Dario looks down at the woman, seeing her still breathing. He turns back to the sandmen, stepping closer, and draws a vial of alchemist fire. He hurls it at the nearest, confident that Kenji's heritage will protect him.
That brings up everyone again, pending Kenji's save. Skai has standard for round 4/full action at the top of round 5 and if Penthesilea pops back in she has two actions available
Dario throws up his hands as he sees Kenji slump back to sleep. "Oh good grief! You're nearly as bad as that red-headed lad in the back of Dr. Zeital's lectures!" He steps over to wake up the big Ifriti.
"Good thing as an academic, I'm used to boring things." He pulls out his healing wand after waking Kenji up.
Kenji bashes the thing, and then Penthesilea lays into it with her arrows and the sand falls silent!
End of Combat
Status:
Dario: 10/28
Fiata- 8/22
Kenji- 12/44
Madame Zelekhati is stable, but out. Searching her reveals the Ring of Elemental Command she was using to control the sandmen, as well as
potions of cure light wounds (2), scroll of invisibility, scroll of shield, scroll of see invisibility, wand of share memory (10 charges), sneezing powder (2).
Pending question here is what you do with her/what you take back to Torch; will pause for that and healing before kicking off the next task
The Professor taps himself and Kenji with his healing wand. Then he examines Madame Zelekhati's possessions. "An interesting setup she has here. It seems this ring is what allowed her to control the sandmen. I suspect that has something to do with her business."
| Male LG follower of Irori | Wolfscarred Ifrit | Outsider (Native) | Paladin 2, Ninja 2, Oracle 1 | HP 54/54 | AC 17 T 8 FF 17 / AC 19 with heavy shield | CMB +8 | CMD 15 | F: +12, R: +7, W: +9 | Init: +2 | Perc: +2, SM: -2, Dipl: +8 | Ki Pool 3/6 | Oracle 1st 5/5 | LoH 6/6 | Smite 1/1 | Reroll 1/1 | Darkvision 60 ft | Speed 20ft | Active conditions:
Kenji bows at the Professor for the healing.
At Skai’s suggestion, he again shakes his head.
”We do not steal. We were just talking to her and she was the one that suddenly attacked us so until now this was only self defense! I didn’t do anything wrong!! If we now know how she got the secrets then that is all we need, right?!“ he asks full of doubt.
Female Sylph Wizard (Air Elementalist) 4 | HP 26/26 | AC 17; T 13; FF 14 | CMD 13 | F +1 R +4 W +5 | Init +3 | Perc +10 | Active: mage armor
"Well, we don't have to STEAL anything... I guess... but we can certainly use them against her to find out what she knows. Let's try this wand, for instance."
"In any case, let's truss her up so she doesn't try again to kill us."
Skai starts working to tie the lady up, and then tries to use the Share Memories wand to see if she can get memories of the last time the lady did what she does to get the information she has.
I think Share Memory allows you to share something with the target. Not the other way around. Unless you're trying to get her to cast it on you.
"While I suspect the ring has something to do with it, we don't actually know how she's gaining her secrets. Our task for our...employer...isn't quite complete. Either we force her to tell us, which might be easier now, or we deliver her to Torch for him to do it."
| Male LG follower of Irori | Wolfscarred Ifrit | Outsider (Native) | Paladin 2, Ninja 2, Oracle 1 | HP 54/54 | AC 17 T 8 FF 17 / AC 19 with heavy shield | CMB +8 | CMD 15 | F: +12, R: +7, W: +9 | Init: +2 | Perc: +2, SM: -2, Dipl: +8 | Ki Pool 3/6 | Oracle 1st 5/5 | LoH 6/6 | Smite 1/1 | Reroll 1/1 | Darkvision 60 ft | Speed 20ft | Active conditions:
Share Memory: You momentarily link your mind with the target and share a single memory of no longer than 1 minute. You can show the target one of your memories, show the target one of its own memories, or view one of the target’s memories.
You continue on, knowing that the information at a minimum will fulfill what Torch needs to know. . .
You can keep/use the equipment she had or leave it either way for the scenario you've effectively accomplished this one
You continue to the Hundredfingers hideout. this is the fourth task on the sheet
Two rows of decrepit wooden shacks are separated by an alley that serves more as a filthy runnel than a pathway. Broken wooden doors do little to keep the elements or vermin out, but there is little within to steal. Few of the shacks boast more than a chair or two and several threadbare bedrolls.
As you arrive, a woman is wandering about, advertising wares Picture on slide 8
DC 15 Perception:
She has a strange necklace that includes a mantis trapped in Amber. DC 12 Knowledge Local can identify this as a symbol of the Red Mantis Assassins
The Professor leans in towards the others. "I believe that woman is advertising more than her wares....Wait, no not like that!" He rolls his eyes at Fiata. "That necklace is a symbol for the Red Mantis Assassins."
Do I know more about the Red mantis Assassins and do they have any relationship with the Hundredfingers gang?
You know they are feared assassins, but usually wear distinctive armor and use sawtooth sabers- so she might be a spy/associate rather than an assassin; they have no affiliation with the Hundredfingers gang which is a strictly local group here
It never struck me previously how odd it is that you might actively engage an assassin group that has nothing to do with the group you're looking for.
The Professor approaches the woman. "Ah excuse me. Is that a bottle of Thervian willow paste? A colleague of mine at the university has been looking for some. How much for it? Oh, what a marvelous necklace too! Oh, Dr. Beldrias is always keen to study insects preserved in amber. Would you be selling that too?"
Female Arrowsong Minstrel 4 | HP 31/31 | AC 18, T 14, FF 14 CMD 19 | Fort +3, Ref +9, Will +3(7) | Init +5 | Perc +5(7) | SM -1 | Spells Remaining: level 1 4/4, level 2 2/2 | Bardic Performance Rounds 11/12
Ditto, I've run this one before, so I'm trying not to steer things either
Penthesilea joins the Professor, keeping an eye on the Mantis associate to see if she's expecting anyone to approach her on 'business.'
Sense Motive:1d20 - 1 ⇒ (14) - 1 = 13
| Male LG follower of Irori | Wolfscarred Ifrit | Outsider (Native) | Paladin 2, Ninja 2, Oracle 1 | HP 54/54 | AC 17 T 8 FF 17 / AC 19 with heavy shield | CMB +8 | CMD 15 | F: +12, R: +7, W: +9 | Init: +2 | Perc: +2, SM: -2, Dipl: +8 | Ki Pool 3/6 | Oracle 1st 5/5 | LoH 6/6 | Smite 1/1 | Reroll 1/1 | Darkvision 60 ft | Speed 20ft | Active conditions:
Kenji listend to the professor and his eyes widen. He also approaches the woman.
He looks at the professor. “A little more honesty! That’s what we need!“
He looks at the woman.
“Oh hello, my name is Kenji. Nice meeting you. Well, you look like a capable woman. Especially since my colleague here believes that you are indeed associated with dangerous people!“
He takes out his notes.
“So we are looking for the leader of the thousand ... ehh... no ... hundredfingers. Do you know him or her?!“
Fiata shakes her head to rebuff the offer. "Well, we can't exactly have Torch die right now. We need him for some information. You know how it is with him. No one wants him around, but he always has something everyone seems to need."
Female Sylph Wizard (Air Elementalist) 4 | HP 26/26 | AC 17; T 13; FF 14 | CMD 13 | F +1 R +4 W +5 | Init +3 | Perc +10 | Active: mage armor
Sense Motive:1d20 + 3 ⇒ (15) + 3 = 18
Skai snickers from the corner. "I'll bet you would. Tell you what, we could perhaps arrange that, but first we would like to speak to whoever is running the show around here. We have a proposition, and we think it could just benefit everyone involved."
