(OOC chess coordinates like this )

Dahme'dre peers through the window. She take a brief moment to place her hex on the injured cultist before pointing and releasing a bolt of energy at the cultist with a shower of shattered glass.

Bonus: Transfer Hex target Slade's target

Action: Cast Eldritch blast same target (Hit AC: 7 for 8 force and 3 necro)

Move: Maintain cover outside the building; position a0 (off the board map)

Aurelia's fiery blast kills the centermost kobold, who is unable to run. Thus the feeble kobold died. The other two dodged, but were seared by the mere heat of the flame, both left blackened and charred by the attack. They look incredibly weak.

Eleth comes through the window after Aurelia, and takes aim at the weakest looking kobold. She shoots with her bow, hoping to strike the creature dead. (Attack 13, Dmg 10). The weakest kobold falls dead.

Dahme'dre snipes the injured cultist and annihilates him. He falls dead to the ground.

(If you mean to move your Hex to Slade's next target whenever he moves again that works for me. Or if you would like to declare your new hex target now you may say who.)

There are now 1 cultist and 1 kobold still alive. The cultist is still a picture of health and the remaining kobold is on his last leg.

Ashehee thirsts for blood. But curiously, patience flows through her veins, combatting the adrenaline that wants her to kill in the name of the Sliver Flame.

Ashehee opens the door and steps in, using the door as a shield, and shouts, "Surrender now. You are surrounded. Lay down your arms and we will spare you a painful death. I cannot promise you life as you have sinned. But better to surrender unless you prefer to suffer. And suffer you will if you do not surrender!"

Ashehee  eyes the reaction of the cultist and kobold.

(Intimidation roll: 15 ) (If you grant advantage because we just killed a bunch of their companions the 2nd roll is: 11)

The kobold looks frightened and seems to be looking for an escape(will run on its turn, advantage on attacks). The cultist seems to stand taller and holds up their schimitar more defensively.

Surprise round ends. Slade, your go.

(I suppose Dahme'dre will hex the remaining kobold given the opportunity.)

(It would be great to capture one of these baddies so we can interrogate them and get some answers. Maybe tackle the fleeing Kobold and kill the other?)

Slade moves in to finish the remaining cultist, slamming the flat of his blade against his skull while distracted by Ashehee's speech.

"We'll see if this one has anything more interesting to say than the last. Conversations with with cultists are so tedious though."

Move: Move to remaining cultist

Action: Shortsword 6 for 7. Crit! 12 damage assuming max plus die roll. Trying to KO.

Bonus: MA 18 for 7

Slade's attack is fierce and the impact of the cut along with the gut punch. The cultist falls unconscious instantly. 

(Knockout as in, not kill, right?)

(We'll probably get more out of the kobold if we can speak to it. It can understand me through awakened mind, but that's not great for interrogation. Do any of us speak goblin? Do kobolds?)

(Also what information do we need? "Where's your boss?" I've probably got the best persuasion, but not a clear goal. We could get a little good cop bad cop between Ashehee and Aurelia.)

Aurelia jumps on the kobold, keeping it close so it can't move away. She cries to the group. "Let's take our time to interrogate these properly!"
Whirling her staff overhead, she brings it in a backwards sweep on the kobold's legs, dropping it to the floor. The then gives it an expert tap on the head, right in the temple.
(OOC: Let's make sure to coordinate actions correctly as a group to interrogate. Figure out who has the highest skill in persuasion or intimidation, use the help action, and of course guidance)

Bonus: shillelagh
Move: Move to last kobold
Action: Attack kobold for non lethal, assuming advantage 25 for 7. That's a crit, how are we doing critical hits?

Dahme'dre slips gingerly through the broken window and checks the condition of the fallen townsfolk before searching the pockets of the fallen enemies. She scans the room for signs of other occupants in the building.

"Let's secure the rest of the building before we go to work on these..."

medicine 20 on townsfolk

investigation 15 on enemies

perception 10 on room

(OOC: she's got +3 on charisma checks but no proficiency. I'd say start with the cultist and reenact that seen from Inglorious Bastards introducing "The Bear Jew" https://youtu.be/a3uqv0eP7Tg)

"I'll keep an eye on the prisoners. I have a special 'talent" in getting sinners and the wretched to talk. Convincing a mute to talk with a blade is tough work, but it furthers my goal of ridding the world of evil and sinners, so it must be done…." Ashehee says as she pulls out her dagger.

(OOC: I'm +4 intimidation, +4 Persuasion, +2 Deception; Happy to waterboard these prisoners in the name of the Sliver Flame! As for what we want, I'd say, a) who's the boss, b) where are key areas they know about for leadership, treasure, etc., c) why are they here, d) what can we expect.)

(Crits are treated as max damage + an extra die roll. You've definitely knocked the kobold out. Count the cultist as dead if that is what Slade intended. Otherwise, you have two konked out people.)

The inspection of the bodies shows several deep lacerations. The cuts aren't medical in nature, and instead look like the work of a crazed madman. The type of cuts made definitely match the scimitars the cultists all seem to favor. Further inspection of the deeper wounds informs Dahme'dre that fingers had prodded the inside and messed with the inners of these people. Looking at the cultists that were not charred by Aurelia's attack, you can see the two humanoids have blood all over their hands, which they used to mark up the walls.

The walls have bloody symbols on them. Some are messy, particularly the kobolds, however near the human cultist who died near the start of the fight is the most polished image drawn in blood.

(regarding crits, Aurelia's weapon is 1d8 + 3 on damage. Does that mean her crit damage is 19, or is it 1d8+11)
(It looks like Ashe should interrogate, as Aurelia has a +3 on persuasion).

Aurelia kneels next to the cultist. "I'll make this brief. We've tried to get answers from you people before, but my companions here have just shed your friends blood. Who are you, what are you doing, and why are you doing it? My friend Ashe here is not as forgiving as I. You really want to be answering to me and not her"

guidance on Ashe
help on Ashe

(Guidance bonus roll: 4)

(Assuming we waited for Cultist and Kobold to wake up)

Ashehee eyed the cultist and kobold.  Before she found her calling, she would have taken pleasure in torturing the two. She took no pleasure in what she was about to do. Pleasure was a gift, but could also be a sin; and enjoying the suffering of others was not becoming of a Paladin of the Sliver Flame. Ashehee reminded herself that pleasure wasn't the goal here. Information is the goal.  Wickedness fills the air like a thick smoke from a raging forest fire, and it was up to Ashehee to control the flame, as there is only one flame that may burn brightly - the Silver Flame.

Ashehee eyes turned to the cultist, as she had no idea if the kobold could understand her words. Oh, she knows the kobold will understand PAIN, but she decides she'll get to that in due course.

"I take no pleasure in doing this sinner," Ashehee calmly says as she walked to the cultist. "You must realize that you are a dead man. How you die is up to you…"

Ashehee strokes her dagger with her off hand, almost caressing it like she would have caressed a lover.

"Answer my companions' questions and I'll give you a quick death. Your desecration of this land does not warrant it, but I can be a forgiving Paladain of the Sliver Flame." Ashehee places the dagger above the cultists right eye, intently looking at his eyes as her blade hovers a hair above the moistness of his eye. "Should you choose unwisely and not cooperate or answer untruthfully, I will take one eye out, then another, then you fingers, then your toes. My dagger and I can get quite creative. If I feel you will not speak the truth, I'll rid you of that tongue of yours and you can write your confessions."

(Persuasion Roll: 5 + 1d4 roll from above from Guidance)

(LMAO I rolled a natural 1 on persuasion. Ummmm. Let's hope a 9 works with the bonuses ha ha)

(Your crit would be the 11 + 1d8. Edit: For the kobold, who was scared, a roll was not needed. However the braver cultist DC check is quite... quite high.) 

Edit: For the kobold, who was scared, a roll was not needed. However the braver cultist DC check is quite... quite high.) 

The cultist spits in Ashehee's direction. "The talons have sunk in, you think your god will protect you... but it won't." They gave her a cruel smile before her eyes go bright. It is then you see a glowing outline of some sort of mark or tattoo beneath her clothing. An aberrant mark! Ashehee and anyone else standing close to her must make a Dex Saving Throw of 13 or take 7-6 fire damage. Half if you passed your save. The cultist's body is smoldering and charred. They died for their cause, whatever it may be.

Later, when you do interrogate the kobold:

The kobold shivers and shakes, terrified of the paladin. He looks from Ashehee's eyes down to the floor. "I can't t-talk..." However, Ashehee's threats provoke words from his mouth without him giving it much thought, "Margana is m-much worse than you... kill me if you must. The talons are striking! The hour of the lady is at hand!!!" His eyes go wide and he begins to laugh uncontrollably, tears coming from his eyes. "The key will be found, the door opens, and Siberys child can do nothing to stop it!!!"

It seems that it is unlikely the kobold will say anything more than that.

(An Aberrant Mark is a dragonmark that is not attached to any house. They manifest on random people, in random shapes, and each offers random powers. They are all destructive forces, as you have seen here today. Aberrant Marks are often thought to only occur when dragonmarked houses intermingle with other houses, however they can appear on any lucky (or unlucky) person.)

(I think the kobold may need to wait his turn to speak =P )