Max is going to wait for them to fall asleep.

Clay is going to be as still and quiet as he can, waiting to attack until an opportunity presents itself.

Niall will wait to attack depending on the outcome of the incantation that is being cast at the men that are threatening them.

In reply to GM (msg # 60):

I thought I could choose those I was trying to affect, as the spell is specifically targeted, rather than being like Fireball where it just explodes in a sphere and is friendly fire.

Sleep:

“The spell may target either:
 1. A single creature with 4+1 Hit Dice (see Hit point modifiers in the Ad-vanced Fantasy Referee's Tome).
2. A total of 2d8 Hit Dice of creatures of 4 HD or lower each.”

Fireball

“Flame streaks towards a point within range and detonates in a 20' radius sphere. 
  Damage: Creatures caught in the fire ball suffer 1d6 damage per level of the caster, with a successful save versus spells indicating half damage.”

I was trying to just target the two men, if Sleep works differently in OSE, I’ll just hold off on it.
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I thought friendlies weren't in the 'sphere', but there isn't one. ??????

It's one target or every creature within range, affecting up to 2d8HD, starting with the weakest. No distinction between friend or foe.
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Yup, it doesn't say otherwise, you're right. She can always wake us up though! ;-) I think!

Alrighty then, I’ll just throw a dagger at the guy closest

17:02, Today: Enigma rolled 69 using 1d100 ((69)).

Going back and forth to figure out who does what OOC is of course fine but if you actually wait IC you're going to loose your action.

Enigmas spell fizzles unfortunately so that's her round and it doesn't look like there'll be a sleep spell coming.

The two men stand roughly side by side between you and the passage to the cellar, 5' or so from waterway leading east. No one have closed to melee yet but they're about to.

What do you do?

"Damn rats gnawed on me good, you guys think you can take care of the light work?" He asks his friends. "If they turn out to be a real problem, I'll still jump in." He tells his mates as he raises his sword and shield.

Clay stands behind Maximilian and readies his dagger. He won't attack until his target is already in melee.

11:12, Today: Malus Aerden rolled 8 using 1d20 with rolls of 8.  Dagger Throw. That’s a miss I’m pretty sure.

Malus' dagger flies wide, clatters against the wall and disappears in the fetid water with a splash. The shorter man smiles wickedly.

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Niall, what do you want to do? Looks like both Max and Clay waits for you.

Niall will attack one of the men threatening them, slashing with his blade.

OOC: 08:32, Today: Niall Mallory rolled 7 using 1d8+2 with rolls of 5.

08:31, Today: Niall Mallory rolled 19 using 1d20+2 with rolls of 17.  attack

Clay smiles as Niall strikes one of the men. He instantly begins moving as silently as he can with the intention of flanking that man and stabbing him unexpectedly.

Niall opens the throat of the lanky man and he crumples to the floor, blood gushing into the sewer canal.

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It says in the rules that the GM should roll for Move Silently but in this case I think you should do it Clay. It says 20% for a 1st level thief. If you succeed, go ahead and roll attack with the +4 against the squat man (Shank), otherwise you attack normally.

OOC - target 1+20 but Clay rolled 70
Clay was not as quiet as he thought he was and the target looked towards him as Clay thrust at him with his dagger.

17:03, Today: Clay the Curious rolled 7 using 1d20 with rolls of 7.  Attack with dagger target is 18
17:10, Today: Clay the Curious rolled 1 using 1d4 with rolls of 1.  Damage
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"Goodbye Shank, time to die!" He closes and runs his sword straight through the man's heart!

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07:59, Today: Maximillian Yragerne rolled 10 using 1d8+2 with rolls of 8.  damage. – 10

07:58, Today: Maximillian Yragerne rolled 20 using 1d20+2 with rolls of 18.  to hit. – 20

The squat fellow avoids Clays dagger and thrusts with his short sword but slips in the muck, swears and misses the agile thief. Max comes up beside Clay and runs him through.

Then two things happen. The first thing is that Xalten crawls out from the passage to the cellar only to see his friends beset by the assassin. The other thing is that another man -dressed in robes- steps out from behind the corner to the waterway, raises his hands, mumbles a few arcane words and a magic missile shoots out from his hands to strike Niall straight in the chest (6 damage)! The figure then start to turn, seemingly to run away.

Xalten, just having cleared the passageway sees the back of this robed assassin a few yards ahead. The figure doesn't seem to have noticed you.

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Nice! Two assassins down but one to go.

Someone roll for initiative. I rolled a 1. If you roll a 1 we'll go again, otherwise you're first and can go ahead and act.

08:53, Today: Maximillian Yragerne rolled 6 using 1d6 with rolls of 6.  initiative. – 6

Timing was everything. Why Xalten had chosen this moment to appear from the cellar, he could not say. What he had been doing down there, he would not say. What he had planned now, was anyone's guess. But some robed wizard has just emerged from shadows to shoot a magic missile at his friends, and that would simply not do. The elf stepped forward quietly, sword in hand, and sought to stab the figure in the back - but the figure moved at the last instant! Did he get him?

13:27, Today: Xalten rolled 10 using 1d20+2 with rolls of 8.  attack roll, sword.
13:28, Today: Xalten rolled 3 using 1d8+2 with rolls of 1.  dmg.

OOC: First in-game post, two terrible rolls!

Clay moves slowly, waiting until the robed fella turns to face Xalten, he plans to stab the geezer in the back if possible, or to attack him as late as possible (just before the wizard acts) to ensure one og them gets another go next round.

Xalten creeps up on the robed assassin and stabs it in the back and it crumples into a heap on the walkway, dead. All you can hear is the trickle of water.

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Combat over! That's actually a hit, the mage had terrible AC (10, so you'd hit on a 9 or more) and low HP.

That's another 10 experience for each of the assassins for a whopping total of 30 experience points to divide among you. I'll start tallying it all in the journal thread in time.

Glad that was over, Niall invoked the power of Torm, and healed a little of the damage that had been inflicted upon him.

OOC: Lay on hands to heal 2hp.