The Meeting at Deepnight

The Seller begins to stammer, as the least he expected was to be courted.
"I... You... Well..."
You notice that he begins to blush and his goons begin to snicker. The blushing turns into a full on red face, as he says "excuse me for a second" and abruptly turns and kicks the two men behind him in the shins.

"Now, what were we talking about before we were so impolitely disturbed? Right, right. I'm rather busy today, with our fortunate meeting, but perhaps we can arrange a more pleasant meeting sometime? A less crowded one perhaps? I'd be honored to wear this token of yours, in fact I'll wear it now until we meet again."

His sleaziness is palpable, but hey - whatever it takes to get the job done, right?

The Seller takes a step forward and all proud with himself for scoring a deal as well as a date, offers his chest for you to place the tracking pin on. As soon as you do so, he extends his hands to you - one holding the big leather pouch, the other expecting to receive your "diamonds".

"Am really looking forward to be meeting you again. Now, we'll be on our way..."


The toll for passage out of this barn is that egg. I’m sure you will hand it over peacefully so I don’t have to take your lives instead."




The little display of courtship and pleasantries comes to an abrupt end, as a
party a husky half orc and two humans burst into the barn.






"Bloody Welcomers! Sorry love, gotta scram."




As he finishes his sentence, the Seller knocks the big pouch down hard; with a big flash and a lesser bang, the "egg" explodes and chaos ensues. The Seller and his goons, knowing the true nature of the "egg" are prepared and exit the barn through a hidden back door as the rest of the barn occupants scramble to regain their sight.

Being caught completely off guard, the Thug and his Bandits are blinded for this round.

[ +- ] Battle map & info

That’s weird. Don’t know why it posted twice.

Everyone but Gazza - who was daydreaming of ale and kebabs, is stumbling around trying to regain their sight. The Welcomers' formation is no more and they're scattered around.

Gazza lands a staggering blow at the thug and a lesser - yet effective smack on the bandit.

The egg acted as a flash bang, so its effects aren't permanent. Baddies are up. Bandit no.2 moves to AC10 and shoots an arrow with great gusto at Merana with his light crossbow. Bandit no.1 rapidly unsheathes his scimitar and slashes at Gazza. Gazza is also at the receiving end of two mace attacks from the Thug.The arrow zooms past Merana's head and hits a nearby post; the initial attack from the bandit scrapes Gazza's armor and the Thug's mace misses them by an inch; the follow up mace swing smashes Gazza's shoulder though.

Gazza's warhammer meets Thug's face. Thug's face not so pleased with making said acquaintance.

Blood and a sole tooth are spewed at Gazza's direction, making him lose his second target out of excitement.

As Gazza's attention shifts to the bandit adjacent to him, the Thug decides it would be a good time to disengage and back away towards the door.

The two bandits, watching their Thug in charge back away turn and attack Gazza and Merana; they preferred to clash with these adventurers than meet the Thug's mace up in person.