Startled horses occupy the first two stalls of the stables, past that the gloom obscures features.
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Valaric draws his katana as he enters the stables looking into the gloom to see what lay in wait.

" The name is Valaric, I wield a sword well for one of my age. I look forward to venturing with you all."

You hear skittering in the dark.

" Whatever is in here is capable of taking down a man, there is a dead stable hand in one of the stalls."

Continuing to advance slowly, wanting to make his way to the dead body. Taking it slow so others might join him if they are inclined.

Lucia heard what the swordsman said about the body as she entered the stables and cast a spell which enveloped herself with a shimmering field.  "Litrix di wer Suiaerl"

Stepping to one side of the entrance, she prepared for things to get nasty.

OOC: Lucia casts Mage Armor.  AC now 15.
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Tappis took a look around the room for signs of the rodents as well as signs of a ladder or something similar that he could climb onto. "Valaric, I'll see if I can find some high ground to spot the target. I'll either join you, or make use of the vantage point, depending on what I see."

18:48, Today: Tappis Moonwhistle rolled 13 using 1d20+3.  Perception.
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Glorandal says, "Hey, there's a dead stable hand over here!" as he rushes over to the dead man and inspects his body for cause of death and anything else he can figure out.

19:22, Today: Glorandal Jozeiros rolled 8 using 1d20+5.  Investigation.
19:24, Today: Glorandal Jozeiros rolled 14 using 1d20+1.  Medicine.

Glorandal you see that the corpse has been gnawed.

The squeaking gets louder and you see four rats, one attempts to attack Glorandal barely missing. Roll for initiative.
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21:10, Today: Valaric rolled 21 using 1d20+3.  Initiative

20:19, Today: Tappis Moonwhistle rolled 20 using 1d20+4.  Initiative.

Geoffrey enters the stables through a continuation of his sneaking. He flattens himself on the wall to slowly and sneakily get inside, his blade loudly grinding or scraping on the ground. He waits sneakily for the rats to move.

09:17, Today: Geoffrey rolled 5 using 1d20+1.  Initiative.

OOC: 20:25, Today: Lucia Bardakci rolled 22 using 1d20+2.  Initiative.

As soon as Glorandal realizes that the man has been gnawed on, a large rodentine snout shoots out of the shadows, razor sharp teeth barely missing his arm. Glorandal yelps, jumping back away from the body and would-be attacker.


20:30, Today: Glorandal Jozeiros rolled 13 using 1d20+2.  Initiative.
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Initiative order           hp
22      Lucia Bardakci     14/14
21      Valaric            20/20
20      Tappis Moonwhistle 15/15
19      Giant  Rat A        ?/?
17      Giant  Rat B        ?/?
15      Giant  Rat C        ?/?
13      Glorandal Jozeiros 10/10
12      Giant  Rat D        ?/?
05      Geoffrey           25/25
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Tappis watched the rats make their move, and waited for the shot to open up before releasing an arrow from his shortbow.

Move: up a ladder, onto a box, anything that'll help me get a decent sight on a target, or just away from rats I see
Action: Shortbow Attack hits AC 22 for 6 Piercing + 5 Sneak Attack
-if I need to wait for a target to get in melee with an ally for sneak attack, I will use Ready Action with that as the trigger

02:40, Today: Tappis Moonwhistle rolled 6 using 1d6.  Sneak Attack.
02:40, Today: Tappis Moonwhistle rolled 22,5 using d20+6,d6+4.  Shortbow Attack.

Valaric quickly strides forward,"Ausa maskaulat ent Uskeche" .
Slashing at a giant rat in a two handed strike, pale blue flames leaping from the blade to engulf an adjacent rat in flames.

Cast green flame blade. Base damage was 13 plus crit part. Flame damage is 8 with critical.

03:57, Today: Valaric rolled 26,13 using D20+6,d10+4.  Katana attack/ damage 2 handed.

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Staying against the wall by the door, Lucia made a gesture with her right hand and shouted, "Ixen Bluthel!"  A fiery red beam of magical energy flew out of her outstretched hand towards the closest rodent.

OOC: 07:40, Today: Lucia Bardakci rolled 23,7 using 1d20+6,1d10.  Fire Bolt to hit and damage rolls .

 The rat squeals as it is burned alive by a hurled bolt of flame.

A second rat shrieks it's death cry as flames leap from a sword to devour it.

A third rat bellows in pain as it is pinned to the ground in death.

Glorandal makes a quick motion with his arms and hands, thrusting his fingers towards the rat that tried to bite him, "Pilin anqualë!" he shouts as three flashes of light burst from his hand striking the rat.

06:30, Today: Glorandal Jozeiros rolled 2,5,5 using 1d4+1,1d4+1,1d4+1 with rolls of 1,4,4.  Cast: Magic Missile (Damage).

The last rat you can see falls to the straw bedding.