Boreana puts in her 2 silvers with a winsome smile: "I can go along with that. But let me do the talking with the mayor, I find most men persuadable..."
"All right, we don't want to be bold and go right back in. So what is the plan? Tell the mayor a bunch of lies and collect what we can from him? Play it straight with him? Just run for the hills?
"Working for her has so far ended badly for all in her employ. Quite some of them by our hand or you, Grenz and who else was on the case earlier. And it seems she is fresh out of goons to throw at us."
...
"Because I don't feel like going back right now and tell her that we have second thoughts about working for her."
Boreana takes another sip of her wine and interjects "You know, that might not actually be as silly an idea as it sounds. We went in there looking for a settling of accounts with her. As you say, she's pretty much fresh out of goons. She had those four shapeshifters left; if we could get to them separate from her, we could probably take them, given they don't have any more bells to drop on us... She was going to have them clean up - which puts them at the bottom of the stairs, well separated from her aerie. We go back there, we can probably settle with them before she can get downstairs to join the party. In terms of fighting her, well she's clearly a mage. Mages tend to prepare for fights ahead of time, by casting enhancing spells before it starts. Every mage has a limit for how much magic they can work before resting. I'd bet my own lunch money she cast a bunch of defensive spells before our confrontation. Also, she used some serious juice on that enchantment she used trying to get us to drop our weapons. It's been a couple of hours, but not a whole night, those defensive spells will have worn off and she won't have recovered her mojo to cast them again..."
Boreana is sipping here wine, while watching carefully... When Khamul puts the whiskey down and takes up his staff, she puts her hand on, but does not draw, her rapier.
Sense Motive on both Khamul and Jolanda:3d6 + 5 + 3 + 2 ⇒ (1, 6, 4) + 5 + 3 + 2 = 21
5 ranks +3 trained +2 racial
Spellcraft to ID whatever Xanesha was throwing around:1d20 + 5 + 3 ⇒ (8) + 5 + 3 = 16
5 ranks +3 trained
If allowed to pick her rapier back up by the spell:
Boreana picks her rapier back up, and steps to the front of the party...
Move - pick up rapier
5' step into the pink box
standard - ready an attack if one of the enemy comes within reach
She tries to pick her rapier up, fails, and then stays still...
Move - try to pick up rapier
standard - ready an action to use inspire courage if a fight starts
"You're welcome", Boreana continues, dry as dust "B#&*# does know we are here. She's asking us to 'please come and talk with me. Perhaps we can come to an arrangement that will allow you to keep your heads where they are'..."
As mentioned, I'm staying in rounds here, until ShadowBloodmoon gives a heads up. 'Lady Xanesha' might come out to play while we're hurting or somesuch...
Intimidate affects enemies within 30'; if intimidated, take
Fire Damage:1d10 ⇒ 6 and may catch on fire: Spell Power Check Green vs reflex:3d6 + 1 + 4 ⇒ (6, 5, 1) + 1 + 4 = 17 (and if they were intimidated, they are shaken, and thus saving at -2)
+1 spell level +4 cha
Spell Power Check Blue vs reflex:3d6 + 1 + 4 ⇒ (5, 3, 6) + 1 + 4 = 19
Spell Power Check Red vs reflex:3d6 + 1 + 4 ⇒ (1, 1, 1) + 1 + 4 = 8
@ShadowBloodmoon, I think the map is behind the action; it currently shows Stalker red on the 9th floor still, and blue still out of reach of Boreana. Can you please update positions; I need to know if I can 5' step out of reach...
Boreanna is shocked by the sudden arrival of enemies from above, and even more so as they rise to their feet, even after such a fall... Boldly, she charges forward, focusing magical might into her blade, trying to put one down before they can flank her.
swift action - arcane strike
full round action - Charge vs Green
Boreana replies "Yes... Coming ... 'Eye for trouble' my ass!"
After completing her healing (and still climbing stairs), Boreanna stows her wand and uses a cantrip (Prestidigitation) to clean herself from the mussing the fall had given her...
Never mind, that doesn't make it either way. And Boreana is haveing a bad day so far...
"Unnhg", Boreana moans as she scrapes herself off of the floor, thankful that she wasn't pinned by the falling bell. She fishes out her trusty wand of healing, and begins magicing her wounds...
CLW A:1d8 + 1 ⇒ (8) + 1 = 9
the edge taken off her pain, she begins climbing the stairs again, to join up with her fellow adventurers, using the wand as she goes. (May as well use her move actions as well as her standards...)
Boreana stands tall, raising her rapier, and claims victory "Deverin for victory!". Then, with painful sigh, she cleans and sheathes the blade, ands digs out her wand of cure light wounds...
Boreanna puts a pause in her dance for emphasis, which she uses to assess her foe...
free action - continue performance
then waiting for DM Shadowbloodmoon to reply if the thing is glued to the floor by the tanglefoot... If it is, she's going to withdraw and let the missile types handle it. If not, she's going to 5' step in and attack.
Still no map that I can find, but see what we can do without.
Boreanna lets her performance stand as reply to Jolanda. She advances with inspiring grace, smoothly dancing, taking up a position to shield her allies while not closing too close to that scythe...
Standard - Inspire Courage (+3 competence to hit & damage for allies) using perform(dance)
move - advance (up to 30') to a point where she's a) outside of reach for a 5' step + full attack (she's willing to take a charge, but not a full attack if she can help it), and b) she blocks charge lanes to the others...
"Creepy." Jominda comments on the sight of the scene.
"Indeed" replies Boreana, "So our target is somewhere in there.
It does seem very odd, how quiet it is out here. This part of town is a slum, but you'd expect the usual collection of feral brats running in packs, layabouts in the street, and so forth. Where are all the people?
She loosens her rapier in it's sheath, and readies her shield.
"So do we just go straight up the middle, right to the front door?"
Khamul shares a fraught glance with Jominda and says "You vouched for you sister and at the very least, Boreana is willing ... I guess we'll find out about able. I don't see anyone else beating down our door here. Shall we go do this?"
Boreana smiles winningly and replies: "I am experienced duelist, happy to close with a foe. I also bring some lesser magics, an inspiring presence (bard performance), and of course, my natural charm."
Getting half an answer Jolanda looks at Khamul with a raised brow as she notices that something else caught his attention. Following his gaze she notices the shady business.
[dice=Perception]3d6+10
"Hey guys, block the exits, those kids are stealing."
Boreana comments "True, but in this kin of bar you're expected to be aware enough to keep your own coin purse. Also, even starveling junior cutpurses need to eat."
Boreana can't help but overhear the enthusiastic blonde woman carrying on about 'the job'. She thinks to herself "Well, maybe my uncle was right when he suggested coming to this dive to find work."
Rising gracefully, she glides across the room, smoothly avoiding the junior pickpockets. She arrives soon enough to hear Jominda's comment:
Jominda __ wrote:
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"And with my annoyingly loud sister announcing our intentions, I think we're good."
"Shall we take a seat at the bar, order a drink and see what happens?"
She leads the way to a corner where enough seats are available for them and at least one more.
She seats herself at the last spot at the table, and introduces herself, "You're quite right about drawing some attention. I am Boreana Deverin, and what is this 'good deed'?"
