Round One
(this is followed by round two)
Two bandits have just stepped off of the path into the farmyard. Everyone hears their reaction.
"Whoa - that's not a pig!"
"No, it's not."
The first one - we'll call him
Abe - sighs audibly, then calls out more loudly:
"These travelers better have had some food! You were supposed to prepare a meal!" Abe approaches the house and ends his turn just outside the front door.
"Hello? Is there food ready?" Abe is 5' from Kazzak and Antonius through the windows, but melee attacks through the window with anything other than a stabbing piercing weapon will have disadv, canceling the ADV from attacking unseen. They can step away and use ranged attacks without fear of opportunity attacks. Or any of the three of them on the ground floor could open the door, be seen by Abe, and step through to attack (there is enough room for PCs to squeeze past and partially surround him). Abe is 30' from Sora, and Dell has a clear shot at him. He has partial cover from Amnestria from the eaves of the roof.
The second one - we'll call him
Bem - has moved to the wagon to inspect it. He stoops to pick up some coins, giving him half cover from ranged attacks.
"That's weird..." He is 15' from the front door, 20' from the second story window, and 40' from the barn.
Whatever others are coming, they're still on the path.
Grallaria drops down from
Amnestria's shoulder, cutting off any line of sight from the bandits as she drops below the window sill.
Sora runs out from her hiding place in the barn, speeding across the farmyard to jump and kick
Abe.
Abe takes 3 bludgeoning damage!
Sora follows up with a series of punches and slaps.
Abe takes 4 bludgeoning damage!
Amnestria ducks down at the window, following
Grallaria. She's significantly larger than the bird, so the top of her head is still visible over the sill. Amnestria draws a tiny glyph in the air with her wand to refresh her illusion of an empty window. She hopes that helps to keep them both concealed.
Two more bandits,
Chel and
Dhit, enter the farmyard from the path.
"Who is that??"
"She's attacking Abe!"
"Jilted lover?"
"Doesn't matter, she's beating the hell out of him!"
Chel and
Dhit run across the yard to end adjacent to
Sora and
Abe just outside the farmhouse door.
Dell leans out from his hiding place in the loft with bow drawn. Loosing the arrow at one of the newcomers, he then steps back behind cover.
Chel takes 11 piercing damage with a shout of dismay.
Two more bandits enter the farmyard from the path; let's call them
Ene and
Fern.
Dhit yells:
"There's another one in the loft!" Ene and
Fern take cover behind the wagon with
Bem. They load their crossbows,
Readying attacks at the first hero they see.
Two more bandits enter the farmyard; let's call them
Gull and
Huff;
Fern yells
"We've got the archer - you check the house!" Gull and
Huff duck down for a moment, then nod and head back into the trees.
"Follow me!" Berthold bursts out of the front door, and crossbows twang as
Ene and
Fern use their reactions to try and perforate him. Ene's bolt thuds into his shield, but Fern's bolt punches through into his gut.
Berthold takes 5 piercing damage!
Stepping past the scrum of enemies around Sora, Berthold lashes out at the one most blocking the way - Abe - and catches the man in the back of the neck.
Abe takes 12 damage and falls, headless.
Continuing through the space thus vacated,
Berthold continues his charge toward the wagon, coming around the side to confront the three crouched there.
"Zâramu ai-mênu!" Kazzak is right behind the baronet, coming around the other side of the wagon, swinging at
Bem. The bandit ducks and weaves around the swings.
"How many of them ARE there??" Bem wails.
For a moment
Antonius is taken with the image of himself looking down from a high vantage point, directing the battle. But then he steps out of the front door and calls the judgment of
Wee Jas down on
Chel and
Dhit, the two nearest bandits.
"The Ruby Bell does not ring in warning — it tolls only when Wee Jas has already claimed the soul."
Chel takes 7 necrotic damage and drops dead.
Dhit takes 7 necrotic damage and staggers.
This ends round one.
20 - Bandits Abe (Dead) and Bem (half cover)
19 - Grallaria (1/1)
17 - Sora (8/12)
17 - Amnestria (9/9)
17 - Bandits Chel (Dead) and Dhit (-7)
14 - Dell (9/9)
11 - Bandit Ene (3/4 cover) and Bandit Fern (3/4 cover)
10 - Bandit Gull (in the Forest) and Bandit Huff (in the Forest)
6 - Berthold (4/11)
6 - Kazzak (12/12)
3 - Antonius (10/10)
0 - Reynald (4/4), Guilbert (4/4), Olyena (1/4)
