Audia approaches Beketra.
Greetings Beketra, my colleague tells me you are interested in pieces of art and items related to food. Have you seen this beautiful portrait. I also have a plethora of serving trays and chalices that work great for throwing the most lavish of parties.
Audia approaches Khammayid.
Greetings Khammayid, I have heard you are seeking the tools of war. We have come across an armory of the highest quality forged weapons. These are the most impressive of weapons and they are worth a premium
Beketra seems interested in two lots, grey and pink as a result of Audia's efforts, but Khammayid doesn't seem to be all that enthusiastic about the weapons. He might bid on them, but if he does he probably isn't interested in paying full price.
You do see Menya the Whip, who is unlikely to talk about empty pleasantries. But a long story about adventuring might interest him in the weapons you've managed to acquire.
Calin sees Menya the Whip, knowing that he might be interested in the weapons he sits down with him.
"I'm going to get straight to the point. We've got some weapons that you might be interested in. I'd like to tell you the story of how they were aquired....
Calin begins to relate the tale of the party's adventure. He fills in the part from before he joined the company with what he's been told during Dwalindor's drunken musings. He embellishes only slightly to make the tale more dramatic without any outright lies.
"...and finally we were ambushed by Velriana of the Scorched Hand and her party. She was driven mad by the thought of obtaining the treasures in the catacombs, these treasures I might add, when she began slaughtering he own companions they turned on her and we were able to bring her down."
Menya does seem interested, thinking he can use the weapons as a display in his shop.
While talking to someone overhears you speaking to the weaponsmith.
Did I overhear you speaking about the Scorched Hand? I heard some shady lowlifes ambushed the Scorched Hand while they were trying to leave the necropolis. They also say the Sunrise Fellows were betrayed by one of their own!
who are the sunrise fellows.?
Sense Motive on the person who makes the comments...what is his/her deal.
The Sunrise Fellows were a group of adventurers who were working the lottery as well. The rumor is that one of their number betrayed the others during the lottery and they died in an ambush trying to exit the Necropolis.
The person talking about the Scorched Hand is another high roller, this one a half-elf who is looking closely at the documents for sale. He doesn't seem to be spreading any rumors, or have any specific malice against you.
I suspect they were ambushed. We were ambushed going in, but we handled them easily. The Scorched Hand were hired by to ambush us, they did and lost. The woman who hired them was killed, after she killed one of their own that we had subdued. We brought several of them out alive.
Rameth says ready to fight if he has to.
The half-elf's eyes widen at so belligerent a display.
My word! I had no idea you were the people mentioned in the rumors! How fascinating. Tell me, when you were in the ruins did you come across any records or genealogies?
As the evening begins the bidding on some lots are fierce, others are less interesting. Just after the last bids on your lots, but about halfway through the auction, Albus feels a terrible jolt of arcane magic.
It doesn't seem to mean much to most at the auction but after only a few moments from Albus's start you begin to hear a terrible racket at the front door of the auction. Suddenly the door gives way and you hear two servants who were serving food cry out as they're crushed under the heavy doors.
You can see they're dying.
Over the doors come eight zombies, shambling towards the crowd which erupts in screams.
Audia save those two!
Boy, you guys have being busy. Albus mumbles overhearing his comrades talk with the half elf.
He focus his attention back at the action when.
Did you guys felt that? Like a... Oh #%$&!
The magus hurriedly draws his blade while using his arcane powers to protect himself.
The zombies advance slowly towards you and begin their attack.
Zombie 1: Moves from Q13 to Q11 (Attacks Calin)
Zombie 2: Moves from R14 to R11 (Attacks Albus)
Zombie 3: Moves from Q14 to S11 (Attacks Albus)
Zombie 4: Moves from P14 to P11 (Attacks Dwalindor)
Zombie 5: Moves from O14 to O10 (Attacks Audia)
Zombie 6: Moves from O15 to O11 (Attacks Dwalindor)
Zombie 7: Moves from N14 to N10 (Attacks Audia)
Zombie 8: Moves from Q15 to Q12
Successful attacks on Albus, Audia, Dwalindor
Calin steps back to Q10 and casts gravity bow.
Religion
Rameth whips out a dagger and slashes at the near Zombie.
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vs AC 10 to aid Audia on her Defense
Rameth, these appear to be normal zombies, although what's motivating them to attack like this you do not yet know.
Audia! Help those two!
I hate it when monsters try to stop me from making the next bar tab
Audia takes a pull from her hip flask.
Audia takes a 5 foot step to P9 and channels energy to damage undead.
The wave of positive energy ripples out from the cleric of Cayden Cailean and washes over the zombies. While the damage isn't significant you can see burns appear across the zombie horde.
dammit Audia. Heal those servants! Rameth roars
Dwalindor's axe slashes hard into the zombie , cutting it in two and leaving the pieces to flop onto the floor in front of him.
The patrons of the auction continue to scream or try to escape, and the other zombies are unfazed by Dwalindor's mighty blow.
#%@ the servants, keep healing !
Albus slashes with his blade at the advancing undead.
just kill them Albus. Stop being a pansy. Profit to be made by being a hero
Albus, you recognize the magic as a strong pulse of necromantic magic.
Albus's attack likewise fells the zombie in front of him, and the zombie at Q12 takes a step to R11 to fill the space left by its fallen compatriot.
They then renew their attacks.
Rameth's Damage
Dwalindor's Damage
Albus's Damage
The patrons are still milling about in panic.
Dwalindor hacks another zombie in half, splattering many of the guests with a shower of gore.
They scream as the viscera spoils their rich robes while they mill about in panic.
I felt a necromancer nearby, beware.
Anyway, you are not turning soft on me are you Rameth? I bet it's that bloody elf women I have being told about. Father's people are all pantsys! Like mother used to say.
Albus cuts in the undead wave with a couple of wide horizontal slashes.
#%$@, this is not working. There are too many of them.
So soft I'll be sleeping on a bed of coin!
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Rameth slashes across the zombie throat
Father's people are all pantsys![/b]
Albus's strike causes the zombie in front of him to vanish in a flash of silvery fire, even flashier than Dwalindor's strike.
This further panics the people in the room.
A mage is attacking! Run!
Some succeed in running past the grasping hands of the zombies and run over the rubble that has the dying servants beneath it near the front door.
Rameth's dagger rather messily finds a joint in the rotted flesh of the zombie near him and takes its head from its shoulders.
The head falls off and bounces along the floor like a gruesome child's toy.
So is it just old age setting in? Albus quips the explorer. One can never know with you humans, in the blink of one's eyes you are all grandfathers...
Calin takes on the aspect of the tiger, aims and fires at the zombie at Q11.
I hope these servants make alot of money, because they are gonna owe me some alcohols
Audia runs a wheel route to the left around the zombies to stay further than 5 feet away from the zombies to P-14. Audia uses heal to try to stabilize the servant at O-14.
Calin's arrow sticks through the zombie's thick, rubbery skin doing no discernible damage to the zombie.
Audia does manage to stabilize the servant in O14, who's still out from the wounds inflicted by the door collapse.
The zombies, still mindlessly driving forward against you, continue their assault.
Only one of the zombies manages to land it's attacks, pummeling Albus furiously.
Audia uses heal to try to stabilize the servant at Q-14.
Audia has stabilized the other servant.
Rameth moves to N-12 as he does he draws another sharpened dagger as he attacks from flank, again aiming for the neck
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