Ghosts Of Saltmarsh

SOCIAL JUSTICE ANOTHER DAY
Hiramat21, Sanbalet(11)(AC11/HP27), Zmeya9, Archibald9, Klaus5, Gracy5, Hobgoblin1(4)(AC18/HP11)PRONE, Wilnat1

I guess Hiramat is going foist!!

Maybe it's the alcohol talking, but Hiramat shouts out to the Hobgoblins (in Common, which they may not understand) "Prepare to feel the sting of steel!"

Attack Longsword Attack: 19 Damage: 3

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Hiramat21, Sanbalet(11)(AC11/HP27), Zmeya9, Archibald9, Klaus5, Gracy5, Hobgoblin1(4)(AC18/HP8)PRONE, Wilnat1

Hiramat hits! Sanbalet turns around! "What the-?!" he cries out.

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Hiramat21, Sanbalet(11)(AC11/HP27), Zmeya9, Archibald9, Klaus5, Gracy5, Hobgoblin1(4)(AC18/HP8)PRONE, Wilnat1

Instinctively, he raises his hand and casts Magic Missile at Hiramat, doing 9 force damage.

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Hiramat21, Sanbalet(11)(AC11/HP27), Zmeya9, Archibald9, Klaus5, Gracy5, Hobgoblin1(4)(AC18/HP8)PRONE, Wilnat1

Gracy lets loose another this time at the caster "Keep the wizard alive if you can!'

Attack: 14 Damage: 8

Sneak attack 6

Zmeya realizes the man is likely the owner of the spellbook they found, and she realizes her training as a mage slayer will be required at the moment, but after Gracy sinks a bolt into the man, she realizes the Hobgoblin is now vulnerable to her attacks, and she decides to change targets mid-combat.

She runs forward, brutally slamming her staff down against the neck of the Hobgoblin and proceeding to jump, dropping her knee on the same place.

Attack: 24 Damage: 10
Bonus Attack: 14 Damage: 5

Archibald runs up to the prone Hobgoblin and attacks with his daggers.  

Dagger with action: Attack: 24 Damage: 5

Dagger with bonus action: Attack: 25 Damage: 7

Klaus charges the man, trying to knock him unconscious with the flat of his blade and shove if he isn’t knocked out

attack: 13

damage: 7

shove 14

SOCIAL JUSTICE ANOTHER DAY
Hiramat21, Sanbalet(11)(AC11/HP8), Zmeya9, Archibald9, Klaus5, Gracy5, Wilnat1

Here's the save: 12

Sanbalet falls to the ground hands raised.

"Alright! I give up!" he declares.

Wilmot steps forward waving his hands about, wiggling his fingers and chanting quietly. He continues moving closer to Sanbalet, stopping and placing his hands out in front of the man. “Boo!” he shouts at last, offering a toothy smile. 

Sanbalet makes a high pitched noise of freight, recoiling.

Archibald puts one of the daggers up to his neck and says “All right! What’s this house about?  Who are you?  If you want to make it out of here alive I suggest you talk before my big friend gets tired.”

Persuasion with advantage from Wilmot’s boo? 
14

"The search for the alchemist's hidden knowledge and secrets was my initial goal into journeying here, to this house, but, my priorities changed upon realizing there was nothing here. Nothing! So, I started a smuggling ring down in these caves. I can only assume i'm going to need new employees." He adds, dryly. "The rest of my crew is coming on our ship, The Sea Ghost, tomorrow. If you kill me, they will know I am missing. Then, they come for you." he smirks.

Basically, you've uncovered a smuggling operation.

That 9 force damage from the Magic Missile knocks Hiramat out (he had 8 HP left)

Wilmot walks over to Hiramat and taps his forehead lightly with his staff. “Don’t go toward the light, my friend,” he says. “Best you get some rest.”

spare the dying

“Best we all get some rest”, says Klaus. “Perhaps we bind and muzzle this ... man?  Or turn him into the authorities?”

“Now, now....let’s not be too hasty.  Maybe we can work up some sort of ....deal with our new friend.  The ways I sees it, none of his buddies would know we did the killing if they show up tomorrow to a cave full of dead bodies.  Including yours...” He looks at the wizard.  “Now, what’s in it for us if we, ya know, turn the other cheek?” 

"All of the goods in this cave. It's yours. The silk, the brandy." Sanbalet offered. "Including these: pipe of remembrance , a set of masterfully crafted loaded gaming dice, and a suit of mariner’s armor (scale mail)."

“Well well...that’s a nice start.” He tosses the armor to the ground to someone who can use it, hands the pipe to his firbolg friend, and takes the dice for himself.  “Now, if we choose to let you go, which we actually haven’t yet, how do we know you won’t exact some crazy revenge on us?”

"Because i'm not done smuggling." he says, simply.

Archibald looks at his beaten and unconscious companions, “What do ya say gang?”