A Push of the Fates.... Zakhara... You Jewel!

Game Master Insnare

Inside a garbage can at the head of the alley.

Nura takes up a position near the door to the alley. If he steps through, she will strike.

What do the rest of you want to do?

Since the team plans to ambush the merchant instead of slipping into his warehouse, Fadilah decides to set the stage for the team.

"How do you want this area to look? Where do you want to hide?"

She gets various bits of feedback from the team about ideal subtle ways to manipulate the area for concealment.

Fetch spell: Spectral force (<= 60%): 1d100 ⇒ 3
Fetch spell time: 1d6 + 3 ⇒ (3) + 3 = 6 rounds

Then, when everyone signals that they are in the positions they want, she moves to a place where she can slip into a corner or up against a wall and casts a powerful illusion to mask the space so that everyone is hidden—behind a fake receptacle, a convenient pile of discarded and mildewy carpets, a deep shadow, whatever looks natural and unsuspicious but gives the person total concealment.

The sounds will be coming from around a corner where some old boxes or something are in the alley, so not immediately observable until you are halfway into the alley.

Frackit goes with his battle axe this time. Clutching it firmly a grim determination on his usually smiling face. He nods to the others as he himself begins to think about how to proceed forward, Once the stage is set he will pick a position to best strike from axe going for a humans thighs groin or belly. It was perfect height for the Gnome, not so much for the human.

You guys are set up, Zairiah is initiating the trap or is it actually Frackit? I want to kick it off.

It's Zairiah, because Frackit didn't memorize that spell. She keeps it simple. I wish there was a bluff check in this game As a thief/merchant I imagine that Zairiah would be good at that.

Zairiah howls like a dog for a few minutes, loud enough that someone inside the warehouse should be able to hear it.

GM Rolls

From the corner of the alley you can hear a distinctly feminine voice.
Please for those of you who have the ability, please give me a detect noise roll

Detect Noise

I figured Zairiah would. I am support

Detect Noise (20%): 1d100 ⇒ 47 (fail)

After listening for a moment, Zairiah continues making doggish sounds, but more quietly after hearing the voice.

Frackit can try

Detect noise: 1d100 ⇒ 7

success

Frackit clears some hair from his ear, regretting not going to the barber. So he cups his hand and focuses on the movements on the otherside. his big ears a blessing.

Your group hides behind the spectral wall of force hiding you from whomever is coming.

A lanky middle-aged elven woman makes her way to the spot, she wears a
pure red dolman and a bright red silk keffiyeh, held in
place by a similarly colored agal. Over the dolman,
she wears a sash in an even brighter red. She has subtle refinement in her features with wrinkles around her eyes and she is wearing satin veil that is see-through but she continues to mumble to herself about burning. She then says, "Poochie, poochie!!! come, I have a gift for you."

Out from her handbag she produces a large piece of Sujuk and then whistles and says, "Ali's got some yum, yum..."

Frackit gestures wondering if this was one of the people or is she was magical

If she's surrounded by us as we planned, then Zairiah gives the signal to attack. The wizard can disguise himself as anything, and is wearing the colors of the brotherhood of flame. Definitely him.