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As Graxus runs away like a cat with its tail between its legs. Tywin tries to swiftly jump off.
Which he makes!
He sees Graxus running off and decides to go after the woman who casted the spell.
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Tywin charges forward, stopping in front of some chairs but easily reaching over them with his lance hitting the woman in her side.
Liriel moves forward and casts bless on the party
Dorianna tries to cast a spell on the defensive
Will save DC 17 for Tywin of follow the following suggestion
"Your pet just ran away..why don't you go get it?"
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You guys
Dorianna
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"Hmm that is a good idea, he might eat someone!" Tywin says as he runs after Graxus.
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Frightened for rounds (so 3 more to go)
Tywin runs after Graxus
Liriel cast guidance on Ryuchi (I think your one square short of having to cast on the defensive, but I moved you and am ignoring that extra square of movement for now..in the great scheme of things it doesn't matter that much)
Jules manages to stab Dorianna with her short sword after having set up a distraction with her rapier (rapier misses AC, sword short hits)
Ryuchi inspired by Liriel manages to trip the Spider and manages to kick her while she's down as well as kicking her while she's falling.
While lying on the floor the woman tries to cast a spell on the defense
a very nice curtain of sparkling lights appears behind the woman on the wall
DC 17 will saves for Liriel, Ryuchi and Jules vs illusion (pattern) [mind-affecting] or possibly become fascinated
= enough HD for everyone to be effected.
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You guys (Graxus and Tywin running away for 2 more rounds, then running back for 4 more..so out of it for 6 rounds). The rest might be able to do something if they make the DC 17 will save)
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Unable to withstand the attacks of both Ryuchi and Jules Dorinna is beaten (into a bloody pulp), after a while Graus and Tywin return to and shake Liriel out of her fascination.
Dorianna carries a masterwork rapier and 2 potions of cure light wounds.
Searching the room you find:
The papers and correspondence scattered about the room all pertain to Ouidda’s position as an elected member of the People’s Council and don’t provide any evidence to her criminal activities, association with the Shadow Lodge, or Aspis Consortium. The closet behind the northwest bookshelf, however, holds a trove of damning evidence of all her most illicit dealings, as well as proof of kidnapping in the form of the bound and gagged body of the elderly Osirian sage, Amenopheus.
The guards who arrive shortly after combat ends join investigating the scene after making sure Dorianna is properly taken care of again.
Among the cramped closet’s crowded shelves are documents relating to years of criminal dealings in Almas and other Andoren cities including Augustana, Oregent, and Carpenden, almost all of which clearly incriminate Ouidda as the crime boss known as the Spider.
Bills of sale confirm that she has been heavily and personally involved in the slave trade out of Okeno in the Obari Ocean, and the kidnapping of countless aspiring actors through not only the Captive Audience but also small theaters and traveling circuses throughout southern Avistan. Many of these documents also allude to her role
in the Aspis Consortium, though never overtly. A box of collected correspondence provides equally damaging evidence of her influence within the Shadow Lodge, including extensive letters from cell heads
throughout the Inner Sea, including Hondo Heru in Sothis, Caggrigar in Irrisen, Chalfon Dalsine in Oppara, and Kormiggon Sussworth in Kaer Maga, all suggesting they ramp up their assault on the Decemvirate instead of sitting idly by while the Shadow Lodge’s stodgy leader simply amasses contacts and resources in Absalom.
Other correspondence indicates she has powerful contacts within the Grand Lodge itself, though they lack signatures or proper nouns, so any evidence is purely speculative. Finally, a letter in elegant script from a person signed only “the Needle” promises that “the Red
Mantis will see the assassination through upon the orders of your ally.”
As you speak with Amenopheus, who was held prisoner in Ouidda’s quarters after she found out he was investigating her operation as
a double agent within the Shadow Lodge. He explains that he had to appear to be a traitor against the Decemvirate both to convince Ouidda of his loyalty to the Shadow Lodge, but also to spur the Ten into action and expose the Society’s vulnerability to highranking
traitors.
(He apologizes to any members of the Osirion faction for deceiving them, and thanks them for remaining true to the Ruby Prince’s cause despite his apparent betrayal.)
With the Spider’s identity revealed, her vast crime syndicate falls apart, and the Andoren authorities use the information gathered by you to locate and arrest her associates throughout the city.
The Decemvirate likewise sends crack teams of Pathfinders to locations throughout the Inner Sea to put an end to her poisonous influence over the minds and motivations of her fellow Shadow Lodge agents.