Dex Save: 13

A nova of devastating attacks befalls the burly Redbrand. Lyre's bolt and Jeb's rapier land, and the ruffian is barely holding on. However, he dodges Maglath's hammer and Murmen's flame, as well as spotting Lyre's attempt to hide and smacking the second crossbow bolt out of the air!

Yelling and sounds of movement can be heard within the room. Arikon can act before the Redbrand begins winding up his three-balled flail. 

(There's two sacred flames there.  I'd readied one, and used another on my turn.)

Attack: 17 Damage: 9

Arikon fire an Eldritch bolt at the burly Redbrand. The magical strike is enough to send him toppling over! The wooden door swings open from the momentum, and the interior can now be seen. 

This long room is partitioned into three areas, with iron bars walling off the north and south. Filthy straw lines the floors of those cells, the hinged doors of which are secured by chains and padlocks. A pair of disheveled human women are held in the cell to the south, while a human boy is confined to the north. All are dressed in...Redbrand cloaks? They have iron collars fitted around their necks, and look with confusion in their eyes.

Outside of the cells are three Redbrands, who have just recovered from the surprise ambush. Among them, Maglath recognizes the black-horned tiefling from the town square. The tiefling grits his teeth as he draws a dagger.

"You dare meddle in our business again? You will pay for this"

(Redbrands are 20ft away)

The tiefling directs his allies to attack. The other wield shortswords and attack. One lunges at Maglath before attempting to push Jeb to the ground. 

Shortsword Attack: 17 Damage: 5 Shove: 3

The second slashes at Maglath and Murmen, unable to reach the others as the two melee fighters block the door. 

@Maglath Attack: 23 Damage: 7

@Murmen Attack: 16 Damage: 6

The tiefling stays back this round, but opens a vial of black liquid and dips his dagger into it. 

Lyre emerges from somewhere and takes a direct shot at the Tiefling! (Assuming 27 on Stealth is enough to be hidden).

To Hit: 13 dealing 6 + 4 damage.
Bonus Action: back to the shadows. Stealth: 20

Maglath brushes the first attack away with his shield, but that lets the second attack through where it bites into his arm.

With the war hammer already in hand, Maglath smashes down at the first attacker, and keeps his body in the way to prevent the swordsmen from getting through to the others.

(Attack: 23 Damage: 9    )

(Not sure why that's not showing, it did show a 23 to hit and 9 damage then changed. Will try again:

Attack: 21 Damage: 9   

(It's showing the right one now, not that it matters with those two rolls.)

Murmen bashes at the Redbrand in front of him, opting for blunt force instead of fire.

Attack: 10 Damage: 4

Jeb

Jeb spins out from behind Maglath to attack the uninjured redbrand ruffian with his readied rapier as it bursts into eerie green flames. The first ruffian is briefly surrounded by the green flames before they leap at his comrade that futilely attempted to deny the massive Maglath his return strike.

Action: Jeb casts Green-Flame Blade and strikes the unwounded Redbrand.

Attack: 20, Damage: 10, Sneak Damage: 2, if the strike lands the wounded ruffian takes 3 points of fire damage.

Bonus Action: Jeb disengages and withdraws to open up space for any others to strike at the two meat shields for the Tiefling in the rear.

John

John fires his crossbow at the Redbrand Jeb attacked.

Attack: 20, Damage: 6

The prisoners in the cell look on with awe as the battle rages on. Lyre's accurate shot strikes the tiefling in the shoulder, but the kenku quickly hides before the tiefling can figure out where the bolt came from. Maglath's pummels the Redbrand, though Murmen's hammer fails to land. Jeb's rapier bursts into flames, scalding the second Redbrand as he hits the first. 

John, angered by the plight of the prisoners, fires his crossbow right at the most injured Redbrand's gut. Arikon follows up with a sizzling energy bolt. 

Attack: 11 Damage: 2

 Unfortunately, the bolt barely misses. The Redbrands appear to be much worse for wear, but still in the fight!

With Jeb gone, the Redbrands at the front continue their duel with Maglath and Murmen. 

(4 total attacks)

@Maglath

Attack: 8 Damage: 8

Attack: 15 Damage: 6

@Murmen 

Attack: 12 Damage: 3

Attack: 21 Damage: 6

Seeing Maglath to be the most injured, the tiefling makes his move. He approaches the goliath. 

"I promised you I would gut you in the town square. Now I make good on that." 

With a dagger dripping with black fluid, he stabs forward at Maglath! 

Attack: 22 Damage: 6

(On a hit, make a DC 13 CON Save, taking 8 poison damage on a failed save or half on a success.) 

Maglath again brushes one of the attacks away with his shield, but that exposes him to the second sword slash. It looks about to make the wound he already has worse but he hardens his skin, a trick he learned from his mother when he was growing up. If you concentrate hard enough, a Goliath can almost turn his skin to stone.

(Reaction: Stone's Endurance: 14  which negates the one attack that hit)

And then as tiefling swings the poisoned dagger towards him, Maglath is able to bring the shield back around and block that blow.

He then raises his warhammer and smashes it down at the tiefling, calling on the power of this tribe to steady his hand and feed his power.

(Attack: 27 Damage: 10  plus if it hits Divine Smite: 9  - hit was a critical so double rolling the Divine Smite as well add an extra 6  for total damage = 25)

Lyre pops around a corner to see the Tiefling get smashed by Maglath, and will take a potshot at any living enemy that he can see. If the Tiefling is still moving, he’ll take a shot at it, but otherwise, he’ll prioritize any engaged Redbrand that looks the most rough for wear.

To hit: 24 dealing 6 + 5 damage.
Bonus Action: back to his hiding place - 14

On Mobile so no automatic critting - that’ll deal an additional 5 + 3 damage, for a total of 26. 

Maglath crushes the tiefling's skull with his hammer. Lyre's shot kills one of the other Redbrands. 

The last Redbrand shudders in fear as stands amidst the bodies of three of his comrades. He drops his sword and pleads, "Please, don't hurt me! None of this was my fault, I was just-" 

Suddenly, the woman in the cell screams out, "You murdered my husband!"

She looks to the party and says, "They killed Thel and took my elder son away to be drafted into their ranks. Don't show any mercy to these pigs. "

Next to her, the two children nod, rage apparent in their eyes. 

Lyre pops out of the shadows, sneaks behind the Redbrand, and plants two daggers directly in the Redbrand’s neck and back, tittering some happy tune while he does so. They’d won the fight, and that’s what matters most to Lyre. He barely even hears the words of the prisoners. 

Action - To hit: 17 dealing 7 + 3 damage.
Bonus Action - To hit: 12 dealing 3 damage.

If the Redbrand lives, he’ll keep stabbing until the Redbrand dies. If the Redbrand dies, he’ll then moves to examine the Tiefling’s pancake of a corpse. If there’s a functional vial left, he will carefully pocket it - a poison was a poison, after all, and if the Tiefling dipped a dagger in the black liquid, why shouldn’t he? After that, he’ll joyfully glance over the remaining corpses, looking for anything of interest. The shinier, the better.

Perception - 19
If you’re looking for Investigation, that’ll be a 15.

Maglath has long since given up trying to convince Lyre that fair play means not killing those who surrender. Sometimes he's fast enough to stop him, but his own blood was racing after the tiefling stepped into the fight with the poisoned dagger. He merely shakes his head at Lyre.

"That kill doesn't count," he says to Lyre. "I'm still up three."

He then walks over to he jail cells and takes a look at the locks. He shakes one to get an idea of it's strength.

"You could put your skills to better use unlocking these doors," he says but then nods to Jeb. "Why don't you try that one and I'll try this one."

Maglath then steps back and kicks at the lock on the northern cell as hard as he can.

(Athletics: 23  )

Murmen blinks at Lyre slightly, then shrugs.  He’ll move up to help Maglath with freeing the prisoners, if he needs it.

Lyre executes the surrendering Redbrand, who dies with a gurgle. The children shriek, but the woman doesn't bat an eye. She stares on as blood pools on the floor around the red cloaks. 

Maglath forcibly kicks open the northern cell door, freeing the boy. Out of nowhere, he jumps up and hugs the goliath. 

"T-thank you for saving me from those bad men. You are so strong!" 

He points to the other cell. 

"Can you free my sis and ma?" 

Maglath picks the boy off of him and places him down on the ground.

Lyre looks to still be too lost in searching the dead to have tried picking the lock of the other cell, and Jeb may be too startled by Lyre's behaviour to have tried either.

But, with Murmen's offer of help, Maglath will trying breaking open the other cell door as well.

"Stand back," he tells the boy's sister and mother.

Again, he takes a quick step forward and puts all of his strength and body weight into the lock.

(Athletics: 22  )

Lyre looks over the area, noting any doors or passageways that exit the room.

(Are there any doors / any results from Lyre’s searches?)

The other cell door is smashed down by Maglath, freeing the boy's sister and mother, who says, 

"Thank the gods for your help! I have no idea how long they were planning to keep us here for. I'm so sorry I can't offer you any payment for risking your lives for us, but I can tell you where a valuable heirloom may be hidden. By the way, I'm Mirna Drendar, and these are my two children, Nars and Nilsa." 

The sister, Nilsa, stares at the Redbrand's body with contempt. She takes one of the dead Redbrand's shortswords and spits on the corpse. 

Lyre finds that the poison in the Tiefling's vial has been unfortunately used up. Looking around this room, there is a set of double doors sheathed in tarnished copper, situated in the southeast corner of the room. There's also the doors from whence they came. 

Maglath looks at the girl pick up the shortsword and nods at her. These are not weaklings.

"We do not need payment to rescue you, especially if it is your clan's treasure," Maglath says before Lyre can accept a reward. "But you sound uncertain of the location of the heirloom. Is this a family valuable that has been lost to you."

While he waits for an answer he quickly shows the girl, Nilsa, how to strike quickly with the shortsword and how to step into a blow to give it more strength and how to twist it as you pull back.

Then he makes his way to the set of double doors and listens for any sounds on the other side.

(Perception: 12 )

Lyre seems put out by Maglath’s prevention of earning additional pay. Who were they to deny payment? Hadn’t they just rushed their lives to free the prisoners? Regardless, he motions for the family to quickly retreat from the stronghold through the direction the party has already traveled - at least any enemy would be already defeated along that path. 

Afterwards, he accompanies Maglath at the coppered doors before doing his usual routine of checking for traps, locks, and any movement beyond the frame. He asks the party if they should take a more direct approach of storming straight in or if they should attempt to be more stealthy. 

(Now that Arikon and Jeb, and by default John, aren’t being controlled by anyone, what will happen to their characters at the moment?)