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Game Master Dinuci

Nagbur, sitting next to Idris, tugs the man's shirt sleeve. "Hey boss, me can has slave? Maybe learn stuffs, having pet human. You knows, for to... deal with math errors," he says with a razor-sharp toothy grin and an evil glint in his eyes.

Perception DC 15: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (9) + 10 = 19 Perception DC 10: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (5) + 10 = 15

Nagbur think you right!

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The auction has been going on for about half an hour now and bidding has gone up. Currently two people in the front are having a bid off for the slave on the podium. The room has fallen silent and the auctioneer is counting down, the price stands at 135 gold. The man doesn't look special, maybe he once was a hard working man but time has taken its toll on him. Being distracted by the voices in the back you missed the traits of the man.

If you really want to :P

Okay, I really want to purchase a 'slave' to free one... other than the Captain maybe noticing us, especially if I talk, anyone have a problem with Axe making a bid? :)

Perception: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (1) + 4 = 5
Perception: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (3) + 4 = 7

What? Which voice?

@Axe: Nope!

Are you going to try and buy a slave, else I forward the story.

"Axe!", yells Axe for a bid of 150.

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"And we have a hundred and fifty! Anyone? This man may lack beauty but he has the skills of bookkeeping. No one else? He needs little to no urging to do his work and only has one previous owner! One laaast chance.... Aaaaaaand.... Sold to the Axe man!"
Several heads turn around to see who bought the scrawny looking man but soon return to the stage as another slave is brought on the stage. Before leaving the stage the man Axe just bought looks terrified at him, he nearly bursts into tears as he is dragged away.

The auction continues for some time still and draws to a close late in the night. Everyone is asked to come to the back. You head up a small stairway next to the stage and follow a small hallway. The ones who have bought are asked to stay where the others are asked to go on to the next hallway, to make room. Placed you there

The merchant, having bought a couple of slaves himself, joins Axe at the slave pens.
"Did you see the man in the room we just passed? He crossed the big boss, got his slave taken from him. Paid a pretty penny for it."
Axe is asked to pay his due and is given the slave, after which he is also asked to leave the hallway. After a short while the merchant also joins you in the hallway.
"And, do you think this may be worthwhile?"
He says with a grin.

You may also talk with other people, they will be flowing out of the building one by one.

Someone ask him about the boss and why others don't want to buy one of his 'new pets' Fish thinks to the group.

"Axe? Aaaxe?", Axe asks the merchant. Axe pays the coin, knowing that at least he can free the man despite supporting the trade. Later, when asked spoken to by the merchant again, he asks "Axe?"

"He crossed his path, again. Some people are a bit stubborn. As punishment he just took one of the slaves the man bought. No one buys or takes what he has taken. Unless you want your head on the chopping block. Have you ever seen the man's axe?"
As Axe asks his second question the merchant looks at Almalik.
"Your friend and I were talking about expanding business. He said he might be interested in the slaving business, hence my question."

Hi guys I'm back but will update later on tonight. Just got done all my games and I need to sleeeeep. Things have been busy!

"Axe?", replies Axe with a cheesy grin. "Axe. Axe.", he answers to the second.

I think I built a rapport thingy with merchant. Says that those who cross big boss get targeted, such as having your slaves taken, or chopping blocks. Also wanted to know if our slaving business venture would be worthwhile.

"Yes, I guessed that you weren't the brains by the weapon."
He answers Axe, addressing the whole group he says.
"I could take you to him, if you want to start an operation inside the city."

He invited us to see big boss! I say we do it!, Axe thinks excitedly.

Let's go deal with him! I'm tired of acting like I don't have a voice!

Ready to cut the boss down and abolish slavery in this city! :)

"Axe", smiles Axe.

[spoiler=Language: Axe, 16+ Strength, or DC 15 Linguistics/Sense Motive]
"Then as they say, 'take me to your leader'!"

Almalik smiles easily.

"Excellent, that is most agreeable. I must say it is a pleasant surprise to find such a thriving, well-run market in western lands. I am certain we can do excellent business together. Please, lead the way."

You follow the merchant to a nice looking house. Before you have time to thank him he seems to have vanished in one of the streets beyond. You walk up a flight of stairs and check the door, which seems unlocked. You open the door and slip inside. You pass two room, a library and a sitting room, and head into the dining room. Once inside shock overwhelms you. At the head of the table is the captain general of the guard, staring at you. Two slaves, collared and chained, are behind him offering him food and drink. He jumps up and grabs his axe and shield before you got time to attack him first.
”It seems... I underestimated you. You were supposed to be lead to a dummy. The fools...”
Looking closer at his gear you notice that his axe is on fire.
”No matter, I will deal with you myself!”
The slaves next to him are cowering on the floor, not able to move a single step if you asked them.

Combat round 1:
- Idris
- Fish
- Almalik
- General
- Ama
- Nagbur
- Axe (DR)

In bold may act!

Please state the buffs you would have used beforehand! The map is up, the one on the stairway is your slave btw.

@GM: Are our weapons still at the inn or did we collect that before heading to the slave auction? Need to know if I still have my axe or if I need to use my cestus

You have your weapons back!

Ama turns to the man Axe purchased before they leave him atop the staircase. "Don't worry, we'll take care of this awful man for you. You're a free man."

The doors then open and the general immediately turns hostile. In response the air around Ama starts to show heavy distortions as her time altering powers kick in.

Using 1 mote to force myself in the surprise round.
Using my aevum to activate Bolt Time.

Rounds of Bolt Time left after the surprise round: 5/6

disarm: 1d20 + 15 ⇒ (2) + 15 = 17

Idris moved into the room, trying to open the doorway for his companions to attack. Arms held loosely, he waited for the man to approach, so that he could take that flaming axe away from him.

Move into room, ready action to disarm (not likely to succeed with that roll!)

Almalik lets out a loud laugh.

"Didn't I tell you that you were hiring people smarter than you were? Gods, they must breed them dumb where you're from, captain. I'll take great pleasure in this."

Almalik quickly starts casting a spell, and the entire party feels their limbs start to move much, much faster!

Casting haste on everyone, spending an arcane point to bump the CL to level 8. So that's +1 attack, +1 ac/reflex saves, 30 movement, and an extra attack!

Axe gets 3 attack if adjacent? Goodie! That does remind me, I still need to collect my slave so I can free him. I am thinking actually to see if he wants a job with the guild after informing him of his freedom. Thoughts?

The slave is sitting on the stairs in front of the house, he's still with you.

Ama shifts time and accelerates her movement speed. Almalik does the same as Ama just did but for everyone in the party. Idris moves into the room and prepares an attack to disarm the general. He looks at the lot of you and grins.
"Come here and try me."

Combat round 1:
- Idris
- Fish
- Almalik
- General
- Ama
- Nagbur
- Axe (DR)

In bold may act!

Ama gives Almalik a confused look when her ability and his spell create near exactly the same result.

I wouldn't have bothered if I'd known you were going to do this... Could you tell me up front next time?

Guess I got to save my ability for other moments than when Alma's around :P

It's been a few days since we heard from Fish, could someone post for him if he doesn't post today?

Fish moves up next to Idris and readies an attack.

Sorry busy weekend with house work and spending time with the little one, also getting distracted by Pathfinder Adventures didn't help either.

Pity those speed-ups don't stack! Axe, I think that's a solid idea. Stinky was going to buy a slave too but he got no response when he asked permission, so that didn't happen. Anyway, his plan wan the same as what you're thinking. I say go for it!

Go ahead with that plan! (Way ahead of you guys, he's already got a name and place in the story ;P)

Fish moves in and readies an attack to get the general. The general in turn is locked in by the slaves and the table. He turns around from facing you to the slave to the right of him and slams his axe in the wall with his first swing. The second swing chops the slave's head clean off. Blood spurts out of it's neck as the body slumps to the ground. From the wall behind the general a high pitched scream can be heard as the first swing made a hole in the wall behind him. The general barks a quick command in response.
"Here, now!"

Combat round 1:
- Ama
- Nagbur
- Axe (DR)

Combat round 2:
- Idris
- Fish
- Almalik
- General

In bold may act!
Everyone has haste (8/8 rounds left)

acrobatics: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (8) + 10 = 18

Idris jumped onto the table and closed with the Captain General. Hands and feet moved in a blur as the haste spell took effect, and he lunged for the man's fiery axe. His fists were a blur as he struck, trying to wrest away the man's weapon so that Fish and Axe could do what they did best without any nasty complications.

disarm, haste: 1d20 + 15 + 1 ⇒ (12) + 15 + 1 = 28

If he ends up with the axe, Idris will toss it to the back side of the room

You can't throw the weapon also. You used a move action and standard action. You only get an additional attack when using a full attack.

Idris grabs the man's axe and holds it. The general glares at the towering man but remains quiet.

Combat round 1:
- Ama
- Nagbur
- Axe (DR)

Combat round 2:
- Idris
- Fish
- Almalik
- General

In bold may act!
Everyone has haste (8/8 rounds left)

Ama rushes forward, taking the dead slave's spot. She then swings her nodachi at the general.

+1 Keen Adamantine Nodachi, PA, Haste: 1d20 + 9 - 1 + 1 ⇒ (7) + 9 - 1 + 1 = 16 Damage, PA: 1d10 + 5 + 3 ⇒ (7) + 5 + 3 = 15

In case the attack misses, which I expect it will:
Mote, add to attack roll: 1d4 ⇒ 1

I think it'll still miss with that mote... <.<

You can't throw the weapon also. You used a move action and standard action. You only get an additional attack when using a full attack.

Drop it into the square behind me, then, as a free action. Idris doesn't want the axe, he just wants for the big baddie NOT to have it.

"AaaaaaAAAAAAAAXE!", shouts Axe as he tries to return what the general did to his slave back to the master!

Move action to get into place, standard action to Axe!

PA Axe @ big meanie: 1d20 + 13 - 2 + 1 ⇒ (3) + 13 - 2 + 1 = 15
Damage on hit: 3d6 + 9 + 1 + 6 + 3 ⇒ (1, 6, 4) + 9 + 1 + 6 + 3 = 30

Axe....

Almost laughing as arcane power flows through him, Almalik quickly conjures up a flaming sphere before he sends it bounding across the floor and into the general.

Flaming Sphere: 3d6 ⇒ (2, 2, 5) = 9

Reflex save DC 17 to negate damage.

Ama swings her sword but her feet get stuck on the slave she is trying to step over, causing her to miss her attack. Axe steps in but also misses almost chopping off Ama's head. Almalik fires a flaming sphere towards the general and hits him full in the chest.

Combat round 1:
- Ama
- Nagbur
- Axe (DR)

Combat round 2:
- Idris
- Fish
- Almalik
- General

In bold may act!
Everyone has haste (8/8 rounds left)

"HEY!" Nagbur yells as the general callously ends the slave's life. Incensed, he throws his arms out and a wave of stench more powerful than anything yet experienced rolls forth.

Who gets short-changed, alphabetical order: 1d5 ⇒ 3

New ability time! Manifesting Vigor, augmented by 1PP, distributed to everyone but Axe via Spirit of Many.

Excluding Axe, everyone on our team now has 10 Temporary Hit Points for six minutes. Any damage taken comes out of THP first.

(Sorry Axe, Stinky can replicate that to five people at this level, but since it's "Target: Self" he has to be one of the five. I'll getcha something extra-special next round. (Would you rather have a big dose of THP or a +4 boost to an Attribute (and which one, if so?)))

Could someone post for Fish?

Nagbur buffs everyone and the general is up again. He calls out again.
"What is taking you so long?! Your head will be next..."
Suddenly a crying woman barges through the back door and ends up next to Ama.
"Please no! Pleeeeaaaaaaase no! I will do what you tell me! Please!"
The woman wails. The general looks away in disgust and locks eyes with Ama. He lunges forward and tries to grab her. Ama manages to dodge the first lunge buts fails to dodge the second.

Combat round 2:
- Ama Grappled
- Nagbur
- Axe (DR)

Combat round 3:
- Idris
- Fish
- Almalik
- General
- Woman

In bold may act!
Everyone has haste (8/8 rounds left) & +10 THP (Except for Axe)

@Nagbur: The Temp HP would be more useful right now. But no worries, I still appreciate the thought :)

"Axe!", Axe shouts to the woman as he swings again at the General, hopefully distracting him enough to loosen his grip on Ama.

Axe PA!: 1d20 + 13 - 2 + 1 ⇒ (1) + 13 - 2 + 1 = 13
Damage on hit: 3d6 + 9 + 1 + 6 + 3 ⇒ (3, 4, 6) + 9 + 1 + 6 + 3 = 32
Axe PA!: 1d20 + 13 - 2 + 1 ⇒ (5) + 13 - 2 + 1 = 17
Damage on hit: 3d6 + 9 + 1 + 6 + 3 ⇒ (1, 1, 1) + 9 + 1 + 6 + 3 = 22

Meh...

Fish's 2nd round:

Intimidate: 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (15) + 1 = 16

Fish moves up to the woman and shows her his most evil glare. "Boogieboo!"

And onto my own:

With the general grappling her, Ama can't use her nodachi to attack him. She delays till everyone else has had a chance to take a whack at the general, as he's an easier target while grappling her, before she tries to free herself.

CMB check to get out of grapple: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (7) + 7 = 14

Ama then fails when she tries to free herself, and decides to change her strategy to hurting the general's feelings: "You're a meanie! I really don't like you!"

grapple: 1d20 + 14 ⇒ (11) + 14 = 25

if successful, Idris will activate the Shirt of immolation, doing 1d6 + 10 ⇒ (1) + 10 = 11 fire damage.

Idris ignored the woman, seeing Ama caught up in the captain general's beefy arms. He moved in, wrapping his own arms around the man, and causing his shirt to sear into the enemy.

Almalik flicks his wrist, his flaming sphere slamming into the captain once more before he fires off a magic missile.

Magic Missile: 4d4 + 4 ⇒ (4, 4, 1, 1) + 4 = 14
Flaming Sphere, DC 17 reflex: 3d6 ⇒ (1, 4, 3) = 8

Finding no way to reach the General, Fish starts casting a spell.

Full round cast time.

Could someone post for Nagbur's previous round?

Axe swings wildly but manages to cut only air, followd by Ama. Idris tries to grab the general by the arm but just misses him. Almalik hammers the man with an array of spells.

The general grins as most attacks fail and starts hammering Ama with his armor spikes. She immediately loses the extra health she got from Nagbur and keeps getting more and more damage. He turns a bit to look at the woman.
"If you don't do as I told you, you will lose a hand."
Tears billow from the woman's eyes and she points into the room. She steels herself before a huge column of fire erupts from the ground under Idris's and Axe's feet.
You both take 44 damage, reflex DC 22 for half.

Combat round 4:
- Ama Grappled [33/45hp]
- Nagbur
- Axe (DR)

Combat round 5:
- Idris
- Fish
- Almalik
- General
- Woman

In bold may act!
Everyone has haste (6/8 rounds left) & +10 THP (Except for Axe)

ref: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (17) + 9 = 26, plus my fire resistance, means I only take 17 fire damage (that was one helluva set of rolls)

flurry, haste: 1d20 + 11 + 1 ⇒ (11) + 11 + 1 = 23
damage: 1d8 + 6 ⇒ (2) + 6 = 8

flurry, haste: 1d20 + 11 + 1 ⇒ (17) + 11 + 1 = 29
damage: 1d8 + 6 ⇒ (1) + 6 = 7

flurry, haste: 1d20 + 11 + 1 ⇒ (6) + 11 + 1 = 18
damage: 1d8 + 6 ⇒ (2) + 6 = 8

flurry, haste: 1d20 + 6 + 1 ⇒ (3) + 6 + 1 = 10
damage: 1d8 + 6 ⇒ (5) + 6 = 11

Idris skipped aside from the worst of the blast, thankful that he didn't have any hair to catch fire. Time to stop playing around. He began lashing out at the general with feet and hands, aiming for the throat and eyes.

Nagbur's last turn:
Nagbur does the same as before and gives his allies some extra health. Most don't notice any change, as they still have their extra temporary health from before, but Ama and Axe each notice the effect.

+10 THP for Ama and Axe.

My own turn:
Ama figures she'll just stay on the floor with the general, ensuring that the others can hit him easier 'cause he's also grappled while grappling her.

Old Wounds: 1d8 + 6 ⇒ (8) + 6 = 14 x 2 = 28 HP

Ama concentrates on her own healing powers and all of her wounds disappear. She then grins while looking at the general, just to mock him.

Almalik quickly turns his attention as he realizes the woman is being intimidated by the general. Allowing his flaming sphere to keep battering the general, he grabs a bit of rancid butter from his spell component pouch and distastefully smears it across his hands. Grease appears beneath the woman.

Flaming Sphere DC 17 to negate: 3d6 ⇒ (2, 2, 4) = 8

Casting grease, reflex save DC 16 or fall. Casting it rihg tin the corner so it should only be under the woman.

Sorry, still playing catch-up. If there are no objections, I'd like to subtly change the move Ama made for Stinky in Round 2. Manifesting Vigor, augmented by 3PP, distributed to Ama and Axe via Spirit of Many. Ama, Axe, and Stinky each now have 20 THP. Stinky will also step up to (but not through) the double doors so he can peek into the room and watch.

Maybe Haste is involved, but I'm a little confused with how the Rounds are going. It looks like some of us got skipped in Round 3, for example?

Round 3 action: Manifesting Animal Affinity, distributed to Ama and Axe via Spirit of Many. Ama, Axe, and Stinky now have +4 to Str for 6 minutes; adjust your damage accordingly!

A muffled boom echoes through the room from behind the double doors.

Round 4 action: Manifesting Collapse, augmented by 4PP, at the General. DC 18 Fort save or knocked prone and Nauseated for 6 rounds (Spell Resistance applies).

GM, what are the floors made of in this building?