Shadowthorn's Princes of the Apocalypse

Initiative: 22

(Just waiting for Rubin's initiative) 

Rubin initiative is 9, rolled in game log.

The kenku spend this turn still jeering at you, the tortured cries redoubling in strength.

(Everyone is up)

As he is standing at the arrow slit, Rubin shoots in through it, so he shouldn't have any cover vs his attacks...

Attack: 27 Damage: 12
Attack: 23 Damage: 4
Dread Attack: 8 Damage: 5 Dread Damage: 8

Not knowing fully what the heck is going on, but seeing Rubin shoot at something through the arrow slit, Xanranzan grumbles and double times it for the otherside of the gate house, still hopeful for finding a door into the structure itself. Although once the current scrap-sca-doo was over, there would be words to be said!

Movement: 15ft Crawling.

Action: Dash to Crawl another 15ft closer to the opposite end of the gatehouse(ie. city side section)

As Kethra hears the familiar sound of Rubin pulling back his crossbow and firing she returns Mr. Tyde his own rope in a panic (object interaction) and starts on the same rope Rubin slid down on. 

“I’ll check it out! Um, give me a shout if you see any trouble on your end, though!”

The white robed girl rappels down the same rope Rubin slid down on. Using her monk speed of 40 ft of movement cut to 20 ft because climbing she takes the dash action to descend another 20 feet for a total of 40 of the 50 foot wall. Since Kethra is 5 feet tall, I hope letting go of the rope means falling less than 10 feet?

((Just to confirm, the Kenku that has spotted us is within the room Rubin is peering into or are they in the hall we are travelling in. Basically, can anyone but Rubin see them?))

The kenku are in the room behind the arrow slits, which you are not in.  Only Rubin can currently see them, but presumably he would alert the rest of you.

Marros watches as Rubin sends a volley of bolts through the narrow slit. "What's in there?" His voice full of nervous excitement. "Did you kill it?" He scans the hallway for some way into the room that's presumably on the other side of the thin opening. 

Perception 7

(Will update tomorrow.)

Rubin would tell the others about the kenku.

Tyde manages to get to them with a little bit of poofing, while Kethra shimmies down the rope quite speedily.

Xan does the worm.

Marros watches over Rubin's shoulder, and catches a glimpse of 2 bird like humanoids.

Rubin takes a rather pragmatic approach, and just shoots 3 times, dropping 1 and nearly killing the other as well.

On their turn, the remaining kenku keep up the tortured screams but quickly slam shut iron shutters, blocking the arrow slits and any vision you have of them.

(OOC: I assume it's back to the party then? If so, can Xan tell how far he is from the other side of the gatehouse. That being the side that opens up into the city. And if so, how far?)

(Yes sorry, you are up.  You think you might have maybe another 15 feet to crawl.)

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"How rude! Well I guess we weren't going in through the arrow slit anyway." Tyde responds to the shutters being closed in their faces.

"Oh no, you're right," Kethra says with a wink and in the tone of false desperation. Her hands however, are signaling the rest to ready, aim and fire. She briefly examines the ironwork then attempts to pry it open, secretly wishing that they had gone and bought those crowbars as they planned.

Athletics: 23

Xan stayed committed, and would keep crawling forward expecting an arrow or two to zoom overhead at any moment. When none does before reaching the end, Xan quickly scrambled to his feet and started look around for a possible entry point into the gatehouse. Which if he could manage that, then it is with some reckless abandon that he would rush over to take open any door just enough for a peek inside.

Marros jumps at the slamming of the shutters. "By the Light!" He gathers himself and attempts to salvage his dignity. "By the Light you will...pay...for that. Somehow. Maybe." His voice trails off as he strings the words together. He looks to Kethra "What now? Seems they're not interested in our presence. Shall we continue deeper?"

(Waaait, so did my thing not work and the shutters stayed closed?)

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He looks to Kethra "What now? Seems they're not interested in our presence. Shall we continue deeper?"

Assuming the shutters stayed closed, Kethra nods at Marros and Tyde and signals them to move.

Now using one hand to exaggerate that she is calling out to the kenku beyond the shutters, she whispers a little too loudly, "Shush, they're going to hear us! Also, we shouldn't just leave such obviously dangerous creatures in there to plot their next move! We're gonna to wait them out! They'll have to come out to eat, or use the washroom eventually!"

She continues to yell, then adds the hammer from her smith's tools to add to the noise while signaling the rest to keep going.

Rubin would step back as the shutters are slammed close. As an attempt is made to pry them open he would hold his hand crossbow ready, and fire if a target is available. If nothing comes from the attempt he would start down the path again, hoping to find a door ahead he can use to get in to the area the Kenku are in.

Rubin, the shutters don't open.

(Hopefully longer update tomorrow)