Reversing his string of luck Kronis' fists connect with the villain's patchy-bearded face. The man's posture, like Kronis luck, reverses and he collapses to the ground.
Dumpy wraps his arms around something, and a surprised squawk rings out.
Dumpy has a good hold on his target, but not good enough that Kinshasa can wrap his net around it. The caster attempts to break free. And there is much chattering and teeth gnashing.
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Voices of the vengeful dead guide Lydia's scythe against the invisible foe...
...but the foe uses its advantage too well.
Dumpy notices the target is smaller than him, much smaller. He also notices that it is wearing no armor or even clothes of any kind. He feels a tiny claw wrap futilely around the dwarfs grasping fingers.
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"Gah, its not very big, but its trying to get loose!" Dumpy exclaims, as he continues trying to keep the thing held fast
"Anyone got a bag, or a box something?" He grumbles. "Or something to try to tie it up with even?"
"Got some rope on the side of my pack, someone... erk... someone grab it for me!"
[spoiler=Kinshasa fast dismount?] If you want my t-shirt reroll (meaning you have to roll your own & decide you don't like it) feel free. Then it is a free action, dismount, move to retrieve rope, standard to make the CM. I think Kokina can even help you on that (technically, not that a snake can tie a knot ;)[/spoiler
"Iomaodae? How can a mortal hurt you?" asks the inquisitor looking at the dwarf. She works to calm the crowd and the blood thirst seems to abate a little.
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"You may not believe this, but I have literally been to Heaven Itself and back," Says Lydia as she heaves her scythe again. "If that is truly Iomedae..."
"...then -Whoops!- Rovagug Himself must be imprisoned up Dumpy's bum."
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"I can see what not to cut luckily...does it look like I serve a god of rope tricks? I do not believe so. This foul creature can either show itself or we can bind what is left after it falls." Elris says indignantly seeing if the creature cares to reply.
Elris had lost patience and coupled with the spirit of vengeance for what it had done he had no patience to hold his blows against the invisible adversary. His eyes alight with righteous fervor.
Kinshasha springs from the saddle flipping over the invisible foe. Galvinax and Elris stab at the creature. The nagaji lands trailing a rope behind him and quickly binds up the wriggling creature.
Finally the helpless creature is convinved to reveal itself, a tiny quasit wearing a silver chain. Some of the Pathfinders may even have met him before.
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Kronis shakes his head patiently. "Think of where you are, Galvanix. The people of the Worldwound would not stand for it. These creatures cause nothing but death and destruction, violence and chaos. Tragedy. Mendev has seen enough of that; no need to allow it to spread to other realms. I agree with Elris; let us question it and remove it from the material plane with extreme prejudice."
He looks down at the quasit with a hard eye. "Fortunately, interrogation is something I have been thoroughly trained in."
The quasit has a few gemstones, but the most interesting thing about him is the silver holy symbol of Shax he carries.
Since the Pathfinders are able to defeat Dalton and Tovril without killing innocent bystanders,* they leave Dawnton with the accused Pathfinders in tow for debriefing at Starrise Spire.
Ekira personally releases the prisoners and accompanies them to Starrise Spire. She formally apologizes for her actions and offers to assist the Pathfinder Society in the future as a means of atoning.**
Ekira is short for a human and keeps her blond hair cut short. She is driven, focused, and intense, both in kindness and in vengeance, and she is suspicious of anybody who looks like an adventurer or Pathfinder. Ekira wears her wounded rage at the loss in Kenabres plainly on her face, expresses it in her voice, and inflicts it on perceived miscreants through her judgments.
Under most circumstances, Ekira is a perceptive albeit impulsive detective, but a year of earning the disdain of her peers for her theories about the Pathfinder Society has left her particularly irritable and eager to accept proof that she is right. Were it not for this, the quasit Tovril might never have succeeded at tricking the inquisitor into accepting him as a divine messenger from Iomedae. Ekira does not normally understand Celestial, but when she hears Iomedae’s messenger calling to her in the language of angels, she casts comprehend languages to interpret the divine message.
Dalton Krunne has murdered over 60 innocent humanoids in his life, and he plans to kill at least as many more before he meets his own end. An accomplished sneak and liar, Dalton has only been caught and made to stand trial for a dozen of his kills. Even then, he walked free from all but one thanks to cunning alibis and his steady courtroom presence. He was imprisoned at Sinner’s End until he escaped with the help of Tancred Desimire, a worshipper of the demon lord Shax who wants to further the ends of his patron by spreading fear and pain throughout Golarion. Desimire directed Dalton to sow chaos in central Mendev, much to the murderer’s delight. Dalton recently joined the quasit Tovril, who convinced him (at least temporarily) that inflicting mental and spiritual pain on Ekira would be even more fun than inflicting physical pain at random. Krunne is tall and thin. He currently wears his dark hair short and keeps his beard trimmed to a small patch on his chin.
Tovril (CE male quasit cleric) served the drow priestess Inexora Vexidyre until she met her end at the hands of Pathfinder agents in the Tower of the Ironwood Watch. His mistress dead, Tovril claimed her soul and traveled back to the Abyss to exchange the soul for power. His reward was not a stronger form but rather the power to channel Shax’s demonic power as a cleric. Tovril has returned to Golarion with orders to aid and advise Shax’s mortal servants—an assignment that both chaffs at Tovril’s growing pride and delights him when he can command cultists. So far, Tovril’s partnership with Dalton Krunne has been successful and entertaining, but Tovril hopes to push Ekira to the point of bloodthirsty violence. In doing so, he hopes that he can corrupt and claim another soul to bargain for even greater power. Tovril’s skin and broad scales are red. When he grows excited, they turn black at the edges as if smoldering. [ooc]Yes quasits (or at least this one) can shapechange into a stork or wolf to spy on his targets. He can also turn invisible at will, allowing him (+40 to Stealth & Sleight of Hand) to slip into Dumpy's tent and steal a weapon.