A little slow of the mark, Tagret is actually the last to enter the room and but his surprise attack is none the weaker for it, rushing in behind Berdon's bolt to engage Saravena's target (if he did not go down) or the one the one Berdon hit with a bolt (attacking recklessly to take advantage of the surprise round)
With the greater numbers and the element of surprise, Tagret calls out to them after all the attacks are done "Surrender or die, you cannot win this fight"
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Seeing the red cloaked warriors raising their hands in surrender Berdon reloads while nodding saying “Smart move lads let’s make this nice and easy so no more need to get bloody. Drop your weapons to the ground and kick’em away from ya an on yer knees. We have a few questions and if your willing to answer em will not be ending your lives today……I might even be inclined to help heal your wounded man. Question one boys where the hell are my thing!
Without raising his voice "Indeed" he agrees, "Wise choice, now on your bellies and stay quiet. Cooperate and you will live, but make a noise and you will feel my axe cleave your skull" "Berdon, can you watch the door we came in and across the hall, Misha, you keep an eye on the other door, there are others nearby." then turning to Saravena he passes the task off to her knowing that she is quite adept at such things, but will help (Help Action). "Saravena...you have a better knack for such things as knots, I am all thumbs it seems, but lets make sure of things". As Saravena starts to work (with Tagrets HELP), he deftly slices any and all armor straps on what the men are wearing, and will also cut any belts or cinches on their pants if they are wearing any. As he quickly works he says to the most battered of them "How many more of you down here? How many in the rooms through those doors (he points to the South exit and the one they entered by) .... answer me quickly, or you will die and another will tell me"
OOC: Intent is to gather info on rooms in the immediate vicinity and then clear those. Want to act as quickly as possible so as soon as answers are given he will grab Rashana and Maerys to check/hit the room to the South (as there did not seem to be much noise from there).
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"Bubbles the Barbarian" (Locathah - Lvl 9) - Locathah Rising; Shai'ere Delatete (Githyanki Monk - Lvl 9) Rrakkma (deceased - MindFlayer); Saros Rockfoot (Deep Gnome Diviner - Lvl 5) - The Lost Kenku & One Grung Above; Tagret (Goliath Barbarian - Lvl 2) - Tales of Faerun;
"Well that was easier than I thought it would be," Saravena remarks after the others enter the room. At Tagret's suggestion Saravena gives a nod then goes about tying up the men, binding their hands behind their backs and their ankles together. "I read a bit of knot tying, never really thought I would be using it this much."
"Good decision.....Rashana, Maerys, lets go and get their friends. The rest of you just keep these nice and quiet, and see if you can find out what is upstairs to the north and what is behind the locked doors past the jail cells to the west. We will be back soon enough."
As the trio heads past Misha he says "Keep eyes on us just in case they put up too much of a fight" and with a couple of quick breaths, Tagret unsheaths his great axe once more and this time leads the way, bursting through the door axe at the ready to take a swing at whoever is in the room.
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"Bubbles the Barbarian" (Locathah - Lvl 9) - Locathah Rising; Shai'ere Delatete (Githyanki Monk - Lvl 9) Rrakkma (deceased - MindFlayer); Saros Rockfoot (Deep Gnome Diviner - Lvl 5) - The Lost Kenku & One Grung Above; Tagret (Goliath Barbarian - Lvl 2) - Tales of Faerun;
Tagret, Maerys and Rashana all head south to the other room, which they discover is a guard barracks. This barracks contains four roughly built wooden bunks, with heaped-up blankets and dirty dishes scattered about. A strong smell of unwashed bodies and rotten meat fills the air. Three tall, furry humanoids are lounging among the mess, barking orders at a sad little goblin that demeans itself for their amusement. Your sudden appearance causes the goblin to faint.
Meanwhile, in the common room, Saravena begins investigating looking for a key. However, she fails to find a key but does find loot that was being bet on the table. The look consists of seventy-five coper pieces, fifty-five silver pieces, twenty-two electrum pieces, fifteen gold pieces and a gold earing set with a tiny ruby.
One of the bandits begins to laugh, "I said the key was around here, I didn't say it was in this room."
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“The secret we should never let the gamemasters know is that they don't need any rules.” ― Gary Gygax
Saravena joins in with the bandit's laugh with a light quick chuckle as she gathers the coins up to be split later, but keeps the earrings for herself, "You are right it was silly of me to think that the key could be in here, that was my mistake."
As Misha searches the bandits Saravena goes to the dead man. Drawing one of her daggers Saravena looks for a section of cloth either from the cloak or what the man was wearing that had the most blood seep into it and cuts a large enough piece to use as an improvised gag. Walking over to the bandit who laughed Saravena crouches down, meeting the man's gaze with her own, giving him a nice smirk before stuffing the bloody rag into his mouth.
Standing up Saravena turns to Misha and while rubbing the blood off her hands on the now gagged bandit's head she remarks, "Come now Misha a little shock like that won't do much, its just a quick jolt with nothing after. I have a far better idea."
Saravena goes into her pack pulling out one of the vials of oil she had purchased a bit ago and dumps the contents onto the gagged bandit then turns to the others bandits, "Now if you don't answer my new friend's question we will start experimenting to find the average time it takes to cook a body with the help of an accelerant such as this oil, starting with this man but don't you worry I have enough oil for each and every one of you." She then gives the bandits a nice friendly smile.
Misha moves to join Tagret he holds the cantrip word of radianceDC13Con radiant damage 2as he does. Just incase he runs into any combatants and they pass his path within 5ft
OOC: Not sure whether we have 'surprised' the guards so in case an Initiative roll is needed here it is: 20
Given Tagret's stated intent, he just rushes the nearest guard and takes a swing at him (Recklessly), fully intending to intimidate them into surrendering
...and having seen the blade strike true (albeit for rubbish damage) Tagret goes ahead and threatens "Save yourselves as your comrades have done, surrender or die" but with a lot less conviction than before (see below), his confidence a little rattled by the fact that his strike was not that effective.
Intimidation: 5 <looks about right given the weak attack he just made....sigh>
A little slow of the mark, Tagret is actually the last to enter the room and but his surprise attack is none the weaker for it, rushing in behind Berdon's bolt to engage Saravena's target (if he did not go down) or the one the one Berdon hit with a bolt (attacking recklessly to take advantage of the surprise round)
Great Axe Attack: 23 Damage: 8
With the greater numbers and the element of surprise, Tagret calls out to them after all the attacks are done "Surrender or die, you cannot win this fight"
Intimidation: 18
"Bubbles the Barbarian" (Locathah - Lvl 9) - Locathah Rising; Shai'ere Delatete (Githyanki Monk - Lvl 9) Rrakkma (deceased - MindFlayer); Saros Rockfoot (Deep Gnome Diviner - Lvl 5) - The Lost Kenku & One Grung Above; Tagret (Goliath Barbarian - Lvl 2) - Tales of Faerun;
Berdon finished off the warrior that Saravena attacked. He dies in his seat before his allies could even react.
Tagret then hacks into one of the warriors with his great axe, leaving him half dead.
After the swift ambush of attacks, and Tagret's menacing demands, the remaining warriors hold their hands in their to surrender.
“The secret we should never let the gamemasters know is that they don't need any rules.” ― Gary Gygax
Seeing the red cloaked warriors raising their hands in surrender Berdon reloads while nodding saying “Smart move lads let’s make this nice and easy so no more need to get bloody. Drop your weapons to the ground and kick’em away from ya an on yer knees. We have a few questions and if your willing to answer em will not be ending your lives today……I might even be inclined to help heal your wounded man. Question one boys where the hell are my thing!
Persuasion: 9
The three men make their way to the floor, dropping to their knees. The injured man kneels down with many grunts of pain.
"Probably in the locked room near the slave pens," one of the other two answers.
“The secret we should never let the gamemasters know is that they don't need any rules.” ― Gary Gygax
Misha enters the room "You should tie them up Tagret" Misha looks upon these thugs "Where are the Keys? We want any tools you may have."
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Reminder for myself. Work together or fail apart. Talk with each other when necessary. Describe how, where, if, your character moved.
The sign on the trail ahead reads "DONT FEED THE DRAGON!" "Working Together" Follow this link please
Without raising his voice "Indeed" he agrees, "Wise choice, now on your bellies and stay quiet. Cooperate and you will live, but make a noise and you will feel my axe cleave your skull" "Berdon, can you watch the door we came in and across the hall, Misha, you keep an eye on the other door, there are others nearby." then turning to Saravena he passes the task off to her knowing that she is quite adept at such things, but will help (Help Action). "Saravena...you have a better knack for such things as knots, I am all thumbs it seems, but lets make sure of things". As Saravena starts to work (with Tagrets HELP), he deftly slices any and all armor straps on what the men are wearing, and will also cut any belts or cinches on their pants if they are wearing any. As he quickly works he says to the most battered of them "How many more of you down here? How many in the rooms through those doors (he points to the South exit and the one they entered by) .... answer me quickly, or you will die and another will tell me"
OOC: Intent is to gather info on rooms in the immediate vicinity and then clear those. Want to act as quickly as possible so as soon as answers are given he will grab Rashana and Maerys to check/hit the room to the South (as there did not seem to be much noise from there).
"Bubbles the Barbarian" (Locathah - Lvl 9) - Locathah Rising; Shai'ere Delatete (Githyanki Monk - Lvl 9) Rrakkma (deceased - MindFlayer); Saros Rockfoot (Deep Gnome Diviner - Lvl 5) - The Lost Kenku & One Grung Above; Tagret (Goliath Barbarian - Lvl 2) - Tales of Faerun;
Berdon keeps an eye on the door way/ corridor we just came from looking for anyone that heard the commotion.
Perception: 7
"Well that was easier than I thought it would be," Saravena remarks after the others enter the room. At Tagret's suggestion Saravena gives a nod then goes about tying up the men, binding their hands behind their backs and their ankles together. "I read a bit of knot tying, never really thought I would be using it this much."
Sleight of Hand 16
"There's a couple in the room to the south," the one unharmed warrior responds.
The other unharmed warrior then adds, "But there's no one to the north."
"There might be a key around here somewhere."
“The secret we should never let the gamemasters know is that they don't need any rules.” ― Gary Gygax
"Good decision.....Rashana, Maerys, lets go and get their friends. The rest of you just keep these nice and quiet, and see if you can find out what is upstairs to the north and what is behind the locked doors past the jail cells to the west. We will be back soon enough."
As the trio heads past Misha he says "Keep eyes on us just in case they put up too much of a fight" and with a couple of quick breaths, Tagret unsheaths his great axe once more and this time leads the way, bursting through the door axe at the ready to take a swing at whoever is in the room.
"Bubbles the Barbarian" (Locathah - Lvl 9) - Locathah Rising; Shai'ere Delatete (Githyanki Monk - Lvl 9) Rrakkma (deceased - MindFlayer); Saros Rockfoot (Deep Gnome Diviner - Lvl 5) - The Lost Kenku & One Grung Above; Tagret (Goliath Barbarian - Lvl 2) - Tales of Faerun;
After tying up the men Saravena begins searching the room for the key while Tagret leads the others into the next room.
Investigation 17
Tagret, Maerys and Rashana all head south to the other room, which they discover is a guard barracks. This barracks contains four roughly built wooden bunks, with heaped-up blankets and dirty dishes scattered about. A strong smell of unwashed bodies and rotten meat fills the air. Three tall, furry humanoids are lounging among the mess, barking orders at a sad little goblin that demeans itself for their amusement. Your sudden appearance causes the goblin to faint.
Meanwhile, in the common room, Saravena begins investigating looking for a key. However, she fails to find a key but does find loot that was being bet on the table. The look consists of seventy-five coper pieces, fifty-five silver pieces, twenty-two electrum pieces, fifteen gold pieces and a gold earing set with a tiny ruby.
One of the bandits begins to laugh, "I said the key was around here, I didn't say it was in this room."
“The secret we should never let the gamemasters know is that they don't need any rules.” ― Gary Gygax
Misha looks slightly irritated "You never answered my question about the tools do you have any thieves tools or do I have to search you?"
he gives a demonstration of what he may do to them if they don't answer by grabbing chair and shocking it with his grasp
He reaches down afterwards to start searching them "Sometimes that ability goes off without warning"
Investigation 11
Intimidation 10
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Reminder for myself. Work together or fail apart. Talk with each other when necessary. Describe how, where, if, your character moved.
The sign on the trail ahead reads "DONT FEED THE DRAGON!" "Working Together" Follow this link please
(sigh) if I have advantage cause of the act 19
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Reminder for myself. Work together or fail apart. Talk with each other when necessary. Describe how, where, if, your character moved.
The sign on the trail ahead reads "DONT FEED THE DRAGON!" "Working Together" Follow this link please
Saravena joins in with the bandit's laugh with a light quick chuckle as she gathers the coins up to be split later, but keeps the earrings for herself, "You are right it was silly of me to think that the key could be in here, that was my mistake."
As Misha searches the bandits Saravena goes to the dead man. Drawing one of her daggers Saravena looks for a section of cloth either from the cloak or what the man was wearing that had the most blood seep into it and cuts a large enough piece to use as an improvised gag. Walking over to the bandit who laughed Saravena crouches down, meeting the man's gaze with her own, giving him a nice smirk before stuffing the bloody rag into his mouth.
Standing up Saravena turns to Misha and while rubbing the blood off her hands on the now gagged bandit's head she remarks, "Come now Misha a little shock like that won't do much, its just a quick jolt with nothing after. I have a far better idea."
Saravena goes into her pack pulling out one of the vials of oil she had purchased a bit ago and dumps the contents onto the gagged bandit then turns to the others bandits, "Now if you don't answer my new friend's question we will start experimenting to find the average time it takes to cook a body with the help of an accelerant such as this oil, starting with this man but don't you worry I have enough oil for each and every one of you." She then gives the bandits a nice friendly smile.
Misha searches the man anyway but finds nothing worth while on him. Then Saravena gags him with the bloody cloth.
"You'll find tools with the rest of the equipment near the slave pens," one of the other warriors responds.
“The secret we should never let the gamemasters know is that they don't need any rules.” ― Gary Gygax
Misha moves to join Tagret he holds the cantrip word of radianceDC13Con radiant damage 2as he does. Just incase he runs into any combatants and they pass his path within 5ft
Initiative 4
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Reminder for myself. Work together or fail apart. Talk with each other when necessary. Describe how, where, if, your character moved.
The sign on the trail ahead reads "DONT FEED THE DRAGON!" "Working Together" Follow this link please
OOC: Not sure whether we have 'surprised' the guards so in case an Initiative roll is needed here it is: 20
Given Tagret's stated intent, he just rushes the nearest guard and takes a swing at him (Recklessly), fully intending to intimidate them into surrendering
Great Axe Attack: 19 Damage: 5
...and having seen the blade strike true (albeit for rubbish damage) Tagret goes ahead and threatens "Save yourselves as your comrades have done, surrender or die" but with a lot less conviction than before (see below), his confidence a little rattled by the fact that his strike was not that effective.
Intimidation: 5 <looks about right given the weak attack he just made....sigh>
"Bubbles the Barbarian" (Locathah - Lvl 9) - Locathah Rising; Shai'ere Delatete (Githyanki Monk - Lvl 9) Rrakkma (deceased - MindFlayer); Saros Rockfoot (Deep Gnome Diviner - Lvl 5) - The Lost Kenku & One Grung Above; Tagret (Goliath Barbarian - Lvl 2) - Tales of Faerun;
(Furry humanoid: 9
Rashana: 20)
Tagret moves in close and takes a swing at the creature, but he barely wounds him.
The creatures laugh at Tagret's attempts of intimidation.
"Those humans humans might have given up easily, but we're no push overs," says one of the creatures, slightly bigger than the others.
Then he walks up to Tagret and swings at him with his morningstar.
(Attack: 23 Damage: 11)
The second creature then strikes Tagret with his morningstar.
(Attack: 22 Damage: 16)
However, the third creature takes a step back before throwing his javelin at Misha
(Attack: 21 Damage: 7)
“The secret we should never let the gamemasters know is that they don't need any rules.” ― Gary Gygax
(damn I hope you were raging) Misha groans in pain, then replies with his own ranged weapon Eldritch blast Attack: 18 Damage: 13
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Reminder for myself. Work together or fail apart. Talk with each other when necessary. Describe how, where, if, your character moved.
The sign on the trail ahead reads "DONT FEED THE DRAGON!" "Working Together" Follow this link please