"Madams?  Are you blind?" the halfling<em>man</em>said in a gruff tone, clearly offended "Well, yes, it's been quite a pleasant trip so far,<em>sir</em>."<br/><br/>He gently whips the horses to speed them up, causing them to blow past you, kicking up dust and dirt against your new kimono rather rudely.  He doesn't get too far though, as there is a loud *thud* and an arrow goes flying across the road from the woods, implanting itself in the halfling's skull and knocking him off the wagon.<br/><br/>From the woods rush out a small number of men, likely bandits given that they just killed that merchant, and they wore armor and wielded blades of various sorts, most of them longswords, though one man wore furs and wielded a giant axe.  The woman in the other wagan swore loud enough for you to hear her, and you could hear the sound of a crossbow being readied as horses were ground to a halt.<br/><br/>It didn't look to be a very good day...<br/><br/><div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote">Quote</div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">4 visible targets, two with longswords, one with two shortswords, and the third with a greataxe, and that's just what you can see.  Only the two men with longswords can be reached with a charge, at 50' away, while the others are around 70' away.  You also have the woman and the wagon behind you, with a crossbow.<br/><br/>Roll Initiative, no surprise round.<br/>Longsword1: 4<br/>Longsword2: 19<br/>Shortswords: 11<br/>Greataxe: 24</blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div>