Dino isn't done.
Yes, Ivar is busy this round. Bart is making scary faces. Malok and Janz are firefighting.
The peck can help put down the grounded one or something, but diplomacy is not an option.
tick tock
Ok, the peck decides not to do anything this round except piss off the GM (fourth down preparing to punt -this is a 3 day absence, 1 more and you are GONE and I will not grant you the weekend lax anymore either. I'm getting annoyed ).
Arsonist on the ground attacks Dino.
hit
PCs are up.
Bart holds his action, expecting the prehistoric chicken to take care of the last struggling opponent.
The dino takes it lick and returns the favor..
Malok continues fire brigade duties..
Lalali graces the wanna-be escapist with an acid splash, just in case.
Between the Peck and Dino, he stops moving.
Having released his rage, Ivar moves a little slower, but walking up to the prone arsonist, "We already have a prisoner." He shifts his axe ready to strike, at the last minute he shakes his head and slams the handle toward the mans temple, attempting to knock him out.
Moving slowly toward the fight, Ivar smiles as he sees Randy silence the arsonist. "good Job Randy."
Realizing the building is still on fire, Ivar looks around for some way to help assist putting it out.
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Not trained to be a firefighter, Gal walks back to the restrained arsonist with a wide smile.
The halfling stops to check if he can hear any trapped person that needs a pint-size heroic rescue before speaking "Where was I? Ah yes, if you are so kind as to rat out your partners, bosses, friends and their pets I can guarantee you no dinosaur or human will harm you. Before the trial, of course, after that I can guarantee no dinos."
Your two fellows who can create water have the fire under control.
You captive is restrained and afraid.
He seems unpersuaded
"You imperialist running dogs won't keep the natives of Sargova down forever! Kill me and many more will rise up!"
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The pintadin shrugs and draws his rapier. "Hear me out, fella, I'm all for freedom of choice but you can't go around being a dick. That's plain bad, and burning down a warehouse counts as dickyness."
The hafling squat with the rapier's point against the floor "Now if you really, really, reeeeeally want to die stupidly I'll make sure it's as swift and as painless as halflingly possible, complete with last rites free of charge so you can meet your maker." the halfling pauses to scratch his chin "But I'd like you to reconsider your stance and think it through for a couple seconds because, my man, no backsies."
"You can't change my stand against the cruel slave lords of Sargova. "
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The halfling seems surprised "Wait. Slave lords? Oh mate, I think we dun f*#!ed..." Randy says as he starts going through the different things he stores in his pockets and backpack's puxhes: a half-eaten roast beef sandwich, different kinds of alcohol and finally his holy symbol.
"I should probably keep it showing or something." explains as he puts Cayden's holy symbol around his neck "Ya see? I'm one of his Paladins, me hearty! If I had known you were fighting slavers I would have tried to stop the fight before."
"Now hear me, mate, I'm no imperialist whatever and you can't believe me when I say I hate slavers with a passion, they are just unaf#%@ingmerican. So first, sorry about your pals... Should have shouted the part about slaves before, though. And second, help me help you with those slavers."
Ivar looks from Randy to the man he tied up, "I've no love for slavers. Do we let him go or kill him or turn him over to the authorities? I think death would be kinder than turning him over to the authorities."
He then begins to search the other arsonists for anything of value.
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Randy raises his rapier with a serious face and quickly slashes the arsonist's cheek, a small cut yet deep enough to leave a mark. "Free him, I'll trust his word and cause. But if he lied to us, that mark will make recognise his sorry ass very easy." the paladin then approachs the arsonist and touched the man's chest as his little hand glows.
"Try to fight the good fight properly, not with random destruction that may harm innocents. That way we'll be allies instead of enemies."
Very confused about the situation.. "I find this city perplexing.. We should get back to the open air.."
Once done looking for anything of value, Ivar looks from Malok to Randy, drawing his short sword, he cuts the rope holing the arsonist. Lifting him to his feet by the scruff of his neck. "Your very lucky, it would be wise if you don't burn the city of the people you are trying to free."
"Who's warehouse were they burning?" Bart asks.
"That might be important."
We are in open air? What will you feel inside a building or underground? You know there are vasts underground areas all around, which mostly harbor the greatest treasures?
She looks at Malok mischiviously.
And look at that, somefreedom fighters trying to burn down our city here. Question is, where they came from and who pays them. It might be to your advantage to answer our questions truthfully, arsonist. We love our freedom just as much and are not in league with any slave lord.
The burning warehouse was the Pathfinder one which was being used to prepare your expedition. It had nothing to do with the city government.
The tied up man starts to look perplexed, especially once you heal him.
"We were told that the warehouse was where the lords of Sargova were staging a mission into the jungle to take slaves. I still think this is a trick but if you free me, and I am not followed, perhaps you don't lie. "
"Well who told you that?" Bart asks indignantly.
"This is the Pathfinders staging area, not slavers.. It's obvious you have been duped by fell agents.."
"Who are Pathfinders? Never heard of them. I am a mere flunky. Why do you think I'm wearing this t-shirt (which says flunky)? The boss said it was the slaving leaders of Sargova. "
"The Pathfinders are the good guys, they don't murder hobo or anything like that, so maybe your Boss is a bad guy and you just didn't know it."
"more importantly, who is your boss and where do we find her? "
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'Her?' Ivar smiles as Lalali assumes the boss is Female. "Yes, we should have a conversation with her. To help her see the benefits of working with the pathfinders, Instead of assuming we are Sargova slavers."
"I'm not telling you anything! You are trying to use tricks to get information you imperialist running dog slavers!"
To the rest of the group: "He was burning the Pathfinder's warehouse. Let's just turn him over to them to deal with."
and he continues:
"Speaking of the Pathfinders, weren't we supposed to meet some people here? Maybe we should check and make sure they're all right."
"Agreed.." Malok moves in to have a closer look.
You head into the warehouse. There's the evident preparations for the expedition and scorch marks on the walls. The people present look rather beat up.
One of them comes up to you and explains that your buddy Gelik was taken by the attackers, the Freemen. (they explained to be rebels opposed to the Sargavan government -it should be noted that the locals who they side with are slave owners as well, so nobody is clean on that score).
A messenger shows up and informs you that the Freeman have your buddy captive at the South Arcadian Whaling Company in New Haliad.
There the Brotherhood’s leader Umagro is calling for the slaughter of foreigners and the overthrow of the government.
'Slaughter of foreigners and the overthrow of the government, sounds like bad business.' Ivar smiles at Randy, "I don't care for slavers or slavery, seems like bad business to me." looking at the group, "It sounds like we need to head to New Haliad and have a conversation with this Umagro, and reacquire Gelik before we can go search for our lost city."
You can easily find the place. The Pathinder warehouse staff can give you directions.
"I agree.."
Malok pulls his fresh wand and taps the little dino before heading off..
"Let's go rescue Gelik and try to put a stop to this uprising." Bart says.
"While the dialectic tells us that materialism is bad and that workers should share in benefits of production, we need to encourage peaceful change - not violence that breaks the machine."
"We must persuade the natives to pursue non-violent means to oppose their colonial, capitalist masters."
"And by non-violent he means violent murder hoboing the likes noone has ever seen. Expecially within the pathfinder society.. We should get moving."
OK, so you folks head for the whaling company site you've been told about.
At the end of Whalebone Lane, on the west side facing the beachfront, stands a large complex of whitewashed stone and brick, easily located by the pungent stench surrounding it.
The compound is walled on all sides, including the beachfront.
What you assume to be Umgaro is on the roof of the flensing house, 30 feet above the ground, holding Gelik at knifepoint and issuing his demands for the abolition of slavery in Sargava to the gathering crowd below.
[This is the big diagonally tilted building to the SE)
Well you have a buddy being held hostage. I suppose it depends on how good a buddy you consider him to be.
A Paladin would probably be in a rush to save him, but what do I know?