Northlands Campaign

Wil steps to the side, out of Kina and Cade’s way but ready to step behind them after they pass and proved a few well placed arrows if needed.

bart has never been this red in his life "I can do this all day beautiful. I will not let anything bad happen to you or our amazing friends."  Bart stands in the back with his bow and arrow ready.

Barbus puts a hand on the door and acknowledges Kina's nod, then looks in turn to Cade, Rachel, Bartholomew and finnaly Wil.

A gentle push, and the door opens easily revealing a passage that continues on past the edge of your vision.  Immediately on your left, however, is another closed wooden door.

Cade snuffles at the second door, trying to smell if anything has gone through it recently....

Perception: 24

The scent outside the door is a couple of hours old, but a fresh scent of human comes from under the door.  You believe there to be a single person close to the other side of the door.

Hinges on this door are on the outside ... it will open towards you, blocking off most of the continuing passage.

Kina, seeing the hinges, decides to move quickly ahead. She gets on the other side of the door, so if it were to open, she wouldn't be blocked by it. She glances to Cade curiously, wondering what's keeping them.
She tries her favourite gamble, then, and knocks on the door with her staff, 3 times, politely. There's no way they have the element of surprise after all the alarms that have been tripped.
"Hello? Anyone home? I'm selling these fine leather jackets..." she says.

((If anyone gets that reference, congratulations on being part of the oldie DOS adventure game club!))

Kina:  give me a pure luck check -- d20, no mods

Pffft. Luck, he says. Well sure, I'll bite. Watch me get a 0 somehow!

19

...

Fine, but I'm watching you, D&DB.

"Leather jackets, really?"  The door opens outward, a single face smiling in anticipation behind it.

Glancing past the really smart guy at the door, you see a 10' wide lighted hallway extending some distance behind him.  Another guard(?) is posted about 30' away.  Another figure is visible at the far end, about 80' away.

Everyone has 1 round of action from surprise, and please roll initiative.

Initiative: 8

Cade initiative: 9

He then growls as he rushes forward, attacking...
Bite Attack: 26 Damage: 12
Claws Attack: 19 Damage: 11

Kina's initiative: 7

Wil tries to discern if the additional figures at 30’ and 80’ are deserving of an arrow of his.

Perception: 9

Initiative: 15

OOC: Wil’s perception results will determine what he does in the surprise round.

Wil: 

On hearing the cheery voice, Wil prepared  to slip in behind the lone guard after he came through the door and get a dagger up to his throat to question him about the barracks but Cades growl and rushing attack forced a change of plans. Wil quickly saw that the two other figures were indeed guards and launched an arrow at the furthest guard to prevent him from running and raising an alarm.

Attack: 26 Damage: Unable to parse dice roll.

OOC: Wil’s not mad, he knows combat can be chaotic, was just adding color and his inner though process to the encounter and weaving Cade’s action into it. Didn’t do a second attack with Horde Breaker since the guards are further than 5’ apart and I figured an hour has passed since Wil originally cast Hunter’s Mark so no more additional damage. 

((Now I just feel sorry for the dumb guard! Kina was just gonna try to bop him on the head and knock him out. He just wanted a fine leather jacket!))

Here's how the "fight" is shaping up so far:  Kina knocks on door, and is lucky enough the Cultist on the other side was super bright, so he opens the door to have his throat ripped out by a brown bear named Cade, who pauses not even a moment to advance and swipe the second cultist into a crumpled heap again the wall as Wil looses an arrow to lodge into the guard at the end of the hall.  Still waiting on Barnabus initial action, and Bart and Kina can also take an action if you like also.

Correct me if I'm wrong, but I believe Cade and Kina are both Large size, so with Cade already in the hall, he will be the only melee until the hallway opens.

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Here's how the "fight" is shaping up so far:  Kina knocks on door, and is lucky enough the Cultist on the other side was super bright, so he opens the door to have his throat ripped out by a brown bear named Cade, who pauses not even a moment to advance and swipe the second cultist into a crumpled heap again the wall as Wil looses an arrow to lodge into the guard at the end of the hall.  Still waiting on Barnabus initial action, and Bart and Kina can also take an action if you like also.

Correct me if I'm wrong, but I believe Cade and Kina are both Large size, so with Cade already in the hall, he will be the only melee until the hallway opens.

 
OOC: HEED!!! MOVE!!! NOW!!!! (sorry couldn’t resist)

((Centaurs are counted as 'medium' size but 'large' in terms of what they can move or carry... though personally, I think that's pretty dubious considering that a centaur should weigh like, at LEAST 600 pounds because they're essentially 2/3rds of a person on top of another really, really BIG person, especially if Kina can comfortably carry 500 lbs. and not be encumbered))