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They do not. Alzar relearns Sleep, prepares a different second level spell and heads out. He has gathered the useful items from the dead bandits but has no wagon to store them in. He secures them in a hidden location in case he wants them later (and to hide them from the bandits). They bandit and Alzar head out to their camp. As they near, they see a camp with four huts and several guards. They have been alerted to Alzar’s presence. The one who escaped is their leader, and both him and his second in command are running the camp. That makes eight people to deal with. Alzar moves in. They have covered all access points. Normally, he could sneak in, but not with them alerted.
He walks calmly up the front, dragging the living bandit with him. The leader smiles and walks out to meet him. “Leave him, and he will be your toll, and you can walk free.”
That’s not a bad deal. If these were someone he could trust to keep their word, like orcs, then he might do it. But they aren’t. He hasn’t seen one thing that would imply they wouldn’t hunt him down or fire arrows at him. Seeing his hesitation, the leader orders his men to fire on Alzar and begins to backpedal. Two bolts have let go before his Sleep has let his lips, and he takes another 4 damage. This time four people fall asleep, leaving the two leaders and two others awake.
Then Alzar wins initiative and casts Continual Light at the eyes of the lead bandit. It works and the bandit is now permanently blinded. And a torch for everyone. Another bolt smashes into Alzar for 1 damage the leader screams out and falls. The second in command rushes up to her leader and bends down and grabs something from his belt.
They win init back. She grabs the potion bottle and drinks it. She turns into a gaseous form and starts floating away. Smart. With one leader blinded, the other fleeing, the other two drop their crossbows and begin to run post haste. Alzar lets them and easily defeats the leader, capturing him and slaying the others.
He uses the leader to tell him about any traps or information on the camp. After learning about the nearby area, and the camp, he slays both the leader and the surviving bandit. Just before he does the bandit cries out that Alzar promised to keep him alive. To which Alzar replied, “Actually, no I didn’t…”
(For actually winning a battle as a mage, Alzar gets full XP for this encounter – 300 XP + his normal 10% bonus for being super smart, so 330 in all)
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