Female Human Rogue 10 (hp 82/82) | F +7 R +11 W +9 | AC 24 T 15 FF 24 CMD 27
If Ashur lands the grapple, full attack. If he does not I will wait for him to move and do the 5 foot tango for flanks, then full attack.
"Well unfortunately for him I do not deal with betrayal very well."
Erin replies as she attempts to bury both blades into the sorcerer's back.
Attack 1 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (6) + 10 = 16 (Bless, Flank) Damage 1 1d6 + 5 + 4d6 ⇒ (3) + 5 + (4, 3, 6, 6) = 27 (Flank)
Oh, I thought it was resilient sphere and I couldn't touch him. In that case, I'll would have grappled him. Can I retcon?
Usually I frown on going back in time, but in this case I presume Ashur would've realized the sphere wasn't stopping him and reached in for the grapple, as it fits his MO.
Grapple = 29 is successful. No AoO as he is not currently armed.
Both of Erin's attacks bounce off some unseen force around the sorcerer, though.
He attempts to cast within the grapple:
Concentration check (DC 28):1d20 + 15 ⇒ (1) + 15 = 16
Marduk still has his readied fireball for certain; Amira, you might wish to not use the dispel magic.
Ashur pins the sorcerer.
Erin's first attack strikes the same invisible force as before, but her second attack draws blood.
Then, Marduk sends his fireball in.
Well, Ashur has the Sorcerer grappled, meaning he never took the five-foot away before; he's still in the flank between Ash and Erin. So it's theoretically possible to miss one, but you won't be able to miss both.
Ashur feels the familiar snap of the traitor's neck followed by the slump as Vruul's body goes limp. He lets it fall to the floor as the group strips the pair of their gear.
Amira moves over to the cleric's remains and begins looking for identification. "It looks like I've got to report one of mine as 'indefinitely incapacitated'. Toshi! Come over here prepare her for transportation to the Grand Bank." pointing to the pile of ash.
"This guy was a double agent working for Torch. About a month ago, he went rogue and killed five fellow agents. I was told to find him and end him to avenge the ones he betrayed."
"... and, yes, it's perfectly legal under the Adventurer's Rights Act for us to take everything they had on their person/in close-by containers that were previously theirs on behalf of the Society, since the space's entrance is owned by the Decemvirate," Amira says, answering a question that was never asked.
"Is it against Abadaran code to call things what they are? In this case, dead."
"In a legal sense, it's preferred that a healer licensed by the faith pronounce individuals dead." She looks at the obviously incinerated. "Though in this case, I don't think I'm really needed to do that.
Though the antechamber seems packed with treasures, it doesn't take an 8th level Cleric of Abadar to reveal that most of the items are of little true worth. Next to marble statuettes and goldpainted idols proudly stand clay bowls, wooden childrens' toys, old shoes, and common tools made of bronze and tin. This room resembles the holy First Vault of Abadar, where the god keeps a perfect copy of everything.
Amira:
With your auto-Perception, you easily spot what you believe to be the child's wooden training katana mentioned as an aid to the reattunement ritual.
Amira an 8th level cleric of Abadar informs the group that "Most of this isn't highly valuable, unless perhaps Hao Jin had some kind of emotional attachment to these items. And Toshi, mark off the sword on the your list." She says, taking a sword from the pile.
Toshi proves incapable of this clearly simple task.
What of the other items? 1 ivory statuette 1 golden brick (that I'm not sure we need or not), and a set of onyx merchant’s scales.
After about 10 minutes of searching, Erin is about to throw up her hands when she sees a pair of figurines sculpted of malachite.
In the same time frame, Amira is able to locate an ivory statuette of the lich Takaral, a golden brick taken from the city of Axis, and a set of onyx merchant's scales.
Toshi takes careful stock of these things, then holds the Codex out to Amira expectantly.
Female Human Rogue 10 (hp 82/82) | F +7 R +11 W +9 | AC 24 T 15 FF 24 CMD 27
In that case....haha. Sleight of Hand 1d20 + 15 ⇒ (11) + 15 = 26
Erin waits for Amira to be on the opposite end of the hall and engaged in conversation before lifting the figurines, then she heads to the doors to examine them.
"He's clearly learned the art of 'potential loophole insinuation'." Toshi gets a half-glare. Hitting myself with Soothing Touch to remove sickened before carrying this tome.
When Amira takes the Abysium Codex, she is immediately innately aware that touching the book to the 18-foot-tall solid iron double doors will open them. At least she now understands why Toshi decided to be heard and not seen at this point.
