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Talon unfortunately does not manage to his the Leper. Laszo
is extremely injured has no choice but to take a risk. He readies a potion and tries to quaff it hoping to restore some health.
Laszo -22 dmg - subject of hypnotic stare
At this point it's just the party then Laszo so everyone but Aarion can take their next action. If either Talon or Ollo hit with their AoO's
(AC 19) than Laszo goes down and we'll be out of initiative.
If not Laszo heals and is still up.
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Reacting quickly to Laszo's attempt to heal himself Talon swings again, this time finding the accuracy that eluded him before. As he swings the potion drops into the water followed shortly by the thud of the alchemists body on the northern walkway.
As the Leper drops the only noise remaining is that of the addict lulled to sleep under the shallow water struggling to sit up but unable to find the energy to do so.
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As the leper falls to the ground, Ollo immediately starts moving the poor addicts out of the water.. at least partially.. and making sure that they are all breathing and not going to drown. Once this is finished, he returns to Laszo to help Talon search. "By the gods, that was a mighty blow!" he says to Talon.
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Narika first tries to get the drowning addicts so they are leaning against the wall. Then she also looks around Lazlo's body and the workbench carefully. If it's at all dark, she uses the light cantrip to make her dagger glow to look around better. She also looks around in the water for the potion Lazlo dropped.
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Ai frowns, face crestfallen. "What a fool! He could easily have given up, or even fallen asleep, and he'd be alive now!" She offers a silent prayer, hand moving in ritual.
That task finished, she looks around at the others. "Are we to arrange a meeting with this Aspis agent, then? If so, did they say how to do it?"
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"Leaving the alchemist alive would have been a mistake. If he was able to deduce that we are connected to the Aspis rogue agent, her life would likely be at risk. In addition to that, I personally don't feel he would have changed his ways. So anyone that would have been addicted to that vile drug hence forth, would have been on our hands."
Aarion looks over at the corps lying on the floor and spits. "Good riddance.
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"Before we arrange a meeting, me thinks we should be seein' to Tha ship. Tis a devious 'n evil deed they have planned.. we should stop all parts if we can."
-Posted with Wayfinder
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The party finds a number ofcoded documents on Laszos body.
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"Remember Delroy's tasks, though? She didn't want us to complete two tasks at all. It makes sense, you know. Two's company and three's a crowd, and we haven't been subtle in our sabotage. They'll know something's up for sure if the ship doesn't have its shipment. And don't we need a sample of whip from this guy's lair anyways?"
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Aarion stands over the dead body of the alchemist, staring at the corps with a dark look in his eyes. His hands tremble slightly when he catches himself staring and regains his composure.
"It would seem we are actually looking good for task one and three. I have a sample of the whip, which I found on the first trip into this area. Now that we have what looks like his notes, I would say task three is complete. We will need to return and gain further instructions now that we have completed two of the tasks."
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The trip out of the sewers is uneventful. The junkies barely notice Laszo's dead body among them as they stare into the darkness.
As the party heads back to the docks they find it too dark to find the Blue Dragon's Bite and the few dockworkers around are barely sober enough to answer any questions. They do see however, that their escort to the Sixwing Drake is still there and ready to ferry them back.
It isn't until noon the next day that anything of note happens. The Captain calls you all to a meeting and hands you a note with a shrug.
"I haven't looked at it but I'm sure it's from Delroya. An urchin boy delivered it, I tried to keep him here but he ran off, hoped his boat right back to the docks."
Your tactics were certainly unusual but everything turned out as expected. This shipment is delayed and the Aspis Consortium is occupied with getting everything back to order. Soon, though the consortium will get its act together and come to the warehouse to proceed with the operation. There is no time to lose. The warehouse is at the southern edge of the Bristles, where the Gull Street meets the water. I will meet you there.
-Magali Delroya
You may still make the linguistics check up until you proceed to the meeting. If there is anything you would like to purchase in town before going you can do that now too. Any prepared spells need to be set as well. Let me know when you're all ready.
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Aarion spends a fare amount of time wrestling with the notes that were found on the alchemist. After spending a frustrating evening with no success, he approaches the group before bedding down for the night.
"Can anyone decipher these damn notes? I'm about to give myself an aneurysm trying to understand this man's scrabble."
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Ai wakes up calm and refreshed, dreams of new jokes for a new victim audience fresh in her mind. She shifts into her fox-form for a quick fur-rinsing before it's back to the short, orange-haired woman for the day. Arriving at the destination, she does her best to spot their soon-to-be-acquaintance before they're spotted.
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A large warehouse looms into view at the end of Gull Street. It's main level sits at the edge of the street above a ten-foot drop to the harbor's waters below. A door in the western wall of the warehouse opens and a woman clad in simple leather armor steps out. Her features display a blend of Taldan and Mwangi heritages and her crisp accent is difficult to place.
"I am Magali Delroya. You must come quickly, Pathfinders, we do not wish to be seen!" She moves briskly, waving off protests or interruptions, and speaks in rythmn with her steps. "Questions later. Much is at stake. First you must listen." Her outward display of authority does not entirely mask her fear.
The small room through the warehouse's western door features a round table and several chairs. "This room is for the guards. They are all too busy dealing with out disruptions, so no one is here for now. That door leads to the docks below." She says pointing to a door on the southern wall. "Come this way. I will show you the warehouse."
She opens the door in the northern wall, revealing a cavernous storage room. Haphazard stacks of barrels and crates almost reach the ceiling twenty feet above. Two large skylights in the ceiling provide ample light during the day, and a dozen unlit lanterns are spaced around the room.
"As you can see, the Aspis Consortium maintains a sizable operation out of this warehouse, which they rent from the Kortos. The Locosta familt to be exact. After tonight I hope the relationship between these two organizations will be irreparably damaged. We may have delayed the shipment but my sources tell me both the Kortos and the Aspis are likely to investigate the warehouse later tonight. I had hoped for more time but I will not be able to move the goods until after midnight. I need your help holding off the agents. They are not likely to work together so you should prepare for multiple groups. While I have no qualms about fighting the Aspis we should avoid antagonizing the Kortos. I need you to stay here and prepare while I look for any more information that may assist us, though I can stay a few moments longer if you have any questions."
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Ai looks around, whistling at all the boxes. "We don't have to get all these crates out of here, do we? That'd really be boxing us into a corner on time." She looks at Magali with a raised eyebrow and a wide, expectant mouth, then gives up. "Serious question, bad pun. Also, how many guards usually work here? It'd be good to have a ballpark estimate so that when they come in we can account for them all. Once we've fought off the agents, how do you anticipate actually moving the shipment? Finally, is there anything about the warehouse you can tell us we could use against the Kortos men without actually killing them?"
Once her questions are answered, Ai begins meticulously searching through area f (or 6) on the map, hair swishing this way and that as she looks over it with a fine-toothed comb (metaphorically; she's left her comb behind aboard the ship).
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Magali barely blinks at Ai's joke,
"I don't expect you to take any of the crates out, that's what my contacts are doing. Right now I just need you to prepare for the agents arrival. I don't know who is coming or how many, that's what I'm hoping to go find out now."
Narika doesn't find much other than nondescript boxes but as she moves more north (towards 2) she discovers a wand of cure moderate wounds! (5 charges left)
Ai's search reveals a crate labeled DROW POISON six vials sit within.
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"Alright, I must go, but before I do, take this. It is a writ from the Teriarch of Diobel, Lord Avid of House Arnsen. It decrees that my actions align with the goals of his house and prevent any lower power from having jurisdiction over me. It was not given lightly, only use it if you must!" She turns to leave but before making her exit she turns back to the party.
"I almost forgot! There are two secret entrances into the warehouse, you may want to block those along with any other preparations you make before the agents arrive, or perhaps you can use them to your advantage, I do not know your plans and I prefer not to in case I am caught. Here I'll show them to you."
Aarion searches quickly throughout the rest of the warehouse but has a good eye and spots a number of things that may assist, though he finds nothing new in the areas already searched.
Location 1: The first thing he finds is a dog inside a cage. It's clearly been underfed, but the scars it bears suggest it has seen quite a few fights and lived.
Location 3: A bear trap. Can be easily placed where you choose.
Location 4: A potion of invisibility
Location 5: The platform to the lower level is clearly unstable. With the right expertise it might even be possible to rig it to collapse when someone stands on it, though it would take a couple hours.
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"To tamper with the platform, we would need someone with the ability to disable if further or who has a knowledge of engineering."
"The bear trap would probably be best either under an easy accessible window, on one of the secret entrances, or on the main entrance to slow the entry."
"I'm not sure which entrances we should barricade. We could start by removing the ladder from outside the building."
"The potion wont do me any good. If someone else can gain an advantage using it, please take it."
"As fare as the dog is concern, I have no skill handling such beasts. If someone else can utilize the dog, then please do what you can with him. I'm completely open to any input on how to proceed here."
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The Kortos have owned this warehouse and have been using it with the Aspis so it's likely they both know of the secret entrances.
The time is supposed to be vague for the party, I will say that you have at least enough time to befriend the dog and then a little more so can assume at least 4 hours of prep time, though searching the warehouse would have used much of the first hour.
I am keeping track of time taken to prepare so I will need specifics from the party.
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Items that can be used
1x Bear trap-----set and placed in-front of main door (A) with drow poison on it.
1x Wand of cure moderate wounds-----Carried in Aarions belt.
1x Caged, rough looking dog. No input on what to do with this guy.
1x potion of invisibility-----Up for grabs.
6x vials of drow poison. One is being used on the bear trap, so 5 are left.
(Note) Jian-Wei has said she would like some of these. How many are you taking Jian-Wei?
(Also) stairs leading down to room 6 appear to be unstable.
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”Can we try to convince the Kortos men that we’re Aspis? Since this is their building, I’d think the Kortos are more likely to come in the front door. Then we can try to block off the back entrances, making sure to double-block the southern side secret door with the bear trap.” He considers the guard room. ”Can we use the tables in there to make a barricade on that room?”
As they talk, he goes ahead and helps block off the northern secret entrance first.
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Yes you can pull the ladder inside. As far as the crates, the rules for moving them specifically state that they are a stack of crates per 5 feet, so it won't cost any extra time to stack them high.
Assuming the crates are moved from their closest location to where your building barricades, by one person without a strength it will take
1 hour 50minutes to barricade A
20 minutes to block C
1 hour 30 minutes to barricade D
10 minutes to block the stairs from 6
Assuming no one is working on the platform or befriending the dog than, these can all be done simultaneously. Ollo succeded on a strength check so he can halve one of the above times if he would like but it seems you'll all have plenty of time.
If there is anything else you would like to try let me know, and as Aarion said, roll any chance to poison yourself if you intent to use the drow poison on your weapon. The bear trap is 1 5ft square, are you placing it on the north or the south square of the entrance?
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"Talon, I see the wisdom in your plan, but I don't think anyone here has the gift of gab down enough to convince them that we are Aspis. In addition to the inability to bluff well, there is also the fact that we are poorly verse at how the Aspis handle their business, and that they probably know who their contact is."
" In order to reduce the traffic on the roof, I wonder if we could hike the dog cage up top and allow the dog to run about. If the dog can't jump down, that would hinder people wanting to climb up there. Any input on this idea?"
Aarion gets a grim look on his face just before his next statement.
"As fare as trying to play nice with the Kortos, I could care less about the political repercussions of this encounter. As fare as I am concerned, these fools are wanting to distribute this horrific drug into the population. I intend to shoot them dead if they pursue this path."
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Aarion sighs, "I suppose everyone deserves a second chance. I personally don't think these men will change their ways, but I concede they are due their opportunity. May Sarenrae grant me strength."
Aarion pulls out a blunt tipped arrow and inspects it a moment.
"I can only hope, that the lives these men are willing to ruin, is an equitable price for their chance at redemption."
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I don't have any hard data on the roof but I like the creativity so I'll say the roof is flat enough for your purposes, getting the dog up there will take awhile and require two people, let's say about an hour between getting him out of the building and to the roof. What I'm most curious about is how youre opening the cage without being attacked.
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The first option will work, you won't make friends with the dog but he'll ignore you in favor of the food long enough to let you down. It looks like you're all pretty much ready. I'm at work for the rest of the evening, I'll move forward to the next part of the scenario in the morning. If you'd like to add anything in the mean time feel free to post and I'll let you know if it works/is allowed in the update post.