Hasan continues to help the family to safety, setting the children down just inside the gate then turning back to assist their injured father.

Inanah looses an arrow at one of the humans; it finds its mark but fails to take him down. Kathra takes out another kobold with a solid blow from her warhammer. N'Rell grazes a kobold with his ray of frost. Isolde hits one of the humans, badly injuring him.

Hasan safely delivers the children inside the gates. Bencor hands off the prisoner to one of the keep guards.

Next round.

Human 1 (Kathra): badly injured (-8 hp)
Human 2 (Kathra): badly injured (-8 hp)
Human 3 (Isolde): badly injured (-7 hp)
Kobold 1: dying
Kobold 2: dead
Kobold 3: dying
Kobold 4: dying
Kobold 5 (Isolde): injured (-1 hp)

Hasan assists the father and mother into the keep, then draws his sword and prepares to enter the fray.

With a fluid motion Inanah set to finish the human she had injured, an arrow straight to the throat.

OOC:
Attack 21 to hit human#2
Damage 9 piercing+ 5 sneak(piercing)
Move closer to the gate if possible
19:45, Today: Inanah Nightbreeze rolled 21,9,5 using 1d20+5,1d6+3,1d6.  Shortbow attack, shortbow damage, sneak damage.
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"Hullo! Dropping off one Very Naughty Boy." Bencor said to the guards manning the gates, his tone and face much darker than the content of his words. "Alright if he stays with you lot and think about what he's done? Be back for him later. Please and thank you." he growled, tossing the guards the rope tether then spanking the raider on the backside with the flat of his blade to drive him forward into the keep.

Isolde turned, keeping her shield between her and the attacking human raider, and making an off-balance swing with her war hammer at the pesky kobold nipping at her knees. "Gah!" she muttered, unsatisfied with her own form.

Hit AC11 for 8 damage vs. Kobold #5. I'm guessing that's a miss.
14:17, Today: Isolde Glibhammer rolled 11,8 using 1d20+5,1d8+5.  attack kobold #5.

Kathra watches another arrow strike one of the humans crowding her in with their ineffectual strikes. She adjusts her swing, and effortlessly strikes down the other human, glancing over at Isolde as she hears the shieldmaiden's curses.


Attack 21, damage 11 on Human 1
22:02, Today: Kathra Silvernode rolled 21,11 using 1d20+5,1d8+3 ((16,8)).

Inanah's arrow strikes its target in the throat, killing him. Kathra takes out one of the remaining humans with a powerful blow; N'Rell takes out the other with an icy blast. The last kobold slips past Isolde's armor and stabs her. She swings at it, barely missing.

Meanwhile, the woman and her husband make it inside the gate with Hasan's assistance.

Next round.

Human 1: dead
Human 2: dead
Human 3: dying
Kobold 1: dying
Kobold 2: dead
Kobold 3: dying
Kobold 4: dying
Kobold 5 (Isolde): injured (-1 hp)

The remaining Kobold didn't seem to hold N'Rell's interest - at least not as much as the prisoner they captured. He followed the guards who took custody of the man.

The kobold's knife must have cut deep. Isolde swung wildly, attempting to finish off the vermin with a power-house blow that falls far from the mark.

Natural 1 to hit. Cripes.
19:50, Today: Isolde Glibhammer rolled 6,11 using 1d20+5,1d8+5.  kill the last kobold?

After swatting down several attackers with a few deft strokes, Kathra steps to flank the remaining kobold with Isolde. In her thick south-dwarven accent, she offers the last swing to Isolde. [Language unknown: "Fi wite comtr lo lesiv ilenno sta, sheughave. Inetno p hatilllin eenro, prpous et oeran."]

Like a cat encouraging another cat to play with its food, Kathra tries to keep attention on the two dwarves while the remaining refugees flee into the keep.



Moves to flank kobold with Isolde. Holds action in case of surprise attack.

If kobold provokes attack of opportunity, or another target shows up, hits AC 23 (first die was higher on advantage roll anyway). Damage: 6

22:01, Today: Kathra Silvernode rolled 23 using 2d20+5, dropping the lowest dice only ((18,11)).
22:06, Today: Kathra Silvernode rolled 6 using 1d8+3 ((3)).

Isolde, you would have advantage on your attack.


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OOC: DM - are you using the "flanking = advantage" optional rule?

Bencor squinted over his shoulder and sees that the women were finishing off the last scaly dregs. He sticks a thumb and finger in his mouth blows a hard whistle at them.

Seeing the humans fall Inanah shot towards the last remaining enemy, but since she was anxiously glancing around for the dragon, her shot missed. And not only that, but her arrow almost grazed Kathra as she suddenly moved to flank the kobold, passing her almost close enough to touch. The arrow clattered harmlessly on the ground past both Inanah's attended target and Kathra.

Cursing quietly about her sudden clumsiness and deciding to concentrate to keeping an eye to the sky, she shouted to the other women. [Language unknown: "Ousastout of, sietecun u ta vorlesnce ce es. Ecutol artmi plfoei."]

OOC:
Rolled natural one on the attack. I'm going with the PHB rule that it's always a miss and not the optional rule that there's special consequences, other than some narrative fluff.
19:50, Today: Inanah Nightbreeze rolled 6,6,5 using 1d20+5,1d6+3,1d6.  Shortbow attack, shortbow damage, sneak damage.

Hasan waits at the gate with his sword drawn, prepared to attack any raiders who dare to approach, and ready to help shut the gate as soon as the rest of his group is inside.

Inanah's arrow misses the kobold and almost hits Kathra instead. The kobold stabs Isolde again, then Kathra strikes it down.

A shadow falls over the two dwarves as they retreat into the keep. The guards shut the gates after them, sealing the party inside the structure.

End combat.

Isolde shook off the worst of her wounds as she hustled into the shelter of the keep. It seemed  The stabbings were not as deep as they first seemed.

Recover 5 hp using second wind.
12:40, Today: Isolde Glibhammer rolled 5 using 1d10+1.  Second wind.
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At Innanah's call, and with the last of the immediate foes down, Kathra rushes to the gate, lockstep with the shield maiden.

Once the gate is closed, Hasan sheathes his sword and turns to the guards. "Who's in charge here?"

One of the guards points to the main building. "Governor Nighthill runs Greenest. He and the master of the keep, Escobert the Red, are inside coordinating the defenses." He glances up at the dark figure of the dragon in the sky above them. "You'd best get inside, too. It looks like the dragon's considering another pass."

Isolde grunted and secured her war hammer to its straps, though she kept the heavy, squarish shield on her arm. She surveyed the interior of the keep for carnage, following the guard's finger pointing to the main building. She gave Kathra a grin, despite the grim situation. "Well fought, all. But this day is not yet over!"

With a hand now free, Isolde could assist in keeping the prisoner secure while the group moved to meet this Governor and Master of the Keep.

Taking a flask from the inside pocket of her coat, Inanah toasted the air, took a tiny sip and said, "Cheers for making it alive." Then she looked up at the dragon above and took another sip. "And here's some numbing for when we'll be digested in the dragon's belly." Grinning to her own black humor, she put the flask back and headed towards where the guard had pointed the authorities were.

"We didn't do bad at all for a group working together for the first time." She didn't talk to anyone in particular, just made conversation while they walked.

Hasan notices the dragon overhead and hurries inside along with the others. Indeed, this is far from over, he thinks.

Once everyone is inside, he seeks out Nighthill and Escobert to deliver the prisoner and find out how they can be of assistance.

N'Rell watched the others enter the keep with mostly smiles and a sense of accomplishment. He did not share their excitement. He knew this would be a long night. Finding shelter to regroup was only the first step. N'Rell moved over near their prisoner and called over the guardsmen, motioning to the prisoner. "Our guest here was part of the attacking force. Is there somewhere we can take him appropriate for questions?"

Kathra enters the keep with the gates shutting behind her. She scans her surroundings, taking stock of the situation and listening to the conversation with guards, gathering in all the information she could.



She nods in accord, sliding her warhammer into the shield straps and hanging both over one shoulder, then asks of the crowd in general, "When it is safe tae open th' gates again, Ah woulds loch tae going back out lookin' fur other survivors. Will onie ay ye join me?"

Exhausted, she realizes her accent is thicker than usual. She repeats herself, carefully enunciating. "Later. Find other survivors. Join me?"