He yells to the others, rather excitedly, before heading in and knocking on the next door "Hello?"
Noggin finds the door moves inward, having already been slightly ajar at the time the goblin knocked.
Beyond the door lies a large, well-lit area filled with stacks of crates rising halfway to the ceiling.
WHAT GOES ON WITHIN THE WAREHOUSE?
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? (green)
Noggin
?
Drakmak
Achurius
Norbwald
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Noggin strolls happily into the warehouse, excited to get the last person on their list squared away, he cups his hand around his mouth and yells out "Helllooooo!" Hoping to hear a wonderful echoing effect, but instead hearing the *Whoosh* as an arrow flies by his ear... "Ambush!!!" Acting with all the speed only a hyperactive goblin can achieve, the furry knight draws his shield and runs "Scamper, scamper, scamper..." straight towards the attacker, and apparently, a very tied up Themolin.
A second cloaked figure emerges from behind a crate. She also fires a pair of arrows at the goblin.
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WHAT GOES ON WITHIN THE WAREHOUSE? - Round 1 Cont'd
? (blue)
Cloaked figure (green)
Noggin -3 HP
Cloaked figure (red)
Drakmak
Achurius
Norbwald
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"You making a fashion statement with all of those arrows sticking out of your clothes, Noggin?"
Achurius casts a Forbidding Ward on Green and Noggin to protect him after moving forward to within range.
WHAT GOES ON WITHIN THE WAREHOUSE? - Round 1 Cont'd
? (blue)
Cloaked figure (green)
Noggin
Cloaked figure (red)
Drakmak
Achurius
Norbwald
Norbwald identifies the cloaked humans as recruits for a local assassins' guild known as the Hungry Blades. They have no particular weaknesses, resistances, or immunities.
An assassin fires an arrow at Norbwald, then retreats further into the warehouse.
WHAT GOES ON WITHIN THE WAREHOUSE? - Round 2 Bgins
? (blue)
Cloaked figure (green)
Noggin
Cloaked figure (red)
Drakmak
Achurius
Norbwald -2 HP
Noggin grabs ahold of the assassin's leg, allowing him to strike hard with his shield.
The assassin attempts to slip free.
He then draws a rapier.
He jabs at the goblin.
WHAT GOES ON WITHIN THE WAREHOUSE? - Round 2 Cont'd
? (blue)
Cloaked figure (green)
Noggin -8 HP
Cloaked figure (red)
Drakmak
Achurius
Norbwald -2 HP
Drakmak steps forward and sends a electrical shock between the two assassins.
He jabs at the goblin.
But misses.
Achurius casts daze on a Hungry Blade recruit .
Norbwald also strikes the cloaked figure .
Drakmak zaps the two Hungry Blade Recruits.
Suddenly, Achurius feels a sudden sense of heat as a fiery hand lunges toward him from behind!
The source is revealed to be once-invisible Baralbus! "I remember you!" cries the bureaucrat. "I knew Themolin was up to something! This proves it! His position will be mine in no time!"
"Well, don't just stand there!" Baralbus then yells at the nearest Hungry Blade Recruit . "Do what you were paid for!"
The recruit draws a rapier and thrusts twice at Arhurius.
The vicious surprise attack fells the elf!
The Hungry Blade Recruit turns to Norbald and declares, "You're next!"
WHAT GOES ON WITHIN THE WAREHOUSE? - Round 3 Begins!
Baralbus (blue)
Hungry Blade Recruit (green) -2 HP
Noggin
Hungry Blade Recruit (red) -12 HP
Drakmak
Achurius
Norbwald -2 HP
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"Archurius!!!" Noggin calls out as his comrade is felled. The furry knight, still clinging tightly to the assassins legs, kicks them in the shins then whirls his shield towards their jaw before finally letting go. He then scampers off towards his friends, who have been unexpectedly flanked "Why don't you try that on someone your own size?" he screams towards the two enemies who ganged up on Archurius as he bowls into them head first.
Noggin stuck the recruit , then Norbwald did as well--after taking a drink, of course--and then the zap delivered by Drakmak finished off the grapped assassin.
Achurius casts daze on a Hungry Blade recruit .
"Archurius!!!" Noggin calls out as his comrade is felled. The furry knight, still clinging tightly to the assassins legs, kicks them in the shins then whirls his shield towards their jaw before finally letting go. He then scampers off towards his friends, who have been unexpectedly flanked "Why don't you try that on someone your own size?" he screams towards the two enemies who ganged up on Archurius as he bowls into them head first.
Noggin fails to trip the remaining Hungry Blade Recruit or to strike him with a shield.
"I will have to do this myself." Baralbus mutters as one hired assassin falls and the other suffers serious wounds. The man casts a spell and his form becomes blurry. He draws his crossbow.
WHAT GOES ON WITHIN THE WAREHOUSE? - Round 4 Begins!
Baralbus (blue)
Achurius -22 HP
Hungry Blade Recruit (green) -16 HP
Noggin
Hungry Blade Recruit (red)
Drakmak
Norbwald -2 HP
Achurius rights himself and runs over to the man that is tied up, and tries to release him.
The remaining Hungry Blade recruit moves to protect his patron.
He then thrusts twice trying to bring Norbwald down.
He is quite unsuccessful.
WHAT GOES ON WITHIN THE WAREHOUSE? - Round 4 Cont'd!
Baralbus (blue)
Achurius -22 HP
Hungry Blade Recruit (green) -16 HP
Noggin
Drakmak
Norbwald -2 HP
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Norbwald smashes green again.
Norbwald smashes again.
Norbwald then follows up by exploiting weakness on Blue.
Exploit Results
Critical Success You remember the creature's weaknesses, and as you empower your esoterica, you have a flash of insight that grants even more knowledge about the creature. You learn all of the creature's resistances, weaknesses, and immunities, including the amounts of the resistances and weaknesses and any unusual weaknesses or vulnerabilities, such as what spells will pass through a golem's antimagic. You can exploit either the creature's mortal weakness or personal antithesis (see below). Your unarmed and weapon Strikes against the creature also become magical if they weren't already.
Success You recall an important fact about the creature, learning its highest weakness (or one of its highest weaknesses, if it has multiple with the same value) but not its other weaknesses, resistances, or immunities. You can exploit either the creature's mortal weakness or personal antithesis. Your unarmed and weapon Strikes against the creature also become magical if they weren't already.
Failure Failing to recall a salient weakness about the creature, you instead attempt to exploit a more personal vulnerability. You can exploit only the creature's personal antithesis. Your unarmed and weapon Strikes against the creature also become magical if they weren't already.
Critical Failure You couldn't remember the right object to use and become distracted while you rummage through your esoterica. You become flat-footed until the beginning of your next turn.
Norbwald sips from their beverage. and has their chair carry them to the North of Blue and provide lesser cover.
Norbwald drops the last hired assassin, then takes a sup.
Achurius has no luck with bonds.
WHAT GOES ON WITHIN THE WAREHOUSE? - Round 4 Cont'd!
Baralbus (blue)
Achurius -22 HP
Hungry Blade Recruit (green)
Noggin
Drakmak
Norbwald-2+2 HP
Drakmak gets out of dodge, moving south towards Archurius, then sends another electrical arc at Baralbus.
Noggin swings twice, he fails to connect at first, but manages to do so with Norbwald providing some distraction.
Darkmak sends a shock.
The vile bureacrat proves to be surprisingly nimble.
Not wishing to deal with multiple foes at once, Baralbus conjures some wind!
Cast gust of wind
Line of wind and direction now indicated on map with blue-dashed line
He then moves into a seemingly more tactical position.
Themolin, still bound, is knocked over onto his back!
WHAT GOES ON WITHIN THE WAREHOUSE? - Round 5 Begins!
Baralbus (blue) -13 HP
Achurius -22 HP
Noggin
Drakmak
Norbwald-2 HP +2 THP
Achurius falls then rises.
Noggin lands a solid hit on the bureacrat, but fails to grab him.
WHAT GOES ON WITHIN THE WAREHOUSE? - Round 5 Cont'd!
Baralbus (blue) -23 HP
Achurius -6 HP
Noggin
Drakmak
Norbwald-2 HP +2 THP
Drakmak is swept off his feet, cracking his head hard against the floor. Head spinning, the orc gets back to his feet and sends a retaliatory arc of lightning towards Baralbus.
Drakmak sends another shock.
Baralbus swings his staff at Noggin.
Not wishing to be grappled and certainly not by a goblin, Baralbus casts grease on his robes.
WHAT GOES ON WITHIN THE WAREHOUSE? - Round 6 Begins!
Baralbus (blue) -19 HP
Achurius -22 HP
Noggin
Drakmak -2 HP
Norbwald-2 HP +2 THP
Norbwald then smashes blue.
Baralbus crumples to the floor.
The bureaucrat slumps into a heap on the floor, lost in thought. After a few moments, he confesses, "I had eagerly s-sold my house and c-collected items for payment when G-Guaril f-firsr offered passage. But once he's failed to sh-show, I thought the wh-hole ordeal to be t-too d-dangerous to try and go th-through with. N-now I l-learn that m-my s-subordinates want me d-dead? You d-don't think h-he knew I had c-contacted Guaril, do you?"
You find an inkwell, a crossbow, a spellbook, and a staff.
You find that each had rapier and a short bow.
You find a collection of artwork worth 65 gold pieces contained among a number of the crates.
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Achurius unties Themolin (who can then remove the gag himself).
"I think he had suspicions, but he did not know any particulars. Pretty brazen of him, which is not surprising. Still, it would be wise to assume things could get complicated. I wish we could deal with him in a way that left him powerless."
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"Yeah, he didn't know nothing..." Noggin replies to Themolin as he frisks Baralbus and turns up a spell book, "But if you want to leave him powerless, Archurius, do you remember what we were told about magic here? We spread a few rumours about all the magic this guy knows, he could be in real trouble..." He taps the spell book for emphasis.
The party's assurances appear only somewhat to appease the nervous Themolin. "What were you told about magic here?" He inquires.
Themolin hastily packs a few belongings and points out the crates of artwork that he offers as payment. Second bell and sunset quickly follow, providing the Pathfinders with a night for last minute preparations before the scheduled rendezvous at sunrise with Rolanna's Prayer on the edge of Shard Cove. he tunnels are narrow and cramped, but passable.
As previously arranged, the party lead Themolin into the sewers where you all meet up with the first of the pre-selected "clients", Flitch "Looks like I came through. Didn't I? I'm quite the thief, aren't don't you think?" says Flitch.
'Hardly," replies one of the Emerald Guard.
"W-we've been r-ratted out! The Guard have found us!" Flitch shouts. He reels backwards, slipping on some filth and falling onto his backside with a sloggy slump. Themolin, too, begins to cower, as the Guard approaches.
The member of the Emerald Guard is alone and brandishes no weapon. "Relax, Flitch." Astrid says. "You certainly made it easy enough for the Guard to find you. Fortunately, for you, I was able to cover up your tracks."
She starts to remove her equipment and armor, revealing a set of non-descript travel clothes underneath. "Your promised payment." Garrla says as she offers her armor and equipment along with a bag of 20 gold coins to the Noggin. "You've earned it." She smiles.
"I think they are over here, father!" comes another voice. Upon hearing it, Flitch shakes his head and shrinks a bit, blending in with the mounds of garbage on the sewer floors around him. Within moments, Vurna appears from around a tunnel corner, followed by her father. The young dwarven woman coughs a bit, but is clearly well enough to travel.
"Strange to be looking at these sewers for the last time," Vurna says, looking around. "It is probably for the best as the last time I was down here I got bit by a rat and then got sick."
"I found the tunnel leading to Shard Cove during one of excursions here into the city’s sewers," she explains to the party. "After Guaril and Flitch approached father about leaving, I told Flitch about all about this route." She then looks around quickly. "He is here, isn't he?" The young woman begins looking around with fondness in her eyes.
Flitch sinks down lower.
Yuleg sighs and shakes his head. Yuleg slips a sack filled with a few sizable gems and coins. "Altogether, they are worth about 12 gold pieces." he informs Achuirus. "We couldn't bring it with us, but there is also a few barrels of fish for you back at the Inn."
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Achirius eyes Filtch suspiciously. If there ever was one that would betray others for his own skin, it would be him, and gods knows he had the opportunity.
"Welcome all. I think we should post a guard until all have arrived. This is tricky business and if things go sideways we need to be prepared..."
"Filtch, is there anything you want to tell us? You are acting a bit strange and I do not like that you left an easy trail to follow."
"Filtch, is there anything you want to tell us? You are acting a bit strange and I do not like that you left an easy trail to follow."
"What? Uh, no. Jus--" The thief says, clearly uncomfortable. He gets no further words out before...
Vurna cries out, having now spotted the thief sitting in the filth. She she rushes over to embrace the Varisian man. "I was worried there for a little while, but it is true. Isn't it? You waited for me! We'll be sailing away together!" She bats her lashes at the man, who remains speechless.
Flitch manages to awkwardly rise to his feet, brushing off the dwarven woman, then some of the filth before Vurna goes in for a second hug.
Taking in the scene, Yuleg rolls his fatherly eyes, then turns to Achurius. "You had to put us all on the same ship, didn't you? And just after I had thought I had finally convinced my girl to move beyond her crush." The man sighs. "Assuming we make it onto the ship, it is going to be one very long trip."
The dwarf sighs again, louder this time. "Let's get this overwith, then. Shall we?"
Captain Kallade steps up behind Yuleg and pats him on the shoulder. "Don't worry." she assures the father. "I've been keeping an eye on Flitch without him noticing for some time and I'll continue to do so until we get to port in Magnimar. Vurna may be enamored with him for now, but she is a smart girl and our 'charmer' has no where to hide on the ship. I am sure that she'll figure out what that petty scoundrel is really like in no time."
The sewer tunnels lead to a series of natural stone caverns, which lead to Shard Cove where there is only a thin stretch of beach. The tide here at the cove is high. The water is calm, pure, and drops quickly to a depth of forty feet.
As the sun begins to rise, the shape of a shape can be seen in the distance, though its crew remains below deck in an effort to avoid drawing attention and to avoid detection from watchful eyes in the city towers.
There are no boats or flotation devices for navigating the waters. A pile of ash and charred timber remains sit at one edge of the beach.
"Oh, yeah." Flitch mutters upon arrival. "I probably should have mentioned that Captain Remmith told Guaril that he wouldn't risk putting any of his crew into boats to fetch us. Oh, and I should probably add that once Guaril left town, I burned all the boats that he had had me secure when I was going into hiding. I didn't want them to be found or me getting caught. "
"So, would you like us each to swim alongside you?" Flitch asks, pointing to the other "clients". "Or, do you plan to swim close enough to the Rolanna’s Prayer yourselves in order to ask Captain Remmith to loan you one of the life rafts so you can come back and pick us up all dry?"
A map of the cover waters is now on Slides.
Rules for swimming are also on Slides.
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Noggin missed most of what happened the moment Captain Kallade gave him the armour he so desperately wanted since he stepped off the boat. He looks up at the others in the middle of removing his own armour so that he can change. "Oh, I could swim that! No problem... We knights are known for our excellent swimming!" He says proudly, "We can bring back the boat for everyone else, right guys?"
"That'll possibly take a little longer, but I think we can spare the time" Comments Norbwald before taking another drawl.