Five of the pirates fire their bows as one as two (a halfling and human) wait and an elf steps back and casts a spell. The pirates are not aiming at the group hanging by the railing, but at the ship, and all but one hit. And as they hit the wood of the ship, the group sees that there are strong wires attacked to the bows, lashing one ship to the other. And the pirates are using this to draw themselves into the merchant's ship.
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Attack: (d20+6)[11]
Attack: (d20+6)[24]
Attack: (d20+7)[9]
Attack: (d20+7)[20]
Attack: (d20+7)[24]
Initiative:
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Surdrak: (d20+3)[11]
Jadeite: (d20+2)[17]
Badger: (d20+4)[5]
Sora: (d20+2)[10]
Artorias: (d20+2)[21]
Elsee: (d20+4)[14]
Alim: (d20+3)[21]
Pirates 1: (d20+1)[20]
Pirates 2: (d20+2)[17]
Pirates 3: (d20+3)[13]
Initiative order:
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Artorias and Alim
Pirates 1
Jadeite
Pirates 2
Elsee
Pirates 3
Sora, Surdrak, Badger