EDITED 10:13 AM EST April 29
Hollister opens up the alley door and steps outside. The cold winter air bites at his exposed skin. It's immediately obvious to him that something big is going on. Buildings all over the city are burning. The firelight paints a sickly orange onto the black smoke rising from the fires. Debris litters the street. People are starting to run out into the snowy streets, many of them still putting their coats on. Children scream.
Of more immediate concern are the two men and one snarling dog standing at the near end of the alley ({M5} and {M6} in N10 and P10, and the dog {D1} in O10). Looking in the other direction down the alley, Hollister sees a wall of some sort blocking his path (between O4 and O5). "Good, a caster," one of the men {M5} says. "That's 100 gold as good as in our pockets."
Sitting on a horse in the middle of the street is a man in grey plate armor {K1}. He's armed with a greatsword. He seems to be watching the events going on in the pub, but it's impossible to tell because his helmet keeps you from seeing his face.
A moment later Korrin moves outside and steps between Hollister and the thugs.
Back inside, Liiros moves next to Torrent, but can't seem to find room to attach the half-orc on the stairs.**
Before Torrent can heal Rashelle, the half-orc in front of her {M4} takes another mighty swing at her with his morningstar. The attack is too high, and Rashelle easily ducks under it.
The half-orc upstairs {M3} peeks out around the corner stealthily and fires a crossbow bolt at Rashelle. The half-orc is not stealthy enough, though, and Rashelle sees him easily. He's also a bad shot. The bolt *thunks* into the wall behind her.
Back outside, the hot air rising from the burning buildings creates eddies and dust-devils of snow. One of the thugs shouts a command and the dog snaps at Korrin, but unsuccessfully. Both thugs swing their saps at Korrin. Both don't even come close to connecting.
While all this happens, the man in grey plate sits unmoving on his horse.
Finally, Torrent manages to drop her battleaxe and cast a spell to heal Rashelle. She then steps away, giving Liiros room to approach.
[sblock=OOC]Lirros needs to make a DC 10 reflex save or take 5 fire damage from the burning debris in G5.
Torrent heals Rashelle for 6 hp.
Okay, now everyone's gone. We're into the next round.
This is actually pretty exciting. I don't know if I've ever run a fight in a burning building before.[/sblock]
** OOC: There's a wall between E6 and F6, so Torrent and Rashelle are in the two locations on the first floor anyone can attack the half-orc from.
