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    Nomomo opened the second door (at L10) and watched the scene, with hands raised ready to fight.

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    Upon spotting the rat, a wicked grin creeps over Ares' face. In an instant, he switches from defense to attack. Wielding his blade in both hands he lunges forward, hoping the end the shaggy creature in one strike. "My blade will taste blood today!", he shouts.

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    charge to J7, attack Shaggy rat.

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    crit confirm: (1d20+6)[14]
    damage: (1d8+8)[16]



    EDIT: forgot to account for the bless bonus. Attack result is 18.
    AC is 13 until next turn.
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    Running towards the second door next to Nomomo (square M10), Milein takes out her normal shortsword and readies to attack Black rat.
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    "Ares you are not, Audrey begins to say authoritatively, but he proceeds to smash in the door anyway. Not one much for subtlety. "Ares!" she exclaims, but without missing a beat she casts sleep, hoping to bring at least one target out of the fight.

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    Casting sleep, centered on J-8 to catch both giant rats in the area. Will save DC 16, affects up to 4 HD,
    lowest HD creatures are affected first.

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    Audrey casts her spell, and both the Shaggy and Black rat sway backwards slightly on their hind legs, but then they both seem to snap out of it and their eyes clear, and it seems like they've both resisted the spell (1, 2).

    The shaggy rat turns to look at Audrey with a victorious leer, but then a second later Ares appears and slices its head completely off, which flies away and hits the back wall of the room. Shaggy slumps dead to the ground.

    The Black Rat seems enraged by this, and climbs up onto the table. It starts tugging on the strap around its neck, and turns back around holding a tiny, crudely constructed crossbow. It squeaks out a shrill, "Kirk ee eech!" and fires a steel needle it at Ares. The needle hits, doing Ares 2 damage.

    Towards the back of the room, the White Rat seems less distressed. It scuttles beneath the table towards the south door, with an orange glint shining in its paw.

    It reaches the open doorway, and slashes something at Quern's thighs. It aims for a gap in Quern's armor, but it misses badly and the rat's tiny blade doesn't even make contact.

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    Both rats saved against Audrey's sleep spell unfortunately.

    Ares killed Shaggy Rat in one powerful slice.

    Black Rat shot at Ares doing 3 damage.

    The White Rat ran up and sliced at Quern, but it missed.


    And it's the players' turn.


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    Handily avoiding the clumsy dagger slash from the "rat", Quern thrusts for the creature's heart.

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    Blessed rapier melee attack: (1d20+5)[17]
    Damage: (1d6+1)[6]


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    Male CG Human Cleric, Level 3, Init 2, HP 27/27, Speed 30'
    AC 17, Touch 13, Flat-footed 15, Fort 4, Ref 3, Will 5, Base Attack Bonus 2
    Rapier +4 (1d6+1, 18-20/x2)
    alchemical silver Dagger +4 (1d4+1, 19-20/x2)
    cold iron Morningstar (1d8+1) +3 (1d8+1, x2)
    Studded Leather, Buckler (+3 Armor, +1 Shield, +2 Dex, +1 Deflect)
    Abilities Str 12, Dex 14, Con 12, Int 12, Wis 14, Cha 12
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    Laughing at the creature's paltry attempt, Ares moves next to the remaining rats. He hopes some precise, forceful swings will make short work of the remaining vermin.

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    Move to K9 (bark). I don't think the black rat can make an AoO with a crossbow, but if it can that's fine too.
    power attack of 1
    Attack Black rat: (1d20+6)[26]
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    attack: (1d20+6)[24]
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    crit confirm: (1d20+6)[21]
    damage:(1d8+6)[14]

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    If White Rat survived Quern's blow, Milein moves to L11 and attacks with a jab to White Rat.
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    The black rat twists as Ares passes it, desperately trying to reload its crossbow. Before it can manage it, Are's longsword swings around in a wide diagonal circle, cutting it completely in half. The blade continues on its path, and buries itself in the back of the White rat who didn't even see it coming.

    The air settles, and three rats lie dead on the ground in various states of dismemberment.

    You're out of combat, now in this empty room full of different kinds of masterwork blades. At the back of the room there are stacks of crates, most are closed, but the lid has been pried open on one of them.

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    Nothing on the floor! Nomomo shouted into the room.
    No rat was trying to attack you from behind!
    He did his best to sound seriously. Something blocked him from fighting.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Book Wombat View Post
    Milein will search the bodies and the room if nobody objects. I'll take a 20. She also will take a masterwork shortsword if she finds one.
    There's definitely a masterwork shortsword among the dozens of blades, and the rats have been all over the room so it seems unlikely it will be missed, and they're common enough back in the cities that it wouldn't be too suspicious for you to draw it in public later. BUT it seems like the party's trying to keep you honest. If you're intent on taking it, it seems like a really good Sleight of Hand check might let you do it unnoticed.

    The rats were all carrying a tiny, crudely constructed weapons. The White Rat had a tiny dagger made of the same orange substance as the real weapons. The Black Rat had a tiny crossbow made of a piece of spring steel, sized to fire large leatherworking needles. The Shaggy Rat had a similar crossbow hanging from a strap around its neck.

    Buried in its long fur, the Shaggy Rat also had a small cup, made of some kind of dusty brown material. The cup is empty, but the inside is coated with the remains of some kind of silvery gold substance.

    Most of the crates at the back of the room are sealed, but the one that's pried open is full of what looks like chitinous creature parts, perhaps crab shells. It's possible these are the local raw materials that the blades are fashioned from.

    Also the dusty little footprints that were all over the corridor are covering the floor here as well. Can anyone give me a decent survival check for them?

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    Quern notices the tracks crisscrossing the floor but cannot fathom what to make of them.

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    Nomomo walks over to Quern and take a look at the little footprints, too.

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    Ares, as you're looking at the dusty footprints that are all over the warehouse, you notice a pattern in them. Although there are prints leading from and to every door, the doors to the East looks like they've had the most paw-traffic.

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    Ares shares his findings with the others immediately, hopefully saving the priest and the monk some minutes of fruitless searching. "Now let's clear the rest of this building shall we? And be forewarned priest, I'm getting a bit peckish. So if we happen across a tasty piece of fruit, I intend to take one for myself. That is why we are here after all, isn't it? Clearing the warehouse so the hapless citizens can be fed, not armed?"

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    I don't think there will be any fresh fruit as this place wasn't used for a while I'm guessing but if we come across any you can have it. I don't mind. says Milein chuckling a bit.
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    Nomomo had still a strange feeling in his guts but he wouldn't show it. Instead he replied Ok, let's open the next door. He was flexing some muscles and let crack his knuckles - more to proof himself that he was ready than to impress his comrades.

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    The cleric moved into position at the next door behind the others. He nodded that he was ready, his rapier in a guard position.

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    Taking the back position Milein faces the back in case of a sneak attack.
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    After deciding what to do, Nomomo walked over to the next door and waited for everyone to position themselves. Then he counted down with his fingers

    3
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    He opened the door to give Ares a view to the room so he could charge whatever evil's inside.

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    Nomomo, when you open this door you see that it leads to another small storeroom (this is the middle west storeroom).

    Inside, lying around on the floor, there are four of the giant rats you just fought in the other room, but these ones all seem to be soundly asleep. They're all lying on small piles of rags and paper, there are small empty bowls scattered around them, along with what look like half-eaten fruits. It almost looks like the aftermath of some kind of party.

    There are about twenty barrels stacked around the edge of the room along with a few crates. Behind the barrels it looks like the walls have all been defaced by dozens of crude marks and drawings.

    Since these rats are all fast asleep, anyone who can provide a decent move silently check will probably be able to deal with them all without any attack rolls. But if anyone makes too loud a noise, I'm going to ask for initiative.
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    Quern follows Ares lead in attempting to move silently amongst the rat-men to quietly, and in his own case, non-lethally subdue them.

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    Also tip-toeing quietly Milein follows them in to the room.
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    Ares, Quern and Milein sneak into the room and start subduing the rats, variously clubbing them or choking them out. There's a tense moment when Ares' foot disturbs one of the dusty brown bowls, but it doesn't wake any of the creatures.

    None of you have any trouble knocking them out. They're still alive for now, but probably won't be waking up for hours.

    These rats don't seem to have any weapons, but one of them is still grasping a piece of charcoal in its sleeping paw.

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    This was our plan, ya? Sneaking over and choke them guileful? Where is the fun? Where is the sincerity? Even they are vermin, they have the right to see what's going on.

    I'm disappointed!

    He shaked his head and felt bad. It was obvious that they were stronger than the rats, but this was just inglorious...

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    Hey, what does it matter if it's guileful if it works right? Milein answers.
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    Look! That's something you with your stealthiness can't understand.
    Fighting isn't just about killing your enemy. It's... it's the fight itself what counts. Every battle should be fought with honor for your enemy. It doesn't matter if you are much stronger; if your opponent want the fight he should get a chance to. But stabbing a sleeping one is just... not my fightingstyle.


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    Ares looks at the rats. "Look, I don't see the point of keeping them alive either. But I'm sure Milein and Quern have their reasons, and if we had killed them we would never have learned of those."

    He shrugs. "But this 'honour' you are speaking of, I assure you it can't be found in the wilds where Obad-Hai reigns. A cat pouncing on an unsuspecting mouse knows nothing of honour. Neither does the wolf pack that brings down the outnumbered deer. Honour is a thing you and yours have invented to emulate nature, where really you have abandoned your true nature long ago."

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    Pardon? Who asked you? You know me for 3 weeks now. You know nothing about me!
    Don't try to teach me if you don't know the difference between “fighting“ and “hunting“. Just... just... stop it.
    he took a deep breath to calm down. There's no reason to be upset with this snooty human.
    If you ready with tying up or whatever could we continue clearing this warehouse?

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    Well, as said, it depends on your point of view. Now let's go over this and see what the next room holds okay? And move silently as possible, if we're lucky we'll be able to knock them out again of they are asleep. Okay? Milein replies.
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