"Why should I go home. It's much nicer here with the dude over there keeping the ale coming." Grau replies, looking at Briggi as if he had a screw loose.
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The kobolds look like victims of an unsafe work environment. Bruised and burnt.
The slowed retriever gets shot, kicked and cut. But it is hard to hit and even harder to bring down. The two retrievers attack Ohrmizd.
The retriever, being slowed directs its anger at Heshan, with a fiery beam. And it claws at Hazreem as he is closest to it. The other retriever follows in an instant. That is when Hazreem unleashes some lightning.
[ooc]Retriever(44), Retriever(46)
When Tarjun pulls the rope, having it slide over the branch of the tree, a lot of dust and dirt is released and forms a cloud. The rope itself feels very dry and brittle. But for now the trunk hangs in the air and swings a little as Clara releases it.
Omari opens the fight with a shot at one of the retrievers. Init:
A moment later Omari finds that those things are really fast and the one he shot already stands at the bottom of the tower he shoots from.
And there I wondered why lawful Jewel didn't intervene. Have fun.
"As I see it, they could as well be." grau replies without looking up from his mug. "Another one." he shouts in direction of the barkeep lifting his mug.
Down the stairs: Short couches and divans line the walls of this chamber, while multiple rough pallets cover the floors. Currently occupying this chamber are three kobolds that are injured. They lie listlessly on the rough pallets, with only meager bowls of meal and half-evaporated cups of water.
From the top of the tower the upper doors are in sight and the two huge spider/crab like monstrosities can be clearly seen in the shine of the torches at the upper gate. Knowledge(Planes or Arcana) DC23: This deadly creature is a retriever, that can rip you apart with it's many claws, or roast, electrocute, freeze or petrify you by looking at you.
Between Ohrmizd and Heshan the last fleeing jann is put to an end.
Your ignorance sobers Grau up for a moment and he stares at you aghast. Then he catches himself and replies "And that's the way it should be for everyone." Then he turns to his ongoing conversation with his mug again and mutters "I'm for sure not going to sing their praise."
"Just trying to make some polite conversation? If you don't want to talk, that's fine with me." the man goes to the defense.
Knowledge(Local)DC15 Vencarlo: You recognize that this might be about one of Korvosa’s most respected and renowned teachers of the honorable arts of fencing and swordplay - Vencarlo Orisini.
"No they are NOT!" He spits the words out like they leave a bad taste in his mouth.
"Not them, I don't care about them. Sabina and Vencarlo." Grau objects before drowning his mood in more beer.
Fail Diplomacy DC21:
"And you are one of them! It's your fault, that she left me!"
"The leader is currently one story down. In the room next to the prison." the fire salamander replies.
"<The flickering candle isn't having visitors. Anyway, how did you get into this building?>" the salamander inquires.
With a new bright day the pawn shop is opened again and receives customers. "What can I help you with?" the shop keeper greets Tisha and Narciso.
The hunt for the last fleeing jann captain is opened.
Not willing to die for higher morals and for a lack of other options Briggi takes a rest at Zellara's home. Not the most comfortable place, but it has the benefit of being a good deal away from the rioting. At the next morning the world looks a bit better. It's not really peaceful in Korvosa, but some of the rioters were overcome by the need for sleep eventually. No one is trying to bring back normal life with markets and such around the palace, but at least it doesn't spread into the rest of town anymore. Which allows the guard to contain it somewhat and prevent the worst.
The jann in front of the group is - unseen to most - obliterated by force missiles. The other one keeps fleeing.
The last of the regular Jann dies. Which leaves the all of the party but Heshan without opponents.
"<Please leave us in peace, we know nothing, we are only cooking.>" one of the kobolds replies in draconic. Sense Motive DC7:
It is a lie that they kno wnothing. But they are afraid. The salamander i snot amused and first shouts at the kobolds to shut up and keep working. Then he turns to Bylo. "What are you doing here? Get lost!" a salamander threatens in common.
Besides another guard room where the salamanders came from there is nothing on this floor. Down the stairs you find a door and behind it a dining hall. A battered, fifteen-foot-diameter circular stone table stands in this room, surrounded by several chairs, many of which lie on their sides. The edges of the table are heaped with half-eaten, well-burnt foods, goblets, and hookahs. The central ten feet of the table is
There are three more doors from here on and stairs further down. First - The wall above the west door in this chamber bears a colorful
Second - This simple kitchen is a clatter of pots and pans, with a large, crackling wall of fire along the southern wall. Eight kobold slaves work frenetically in this kitchen, overseen by four salamanders.
Another jann bites the dust.
Briggi wanders the streets and as he comes closer to the palace he finds utter chaos. Enraged folks with torches and pitchforks hunt everyone who looks like they are supporting the queen. Which includes foremost the City Guard and the Marines from the Sable Company which fly overhead and attack the worst spots of rioting. Briggi finds guards heavily bruised fleeing their positions and responsibility as well as groups without their sergant which try headlessly to resist the mob. On the other side are some hardliners who seem to have waited for such an opportunity and are cutting down rioting civillians with their swords.
Sorry for not progressing your sidestory, but none of the events that would match your orders are meant to be done alone.
Heshan wipes most of the patrol.
Heshan:
Also you see the fleeing jann who turned ethereal.
Ohrmizd cuts into the jann and Khedron takes the captain on his horns. Omari sends one to her ancestors.
Zellara points out business of that kind not too far away, but you find it closed and locked and no one willing to open it.
"All but the head clergy were sent home."
The kids make it utterly clear even to Dwayne that they are not cut out for this kind of work. Even though the piece of wood finally lands on the cart.
Another patrol arrives and lets a hail of arrows rain down on the intruders. Init:
No CL given, so 1.
With Yasmeena shooting again this floor of the building quickly runs out of inhabitants.
Checking on the belongings you only find something on the noble salamander. A magical scythe and four doses of questionable unlabled liquid. Craft(Alchemy)DC20: Death Blade Poison
Bylo almost ends the wounded salamander, but the icy attack from Aithaloessa ends his misery. The other one dodges most of the snowballs.
Khedron takes down one and Omari obliterates another and pushes the last one over the edge. Hazreem: You find that you grab only a corpse in your whirwind, the other one is not there. Heshan:
You don't see anything from that distance and the whirlwind going on.
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DC10 Wis/Int for someone in the Korvosa Guard to remember: The nice brooch with the ying-yang pseudodragon belongs to Queen Ileosa and is registered with the guard as stolen. There is a reward of 1200gp offered for whoever returns it to the queen.
Everything that has a known owner I gave you the knowledge rolls to. For everything else it is in vain to try to return it as no one (especially not me) knows who it belongs to. I'm fine with setting up shop in Zellara's home. I assume it is her property, so no one is going to come for rent and object to that. For the staying together someone could have doubts that they get a proper share of the loot and insist to go to a pawnshop to sell it off and share the coins once it is clear what the stuff is really worth. As no one seems to be able to make the one roll, that would set you all on track again, because the broker for sure knows.
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