Liviana is going to immediately convey this shit to Dima, who is going to very suddenly sit up straighter - simultaneously gripping Fae's hand tighter - hissing a breath and instructing everyone to "Quiet. Now.”
He's rising, drawing Fae with him and moving over toward the bar to share what Liv has just told him, indicating that it looks really, really not good.
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All right; the party gathers at the bar and begins to quietly discuss options; Nerys is going to right now send the golems walking around the exterior of the space so they'll be useful when attack time comes.
[note: Dima's going to ask Nerys if there is anyone else who could lend a hand.
PERS, d: 23]
Sen is going to suggest giving Rin a boost up to the top of the wall so they can peer over and see where these aggressors are.
[note: Rin accepts the boost!]
Nerys, meanwhile, looks uncomfortable with Dima’s request. He ponders this for a moment, then hums as though he's had an idea.
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Dima giving Nerys The Most Intense trashman stare right now. Taps his finger on the bar sharply. "Yes?"
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Nerys smiles, but not at Dima.
Sen, from underneath Rin, groans loudly.
Nerys won't be facilitating this reunion just yet; he's sending Moloch with the other golems. Moloch appears to be inhabiting a fresh-er golem.
Rin considers setting a snare, butaAt the moment, there's nowhere to the right of the tavern that isn't being watched, so it'll be difficult to set one in that direction.
Nerys and Rin successfully go stealth mode, despite disadvantage on roll! And! Because Fae’s got Pass Without Trace, Fae, Sen, Dima, and Liv all manage to stealth as well.
The wolf will not be attempting stealth and will in fact head up to pace the top of the wall.
Rin and Sen scheme a possible distraction tactic. For Rin’s part, they decide that once they're in A Determined Position, they’ll be creating a loud sound of falling rock smash originating 30 ft away from them, at a point where no one else in the party will be. When Rin does this, Sen will cast Minor Illusion to make a dropped weapon (alas, cannot make a running away gnome!) appear where the sounds come from, like someone slipped, dropped their weapon.
Sen gives inspiration to Dima and to Fae. He’ll hold onto his third one for the moment until Dima needs it again— Which, yes, Sen does say out loud. Dima flips him off. While offering a very gracious bow of his head. (New shithead secret handshake unlocked!)
Nerys has acquired two daggers from somewhere in the tavern and is outfitting himself with them for throwing purposes. Otherwise, he has his rapier.
Fae is going to start stealthing out and around towards 14. Annnnd I think he's going to stay stealthed right now.
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Nerys jumps from the wolf’s wall and, maintaining stealth, leaps to the next, continues his movement.
[note: Too bad he was stealthed ;.; The wolf saw it!]
Nerys gave wolf a nod on his way by! And is going to hold his place and wait for shit to Kick Off.
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Sen is going to hold his turn and follow Rin's lead this round.
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Rin does a jump downward. They’re still planning to maybe cast Thaumaturgy but will hold it for the moment, and for now they're going to engage Dodge Mode as their bonus action, juuust in case.
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Sen joins Rin!
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Dima and Liv move into position. And! Dima's Messaging Faolan just one Message: [ I'm right here, Fae. ]
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Fae messages back with a gentle, warm tone, [ I know. ]
And that'll bring us to the thugs' turn. 15 and 8 are both going to attempt to attack the wolf. 8 takes aim with a crossbow and hits for 5 points of damage. 15 attemps the same with a shortbow— And hits. For another 5 points.
Seeing this, Fae cries out in anger and pain, drawing a lot of attention to himself.
14 comes around the corner and rushes him, swinging a mace. Misses. And Fae now has evERYONE'S attention.
Loras calls out, "You two stay on him. The rest of you, find the others."
The golems are up. One of them comes thudding up past Dima and Fae, spilling mud as it shambles. That one is going to swing an arm at the thug and try to get in a hit; hits for 12 points bludgeoning damage. The golem draws its arm up and swings hard, slamming the thug down the nearby stairs annnd thug did not make the DEX saving throw, so he is now prone.
Back to a very angry, not-stealthed Fae. Fae is going to move toward Nerys and cast Flaming Sphere right on top of that fucker 15. 15 fails his DEX saving throw, takes 7 points fire damage. And as a bonus action, Fae moves the sphere to Loras, who takes 3 points.
Fae is now commanding the wolf to attack 8, hits for 7 points fire damage. And Fae is sending wolf down off the wall.
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Nerys is going to jump down and rapier attack the prone shithead. Nerys crits, just kind of obliterating the guy's face, then uses his bonus action to Hide.
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Sen just kind of [ Seems like that's our diversion. ]
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Rin: [ Game is ON! ]
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Sen moves and casts Dissonant Whispers on Indir. Indir fails the saving throw and takes 16 points of psychic damage. He's still up, but he begins screaming, clutching his head, and then begins to try and flee in the opposite direction.
As Indir flees, Sen will shout, ”YOU FUCKED UP.”
Note also, Indir fled right into that fucking fireball, taking 4 damage there.
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Rin Messaging Sen just a very enthusiastic [ SHIT YES SEN! ]
Shortbow attack on 8! Hits for 10 damage. And Rin is going to draw back and make an attempt at Hiding— Which they manage, though 16 is looking Right At Them.
[dm: Rin melts away before 16's eyes.]
They're gonna flash their eyes black while they're doing this. Just for funsies.
[INT, r: 6; 16 spits after them and mutters about rogues]
Dima’s up!
[q: How’s Indir the Scared looking? a: Indir is looking scared and a little burnt.]
Dima takes his movement and casts Burning Hands. Indir fails his saving throw and takes 16 points damage.
[dm: Indir’s looking a little like he's rethinking some Decisions he made.]
Liv wants to heal wolf because Dima wants wolf not to be blinked out, but! Time to attack one of the fucks that hurt wolf >:o! She’ll take 35 feet of movement, and coming out of stealth mode she's multi attacking with talons first, hits for 12 points. Goes for the beak attack, and murders this man who’d had all of 1 hit point left. :>
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Onto the douches! The one that knows Rin's stealthing will be putting his back to a corner. 8 is going to take aim at Dima with his light crossbow, hits for 7 points.
[note: Dima Felt That.]
Annnd Indir is going to take a run at Fae. Because FIREBALL??? Takes a two-handed swing with a maul and OH NO FUCKING CRITS?? Fae takes holy shit 20 points of bludgeoning damage.
[note: DIMA ABSOLUTELY SHOUTING FAE HOLY FUCK. Liv crying out right along with him.]
Loras is going to start towards Sen.
And the golems are up. Our winner here is going to take a big fucking slam at Indir; hits for 15 points, and Indir is knocked prone.
Back up to Fae, who is angry and also in pain. So now he's just pissed, and he's drawing his new scimitar and whispering a word to it; the weapon erupts into a blaze of flaming light. He's going to make an attack with that, and FUCK YEAH HE CRITS. Does 22 total damage.
Indir, struggling to stop the world from spinning, tries to get up and falls back; Faolan steps a foot on his shoulder, pins him down into the ground, and holds the edge of the weapon at Indir's throat. Indir begins to plead, but before he can get a word out, Faolan swings, decapitating him.
The flame immediately cauterizes the wound, so there's that.
As a bonus action, Fae is going to pick up Indir's head and tie it to his belt. By the hair. He points across the river at Bly and shouts, "You're next!"
He's also moving the flaming sphere to Bly and 9 and 12. Bly takes 8 damage, 9 takes 9, 12 takes 2.
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Nerys is going to go stealth mode, and is going to noT draw attention to himself. He'll use his Cunning Action to Dodge.
[note: Nerys has a spell called Shade Step; it’s like Misty Step, can use it to teleport up to 30 feet. Something he picked up from the dead, just, traveling through shadow.]
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Sen is up so he's going to cast Dissonant Whispers on Loras because "Why are you coming over here, fuck off.” Loras makes the save, takes 6 damage. And Sen's just going to move BEHIND the golem thanks.
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Rin’s going to take a shot at Loras with their shortbow, hitting for 4 points. They are becoming annoyed with the minimal damage they’re doing, but and they're going to use the last 10 ft of their movement and go for Dodge. And throw Sen a wink and a kiss.
Dima is currently equal parts Alert To Everything He Can See Because Holy Shit and also WORRIED ABOUT FAE and also FAE THAT WAS ATTRACTIVE. But he is going to maintain his self-possession and—
[q: 8's looking rough yy? a: Yup.]
Dima is going to attempT Chill Touch on 8. Hits for 5 points necrotic damage, aaaand 8 is ouT. Uses his movement and ends up quite close to Fae.
[note: Fae is looking rough. But! A lot of it isn’t his blood!]
Liv absolutely received a message about where to direct Healing Word, and is going to cast it on Fae as a Bonus Action, healing Fae for 5 points.
[note: Fae mouthing thank you even though he really doesn't know where Liv is.]
Liv sees this! ;.; And! She's going in to attack Bly. Multiattack beginning with beak for 9 points. Talons hit for 11 points. And Liv uses the rest of her movement to fly a bit off.
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He's rising, drawing Fae with him and moving over toward the bar to share what Liv has just told him, indicating that it looks really, really not good.
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All right; the party gathers at the bar and begins to quietly discuss options; Nerys is going to right now send the golems walking around the exterior of the space so they'll be useful when attack time comes.
[note: Dima's going to ask Nerys if there is anyone else who could lend a hand.
PERS, d: 23]
Sen is going to suggest giving Rin a boost up to the top of the wall so they can peer over and see where these aggressors are.
[note: Rin accepts the boost!]
Nerys, meanwhile, looks uncomfortable with Dima’s request. He ponders this for a moment, then hums as though he's had an idea.
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Dima giving Nerys The Most Intense trashman stare right now. Taps his finger on the bar sharply. "Yes?"
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Nerys smiles, but not at Dima.
Sen, from underneath Rin, groans loudly.
Nerys won't be facilitating this reunion just yet; he's sending Moloch with the other golems. Moloch appears to be inhabiting a fresh-er golem.
Rin considers setting a snare, butaAt the moment, there's nowhere to the right of the tavern that isn't being watched, so it'll be difficult to set one in that direction.
Nerys and Rin successfully go stealth mode, despite disadvantage on roll! And! Because Fae’s got Pass Without Trace, Fae, Sen, Dima, and Liv all manage to stealth as well.
The wolf will not be attempting stealth and will in fact head up to pace the top of the wall.
Rin and Sen scheme a possible distraction tactic. For Rin’s part, they decide that once they're in A Determined Position, they’ll be creating a loud sound of falling rock smash originating 30 ft away from them, at a point where no one else in the party will be. When Rin does this, Sen will cast Minor Illusion to make a dropped weapon (alas, cannot make a running away gnome!) appear where the sounds come from, like someone slipped, dropped their weapon.
Sen gives inspiration to Dima and to Fae. He’ll hold onto his third one for the moment until Dima needs it again— Which, yes, Sen does say out loud. Dima flips him off. While offering a very gracious bow of his head. (New shithead secret handshake unlocked!)
Nerys has acquired two daggers from somewhere in the tavern and is outfitting himself with them for throwing purposes. Otherwise, he has his rapier.
Liv’s glance for any open fires turns up nothing.
And!
Everyone roll initiative.
[ INIT order
Fae: 19
Nerys: 16
Sen: 15
Rin: 10
Dima: 9
Thugs: 8
Indir, Loras, Bly: 7
Golems: 6]
Fae is going to start stealthing out and around towards 14. Annnnd I think he's going to stay stealthed right now.
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Nerys jumps from the wolf’s wall and, maintaining stealth, leaps to the next, continues his movement.
[note: Too bad he was stealthed ;.; The wolf saw it!]
Nerys gave wolf a nod on his way by! And is going to hold his place and wait for shit to Kick Off.
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Sen is going to hold his turn and follow Rin's lead this round.
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Rin does a jump downward. They’re still planning to maybe cast Thaumaturgy but will hold it for the moment, and for now they're going to engage Dodge Mode as their bonus action, juuust in case.
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Sen joins Rin!
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Dima and Liv move into position. And! Dima's Messaging Faolan just one Message: [ I'm right here, Fae. ]
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Fae messages back with a gentle, warm tone, [ I know. ]
And that'll bring us to the thugs' turn. 15 and 8 are both going to attempt to attack the wolf. 8 takes aim with a crossbow and hits for 5 points of damage. 15 attemps the same with a shortbow— And hits. For another 5 points.
Seeing this, Fae cries out in anger and pain, drawing a lot of attention to himself.
14 comes around the corner and rushes him, swinging a mace. Misses. And Fae now has evERYONE'S attention.
Loras calls out, "You two stay on him. The rest of you, find the others."
The golems are up. One of them comes thudding up past Dima and Fae, spilling mud as it shambles. That one is going to swing an arm at the thug and try to get in a hit; hits for 12 points bludgeoning damage. The golem draws its arm up and swings hard, slamming the thug down the nearby stairs annnd thug did not make the DEX saving throw, so he is now prone.
Back to a very angry, not-stealthed Fae. Fae is going to move toward Nerys and cast Flaming Sphere right on top of that fucker 15. 15 fails his DEX saving throw, takes 7 points fire damage. And as a bonus action, Fae moves the sphere to Loras, who takes 3 points.
Fae is now commanding the wolf to attack 8, hits for 7 points fire damage. And Fae is sending wolf down off the wall.
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Nerys is going to jump down and rapier attack the prone shithead. Nerys crits, just kind of obliterating the guy's face, then uses his bonus action to Hide.
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Sen just kind of [ Seems like that's our diversion. ]
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Rin: [ Game is ON! ]
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Sen moves and casts Dissonant Whispers on Indir. Indir fails the saving throw and takes 16 points of psychic damage. He's still up, but he begins screaming, clutching his head, and then begins to try and flee in the opposite direction.
As Indir flees, Sen will shout, ”YOU FUCKED UP.”
Note also, Indir fled right into that fucking fireball, taking 4 damage there.
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Rin Messaging Sen just a very enthusiastic [ SHIT YES SEN! ]
Shortbow attack on 8! Hits for 10 damage. And Rin is going to draw back and make an attempt at Hiding— Which they manage, though 16 is looking Right At Them.
[dm: Rin melts away before 16's eyes.]
They're gonna flash their eyes black while they're doing this. Just for funsies.
[INT, r: 6; 16 spits after them and mutters about rogues]
Dima’s up!
[q: How’s Indir the Scared looking?
a: Indir is looking scared and a little burnt.]
Dima takes his movement and casts Burning Hands. Indir fails his saving throw and takes 16 points damage.
[dm: Indir’s looking a little like he's rethinking some Decisions he made.]
Liv wants to heal wolf because Dima wants wolf not to be blinked out, but! Time to attack one of the fucks that hurt wolf >:o! She’ll take 35 feet of movement, and coming out of stealth mode she's multi attacking with talons first, hits for 12 points. Goes for the beak attack, and murders this man who’d had all of 1 hit point left. :>
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Onto the douches! The one that knows Rin's stealthing will be putting his back to a corner. 8 is going to take aim at Dima with his light crossbow, hits for 7 points.
[note: Dima Felt That.]
Annnd Indir is going to take a run at Fae. Because FIREBALL??? Takes a two-handed swing with a maul and OH NO FUCKING CRITS?? Fae takes holy shit 20 points of bludgeoning damage.
[note: DIMA ABSOLUTELY SHOUTING FAE HOLY FUCK. Liv crying out right along with him.]
Loras is going to start towards Sen.
And the golems are up. Our winner here is going to take a big fucking slam at Indir; hits for 15 points, and Indir is knocked prone.
Back up to Fae, who is angry and also in pain. So now he's just pissed, and he's drawing his new scimitar and whispering a word to it; the weapon erupts into a blaze of flaming light. He's going to make an attack with that, and FUCK YEAH HE CRITS. Does 22 total damage.
Indir, struggling to stop the world from spinning, tries to get up and falls back; Faolan steps a foot on his shoulder, pins him down into the ground, and holds the edge of the weapon at Indir's throat. Indir begins to plead, but before he can get a word out, Faolan swings, decapitating him.
The flame immediately cauterizes the wound, so there's that.
As a bonus action, Fae is going to pick up Indir's head and tie it to his belt. By the hair. He points across the river at Bly and shouts, "You're next!"
He's also moving the flaming sphere to Bly and 9 and 12. Bly takes 8 damage, 9 takes 9, 12 takes 2.
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Nerys is going to go stealth mode, and is going to noT draw attention to himself. He'll use his Cunning Action to Dodge.
[note: Nerys has a spell called Shade Step; it’s like Misty Step, can use it to teleport up to 30 feet. Something he picked up from the dead, just, traveling through shadow.]
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Sen is up so he's going to cast Dissonant Whispers on Loras because "Why are you coming over here, fuck off.” Loras makes the save, takes 6 damage. And Sen's just going to move BEHIND the golem thanks.
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Rin’s going to take a shot at Loras with their shortbow, hitting for 4 points. They are becoming annoyed with the minimal damage they’re doing, but and they're going to use the last 10 ft of their movement and go for Dodge. And throw Sen a wink and a kiss.
Dima is currently equal parts Alert To Everything He Can See Because Holy Shit and also WORRIED ABOUT FAE and also FAE THAT WAS ATTRACTIVE. But he is going to maintain his self-possession and—
[q: 8's looking rough yy?
a: Yup.]
Dima is going to attempT Chill Touch on 8. Hits for 5 points necrotic damage, aaaand 8 is ouT. Uses his movement and ends up quite close to Fae.
[note: Fae is looking rough. But! A lot of it isn’t his blood!]
Liv absolutely received a message about where to direct Healing Word, and is going to cast it on Fae as a Bonus Action, healing Fae for 5 points.
[note: Fae mouthing thank you even though he really doesn't know where Liv is.]
Liv sees this! ;.; And! She's going in to attack Bly. Multiattack beginning with beak for 9 points. Talons hit for 11 points. And Liv uses the rest of her movement to fly a bit off.
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