The Scouring Of Gate Pass

[Duke of URL]

Norven's bolt bites deeply into the thug's body, staggering but not felling him. NorvenLeiah's fox manages to find an opening, but just fails to connect. Torrent and Rommie both miss as well, while the thug manages a lucky shot on Torrent in return.

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Torrent takes 7 points of non-lethal damage.

DM Rolls: Todd Attack 9+2=11, Torrent Attack 6+4=10, Thug Attack 17+3=20, Thug Damage 5+2=7

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(New token X if for Todd)

[The Bushranger]

Rommie

Cursing her luck, Rommie reloads her crossbow and prepares to go 0-for-5, swearing to stick to bardic music from now on...

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"Trying the same thing over and over and expecting different results is a sign of insanity."
Attack: (1d20-3)[12]
Damage: (1d8)[3]
Afterwards, she drops her crossbow...

[harmonictempest]

Norven

Surprise, surprise. I don't usually do nearly this well with a weapon, but no complaints here. Hoping a last shot will finally end the battle, Norven reloads and fires once more.

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Attack - (1d20+2)[11]
Damage - (1d8)[6]

[Duke of URL]

Norven shoots wildly again, but Torrent, angered by the blow from the sap, finishes the battle with her ax connecting a solid hit. Todd dances on the thug's body for a second, taking a slight nip at it before trotting back to Leiah's side.

Torrent channels some healing energy to rouse Zosimus and Leiah. "We'd better get out of here soon before the fire gets worse."

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I'm going to DM fiat here and say that Torrent's will burn two 1st level spells to fully remove all non-lethal damage from Zosimus and Leiah, and she herself recovers from her non-lethal damage as well by burning a 0th level spell.

Everyone gets 360 XP (even those unconscious at the end), which should bring you all to 860 XP each.

[The Bushranger]

Rommie

Rommie scoops her crossbow back up.
Agreed. Sorry I was such a poor shot...

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According to the PHB, expended ammo that didn't hit has a 50% recovery chance...can I roll a d6 to see how many bolts she can recover (with 6 being "none"?)
(1d6)[3]

[Weezer]

Shaking himself and recovering as Torrents healing energy pours through him, Zosimus stands feeling refreshed and recovered, he searches the bodies for anything interesting, ignoring their saps and armor. After stowing the loot he says Lets get out of here and find your contact he moves towards the door and peers into the dark again, hopefully there aren't any more battering rams

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Listen: (1d20)[10] Spot: (1d20)[7]

[Duke of URL]

The thugs carry little more than their arms and armor. Each has an identical red armband with an image of a black horse and black lettering in an unfamiliar language. (Ignan, actually... if anyone can read that, let me know.) The thug who crashed down the stairs is covered in too much fire to retrieve any items from safely.

Loot:

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Scale mail (x4)
Studded leather armor (x2)
Shield, wooden light (x4)
Sap (x6)
Shortsword (x4)
Morningstar (x2)
Crossbow, light (x6)
Bolts (x60)
Armband (x6)
Battering ram, portable
30 gp

You think you still hear someone outside, but can't see who it is (or they are). No one seems to be currently approaching however.

[Moofin Bard]

Leiah

Leiah shakes her head as Torrent's healing energy flows through her. Todd goes over to lick her face and she stands up. Thanks Torrent. Sorry about that. she says as she heads for the door. Todd follows her while brushing up against her affectionately. I'm going to feel that in the morning.

[The Bushranger]

Rommie

Andromeda looks longingly at the armour and shields, but winds up pulling aside a morningstar and 10 crossbow bolts.
Does anyone mind if I take these? Also, we should divide up the money evenly.
She gives Torrent a smile.
Good hitting. Sorry I wasn't more help.
She then goes to join Zosimus at the door, hefting said morningstar (presuming nobody objected...)

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Listen: (1d20+4)[20]
Spot: (1d20+2)[21]

[Duke of URL]

Rommie sees what looks like a mounted figure at the edge of the shadows. The figure is facing the doorway.

[The Bushranger]

Rommie

Mounted guard over there in the shadows, Rommie whispers to the others. Looking this way too. Anyone else who's a better shot want a crack at him?

[Weezer]

Zosimus
I'll give it a shot, Zosimus responds as he sheaths his sword and draws his crossbow, carefully sighting down the shaft at the shadowed figure. He pulls the trigger, seeing the bolt speed towards the guard.

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attack: (1d20+2)[7] damage: (1d8)[8]

I pick up the 30 gp and the 6 armbands from the possible loot

[Moofin Bard]

Leiah

Leiah shakes her head in disbelief. Why are you shooting? We don't even know if this is friend or foe yet. she whispers.

[Duke of URL]

An authoritative voice booms out, "surrender. Now."

The mounted figure moves forward. Hidden under gray plate armor is a tightly muscled man, his armor worn from many battles, and humbly marked with symbols of sacred honor. His eyes have a darkness like a judge laying sentence. A broken helmet, cloven in the face, hangs from his belt. His greatsword, on the other hand, is held ready as the heavy warhorse steps forward.

[The Bushranger]

Rommie

Well, I think that answers THAT question...
She looks over at Torrent.
There's a back way out of this place, right?
She then turns to face back out the doorway and shouts.
That's funny, that's what we were about to tell you!

[The Bushranger]

((Sorry, forgot to put the roll in my original post.))

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Bluff: (1d20+4)[16]

[Duke of URL]

The man seems unimpressed. "And what has happened to the squads that were sent in to capture you?"

[The Bushranger]

Rommie

They came, they tried, they're all extra crispy now!

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...yes, she has a...quirky sense of humour.

And she tries Sense Motive on the chap:
(1d20+6)[9]

[Weezer]

Zosimus

Zosimus draws his sword and prepares for combat
If you don't watch it the same will happen to you. He says to the figure.

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intimidate: (1d20)[13]

[Duke of URL]

"I see," the man says. After a brief pause, he turns the horse away and you hear him riding off.

"Well, that was ominous," interjects Torrent.

[harmonictempest]

Norven

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Dangit, I wanted the armbands, but I couldn't post fast enough. Hmm.

After the battle ends, Norven takes a moment to examine the bodies. So this is death - I wonder why the others are so cavalier about it. Turning, he sees Zosimus pocket the money and carefully remove an armband from each fallen figure, while seeming to give no further thought to the dead soldiers.

Ignoring the short exchange at the door for now, which seems to already be over, Norven addresses Zosimus. "If you don't mind, I'd like to have one or two of those armbands myself - probably wouldn't be a bad idea if we all had them, to be honest. And thanks for counting the money they had; does it divide into five shares evenly?"

As he walks toward the door, he comments "Is anyone else a little sobered by the idea that we just killed a bunch of people? Not that it wasn't justified, but they weren't trying to kill us, y'know?"

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Are any of them still alive? Norven will probably try to pull them out the door so they don't burn to death, if that's the case.

[Weezer]

Zosimus

Responding to Norven's request Zosimus gives each of his companions an armband (if they want one) and 6 gold. After this he says We should get moving, I didn't like the sound of the figure outside, he could be bringing reinforcements.

[Duke of URL]

Two of the thugs are still alive, but are bleeding badly.

[The Bushranger]

Rommie

Indeed - I've got a bad feeling about this, the bard replies to Torrent's observation. She takes the armband and cash. Perhaps we should wear these armbands, they might help us slip through...

Rommie then turns to Norven. They may have not been actively trying to kill us, however they sought to deliver us to that fate in the end. This is war, we are on one side and they are on the other. Basically, both here and along our travels, it is going to be them or us, and I would really rather it be them. Now lets get these two outside and then get the hell out of here.

[harmonictempest]

Norven

Nodding his agreement with Rommie, Norven sets about helping drag the two still-living thugs to the door. Before they move them, he makes some clumsy attempts to bind their wounds.

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Heal checks: (1d20+1)[20], (1d20+1)[13]

[The Bushranger]

Rommie

Andromeda helps Norven with his fixing-up of their erstwhile attackers.

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Heal checks against DC10 per the 'aid another' rule:
#1: (1d20)[10]
#2: (1d20)[19]

She then straighens up and looks around.
Lets hit the road, shall we.

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Aand a Spot check:
(1d20+2)[20]

[Moofin Bard]

Leiah

Leiah takes the armband and the 6 gold. She shivers at the encounter with the mounted figure. Todd stretches and gets ready to leave. Leiah walks to the door with him. Yes. It's probably about time to meet that contact.

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Will roll later. Myth-weavers is down.
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[Duke of URL]

Torrent watches as the others take the armbands. "Those aren't any sort of local militia insignias..." Focusing again on the mission, she continues. "Well, that unpleasantness aside, we'd best hurry along to meet Rivereye."

The icy streets are starting to fill with panicking citizens. People are running around trying to put out fires, and some simply lie in the street, burned or injured by falling debris and just looking for the safest place to stay. One man cries out for help as you pass, clutching the burned body of his wife and huddled with three children.

Meanwhile, the sound of the bombing stops, and soldiers rushing toward the western wall to fight only add to the confusion. All the while, bells ring up and down the pass, sending (probably needless) warning signals throughout the city.

It is all noise, smoke, cold, and confusion.

[The Bushranger]

Rommie nods in agreement and goes to follow Torrent as they begin to head off.

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Checks:
Spot: (1d20+2)[8]
Listen: (1d20+4)[24]
Move Silently: (1d20+1)[16]

natural 20! :D

[Weezer]

Zosimus

That we should Zosimus says as he follows Torrent into the streets.

[spoiler] listen: (1d20)[7] spot: (1d20)[2]