I'd suggest waiting until 6th.
Reason being as that can be a feat you change out if/when you get a better weapon.
You make your way back to the devil and are interrupted midway through.
I'll have details a bit later I ahve to go to work now...
Slacker.
You trek your way out of the vault and enter the knot's heart, a bizarre winding maze of doors and impossible geometry. Feeling your spirits lifted by the weight of treasure and the satisfaction of a hard job done you begin to make your way back to the devil to finish off a loose end...when a cold mocking voice startles you.
"The Council sends it's regards."
Followed by a poisoned crossbow dart. It clatters to the wall next to Pollux's face with a shouted curse in infernal.
Bad guys
Not so bad guys
Caldazar
Trevor
Pollux
Tal
Petronicus
GOOD GUYS UP!
Area is dimly lit. The room is weird and difficult to make out clearly due to the planar distortions. When you go up you find youself circling back to where you were downwards. The pit below you appears to have no bottom, and you can't find the ceiling.
....you could check the map.
HP 25/25
AC 19/FF19/T10
Saves F6/R1/W7
Trevor zorches her with the circlet of blasting
And moves to Y-88. Pin her down but don't get too separated.
Morningstar in hand, Caldazar hustles around the Western edge of the pit to get adjacent to the freshly arrived assassin.
If you have a light source you can see her despite the dim lighting. And the grid matches the distance. i.e. check the bloody map and there she will be across the pit from you.
Guess I should have said that you spot a black leather clad tiefling fumbling wiht a hand crossbow across the pit on the stairs above you. She's an intimidating looking tiefling with black smooth skin and eerie red light pouring out of her eyes and mouth.
Tal has an everburning torch on his shield sconce on his shield. Moving quickly to the other side of the tiefling flanking with Caldazar (Z,92). Dropping his shield as a free action Tal attempts to wrestle the tiefling to keep him from taking anymore shots at the party.
Grapple attempt
If successful, Screw the council. Hell I don't even know what council you are talking about but that doesn't really matter as you'll be dead soon anyways.and they will join you shortly once we find them out.
Hmm..Maybe she should of started her monologue somewhere she would be able to finish.
You said to try and pin her down. Next step is to shut her up.
Well I ment make sure she can't go running all over the place, whether by grappling or just blocking her escape but a full nelson is good as well.
Erm, I don't think Tal has Armor Training so his speed wouldn't be 30ft. :(
And now we wait for the Poll Ux.
Castor bites down on the scraggly witches' ear and Pollux points and moans "Ooooohhh... you're in for it now" inflicting a taste of cloves and a general sense of unease into the assassin...
As tal bears in on her and snatches her up he feels a sharp sting and tingling sensation in his arm pit as a wicked looking dagger sinks in.
"No touching on the first date!"
Tal takes 11 damage and needs o make a fortitude save. Is he wielding a weapon at the moment? It's important to know before I can continue.
you spot a black leather clad tiefling fumbling wiht a hand crossbow across the pit on the stairs above you. She's an intimidating looking tiefling with black smooth skin and eerie red light pouring out of her eyes and mouth.
Fort save +4 if Trevor's alchemical item applies that Tal took earlier
Assuming that she is still attacking and not trying to escape Tal will go for the pin.
In any case yeah she manages to pull a weapon and stab Tal in the armpit as planned but he manages to pin her.
Aaanddd we're jsut going to stop the combat there assuming Tal continues to pin her.
Snarling fiercely the would be assassin spits in Tal's face. Thankfully it's just regular non-infernal non-acidic or poisonous spit.
Well now. Let us get those nasty weapons away from you young miss. Trevor gets any weapons her can away from her.
Looks like we have the Council on our trail, Cal. How about we send back a little message?
Alright Trevor, she is not gong anywhere, but she stabbed me good under the arm and I could use a bit of your healing touch to get me up to perfect health. After that I suggest we start ripping fingers off till she starts talking.
intimidate check to aid Caldazar
"Wow, you must love it rough don't you? Your wife know about your special kinks?" The tiefling retorts viciously
Trevor checks out Tal.
I don't really approve of torture even though a good smiting is something I really appreciate. Besides, even if we do it hard enough to break her, she will just say whatever is needed to stop the pain. Magic is far more useful.
That is only if you don't know when the lies stop and the truth starts. Enough pain will bring the truth out soon enough. It always works.
When the %*&ch mentions his wife, Tal gives a nice firm squeeze to remind her who is in charge now but doesn't say anything to her directly.
If we are not interrogating her now then at least gag her and shut her up. If not give me the rope in my pack and I will do it.
Trevor helps gag and bind the tiefling with rope and cloth.
Caldazar just shakes his head, gobsmacked at the stupidity involved in the words that have just been spoken. As Trevor fumbles to get rope and cloth, Caldazar simply steps forward and slams his morningstar into her head...
CDG (unless prevented by Tal): and Fort save DC 24 or die
And just like that the tiefling is ended her brains dripping off the end of Caldazar's morningstar.
Hold on there Cal, there is a better way to do this.
Trevor was about to suggest something to Cal but the flying brains scotched that little plan.
*Sigh* Well this works just as well.
Caldazar turns to Trevor and raises an eyebrow, betraying a request for clarification before kneeling to sift through the fallen assassin's possessions and wiping the worst of the gore from his weapon on her clothing.
I was about to suggest we slip that curse into her belongings and dump her into a cell here and thus take care of two problems at once. He hands the curse over. But if you have a better idea, go ahead.
Tal is mildly surprised when Caldazar just executes the female tiefling, but gets over it quickly. Indeed, Tal is used to such actions by now and takes them in stride. If there was a chance to glean some useful information that may be one thing, but it was just as likely the information would be a red herring misleading them.
Trevor caresses Tal with the wand.
Thanks for the healing touch Trevor. By the way if you run out of that healing wand, I picked one up off of Meraxilar before I left him at the dinner table earlier. I forgot about till now. Here you go.
Much obliged, best we spread the wands around just in case one of us goes down. Cal, can you use healing wands?
Caldazar finds 4 vials of poison, 3 potions, her short sword (misdescribed as a dagger) is magical, as well as her leather armor. There's also a magical hat in her pack along with a bejeweled bust of asmodeus probably form the manor. Her hand crossbow is of excellent quality but is otherwise nonmagical.
4 Vials Poison
Jeweled bust
Hand crossbow
That sounds like a wise course of action Trevor. Here you go Caldazar.
When he sees what Caldazar has found Tal lets out a low whistle. Not a bad little haul in and of itself. Well worth the risk to grapple her and prevent her from doing any more harm.
Unless 1 of the potions is a healing potion Tal will pass on the items. He has what he needs with the last haul.
Well then, are you still set on fighting that devil or shall we get back to the manor?
Bring on the devil. Lets not leave here without everything cleared out as we don't know if we will ever be able to come back and it may prove helpful to us later.
Very well, just keep in mind that I am out of miracles. We should try to sandwich it in the narrow hallway.
Nice job onthe rolls guys. That should identify al of them which should help against the demon. Tal does not plan on grappling this one though. He is just going for the kill as quickly as possible.