(You know the drill. Every group gets the same mission.)

You are all allowed the rest of the day off. You had the chance to explore the city a little bit and buy some odds and ends. The dwarven blacksmith might be glad to see others of his ilk, since the current dwarven population of Phlan counts exactly three - "An' he ain't on good terms with dem two bitches."

(Make any simple weapon and armor purchases you want - all costs are standard as listed in the PHB)

The night offers some restful sleep in the communal barracks (or elsewhere in the city if you prefer). The poisonous river and high wall form enough of a barrier that monster incursions are a rarity. However, Boros is not taking his duty lightly, and there are plenty of patrols around.

Your day's work is already planned in advance for you. Boros opens a partial map of the slum area. It's a parchment crawling with additions, corrections and smudges from food. The slums seem a mess of collapsed houses and blocked streets. The dragonflight left the entire area in ruins, and it will take considerable time to clear the area once you make it safe. Boros jabs his finger at a particular spot and mutters something about scouts spotting the centre of kobold activity there. After you take care of that and prove your worth, you'll be free to pick your next assignment. He spits on the floor and grumbles that you seem like you could handle this.


Each square is about 250 meters.
+ marks cleared area ("Good work, team!")
- marks mapped but not cleared area ("Might still be some beasties there.")
? marks unmapped area ("Will get to that later.")
The spot Boros indicates is in C2.

The trip to the target area is uneventful. The guards, of course, don't leave the wall or escort you out into the slums. Orders, they say. But you get the impression Boros simply doesn't want to lose his soldiers.

Navigating through the narrow passageways and collapsed houses takes almost half an hour. You get the distinct impression of being watched, but can't quite spy anyone following your movement. The center of kobold activity Boros wants taken out turns out to be a largish, still standing two-storey house with a collapsed roof. It's built of thick stone blocks, and looks more like a fortification than a townhouse. A thin wisp of smoke rises from the place, and even from afar you can smell some sort of stew.



shaded = wall
shaded "+" = barred window
shaded "-" = open window
"I" = door (action or reaction to open or close)
. = rubble (difficult terain)

A single kobold guard paces around the house, muttering about how hungry it is and how unafir life is and how he needs to find a new band to hang on to.

(You can start anywhere on map edge. If you need to run away, you cn do so from a map edge as well. The kobold guard hasn't spotted you yet. He has AC12 and HP5 and is armed with a rusty blade and a sling.)

Abighail slinks out of the shadows near the kobold guard and pulls the lens of the ancient entity out of her shirt.  Letting it twinkle in the sunlight she mutters the words of an eldritch charm and beckons to the kobold. "All the food you can eat," she purrs, "Riches beyond counting.  We are strong and the others don't deserve your service.  Join us and we will make you a king among your kind."

OOC: Start at Q18
Cast Charm Person, DC 12 vs. Wisdom
AC 13  9HP

Gharuk lurked in the ruined building to the south of where Abighail stood in plain view. He'd been shadowing her all along the street, but now he waited; a predator in the dark, his eyes wary for any sign of danger to his sister as he peered carefully around the corner, his shield ready and axe in hand.

Start Position: Q24
Move: W-W-N24
- 13:49, Today: Gharuk rolled 20 using 1d20+2.  Stealth.
Action: Ready Action
- Trigger: The sentry calls an alarm
- Readied Action: Throw Handaxe at sentry (Disadvantage for range)
--13:52, Today: Gharuk rolled 21,16 using 1d20+6,1d20+6.  Readied Attack, Thrown Handaxe.
--13:53, Today: Gharuk rolled 9 using 1d6+4.  Damage.
--13:54, Today: Gharuk rolled 6 using 1d10.  Hit Location = Torso

HP: 14/14, AC: 16, Conditions: (Hidden?)

edit: I've got two actions there; Hide (with the Stealth roll) and Ready. I'm assuming it's ok for the former to be kind of retroactive, getting me into position before Abighail casts her spell.
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With his crossbow raised, Ghorgath measures the response of the kobold, ready to fire if things look bad.

Start Position: Q21
Actions: Ready action
- Trigger; Kobold makes his save vs wisdom for Abighails charm person spell.
- Fire crossbow, miss.
Regardless of readied action, he will also move.
Move:Change weapon to Glaive. Q21-W-W-W-W-NW(L20)
Opportunity attack if kobold flees; Hits AC 19, does 8 slashing damage.

HP: 13/13 AC: 16
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Axe and shield at the ready Ghorza moves forward cautiously keeping the wall between her and the kobolds.  She looks to her left for a signal from her siblings to attack.

START:  Q12 and move to O14
18:52, Today: Ghorza rolled 7 using 1d20+2.  Stealth.

AC: 18
HP: 10

A=Abighail
B=Gharuk
C=Ghorgath
D=Ghorza

The little creature whines and sniffles, its eyes regarding the half-orcs. But the promise of food and riches an strength are too much for its little mind. It stumbles towards Abighail. "Cooked roach and fried bat and all the mattress to sleep on?" it rambles. Then it stops and looks at the building, as if trying to remember something.  Perhaps it  contemplated inviting its brothers and sisters into a new, better life? Be it as it may, it tuned back to Abighail, and hastened to her. "I want!  I want!" it yips and hisses

"You can have everything that you want, so long as you stick with us," Abighail says, hoping that she isn't promising anything that she can't deliver.  The charm spell would only last an hour, after which the kobold would be free and might choose to rethink any deals made.  Moving closer to him, she presents her side.  "We're the New Gang, and we're going to take over this city.  You can join us, and get food and coins and a mattress to sleep on, and other kobolds will do your bidding.  But before we let you join, I need you to answer some questions.  First, how many others are in that building there, and are they all kobolds or something else?  Secondly, what are they doing in there and are any of them due to come out soon?  Third, are any of them your friends or would you rather have all of the food and the loot for yourself?"  This last question was the delicate one since she didn't know what kobold relationships were like, and hoped that evil creatures were as selfish and ruthless as the kids back at the orphanage.

Meanwhile, she sent her thoughts to her siblings so that she didn't have to raise her voice and risk being heard by the others in the building. "We should each cover a door in case something comes out.  When a fight starts, we won't be able to keep the others from hearing.  And be wary of those windows."

Listening to Abighail talk to the kobold, Ghorghath moves to a better position to cover the door. He prepares himself in case a whole heap of kobold come rushing out. Standing still, he listens for noise coming from the other kobolds.

Move: L20-N-N(L18)
Action: Dodge action (gives disadvantage to attacks against him)
Perception check: 12

Once Abighail begins talking to the kobold, Ghorza moves forward hunched over as quietly as she can to the door to cover it.  Nodding to her brother she takes the north side watching both the door and the north.


OOC:

START:  O14 and move to L13
AC:  18  HP: 10

08:19, Today: Ghorza rolled 9 using 1d8+5.  Battle axe dmg.
08:19, Today: Ghorza rolled 14 using 1d20+5.  attack of opportunity.
08:18, Today: Ghorza rolled 12 using 1d20+2.  Stealth.

Gharuk watched the others cover the eastern door and, seeing things well in hand around this side, slipped away unnoticed; a flitting, if rather large, shadow in the dark. As he approached the western edge of the ruin he was occupying, he stopped a moment, conscious of the south-facing window looking out on his position; the open area before him would be a risky dash to traverse without being seen.

Start Position: N24
Move: SW-S-S-L27
Action: Hide
- 08:48, Today: Gharuk rolled 19 using 1d20+2.  Stealth.

HP:14/14, AC: 16, Conditions: None

OOC: Abighail - As I understand it, you require LoS for your telepathy, so I'm assuming Gharuk didn't get your "message"...we'll have to leave the fun of him hearing your voice in his head for another day! Regardless, he's come to the same conclusion as you and is moving to cover the west-facing doors anyway.

A=Abighail
B=Gharuk
C=Ghorgath
D=Ghorza

"New Gang, yes yess." The Kobold nods slavishly, staring up at Abighail. "There will be so much fun. Of course, of course! I could tell the others about it, yes? I am sure they will like miss as much as I do. There are five, ten, many in the house. And the big boss. And the cook. The cook is a good guy, yes he is." The little creature nods its head energetically. "They are cooking lunch, and if they ware my friends, they wouldn't have sent me out, no they wouldn't." It shakes its head, eyes sad. "That made me feel unloved and alone. But then you showed up!" It gives a small yip of happiness, and fishes for a scritch on its filthy head, just like it was a dog or some other pet.

Ghorza moved slowly through the rubble, but luck is with her and she doesn-t make too much noise. Ghorgath is with his back against the rough stone wall. From close up, the two can hear muttering and pot-banging from within the house. Someone is cooking in there allright, and the smell coming out the window is not bad at all. A hungry half-orc just might hear his bowels protesting their emptiness.

Gharuk's moment of caution pays off as a kobold looks out the south-facing window and throws out a bucketful of refuse. It doesn't seem to notice anything amiss, and turns from the window to attend to its chores.

A deep and throaty voice from inside the house starts singing a horribly out of tune and out of place sea shanty.

"Don't worry, you don't ever need be alone again," Abighail says and scratches the kobold's filthy head, then bombards him with questions.  "What is your name, little one?  Do you think you could get the big boss to come out here without the others, like if you were going to tell him a secret?  Oh, and one other thing, have you seen a shadow man that can walk through walls?  Do you know where he comes from?"

Seeing the kobold at the window turn away, Gharuk took the opportunity and dashed out of his cover, across the street and into the cover of the wall in front of him. When he reached his destination, he pressed his back up against the wall and carefully peered out to either side, hoping no-one spotted him in the open.

Start Position: L27
Action: Hide
- 14:35, Today: Gharuk rolled 12 using 1d20+2.  Stealth.
Move: W-W-SW-W-G28

HP: 14/14, AC: 16, Conditions: None

Ghorgath stays still, unmoving, but ready.

Action: Dodge action.

HP: 13/13 AC: 17 Conditions: None.

Trying to control her breathing and readying for combat on case any Kobolds come out the door.

OOC
START: Ready Action in L13
AC:  18  HP: 10