Myrial, City of Rogues (Inactive)

Game Master Rynjin

I'll charge up and strike
slash: 1d20 + 14 ⇒ (15) + 14 = 291d10 + 10 ⇒ (2) + 10 = 12
confirmation: 1d20 + 14 ⇒ (6) + 14 = 201d10 + 10 ⇒ (5) + 10 = 15

Jorriko opens up a long gash from neck to groin, but does not quite drop the beast.

One more good hit oughta do it. Korak?

Huzzah! First chance I have to use this ability!

With help of his snake-like movements, Korak uses the creature's momentum to land a strike of his own.

AoO From Snake Style: 1d20 + 15 ⇒ (11) + 15 = 26

damage: 1d8 + 12 ⇒ (1) + 12 = 13

¬¬'

Korak nimbly dodges the creature's blow and punches it in the chest.

All over its body the stitching holding it together comes apart, and it collapses into a pile of lifeless flesh.

And, it was an epic enough encounter and the end of a chapter...welcome to level 6!

Huzzah! My first action as a 6th-level whatever-the-f@!*-Korak-is is... Crushing Salvador's neck... Just in case.

Korak turns to the Cleric of Pharasma and speaks in a clear voice.

"You there, priest! Can you make sure these two don't come back as undead monsters? They were enough of a pain in the ass while they still lived"

Jo does a mini dance of victory

This was easier than I expected, well done guy, you are doing it less bad every day.

The Cleric responds, somewhat nervously.

"Um, I don't know if I can. I don't really have access to magic that can consecrate a corpse, sorry..."

Just cut his head and burn everything...or we can put their bodies in the bag of holding in case we want to interrogate them later. And lets move out of here, this place is depresing

"I'm cutting their heads. Had enough of these bastards for a life time! This one came at me with a freaking scythe! says Korak as he drives his bardiche through Salvador's neck, decapitating the dead warrior. "Don't worry, priest. We can ask Arthur to consecrate them later..."

He looks back at Jo and speaks to her. "You should keep that spell book, you know. If you are ever captured, you could try and convince your captors that you need to study your spells every morning. They'd think you're harmless."

Of course, that was totally my plan Korak, you are 2 steps behind

I take 10 for a 26 in bluff :)

By the way, you and Jorikko have taken more loot in the past, it is time to compensate this humble lady for her essential contributions

Sense Motive: 1d20 + 13 ⇒ (17) + 13 = 30

"Yeah, right..." says Korak, not bothering to hide his disbelief.

>;)

Of course I am right, I am always right

"Sure, Tiny... Sure..." says Korak as he picks up Salvador's gear.
"I'm keeping this headband. I'm guessing Tiny would like to have Charles' rod, spellbook and scrolls. I'm not sure if Jorriko wants anything in particular. the scythe might match his style, but he seems awfully fond of his current sword..."

Korak looks back at the Bard, Cleric and crossbowmen who accompanied the party in this venture.

"We can sell whatever is left and use the money to pay our surviving men and send the pay of those who died to their respective families."

Which reminds me... How much do we owe to each mercenary?

15 gp, and you paid up front. They'll probably hike their prices next time since so many got slaughtered for you.

Well, we can still use the money to send some extra to the families of those who were KIA. Maybe double their pay.

Sounds cool. They'll appreciate it. Loyalty's always good, especially with the Obsidian Guard breathing down your neck. =)

Yeah, it's the least we can do. I think we could pay for the funeral arrangements as well.

Korak addresses Michaelis next. His voice is calm, but firm. The drow obviously kept his side of the deal, but Korak is still unsure about how much he can trust the alchemist.

"You there, drow. Where is your companion? Shouldn't she be around here?"

"I'm not sure where Maya is...I was expecting her to be here."

Yeah, I uh...I completely forgot about Maya. I remembered her halfway through the fight but couldn't find a way to have her come in without it seeming contrived.

Jo sighs, tha tmaya was just to sexy to be dead. I will tell Vivian that charless is dead, he should send mandrigal members to explorer the whole place - Jo ask for the reward too.

"We should take the bodies of the men who died in our serivce. Give their families the chance for proper funerals. We can come back here later and see what Chuck left behind."

You get the bodies all buried and Jo reports back to Vivian.

"So you got the traitors? Good. Though I'm a bit disappointed you didn't bring them back alive...we have some fun things to do to traitors." he gives a nasty grin.

He pulls out a large sack of gold.

"Here. You've earned this. There's two more just like it waiting for your buddies too."

That's the 1000 gold I said you got for a reward earlier.

I would want to say that this bussiness was a pleasure, but walking into dungeons never is...So, Any other job?

So,...JO go to the House of ill fame , she wants to find out what people is saying about the deads of hte obsidian guards.

"Oh it was just TERRIBLE! Blood everywhere, it's a good thing the carpet's red or this'd be a disaster!"

One of them talks to you on the down low.

"To be honest, I'm glad mine's dead. Couldn't get the bastard to stop talking about how guilty he was for being talked into visiting such a 'house of ill repute'. Didn't even have the decency to do me while he whined so I could tune him out." she rolls her eyes.

You get a bunch of similarly inane or callous things from most of the other working girls. They're not particularly bothered by the deaths.

Some of the patrons, on the other hand, are a bit more distressed. You overhear a couple of wealthy merchants talking.

"Terrible, simply atrocious. The Guard's really cracking down now, and it's TERRIBLE for business. How am I supposed to get my contraband into the city now?"

Little descriptios of the merchants?

Fat, brown hair on one, salt and pepper on the other. Dressed in nice clothes (we'll say one likes purple and the other red, color coded for your convenience).

Both about average height, one wears a gaudy ring, while the other does not.

Why the men whom I could use my assets to steal/blackmail are always ugly as f@#? hell? - Jo thinks with disgust. Then she realize that contraband could be a lucrative job, but also it could be she could black mail the contrabandist. Jo then return looking for Korak.

Korak is nowhere to be found. :P

I kid, of course.

Korak spends the days following Charles death giving the extra pay to the families of the men who were killed in action and paying for the funeral arrangements (If no one wants to share the bill, Korak uses his share of the loot. I have no idea how much funeral arrangements cost, but the extra pay I give to the families is the same amount the men got upfront when they enlisted. To kill two birds with one stone, I hire the Cleric who went with us into Charles HQ to take care of the necessary arrangements, this way we can tighten the bonds between us, the Mandrigal and the Church of Pharasma).

I'm thinking of giving these families (and whatever community they are part of) a way to contact us if they need, but without sharing too much information about us. This way we can start a Godfather thing, which is why I thought about giving name to our group... Maybe just ask our contacts to pay attention to whatever woes afflict these communities, so we can help them and create a solid ground for our future endeavor as Kingpins of the Underworld. ;). I'll think of something, but I do accept suggestions!

Jo have no problem giving a part of her loot. actually, she really like Korak´s Ideas.

Since Jo is in a helping mood, Korak has another suggestion for her

"You know, Tiny... Isn't it odd how Obsidian Guard associates seem to be have particularly bad luck in this city? It's also really unfortunate that the OG's problems always end up causing pain and misery to this lovely society... I think we should (anonymously point those facts out to some community leaders. Do you happen to know anyone who talks to such leaders?"

i.e.: Can you use Bluff/Diplomacy/Whatever to spread disdain and ill-will towards the Obsidian Guard? It shouldn't be too difficult, if they are even more vicious than usual. And we can do it with just gossip and informal Tavern discussion, whcih means we don't even have to show our (real) faces to do it. I'm sure that can ferment some discontent among the general populace.

Korak, obviously you have spent a lot of time in my company, you are having good ideas lately. I suppose a good portion of Myrial economy is illegal, more likely most merchants are dirty. We could make them desesperately hate the guards too.

"I'm certain your company did inspire me, Tiny. After all, your suggestions are what made me realize we needed better ideas." says Korak with a loud laughter. "I jest, I jest..." he quickly adds when he notices Jo's look (I don't think that joke would make her angry, but as mommy Fist of Fury used to say, "better safe than sorry") "Errr... Anyway... I'm sure a bunch of angry armed men walking around ready to unsheathe blades at the slightest sign of trouble will bother more than just smugglers and cutthroats. Most common folk don't enjoy having angry thugs around, even when they are not an immediate threat. And lately, the OG has had plenty of reasons to be extra angry."

Well, of course, since your lattest ideas were not that good I know you do not want to dissapoint me even more. Do not worry, youa re like the fool son that a mother can not be angry with. Back to the bussiness, yes, troubles. Making peopel get angry with the obsidiand guard seems like alot of fun

"'Disappoint'? Yeah, right..." Korak waves his hand as if completely dismissing the notion "I know you simply can't live without the pleasure of my company anymore, Tiny. I'm just too damn charming. Don't feel bad, though. Sooner or later, that happens to every lass."

Korak scratches his chin and drinks from his tankard.

"You know... If I remember correctly we met a somewhat influential nobleman who lost a daughter to Charles. I'm sure he still remembers his pain was caused by an ally of the rockheads. (An ally who we killed, might I add)." he says with a mean smile on his face "You know what is better than making the little people angry at the rockheads? Making both the little people and the city's bigwigs angry at them. At the same time."

Jo burst out laughing - Yeah, too charming ..., A shame Jorikko and you prefer to spend the time "together" -

And yes, we have proof of charless involvement witht he obsidian guards, that could work, and angry father can be very revengeful

"Now I'm the one who is disappointed...Insulting my masculinity? Really? That's teenager level of offense. C'mon, Tiny, you can do better than that."

Oh don´t be mad at me, It is not an insult, you have to know that I am pretty open minded in that regard. I know you for some time by now, and you have no known girlfriend, I have not saw you flirt with any woman and everytime I invite you to the brothel I end up going alone, you have to admit that is suspicious. But if you sa you are not then I believe you

"I only get made in battle, Tiny. And only when I want. I just think your insults are usually more creative than that." says Korak with a proud smile on his face "I do spend my fair share of time in my favorite taverns, you're the one who is too precious to visit the.... uh... less wealthy side of town, where most people (and more importantly, most cute waitresses) agree that endurance and valor are worth more than politics and honeyed words. Anyway... Why were you looking for me?"

Jo roll her eyes. Korak seemingly unbrekeable (¬¬) tranquility does annoy her.

Ok...*sigh*, well, you seem to have read my mind cause I was looking for you to proppose you actions agianst the obsidian guard.

Inquebrantable? Is that the bastard child of the words "unbreakable" and "quebrantar"? ^^

EDT: No, wait... I just realized that "inquebrantable" might very well be the spanish word for "unbreakable". :P

yeah, unbrekeable. For some reason I thought it was also a english word

Hurray for Portuguese being so freaking similar to Spanish that I can understand most of it even though I haven't spoken Spanish in a long time. ("quebrantar" in Portuguese is "quebrar"). :D. Sadly, even after all these years, I still speak every language with my original accent, and whenever I'm finally starting to, I visit my family and it all goes back to square one. -.-'. I like to think it makes me sound "exotic", but it probably just sounds freaking weird. LOL.

Anyway, back to rogue'ing in Madrigal:

"I am really good at reading people, but my ideas are gifts of my own brilliance. I think we can start by... ahem... Sharing our point of view on this situation with whoever attend the same social circles as us, including taverns, brothels, markets, docks, etc... It shouldn't take long for such ideas to reach the streets."

Korak stands up and calmly walks towards the door

"Now, if you may excuse me, I gotta ask Vivian for my payment and then visit some families..."

(BTW, Rynjin. What would you say is the total cost of giving the extra pay to the dead mercenaries' families and paying for their funerals?)

Yeah, I remember seeing brazilian TV show and basically understand most of it. Curiously the two countries that I could be living/studyng are brazil or the Us

Ok, lets start by the taverns, lets go.

I forget, how many did you hire? 20? At 15 gp a pop IIRC.

I forget, how many did you hire? 20? At 15 gp a pop IIRC.

Okay, 16 of them died, right? So that's 240gp, plus whatever costs their funerals... I suppose a simple funeral shouldn't cost more 1gp, but let's say we spend 5gp on each to ensure the clerics make a good job with their final blessings (hopefully, they'll add a nice no-undead guarantee as a bonus ;)). That' makes a total of 320gp, if I'm not mistaken. Hmm... Less than than I predicted. Let's add another another 5gp per family so we get a nice round number: 400gp.

Jo give her 1/3rd (I am to tired now to even check if what is wrote have some sense)

Wait, does our plan means we need rumormonger?, oh, in the face of all those rogues disbelievers ;D

No one ever needed Rumormonger to spread rumors before that awful talent was created, so I'm of the opinion it's a completely pointless ability. I suppose we could use its DCs as guidelines...

Oh come on, it was a joke, I have enough faith in Rynjin

You should know by now, Nicos. Rumormonger destroys fun. Jokes included. That thing is EVIL!