If we play it right and he really needs to be taken down, we might be able to aim Gale at Kell.
@YBD - Are you cool with us visiting LeBrix again, and is it an appropriate time of day to do so?
You can definitely visit LeBrix again if you'd like. Time-wise, it's mid-evening.
I'm at a work conference all week, so posting will be sporadic. Once I get back, I'll be free for the weekend but will then be heading to a con with my wife. I should be able to maintain a fairly-normal posting schedule until then, but if a couple days go by with no updates, that's why.
Oooh, family con. Fun times.
Seems like our group is faced with a moral dilemma here. I know for Az the idea of murdering an innocent person here is repugnant. The saying "The road to Hell is paved with good intentions" comes to mind.
Zeitgeist is all about morality, shades of gray, and your character's beliefs. There are no right or wrong decisions. Have fun!
I only have 500 gp if we want to pay and leave. And I was thinking about marking them with my blood so we can track them.
Corynne's not going to kill someone just on a crimelord thug's say-so. Hell, she'd probably be eternally haunted for it.
Looks like I have 92g
Word of warning: I'll be travelling and moving for the next few days, so my presence here will likely be spotty.
Please bot as necessary.
Also, Alice is not going to murder anyone either, the decision is if we try to leave without bloodshed or not.
Just because we try, doesn't mean we'll succeed.
I'm going to be honest here and say that I have no idea how much money Az actually has on him. I've kept up with stuff that we've requisitioned for assignments, but I realize now that I totally forgot to go into HeroLab and add actual gold we earned that was our own from the very beginning.
If necessary, I'll go back through everything and track down a total.
@Azaghal: If I remember correctly, each of you received around 1500gp upon reaching Level 2. That's a combination of salary and stipend, so hopefully that'll help. 1500gp - requisitions total should = roughly what you have available.
If that's the case, then I say we hand over the money. 333 GP from each of us, or if we include the others an ultimate division of 200 GP each, is small price to pay for not killing the guy. I also think we should try and diplomacy him to leave the man alone and get him to some medical help.
May also ask who he is; I have my suspicions.
I'd channel my inner Marcus Furius Camillus and pay in steel, rather than gold, but if you'd rather bow to yet another crime lord, I'll go with you.
Do I like the idea of it? No, I think it sucks. But the way I see it, we have three options:
1) Pay Kell off
2) Murder an innocent docker who is presently being beaten to death
3) Try and kidnap a struggling Kell and hope that one of his flunkeys doesn't shoot us in the back/side/face, which will probably also get the docker killed and is very likely gonna get at least two of killed, too. Three of us can't hide behind one guy, after all. And, even if we are successful in that, we still have to talk Kell into giving up Wolfgang's location.
I'm not a big fan of voluntary TPK which is basically what fighting it out will be. If every person fires a single shot we're pretty much all but guaranteed dead. For all we know Kell can take all three of us by himself without breaking a sweat.
Alice having a kamikaze streak is cool and all, but I don't think we're in a hurry to have a cool death over doing things the smart way, distasteful as it may be.
TPK? What do you mean TPK, kemosabe?
Okay 3/5PK
If it helps, I'll mention that as-written, Kell shows up again in a future AP module, so you'll definitely get another shot at him at some point.
I'm really sorry for how scornful my last post sounded, I wrote it in a sleep-deprived hurry and it came out way more contemptuous than I wanted it to be. What I meant was what Corynne said, Alice doesn't want to bring you with her in a death-seeking blaze of glory. And as cool as it would be if we pulled it off, I realize it's pretty much impossible.
So yes, we got ourselves in a pretty bad situation and paying is the best idea, living to fight another day. Sorry again for what I said.
Seeing as it looks like you've decided to pay Kell, I just need someone to write up a Gameplay post and figure out where the money's coming from.
Now's a good time for the party to reunite, by the way. Perhaps you run into each other on the way to/back from LeBrix's place.
Sounds good to me.
Once we get this poor bastard patched up we might have just bought us a snitch
I'd think saving his life would definitely be worth calling in a favor at some point. If that amount of gold - requisitions = what we had available, I'm just gonna make things easy and reset Az's wealth to 0 gold. Or maybe some small amount, 10 or 15, with YBD's ok. Y'know, enough to live off of for a little while, basically, but no more than that.
@Az: That's fine
Yeah,I'm pretty much doing the same thing
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I just got back from a convention. Might not be able to post today due to unpacking and such, but I'll definitely get something up tomorrow at the latest.
Did you bring us back anything nice?
I brought back quite a bit of stuff, but, unfortunately, none of it is forum-appropriate. ;-)
Will post tomorrow; recovering from a friend's wedding.
Sounds like that was a good time.
It was, the weather cooperated and it was good to see everyone again.
@Corynne: Can you break down your actions for me? I'm seeing too many but might be overlooking something.
Move: draw weapon
Standard: draw potion (Haunted curse)
Standard: drink potion
I would also suggest that we take some 5' steps to get better positioning. My idea is Miselle-Me-Az as back row, Ellena-Empty-Corynne as front row, with a free spot corresponding to the entrance. That way we can have cover and a good flank.
Forgot the curse makes retrieval a standard action, it's been a while since we actually did anything physical.
I'd be holding the potion ready to drink next round I guess.
Apologies at the delay; girlfriend decided to take me camping. Will post shortly.
So my ghost strikes are negative energy effects......not sure that's a good idea right now.
If you don't know what to do, I still have two oils of magic weapon that you can (maybe, rules are weird) pick from me and apply to someone, and I think someone has ghost salt blanch.
I'm debating between throwing something at him with Telekinesis (Nothing big though), summoning a ghost to grapple it for a round or telekinetically grabbing either the oil or blanch before engaging,
Telekinesis could harm it, maybe, as it's a magic effect, although it uses mundane ammunition. I'd go with the ghost, gaining time is crucial at the moment.
If you need something harmful to throw, I'll pop out a dagger with my next swift.
Forgot that Beat required a touch attack last round; my apologies.
Hey Corynne, want to go see a Hill about interrogating a ghost?
I think it would be a good idea to call Gale now. Also, if Azaghal and Miselle want to try to shoot Quintal down, I have two potions of Vanish that could make it easier.
Heh Gale = tactical nuke.
Ellena, I thought about it....not sure we'd survive going there a second time so quickly, and that one's gonna e really nasty.
So summon Gale, Molotov in the firedust and a couple thunderstones to throw them into chaos before she shows up. You know we're going to be read the riot act for the inevitable property damage right?
Pretty sure we're about to Lethal Weapon it.