Solo Tales of Argosa: Episode 3 "Noonday Execution"

Previously, in Solo Tales of Argosa...
It's high noon. An execution suddenly turns into a battle.

Friends: The Overseer (Grindle the Greedy, Ranger Lv??), 12 Human Guards
Enemies: Doppelganger (HD4), Cultists x3 (HD1) [sword insted of knife, #3 being able to cast spells (Dark Slumber, Gabbling of the Jade Moon)]

[I'm using my custom range band battle mat to represent the battle situation. See here for further detail.]

Surprise round (Enemies)

Having surprised the guards around, the Doppelganger succeeded in freeing the three criminal cultists and arming each of them with a sword from the (supposedly dead) guards missing the night before. 

Amidst the commotion, Cultist #3 (Int16) casts Dark Slumber (range: far, duration: 1d6 x 10 minutes).
Int Check = 10 (success), DDM check = 6 (safe)
Effect: 4d4 HD worth of humanoids in a Close sized area to fall asleep (Helpless), vs Luck(Will)
Actual result: 4+2+3+3 = 12HD, 8 out of 10 Guards(L4) fail to resist (8,17,20,19,17,4 [#8],5,10,3 [#11],16).

The enemies quickly decide on the (easiest) escape route, which is to the right of the the execution site.
Cultist #1 moves to Guard #9 (helpless) and kills him automatically using a Melee action.
Cultist #2 does the same to Guard #10 (helpless).
A path is now cleared!

Round 1
Rolling for initiative. Doppelganger (Init16): roll=14 (success). Enemies act first.

Enemies' turn:
Since it's primarily a rescue operation, the enemies won't waste any effort on further bloodshed and choose to break through. Without being engaged in melee with any guards, all the enemies do double Moves to flee (into the Far range).

Friends' turn:
What will they do? Five obvious choices: i) Check out the fallen comrades, ii) Give chase, iii) Wake up the sleeping guards, iv) Summon more guards, v) Maintain order and safety of the public (now in panic)

Will the Overseer (Grindle) gives chase himself? Consult the Bones: YES-YES-NIL-BLANK
Grindle issues a quick order (one Action) to his captain (relayed by Guard #1) to manage the scene, and then moves out immediately with whoever available (Guards #2, #8, #11).

Should our party join the fray? 
Why not? It's worth a try.
Will the Overseer agree? Consult the Bones: YES-YES-NO (positive)
Cut cries out, "We have quick feet. Use us!" Grindle glances back with a quick nod. Now off we go!


To be continued...