Mivon Watch Guard

Game Master GM_Solspiral

Tracy joins Amellia but barely pays enough attention beyond watching where she walks.

Never was much of a fan of the Grease spell. Sure it's tactically sound but for my substance based attacks I'd much rather throw a tarball or acid.

::Ameila slides over one of the shot glasses carefully to the Lady Belladame::

"As this evening was supposed to be in your honor, the toast is yours, what shall we drink to? Or whom perhaps... ::she occasionally glances at Alan as he rounds up the failed crooks::

"While this is not anywhere near what I expected out of the evening, oddly, despite the row, I am feeling rather good about it."

Acid or tar...I think Peacock may have inadvertently avoided a much worse fate by putting his face in the way of that Watchwoman's weapon. Remind me never to test your patience Lady Belladame."

Leaving the others to their banter, Sven wordlessly got to work securing the prisoners.

Milo helps Sven secure the prisoners, he is careful to go over them with Detect magic to make sure they don't have any hidden items that might help them escape. "Not all of us can get away with throwing fire or acid around crowded rooms. Especially those filled with stuffed shirts." He whispers to Sven when he hears Tracy's words.

Once everyone is secured into custody and the damage is truly assessed the watch is praised publicly. Privately Callahan dresses the group down a bit on the following points:

-Everyone regardless of their focus should have a ranged weapon of some sort. Department issues light crossbows to any without a proper ranged weapon.

-No one used whistles which might have drawn more friendly NPCs into the fight.

-Teamwork between spellcasters and melee was a bit lacking in her eyes.

-Hightower gets a bit more of a dressdown for using lethal force.

-The halfling Ace Sweetchuck gets a much harsher dressing down and a formal reprimand for disappearing in the crisis.

Hooch quits outright.

You guys can refute any of the points above if you'd like. Bear in mind the scolding is kept private, publicly they heap on the praise.

ooc: I've decided if you guys would like Amellia might make a good investigator keeping in mind she absolutely sucks in combat.

Perception: 1d20 + 11 ⇒ (1) + 11 = 12

Just curious to see if I can catch Milo's review of Tracy's spell-slinging.

Amelia raises her shot glass a self-satisfied smile on her lips.

"Must be a good toast, you are considering it rather carefully"

Sven stood silently while being dressed down. Good points were made. He agreed that he should have had a light crossbow on him. For the whistle? He could see the merit of it, but at the same time they had enough watchmen on the scene to handle it. And as for teamwork, he was certain that given enough experience, it would come. But regardless, he took it all stoically. There was nothing worth fighting over, and the fact that this was done in private meant that there was no slight on his honor. All in all, things had gone about as well as they could have.

"I'm sure we will all learn from our mistakes. We'll get better at working together as we do it more."

She Who Always Tries looks at the crooks, then leans over and speaks quietly to Sven
"We didn't get them all though, did we? Did they take anything special?"

Alan stands at parade rest during their tongue-lashing, with his typical blissful gleaming eyes, letting the dressing-down wash over him without showing any emotions.

Ranged Weapon? Check, but I was ordered to the table and to watch the rear. Watch Issued light crossbows? I was not aware that the watch issued the Lord of Commerce's favored weapon. I will have to replace this sling as soon as possible. Commander Callahan must be really pleased with us, that's the mildest verbiage she's used on us, ever.

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During the wrap up at the party, while checking on the wounded Alan briefly stops by some of the only awake party-goers, the Lady of the hour, and her newfound friend, the attorney.

"Ladies, are either of you injured? No? Excellent. I hope your Ladyship's successes continue to stand out as above and beyond, your guests partied till they dropped, and there was even an exciting amount of light entertainment. May Abadar watch over you and yours, and bring continued fortune to match the investments you make." "By your leave"

Amelia gives Watchman Alan a respectful bow finished with a sly smile.

Your service and courtesy are both appreciated Ser, but the only noble between us is Lady Belladame, I am common born, daughter of eel fisher folk, and proud of it. For my part, I will simply wish you the Master of the First Vault's continued favor. The granting of leave taking is her honor alone.

Amelia winks at Tracy.

Perhaps we should drink to Abadar's good judgement in agents this eve' m'lady?

Milo shrugs, he knows he could have done better, but thinks the lack of clear direction worked against the group. No one was placed in command, and it was the first time everyone had worked together. So everyone ran off to do what they were best at.

A day or so after the incident a messenger arrives for Milo with an invitation.

It's a formal invite for a "study date" with Tracy.

If Milo takes the invitation its way more study then date 'cause that's how Tracy is...

Let me know if Milo accepts.

Milo accepts happily. Consequences? What are those?

Tracy is attracted to intelligence and she has a lust for knowledge. Much of the date is her questing questions or opening various books and comparing insights. If Milo keeps up relatively well he gets invited back regularly and that might turn into something.

Roll all knowledge skills once DC 16 if you succeed better than half you get a second date, if you beat all of them well you prolly score.

And yes this may well impact the plot later :D

Alan gets a special deliver of his own, it's a note.

You're a good leader and flanking threat, don't let them tell you any different. If this guard keeps it up I might have to hang up my mask. -GB

Lore: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (13) + 8 = 21
Diplo>Gather Information: 1d20 + 11 ⇒ (16) + 11 = 27

Alan stares silently at the note in some confusion for a moment, and then a realization dawns. The note might have been from the enigmatic young man he'd inadvertently saved by subduing the Halberdier at their recent active duty event, en-route to cleaning up the barrage from behind the bar.

Alan sits for several moments and ponders the notes it's ramifications.

What's the cities stance on Vigilante's? How about what laws are on the books, enforced or not?

After sitting and thinking serious thoughts, he spends a period of time making discrete inquiries to try and trace the path of the note within the Watch facilities, mentally making note of anyone's hands touched the document on its way to his bunk. While not specifically seeking her out, should he run into Commander Callahan, he'll ask for a moment of her time.

He ends his travels in the Watch's Law Library, to continue his research on the legal ramifications of what he's discovered.

While not endorsed by the City government Vigilante's are not specifically outlawed either. As long as they do not deal lethal damage to non-consenting combatants (assault) they are not typically arrested. Basically dueling is legal so as long as the vigilante announces themselves and are attacked in kind hen they are not typically arrested.

Wonderboy is somewhat newish on the scene and some of the watch mutter about him being too young to be doing what he is doing. He looks like he's maybe 10-13 age range so there's possibly a child endangerment issue to cite whoever his parents are.

The note is written in clear crisp precise calligraphic text which would indicate a high degree of precision skill and likely a privileged upbringing as the poor barely learn their letters.

@She and Sven

Rumors eventually reach your ears that ?the dude with the busted up jaw has had it replaced but has also been vocal about looking for revenge on Sven and Hightower when he gets out.

She hears that wheeler has not spoken since take into custody but has been known to draw female Vanara graffiti

@Fluffball a circus is in town and it is rumored they have exotic bardic performers!

In Alan's spare time, he starts a new project, reviewing copious current genealogical records of Mivon's rich and affluent. For any that ask, his responses include such things as:

"To better serve the city, I need to know it's inhabitants, and this is helping do that."

"It is easy to make enemies if you do not know who is related to whom. It is time to learn these little intricacies."

"You may not know, but I was raised by the local Abadarnan Temple as an orphan, and I've never known anything about my family. This research has many uses, perhaps I'll stumble on something about my own past... It might be wishful thinking, and I'm happy with the education that the Temple provided, but... it would be nice to know."

He particularly pays special attention to Noble/Rich Merchant houses with children, specifically houses with children between the human equivalent ages of 8 and 20, and Halfing houses with individuals between 18 and 60, and mixed/unusual race houses in general.

My plan, is to either buy a blank Journal and fill it with notes (10gp), or if you'd prefer a Heratige Book (50 gp, MW Tool for K Nobility), and for either, visit the Temple of Abadar to pick up a bottle of invisible ink that is revealed by the presence of Holy Energy, ie, Lay On Hands. I'm guessing, but I'd expect that to a: be something the Abadaran temple makes for their own purposes, and b: be one of the two mid grade options, so 10 or 25 gp/bottle. I intend to use this to make sparse notes in the margins/etc for which ever book I end up using/writing in addition to normal text. I'd prefer to use the Watch Library vs buying a Heritage Book, but... Until Alan's made a decision on Wonderboy, who's cover identity name he might actually know now... he plans on keeping the boys secret as secure as he can as he works out who they might be. I mean, if I stumble onto a pair of initials that fit G.B... well, then I'll burn the note.

Sidebar topic: as an FYI, Alan will tithe 10% of his pay/other income to the Abadaran temple at the earliest reasonable opportunity upon receipt, and will direct any seeking alms from him to the same.

Milo happily shows up at the right time, bringing a small gift of a reasonably rare book he has found in his collecting for his own library.

The fact that Tracy is very intelligent is as much an attraction for Milo as her looks. He doesn't try to copy the manners of the nobility, he talks to her as an intellectual equal. But if she flirts he flirts right back. :)

She Who Always Tries will visit Wheeler partly to see exactly what it is he's drawing, and partly to see if she can get some information from him.

@Milo Tracy keeps things pretty tame until the end where she gives you a rather ardent kiss and tells you she's had a lovely time and hopes to see you again soon.

@She Who
Wheeler replies in Vanaran
It is funny, I am locked in here but it is you who is more imprisoned. You live by their rules rather than the natural rules our people grew up with. That the strong take from the weak.

I hope you find out before this city burns.

Wheeler actually is a very good painter and your likeness is unmistakable.

@Alan most of the affluent young men that might make the grade as suspects are in fencing academies. You've seen Golden Boy fight he is graceful but more brutally efficient, its not the work of some fancy school.

What catches your interest after looking into various angles is a suspected criminal Ludius Fagen. He is suspected of kidnapping and ransoming various wealthy children and rumored to have a gang of youths mixed with halfling and gnome adults that pretend to be youths. Some of the reports are from old guard but the more recent ones are Callahan.

Generally his existence isn't confirmed. He's been spoken of by snitches and he's always given fantastical attributes that make him somewhere between suspect and street legend. Stuff that say he's really fat like 400lbs fat but nimble an fast. All sources point to dangerous and cruel.

Clarification Question. Golden Boy is the name he gives himself, and Wonderboy is the popular name he's known by at this time?

Amelia has a hard time concealing her pleased look as the evenings excitement dies down. After taking her leave of Tracy Amelia heads home to her loft apartment, picking up and greeting lovingly her pet asp, Montrello.

Have you been a good boy Montrello, who wants a ratty num num...I bet you do!

Amelia pulls a live rat from a cage containing several of the creatures, and then places it in Montrello's enclosure, which takes up nearly 1/3 of her smallish residence.

Sorry little rat, you have been found guilty of being delicious to serpents, dinner Montrello, come and hunt it sweetie.

Amelia sheds her evening dress and formal attire, replacing it with a simple sleeping shift. She pours herself two fingers of something from a dusty bottle, and nestles herself among the many pillow that make up much of her furniture.

Hope this lucky streak I seem to be on holds, cause Mama needs a defendant to make her some gold, so she can get Ma and Da into someplace better. They worked hard to help get me where I am, I owe them that much at least, if not much more.

Yawning Amelia finishes her drink and drifts off to sleep, dreaming of legal fees and courtrooms where duels were fought with words and laws, not steel and blood.

It's Wonderboy my bad, still signs as GB :D

When you get around to the Halfling families you find out one of them didn't pay a randsom 8 years back and their boy was never found. His name was Galvin Beauregard, he'd be in his early twenties now.

She Who Always Tries gives Wheeler a quick smile that displays all of her teeth.
"Perhaps being chained by their laws is better than being chained by their chains? At least I'm free to go outside, and not stuck away from the sky.
Sometimes the strong protect the weak, and don't have to watch for enemies at every turn. My father told me to help people, and that is what I am doing."
She starts to leave, then turns back.
"No matter what you've taken up to now, it does you no good while you are in here. And for both of us, this is only one part of our lives, and one life of many. Whether it is good or bad, the next will be different."

NP! Just making sure I'm following the threads as woven, vs the threads as I read them! And ... Interesting. Might have to follow up that thread, and see where it leads.

During the time he was not on an official task, at practice or in prayer, Alan continues to whole heartedly dive down the rabbit hole of the Watch Library and Archives, starting with the official reports of the kidnapping of the halfling lad, and the numerous official and potentially speculative reports of the child labor crime king pin, and then into the official reports on any other kidnappings, both where the victim was recovered, and those where they were not, going back a decade and a half.

Could there possibly be a common thread binding these items together?

If there are any dice rolls that should be made, please either let me know, or roll away. Also, how much if any should I dock Alan's current cash for the supplies he's using? Any fee's, etc? I expect to remove at least 10 gold for a basic blank book.

Checking in: Fluffy are you still with us? Are you picking up the thread I laid for you or should I move on?

@Alan Records are somewhat spotty but there's a retired guardsmen on most of the paperwork, a gent that runs a private security group now named James Clement, you could try talking to him.

@Everyone here's reports of increased gang violence. The old guard is getting pretty beat up out there so anyone that volunteers from the Academy can pickup shifts. You're issued MW crossbows with extra long "bulb" headed bolts. They do 2d8 non lethal but are a -1 to hit.

When She Who Always Tries gets together with the rest of the group, She will mention Wheeler's comment about the city burning.
"Maybe he knows something about what's going on with the gangs"

How many bulb bolts?

While in one of his many trips around the Academy and associated buildings, he runs into someone asking for cadets to help out in the field.

His first inclination is to immediately sign up, and realizes that he's already put pen to parchment in doing so.

Knowing his skill with his Lord's favored weapon, and seeing the bulk of the business end, he spends at least some time at the practice range trying to gauge how poorly it will affect his aim.

MW XBow: 1d20 + 3 + 1 - 1 ⇒ (10) + 3 + 1 - 1 = 13

Once satisfied with his barely adequate accuracy, he moves on to the rest of his practice, prayer and studious efforts.

Perhaps they'll station me near where Mr. Clement's office is, and I can check in either before or once I'm off Duty.

Letter from Colonial Deluna (thought to be a high ranking logistics officer in Mivon’s military.) This arrives via courier through an anonymous source to every member of the new and old guard several officers in the military in addition to its intended target the high council of Mivon. Most people speculate it was probably Ivoretti or the unnamed halfling that paid for the letter to be magically replicated and delivered so widely as a parting shot to a former rival. Basically this is probably a spy gloating their victory in their rival’s retirement.

To The High council,

This letter constitutes my retirement from public service. Since the ruler that hired me was publicly executed some time ago I haven’t tendered a true report in some time. I believe truly that the new mayor is on a path to set this country aright and has employed her own espionage commander hence my services are no longer required. The following is my final summary of my two decades or so as the head of the previous regimes spymaster.

Mivon was once a regional power to rival Brevoy and Pitax, we are now sadly a second rate power often caught between Woodhaven and Pitax. Brevoy fell to civil war and is now separate weaker nations. This was by design, the fissures that separate the high noble houses were widened by Pitax and Woodhaven and Pitax sent resources and troops to opposing sides. I have managed to keep the same from befalling our proud nation and in that endeavor I allowed our former ruler to be sacrificed by my own inaction. I could have prevented his fall but he would have become a terrible and bloody dictator had I done so. This was little comfort to me when the mob also executed his family.

Pitax is run by an evil genius named Ivoretti. He developed a bard college which is at least partly a wide and far spread spy network. He has a sound and tactical military mind and a complete lack of empathy or scruples. He has attracted the talents of a strong necromancer, a barbarian warlord, a clever alchemist, and has relationships with a variety of churches and temples in his city. He has small elite units capable of running missions with a variety of objective types and had Woodhaven not risen in the Stolen lands I’m confident he would have destroyed our country in one of our many minor wars.

Woodhaven has unified the 4 naciant kingdoms seeded from Brevoy and has grown strong in dangerous soil. It is ruled by one Melonie Chandler a cavalier who has inspired and raised orders and her husband Dante a master summoner. They are a part of a greater adventuring group that includes a halfling druid rogue I shall not name directly for she take that kind of thing personally. She is Ivoretti’s true counter. True they have a wizard near the power of an archmage and they have unified a variety of races normally considered monstrous but the real reason Ivoretti hasn’t consumed us all with his ambitions is because he has met an qual chessmaster in her.

Which leads me to my advice, find a proper spymaster and stay the course with your guard. Ivoretti is aging and it is my hope we weather his elderly years as a country. I think your guard may well be a good investment as I suspect it will lead to what both Pitax and Woodhaven have leveraged better than us, adventurers. We need to be an attractive option for these type of folk because those that don’t die horrible deaths rise in power swiftly and can dictate a country’s fortunes. Keep neutral for as long as you can and be generous and friendly to the adventuring type, with any luck Woodhaven will destroy Pitax eventually, if the reverse happens my other advice is that Ivoretti has some sort of vendetta with Numeria and the Technic League. If Woodhaven falls find a way to remind him of this and hope he tries his strength there.

I personally intend to live out my days far from these concerns as I retire to Absolam, good luck.

Regards,
Colonial Deluna

bulb bolts are 12 you also get 12 regular bolts

So this is a very Sandbox type situation and where the adventure goes largely depends on what you guys pursue.

We’re moving 3 weeks forward as the Watch realizes it needs serious help as a variety of serial crimes have broken out. You’re introduced to a newly hired investigator (Roedar) and an investigating consultant who will assist on some cases, she also has a bodyguard (Amelia and Spiegel.)

In the 3 weeks after the party aside from continued training at the Academy many of you have been helping out with the gang violence down by the docks. These tend to be easy fights as you arrive to mop up the gang members that have already damaged one another. Thanks to the crossbow bolts very few get away.

Questioning for the first week or so goes nowhere but then they start talking. It’s all rumors driving the violence. One gang claims they’ve been insulted by another, another gang says that a rival gang leader killed their leader’s favorite prostitute, yet another claims they’ve heard that the other gang was planning a hit on them, still another claims their rivals were moving in on their territory. and so on. Not much is really thought of this until it’s pointed out that all these gang wars have weakened all the dock gangs which leaves an opening for a new gang. Murtaugh points out that it sounds like the work of a bard spreading rumors.

Wanted: Suspected perpetrator bard sowing seeds of violence on the docks.

Unfortunately there’s also been three murders over the past three nights. All of the murders involve small sized individuals: a halfling, a gnome, and a human child. All male, all left skinned and bloodless and posed around a neighborhood notorious for small sized criminal pickpockets, beggar scams, and burglary.

Wanted: The Halfling Huntsman (press nickname)

Lastly, Jade has been spotted with a couple more agile types (a pair of catfolk) doing quick robberies, snatch and grabs, and burglaries. There’s rumors he’s trying to raise funds to hire a high powered lawyer for his friends.

Wanted: Jade

@GM_Solspiral, I'm guessing these are common knowledge questions, but

• What are the Stolen lands?
• Did Woodhaven exist prior to the split of Brevoy? Or is it the product of the 4 unified kingdoms?

If not common knowledge, then
Kn (Local): 1d20 + 1d6 + 8 ⇒ (14) + (2) + 8 = 24

@GM_Solspiral, I'm guessing these are common knowledge questions, but

• What are the Stolen lands?
• Did Woodhaven exist prior to the split of Brevoy? Or is it the product of the 4 unified kingdoms?

If not common knowledge, then
[dice=Kn (Local)]1d20 + 1d6 + 8

The Stolen Lands refers to an area of the River Kingdoms between Brevoy/Pitax/and Mivon. Essentially this is a couple generations after a "Kingmaker" game which lets me milk parts f the Goelran setting I like but allows me more creative license to make changes.

Woodhaven is an alternate history version of a campaign I ran. Basically it's a slightly less successful version of a campaign kingdom with a slightly more successful Ivoretti.

Woodhaven was a very small kingdom when Brevoy fractured. It was one of 4 expeditionary mini kingdoms sponsored by Brevoy into the Stolen Lands. They first defeatedan attempted troll kingdom by a villain troll named Halgurka. They later added Varnhold as a vassal state after an incident involving a Cyplotian Lich, they straight out warred and conquered their more incompetent neighbor (I forget his name) after he tried to attack them through proxies. They then took the land that was another mercanary companies charter that failed to launch.

Really this has at best a tangential impact on the current plot and yes I buried it a little.

Thanks for the info. I have not played in the Golarion setting, so I lack context for many of those things. I'll try to look them up before bombarding you with questions.

I would think Amelia and Spiegel should report to Callahan for formal introduction as consultants, so, I shall

Amelia and Spiegel report to Lt. Callahan a few weeks into the increasing gang violence and serial killings of small individuals.

Spiegel avoids speaking any more than absolutely needed during the meeting, always standing a few paces behind Amelia, refusing to sit down, his only concession to decorum his removal of his smoked glasses, which he folds and places in an interior pocket of his suit coat.

Amelia however more than makes up for her bodyguard's stoicness.

Lieutenant Callahan, my employer, the prestigious law firm of First & Basil have provided myself and my associate opportunity to assist the Watch in a consultant capacity. As Mivon’s need is great at this time, and in light of recent events, we are reporting for assignment at this time.

::looks Lt. Callahan strait in the face, making sure to keep eye contact the whole time, his shoulders square and chin out.::

Lieutenant Callahan, for my part I am locked and loaded, but my first concern is Miss Rolshen's safety at all times, all else comes second, though I assure you I am a professional, will this be a problem?

Callahan responds:

"Standard recruit protocols have been waived as you are here on a consultant capacity. It seems your firm has taken more of an interest in keeping our government stable after the Colonial Deluna leak. Makes sense you all are comfortable with the way things stand, Ivoretti or the Steel Regent could compromise your profits and comfort. For our part we are willing to work with your firm because they respect the rule of law and we're hardly against more allies."

Roedar shows up right on time for his first day as a Cadet. When he sees that Lieutenant Callahan has a free moment, he approaches and reports himself as ready for duty.

Do we refer to all superiors as "Sir"? Or do we also use "Ma'am"?

Lieutenant Callahan, Roedar begins as his voice breaks with a slight squeak. I am pleased to be a member of the Watch Guard. Do I have a desk where I can spread out and get to work? I am particularly interested in determining the source of the leaked letter. The leaker is obviously just trying to sow dissension. But the string of recent murders is very troubling. Any priorities?

Settle down, Roedar. You're just showing up for a new job. Nothing too stressful, here.

Roedar is clearly excited to be starting and wants to make a good first impression. He also seems legitimately interested in the work, an impression reinforced by the golden key hanging from around his neck.

It's ma'am

The leaker broke espionage laws which is not under our purview, that is a military matter. The murders are troubling as is the gang violence instigation. As much as Jade evading our sting previously annoys me I'd prioritize the violent offenders first. I'm glad to have3 the investigative help. Murtaugh and Amelia are our other investigators perhaps we should divide our resources and go after different cases.

Alan I'd like everyone's input Cadets.

A VERY reluctant Ace Sweetchuck steps forward.

AS: "Sir?"

VC: "MA'AM

AS: "Sorry ma'am, I'd like to be assigned to the case with murders, being a halfling myself I ffff-feel that I can be of use there even if it's as bait or as a friendly face to the small sized community."

VC: "I'll approve that if Alan, Sven, or Hightower agrees to protect you, we need one of our stronger bodies on that case for when things get messy."

AS: "Understood."

She Who Always Tries approaches Callahan.

"Ma'am, the Vanara we arrested at the party seemed to know something about trouble coming, so maybe his friend Jade would know something about it too. I'd like to see if we can get him this time."

Amelia takes stock of the Lieutenant, trying to judge her command style, and if she is a true adherent to the Law, or an officer who prefers gold over true justice.

Sense Motive: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (11) + 9 = 20

I won’t waste any of your time Lt. with idle banter, to get right to the point, I know there are two issues at the moment with which Spiegel and I are likely to be of the most assistance with. The current gang violence plaguing the city, and a string of murders, whose victims have all been of small races, or children. While we will assist where and as you direct Lt., I am personally moved to assist with the string of what I am starting to suspect are serial murders. I defend those who have committed crimes for a living, but the unsub or unsubs that are committing these murders of small folk and children are not just criminal, they are monstrous, and I would see the person or persons answer for their atrocities before the eyes of the Law, and pay the penalty should indeed guilt be proven.

Roedar surveys Amelia and Spiegel. He tries to get a feel for the sincerity of Amelia's statements regarding the killings.

He then speaks up, I believe the changes in the relative power and hierarchy of the dock gangs are more dangerous long term, but the killings dramatically undermine the faith our fellow citizens have in the city.

The killings really must be stopped immediately, he thinks to himself.

She Who Always Tries approaches Callahan.

"Ma'am, the Vanara we arrested at the party seemed to know something about trouble coming, so maybe his friend Jade would know something about it too. I'd like to see if we can get him this time."

VC: "If you truly thinks Wheeler knows something why not interrogate the whole gang as your theory about the frog would be that the gang knows something. I'm willing to authorize privileges or even a geas enforced banishment if the information shared is deemed valuable enough or leads to more arrests.

Since we have a legal consultant investigator perhaps this is something you can pair up with Amelia on. For all we know all these cases are linked. I'd believe it in light of that damnable letter!"

She's willing to discuss other ideas as well, basically she can be sold on an actual plan to capture Jade if you have a proper idea/plan on how to do it!

@Amelia: Valasca Callahan is a by the book says what she means and means what she says kind of woman. She has no bluff.

Regarding "Can Sense Motive and such be used on other PCs?" Technically when it comes to judging sincerity yes. IT is typically less info then NPCs but Amelia is technically an NPC.

Amelia roll bluff (DC 26) or answer the question regarding your sincerity.

As Roedar is a man of faith and conviction, and did quite well on said Sense Motive skill check, he would recognize there is no lie in the words of Amelia, only a look of strong conviction, and sincere belief in the power of just and equal law and the enforcement of such.

Amelia's face shows nothing but a sincere desire to see justice done even under Roedar's careful observation, as do the words she speaks. Her voice is even and sure, and her manners betray nothing but earnestness, with no sign of the behaviors that normally accompany someone dissembling or attempting deception.