Conan, I added an Unarmed Strike "weapon" to your character.
Their Ac is 13, they are slightly drunk.
Damage
Conan 4 NL
Bobble
Yang
Yin
Ldr
1 9 nonlethal
2
3

  Conan swings and easily connects, rocking the man back with a powerful blow.  But these guys seem to have some brawling/fighting experience and the thug manages to avoid the worst of the damage.  But he does have blood coming from his lip and you don't think he can take another hit.  Bobble calmly keeps drinking with 1 hand.  His other hand is below the table.
  The leader turns on Yang.  Seeing an opponent that is less, alot less imposing than Conan, the leader throws a punch at Yang but misses.  He must be distracted by the big wall of muscle behind him (demoralized).  He blusters, trying to cover up his pathetic attack, "Just stay out of this stranger unless you want me to get serious."  Meanwhile the other 3 continue to focus on Conan.  2 continue to punch and miss as Conans armor is tough to attack around.  However, the 3rd one has an idea and tries to grapple the halforc, and almost manages to get a hold on him.  Only a timely distraction by Yang foils the thugs attack.  The manager keeps yelling, "Outside, take this outside."  But apparently no one is listening to him.
  It is clear from everyone's accents that you(Conan, Bobble, Yin and Yang) are all for over the mountain and from the same country.
  Yang does not attack.  He is fighting defensively while trying to distract the attackers (Aid Another on Conan's defense).  Yin is trying to help the other customers and stay out of the fight.
This message was last edited by the GM at 22:31, Mon 06 Apr 2020.

Conan continues his attack on the first person, who attacked me first and connected his attack.   Swinging again first along with moving to get out of the flank.   He swings and misses but he still moves 5'back to the right if possible out of the flank.


OOC:10:53, Today: Conan rolled 10 using 1d20+6. to hit.

Bobble shakes his head and takes another drink. Holds action again.

I will assume everyone is doing the same thing until there is a major development.


Their Ac is 13, they are slightly drunk.
Damage
Conan 4 NL
Bobble
Yang 1 NL
Yin
Ldr
1 18 nonlethal, and unconscious with a couple points of lethal damage
2
3 7 nonlethal

Conan - miss
Ldr - miss
1 - miss
2 - miss
3 - Grapple
Conan - breaks grapple
Ldr - miss
1 - miss
2 - Grapple
3 - miss
Conan - breaks grapple
Ldr - miss
1 - miss
2 - Grapple
3 - miss
Conan - breaks grapple
Ldr - miss
1 - miss
2 - Grapple
3 - Grapple
Conan - breaks grapple
Ldr - hits (1 NL vs Yang)
1 - miss
2 - Grapple
3 - Grapple
Conan - breaks grapple
Ldr - miss
1 - miss
2 - Grapple
3 - Grapple
Conan - breaks grapple
Ldr - miss
1 - miss
2 - miss due to Yang distraction
3 - miss due to Yang distraction
Conan - miss
Ldr - miss
1 - miss
2 - miss
3 - Grapple
Conan - hits while grappled
Ldr - miss
1 - miss
2 - miss
3 - Pins Conan
Conan - breaks grapple
Ldr - miss
1 - Grapple
2 - miss
3 - miss
Conan - hits while grappled, knocks 1 out and is not grappled
Ldr - miss
1 - out
2 - miss
3 - miss

  Yang torments the Leader by gracefully weaving around, not letting the man get a good shot at him.  The leader manages to get 1 hit, but it barely connects.
  Bobble finishes his drink.
  The men who might have wanted to get into the fight decide not to, probably after watching how easily Conan was breaking grapples and how hard he was punching.
  Conan vs the 3 thugs becomes a wrestling match.  1 would get a hold, Conan would shake him off, but before he could start swinging, another would get a hold.  Conan managed to get a couple of swings in, but kept missing.  It looked grim at 1 point when Conan got grappled by 2 of them, but he shook them both off.  Finally he started using different tactics.  Once grappled he would just deliver a body blow to his grappler.  Finally, Conan knocks an opponent out and send him over to bounce off the chair the manager is holding leaving a little blood on the chair.
  The manager tries to put down the chair, but can't seem to let go....and then the chair grows teeth and licks the blood off itself.  Then the chair back violent slams into the manager as it shapechanges into a squat mass with a pseudopod sticking to the manager.  It looks like it may just eat the manager right in front of you.  The manager is still struggling, but from the looks of it he can't unstick himself from the adhesive.  None of the thugs have noticed the toothy chair yet, but several people have and there will soon be screams aplenty...
OOC; before you post your reaction to the toothy chair, please post any talking you do during the minute of battle with the thugs...



By the way, this adventures name is "The Table Laughed."

This message was last edited by the GM at 14:31, Tue 07 Apr 2020.

"Sorry Bobble," says Conan as he draws out his heavy flail and charges the manager with the angry chair with teeth.   (IF MY FORMER COMBATANTS GET IN MY WAY TO THE MANAGER, CONAN WILL JUST BOWL THEM OVER, LIKE A FREIGHT TRAIN OR AT LEAST TRY.)(In short, I'm ignoring the former fighters for the newer threat.)


OOC: 16:03, Today: Conan rolled 5 using 1d20+3.  INITIATIVE ROLL TO SEE WHO GOES BEFORE ME, Bobble vs. me + monster (Purpose here is to save the uppity manager who is an innocent bystander.
16:08, Today: Conan rolled 16 using 1d20.
16:08, Today: Conan rolled 16 using 1d20.  possible bull rushes.

Mimic! Watch out for the adhesive! Someone pour some alcohol on the manager! Hurry! Bobbin will then shoot the already prepared crossbow at the mimic. Initiative slightly better than

16:36, Today: Bobble rolled 18 using 1d20+7.
This message was last edited by the player at 23:38, Mon 06 Apr 2020.

Response during the fight with the leader;
    "Sir I don't mined helping you warm up for your thrashing by Big Green over there.  But this won't help unless you put in some effort."
Then after his first hit "Sir, sense you're obviously in advancing years, maybe you should go get your sister or daughter, they might KNOW how to hit."

     After the Mimic appears. "Thanks for the dance sir but, there's a real threat over there." Yin says "something in a language"

Yin channels positive energy selecting out the mimic and the 4 ruffins.
Yang casts a spell, and his hand glows black.  He moves over to flank with Conan, drawing his weapon as he moves and tries to touch the mimic.
This message was last edited by the GM at 11:22, Tue 07 Apr 2020.

I am still using the same initiatives.  It's the same fight, but a new monster has joined it.

Damage
MIMIC 15  grappled
Manager -? grappled
Conan
Bobble
Yang
Yin
Ldr
1 18 nonlethal, and unconscious with a couple points of lethal damage
2
3 7 nonlethal

  Conan draws out a cold iron flail as he moves over to attack the mimic, bringing the weapon down on the chair (15 dam).
  Bobble reaches down, picks up his crossbow and shoots, but misses.  There is just too much going on (ie cover) between him and the Mimic.
OOC: Shooting into melee -4, cover -4
  Yang casts a spell (no Aoo as opponent has no weapon out) and his hand starts glowing black.  Then he moves over to touch the mimic (drawing a weapon in the other hand as he moves), but misses. His hand is still glowing.
OOC: you have a held charge
  Yin moves and concentrates and everyone within 30' of her feels a wave of energy flow over them(heals 6 dam).  Though the Mimic and thugs don't heal any wounds.
  As Conan draws his flail the 3 conscious thugs look grim and draw out their daggers...and then they get a view of the toothy chair trying to eat the manager.  Their eyes bulge as they turn and flee out the nearest door, leaving their unconscious comrade behind.
OOC: Conan needs to make a DC 15 Reflex save or his weapon is stuck to the mimic.  If it get's stuck he can try a dc 15 str check (as a standard action) to pull it off.  If Conan still has his weapon in hand he can get an Aoo on one of the thugs with his flail if he wants to...and thinks it's a good idea?
  Most of the crowd starts panicking and backing away, and there are a couple of screams.  About half of the watchers start picking up the stuff and look like they are going to flee, leaving maybe 15 people still watching the fight.  As the crowd part you see a foreign ("Asian") girl dropping a book onto the table.  She looks over at the mimic with a weirdly calm look, stands up, moves 5', then her robe seems to elongate and grow a "pseudopod" out 10' to snatch a big mug off a table and tries to dump it on the mimic.  However, she misses.
  The mimic seems to be intent on eating the manager, but seems to want to get away from the big guy with the flail.  It drags the manager under the table and continues to constrict him.  The manager screams from the pain but continues to weakly struggle.  He is still alive, but just barely.
This message was last edited by the GM at 17:42, Fri 10 Apr 2020.

Bobble will drop the crossbow, scoop up a bottle of alcohol from a nearby table, and will move to dump it directly onto the manager and mimic.

Conan will swing with the flail hitting either the table or mimic, he not to sure all he know is that the weapon is stuck on the monster good enough that he'll draw out his broken short sword of a dagger to fight with from now on.


OOC: 13:16, Today: Conan rolled 11 using 1d20+4.  Reflex save.
13:15, Today: Conan rolled 21 using 1d20+6.  To Hit w/ flail

Yin will move back 5' and then channel positive energy again.
Yang will reply to Conan as he grabs the table and pulls.  "If you will allow me to help you, you can get a better swing."
This message was last edited by the GM at 10:53, Wed 08 Apr 2020.

Damage
MIMIC 48  unconscious, seriously wounded, dying
Manager -? unconscious, seriously wounded and stable
Conan
Bobble
Yang
Yin
Ldr
1 18 nonlethal, and unconscious with a couple points of lethal damage
2
3 7 nonlethal

OOC:Lifting and Dragging: A character can lift as much as his maximum load over his head. A character’s maximum load is the highest amount of weight listed for a character’s Strength in the heavy load column of Table 7–4.

A character can lift as much as double his maximum load off the ground, but he or she can only stagger around with it. While overloaded in this way, the character loses any Dexterity bonus to AC and can move only 5 feet per round (as a full-round action).

A character can generally push or drag along the ground as much as five times his maximum load. Favorable conditions can double these numbers, and bad circumstances can reduce them by half or more.


  Bobble swiftly, well as swiftly as little gnome legs move, darts across the floor and grabs a mug off the table from above the mimic and splashes directly onto the mimic. He can tell that it works because the struggling manager is able to struggle more freely now.
  Conan's flail initially got stuck to the mimic, but as he is trying to pull it off it comes loose due to Bobbles actions.  He's about to swing it but pauses when Yang says "If you will allow me to help you, you can get a better swing " and starts trying to shift the table.  Things are not going well until the girl in the magic robe(?) says, "Hmm, that's a good idea."  She reaches out with the robe and grabs the middle of the table next to Conan and helps Yang flip it over, almost hitting Bobble in the process(he made a ref save), "Oops, Sorry."  There is now a table sized wall(4'tall) between Bobble and the mimic.
  Yin steps back and channels again, healing the manager of 6 hps.
  With a clear view Conan swings and lands a mighty blow, opening a nasty wound in the mimic.  The adhesive is gone for now so the flail does not stick.  The manager continues to struggle, but even without the adhesive he can't seem to break free from the monster.
  The mimic Constricts the manager until he stops moving, takes a bite and then lets him go.  The manager lies bleeding on the floor with a massive bite wound.  If he isn't dead, he soon will be.  Then the mimic picks up the bench between it and Conan to use as a improvised shield.
Conan swings again, but his flail is deflected by the bench/shield.  Yang manages to touch the monster, doing damage but not quite bringing it down.  Bobble moves 5' and pokes at it with his rapier, hitting and taking it down. The mimic lies on the floor bleeding mimic blood.  The girl in the robe moves over and touches the manager, and his wounds stop bleeding.  A black cat comes up beside her.

<Orange>The battle is over, what are you going to do?
This message was last edited by the GM at 19:08, Sun 12 Apr 2020.

Now that was strange. Well, even stranger than having it appear here. It acted like it was starving to death. Perhaps it had a spell on it?

Yin sees that the manager is stable and goes over to the mimic and casts a spell, causing it to stop bleeding, "-starts in unknown language- wanted a bite, poor thing."  Her brother Yang starts an argument in the same unknown language.  They go back and forth a bit before Yin says "Fine, has anyone ever complained about bite marks on there butts?  Maybe it's a nice mimic." and moves over to look at the manager.  Yang facepalms as if this discussion has happened before, then turns to Conan, "you can give it a clean death, yes?", gesturing at the halforc's "dagger"(ie; short sword).
This message was last edited by the GM at 17:42, Wed 08 Apr 2020.

While the beautiful siblings(Yin and Yang) are talking the girl with the magic robe(?) uses it to carefully move the manager to the nearby table.  The black cat jumps up and meows at the girl who responds "Really Chito," and then to Bobble "Pardon me sir, you know about mimics?  You think this one was starving or maybe a spell?"  Her accent is very strange, she isn't from around here.
This message was last edited by the GM at 17:43, Wed 08 Apr 2020.

I am no expert, but it is very strange that a mimic would be in an occupied room like this without attacking someone already. It didnt act until that thugs blood got on it. That makes me wonder if it was under a spell of some sort. Kind of makes me wonder about the rest of the furniture... Hmmm, is there any loot? Bobbin will quickly deliver a precise thrust of his rapier to finish the thing off.

After Bobble kills the mimic and Yin is healing the manager, the cloaked girl and black cat go over to the mimic and starts using a dagger to examine it.

  Yin cast a spell on the manager and heals 7 dam.  Then she moves over to the thug and says, "Could you leave the mimic there for a moment, I'm not quite done with it."  She turns the thugs head toward the mimic and channels positive energy (1 hp healed).  As the thug wakes up she says "You should get a better class of friends.  They left you to die.  Luckily" pointing at Conan, "he was here and he's just a big softy with a forgiving heart."  In an aside to Conan, "Don't smile while I am upselling, it ruins the effects."  Back to the thug, "I would suggest you go to your local healer and get something for the headache.  I would suggest aspen bark tea."

  Yang meanwhile says "Greetings friends I am Yang, that's my sister Yin.  Thank you for kil...subduing that mimic."  Then to the mysterious cloaked girl, "Your accent sounds like our mothers."

"I, thank you for the assist with the attack on the Mimic and the table," says Conan to both the beautiful fellow and magically robed girl.   "I was after all trying to save the manager."   He continues and when he sees that the battle has ended and Yang has introduced himself and sister, Conan will introduce himself as well.   When asked to do the honor of the final blow to the creature, he'll agree until he notices that Bobble has all ready done that with his rapier, but will offer anyway, "Need a bigger sword, Bobble, ole chap?"

The cloaked girl pokes around the mimic a bit with her dagger.  She doesn't seem squeamish at all, more curious than anything as she goes "Hmmm, Chito look at this, hmmm, hmmm."  While this is going on a woman comes in from upstairs and rushes up to the unconscious manager, "What has that brute done to my husband" as she stares at Conan.   And then she get a glimpse of what the cloaked girl is dealing with she goes white and says hysterically, "What is that thing?"  More staff are appearing and taking control of the situation, though they don't seem to know what to do about all these strange, and some heavily armed, characters.  And with the manager unconscious no one seems to be in charge.

Bobble looks at the strangers gathered around the dead mimic. It sounds like we are all from over the mountains. My name is Bobble. I came here seeking a bard who is apparently my father. I know the big guy said he was looking for a bard as well.

In reply to Bobble (msg # 46):
   " Really Master Bobble..." intones Yin "...We to search for a bard that is our Father," finishes Yang, then in unison, with a note of disdain     "Diridon the Dashing!"
This message was last edited by the GM at 10:42, Thu 09 Apr 2020.

Conan looks at all the people coming back into the inn and hangs his head crestfallen with his index finger pointing in the air by saying, "I didn't do.... I tried to save him."    In response to the lady's rebuke.



OOC: From this distance can I tell if the manager is alive.    Mainly breathing by his chest going up and down?   19:51, Today: Conan rolled 13 using 1d20+5.  heal check.    If I can here is the heal check I rolled.

OOC:  The manager has had multiple healing spells and abilities used on him, yes he is alive.

  As the group chats the crowd around them disperses as the staff takes payments and customers leave.  Only Conan responds to the managers wife.  Finally the cat looks toward the front door and meows at the still unnamed cloaked girl who suddenly looks up from her examination of the mimic "What, yeah that's a good idea."  She gets up and casts a healing spell on the manager who returns to consciousness.  After he is updated on the situation and your statements are corroborated by witnesses he takes control, and just in time as a well armed group of guardsmen arrive.
  The manager takes control and you eventually find yourselves eating a nice (free)dinner at the semiprivate table near the front door.  There introductions are made and you discover 4 of you have the same story;

However, how can this be as Bobbles(age 46) father was a gnome, Conans(24) a human and Yin/Yangs(17) was a halfelf.  According to what Bobble heard, Diridon the Dashing "He left all sudden like.  It wouldn't surprise me if he got run out of town by a group fathers and husbands with the way he was carrying on."  The manager can tell you he got a letter and left for Dawnton, a town a couple days away to the west.  This DtD is a 40-50 year old human male, good looking and a fine entertainer...and quite the womanizer.  Only Makoto doesn't seem to have the same backstory.
  The cloaked girl with the black cat introduces herself with a formal bow, "My name is Makoto Kowata(18), it is a pleasure to meet you.  This is my friend Chito, I hope we can all be good friends." She is a witch from the orient(the other side of the world) and is on a wandering journey as is customary for witches from her society when they become adults.  Admittedly, most witches don't usually go quite as far as this.  She knows who her parents are but hasn't seen them for 2 years.  She is averageish in looks with long straight black hair, but she has a weird formal way of talking and gives off a strange vibe.  She appears to be a little absentminded as well.
  According to Makoto the mimic was still young("teenager") and starving.  Apparently the rat population at the inn has almost disappeared, probably thanks to the mimic.  The local population of stray dogs and cats have also seen a decrease and food has been disappearing from the kitchen, so they put in a night watchman with a dog last week.  Mimics breed by budding/splitting, usually in 2 but sometimes more than 2.  So there is a possibility of there being more of them around.

Please give a description and introduction of your character.
This message was last edited by the GM at 13:02, Thu 09 Apr 2020.

Conan is 6'2" and weighs around 230, with violet eyes and mostly Human features but is a Half-Orc.   He wears an archaic knightly armored breastplate.   His great sword is of archaic vintage as well.   Someone with knowledge in nobility would know that it is from a monastic order.    Conan's hair is jet black with auburn highlights naturally.   He has an average intelligence but is still is intelligent, most people just think because of his strength he must be stupid and he isn't that at all.

He wears a great axe (FALCHION) on his left side and a heavy flail on his right, his longbow is on his back and his broken short short sword turned dagger is also on the right.   What he wears under his breatplate is a double breasted leather shirt and form fitting pants, on his feet are knee length doe skinned boots.

Even though he has an eight charisma, he really is a likeable sort of guy, that is once you get to know him and can overlook the fact that he is a Half Orc.   He moves rather fast for someone of his size and he's quite hearty.
This message was last edited by the player at 04:17, Fri 10 Apr 2020.