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Garrace manages to find the correct building. As you enter, you notice that the Silver Devils have placed tripwires rigged with jingling bells at most of the entrances to the warehouse. This could alert them to someone attempting to sneak in.
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TRACKER
Round: 2
Obstacle: TRIPWIRE
Skills:
DC 20 Stealth to avoid
DC 22 Thievery to disable
DC 22 Acrobatics
Successes: 0/3 (Group)
Awareness Points (Bad): 1
Edge Points: 13
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Those with ** may go
**Kargoth
**G'Mba Bhee
Gwendolyn Faran
Garrace Elaethros
**Zenobia Arsinoe Thea
Basag Bungo
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Zenobia smiles sarcastically at Kargoth, gives a little bow, and goes to the entrance. She studies the traps a moment, takes a breath, and starts inching forward.
At halfway, she realizes: "These are at the standard guild setup, that's lazy. I can do this blindfolded." True to her word, she doesn't even look at the traps anymore as she quickly crosses the rest of the distance.
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Zenobia takes one look at the tripwires and bypasses them with her eyes closed. G'Mba tries to follow but almost gets tangled up had Kargoth not pulled her back in time.
You finally make it to the warehouse. Only a locked door stands between you and the cipher.
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TRACKER
Round: 3
Obstacle: LOCKED DOOR
Skills:
DC 20 Thievery to defeat the lock
DC 22 Athletics to defeat the door
Successes: 0/6 (Individual)
Awareness Points (Bad): 1
Edge Points: 12
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Those with ** may go
**Kargoth
**G'Mba Bhee
**Gwendolyn Faran
**Garrace Elaethros
**Zenobia Arsinoe Thea
**Basag Bungo
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Garrace and G'Mba weaken the door enough so that Basag just gives it a tap before it falls off its hinges. Kargoth provides the celebratory liquid courage before the confrontation. ().
Similarly, Gwen jostles the lock enough that Zenobia manages to defeat the lock, even though the door is no longer attached...
You slowly enter the warehouse and hear voices...
You hear the following conversation:
"So far, you’ve given me nothing. Vague promises of something that would help injure this upstart little nation, and now I sit on a dock smelling of fish, enduring your mealy-mouthed demands for payment and assurances. I say again, once my companions have properly examined this document you claim might be valuable, they can tell me if coming here was even worth my time."
A voice cracks slightly, takes a moment to compose itself, and comes out somewhat deeper on the second attempt. "That was the help with our risk. We didn’t have to bust up that shop for you, we still don’t even know what it is, but this message is encoded, so it has to be important. We want what you owe, through rule and contract."
"You speak those words as if you know what they mean, whelp. But… you are correct. You are owed coin for services rendered. By my Authority as a member of the Chelaxian government, our contract is fulfilled." There is a sound like that of a bag of coins hitting the table.
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"Sounds like they are giving the cipher to the Cheliax agent. But we don't know what they look like, and we can't learn it anywhere else but here. We can let the Silver Devils leave, but we must stop the Cheliaxian", Zenobia whispers.
"I can try to snatch the cipher first, but it might trigger a fight. Be prepared."
"Oh hi!" Zenobia says, with a genuine-looking smile learned from dealing with rude circus guests, "I was told that I could maybe join your gang, but they said I had to wait, and I didn't want to, so I decided to come early."
Then, she feigns a suprised look, points toward the door. "Hey, that's a Burning Dagger! I saw him at the bar!"
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Zenobia enters the warehouse. She sees a crowd on a mezzanine discussing. As she greets them, the scholar in black robes points to her. "This is a private meeting! You're not allowed here! Get her!"
As the group rushes down to attack, the rest of you charge in as well.
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COMBAT TRACKER
Round: 1
Tactical Map
Special Conditions:
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Those with ** may go
**Zenobia Arsinoe Thea - AC 21 (23 Nimble Dodge) 44/44
**G'Mba Bhee - AC 19 38/38
**Gwendolyn Faran - AC 18 27/27
Red
Yellow
Black
Garrace Elaethros - AC 20 (22 w/shield) 44/44
Kargoth - AC 15 (17 w/shield) 40/40
White
Basag Bungo - AC 20 (22 w/shield) 45/45
Blue
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Gwen manages to climb onto the crates and squeezes her petite frame behind one.
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COMBAT TRACKER
Round: 1
Tactical Map
Special Conditions:
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Those with ** may go
**Zenobia Arsinoe Thea - AC 21 (23 Nimble Dodge) 44/44
**G'Mba Bhee - AC 19 38/38
Gwendolyn Faran - AC 18 27/27
Red
Yellow
Black
Garrace Elaethros - AC 20 (22 w/shield) 44/44
Kargoth - AC 15 (17 w/shield) 40/40
White
Basag Bungo - AC 20 (22 w/shield) 45/45
Blue
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"Why does it always come to this?" Zenobia complains.
She runs toward the enemies, snapping her fans open on the way. Dashing around the boxes, she reaches the red-dressed enemy, and slices with her fan before the enemy can adequately prepare.
"I really hope I didn't underestimate them", Zenobia mutters to herself, as she looks at the group of enemies in front of her.
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Zenobia catches the hooligan with a red tunic completely by surprise.
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COMBAT TRACKER
Round: 1
Tactical Map
Special Conditions:
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Those with ** may go
Zenobia Arsinoe Thea - AC 21 (23 Nimble Dodge) 44/44
**G'Mba Bhee - AC 19 38/38
Gwendolyn Faran - AC 18 27/27
Red (-16)
Yellow
Black
Garrace Elaethros - AC 20 (22 w/shield) 44/44
Kargoth - AC 15 (17 w/shield) 40/40
White
Basag Bungo - AC 20 (22 w/shield) 45/45
Blue
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G'Mba runs up and punches Blue and leaves him seeing stars.
Yellow gets around G'Mba and attempts to stick her twice with his dagger.
for
for
Red retaliates against Zenobia...
for
for
for
... perhaps the loss of blood is making concentrating difficult...
The robed man backs up. "Kill the Pathfinders! Cover my escape!"
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COMBAT TRACKER
Round: 1
Tactical Map
Special Conditions:
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Those with ** may go
Zenobia Arsinoe Thea - AC 21 (23 Nimble Dodge) 44/44
G'Mba Bhee - AC 19 27/38
Gwendolyn Faran - AC 18 27/27
Red (-16)
Yellow
Black
**Garrace Elaethros - AC 20 (22 w/shield) 44/44
**Kargoth - AC 15 (17 w/shield) 40/40
White
Basag Bungo - AC 20 (22 w/shield) 45/45
Blue (-9)