OOC:
Alright, as much fun as a drinking contest would have been, I'm going to call it: Aishwarya wouldn't have stood by and watched these two knuckleheads guzzle a dozen drinks (what it would've taken for Valrakas to win, with him at Level 2 Exhaustion and Baracus passing out).
Baracus and Valrakas toss back two more drinks each. The minotaur belches loudly. As the next drink is served and the two contestants knock their tankards together in salute, Aishwarya has had quite enough:
"Knock it off, you two! If you're both hungover tomorrow you'll be useless to me!" she then snatches the ale out of Baracus' hand and downs it herself, after which she does the same to Valrakas' drink.
"HAR! Tha's wha' I like about ye lass: feisty!" Valrakas laughs, slamming a fist onto the table. The crafty pirate eyes Urban sizing him up.
"An' ye always did surround yeself wit' th' prettiest poppets...these be th' prettiest yet! Why, this one's e'en been cuttin' dolls' clothes out o' his pants! HAR!"
Aishwarya moves astonishingly fast, and in a heartbeat has a
slender curved knife pressed against the minotaur's throat.
"Accept the contract or don't. But don't you dare insult my friends!"
As this thing starts to escalate Urban can sense the three guys that were sitting with Valrakas when you arrived, now hovering in the periphery of the establishment, readying themselves.
"Whoa easy, lass. No needs fer things t' get ugly like. Ease up, I'll sign yer contract. Aye, bring it 'round tomorrow an' I'll put ink t' it." As Aishwarya withdraws the knife, Valrakas smiles.
"Jus' one last thing t' seal th' deal, put our signatures t' this agreement." With a wink he tosses a half-full bottle of rum over his shoulder...right onto the brawniest, ugliest of a table of dwarves behind him. On cue, Valrakas' three cronies smack fists, bottles, bar stools over the heads of the nearest sonuvabitch, and the entire tavern erupts in a full on brawl.
Valrakas springs from his seat and turns his back on you. Is it to charge the oncoming dwarves, or to shield Aishwarya from them?
OOC:
Front and rear exits are both 45ft away through difficult terrain.
The party has initiative. Go.
Battlefield features:
You name it! This place is packed with everything you'd expect to find in a bar, most of which can be used as makeshift cover, shields, or weapons: plates, cutlery, tables, chairs, wine bottles, beer kegs, peg legs, gnomes and halflings (that aren't Erden and Ybus), the ash shovel Urban noticed, the fireplace. There's even a low chandelier to swing from.
