Below the ladder are some jagged rocks, and then some planks. It appears that there are docks underneath the docks, and this appears to lead right to those.
With the rope and a little bit of care, you are easily able to get down without injury (1 round move).
So - this is getting a little hard to keep track of, so we are going to move back into rounds.
Round 8 recap:
Thanalas - delaying to be 3rd down the hole
Colleen - looking down hole
Oggil - Exiting room back to room with girl and tied up thugs
Tanna - rigged rope to help make decent easier
The girl says "They ran through there," pointing to the room with the trap door, "just before you came in, I guess. Maybe a minute?"
Round 9 actions?
Thanalas - ??
Colleen - ??
Oggil - ??
Tanna - ??
No one has yet descended.
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Oggil helps the girl up.
"Come with me, we'll leave you with your neighbours while the guard come, and my friends and I try to catch the people that did this."
He escorts her out of the house of horror and off to her neighbors.
"As does the tide, I will return shortly!" he calls to the other pathfinders.
"In the meantime, maybe slap those two murderers around the head to make sure they don't cause any problems and try and escape before the guard arrives."
It is daylight, so you can see ok.
You enter into a gloomy, greenish twilight where scattered beams of light filter down between weathered dock planks, bouncing off seaweed covered stones that jut from the dark harbor waters. A forest of pylons suspends the docks above where the scurrying feet of merchants, sailors, and longshoremen hammer like a muffled thunderstorm. Between the pylons, you spot small stone bunkers, ruins of older siege forts now crumbling and weathered from centuries of angry waves. A narrow set of docks traverses the rocks, connecting various locations. Eventually, all lead out to the shallow bay at the mouth of the maze. Nearby, you notice a fresh trail of muck-limned, wet footprints.
As you escort the girl outside, she wanders away from you a bit (5 ft) and then turns on you with hatred in her eyes.
She quickly mutters an incantation and hurls a glob of acid at you.
Round 9 actions?
Thanalas - ??
Colleen - down the hole
Oggil - escorting the girl outside
Tanna - ??
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Tanna will attempt to climb down her rope as this is where she thinks all are headed...
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Thran - you need to make a DC 15 Perception check to see if you can hear Oggil's cry for help, as everyone else was intent on headed down the hole.
If the check is successful, then your missile is enough to drop her to 0, at which point she surrenders.
If not, then she withdraws and runs away, so Oggil will need to decide whether or not to give chase.
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Colleen initiates combat, getting a surprise action only. Since feint is a standard action, you couldn't do it and rush the guard, but as a successful feint only lets you ignore the opponent's Dex, which happens when they are flatfooted anyway, I will assume you wanted to do a partial charge bull rush (which you can do as a suprise round action). In that, you barely succeed, but it does put the guard in the drink. The other guard whistles as he turns toward you, and you see a flurry of action in the water.
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Colleen initiates combat, getting a surprise action only. Since feint is a standard action, you couldn't do it and rush the guard, but as a successful feint only lets you ignore the opponent's Dex, which happens when they are flatfooted anyway, I will assume you wanted to do a partial charge bull rush (which you can do as a suprise round action). In that, you barely succeed, but it does put the guard in the drink. The other guard whistles as he turns toward you, and you see a flurry of action in the water.
Colleen roars a challenge and charges at the other man on the dock intent on shoving him backward into the boat.
Colleen shoves the other guard into the water as well.
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Tanna levels her heavy x-bow and readies a shot at either one that makes an offensive move.
"I recommend ye yield... Tho jus' a recommendation..."
Heavy Crossbow readied action, crit 19-20/x2
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The guards call off their sea cat and surrender. The rest of the party catches up.
The guards pull themselves up to the docks, clearly beat. They do appear to be more like city officials than thugs.
"Ok, ok - we will tell you what you want to know, if you promise not to kill us."
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"And she was wearing a magical disguise. Truly it is said that behind every pretty face there lies a dark shadow."
Oggil looks hard at the guards.
"Please speak fast, for like the tide we cannot wait. You should know that those that came before us slew someone we believe to be a local official of some importance- Lubor."
"We didn't kill nobody. We did recently allow a captain and his men to return to their ship - maybe they did it?"
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"A ship? Which captain and which ship? To an elf all dwarves look alike, and among the masts of the harbor I am not ashamed to name myself an elf." says the dwarf to the guard.
To Colleen the dwarf nods sagely.
"But is not a dark shadow cast by a still brighter source of light? I think of your soul as that light Colleen."
The guard, clearly not sure how much he wants to reveal, finally sighs and says "Du Moire. The Hydra's Fang. Now, let us be, or you will feel the full weight of the Consortium on you. I don't think you understand who you are messing with here."
The second man pulls himself onto the dock, and says "I can see you all are new here, so I am going to help you out. The Kortos Consotium has a lot of pull in this town, and you lot are getting on the wrong side of things quick. Yah, I'll help you get to this Du Moire's ship, but what's in it for us? Normally, a little grease makes the wheels go round smoother, ya know what I mean?"
The first fellow nods, becoming a little less fearful and a little more interested.
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Tanna looks, wide eyed in her youth, at the more senior members of the party so she can follow their lead.
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"Will not the favor of the Consortium for helping apprehend the foul murderer of one of their own not be sufficient? If indeed the worthy deed itself is not reward enough in the doing?" inquires the dwarf.
He taps his foot on the ground.
"Grease helps wheels move, but it also takes the feet out from under the unwary."