Alexander rolls his eyes, Good sir, on second thought, you might want to stay silent...for your own good. We'll handle this.
Indeed. I am sure we can arrange for a swift divorce. Andrea wrestles up the woman and takes her outside with Radomir
Othniel nods to his fellow councilors as they step through the doors. Quickly, he motions for some of the Kobolds to attend them, then steps closer to his liege, just in case something unexpected happens.
Andrea is able to wrestle the woman up and frog march her out the door to Radomir as the Kobolds swarm around, trying to be useful.
The man is still rather confused by the goings on and is beginning to get frustrated by this interruption.
Alexander squints up at the sky, The last one. Let's end this. He takes off after the last raven.
Finnegan says to the man, "My apologies for all of this, truly. Please, accept this for your troubles." He places a pouch of coin on the counter. "If you wish to initiate divorce proceedings, feel free to file the requisite paperwork with the magistrate. I suspect that the magistrate will rule you have quite excellent grounds to do so, and your marriage will be annulled quickly."
With that, Finnegan follows Alexander out of the shop and off in whatever direction he is heading.
Andrea notices Alexander heading off and summons the guards. Jail this woman and make sure to gag her since she may very well be able to use magic. Andrea has a few kobolds act as scouts as she follows the raven.
The man accepts the gold and the guards escort the woman to jail to be tried later and the lot of you follow a bird that appears to be heading out of town via the main road. Judging from the pace of the bird, it is likely the woman is now running.
[b]Shall we requisition some horses?{/b]
Alexander nods, Radomir, Andrea, find us some horses. Finnegan, Othniel, don't lose sight of that bird!
"Understood!"
Finnegan watches the bird, keeping as close an eye on it as he can while still moving forward to keep it in sight.
Andrea goes and gets some convienant horses. Guards! Bring horses, we are in pursuit of a criminal.
Some guards shortly bring over some horses borrowed from a nearby stable.
Andrea has no idea where she is. Maybe she should stop sitting backwards on the horse?
Othniel takes his eyes off the bird only as much as needed to steer his horse around obstacles, easily keeping it in sight. "I've got it. Follow me."
"I'm right with you." Finnegan sets his horse to a gallop and rides along with Othniel, keeping his eyes on the bird, occasionally glancing down to avoid obstacles.
Being mounted, you begin to catch up to the young woman. Though with horses being rather noisy, she does hear you coming and can see you off in the distance down the road. At the sight of you closing in, she abandons the road in favor of the woods, hoping the trees will slow down your horses.
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Radomir mounts and gives chase.
Andrea lets the more woodsy members of their group apprehend her.
The woman chooses the densest part of the forest to run into as she attempts to evade capture and/or death.
Finnegan unflinchingly follows the woman, riding his horse into the underbrush and easily avoiding the trees and branches in his way. As he rides forward, he studies the woman, noting her movements, so he can easily track her down.
Alexander ducks his head and races off after the woman.
If I'm reading the cavalier stuff right, I don't need to make ride checks?
Edit: read wrong don't take armor penalty on ride checks
. Yay he keeps following her
half damage
. Failed 1 point of will damage and 6 fire for 7 total
Undeterred, Radomir relentlessly pursues the woman through her wall of fire, Lance at the thready to strike!
Knowing that she now has no chance of running away, the young woman turns around and casts a spell that sends a wall of fire passing through all those who made the ride check to follow her.
Fire damage, Reflex save dc 16 for half. If you take any fire damage, make a Will save DC 16+ for Wisdom damage.
While Alexander avoids most of the damage, he does seem a bit confused as he comes out of the fire. Blinking a few times, he shakes his head to try to clear it. The tall man rides low on the back of his horse and smiles, casting a spell beneath the woman.
There's no escaping now, cultist!
Andrea allows the others to secrue the woman.
Crashing to the ground as he misjudges his ability to duck a branch, Othniel gets up, dusts himself off, and chases after the others.
Finnegan easily shrugs off the effects of the Wall of Fire, hardly noticing the flames at all.
Finnegan grins, and decides to blind the woman a bit. He drops a globe of darkness around her, blocking her sight.
The woman stops in place as the Grease appears underneath her. She then begins casting something, but then a globe of darkness drops over her. Then she lets out a stream of curse words.
Radomir pulls to a halt, lance ready to strike
Finnegan, the darkness doing nothing to obstruct his vision, stops advancing his horse and unloads several arrows into the woman.
Andrea follows in and casts Dispel Magic at the darkness
Finnegan's attack drops the young woman.
Alexander nods as the woman falls, his darkvision piercing the darkness. Councilor, I imagine you can handle the trial for the other?
Indeed, we can use truth spell to see if there are any other cells around
"We should have brought her in for questioning, to make an example of her."
There is merit to that idea. However, Finnegan's arrows were quite on the mark and so she has fallen.
The tall man nods, We have at least one. That is all we need. Now, I have to prepare to debate that rabble rouser again. Alexander frowns, We need to know more about him, as well.
"Oops." Finnegan says, as he goes to collect his arrows, dispelling his darkness. "I figured she'd be like the one back at the midwife's house and able to take a few hits."
"Oh, when you debate him, thank him for notifying us of the trouble with the cult of Gyronna. We should also tell him that next time he finds out any problems, he should just bring them to our attention so we can address them instead of shouting in the public square. Things get fixed much easier that way."
This one didn't have the other half of the ring. He scowls, Which means this isn't over. But, for now, it will have to do.
Othniel walks up, leading his horse. He also has a bit of a bump on his head from that low-hanging limb. "What did I miss?" he asks, looking a bit sheepish and rubbing his head.
We finished off a cultist, and found a genie who granted us wishes. Too bad you were sleeping.
"The cultist was also not as strong as the false midwife was - she died fairly easily."