Lost Mine of Phandelver

We are not t..t..urning into m..murderers shouts back Garet

His first two attempts miss their target, but Ronk's reverse after his spear thrust catches the bugbear firmly in the corner of his eye socket...the distinct sound of cracking bone can be easily heard as his punch lands. The bugbear howls at first, but his cry of pain devolves quickly into an amused, sadistic giggle..."There's plenty of blood left to be spilled!" he says in response to Garet's plea to end the fight and then begins swinging his spiked club back and forth in a series of showboating feints, hoping to keep Ronk's attention...

BGBR 3
Action (Help): BGBR 2

While his ally distracts the monk, the other bugbear (though grievously wounded) makes a hard swing at Ronk from behind:

BGBR 2
Attack (Morningstar): 23 vs. AC 15 (Ronk), dealing 15 piercing damage on a hit.

The spiked club smacks Ronk squarely in the back, its vicious barbs puncturing his robe, fur and skin and sink deep into his spine! The monk falls to the ground, and loses consciousness from the pain!

Van bangs on the door a couple more times. "Hi, remember me? You're friendly neighborhood wizard? Wouldn't it be helpful if, oh I don't know. You let me in so I can help?"

He drops prone to the floor to try and get a view of whats going on, hands splayed out to at the very least preform the gestures required to cast spells while in the dirt. Counting the pairs of feet, Van sends three darts of force into the room. Two to the one attacking Ronk, and one at the one that seemed to just be standing there.

Action: Magic Missile at first level, 2 at BGBR 2, 1 at BGBR 3

BGBR 2: 2, 3

BGBR 3: 2

Flynt curses himself for his lack of awareness. In his haste he didn't realize not everyone had made it into that he room. He circles away from the action and flips up the bar on the door as circles back around to continue to engage with Bugbear 2.

Hew Attack: 9 Damage: 5

R.O.L.M. Attack: 21 Damage: 6

Vanzaren's missiles bring down the bugbear nearest to Rigel (BGBR #2), just as the ranger swings his axe at the foe...both his strikes land soundly, but they only added insult to injury as the bugbear fell dead at his feet, leaving just a single adversary still standing and breathing.

(INITIATIVE: @Marcon)

Exhausted and furthermore torn by Garet's request, Vanzaren's complaints fell on deaf ears where it came to the former farmhand. But eventually with a growl of frustration, Marcon raised his hammer high, only to swing low in attempt to hook his hammer behind the leg of the remaining bugbear and yank it off his feet. "Fudge muffity fudge it!" He cried as the hammer's brought around again with enough force to break lesser bones... but leave the survivor at least alive. 

It is only /if/ the blow proved to be enough to knock the bugbear out that he'd turn on the rest saying, "We need'im alive anyways for more answers 'bout this place." 

Action: Banhammer Strikes at Bugbear(1).
Replacing Attack #1 with Shove Prone attempt for 11. 
(Melee, One-Handed, Non-Lethal)Warhammer Strike #1 - Attack: 16 Damage: 8 non-magical bludgeoning.
(If shove attempt successfully, here's the adv. roll: 23.

BGBR 3:
Resist Shove: 19 vs. DC 14 (Marcon)

Marcon fails to push the bugbear off it's balance, but catches it nonetheless with a firm hammer strike

Garet gets a little angry and shouts at still fighting bugbear "You are k..killing your own k..kin!"


Next he moves closer to Ronk and ask goddess of Nature to help save his beast friend 

Cure Wounds 2nd lvl for 14 

If some move is left he will move away from the danger

Ronk groans and stands slowly, using his spear for support as he stands... And then looses a series of blows into the bugbear before staggering away, grumbling...

Spear attack on Bugbear3: 20; Damage on hit: 10

Spear attack on Bugbear3: 16; Damage on hit: 6

1 Ki point for Flurry of Blows

Unarmed strike on Bugbear 3: 20; Damage on hit: 6

Unarmed strike on Bugbear 3: 25; Damage on hit: 6

Ronk will try to keep the attacks non-lethal since the others want one left alive in case any of these might put the bugbear down fully, and then uses Drunken Technique to get Disengage and move away 30 feet towards the doorway and Vanzaren.

Ronk's retaliatory strikes take the last foe out as the bugbear falls to the ground, unconscious...but alive...

(END OF COMBAT)

Garet knees next to beaten enemy Bugbear and checks if he can improve their condition a little with Medicine 14

"h...how do you our kin s..survive with t..that att...ttitude?" adds Garet looking at Ronk

Marcon winces seeing Ronk's dismantling of the bugbear but couldn't help but snort afterwards and grin. Though that amusement quickly soured in the wake of Garet's comment. Yet just as it looked as if he might say something, he lets out a sigh instead and shakes his head.

He intended to wait a bit more for Garet to finish treatment before breaking out the silk rope. "Right. Let's get'em tied up. And uh.. do somethin' bout those bodies too I reckon, 'ssumin folk wanna take a breather here while waiting for princess there to wake up."

While Garet successfully stabilizes the unconscious bugbear (who will awaken in 4 hours) he finds a a pouch containing 15 cp, 13 ep, and what he judges is a potion of vitality.

The others look around trying to decide what to do with the corpses. A glowing iron brazier in the middle of the room sheds light on old stone bunks (which are of the right size and odor for their bugbear occupants) lining the walls of this barracks, which seems to be at the boundary of a larger underground complex and the unfinished caves and caverns to the west and south.

Across the room is another door, blocked by a barricade made from the remains of a wooden table. With its heavy doors (that can be barred from the inside) and thick stone walls, the room  seems like a defendable position, and clearly was meant for this purpose to allow the bugbears to rest in shifts while they guard entry to the greater complex and/or conduct excursions into the unfinished caverns.

Garet stops to look for a second at the pouch "I hope you do not m..mind m..mr sleeping b..bugbear" and shares money between others

Rigel looks around for a way to cover their tracks. Hitting upon an idea he grabs the foot of the nearest downed bugbear and drags the corpse to the nearest bed. 

He struggles to put the furry beast to bed, capping off his deception with a blanket.

"Well it won't sustain a thorough inspection but someone just sticking their head in might not notice."

"Huh. Not every day you see electrum." Marcon comments as he took up a single piece... before ultimately handing it back and waving off any offer to take up any spoils.

"Hm? ... Aww man, that's actual pretty smart. Though, I'd be lying if I didn't kinda hope uh... well.." He trailed off there shaking his head, then looked over to Grant. "Anyhow, I assume ya done with sleepy beauty there so, scooch." Provided Garet or anyone else hadn't further interfered, Marcon would tie the bugbear up in such a way that after binding hands behind the back the same is done to the legs using the same length of rope, but with some slack in between the two points.

Once that's done he'd set about helping Rigel move the other bodies if the man yet still had a need for the spare hand.

Ronk, shrugs at Garet's question about bugbear attitudes and stretches, wincing a little from the beating he'd just taken. "I dunno, my family got killed. So I guess we don't survive very well with that attitude?"

Vanzaren gets up, dusts himself off, and opens the door. "Oh sorry for not opening the door sooner Van! We know that you're help would have been invaluable. Oh it's alright, I'm sure you were all busy and didnt have the time to move a door latch up so I could actually help."

Rigel gives Marcon a nod of thanks as the two place the rest of the dead to rest in bunks. He chuckles a bit at Van. "Heh..uh yeah sorry bout that... honestly thought you'd made it in"

As the two go about their business Rigel gives each body a quick once over.

Ronk thumps Van on the back. "You were locked out for a bit, I was dying for a bit. These things happen."