PBP[PFS] #5-01 The Glass River Rescue Table 2 (Inactive)

Game Master Valeron De Stinzite

Einn follows Luurg into the secret door, and watches both rooms while the others decide if they are going to with the dwarves. She puts in her suggestion. "Let them out, and then find out what's going on."

Luurg puts a large meaty paw on Einn's shoulder "You all gud? Gettum all dem spidies?" He pulls his sticky hand away, tugging a bit on her cloak and smiles "Well den, lets see what's in dis sneaky room!" He moves on it with spear pointed ahead of him as the others release the Dwarves.. or not?

"We don't want no more 'sprizes from rotten punkins and batwing tings!"

Luurg and and Einn investigate the secret room.
A rank and fetid stench fills this large, unlit, and irregularly shaped chamber.

This room is bare and unremarkable. The two secret doors are obvious from within the room and have latches that disengage their respective locks and open the doors. Nothing of value is among the filth.

"Please open the doors. We are the prisoners you are after. I don't see any other dwarves in cells around here!"

Are you opening the doors?

You see Luurg duck his head back into the jailed room quickly holding his nose "Uggghhh da stink so bahd! Be right back!" He takes a few deep breaths before holding it and heading back in to investigate for a minute while the others deal with the prisoners.

He does a series of hand motions at Einn to do his best communicating while holding his breath in the dark room (grey for him of course...)

Bluff (pass message): 1d20 - 2 ⇒ (6) - 2 = 4 Heh perfect Luurg CHA roll. Just a simple I'm going here, you look there, oh don't step in that, eww!

She will grab the keys and work on unlocking the door to the cells that are occupied.

I assume she will continue on the same path and unlock the cells.

Shiva will go back to opening the doors and freeing the dwarves. Now that the ambush party is dead.

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Einn casts light on her dagger hilt, and looks into the room. She shakes her head at Luurg. She waves him ahead. Not going in there. It really stinks.

The Pathfinders investigate the small room where the creatures came from, but don't find anything. They also open the cell doors of the prisoners.

The first of these cells that you open contains Rakuska, who tells the party of the envoys’ ordeal: "We bypassed Xer only to be waylaid by a faith barge and have all our funds extorted from us before we were captured—though not without a fierce fight. We were brought to this place with hoods over our heads, which our captors removed only when we arrived at the inn’s gate. We have been interrogated twice by a “merciless Razmiri cleric calling herself Holy Ahendile,” who is convinced the we are in the country for some subversive, nefarious purpose. Rosh ("the mute”) has brought us food infrequently, even sneaking in treats from the kitchen on two occasions. We only saw the “smiling old ladies” when we first arrived."

Pechas Domri, a Pahmet dwarf speaks up "Thank you for your timely intervention and I wish you the blessings of the Diamond Sage."

What now. Is it time to grab them and leave?

Luurg is back with the rest of the group, taking a deep breath after emerging from the hidden room "Nuttin in dare cept stankiness!" He blurts out before noticing the Dwarves are now free of their cells.

He greets each one with a large, sticky paw and strong hand shake "I'm Luuuuurg. You guys must be who we be here to get? Hungry? I got some apples, dey real gud! We shud go sooner den later, someone gonna know we gone sometime eh?"

He hands them each an apple that more than likely came from upstairs and smiles, listening to their tale and nodding along.

"Well, let's get out of here. No need to linger about now, is there? Back to the boat?"

"Wait, wait-", Anibal interjects. "There are loose ends we should take care of first."

He starts rubbing his chin, looking at the ground, and pacing in a small circle.

"Does anyone else than this Rosh and the thing we just disposed of come here? Suppose someone comes here, and not find you, mere hours after we checked in. I'm sure that won't raise any suspicion... Oh don't worry I don't intend of locking you back in, we just need a plan for this."

"Well... I suppose our motto DOES include 'investigate'. And it would be a moral crime to leave a death trap functioning, even if it IS in a foreign country... OK. I'm game. Let's go back and question the owners."

"Don't you tink dem owners gunna be pretty mad we stole dey Dwarfs? Maybe call in a bunch of mad guards like bafore? We still gutta get deez guys to where dey was goin in one pieces!" Argues Luurg.

Glad I didn't hang up my hammock yet!

Shiva draws out ricta morti and looks at everyone. "i agree that we need to shut this down." looking over at lurg.
"dont worry big guy if they call guards like before i will gladly stand and cut down as many as they call. Till they either run out of them or im killed in the process."

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"Razmiran's aren't known for their understanding. I say we leave as soon as possible. We're already wanted for that other incident. What's one more sin to our names in this country? Truth be told. I'm sure I"m already wanted for defiling a Razmiran temple a few months back. Long story which I will tell you all if you would just agree to get on the boat."

She looks around. "I wonder if that other door leads out?"

Anibal looks puzzled. "I am not at all familiar with this nation's religious beliefs, but ... Are they okay with devils dwelling in their cellars? And who is this Ahendile person?"

Seeing the discussion go back and forth a bit without much resolution, Luurg takes a quick seat in the corner and pulls out a bag of goodies and some fruit, most notably a small pineapple. "You guys talk more, Luurg need to make anudder pineapple!"

He cuts a small plug out of the fruit and mixes up a few powders and a small vial of unknown liquid, then pours it into the pineapple and replaces the plug and smiles. "Dare we go, gotta be ready case more crazie holy people or punkin's show up!"

Mixed up his last extract slot with shield, takes 1 minute.

"They are all about money, and influence. I don't know how they feel about devils. Bunch of thieves and con men is what they are."

"Nobody like teefs!" Bellows Luurg as he stands up, his supplies replaced and his spear in one hand while the other holds a pair of apples, apples that very much resemble those from the upstairs kitchen.

He chomps down on one while he opens the southern door to survey what lies beyond.

For the sake of time we will move on. Just let me know if everyone wants to go straight to the boat? And what exit are you going out of?

The Pathfinders argue amongst themselves on what to do next, but still make their way to the exit. They prepare for what may lie ahead.

For the sake of time we will move on. Just let me know if everyone wants to go straight to the boat? And what exit are you going out of?

The Pathfinders argue amongst themselves on what to do next, but still make their way to the exit. They prepare for what may lie ahead.

Luurg heads out the southern door and heads towards the west to explore the other rooms down there, maybe there are more prisoners, or maybe a different, sneakier way out. "Lez go, follow me, lez get deez tired Dwarfs out of dis place."

He scouts ahead of the group keeping his eyes peeled. Perception: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (11) + 7 = 18

Hopefully that helps some DM, going to explore the rest of the complex down here and look for an alternate exit, if that doesn't seem to exist then head back up the way we came down, trying to be as sneaky as possible if we have to go that way.

Good idea, Lurg. The party seems a bit split about whether to cut and run or investigate further. Shall we do an official vote? I vote investigate.

lets clear the rest of this out and investigate

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Works for me. Let's go investigate.

Alright, gang! Let's split up and search for clues!

"Okay. Maybe we could start a fire or something to provide a distraction. Preferably in the formerly-occupied dwarven cell. It would take anyone looking for them a while to find out they are actually missing. Bonus points if the ceiling collapses on it and they would have to dig through the debris before not finding bones."

Anibal walks up to the door, tries to open it and peeks into the room beyond.

Perception: 1d20 + 11 ⇒ (3) + 11 = 14

The Pathfinders decide to investigate the complex more.

If everyone puts their tokens where they want to investigate I can update from there. In case anyone splits up.

Guy will rummage about in the northeast.

GM Deekan wrote:

For the sake of time we will move on. Just let me know if everyone wants to go straight to the boat? And what exit are you going out of?

The Pathfinders argue amongst themselves on what to do next, but still make their way to the exit. They prepare for what may lie ahead.

Luurg heads out the southern door and heads towards the west to explore the other rooms down there, maybe there are more prisoners, or maybe a different, sneakier way out. "Lez go, follow me, lez get deez tired Dwarfs out of dis place."

He scouts ahead of the group keeping his eyes peeled. [dice=Perception]1d20+7

Hopefully that helps some DM, going to explore the rest of the complex down here and look for an alternate exit, if that doesn't seem to exist then head back up the way we came down, trying to be as sneaky as possible if we have to go that way.

Marked Luurg's path with a line, starting at the southern door. If he doesn't make the perception check just have him trigger the trap in the NW corner.

marked shiva's path with a green line
perception : 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (11) + 7 = 18 if you need more than just the one let me know.

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Guy heads to the northeast, but doesn't see anything new.
I think you explored this all ready.

Luurg heads north to explore.
He passes through an unused room that is bare and featureless.
This is where the T you passed.
A wooden ladder descends from above into this cluttered and dimly lit L-shaped room. Crates and bits of furniture are stacked against brick walls and oaken doors lie to the east and south.

Shiva heads by Guy, but doesn't see anything else they missed.
Shiva I think you hit these areas all ready too. I could be mistaken.

Once everyone is done exploring, the only other obvious place to explore is up the ladder. Luurg straightens his kettle helm, stows his spear and heads up the ladder as quietly as possible, eyes and ears keen on any suprises. "Up we go, shhh!"

Take 10 on stealth and perception, 12 and 17 respectively.

Yes, well, Guy's 'exploration' involved some of that dwarven beer they located earlier and a more 'thorough' examination of the other goods.

"Hold on a moment. We still need that distraction."

Having found nothing of significance, Anibal looks for something to use as firewood, breaking down chairs and tables if necessary and putting them onto a pile in the former prisoners' cell. He takes his unused journal and tears out a few pages to place them underneath the wood.

Once he is done, he looks at the pathfinders: "Ready when you are."

"Up we go then. Want to be invisible again Luurg?" She touches his ankle as he climbs the ladder.

Luurg nods excitedly once more at Einn, then heads up quietly, opening the trap door just a bit to see what's up there.

Once the group decides to ascend the ladder, Guy joins them, with a full tummy and happy palate. Icon moved near second T.

The group finishes exploring and heads up the ladder. You come out a small door in the bathrooms.

What now? To the boats or are you looking around?

Luurg will scout out the route to get out of the inn to make sure its clear since he's invisible still. Take 10 on stealth for 12 plus invis bonuses

As Luurg scouts around he notices there is nobody in the common room.

Luurg, tell me where you would like to scout around.

Luurg moves from room to room on his way outside to the ship, trying to lead the 3 weakened and malnourished Dwarves to safety. "We can come back n look fer udder stuff layder, deez Dwarfs are tired!"

Back to the ship for Luurg and the Dwarves. It makes no sense to Luurg to explore and confront someone with those three along. The mission takes priority in his mind, and saving those Dwarves are the mission.

"To the boats. Let's go. We can decide what to do with the captors later."

Just as the pathfinders move up the ladder, Anibal strikes a few sparks with his flint and steel to light up the paper pages underneath the kindling wood he produced earlier. Once some of the wood catches fire, he performs a quick incantation, puts his scarf over his face, and runs after the pathfinders while reaching for his hat.

The Pathfinders decide they have had enough of this place and decide to go back to the ship. Just as they near the gate they are stopped in their tracks.

"In the name of the most holy living god, drop your weapons! I am Holy Ahendile, ordained priest of Razmir and arbiter of your fates. Submit to my authority, and you may well earn more merciful treatment.”

The Razmiri priest is dressed in gray robes, wears an iron mask, and carries an ivory wand as she leans against the courtyard’s well.

Along side her their are two thugs with crossbows. They slap their weapons on their sides and glare at you. On the roof you notice another thug with a crossbow.

Let the fun begin. Luurg you are still stealthed

Guy gives them a surprised half-smile and hands up and asks, "What have we done now?"

He stalls for a little time so Lurg can get into position, provided he does not just charge outright.

Hrm I just realized I never healed up from the last fight, Luurg you dolt!

She draws ricta "no-one has authority over me. ESPECIALLY NOT A STUCK UP POMPAS HOLY WOMAN. "
as she finishes talking she splits into multiple copies of herself.

mirror image: 1d4 + 1 ⇒ (3) + 1 = 4
That makes a total of 5 in the same square 4 copies and me

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Anibal scoffs at the masked figure after Shiva speaks her mind.

"Yeah, lady... That's not how it works. If you wish to make me tremble with fear, you should add a face and a badge to that speech of yours. For all I know, you're a phony."

He reaches for his bow.

"And if your port authorities - and your own treatment of these dwarves - are any indication of your intent, you're just a greedy mongrel on a witch-hunt. What are YOU so afraid of, then?"

"Your devil friend is not coming, by the way.", he adds with a hint of a grin in the tone.

Any sign of fires yet?

I will let Einn act before I update.

I will let Einn post action for before as well.

"I said submit. You leave me no choice." Holy Ahendile looks around at the group. Before she says another word she casts mage armor on herself.

"ATTACK!!"

Combat round 1
Everyone may action

We will go with itinitiative for first round. Then I will resolve in posting order. I just didn't want to give myself an advantage. I will let Anibal act then I will post the priest and thug actions.