Raok uses detect magic on the downed thugs "Peaceful Jalaijatali, thankyou for this boon of insight into the flow of magic in this place." he intones with his spellcasting
He looks over the bodies
Karla casts detect magic with a word and a flick of her hand, scanning the fallen.
we had best be gone.
Perception take 10 is 20
perception reveals that one of the original 2 guys is playing dead with his buddy's blood on him, also that there is still a guy in front of you with his sword out, he attacks Raok for movement (miss) and takes a withdraw action.
he is now 60 ft. away and moving
is combat over?
Draalûsh tries finishing off the fleeing foe, if possible, to keep him quiet:
"Karla! Magic Missile that guy if you can. He's getting away!"
out of range (35 ft.),checked it and it's medium he is thoroughly in range, you still have one playing dead
Raok takes out his dagger and net and drapes the net over the playing dead guy
"Do not try to run, you will be killed. Yes you the one who I just put the net over. Stand slowly." he says to the guy faking deadness
welp, he soils himself. he slowly gets up to a crawling position
"what's going to happen to me?"
Draalûsh wrinkles briefly his nose at Mr. Playing Dead (a.k.a. Mr. Brown Trousers), but tries finishing off the last fleeing foe:
gonna go ahead and say that Karla says "it won't be enough. I'll save it for later"
Fire dances in the Hashik's eyes as he watches the thug get away.
"Dammit! He'll bring the whole lot of them back down on us!"
He steps over and thrusts his scimitar at the surviving tough
"I have no need, nor time, for prisoners."
he's dead. each one of them has a +1 shortsword, +1 chain shirt, and 100 platinum on them. what's everyone doing now?
a reminder that there is still a riot going on
”Sorry Raok, we gave them a chance earlier. They would kill you straight off and we can’t get away lugging him around.”
”Grab their swords and strip the armor and coins.”
Hashik looks around for doors or sewer covers.
Raok shakes his head at the dancer and retrieves his net, he then starts stripping the dead as fast as possible.. hoping other will help. He takes swords and coins first.. then if they have time..
"Keep a look out."
Draalûsh will help Raok retrieve the valuables from the bodies.
And keeps alert for any more interlopers:
"We best get out of here as fast as we can. Heading away from that riot."
you have time. the other guy sprints off and ducks behind a corner.
2 other people come into the alley scared looking. they look at you all over the corpses and run in the opposite direction
3/4 thugs killed 1 escaped
spellcraft and/or knowledge religion anyone?
what are your immediate plans?
Raok thinks
someone just channeled some powerful negative energy in the direction of the riot. it also feels very strange, like it's been twisted towards a purpose
After they have removed the valuables from the bodies, Jarek begins to make his way down the alley. "With any luck, they haven’t sent any more men here. Let’s go."
Raok shates the negative energy information with the group.
"Yes lets." he agrees and then he follows Jarek
Let's be moving Karla follows, considering the situation. do you think we have to leave town? We have only just arrived.
"I believe that if we are going to leave as discussed, we will need to take care of that dragon first. Although I will admit I am not in great shape to be fighting dragons at the moment." Jarek will continue away from the riots, until they reach either a place where they can stop and plan, or the edge of town.
"Does no one else have healing spells? Not even you Hashish? don't you have the capability to utilise a wide range of spells." Raok asks as they walk
I'll assume you've collected your things minus the cart first.
you've come to rest at an abandoned warehouse near the border of the burned out docks district. its made of sandstone with wooden rafters and echoes.
you hear a slurred voice: "you don't have to take care of the dragon first. it's only terrorizing the coastal road. if you can manage to get a ship here you could make a run for it on the open shea to the west. to the north there's the Kaava Lands with it's megafauna and the hostile natives. directly to the east is the land route out of Sargava, but that is guarded by elite mercenaries. then there is the desert mountainsh, where the Bandu live..." *burp*
"Oh yes? And who might you be, then?"
Raok casts cure light wounds on Jarek in case they get into another fight
”I am finding our lack of healing to be a bit of a problem with recent events.”
Hashik whispers to Raok just before the stranger addresses the group.
”Is that? Adriala?”
The dancer scans the area.
you see a guy starting to peek out from the rafters. you recognize him as one of the two people who ran away from you at the riot
"OH F#~+ ME SIDEWAYS! Hank kick down the ladder!"
"Whuzzat?"
followed by frantic scrambling noises
If you two don't come down here now, you'll regret it. I'll burn you out. Karla says pensively.
As she says this, small flames dance on her fingertips.
the ladder clatters down broken in half
"OH YEAH! like you burned out the docks you rebel nutter!? look how much that helped your cause."
these are the 2 guys you saw running away from the riot after the fight was done with
they are wearing workers clothes
Jarek whispers to the group, "If we need them down here, that earthen wall will prove no challenge to me."
Oh, good comeback, I feel burned. Now come down like good boys, or you will regret it. She smiles.
"We did not burn out the docks we were trying to escape the trouble like you, that's what lead us here. I don't suppose we need you to come down. Could you at least talk with us?" Raok speaks as eloquently as he can
the second voice chimes in with "I suppose we could talk. from this distance."
"We're not interested in burning anything down." Draalûsh adds.
"Not yet, at least", he amends silently.
"We are, however, interesting in getting away from this riot."
”I think we can come to an agreement. I am sure your superiors aren’t going to be happy you let us go and we don’t have a quarrel with you as long as you aren’t trying to kill us.”
”First off how did you come to know we were here in town? Who sent you to move against us?”
"the hell are you talking about? the first time we've ever seen you was when you were looting the corpses of one of the enforcer groups. WE came here to avoid YOU."
"and the riot." adds the second guy.
Hashik attempts to get the measure of these men.
they are afraid and one of them is drunk, but they're still brave enough to mouth off to you despite the threat of burning alive.
you detect no lies
they are also on opposite sides of the room, completely obscured by the rafters
edit: by rafters I mean a limited second floor in the form of one continuous platform encircling the inside of the warehouse
"Tell you what. We want to get out of town quickly.
"And I'm sure you want us to get out of town quickly.
"So, what's the best way to get out of town, then?"
gonna need another diplomacy check, from someone other than Karla
"Pretty please can you tell us the best way to get out of town, we genuinely were not part of any destruction that happened?" he looks up at the men with an expression as if butter wouldn't melt in his mouth
a few minutes pass without an answer then 15 minutes. what are you doing?
Raok has a climb speed which he uses to climb up to the higher level..
"Hello there, can I get an answer please?"
”Maybe they climbed out onto the roof.”
”I am satisfied they aren’t associated with the consortium. They are probably just as scared as we are.”
Hashik tries to keep watch on the approach to the building.