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Rask is rather confused. As far as I can see the Gauchos have been asked to remain by the legal authority and even if the legal authority is reknown for being heavy handed that still doesn't give me the right to impeded them in the execution of their duty.

So I will try to take control of the situation.

Rask stands and turns to the room.

In a loud commanding voice he calls out.
"Under the privilege of nobility I place these people uder my protection until this situation can be resolved without resorting to violence. You men will cease in your attempts to flee and you there tell your men to put up their weapons so this situation can be resolved peacibly."
"No one shall leave this establishment until the details of the situation can be established."

His hand is on the hilt of his sabre but he makes no attempt to draw the weapon

Relaxed and smiling Dulce moves about the room and encourages people to follow Rask's order. "Folks you heard what he said. Stay calm and lets resolve the situation in a civil way."

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Dulce is keeping his eye on the soldiers and other actors as he does this, trying to assess the situation.

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Here is everyone's position at the start of Round 1:

Soldier 1 is the wounded soldier and he is currently on the table.

Like rats fleeing a sinking ship, the patrons and employees of La Taberna de Rosa Dulce spill out of the front, back, and kitchen  doors of the common room as if dragon fire were at their backs.  Hot on their heels are the three gauchos who make for the front door, but the three soldiers confronting them earlier take the opportunity to strike at their backs.  One the gauchos take a slashing blade cut to his back and another gaucho takes a jabbing thrust to his shoulder blade, but the wounds are minor and the fleeing men easily follow the patrons out into the streets of Paz del Sol.  Loud whistles and shouts can be heard from out on the street as well.

Finnur moves closer to the bar and the Inheritor and dwarf, but still hangs back some as not wanting to agitate the soldiers.  Duncan attempts to trip the nearest soldier but only manages to knock is own feet out from under himself and falls to one knee.  

In a loud commanding voice the rakasta calls out, "under the privilege of nobility I place these people under my protection until this situation can be resolved without resorting to violence. You men will cease in your attempts to flee and you there tell your men to put up their weapons so this situation can be resolved peaceably.  No one shall leave this establishment until the details of the situation can be established."

The rakasta noble puts his hand on the hilt of his saber but he makes no attempt to draw the weapon.

Relaxed and smiling Dulce moves about the room and encourages people to follow Rask's order, "folks you heard what he said. Stay calm and lets resolve the situation in a civil way."

Despite the nobles call for order and calmness, the room breaks down into chaos around them.

The Inheritor woman backpedals toward the back door of the common room, and then stops to waves her arms and calls forth upon the divine power of the Immortal Al-Kalim.  Suddenly, the three soldier nearby Duncan freeze in place due to magical forces.

The Sergeant yells to his soldiers, "Stop her!  Stop them!"

The sergeant and another soldier point their swords at Rask, and the Sergeant says coolly, "do not twitch a whisker or you will suffer!"

A soldier moves in front of Dulce with his sword pointed at the man's chest and blocks any movement toward the front doors of the common room.  The wounded soldier that Rask just healed rolls off the table, draws his sword, and confronts the suspicious elf who just walked toward them with his sword pointed at the Finnur's chest.

The three soldiers who attacked the gauchos turn to face the fight that is now taking place behind them, two of them with blood still on their blades.

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Combat Round 1 Recap:

• Finnur waits and sees what will develop.
• Duncan attempts to trip one of the soldiers and rolls a fumble.  He falls to one knee as a result.  Duncan can only make two attacks in a round if he is using two weapon that meet the restrictions for two-weapon fighting.  The trip attempt was his action for the round.
• Rask attempts to bring order to the room with his silky voice.
• Dulce attempts to bring order to the room with is silky voice.
• The Inheritor casts the hold person spell and gets soldiers #3, #6, and #9.  All three soldiers fail their saving throw vs. Spell (2, 7, and 13, respectively).
  
• Soldiers #8, #5, and #10 take a free attack at the fleeing gauchos, and two score hits (7, 18, and 19, respectively).  Soldier #5 does 2 damage to gaucho #2, and soldier #10 does 1 damage to gaucho #1.
• The Sergeant confronts Rask but does not attack him.
• Soldier #7 moves to block Dulce's exit from the main door and confronts him.
• Soldier #1 (wounded) gets off the table and draws his sword and confronts Finnur.
• Soldier #2 moves up and attacks the Inheritor (attack roll 9) and misses.
• Soldier #4 moves around the table to block Rask's exit out the back door.
• Soldiers #8, #5, and #10 turn to face the fight behind them.

OK, Combat Round 2 starts.  Please post your actions and any dice rolls.

The pink triangles are the held soldiers, and the blue circle indicates that Duncan is currently 'prone.'

Here is the map at the start of Combat Round 2:

"I give you all due warning. My father is a personal friend of Barón Hugo de Narvaez y Montoya and our familiies share several business conerns. If you do not turn your blades and proceed to interview these people and attend to this situation in a civilised manner then in may be necessary for me to take futher steps. The consequences of which for you and your families maybe severe."
"How will your cubs and mates survive if you lie rotting in the Baron's prison or worse still in the cold ground?"

Fixing his eyes firmly on those of the soldier facing him Rask issues a low growl and bares his teeth.

Duncan struggles to his feet and heads as quickly as possible toward the Inheritor and the back door.

Quote from: jibbajibba;555565"I give you all due warning. My father is a personal friend of Barón Hugo de Narvaez y Montoya and our familiies share several business conerns. If you do not turn your blades and proceed to interview these people and attend to this situation in a civilised manner then in may be necessary for me to take futher steps. The consequences of which for you and your families maybe severe."
"How will your cubs and mates survive if you lie rotting in the Baron's prison or worse still in the cold ground?"

Fixing his eyes firmly on those of the soldier facing him Rask issues a low growl and bares his teeth.

Dulce points to Rask. "Gentlemen I suggest you listen to this man. Baron Hugo de Narvaez y Montoya is indeed a close ally of his father. This fact is well known."

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Finn looks around, keeping his hands visible, and waits to see what develops. If the soldier in front of him shows any sign of being distracted, Finn will cast Charm Person on him and star behaving as on old friend of the soldier's. Otherwise, he will follow directions as long as the soldier has a sword leveled at his chest.

It was as if some freakishly localized cyclone struck inside the common room of La Taberna de Rosa Dulce that was touched off by the gauchos precipitating the mass exit of the patrons and staff once it was announced that they were all going to be held for questioning by 'El Jaguar Rojo.'  Outside of the center of the storm, chaos reigned as the Inheritor, Finnur, Duncan, and several soldiers jockeyed for positions at and through the back door of the inn which opens onto the streets of Paz del Sol.  In the eye of the storm was the sergeant, several of his men, Rask, and Dulce who remained calm but poised for action at the drop of a hat.  

"Privado Ventura!" the Sargento barks at the soldier who just took a swing at the Inheritor with naked blade, "Don't kill her, Timoteo!  Pedro, help him subdue her!"

The soldier yells quickly and loudly in response, "Yes, Sargento Mendes!"

"Jeremias, Telmo!" the Sargento continues to command his troopers, "Subdue the Small One!"

The admonished soldier quickly sheaths his sword and tries to hit the Inheritor with a hook shot, but she dodges the incoming blow at the last moment and it narrowly misses her.  The soldier that was brandishing his sword at Finnur a moment ago gives the elf, sheaths his sword, and runs over to the Inheritor and tries to hit her with a kidney punch.  However, his leather-gloved hand was no match against the plate mail the Inheritor was wearing and the attack was ineffectual.  The two soldiers nearest to Duncan quickly sheath their swords as well and moves around and between their comrades that are held in place by the Inheritor's spell to confront the dwarf who is standing up.  Both the soldier immediately start raining fist blows at Duncan, and one soldier lands a glancing blow off Duncan's chin while the other soldier lands another glancing blow to Duncan's temple.  Both shots to the head hit the dwarf hard and rock him slightly, but Duncan maintains his senses and continues to running for the exit.

Turning to his left slightly, but still with an eye on Rask, the Sargento says in a commanding voice, "Aristodemos, Nicodemo!  See that the Don does not leave as well."

The two soldiers quickly move in front of Dulce with the swords still in hand to block his potential exit toward the main doors of the inn.  Although they have their swords drawn and are brandishing them at Dulce, it is clear that they are not bloodthirsty and are going to harm Dulce if he makes no foolish moves.

Suddenly, Privado Pedro Alves yells from over by the back door, "She's got Timoteo with her Legacy!"

Indeed, Privado Timoteo Ventura has fallen victim to her Legacy and instantly became encased in what looked like a reddish-clear crystalline structure.  

A heartbeat after the Inheritor activated her Legacy she yells into the common room as she turns and carefully withdraws the back door of the inn, "Flee!  Don't be captured!"

Seeing that the soldier who confronted him was distracted when ordered by the Sargento, Finnur decides to try and fatten his odds of coming out of this situation on a good side by casting his charm person on the distracted soldier.  Although he shielded his movements from the rest of the soldiers in the room by slightly turning his torso, Privado Alves turned and looked right at Finnur when he cast his spell and saw him do it.  There was a split second of frozen time before two things happened; firstly, Finnur realizes that his spell does not affect the soldier, and, secondly, the soldier's eyes go wide in the realization that the seemingly passive elf has suddenly attempted to cast a magic spell on him.

"Sargento Mendes!" Pedro yells, "The elf is a wizard!  He tried casting a spell on me, Rafael!"

Having been caught with his hand in the cookie jar so to speak, Finnur's flight or fight instinct kicks in full force and he flees for the back door of the common room following after the Inheritor woman.

The Sargento yells back while still keeping his eyes on Rask and Dulce, "Get him too then!"

Finnur was quick as his darted around the encased Privado Ventura and out the back door, and Pedro tried to land a brutal kick to bring down the running elf but he missed and his booted foot slammed into the door frame.

Duncan was fully on his feet when the soldiers landed their blows to his head, and the dwarf quickly flees his attackers and runs for the back door of the inn following the Inheritor out of the inn and onto the street.  However, Privado Jeremias Barros and Privado Telmo Simões had no intention of getting yelled at by Sargento Rafael Mendes and they try to wrestle Duncan to stop him from exiting the inn.  Privado Barros tries to throw a leg lock on Duncan, but the dwarf deftly hops out of the way.  At the same moment, Privado Simões attempts to put an arm lock on Duncan, and the young dwarf shakes his arm vigorously with enough force to break free of the soldier's hold on his arm.

Having just broken free of the two soldiers assailing him, Duncan runs hot on the heels of the fleeing elf around the encased soldier toward the back door.  The only soldier contesting the door at this moment, Privado Pedro Alves, attempts to hastily stop the fleeing dwarf by clawing at his face nearly and gouging out his eyes, but Duncan powers through the attack and breaks free as he strides out the door and to his left along the northern exterior wall of La Taberna de Rosa Dulce.

Throughout all this chaos raging about them at the center of the room, both Rask and Dulce remain cool and collected while trying to maintain civility and order through station and force of personality.

"I give you all due warning.  My father is a personal friend of Barón Hugo de Narvaez y Montoya and our families share several business concerns.  If you do not turn your blades and proceed to interview these people and attend to this situation in a civilized manner then in may be necessary for me to take further steps.  The consequences of which for you and your families maybe severe," Rask says in his best noble tone to the Sargento and his men.

"How will your cubs and mates survive if you lie rotting in the Baron's prison or worse still in the cold ground?"  Rask adds as he fixes his eyes firmly on the Sargento facing him Rask and issues a low growl as he bares his teeth.

Dulce clearly felt that the rakasta was able to explode into action at any moment and, trying to maintain the current stalemate of non-violence in the center of the room, he points to Rask and says in best noble and knowledgeable tone, "Gentlemen, I suggest you listen to this man.  Baron Hugo de Narvaez y Montoya is indeed a close ally of his father.  This fact is well known."

Sargento Mendes raises an eyebrow to both Rask's and Dulce's words, and then smiles at Rask as he quips in a non-pulsed and conversational tone, "you are a long way from home, rakasta.  Please do nothing foolish to land yourself in trouble and need your papai to bail you out."

The Sargento demeanor and tone takes on a more serious tone though as he continues speaking to both Rask and Dulce now, "now, this will all be sorted out shortly and quickly if you both surrender your swords immediately.  I am sure that brevity of Lieutenant Pereira's questions will take into action your cooperation now, and your station.  Hand over your swords now, Senhors, if you would be so kind."

"Privado Mateus, Privado Babajide, please accept Don Rivera's sword and see that he has a comfortable seat," Sargento Mendes says to the two soldiers confronting Dulce.

Looking back to Rask, Sargento Mendes says, "Privado Matos, please accept the sword from the son of a friend of our Lord, Barón Hugo de Narvaez y Montoya."

From outside on the street, everyone hears the whistles getting closer and a  lone shout, "Los Matónes estão chegando!"

"Los Elegidos are coming!" another loud voice rings out over the din.

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For all the Player Characters:

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Combat Round 2 Recap:

• 04 - Soldiers' Initiative
  
• 09 - Inheritor's Initiative
  
• 10 - PCs Initiative

• The Sergeant directs the other soldiers and still looks to block or restrain Rask while still brandishing a longsword.
• Soldier #10 moves to block or restrain Dulce while still brandishing a longsword.
• Soldier #7 moves to block or restrain Dulce while still brandishing a longsword.
• Soldier #4 to block or restrain Rask while still brandishing a longsword.
• Solider #5 sheaths his sword and moves to Punch attack Duncan and hits with a glancing blow, doing 1 subdual damage.  No K.O. achieved.
  
• Soldier #8 sheaths his sword and moves to Punch attack Duncan and hits with a glancing blow, doing 1 subdual damage.  No K.O. achieved.
  
• Soldier #1 sheaths his sword and moves to Punch attack the Inheritor and misses.
  
• Soldier #2 sheaths his sword and moves to Punch attack the Inheritor and misses.
  
• The Inheritor activates her Amber Paralysis Legacy on Soldier #2.  Soldier #2 fails his Save and is affected.  She then turns and flees out the door.
  
• Rask attempts to persuade/intimidate the soldiers to sheath their swords and stand down.
• Dulce attempts to support Rask's play and convince the soldiers to stand down.
• Duncan flees and moves 60-ft. through the back door and out onto the street behind the inn.
• Finnur casts the charm person spell on the Soldier #1, and Soldier #1 makes his Save vs. Spell and is not charmed.  Soldier #1 realizes that Finnur tried to cast a spell on him.  Finnur flees moves 60-ft. and out the back door of the inn and outside the building.
  
• Soldier #1 takes a free Wrestle attack at Finnur as he runs through the door and misses.
  
• Soldier #1 takes a free Wrestle attack at Duncan as he runs through the door and misses.
  
• Soldier #5 takes a free Wrestle attack  at Duncan as he runs by and misses.
  
• Soldier #8 takes a free Wrestle attack  at Duncan as he runs by and misses.

Here is everyone's position at the start of Round 3:


Please post any action, intentions, and dice rolls for Round 3.

For Finnur and Duncan:

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As you run outside the back door of La Taberna de Rosa Dulce and out into the streets of Paz del Sol, you find yourself hot on the heels of the Inheritor woman.  You all run along the north wall of the inn up to the stable yard fence.  You can see people moving off the street and away from the Inn in both directions and you see several people jump the wooden fence surrounding the corn field on the north side of the street.  You can Luiza, who is one of the barmaids of the inn, standing just on the edge of the corn field and she is motioning for you come her way with her hands.  A few seconds later, she turns and disappears in the corn field like the others.  Other people further down the street at the intersections are gawking and gathering down the street trying to figure out what is going on.  You can clearly hear whistles and shouts from the other side of the inn from the streets.

You hear someone shout, "Los Matónes estão chegando!"

"Los Elegidos are coming!" another loud voice rings out over the din.

Duncan scowls at the 'Small One' comment from the guard captain as he heads for the exit, and shakes his head to clear some ringing from the last head blow.
 
Once outside the door, Duncan looks at the Inheritor and Finnur questioningly and points toward the corn field, intending to run that way as long as they do. (Otherwise he plans to keep following the Inheritor).

Feeling at this point that he has done his best to refrain from violence and find a peaceful solution. Rask finally springs into action.

Rask will feint left then move low to the right past the man in front of him and spring at Sargento Mendes.
Using Torasta he will attempt to grasp Mendes sword wrist and use his momentum to move past him whilst pushing his arm behind his back. The aim it to either flip the sargento or to end up moving him to the right away from his guards and behind him with his arm in a lock.

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Tell me what I need to roll.
Need to confirm a thing
What armour is Mendes wearing? I am assuming chain or a Conquistador style breastplate with bare arms deal.

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(sorry,  misssed the update in my email)

I lower my head to the Sargento, preparing to surrender my weapon. "Forgive my boldness senor. I only wished a peaceful outcome for all. Please accept my weapon and appologies."

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I use my ability to make objects explode on the Sargento's person. Smething believable if possible---for example if he has any gunpowder or combustible oil.

"Into the fields!" the Inheritor said to Duncan and Finnur as she started running across the street to the southern fence.

Finnur and Duncan follow her lead and run straight away for the corn field.  However, just as she gets close to the fence the Inheritor stops momentarily and looks back into the tavern and straight at Privado Alves.  Time seemed to dilate for an instant where Pedro and the Inheritor locked eyes across the street, but it only lasted a fleeting moment because as soon as she made eye contact with the soldier the Inheritor turned and scrambled through the southern fence of the corn field right behind Duncan and Finnur.  The trio quickly made their way into the corn field and started running north through the field.

Privado Alves moved to the doorway and locked eyes with the Inheritor and he knew that she tried to use her Legacy on him like she did with Timoteo.  He resisted with all his might and fought back with his force of will, and he was able to throw off her magical attack on him.  He watched as she turned to run and follow the elf and dwarf into the corn field as they tried to escape.  He stepped into the doorway blocking entrance and exit from the common room at the back door brandishing his sword.  

"They are escaping into Julio Costa's field across the street!" he turns to yell back into the common room.

When he looked back into the common room, he was surprised to see that the calm standoff between the rakasta and Sargento Mendes exploded into a fight.  The tension between the rakasta, Don Rivera, and the soldiers had been building and finally broke when Rask decided he had had enough.  As much a credit to his bravery, or foolishness, Rask sprung into action against the armed Sargento and his men.  Sargento Mendes was watching for the signs showing that the rakasta would launch his attack, and he saw it in the twitch of the rakasta's whiskers a split-second before he coiled to spring, and, in that dilated moment of time, a smile of satisfaction crossed Sargento Mendes lips momentarily.  

Ignoring the armed man behind him, Rask springs into action and tries to move low into an attack on Sargento Mendes.  However, Sargento Mendes anticipated Rask's attack on him and had his own moves planned out as well.  Sargento Mendes moves into Rask and tries to hit the rakasta with the pommel of his sword.  The intentions of the two warriors clashed into each other like storm waves on a rocky shoreline.  Rask narrowly avoided the sword pommel as it touched the whiskers on his face, and bound upward with powerful knee to Sargento Mendes' solar plexus.  There is an audible Whoosh! sound as the air is suddenly expelled from Sargento Mendes' lungs, and the man staggers back a couple of steps.  However, much to Rask's surprise, the man still stood ready for a fight after that terrible blow.

Rask didn't have much time to ponder Sargento Mendes' stamina because in an instant the soldier behind him and the two near the bar swarmed the young rakasta lord with a vicious series of fisticuff blows.  The soldiers quickly sheathed their swords and surrounded Rask throwing blow after blow at him.  Several blows landed squarely on Rask, but he shook them off with his adrenaline rush.  

At nearly the same instant that Rask made his move on Sargento Mendes, Dulce made a play as well.  

He lowered his head to the Sargento, preparing to surrender my weapon, and said, "forgive my boldness, Senhor. I only wished a peaceful outcome for all. Please accept my weapon and apologies."

Just as Rask's knee connected with Sargento's chest, there was a thunderous explosion that emanated from Sargento's belt pouch engulfed the four soldiers and Rask.  Everyone was flung off their feet and to the ground.  There were moans of pain and shock.  

The two soldiers facing Dulce wasted no time and both soldiers moved into hit Dulce with the pommel of their swords, but Dulce was able to barely sidestep both the blows and avoid being hit by the attacking soldiers.

Suddenly, a single gun shot rings out from the street outside the front of the tavern, and then several more shots ring out.  There was an eerie moment of silence after the gunshots, but the void of sound was quickly filled by the screams and shots of people out in the street.  The distinct smell of smokepowder started to waft in through the open doors to the street.

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For everyone:

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Combat Round 3 Recap:

Here is the Initiative order for the round:

02 - Rask and Dulce
03 - Inheritor, Finnur, and Duncan
05 - Soldiers

DM Notes:  1.)  The corn field halves all movement; 2.)  All the soldiers are wearing studded leather armor, and are armed with a longsword and dagger.

Here's how Combat Round 3 went down:

• Sergeant attempts to hit Rask with the pommel of his sword.  He attacks first since he has his sword pointed at Rask (+4 weapon vs. unarmed, -4 weapon for subdual), but his attack misses.
  
• Rask attacks Sargento Mendes with Torasta and kicks him in the vitals for 5 subdual damage.  No K.O. is achieved.
  
• Dulce attempts to use his Detonate Legacy on Sargento Mendes' belt pouch (he's not carrying oil or smokepowder).  Sargento Mendes fails his Save vs. Spell, and the Detonate blast does 8 damage to Rask, Sargento Mendes, soldiers #4, #5, and #8.
  
• Duncan runs 20-ft. across the street and through the fence into the corn field.  He then moves 20-ft. through the corn field to the north.
• The Inheritor runs across the street to the fence of the corn field and looks at the soldier in the doorway.  She uses her Amber Paralysis Legacy on soldier #1.  Soldier #1 succeeds at his Save vs. Paralyzation and is unaffected by the Legacy.  The Inheritor turns and runs 30-ft. into the corn field and to the north.
• Finnur moves 20-ft. across the street to the southwestern corner of the corn field, and then moves 50-ft. through the corn field to the north.
• Soldier #4 sheaths his sword and attempts to Punch Rask from behind, and lands a glancing blow doing 1 subdual damage.  No K.O. is achieved.
  
• Soldier #5 moves into combat and attempts to Punch Rask, and fails to land a kidney punch.
  
• Soldier #8 moves into combat and attempts to Punch Rask, and lands a wild swing but with no damage.  No K.O. is achieved.
  
• Soldier #1 moves into the doorway and looks out into the street and corn field with his weapon drawn, and barring entrance and exit into the common room.
• Soldier #7 tries to hit Dulce with his sword doing subdual damage, but misses.
  
• Soldier #10 tries to hit Dulce with his sword doing subdual damage, but misses.

Here are the maps for everyone's position at the start of Combat Round 4:




Rask has taken 9 damage (8 real and 1 subdual), and is prone in his current position.
All the soldiers around Rask are down on the ground and prone as well.

Please post your intentions, actions, and dice rolls for Round 4.

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Finn will continue following the Inheritor.

Duncan also continues running after the inheritor as fast as he can on his stumpy dwarf legs, glancing behind occasionally.
 

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Base move only 9' as a dwarf. Looking back, are we making an obvious trail as we crash through the corn?