You push through the crowd, with the second group of bobbing heads getting closer, when the sound of bowstrings loosed signals an attack on the party a mere instant before a flight of arrows bursts against Cairn's thick hide. Two small shadows, skitter across the warehouse roof looking for cover.
A scream goes up in the crowd and people start scattering a lot faster. You get a better look at the people approaching you and see a warforged who looks like he was built to be a soldier, armed with heavy shield and sword. A human and orc follow, looking far less well trained. Both wield makeshift clubs and look as if they drank a bit too much last night. . .or are possibly coming off a different kind of high.
A second warforged starts breaking through the crowd, coming up on your flank.
[sblock=ACTION]The enemies on the ground, are still a fair bit a way, and the fleeing crowd counts as difficult terrain. You could get to them with two move actions (or a move and a charge).
They have cover against ranged attacks this round, and a miss might hit a civillian. Area attacks that target all creatures will almost certainly hit civillians this round.
You can target the two snipers. They are 20 squares away and have concealment.
2 Gnome Snipers each make 2 attacks against Cairns AC:
Attack
Each hits once for 22 damage total.
Initiative
Better than 5 = You Guys (You may act in any order)
Narvalla 50/50 hp
Christina 45/45 hp
Nyar 41/41 hp
Cairn 62/84 hp
5 = Bad Guys
Warforged 1
Warforged 2
Goon 1
Goon 2
Sniper 1
Sniper 2
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