Milk and Tea - IC

[Archemist]

Spoiler: Links to OOC and Recruitment Threads

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OOC Thread
Original Recruitment Thread

A steady sea breeze blows in some cool fog among the colorful buildings of Amarelo, muting the bright blues and yellows this morning. A crowd has gathered for today's New Year's festival, but the music pauses for a moment while the mayor, a tall and charismatic human from the Milk Guild named Pedro da Fonseca, is kicking off the festivities with a speech. You listen briefly to him talk about the greatness of Aveiro and the wholesome contributions of traditional Daelesian values to blah blah blah, and you start to continue on your way, but two streets over from the festival you hear a scuffling noise from a nearby alley.

As you come even with the entrance and can look down the alley, you see a small group of people throwing punches, but it's a bit confusing what exactly is going on or who might be winning.

The five of you had not been traveling down the road together, but nobody else is on this section of street at the moment.

Spoiler: Daniela and Kamp

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You two were on the way together to this neighborhood to meet Daniela's Tea Guild contact, Rodrigo da Silva, about some task he had in the works.

[JNAProductions]

Forge mutters a few choice words under her breath. She starts to approach the scuffle, and incants a small word of power. Her voice booms out, much louder than normal, as she says "You will all stop now. This is an order." She stands tall and proud, unconcerned if they decide to turn their fists onto her.

Spoiler: OOC

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Casting Thaumaturgy.

[Archemist]

Everyone looks over for a moment at Forge's loud word but then a gruff tiefling woman shouts back, "Clear off, rusty, this is official business." Her tone is commanding, and she seems to be in charge of the larger group. The fighting quickly resumes as a man wearing green suckerpunches one of the others while he was distracted.

You're not quite sure what she means about official business, since no one here is wearing uniforms, for instance.

[Lentrax]

Aranarei was walking down the road, the white ivory of her staff slightly muted by the fog, but it still glints when a scattered ray of sunlight gleams off the scrollwork. Her clothing is, while not a uniform, very reminiscent of an infantry uniform.

Then she hears the yelling.

She happens to be close enough to see and steps closer, up next to Forge.

Forgive me, but what makes this, she gestures with her staff at the fighting. Official? What authority do you have?

[animorte]

Kamp and Daniela are exchanging a bit of detail from a recent venture when his ears perk up quite a distance from the scuffle, an easily recognizable sound. "Hold on, let's see what this is about."

He searches his memory for a brief moment to acknowledge any familiar faces. Sure enough, he notes a couple, just the others standing off to the side. He maintains a distance beyond them, but doesn't say anything. Just waits, should the fight turn outward.

He rolls a few rocks in his hands, seemingly a passive routine, but always intentional.

[Ridai]

Bota Secreta watches the scuffle with an inclined head, not feeling all that much need to do something about all this. You know, what with people pawing at each other constantly outside of the places with that awful alcyhol stuff that makes people smell bad and be very angry. So maybe just wait, give people treats after they are done and-

Forge's booming voice is accentuated by the distinct sound of a startled cat reflexively jumping into the air and bolting left to right and right to left and up Daniela and down again.

Okay so, the group is doing something about all this. And Mama Shanty would probably be cross with him if he tried to weasel out of this. A somber moment passes over Bota, as he finds the courage to make a big sacrifice, for the greater good.

He steps forward (well, a step behind Aranarei, let's not get crazy here), and he holds up his colorful alchemy jug. "If you stop and agree to share, I have two gallons of mayonnaise." Not that he knows what a gallon is, but someone told him that is how much comes out of the jug.

Bota is looking rather smug and pleased with himself. There is no way anyone can say no to that. And he might get mayo out of it.

[Earth Traveler]

Daniela walked down the alley next to Kamp, chatting about her current assignment and what he'd been up to and whatnot, when she noticed the fight up ahead. Daniela's first instinct was to just try to stay out of the way and get to their destination, but Kamp suggested they see what was going on, so she stayed put for the moment.

She saw a warforged also traveling through the alley try to break up the brawl with a booming voice - which sent a cat scurrying over Daniela, which she hastily brushed away - only to get told off by a tiefling claiming it was "official business". Daniela didn't know how that could be, since street fights weren't really an official guild activity. Someone else, a vaguely familiar woman in a uniform, questioned the tiefling. Then a cat - Daniela had to look twice - the same one that scampered over her, in fact, pulled a jug from the pack it was carrying and offered the brawlers mayonnaise to stop fighting.

After thinking about that for a second, Daniela decided her first instinct was right and whispered to Kamp, "Let's try to just stay out of this brawl." She started trying to slip past the crowd, her hands sliding closer to her concealed weapons.

[Archemist]

Daniela and Kamp notice that the man in green is actually green kinda all-over and is in fact their half-orc Tea contact Rodrigo da Silva.

He seems to have been handling himself well in the fight but another man takes a hard hit to the head and falls down, and Rodrigo cries out, "Armondo!" in worry.

You all notice that, with one man down, it's now looking like five-versus-two where it had been five-vs-three.

The woman in charge of the five-group shouts to her people, "OK, it is getting too crowded here! Don't be distracted by the offer of delicious mayo! Let's just get the letter and go!" They all take a moment to pull up bandanas and obscure their faces. She lets her underlings menace Rodrigo and his friend while she turns to face you at the end of the alley. "Begone!" she yells at you.

Spoiler: OOC - Command

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Forge, Aranarei, and Kamp should make Wisdom saving throws vs. a Command to flee. Forge and Bota are clerics so they probably know what it is but the others can roll Arcana if they want to try to identify the spell and what just happened.

Spoiler: Perception Results (DC 14)- Forge and Bota Secreta, (and Daniela?)

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You see two of the woman's group pull daggers and encircle Rodrigo+friend, who don't seem to notice this escalation.

The alley looks like it continues and bends, beyond where the group is, so likely not a dead-end. The fighting is happening between 20 and 30' away from Aranarei &co, and the alley is about 10' across.

Spoiler: OOC - Initiative!

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I've got a 16 in from Forge but the rest of you should roll Initiative as well.

[Ridai]

The woman's command to not take up the offer of mayo is met with an appalled, utterly offended "Excuse me?!"

That expression of utter disgust at this shameful behavior is quickly replaced with shock as the bad people move away from Bota (and the mayo!). "Wait, I'm offering mayo, you get back here and get the-"

A moment of silence for poor, little Bota Secreta, as he sees all his well-laid plans fall to ruin, with savory victory almost within grasp, made even worse by him spotting people pulling knives. His expression turns to despair. "Wait, no knives, you need spoons please noooo, my mayoooo!" He was so close, yet so far.

The agony of the Bota Condition takes over as he turns into a man-sized house cat, mrowing sadly with big watery eyes, looking famished and condiment-deprived. He can't help but throw himself at the haute-cuisine-denying knife wielders, throwing a tantrum of paws and nibbles their way.

Spoiler: Actions and State of the Boot

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Bonus Action Wild Shape into a medium-sized Deinonychus (Monsters of the Multiverse and Volo's appear to have the exact same stats), flavored as hangry man-sized cat.

Movement Close distance to the two people who pulled knives on Rodrigo & Amigo. Try to engage both enemies, to hopefully draw fire.

Action Multiattack one of the knife wielders, meaning one Bite and two Claw attacks. In case an enemy is reduced to 0, I am aiming to have them knocked unconscious, not killed. This is Bota's standard behavior. Leftover attacks are moved to the other enemy, using leftover movement to close the distance if necessary.
Claw Attack 1 - (1d20+4)[22], Claw Damage 1 - (1d8+2)[6]
Claw Attack 2 - (1d20+4)[8], Claw Damage 2 - (1d8+2)[7]
Bite Attack - (1d20+4)[19], Bite Damage - (1d8+2)[9]

Because Bota moved at least 20ft to get to the enemies, this triggers the Deinonychus' Pounce ability. If one of the claw attacks hits on this turn, the enemy must make a DC 12 Strength save or be knocked prone. Because Bota already used his Bonus Action, he can't do the follow-up attack.

State of the Boot
Initiative: 18
Form: Hungry hungry kitty (medium-sized Deinonychus)
HP: 26/26 (OG Bota HP: 36/36)
AC: 13 natural armor (OG Bota AC: 14)
Speed: 40ft (OG Bota speed: 30ft)

Spoiler: Current Mood:

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[Earth Traveler]

Daniela's eyes widened as she suddenly realized that the man in green in front of her was, in fact, the very person she had come looking for. She scarcely had time to pull out her hand crossbow before the cat with the mayonnaise suddenly transformed into a much larger cat and leapt into the middle of the fight. After taking a moment to shake off the thought that someone had slipped a drug into her tea earlier, Daniela called out, "Hey there, Rodrigo! Need some help?" to let him know she was there. Stepping toward the fray while keeping her distance, she fired at a brown-haired thug wearing red, determined to rescue her colleagues.

Spoiler: Rolls

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(The target is the guy to the right of what I think is Rodrigo on the grid)

Attack Roll: (1d20+6)[14]

Damage Roll: (3d6+4)[15]

Crit Damage Roll: (3d6)[11]

[JNAProductions]

"You chose poorly," Forge states before incanting a spell. The leader's chain shirt starts to shimmer and glow, burning into its wearer.

Spoiler: OOC

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(2d8)[15] fire damage.
And because she can't take it off, disadvantage on attack rolls and ability checks.

[Archemist]

Spoiler: Initiative Order

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Bota: 18
Forge: 16
Rodrigo+Amigo: 15
Daniela: 12
Aranarei: 10
Kamp: 9
Enemies!

Bota charges in wildly, scampering half up the walls as he zigzags down the alley. He knocks into one of the bullies as he careens down and pounces on another who'd pulled a dagger. As he flies down the alley, a third bully tries to swing at him, and does connect with a strong punch. But Bota's claws and teeth are deadly accurate, and the dagger-wielder falls unconscious and bleeding with large gashes on his neck and arms. The mayo is avenged.

The leader is not amused by this and even less amused when her armor starts burning. The paladin life is not fun. She writhes in pain but stays standing and seems like she's just gonna tough it out. She channels that energy into a murderous glare at Forge.

Rodrigo responds gratefully to Daniela, "Thank every deity! And you brought manos!" He takes the opportunity to kick the prone bully while he's down and then turns his attention to the ones still up. His friend has noticed the daggers now and draws a shiv of his own. He and the bully who tried to get behind him exchange some feints and thrusts, but they're both a little distracted by the mauling going on beside them.

Daniela's bolt flies true and staggers one of the others. He stays standing, but his adventuring days may be over now that he's taken an arrow to the knee.

Spoiler: Aranarei and Kamp

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Aranarei made the Wis save but Kamp didn't, so Aranarei is next to act and Kamp can narrate running away if you like. Otherwise it'll just move on to the enemies after Lentrax / Aranarei goes.

[animorte]

Just as the scurrying of an awfully familiar looking cat and its erratic behavior grabs his attention, the woman who seems to be in charge yells at them and he is suddenly compelled to go the opposite direction, even if that is their contact in there.

As he briskly moves away, he acknowledges Daniela's suggestion. "What a good idea, staying out of this one."

[Lentrax]

I think not, is all Ara says to the command to leave. And since you are so keen on doing violence for violence’s sake, let us be done with it, shall we?

Ara points her finger at the woman and for a moment, the other woman hears a ringing in her ears.

Spoiler: Toll the Dead

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Casting till the Dead. Since the woman took damage she takes (1d12)[12] damage on a failed Wis save DC 14.

[Archemist]

Spoiler: OOC - Save vs. Toll

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The tiefling woman rolls Wis: (1d20+4)[20]

Spoiler: Other rolls and summary

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I know I said otherwise in the Roll20 chat but I mistook the damage of the one AoO that hit Bota. Bota instead takes (1d4+2)[6] bludgeoning damage from a quick hit as he passes Muscle 1.

Leader Lady attacking Forge: (1d20+5)[7] Disadvantage: (1d20+5)[11] not likely to hit but damage: [roll]1d10+3[roll] slashing.
Extra attack same: (1d20+5)[9] Disadvantage: (1d20+5)[24] not likely to hit but damage: [roll]1d10+3[roll] slashing.
Thunderous Smite: (if either do manage to hit Forge, lol) (2d6)[5] thunder damage.

Muscle 2 will strike at Rodrigo, as will Muscle 1. Rodrigo is looking bloodied, but Muscle 2 and Dagger 4 were looking a little beat up already themselves when the party joined in.
Dagger 3 flails at Bota: (1d20+4)[12] Advantage: (1d20+4)[14]for (1d4+2)[3] piercing and (2d6)[6] sneak attack. (Bota has multiple enemies adjacent.)

Bota takes 15 total damage this round if I'm doing the math right, but the rest of the party is still unhurt. And it's back to the top of the Initiative order!

The leader draws her sword and makes a show of tapping her holy coin against the flat of the blade. She strides over to Forge and swings at him, grunting "Interfering pile of scrap - who are you working for? Him?" She seems to mean Rodrigo. Her strikes clang off of Forge's armored plating without landing a solid hit.

Her followers generally collect themselves and switch from mugging to fighting. The one with the dagger feints to distract Rodrigo's friend but then stabs at Bota suddenly, trying to catch the cat off-balance. The woman Bota had knocked over stands up, draws a club, and hits Rodrigo while the bully Daniela had shot attempts to grab Rodrigo's coat. He succeeds in pulling it off the tired half-orc.

[JNAProductions]

"I work for no one," Forge says, drawing her mace and going for a smack.

Spoiler: OOC

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(1d20+4)[11]
(1d6+2)[8] Bludgeoning Damage

[animorte]

Kamp, standing much farther back now, recollects himself and looks at the leader lady in confusion. "Wait, nobody tells me what to do." He closes about the half the distance and takes aim at her pretentious face.

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Bonus Action: cast Magic Stone (on the rocks he was already rolling around in his hand)

Attack the leader: (1d20+3)[12] (throwing a magic rock at her noggin)

Damage: (1d6+3)[7]
Gathered Swarm: (1d6)[4]
Favored Foe: (1d4)[4]
Fury of the Small: + 4 damage

[Earth Traveler]

Daniela watched with some satisfaction as the thug she'd shot had his knees buckle for a moment, which disappointingly didn't stop him from slashing at Rodrigo. Kamp started in on the tiefling who'd started the brawl, but Daniela was paying more attention to the thug. Why is he going after his jacket? Then she remembered the tiefling said something about a letter. Was this whole gang of goons after a letter in Rodrigo's jacket? Then it had to be important, and with him still surrounded, Daniela decided she had to dive in and make sure none of these thugs managed to run away with it.

Stowing her crossbow and pulling out her dagger, she darted around Kamp and the human, past the warforged, and took a stab at the thug holding Rodrigo's jacket.

Spoiler: Actions/Rolls

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(I don't have access to roll20 until I get home, so Daniela is moving to the square right below Leader Lady check that, the square to the right of Muscle 1)

Turn:
Stowing the hand crossbow - free object interaction
Drawing the dagger - Fast Hands bonus action
Attacking - um, attacking

Targeting Muscle 1:

Attack Roll: (1d20+6)[10]

Dagger Damage Roll: (1d4+4)[8]
Sneak Attack Roll: (2d6)[6]

Crit Damage Roll (Dagger): (1d4)[1]
Crit Damage Roll (Sneak): (2d6)[6]

[Ridai]

Bota getting bonked on his head for leaping into action is already bad enough. Now he finds himself surrounded by baddies, how did that happen?! He only noticed this a moment ago, one of the baddies shriveling before the might of his temper tantrum superior martial might giving him a moment of clarity. It allows the bigger Bota to hear distinct bonking noises behind him, turning around with a "Mrow?" in time to see the woman he pushed over hitting that Rorido person. That isn't right! Bota lept in to save people! But the baddies keep attacking the, uh, presumably not baddies! The ner-

There is the distinct noise of a screaming house cat, scaled up to the size of a large dog, but without the deep voice cords of the big cats of the world, as a baddie stabs him in the rear flank! He lept in to save people! But the baddies just stab at him! The nerve! Consequently, the big startled cat reflexively bolts/leaps into the air, twisting around to face the source of the stabbing. His hind paws accidentally scratch over the bonking baddie, and as Bota lands, there is a brief pause, gears in his head working overtime, and he goes for the cunning plan of just snapping at the pokey baddie.

Spoiler: Actions

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Action Multiattack for two Claw and one Bite attack
Claw 1 Attack at Muscle 2 - (1d20+4)[16], Claw 1 slashing damage - (1d8+2)[5]
Claw 2 Attack at Muscle 2 - (1d20+4)[11], Claw 2 slashing damage - (1d8+2)[9]
Bite Attack at Dagger 3 - (1d20+4)[7], Bite piercing damage - (1d8+2)[6]
As usual, should someone fall to 0 HP, they are rendered unconscious. Leftover attacks (should they happen if Muscle 2 falls over after 1 hit) are directed at Dagger 3.

State of the Boot
Initiative: 18
Form: Hungry hungry kitty (medium-sized Deinonychus)
HP: 11/26 (OG Bota HP: 36/36)
AC: 13 natural armor (OG Bota AC: 14)
Speed: 40ft (OG Bota speed: 30ft)

Spoiler: Current mood

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[Lentrax]

Ara does not like anyone with large swords near her. So she reaches out with her mind and pushes against the woman.

She then raises her free hand holding her first two fingers straight up, and rotates her hand around so the fingers point toward her, then flicks them forward, letting a scarlet bolt of energy fly out at the swordwoman.

Spoiler: OOC

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Bonus Action: Telekinesis. Ara will try and push the leader away. She gets to make an Strength save at DC 14.
Action: Fire Bolt. Attack: (1d20+6)[13] Damage: (1d10)[9]

[Archemist]

Spoiler: Summary and rolls

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Bota deals 5 damage to Dagger 3.

I'm assuming Forge wanted to Bonus-action keep Heat Metal going for (2d8)[11] fire but her Con save is (1d20+1)[15].

Dagger 3 steps away from Amigo, who swipes with his shiv but misses. Dagger 3 attacks Bota: (1d20+4)[23] for (1d4+2)[4] and (2d6)[9] sneak attack.
Muscle 2 attacks Rodrigo and they exchange blows.

Strength save for swordswoman: (1d20+2)[5]
She attacks Forge: (1d20+5)[11] Disadvantage if failed Con save: (1d20+5)[21] for (1d10+3)[11] slashing. And again:
(1d20+5)[25] Disadvantage: (1d20+5)[15] for (1d10+3)[7] slashing.

Sorry, I ended up being quite busy yesterday but I should be able to check in on the Roll20 after work today. I will also edit this with a bit more description depending on the rolls.

Bota's biting and clawing is less effective versus the second dagger-wielder than the first. Most of the party suffers similar ill-luck with their follow-up attacks: Forge doesn't find much purchase against the swordswoman, as she ducks easily under her mace. Daniela tries to stab the large man but he uses Rodrigo's coat to catch her blade mid-swing. Kamp's rock goes wide, hitting the wall behind the swordswoman with a loud crack.

The large man with Rodrigo's coat rifles through the pockets and grabs an envelope. "Got it, boss!" he calls. He side-steps, hoping to get away from Daniela's blade.

[Ridai]

The mean dagger man stabs at Big Bota quite successfully. One may imagine the flatulence of a balloon losing air as Bota rapidly shrinks down, back to his small house cat self. Thankfully, most of his wounds are also gone, save for a nick on his paw, which hurts something fierce. Surrounded by angry giants with huge swords, eloquently voices his dismay ("aaaaaaaaa") and shakes, trying to make himself big and mighty again, which naturally happens with a sudden popping sound.

Brief mrowled sigh of relief until he remembers there are Angry People With Knives, to which he responds with a flurry of paws and bites!

Spoiler: Actions

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Due to taking 13 damage while he had 11 HP left, Bota reverts back to his normal self, and takes the excess 2 damage.

Bonus Action Wild Shape (using his last usage of the ability) back into medium-sized cat form, still using Deinonychus stats.

Action Multiattack Dagger 3! One bite, two claws
Bite attack vs Dagger 3 - (1d20+4)[15], Bite piercing damage - (1d8+2)[5]
Claw 1 attack vs Dagger 3 - (1d20+4)[14], Claw 1 slashing damage - (1d8+2)[7]
Claw 2 attack vs Dagger 3 - (1d20+4)[13], Claw 2 slashing damage - (1d8+2)[10]

State of the Boot
Initiative: 18
Form: Hungry hungry kitty (medium-sized Deinonychus)
HP: 26/26 (OG Bota HP: 36/36)
AC: 13 natural armor (OG Bota AC: 14)
Speed: 40ft (OG Bota speed: 30ft)

Spoiler: Current mood

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[Archemist]

The dagger-wielding man smiles as Bota deflates but then immediately frowns in dismay as Bota pops back to jaguar-size. He staggers and looks to be on his literal last straw as Bota continues the mauling.

[Earth Traveler]

Daniela grunted in frustration as her wild dagger swing was deflected away. When the thug pulled out the letter and started trying to scoot away, though, she struck again with renewed determination.

Spoiler: Rolls

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Attack Roll: (1d20+6)[18]

Dagger Damage Roll: (1d4+4)[7]
Sneak Damage Roll: (2d6)[7]

Crit Dagger Roll: (1d4)[4]
Crit Sneak Roll: (2d6)[7]

[JNAProductions]

Having taken a nasty hit, Forge focuses more on defense while she continues the molten assault.

Spoiler: OOC

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(2d8)[11] Fire Damage as a Bonus Action.
And Dodge for the main action.

[Lentrax]

Ara has had enough of this.

And so she lifts up her hand again, and casts it out in front of her like she is throwing a dagger. As she does, four darts of glowing violet light shoot out, leaving streaks of violet afterglow in the air. Two of them collide with the swordswoman. The other two streak down the alley and strike the thug calling out about the letter.

Spoiler: OOC

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Firstly, I am not able to move my character myself, so I added a line to where I would have moved her if I could.

Second, casting Magic Missle. Upcasting it to a level 2, so four darts. I will aim two at the swordswoman and the other two at the one who was getting the letter. (Looks like Muscle 2?)
Darts 1 and 2: (2d4+2)[8]
Dart 3: (2d4+2)[5]

[animorte]

Kamp being at a safe distance doesn't really catch all of the details but, mister-thug shouting to the boss-lady brings everything together. Of course, Rodrigo's position would make an easy target for certain information... And they won't be getting away with it, not if he can help it. "Sorry guys, but you're not walking away with that today."

Kamp mutters a few precise clicking sounds while making his fingers into a walking motion, his arm rising slowly. Centered on the letter-thieving grunt, vines and weeds (covered in creepy crawlies) spring up out of the ground and nearby walls, creating quite a difficult area to move through.

He then moves up as close to the fight as possible (while pulling out his shield and shortsword) in an attempt to help block off this side of the alley should boss-lady attempt to make a run for it.

Spoiler: OOC

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Action: cast Entangle, centered on the mail man. Strength save DC 13 (same for using strength check action to break free if one should fail the first save). And is difficult terrain.

Move up next to Ara and Forge.

Based on the map: ~ It looks like Muscle 1, Muscle 2, Rodrigo, and probably Amigo, Bota, and Daniela ~ are all within the area. Sorry friendlies!

Roll20: Yay, I can move Kamp! And I drew a green oval, my best guess where it should make sense. Feel free to make a minor adjustment if necessary.

[Archemist]

Deciding discretion is the better part of blah blah blah, the swordswoman decides to book it. "Give me that and let's go!" she calls to her people.

They seem surprisingly lucky in avoiding the entangling plants but their focus is on heading down the alleyway. There's the brick (well, metal) wall of Forge and Kamp at one end of the alley and Bota and the amigos at the far end. But they seem to have decided home is past the jaguar-sized cat rather than out into the open streets.

There's a handoff as the first musclebound man hands off the letter to the swordswoman. Daniela makes use of the distraction to stab him in the back of the leg, and he's definitely going to be limping out of the alley if he leaves at all. With his last strength he attempts to give her the ol' one-two punch, though.

Rodrigo's amigo is similarly unlucky - he gets restrained by the plants, and the dagger-wielder conks him on the head real good from behind. He goes down and the plants have to settle for him as their prize.

Bota's teeth and claws continue to wear down the dagger-wielder, who's looking to be on their last legs. But the plants have also grabbed the unfortunate cat.

Aranarei's magic missiles do a good number on the swordswoman, who's also on her last legs, especially as her armor heats up yet more. She seems to have switched strategies and figures if she gets far enough away from Forge the torment will end. Aranarei's missiles also hit the other remaining bully with a satisfying sizzle.


Basically, all the previously-eager combatants are looking very beat up and don't want to stick around.

Spoiler: Summary

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Dagger 3 takes out Amigo. Bota does him 12 damage.
Daniela does 14 to Muscle 1. He flurries back for (1d20+3)[20] and (1d20+3)[8] against her, for (1d4+1)[4] and (1d4+1)[5] bludgeoning respectively. She takes 6 total (with the regular attack from the OOC thread I'd forgot to put here).
Forge does 11 to the swordswoman. She withdraws until she's next to Bota, grabbing the letter from Muscle 1 on the way.
Aranarei does 8 to the swordswoman, who is just about down, and 5 to Muscle 2, who is looking poorly.
Muscle 2 grapples Rodrigo successfully out of the way to make room for her boss.

It's back to being the party's turn.

[Ridai]

Suddenly, plants! Bota Secreta asks himself where it all went wrong, now that Mama Shanty is coming after him like this! What did he dooooo?!

Thoroughly tangled in sudden plants and vines (and getting in his mouth, too, leading to muffled blep and meow noises), the big cat begins to flail and twist and turn in the futile attempt to free himself. The Leader Lady is unfortunate enough to try and get past Bota, and thus is firmly in accidental scratch and bite range.

Spoiler: Actions

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Action Multiattack Leader Lady! One bite, two claws. Disadvantage on the attacks from being restrained.
Bite attack vs Leader Lady - (1d20+4)[14] / Bite attack disadvantage - (1d20+4)[19], Bite piercing damage - (1d8+2)[5]
Claw attack 1 vs Leader Lady - (1d20+4)[19] / Claw attack 1 disadvantage - (1d20+4)[17], Bite piercing damage - (1d8+2)[6] <- supposed to be Claw slashing damage
Claw attack 2 vs Leader Lady - (1d20+4)[13] / Claw attack 2 disadvantage - (1d20+4)[10], Bite piercing damage - (1d8+2)[3] <- supposed to be Claw slashing damage

State of the Boot
Initiative: 18
Form: Hungry hungry kitty (medium-sized Deinonychus)
HP: 26/26 (OG Bota HP: 36/36)
AC: 13 natural armor (OG Bota AC: 14)
Speed: 40ft (OG Bota speed: 30ft)
Status: Restrained

Spoiler: Current mood

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[Archemist]

Bota’s flailing does surprisingly manage to get in a lucky hit and his claw spins the swordswoman around. She tries to steady herself against the alley wall but then faints and slides down it into the welcoming embrace of the grasping plants.