Prologue / Mission 1 - Crime Wave (Feb 2 - Feb 5, 1002YK)

[skychan]

With little she can do from here Koko merely moves forward as swiftly as she can and preps her hand crossbow in case a shot does become possible.

Initiative 14+3 =17

[azrael]

Initiative 7 + 3 = 10

[Zanaikin]

Friendly initiative order is:
Goodberry(21) -> Leah(19) -> Gadget(16) -> Koko (17) -> Adoett(14) -> Ahz(12) -> Ashkaran(10)
[although some people may want to delay their initiatives lower than those in front of them]

Opening actions:
Gadget leaps out from the tunnel and slams into the about-to-close grate. The warforged scout may be small, but his iron and composite body crashed the grate open with enough force that it knocks the boy onto the ground.

The 2nd kid tosses in his XL bottle of oil, splashing onto the spot where Gadget used to be.
The gnome girl extends out her wand and fires two Magic Missiles into the darkness, striking Ashkaran for 5 points of damage.

Goodberry, Leah, Gadget, Koko, Adoett, and Ahz, go! (only Ashkaran rolled too low compared to foes)

[Squall255]

Hearing the sound of someone successfully getting past the grate, Goodberry hurries through the tunnel. (double move for 10ft)

[Kadi]

Leah waits until Gadget has made his next move.

[skychan]

Koko waits patiently for her chance to move up behind the others.

[Laharl]

Adoett sits there humming softly while he waits for a chance to move.

[Mr_Praetorian]

Gadget readies to fire his Disrupt Pattern ability at the one holding the wand if they cast again.

"Cease to resist, cadets. You have been found." He says aloud.

(Readied Shot: 1d20+7=14 (touch), 2d6+5= 11 (5 if non-human))

[Zanaikin]

( In light of this crawling business really bogging the pace down and making things feel more 'boring' than anything else -- we're going to rule that despite the small tunnel you can actually squeeze through at a crouch; not realistic, but at least it won't mean 7+ rounds of wriggling before you get to do something. This means that (1) you're no longer all prone and (2) medium sized creatures can advance at 15ft per move action [squeezing penalty] rather than only 5ft )

( still waiting for Ahz to post )

[Zanaikin]

( spoken to Sajuuk: Ahz is also just moving forward )
( readjusted Goodberry's position in accordance to previous post )

Everyone behind Goodberry moves up in the cramped tunnel (now piled up behind Ashkaran)

Gadget shoots the gnome girl just as she fires another shot from the magic missile wand. The disruption ray left a nasty wound across her shoulders, though based on the reduced effect you're fairly sure she's not a human kid in disguise.

Two more magic missiles slam into Ashkaran again for 8 more force damage.

The gnome girl scampers back from the now-visible warforged scout, pulling out a scroll with her other hand at the same time.

Since Leah delayed after Gadget it's her turn again. Also up: Ashkaran.

Initiative order changes to the following as a result of all the delayed actions:
Goodberry(21) -> Gadget(16) -> Ahz(12) -> Koko(11) -> Leah(10) -> Adoett(10) -> Ashkaran(10)

[Mr_Praetorian]

Gadget pushes past the child in front of him and moves towards the downed gnome while drawing his shortsword.

"Stand down, cadet!" He demands, pointing his blade towards her.

(Readying attack if the gnome child if she continues to try to cast from the scroll
Attack: 1d20+5= 19 (confirm 16); 1d6= 5 (10 if confirmed) [piercing])

[Kadi]

Not liking the odds of a shot hitting from the tiny tunnel, Leah decides to wait a while longer. Her stance would be all weird, and even small Gadget would prove a significant obstacle if the tunnel wasn't much wider than him. She'd rather stay invisible. Train as she might, focusing on opening holes in someone and staying invisisible never seemed to work for her.

[Resolve Gadget's action posted directly above here. And anyone else's whose action has been malicisously skipped by us]

Seeing the tiniest of the company bulldoze right past the enemies to chase his mark makes Leah smile. But she had been waiting for the way to open up for her, so the moment Gadget opens the opening, she hurries (hurriedly crawls) forward into the room, to the side of the human child directly in front of the tunnel opening. Finally having some room to move, she fluidly draws her rapier and stabs at thethe child in front of her.

[Attack 1d20 + 7 + 2 Invis = 21. Damage: 1d6 Rapier + 2d6 Sneak = 4 + 8 = 12]

Feeling her invisibility fade, Leah shouts at the children:

"Stand down or we will take you down!"

Leah silently regrets not asking Koko for the name she used when going undercover. It might have helped convincing the children. Or confirmed whether she knew them, at least. Oh, well, humans could be surprisingly tough, one poke wouldn't kill them. Or would it?

[azrael]

Ashkharan readies an action to summon kinetic cover 1 square behind (closer to Ahz) the oiled square if the any of the children make an aggressive move, or if he hears fighting from the cave part ahead. He grits his teeth and deals with the pain, which he's pretty sure is gonna leave some bruises. Why did it have to be kids?

Cover:
* Hardness 9
* AC 5
* HP 8

(Can summon up to 5 more covers at once)

[Zanaikin]

Kid1 stands back up and runs away in fright.
Kid2 grabs a torch from above the entrance and tosses it in, promptly igniting the oil he tossed in earlier. He then moves to the side and away from the tunnel's view.

Leah takes 5 points of fire damage for when she moved through that fire. (readjusted her position so she's still next to kid2; action hasn't resolved yet...)

As Gadget emerges from the tunnel in chase of the gnome, he sees three more kids: a half-orc and another human child (both carrying firewood and the like) towards the east who clearly look frightened and unsure of what to do, plus another human child atop the stairs who is notching an arrow onto a shortbow.

( map expanded )

( next up: Goodberry, Ahz, Koko )

[skychan]

Koko for her part will continue to move forward, but not into the flames. That... seems bad. She will then stay low to be out of the smoke or squidge aside to let one of the others pass her if they feel like braving the fire.