"Well, well, well, let's push Arik to a later date."
Mihail points towards a house.
"Arik did told us Lothar is the to go person for knowledge about the mountain. I guess we could ask him. I hope this is not another of his petty schemes. I advise caution if we decide to visit him. If not, I can always ask other people."
Mihail starts to ask around about Lothar when a friendly old man answers him.
"Lothar? Lothar moved into Twin Forks about five years ago. Said he was tired of traveling, that he was looking for a nice quiet place to live. Most of the local Folk were a wee bit nervous, having an adventurous type like Lothar living in our little village. But he's not been much of a problem."
"Lothar's a bit of the nervous type, if you know what I mean. He doesn't like strangers, especially strangers who come and ask questions about him. No, don't worry. He won't hear it from me. You look like honest folk, not like those fisher-folk from Colvin that sometimes come and visit Lothar. You can find Lothar in the last house on the East Road."
The party heads for the house mentioned to be Lothar's. The door is shut. You knock on the door but no one answers.
"Would it be rude to peek in and see if he's ignoring us?"
Finding this Lothar...it seems too easy
"One of you please make a not-so-legal forced entry. Try not to cause permanent damage to the door in the process. Lothar wouldn't be too happy about it." Fuego suggests. "Check the door for traps also, in case someone got here before us."
The door isn't locked.
Fuego uses detect magic on the door, checks it for traps then enters.
J'Victis chuckles as he stands back and watches Fuego do what he wants to do.
Wow, I see your the Law is the Law speech was a work of fiction. You could just knock on the door and see what happens before you very publicly break the law.
J'Victis takes a look around to see if anyone is watching.
If you wish to break into a person house in broad daylight....which is a HUGE mistake....go right ahead. I will be across the street.....to help you out of the hole you are digging yourself into. Good luck.
"You don't get it, do you? I'm worried for his safety. We were ambushed on our way here. Someone might have kidnapped him. And anytime we spend dickering here may be time less to find him."
over his shoulder..as he walks away.
I get it....but he is not an innocent. You just do not want to see it that way. Oh and I am not stopping you. You trying to justify your own action is whats wasting time.
J'Victis keeps moving to hide across the street.
This is just like the thieves guild. We are being led into trouble...I know it.
Clara sighs as her friend sets immediately to petty vandalism, but follows J'Victus
"We can't take him anywhere. This is why we knock. If he's not home, we look in the windows. We don't just break the door down. This isn't a dungeon. Next thing you know everything will be on fire and he'll be equivocating about how the thatch was looking at him funny."
"This feels like a setup. I will have to go with my guts on this one and to just sit back and observe for now. Do what you want."
Mihail follows the rogue to hiding.
Stealth (Take 20) - 35
From outside the house, a man yells to those inside. "Come out!"
While the mob is paying attention to those that entered the house, Mihail signals to J'Victus and Clara to get ready. Arming himself with his starknife, he sneaks to the corner and takes a peek at the numbers.
"Look, are you Lothar? I apologize for breaking in your house, but I was worried for your safety. We were waylaid by bandits on our way here, and I broke in because I thought the bandits might have tried to kidnap you." Fuego replies to the man. Then he sprouts a pair of fiery wings and flies out of the house.
"I'm getting out of the house now."
message spell
Give me a few seconds to get into position before you do anything. I am going after the spell caster on the west side. Do not worry about area spell, if you have to send them down do so. I will try to neutralize the spell caster. Lets see if we can defuse this before Fuego starts seeing bandits everywhere.
With a chuckle he pulls out a vial and disappears from view.
J'Victus draws his Curved blade and moves himself in beside the mage.
The leader of the group watches Fuego fly away and then shouts in the general direction he went also for anyone else in the house.
"I don' know why you're after da boss, and I don' care. Da boss don' like you. He said we should take care of you. But me, I'm a nice guy. I'll make you an offer. You can drop all of dose fancy weapons, strip out of dat nice armor, and walk away from dis. Or me and the boys will chop you into stew meat. That cha say?"
Mihail nods.
"I'll back you up." (whisper)
He casts displacement on J'Victus and himself then vanish on himself before the rogue moves in for the kill. The bard then moves to a favorable position that is close to the mage, keeping a distance from J'Victus.
Amelia slips off her hat of disguise, reverting to her invisible form. She then soars through the doorway and over the heads of the mob, ending about 15 feet in the air. "I'm ready for damage control," she whispers through the group's message, with a slight tone of exasperated amusement.
"Why don't we put it this way - you bring us to your boss, Lothar, and no one gets hurt."Fuego keeps his tone amicable as he speaks to them. "Believe me, you don't want to see what happens when we get angry."
Etna mutters to herself
I hope this won't be a repeat of what happened in Dewstar valley.
well that will work...sure give the angry mob an ultimatum. That always turns out for the best. Just about a subtle as a Hill Giant in a glass shop.