ROUND ONE
OOC:
Initiative is not important at this stage, but I will track the event in rounds both because there is a time element and to keep track of PCs' actions.
Something panics the horses, and they begin their frantic charge, careening the fancy carriage they are drawing through the crowds just inside the eastern gates of Grayhaven. The driver, caught by surprise, is flung backwards when the team leaps forward, and barely manages to catch himself on the side. Someone inside the carriage yells with alarm. Findal,
Eozindra,
Elysia,
Morik, and
Bramlin each get battered by hooves as they leap clear, but
Adran and
Elowin clear out of the way with no damage. In the split-second after the horses pass, several party members heroically leap to grab onto the carriage.
Adran manages to catch the carriage and hauls himself aboard;
Bramlin tries to grab the carriage as well. His outstretched hand hooks onto some elaborate scrollwork and he is yanked off of his feet, too.
Adran and
Bramlin get themselves secure, then turn to help the driver, but the jounce as the carriage strikes another pedestrian dislodges the man, leaving the artificer and fighter alone on the buckboard, trying to take control of the team before it crashes. The crystal-clear voice of the albino half-elf
Eozindra rings out with encouragement for
Adran -
"You can stop this!" - granting the artificer bardic inspiration.