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In Tengu: He responds back with a funny expression on he face.
that depends, if you want to show off with me, I'm your friend. If you try to show off better than me, I'll be your foe in competition. Stunt buddies and battle buddies, or are you my competitor that will out jump me and brag, out climb me and brag, and brag that you have more kills than me? As long as none of us is keeping score on anything and as long as we do things just for the pure fun and sport, then it is friend.
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Evad stands with his back leaning against the trees Haru is looking at. You would be sure he was a Mwangi man, if not for the tell-tale pointy elven ears. He has a dark complexion, but it is clear he must be a half-elf; as he is far to light in color to be a drow. Other than the ears, it’s his human features that are most prominent.
He wears green and blue linen robes tied with a rope belt. Around his neck is a cord with a piece of driftwood carved into the shape of a leaf with a drop of water on its end. His hair is braided with feathers and seaweed woven in to the braids and his scruffy beard seems at odds with him to grow. A worn leather satchel stretches across one shoulder and he holds an also well-worn leather bound book in his right hand.
Evad’s wide mouth features a generous smile, as he is obviously amused by Mark and Haru’s interchange. He speaks in an unexpectedly deep and gruff voice.
“Gozreh’s fair breeze favors us this day. Birdman take flight if you will and taste Gozreh’s freedom. You’ll not find a fairer wind for days. Look how the branches above rejoice in it!”
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You all meet-up and together proceed to;
The ramshackle tenement outside of Korvosa softly echoes with the sound of light rain as Venture-Captain Sir Canayven Heidmarch begins his briefing.
“For this mission you will have to venture into the sewers beneath Korvosa. Sascha Antif-Arah,” he announces, gesturing to a haggard human woman who is past her prime but whose posture expresses confidence and experience, “requires access to a particular vault. The society is going to help her.” Sascha eyes each of you in turn then nods to herself with some satisfaction and steps forward gracefully.
“Some years ago my friends and I had made quite a name for ourselves around Korvosa, and our adventures earned us a considerable amount of gold. We stashed most of it in one of the Vaults after evicting the cult that had already claimed it.”
Sascha pauses for a moment, smiles, and shakes her head as if recalling particularly amusing details of the raid. “Anyway, I retired from the business after that, started up a shop, and lived peacefully until I got into trouble with the Hellknights.
“I can’t show my face in Korvosa because I don’t fancy spending my retirement in shackles, but I’m willing to cede my share of the loot in that Vault to you. It’s no dragon’s hoard, but it should be more than worth your time. The only thing I want from there is an old locket—nothing magical or worth fencing, but it means a lot to me. Once I have it, I’m getting out of this place and off to somewhere the Order of the Nail has no sway.
“The entrance shouldn’t be too hard to find, assuming you know what to look for,” she remarks as she fishes several folded papers from her haversack. “There’s an old service entrance into the sewers about a quarter mile north of my old shop in Midland; I wrote down directions that should lead you to the vault. There’s a big room inside, and I stashed my share under the flagstones in one of the small chambers nearby.”
She extracts a few more items from her bag and holds them out. “I hope you don’t need these, but you never know. I certainly won’t be using them in my retirement. Good luck to you, Pathfinders.”
If you want you can ask questions now, or roll to see if you know something about the area yourself (roll once, you are allowed to look at the spoiler depending how high your check was)
Knowledge Dungeoneering
rats—dire and mundane. In addition, goblins, wererats, and otyughs all exploit the immense amount of refuse discarded by the city’s citizens.
Knowledge (engineering or history) check.
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Haro puts his chalk and book back into his bag and looks at the woman. "Hellknoght knows us coming?" he pulls out a small book with some writing in Sylvan on the side and flips through it. He switches to
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At Haro's question
"The Hellknights shouldn't know about you, and have no reason to follow your doings..they are only after me because apparently accidentally stepping onto the streets between Hellknights and a wanted criminal indicates that a completely innocent citizen is an accomplice. I was unjustly convicted, but I’d rather not test the local law enforcement’s patience by trying my luck out there.”
To Evad
"Yes, there was a trap set on the vault door.. it might still be around..it might even still be functional after all this time. You'd better be careful when you open the vault door"
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After the briefing is completed, Evad removes the chimes from his satchel and steps out, into the rain. Standing with his arm outstretched, he begins shaking the chimes gently in time to the sound of the falling rain, while quietly chanting a hymn to Gozreh. Once the rest of the party is ready to go, he puts his chimes away; opens his waterskin and takes a drink holding in his mouth; he pours more water into his hand and dumps it onto his already wet head.
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Navigating Korvosa;
The Midland district, packed with markets and banks, bustles with commercial activity despite the drizzling rain, and you have no trouble finding the concealed sewer entrance in the secluded alley so long as you follow Sascha’s directions.
The sewer entrance is easily opened and you can climb down now if you want.
(Once everyone is ready and you all go down;)
Unless otherwise noted, the sewer tunnels are roughly 8 feet tall, and the water flows leisurely, requiring a DC 10 Swim check to traverse.
A rusty, slime-encrusted steel ladder descends into the Korvosan sewers, whose tunnels stretch to the north, east, and south like roads in an underground city. Curtains of fungus and mold hang from the ceilings, which rise roughly ten feet above the tunnels’ walkways, which run along either side of the sewage channels. Occasional dim patches of light filter in from the streets above providing minimal illumination.
Despite the sickening smell of decay, the tunnels are free of garbage, waste, and the other byproducts of Korvosan life.
These tunnels are the first of those detailed in Sascha’s directions, and her notes direct you to make your way north from the ladder.
As you all arrive at the bottom of the stairs you notice that the only light is that coming from directly above (or what you brought in with you)
You hear a voice from the north “Give something good to Togg. I am Togg. Give Togg good food with good taste.”
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As more light appears you can get a better look at what Togg looks like; This three-legged freak is mostly mouth. Three tentacles, two tipped with barbs and one with eyes, extend from its sides.
It roars and whips it's toothed tentacles across the walls and ceiling to display strength
“Sewers have lots of food, but I want better food. Food from above! Tasty drinks!”Togg points to Woonsul with one of it's tentacles and adds, “That one looks good. It’s small. No one would notice it’s gone.”
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Jenya sighs, she was no talker herself but it felt wrong for her to attack something that wasn't hostile to them and was just talking.
She readies an action to shoot the monster but only after someone else attacks it first. That way she figures, she's acting to protect her team mates and not shooting something that wasn't threatening them.
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Mark, while drawing his bow shifts into raw sewage and the sudden rush of filthy water on his feathers makes him flinch and throws of his aim making his arrow fly wide and hit the ceiling above the creature he was aiming for.
After Marks opening move Jenya moves closer to the tentacled horror and fires her gun at it, hitting it in it's left tentacle. the creature roars in outrage and pain
init (not in order, so feel free to post an action when your name is bold)
Evan, Woonsul, Evad, Haro (Therbin?)
Otyugh
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Therbin moves to the other side with a hop while Haro moves to the other side of the sewer with an impressive back-flip while Evad throws a stone at the creature's feet (doesn't hit flatfooted AC)
Woonsol casts a spell and quickly finds out his intended spell has no effect
Not effected by the green lights at all the creature roars and moves forward, striking at both Haro and Jenya with a tentacle
...but it seems the green lights are distracting it after all as it fails to hit with either attack
init
You guys
Otyugh