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Quill materializes in the wagon next to the cleric as she drives her shortsword at his gut. "Feed on this with your greedy god." The irony of her comment is not lost on her as they attempt to steal the gold-filled chest, but it is the hypocrisy that she cannot stand.
The cleric screams in terror at the pain caused by the wicked femme fatale. Hurt, but not dead.
He's hurt, but not down.
I haven't abandoned you! Isn't it Sidoze's turn?
Just his CMD. Couldn't be that hard...
Acrobatics
Flank Attack on p3
Dmg
Yuck! He's hurt, but Abadar is with him. Or something.
The cleric decides to run for it. Quill gets an AoO.
Sorry, I didn't realize I didn't say what he was doing!
"Bah! Run to your moneygrubber!"
He finishes his move and tries to wake up p5.
ROUND 5
Grigori 24
Andrezi 16
2 paladins 15
Juno 14
Other pallies 11
Quill 10
Sidoze 6
Cleric 5
Andrezi continues to slash at the paladin that blocks his path to the priest.
Right Kukri: (favored enemy) - potential critical
Damage: (favored enemy)
Confirm?: (favored enemy)
Damage: (favored enemy)
p6 drops dead. Grigori and Juno are next, since the 2 pallys are dead, too.
Grigori grins as Sidoze vaults over their opponent and he slams out with both of his fists at the flanked paladin.
He lashes out with his gauntlets in hopes of landing a powerful blow when the paladin is distracted but his attacks may be in vain.
G misses the armored paladin, his blow glancing off the chainmail.
Juno is next.
Juno moves onto the cart and casts Color Spray. The two pallies caught in it both fail their saves, and pass out.
All the paladins are either sleeping or dead, so Quill can go now.
Quill hops down from the cart and moves up beside Andrezi. She channels her disgust into her blade and stabs at the priest seeking to end this.
That drops him. They're all either dead or unconscious, and no one seems to be running up to help them. It's pretty quiet at the moment, actually.
Quill hisses, "Get these out of the streets and the cargo transferred. Put the bodies in the empty wagon and burn it as we leave...wake the horse up, if its just sleeping, and send them racing the other way."
She will allow the more physical types to Coup de Grace where needed. She will cast an appraising eye over the corpses before their disposal.
"Gather anything of value you can off of the paladins and the priest. Grigori, get our cart so that we can transfer the tribute."
"No sense leaving any possible witnesses..." he says, mostly to himself as he goes around quickly slashing the throats of any of the Aroden worshippers still alive.
Quill will grab portables, like headbands and weapons (cloaks, belts, etc.). The slow removal time of armor and boots means she will ignore them.
"Lose the robes too. Toss them into their cart and they will burn too."
The 2 pallies each wear a belt, and the cleric has a belt, the headband, and a ring that clearly are magical. Their armor is pretty identical; MW chain, but not magic. 2 longswords, 2 heavy crossbows, and the cleric's morningstar are MW, from the look of them.
You can coup them all in 2 rounds, and have the goods transferred to the other wagon in another 3. The chest is heavy, but filled with gold and even jewels. It's more cash than any of you have ever seen.
Where are you taking it?
Grigori nods and see's to teh chest placing it within their cart, and then goes about collecting the belts, headband and ring after ensuring taht each of the wearers have been put out of their misery, either by his strong powerful hands or Andrezi's keen blades. Either way, he does not let the valuable magical gear go to waste, once the items have been pointed out to him. He then piles it all in the cart with teh chest and makes reayd to beat a hasty retreat.
"Grigori, dump the contents of their chest into ours. The church of Abadar will be able to track that chest."
It's heavy, but with a little effort you get the treasure and other items transferred to your cart. Still no visible witnesses.
Where are you taking it?
You can hear some shouting from nearby, though it's too indistinct to make out.
The fight's over, so if anybody wants to tell me where you take it, good. I think Quill had a little hideout.
"Let's get out of here, some riding some leading or following on foot. Let's lead their wagon back into the road, light the wagon and spook the horses. I got a place we can stash the chest and then dispose of the wagon."
Andrezi nods in agreement. "Let's go. We've wasted too much time already."
"I agree lets get going." Sidoze runs his eyes over the alley way quickly before hurrying after the party.
The trip to the abandoned building is uneventful. There are enough of you to discourage too much curiosity, and even the city watch seems unaware of your heinous crimes, and barely look at you as you pass by.
A half hour later, you're looking at a chest full of treasure and some magic items. Who wants to identify it all?
On foot, Quill begins to lead the wagon down the street, the opposite direction as the burning wagon racing through the crowds.
She intends to lead them to the small warehouse with the faded sign, Knight Exports. A forgettable name on a forgettable building. She keeps the main floor and office looking abandoned. Many empty crates scattered about the main room. One in the back, against the wall, hides a secret door. Behind that is her sanctum. Safe enough from prying eyes and innocuous enough not to draw attention.
The back room is large and scattered about are drawings and maps and haphazard articles of clothing and wigs. A makesfit store run on whale oil stands along one wall along with a smattering of cheese, partially stale bread, and half-drunk bottles of wine. The are two other doors off the room, other than the one they entered. Quill stands in front of one. "Welcome to my little lab of mischief. One rule. This door is my room. You are welcome to crash in this room here till the heat simmers down, but beyond This door is off limits., indicating the door behind here. She points to the other door. "That door is my privy. As much as I would like to say it is off limits, you are welcome to use it with care....Now lets get to business...the loot" She grabs one of the open bottles of wine and heads over to the chest.
Andrezi nods in acknowledgement of Quill's directions about her lair, as he begins looking through and sorting the various coinage and gems from the chest.
Looks like you got it all...lol
Headband of inspired wisdom +2. 2 belts of giant strength +2, 1 belt incredible dex +2, ring of protection +1. 2 MW longswords, 1 MW morningstar, 1 MW light crossbow.
Cash and jewels amounting to 15,000. A fine haul, and no repercussions...yet...
You'll want to check your contacts with some knowledge local rolls, and unload what you don't want discreetly.
We can spend a little time seeing how that goes.
3 CR 3s, 8 CR 1/2s...
Hearing the descriptions of the magical gear Andrezi says, "It wouldn't break my heart at all to have one of those belts, any one of them could be of use, but the one that increases agility would suit me best."
Knowledge (Local):
Andrezi definitely knows somebody who can buy/fence some of this stuff. I'll let you describe who these people are, because that sounds like more fun to me...
I'll keep them on a list for future crimes.
I didn't mean to push too much. The fight was pretty tough, and so unexpected, the paladins weren't the best available.
You hear through contacts that the church is furious, and there are dozens, if not hundreds of people in the city investigating and seeking vengeance for such an outrageous and daring crime. Other, less law-abiding folks wonder why they didn't think of it first.
You're all welcome to make up a contact or 2 we can use in future heists. Divvy up the booty and buy what you like.
"Alright who wants what? Like I said before, I'd like to have one of the belts. Whatever we don't want, I know an individual that will buy the rest of the gear. He's a Kelish gambler I know in the Foreign Quarter, and he is always looking for easily transported wealth like gems and magical items for his clients. What do you think? Anyone else know anyone?"
Item.............................Sell Value
Cash.............................15,000 gp
Belt of Giant Strength +2.........2,000 gp
Belt of Giant Strength +2.........2,000 gp
Belt of Incredible Dexterity +2...2,000 gp
Ring of Protection + 1............1,000 gp
MW Longsword......................157.5 gp
MW Longsword......................157.5 gp
MW Morningstar......................154 gp
MW Light Crossbow.................167.5 gp
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Total..........................22,636.5 gp
Share (Assuming 5 Talons).......4,527.3 gp
Share (If we have lost Juno)....5,659.12 gp w/ 2 cp remaining
I propose that we "buy" any items we want from our respective shares. For example Andrezi wants the Belt of Dex (2,000 gp) and starts with a share of 4,527.3. He buys the Belt of Dex for 2,000 gp of his share and has 2,527.3 gp remaining as cash or to purchase other items.
Juno has taken a leave of absence, due to RL stuff. She's on hold, for now. She participated, but through me. Split it 4 ways.
The 4 of you are quite capable in the meantime, so we go on unhinged. There's plenty to keep you busy...
Good math, man. You can keep or sell whatever and still come out looking very good.
I think that loot system works well for a crime organization. I also propose we divide it up 5 ways for the party loot/ black talon organization in case we need a reserve of money for the game.
Also I want to apologize for being slightly negligent on this gamr job has offered me a management position so been busy. As this looks like this is now 1 of 2 games I really like I will try amd be better.
I have no use for a str belt and andrezi needs dex more than me only thing is want is the ring of protection if that.
Knowledge local
"If your contact can find loot as well as you think perhaps we can work out a deal to sell and buy our loot from him." Sidoze says after thinking for a moment.
It's possible you could work a 1:1 trade for a dex belt, if you prefer that. Pallies don't usually care about dex, but the cleric's dex was so bad, that's what he used to be almost average.
That would work for me
Grigori apologizes he hasn't had internet for a while. He did say to have me tell you he'd like the belt of strength please