GM Lantern: A Fistful of Flowers (Inactive)

Game Master breithauptclan

Should probably update this too for the error correction and the removal of an enemy.

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Round Tracking
Cedar, Popcorn
Wisteria, Mint, Bamboo
Fengal, Pixie
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I'll merge the two blocks of PCs after the next enemy round.

Engulfed by Wisteria, Popcorn swings her flail at them.
war flail, IC: 1d20 + 10 + 1 ⇒ (5) + 10 + 1 = 16 (disarm, sweep, trip),
Bludgeoning damage, Draconic rage, IC: 1d10 + 4 + 1 ⇒ (8) + 4 + 1 = 13 +4 Fire damage

“Let me go now!” Popcorn shouts in frustration. The other leshie is not impressed.
Intimidate Wisteria: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (2) + 5 = 7

Then she swings again at the other leshie.
war flail, IC, MAP: 1d20 + 10 + 1 - 5 ⇒ (5) + 10 + 1 - 5 = 11 (disarm, sweep, trip),
Bludgeoning damage, Draconic rage, IC: 1d10 + 4 + 1 ⇒ (2) + 4 + 1 = 7 +4 Fire damage

It is not required to drop the spear, though you certainly can if you have some plan in mind. You can cast using somatic components with your hands full.

I do have some plans, so no worries!

I also completely forgot the Fort save for Constrict. I listed it, but then just added the full damage without getting a save roll first.
Popcorn Fort vs Constrict from earlier: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (8) + 9 = 17

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Grapple: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (1) + 6 = 7
The unimpressed Wisteria Leshy becomes a lot more impressed when it tries to bring Popcorn in closer for another good squeezing and finds that it can't move the snapdragon. With the Wisteria leshy unbalanced by the unexpected resistance, Popcorn loses little time in tugging hard to the side and dropping Wisteria to the ground.

You could instead choose to grapple Wisteria yourself, but with a 2-handed weapon I am taking liberty of thinking you would go for the option of knocking prone.

A bit dazed and confused, Wisteria quickly scrambles back to its feet and lashes out with a branch at Popcorn again...

Strike (MAP): 1d20 + 10 - 4 ⇒ (12) + 10 - 4 = 18

and hits nothing but air.

◆Grapple, ◆Stand, ◆Strike

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The Mint leshy rubs its eyes again and can finally see again, though not clearly.

Dazzle DC 5: 1d20 ⇒ 18

But seeing clearly enough to find Cedar, it brings a fist around at her.

Strike: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (12) + 10 = 22
Damage(bludgeoning): 1d8 + 4 ⇒ (6) + 4 = 10

Encouraged by having what it thinks it sees actually being where it thought it was, the Mint leshy charges around the table and tries to engulf Cedar.

◆Strike, ◆◆ Engulf

Engulf: DC 18 Reflex. Success, you can move to an adjacent position. Failure, some very bad things happen.

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The Bamboo Leshy makes a couple of quick strikes at Popcorn and stretches itself taut, ready to strike at range again.

Strike: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (9) + 10 = 19
Damage: 1d6 + 4 ⇒ (2) + 4 = 6

Strike (MAP): 1d20 + 10 - 4 ⇒ (5) + 10 - 4 = 11

◆Strike, ◆Strike, ◆Bend Back

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Round Tracking
Fengal, Pixie, Cedar, Popcorn
Wisteria, Mint, Bamboo
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Cedar, need a Reflex save from you - DC 18.

Popcorn, let me know if I need to retcon anything.

reflex: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (4) + 8 = 12
That is all I can brain tonight I will try to get an actual attack post up tomorrow afternoon.

Also remembered that I need a dazzle flat check for targeting
Dazzle check: 1d20 ⇒ 2 Saved by the dazzle!

The grasping limbs of the Mint leshy are off target, making it easy work for Cedar to sidestep the clumsy attack. Mint blinks and looks around slightly confused.

Moving towards Pixie, Fengal then casts a spell that unleashes from under their capped head, sending sticky strands of spores over the area. "Aye, ye shoul' slow down an' thin' o' wha' tha 'uman say."

Actions
◆ Stride
◆◆ Cast Web DC 19 Reflex

As Fengal turns its back and walks away, Bamboo springs out and hits him before he can leave.

Bamboo ↺Coiled Opportunity: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (14) + 10 = 24
damage(bludgeoning): 1d6 + 4 ⇒ (6) + 4 = 10

Then Fengal perfectly positions his spiderweb spell to cover one of the tables and the other two enemy leshies without interfering with any of your tiny friends.

Inspire Courage: +1 attack rolls, +1 status damage bonus. 2 rounds remaining.

Web squares are difficult terrain.
Athletics check or Reflex save when moving through the area.
See Web spell for results.

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Round Tracking
Fengal, Pixie, Cedar, Popcorn
Wisteria, Mint, Bamboo
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"Constance," Melanie calls across the battle, "you can't keep us here. Let us out. Who has the key for this gate?"

Frederick steps away from the wall of the house and calls back to Melanie, "I have one here. But getting over there may be a bit of a problem."

Temper still flaring, Popcorn swings at Bamboo with the flail, then continues the arc to strike at Wisteria. She is careful when swinging at Wisteria to not set anything ablaze.
war flail, IC vs Red: 1d20 + 10 + 1 ⇒ (6) + 10 + 1 = 17 (disarm, sweep, trip),
Bludgeoning damage, Draconic rage: 1d10 + 4 ⇒ (3) + 4 = 7 +4 Fire damage

war flail, IC, MAP, sweep vs Orange: 1d20 + 10 + 1 - 5 + 1 ⇒ (10) + 10 + 1 - 5 + 1 = 17 (disarm, sweep, trip),
Bludgeoning damage, rage, IC: 1d10 + 4 + 2 + 1 ⇒ (8) + 4 + 2 + 1 = 15

Frustrated, she attempts to take her frustration out on the jar holding the little leshies.

Athletics, MAP: 1d20 + 9 - 10 ⇒ (17) + 9 - 10 = 16 Force Open has the attack trait…

"careful when swinging at Wisteria to not set anything ablaze." Sounds good to me too. AoE or deliberately targeting the webs would clear them from the square, but targeting something else in the square wouldn't.

No check needed for the glass jars. That just works.

Cedar casts color spray at Mint and then backs up about 10 feet next to Pixie.

Popcorn swings at both of the leshies, but they are both paying most of their attention to him and that dangerous flail.

Popcorn does smash the glass dome on the table. Shards of glass get sent sailing all the way into the bushes along the eastern wall.

Mint Will DC 19: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (14) + 6 = 20

Mint, with its eyes already weakened, doesn't seem to notice the new barrage of colors.

Inspire Courage: +1 attack rolls, +1 status damage bonus. 1 rounds remaining.

Web squares are difficult terrain.
Athletics check or Reflex save when moving through the area.
See Web spell for results.

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Round Tracking
Fengal, Cedar, Popcorn, Pixie
Wisteria, Mint, Bamboo
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Sorry for the wait, had a rough weekend.

Pixie moves forward and casts Produce Rubble (produce flame) at Wisteria, lifting a rock nearby with her magic and flinging it toward the leshy.

Spell attack: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (9) + 9 = 18
Damage: 2d4 ⇒ (2, 3) = 5 earth damage

Wisteria staggers a bit from the rock that Pixie flings at it. 9 damage including spellcasting modifier bonus damage for the cantrip. It glares over at the spike coated fungus leshy for a moment before turning its attention back to Popcorn.

Strike: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (1) + 10 = 11

Strike (MAP): 1d20 + 10 - 4 ⇒ (3) + 10 - 4 = 9

The distraction proves to be more than Wisteria expected as it swings where Popcorn only used to be. It tries to break free from the webbing and move out of the area of entangling threads.

Athletics: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (20) + 6 = 26

◆ Strike, ◆ Strike, ◆Stride

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Mint casts its gaze around looking for the dazzling root leshy. It spots her and tries to rip its way out of the webbing as well.

Athletics: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (20) + 6 = 26

It follows Cedar and takes a couple of swings at her.

Strike: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (6) + 10 = 16

Strike (MAP): 1d20 + 10 - 4 ⇒ (13) + 10 - 4 = 19
Damage (bludgeoning): 1d8 + 4 ⇒ (4) + 4 = 8

◆Stride, ◆ Strike, ◆ Strike

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Bamboo, seeing that its favorite target is too far away, takes a couple of snaps at Popcorn and then coils itself up for a quick attack if given the slightest distraction.

Strike: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (14) + 10 = 24
Damage(bludgeoning): 1d6 + 4 ⇒ (4) + 4 = 8

Strike (MAP): 1d20 + 10 - 4 ⇒ (4) + 10 - 4 = 10

◆ Strike, ◆ Strike, ◆Bend Back

So that's two crits swallowed up by escaping from webbing...

Inspire Courage: +1 attack rolls, +1 status damage bonus. 1 round remaining.

Web squares are difficult terrain.
Athletics check or Reflex save when moving through the area.
See Web spell for results.

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Round Tracking
Fengal, Cedar, Popcorn, Pixie
Wisteria, Mint, Bamboo
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Searching their satchel, Fengal quickly grabs and applies a mixture of moss and mud onto Pixie before stepping towards Cedar and applying the same concoction to their wounds.

Battle Medicine | DC 15: 1d20 + 12 ⇒ (15) + 12 = 27(Crit)
Battle Medicine | DC 15: 1d20 + 12 ⇒ (17) + 12 = 29(Crit)
Healing: 4d8 ⇒ (8, 6, 3, 3) = 20
Healing: 4d8 ⇒ (2, 8, 5, 5) = 20

ACTIONS
◆ Battle Medicine Pixie
◆ Step
◆ Battle Medicine Cedar

Inspire Courage: +1 attack rolls, +1 status damage bonus. 1 round remaining.

Web squares are difficult terrain.
Athletics check or Reflex save when moving through the area.
See Web spell for results.

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Round Tracking
Fengal, Cedar, Popcorn, Pixie
Wisteria, Mint, Bamboo
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Escape action has the Attack trait which means MAP applies.

Popcorn takes a swing at Wisteria then moves over to the other table and shatters that jar so those leshies can get free.
war flail, IC: 1d20 + 10 + 1 ⇒ (9) + 10 + 1 = 20 (disarm, sweep, trip),
Bludgeoning damage, Draconic rage, IC: 1d10 + 4 + 1 ⇒ (1) + 4 + 1 = 6 +4 Fire damage

[b[This thing just will not go down.[/b]

Cedar casts Telekinetic Projectile using an appropriately sized rock from the ground.
spell attack: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (2) + 9 = 11

She then casts shield.

Sorry, I wasn't seeing updates when I checked on things because I had gotten logged out on my computer!

Feeling much better after Fengal's battle medicine, Pixie uses her magic to fling another rock at Wisteria.

Produce Rubble: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (14) + 9 = 23
damage: 2d4 + 4 ⇒ (4, 3) + 4 = 11 remembered it this time!

Pixie hesitates for a moment, and then stays put, deciding that she doesn't want to close the distance between herself and any of their enemies at the moment. So, she touches her chest a moment and gives herself Guidance, just in case.

32/32 HP, AC 16, Nettleskin should be 6 now? Guidance active.

Wisteria stoically shrugs off the hit from Popcorn and the rock from Pixie. It takes a step or two following Popcorn, and then its eyes glaze over and it drops dead.

A few seconds later another burst of released energy washes over the courtyard.

Plant Healing: 2d8 ⇒ (3, 4) = 7

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Mint takes a swing at Cedar, but can't get a good angle to get past the shield with.

Dazzle: 1d20 ⇒ 14
Attack: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (8) + 10 = 18 Miss due to shield's +1

Seeing another target, it flails wildly at Fengal, connecting with one blow.

Dazzle: 1d20 ⇒ 17
Attack (MAP): 1d20 + 10 - 4 ⇒ (16) + 10 - 4 = 22
Damage (bludgeoning): 1d8 + 4 ⇒ (4) + 4 = 8

Dazzle: 1d20 ⇒ 11
Attack (MAP): 1d20 + 10 - 8 ⇒ (7) + 10 - 8 = 9

◆ Strike, ◆ Strike, ◆ Strike

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Bamboo lurches up to Pixie and snaps at her, then stretches itself taut for a sudden strike.

Attack: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (20) + 10 = 30
Damage(bludgeoning): 1d6 + 4 ⇒ (4) + 4 = 8
Thorns: 1d4 ⇒ 2

◆ Stride, ◆ Strike, ◆ Bend Back

All four of the other tiny leshies leap off of the tables and run towards the bushes along the edge of the courtyard.

Constance looks at Frederick with a bit of shock. "Don't you dare. I forbid you from opening those gates." She doesn't seem to have noticed yet that another of her leshy thugs has fallen. Or that all of the tiny leshies are free.

Inspire Courage: +1 attack rolls, +1 status damage bonus. Final round.

Web squares are difficult terrain.
Athletics check or Reflex save when moving through the area.
See Web spell for results.

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Round Tracking
Fengal, Cedar, Popcorn, Pixie
Mint, Bamboo
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Popcorn decides it is time to end this party. She goes over to the gate and tries to pull it away from the posts holding it.
Athletics: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (18) + 9 = 27

Cedar casts heightened Phantom Pain at Mint and then recasts shield.
mental damage: 4d4 + 1 ⇒ (4, 1, 4, 2) + 1 = 12

Frederick just starts laughing as he walks sedately across the courtyard. "My dear, you can't forbid me from anything any more. You fired me in spectacular fashion just a minute ago. For which I am going to be filing suit for improper termination shortly." He watches in a bit of awe and apprehension as Popcorn, with one hand, rips the gate off of its hinges. "And from the look of things, you are not the one giving orders around here. And I no longer need my keys. You can have them." He reaches into his pocket and pulls out a ring of keys and casually tosses them in Constance's direction.

Mint Will: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (10) + 6 = 16

Mint begins a low moan, shaking its head in mental anguish.

The gate at the south of the courtyard now lies in a heap that doesn't block travel through it any more.

Inspire Courage: +1 attack rolls, +1 status damage bonus. Final round.

Web squares are difficult terrain.
Athletics check or Reflex save when moving through the area.
See Web spell for results.

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Round Tracking
Cedar, Popcorn, Fengal, Pixie
Mint, Bamboo
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Applying a dosage of ointment on themselves, Fungal then heads to Popcorn and applies the same medicine on the barbarian!

Battle Medicine Self | DC 15: 1d20 + 12 ⇒ (20) + 12 = 32(CRIT!)
Battle Medicine Popcorn | DC 15: 1d20 + 12 ⇒ (15) + 12 = 27(CRIT)

Healing Fengal: 4d8 ⇒ (8, 1, 2, 8) = 19
Healing Popcorn: 4d8 ⇒ (5, 7, 3, 8) = 23

ACTIONS
◆ Battle Medicine Self
◆ Stride
◆ Battle Medicine Popcorn

Seeing movement, Bamboo launches at Fengal.

↺Coiled Opportunity: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (20) + 10 = 30
Bludgeoning: 1d6 + 4 ⇒ (4) + 4 = 8

It then has to reel its head back to itself.

Inspire Courage: +1 attack rolls, +1 status damage bonus. Final round.

Web squares are difficult terrain.
Athletics check or Reflex save when moving through the area.
See Web spell for results.

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Round Tracking
Fengal, Cedar, Popcorn, Pixie
Mint, Bamboo
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Seeing the gate open, Melanie runs through it. The other two ladies look both hopeful and terrified. Hopeful because the gate is open, and terrified at the idea of having to go past Popcorn to get through it.

“This party is over. Please feel free to leave at any time!”

Pixie steps away from Bamboo and then launches another rock at the creature, finding the strategy thus far to be effective.

Spell attack: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (18) + 9 = 27
Damage: 2d4 + 4 ⇒ (3, 4) + 4 = 11

Actions: Step, Produce Rubble. 16/32 HP; 16 AC, 4/10 nettleskin. Guidance is gone.

The last remnants of Cedar's inspiring magic lingering in the air cause Pixie's well aimed rock to hammer Bamboo's head as it is being brought back up to a more normal position.

+1 attack from IC makes that a 28 - which crits.

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The two ladies need no further invitation and scoot quickly past Popcorn and out of the gate.

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Frederick also marches purposefully past the now rather mangled Bamboo leshy and Popcorn. He pauses slightly as he passes Bamboo and gives a rather impressed look in Pixie's direction.

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All of the tiny leshies also make a break for it - scrambling under the tables and through the shrubs and out the gate.

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Constance watches open-mouthed as Popcorn rips her gate off of its hinges and tosses it to the ground with seemingly little effort.

When Frederick tosses his keys at her, she shouts back at him, "I did no such thing. Frederick, you get back here this instant. You can't quit on me."

As nearly everyone else in the courtyard leaves through the now ruined and opened gate, she screams, "Stop. Don't go anywhere. Get back here this instant."

“No thanks. We have rescued our friends, we are done here.” Popcorn says.

She makes sure all the other leshies have left before going through the destroyed gate herself.

"Stop. Don't go anywhere. Get back here this instant."

The two remaining leshies hear Constance's demand and turn and make their way back towards her. Both of them looking visibly relieved that they no longer have to try and fight or restrain these unknown and rather hazardous new leshies that entered their lair.

Ending combat. Please do make any more parting comments or spells or such things. But no more dice need to be rolled.

"'Twas no' a pleasure tae meet ye, lass!" Fengal shouts before casting [url=https://2e.aonprd.com/Spells.aspx?ID=952]Mud Pit[/ur] at Constance's feet before following Popcorn and the other leshies out of the woman's back yard.

As her pet leshies return to her side, Constance looks at them in confusion. "What are you doing? Get ..." She stops and takes a better look at the two that are left and decides not to send them back into battle. They do take a lot of work to create.

"'Twas no' a pleasure tae meet ye, lass!"

"Well, I didn't invite you here in the first place, so - aaaaaahhh!" Whatever rant she was going to launch into cuts off in a wordless shriek when she feels herself sink to almost her knees in mud.

She stands there wordlessly watching you all leave. No one is listening to anything she tells them to do. Her best employee just left. Her tiny cute leshies are gone. Half of the ones of her own making are in ruins, and the other two are going to need some time to recover. Her gate is in ruins. And now she can't even have the satisfaction of stamping her foot on the cobblestones because there is a huge pit of mud covering a large section of her courtyard.

Five minutes ago, everything was going so well. Then those new plant creatures showed up and just started breaking things for no reason. No reason whatsoever.

She eventually squelches her way out of the mud and back into her mansion.

Pixie turns to her companions, a wide grin on her fungal face, and pumps her fist in the air. "We did it! That lady was so rude!" the sorceress then turns to their rescued friends and gives them big hugs.

"Well, what do we do now? Should we head straight back to the village?"

It is resolution time. You can go back to the human villages if you desire. You can also simply go back to the forest. Describe things as you wish for the most part. I can play any of the NPCs if you want the dialog.

The human guests from the party continue fleeing - the women still mostly in a panic, Frederick stalks stiffly down the path seeming to be in a state of controlled fury.

The tiny leshies follow the group away from the place of their captivity. After a few minutes with no humans in sight they lose their apprehensive stance and begin skipping and running around.

Popcorn will happily lead the tiny leshies back to the forest.

Pixie will follow along back to their forest home, hoping that the Lady Constance has been embarrassed and disgraced enough that she won't send retribution their way. The sorcereress is quite worried about this, coming from a noble background herself and knowing what those folks are like. When they make it back, she will put efforts into building some anti-human defenses up to keep their people from being snatched.

Constance peeks through the curtain covering the window that overlooks her courtyard and the street. The gates, still in crumpled ruins, have been drug inside the courtyard and now lay in a heap in the corner. Two of the tables and three of the chairs are still embedded in the ground where they sank when the ground was temporarily turned to mud.

But this is all old news. What drew her attention and caused her to peek through the curtain was the town official making his way through the courtyard to her door. She quickly dropped the curtain back in place and stepped back. She gave a quick glance at the stack of opened letters on the counter. Frederick had made good on his threat to sue for improper termination of employment. That notice went unanswered along with the ones regarding notices of investigations, requests to be interviewed, summons to hearings, and even the arrest warrant. That last one was the one that convinced her to stop picking up the mail.

What she found most surprising about the charges listed on the arrest warrant were that imprisonment and threatening bodily harm towards the ladies at the ill-fated party were only listed at the end - almost like they were just an afterthought. Those charges she was expecting. Sure it would cost a bit to sway the judge to give her nothing more than a fine. But that was something that she was accustomed to.

But then there were the other charges. Kidnapping, conspiracy to kidnap, and the top charge - engaging in acts of war against the sovereign nation of the Forest of Verduran. 'That is just absurd, she thinks to herself. 'There were no people involved, and certainly not children. Just those little plants. And who ever heard of a forest being a government of its own? What, do the trees vote? Do they appoint King Mossy Rock that all the squirrels and slugs come to kneel and swear fealty to? Still, that charge sounds an awful lot like Treason - but there is no way that it would hold up in court.'

She was broken out of her musings by a sharp rap on the door. 'Out of time.' She looks over at her two companions - the remaining leshy pets that didn't get destroyed in the battle in the courtyard. "Remember your orders. Don't kill him. Just injure and then try to escape. And grab the dress. That's important." She points imperiously to one of her old dresses that had been ripped to tatters and soaked artfully in crow's blood.

As the knock on the door is repeated more insistently, Constance walks quickly into the other room where she has a couple of scrolls prepared and set out on the table. 'Time to go. I'll go stay with some friends in Almas for a while. They aren't as wealthy as my friends here were, but it will be enough to get back on my feet.'

She quickly casts the first scroll - Pass Without Trace - as the knock comes again with the added shout of, "Constance. Open up. I have a warrant. I will break your door down if needed."

'Pfffft. Imbecile. You will never capture anyone if you announce your presence. Much less a spellcaster like myself.' She goes to the side door and opens it. Then quickly casts the other scroll and turns into a small cat. She slips into the side yard silently and heads past the neighbor's shed and into the servant's trail in the back. 'With any luck, I will be out of this backstabbing town by noon. Even without any luck I will be long gone by dusk.'