watches them closely while gesturing for the other two kenku to come out from behind the furniture. She watches each of them closely while letting them know she woukd not be putting up with any funny business from them. "If what we have heard from those we have spoken to, this pretty one could perhaps be Floon... But I do not know if this is something so few of us should be getting invovlved in if things are getting this complicated...."
She will go to the bodies and look them over to see if any of them fit the descriptions they had been given anout the men Floon had last been seen with.
"I'm sorry for hitting you so hard," the Kenku in front of Phineas repeats back to her in her own voice, and hesitantly shakes her hand. It considers for a moment, cocking it's head to the side in a very bird-like fashion.
The jestergiggles hysterically as the Kenku imitates her voice... "oh when I hit the big time I am so getting three of together as backup singers!"She quips gleefully...
Then, "Xanathar sends his regards," it says in a thick, orcish accent. "Tie up the pretty boy in the back room." This one comes in a nasally voice with a lot of phlegm attached to it, adding "Follow the yellow signs in the sewers. No time to loot the place, just add the body to the pile." It gestures to the bodies piled along the wall.
Hearing the name Xanathar... Phineascocks her head to the side in a very bird-like fashion imitating the Kenku's action and body movement as she giggles muttering out loud to Mallory... "Xanathar, why does that name sound familiar?"History4
The jesterlooks at the Kenkusquinting her eyes and cocking her head again and asks it... "Who is Xanathar and where the entrance to the sewers with the yellow signs? What does the snake symbol connect to... or rather who, what group... is it like connected to this Xanathar?"As she queries her new friend she thinks to herself that it is a good thing they have a sewer expert ---Sylelor-- on their investigative team!
Phineaslooks at Siobhanwho investigating the scene and the bodies and calls out, "hey... don't forget to check their pockets for coins... we like all get a share of that... right?"
Siobhan: The remaining Kenku climb out from behind the furniture carefulyy, watching you as they do so, and then hurry their way over to their talkative friend. One of them looks like it might be about to reach for the dropped sword on the ground, but stops with it's buddy elbows him.
The bodies are dressed in black. and looking them over you can see winged snake tattoos on about half of them. The other half lack the snake tattoos, but one does have a tattoo of a circle with 10 spokes evenly placed around it on the palm of his hand. They all wear standard leather armor that doesn't look any more valuable than most leather armor. If you do go digging through their pockets you find can find a total of
8gp 26sp 63cp
Phineas: The name Xanathar doesn't ring a bell in particular. You think maybe you've passed an ice cream stand with that name before, but you aren't entirely sure.
The talkative Kenku considers and then in that nasally voice says, "Make sure none of the zhents survive. Boss wants them taken care of, Neverember or no."
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"All will become equal now" | "Cause we're going to shout it loud, even if our words seem meaningless. It's like we're carrying the weight of the world"
Siobhan will pocket the money and stand back up, going over and grabbing the sword that the kenku had been reaching for. With a warning look to the one that had grabbed it she tosses it to the otherside of the room. She will listen carefully to the more talkative one. "Sounds like we have two organizations at play in a turf war or perhaps something else."
(Also I want to do a check to see if she knows more about Xanathar and the zhents. I figure it would be an intelligence check of somekind.)
"All will become equal now" | "Cause we're going to shout it loud, even if our words seem meaningless. It's like we're carrying the weight of the world"
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DOLAR
Seeing everything seems to be under control, Dolar will begin searching the rest of the warehouse. Seeing Siobhan search the bodies, he'll focus more on the debris, making a thorough walkthrough of the first floor before opening the door to Z2. After searching Z2, he'll make his way upstairs and continue thoroughly searching while he has the opportunity.
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Phineas: The name Xanathar doesn't ring a bell in particular. You think maybe you've passed an ice cream stand with that name before, but you aren't entirely sure.
The jester'seyes roll back at the thought of ice cream... her body shudders slightly with past thoughts of the delicious pleasures of such and mutter wishfully, "yum ice cream mhmm..."Then turns to Siobhan, "it's all falling into to place its obvious that all this is about the city's corporate confectionary elite... they are at war and not taking any prisoners, it's a cutthroat business... the ice cream vendors versus the gelato vendors!" Persuasion18
Phineassmiles at the Kenku, "thanks for the tip... if you and your buddies ever decide to break into the entertainment business, look me up. I think we can work a deal and hit the big time you know." Then she walks back to the pile of swords and equipment and picks out to two short-swords and straps them on. She prefers fighting unwarmed but given the current situation never one when a couple might be needed, just in case. As she does she looks for anything of interest under the stack and around the room. Investigation8
"I guess that it," she says looking at the others, "no more we can do here... so you guys want to look for that entrance to the sewers they were going on about or should we go find some confection vendors to question?"
Siobhan: You're not familiar with the ins and the outs of Xanathar, and the zhents just barely scratches the surface of what you've heard about potentially criminal organizations in Faerun. You have heard members of the Watch talk about the Zhents, but never really stopped to listen if it didn't pertain to what you were doing at the moment.
You also recall the gnome girl you saw earlier more or less confirming your conclusions here. The two factions seem to be at war with each other.
Phineas: You arm yourself with a couple of shortswords kindly bestowed on you by the order of the winged snake. Looking around everything else seems to be as it. Crates of weapons and armor, furniture strewn about in the struggle. You go through some pockets, but Siobhan has already pocketed everything and they are empty, though you find a half melted chocolate gold piece in one pocket.
Dolar: You don't seem to find much on interest in the main room, other than what's already been found. Weapons, armor. The door to the storage closet (z2) hangs on it's hinges, barely still standing. The inside smells of vinegar and fish, and most of it stuffed with old tarps and ropes shoved aside. You however do hear slow heavy breaths coming from beneath the pile of tarps.
"All will become equal now" | "Cause we're going to shout it loud, even if our words seem meaningless. It's like we're carrying the weight of the world"
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DOLAR (OOC)
Basically I'm trying to flank the Kenku in the back. Really my movement would've been determined by the following questions:
Unsure of whether I would get the answers I needed before I made a move, I decided to add some predetermined movement should I miss my turn.
DM: If I could change my movement, I'd hide behind the debris in the left corner before jumping over if able. If not, then I'd move to try to open the big warehouse door, jump out, and break open the window. If unable to do any of those things, I'd keep my movement as stated.
Those are stairs at z2, and you could jump or climb over the debris which would be considered difficult terrain.
As for the big warehouse door, it's one of those ones that lefts upward. It's not difficult to do, but would require an action.
"All will become equal now" | "Cause we're going to shout it loud, even if our words seem meaningless. It's like we're carrying the weight of the world"
(If everyone has gone it is my turn so I will post my actions as I can.)
Since Phineas is next to her and there is a kenku in front of her, Siobhan will drop her bow to the side and draw her shortsword, attempting to slash ar the kenku.
Shortsword: Attack: 16 Damage: 8
If Phineas can give it Sneak Attack: 2
(If only I had the feat to draw both shortswords....)
Phineas looks to double team with Siobhan against the Kenku attacking it with unarmed strikes (action and bonus action).
Unarmed Strike Action: Attack 8 Damage 5
Unarmed Strike Bonus Action: Attack 17 Damage 4
(Ok sounds good. In that case, Dolar will instead just move to cover behind the left corner of the wall of debris after slaying the Kenku, stowing his greataxe in the process. The following turn, he'll first take out his hand crossbow as object interaction, then I'll determine his remaining movement depending on what the Kenku in the back do. Thanks!)
Sylelor will throw both handaxes [Tooltip Not Found] fiesta at the kenku that looks more injured, if it doesn't kill, It'll attempt to attack again, otherwise I'll target another Kenku.
10 dmg 8
13 dmg 5
((omg! wtf haha nothing but crappy rolls on encounters))
Siobhan unfortunately your attempts to slash at the kenku engaged with you prove fruitless as the bird hops from foot to foot avoiding the swing of your sword, but Phineas is able to come up striking it once in the side, and then cracking it right across the beak. The Kenku lets out a blubbering cry that sounds somewhat like crying.
On it's turn it throws it talon-like hands into the air and says in that blubbering male voice, "I surrender, I surrender, please don't kill me. I'll give you whatever you want!"
From the back you hear a much more refined male voice come from one of the kenku back there, "Please, we don't have much. Just let us be."
The last remaining kenku makes no action other than to hold up it's hands in surrender as well.
"All will become equal now" | "Cause we're going to shout it loud, even if our words seem meaningless. It's like we're carrying the weight of the world"
DOLAR
Dolar hears the kenku surrender, cautiously looking over the top of the debris behind which he's hiding before hoping over to close the distance between him and the kenku in the back. He motions for them to drop their weapons, then looks to Siobhan for further orders before proceeding.
Siobhan wil quickly kick the weapon of the kenku near her away, moving to slowly step to her full height. "All of you drop your weapons and step otu where we can see you. Any strange movements and we will defend ourselves."
Phineas stands down as they surrender deferring to Siobhan instructing them what to do... The Jester grins at the Kenku she had just struck, "awww you poor creature, I'm sorry for hitting you so hard like that but I just have an aversion to being ambushed without out even so much a polite, by your leave... don't you know! One of my peeves you might say but I am willing to let bygones be bygones... if you all play nice." Phineas extends an empty hand out in a friendly manner to introduce herself (offering to shake-hands) to it, a wide smile on her painted face, "Hello, I'm Phineas... the Phineas Fop... the one and only! I'm looking a friend of mine, Floon... Floon the Loon that was last seen with some rough customers, one with a tattoo of the symbol of a winged snake like on those short swords over there in the pile and on the door to this joint so spill it and tells us what you know... what is going on and where we can find Floon?"
The Kenku will comply, surrendering their weapons. The two behind the furniture in the back end of the room stay there, worried that them climbing over might be seen as trying something.
"Talk" One in the back says in a cruel gruff voice.
"I'm sorry for hitting you so hard," the Kenku in front of Phineas repeats back to her in her own voice, and hesitantly shakes her hand. It considers for a moment, cocking it's head to the side in a very bird like fashion. Then, "Xanathar sends his regards," it says in a thick, orcish accent. "Tie up the pretty boy in the back room." This one comes in a nasally voice with a lot of phlegm attached to it, adding "Follow the yellow signs in the sewers. No time to loot the place, just add the body to the pile." It gestures to the bodies piled along the wall.
"All will become equal now" | "Cause we're going to shout it loud, even if our words seem meaningless. It's like we're carrying the weight of the world"
Siobhan watches them closely while gesturing for the other two kenku to come out from behind the furniture. She watches each of them closely while letting them know she woukd not be putting up with any funny business from them. "If what we have heard from those we have spoken to, this pretty one could perhaps be Floon... But I do not know if this is something so few of us should be getting invovlved in if things are getting this complicated...."
She will go to the bodies and look them over to see if any of them fit the descriptions they had been given anout the men Floon had last been seen with.
Investigation: 13
The jester giggles hysterically as the Kenku imitates her voice... "oh when I hit the big time I am so getting three of together as backup singers!" She quips gleefully...
Hearing the name Xanathar... Phineas cocks her head to the side in a very bird-like fashion imitating the Kenku's action and body movement as she giggles muttering out loud to Mallory... "Xanathar, why does that name sound familiar?" History 4
The jester looks at the Kenku squinting her eyes and cocking her head again and asks it... "Who is Xanathar and where the entrance to the sewers with the yellow signs? What does the snake symbol connect to... or rather who, what group... is it like connected to this Xanathar?" As she queries her new friend she thinks to herself that it is a good thing they have a sewer expert ---Sylelor-- on their investigative team!
Phineas looks at Siobhan who investigating the scene and the bodies and calls out, "hey... don't forget to check their pockets for coins... we like all get a share of that... right?"
Siobhan: The remaining Kenku climb out from behind the furniture carefulyy, watching you as they do so, and then hurry their way over to their talkative friend. One of them looks like it might be about to reach for the dropped sword on the ground, but stops with it's buddy elbows him.
The bodies are dressed in black. and looking them over you can see winged snake tattoos on about half of them. The other half lack the snake tattoos, but one does have a tattoo of a circle with 10 spokes evenly placed around it on the palm of his hand. They all wear standard leather armor that doesn't look any more valuable than most leather armor. If you do go digging through their pockets you find can find a total of
8gp
26sp
63cp
Phineas: The name Xanathar doesn't ring a bell in particular. You think maybe you've passed an ice cream stand with that name before, but you aren't entirely sure.
The talkative Kenku considers and then in that nasally voice says, "Make sure none of the zhents survive. Boss wants them taken care of, Neverember or no."
"All will become equal now" | "Cause we're going to shout it loud, even if our words seem meaningless. It's like we're carrying the weight of the world"
Siobhan will pocket the money and stand back up, going over and grabbing the sword that the kenku had been reaching for. With a warning look to the one that had grabbed it she tosses it to the otherside of the room. She will listen carefully to the more talkative one. "Sounds like we have two organizations at play in a turf war or perhaps something else."
(Also I want to do a check to see if she knows more about Xanathar and the zhents. I figure it would be an intelligence check of somekind.)
History check!
"All will become equal now" | "Cause we're going to shout it loud, even if our words seem meaningless. It's like we're carrying the weight of the world"
DOLAR
Seeing everything seems to be under control, Dolar will begin searching the rest of the warehouse. Seeing Siobhan search the bodies, he'll focus more on the debris, making a thorough walkthrough of the first floor before opening the door to Z2. After searching Z2, he'll make his way upstairs and continue thoroughly searching while he has the opportunity.
Perception: 8
Investigation: 12
History to know more: 5
(Siobhan seems to have no luck with intelligence checks....)
The jester's eyes roll back at the thought of ice cream... her body shudders slightly with past thoughts of the delicious pleasures of such and mutter wishfully, "yum ice cream mhmm..." Then turns to Siobhan, "it's all falling into to place its obvious that all this is about the city's corporate confectionary elite... they are at war and not taking any prisoners, it's a cutthroat business... the ice cream vendors versus the gelato vendors!" Persuasion 18
Phineas smiles at the Kenku, "thanks for the tip... if you and your buddies ever decide to break into the entertainment business, look me up. I think we can work a deal and hit the big time you know." Then she walks back to the pile of swords and equipment and picks out to two short-swords and straps them on. She prefers fighting unwarmed but given the current situation never one when a couple might be needed, just in case. As she does she looks for anything of interest under the stack and around the room. Investigation 8
"I guess that it," she says looking at the others, "no more we can do here... so you guys want to look for that entrance to the sewers they were going on about or should we go find some confection vendors to question?"
Siobhan: You're not familiar with the ins and the outs of Xanathar, and the zhents just barely scratches the surface of what you've heard about potentially criminal organizations in Faerun. You have heard members of the Watch talk about the Zhents, but never really stopped to listen if it didn't pertain to what you were doing at the moment.
You also recall the gnome girl you saw earlier more or less confirming your conclusions here. The two factions seem to be at war with each other.
Phineas: You arm yourself with a couple of shortswords kindly bestowed on you by the order of the winged snake. Looking around everything else seems to be as it. Crates of weapons and armor, furniture strewn about in the struggle. You go through some pockets, but Siobhan has already pocketed everything and they are empty, though you find a half melted chocolate gold piece in one pocket.
Dolar: You don't seem to find much on interest in the main room, other than what's already been found. Weapons, armor. The door to the storage closet (z2) hangs on it's hinges, barely still standing. The inside smells of vinegar and fish, and most of it stuffed with old tarps and ropes shoved aside. You however do hear slow heavy breaths coming from beneath the pile of tarps.
"All will become equal now" | "Cause we're going to shout it loud, even if our words seem meaningless. It's like we're carrying the weight of the world"