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The group of Pathfinders make their way through the city streets to head to the tavern.
As you turn the corner, suddenly your sixth sense starts to tingle. As you look around, you see two men armed with crossbows jump from the shadows. As they fire their bolts they release a hunting dog on the party!
The first thug fires at Stullun , the bolt stings into his thigh . You also need to take a DC12 Fort save vs poison.
The other thug fires at Zephri
The thugs fire again at the same opponents.
this bolt strikes true, and DC12 Fort Save Vs Poison.
The dog dashes forward and tries to bite Zephri. but Zephri is able to dodge out of the way of the attacking dog.
PC's turn.
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Zephri ignoring the bolt tumbles away from the dog, not giving it a chance to strike at he surges to the west in front of Stullen and levels his musket at the thug. Bethany, his musket, booms, and belches smoke as a bullet blasts forward to strike the thug!
"Oh boys, there are so many easier ways to commit suicide."
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"If he were closer, it would be easier on you all, Yes? So hard to hit the roof top assassins when we are on the ground."
Having given her actions due thought, Meri moves to just below the would be assassin to the west, and casts 'Murderous Command" to force the archer to focus his attacks on his ally, rather than on the party.
Once in position, Meri also orders her mount to guard the area, so if the bandit comes down, her tiger will hopefully maul the man.
Casting Time 1 standard action
Components V
Range close (25 ft. + 5 ft./2 levels)
Target one living creature
Duration 1 round
Saving Throw Will negates; Spell Resistance yes
You give the target a mental urge to kill its nearest ally, which it obeys to the best of its ability. The target attacks its nearest ally on its next turn with a melee weapon or natural weapon. If necessary, it moves to or charges to the nearest ally in order to make this attack. If it is unable to reach its closest ally on its next turn, the target uses its turn to get as close as possible to the ally.
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Helgoron's attack misses, as the dog lunges away from the blow.
Zephri tumbles safely away from the dog and his effort is rewarded with a bullet placed in the mutt's gut. It slumps to the ground motionless.
Ahna is just able to push his blade into the thugs belly. The blade sinks deeply in the thug and he stands there motionless.
Stullun finds the man easy to hit and brings the man to the ground with a vicious slice of his blade.
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Meridyth's attack hits and does a small amount of damage to the thug. Mutar runs at the thug and misses with his wild swing.
He tries to attack back, he draws his club and tries to attack the dwarf.
the dwarf tries to block the blow but ends up taking a knock on the head!
Mutar tries to return the favor, but misses.
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Zephri moves up past Meridyth and with a savage grin, pulls a paper cartridge deftly ripping its top off with his teeth and dropping it into Bethany's barrel, and shoots the thug in the groin sending gore flying.
"I once knew a man who had dated, but stopped because he was feeling frustrated. I told him my friend I can make all this end, so I shot him in the balls and left him neatly castrated."
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"Right, you were shot! Oops, I should have looked up. Problem with you tall types, have to look up to see injuries." Meri bounces to Stullun's aid, deftly attempting tug the bolt from his body with all due force.
After her attempt to wrench the projectile free, Fijit smiles and utters a couple quick words of praise to Arshea. .
"There you go. Right as rain. . . I think." the gnome announces as she mounts her tiger to await the Greycloaks arrival.
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Fifjit starts loading the wound bandit across the back of her tiger, pulling out a set of manacles (masterwork) as she does so to bind the man. "Lets go. We were asked not to leave a trail of corpses, let us abide."
Once the man is loaded and bound, Fijit attempts to stabilize the fellow and casts another Cure Light Wounds from her wand.
As the group leaves the scene of the ambush, Meri asks, "Anyone else wounded?"
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"I can just carry him" - Helgoron moves next to the thug, easily hoisting him over his shoulder and moving out - "Let us go!"
At the gnome's question, he retorts with a smile - "I am fine friend Meridyth, thank you for asking"
To the others he adds - "Where are we heading now friends, so we can have a word with this cur? We will also need to present him to the authorities, after we have obtained the necessary information"
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You are able to carry and drag the bodies though various alleyways past the God's Market. It looks as if you are carrying friends that have had too much ale and nobody pays you much attention.
Once you find a nice dark spot, the still living thug tells you what he knows. He was recently in jail for some petty crime or another when he was mysteriously released. He was approached by a cloaked woman and hired to rough you all up. You were to be made "an example of."
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The man responds to Ahna's questions more terrified than anything else. [b]She promised payment when the job was done. She said she knew where to find us... I have no idea who it was. She was kinda tall, perhaps darker skinned, I don't know. It was dark out.[b]
Ahna senses that the man is telling all that he knows, which isn't all that much.
The man denies being able to read his friends book, until Ahna shows him the sword again. He reads the journal and focuses on a few passages. There are detailed records of the mans surveillance of Kreighton Shaine and several local relic merchants. The entries are intermixed with lamentations about his guilt over working with a former member of the Pure Legion
and the threats she’s made against him and his family.
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Fijit cheers up a little at the news of a possible target, "Looks like Kreighton Shaine might be worth visiting. Although a quick nip at the pub along the way probably wouldn't hurt anything. . . We should probably drop this fellow off at the lodge anyhow. Might need my manacles back. Wonder who the woman is?"