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Tek didn't check into the new one yet, except for some discussion. If he's good to find the link on his own, I can close this up.

I prepped to run those a few years back; very cool scenarios.

The alternative of me sitting out always does exist to open availability, as well.

@Varg: found a PDF converter on the network; what was the old sheet you needed?

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Wait, did I not mark Kortos on my sheet? I remember that one vividly as my only experience with a pregen (or am misremembering the scenario.)

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However much you want to spend, really; Ultimate Equipment has a big ol' Food & Drink section that is PFS-legal if you want some guidelines.

Aakif, studying the properties of the Big, Gold Pharaoh Hat of Opposite Alignment from Hondo's notes, forsees a lengthy journey before him to restore her mind, for few have the ability to grant Wishes or perform true Miracles.

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Interactions/interjections within any of these ending bits is acceptable; I'm just getting everything out now.

Having stamped out the Shadow Lodge in Sothis, the group receives the grateful thanks of Venture-Captain Norden Balentiir and the Pathfinders of the Sothis Lodge. The former Pathfinders the PCs were able to save also express their gratitude. The Society ensures the remaining cursed items are no longer a danger and safely locks them in the Pathfinder vaults in the Grand Lodge, where security is tighter than in the regional Sothis facility.

The resident sorcerer, Zahur, disappears into the depths of the Grand Lodge for extensive questioning after avoiding any legal problems (after "object-oriented curse") was deemed the cause for his involvement.

Lazuli is not seen again and remains off the radar of the local law. She is, however, black-marked within the Society. She has, however, left message for each of the clergy (and and extra one for Varg via Luisila, not noting any holy symbols) at your respective temples, thanking you for not snitching and that you could meet her in a small village outside the city, should you desire it.

Everyone is lauded with verbal accolades for the thoroughness of the more combative issues and how they were handled.

Otherwise, the whole "Shadow Lodge" thing seems to die down, at least for now...

Day Jobs are acceptable. If already rolled, please direct me.

Non-Varg Folder for 2-20 chrons
As for Varg stuff, I need to see if I have something that can make PDFs around here; the old Adobe Elements from Over A Decade Ago is on my home machine.

There is; I'm just not done/started on Chrons yet; the delay is not a "there's a lot more to the story" thing. Apologies on the delays.

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• Brachus connects, doing some damage! 32 + 2 = 341d2 ⇒ 2
• Aakif swings and misses one of the Hondos, but fortunately he was close enough to pop the last image!
• Luisila blesses the Varg!
• Rhyster peppers the man, connecting the third time only because the dwarf's shots pierce his unseeable Shield!34 + 17 = 5151 + 18 = 6969 + 24 = 93 The fate he foresaw happening should he have failed his cloud spell occurs, with his death! He goes from standing to outright dead on the third, hefty shot.
• Varg may feel disappointed about not getting a good fight out of the man because this...

FIGHT IS OVER

Gear masterwork sickles (2), cloak of resistance +1, belt of incredible dexterity +2, headband of vast intellect +2, necklace of adaptation (or at least it used to be before he died), ring of protection +1, spell component pouches (2), spellbook (contains all prepared spells plus all 0-level and 1st-level spells i Hondo Heru n the Core Rulebook. Spoiler'd below for Ryster's benefit.

A small, unlocked chest beneath the northwestern bench contains several items; a magical pair of boots, a spherical ceramic jar with a ceramic cover gently covering the lid, and a magic bag.

Well, looks like not all my technical issues were fixed and it didn't save the final draft. The map should be clearer now and show exactly WHY this is the last round. That last-ditch point-blank Cloudkill not going off was kinda an all-or-nothing gamble he lost.

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Image vs tentacles?

I guess it is technically an attack roll, though the fact that tentacles don't see is a weird debatable point I will save for a later, drunk-er time. High is good (for him): 1d2 ⇒ 2 No Pop, just a now awkward-looking image of a briefly-grappled Lu.

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Ah, right; Varg is fine as well, thanks to the casting of FoM and the grapple never having succeded. I've lost a cleric to forgetting that's 10 min/level and not precasting it before... On a brighter note: Updating the Bios on the playtime machine at work seems to have fixed my "can't edit Googledocs" network connectivity issue! A slight amount of productivity is regained!

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• Brachus frees everyone from the Now-Inconvenient Tentacles!
• Aakif fires off a bolt of fire! 1d5 ⇒ 2 One image down and three remain!
• Luisila makes everything really quiet!
• Rhyster fires off four shots! 1d4 ⇒ 41d4 ⇒ 11d3 ⇒ 31d3 ⇒ 2 He manages a success rate of 50% for a total of 19 + 13 = 32 damage
• Varg moves over and arms himself with a shared ranged weapon!
• Hondo, seeing the room is compromised save for the corner (as he's a studious wizard) will move to the Corner of Being Threatened! He will move in with acrobatics at full speed! Acrobatics (Full speed): 1d20 + 16 - 10 ⇒ (10) + 16 - 10 = 16 Pending he doesn't take more than 30 damage from these 2 clerics, he'll attempt to cast defensively and brave his own tentacles next round! Concentrate DC 15+5+5: 1d20 + 15 ⇒ (1) + 15 = 16 Unfortunately, he gets some of his own previous spell in his mouth by accident and loses the spell!

Starting what is likely the last round, since his gambit failed spectacularly.
Party Up!

32 lethal damage, lost CKill and some above spells.

Negative on some bits:

Movements: while you aren't grappled, the difficult terrain remains for all but Brachus (because his god loves him more and gives him the full Freedom of Movement package.)
Tentacles damage: It succeeded the Grapple on the turn it was cast (except on Brachus), so the damage still happened on most of you. You not be taking damage as long as he suppresses the effect, to forward the next round for tracking purposes. Varg's DR applies, too.

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Indeed, it works, because you've got the move action to active Perception and you get a reactive Stealth one (as he's going to take advantage of your giving him full concealment), and then good odds of hearing the flying equivalent of "hearing a person walking,".

Stealth (only versus Aakif): 1d20 + 16 - 10 ⇒ (12) + 16 - 10 = 18 Which is beaten on a 1; no need to roll.

50/50, low is bad: 1d2 ⇒ 1

• Rhyster pops an image, leaving 5 total Hondos remaining (including the real one!)
• The Hondos do cast (prompting Aakif to fire a ray at the wall next to him)! He gets his casting off, filling much of the hallway and most of the hallway with Wiggly tentacles!

If someone could put a 20' burst from the southwest corner of the square up one and left one from Rhyster, I'd be appreciative. Work guest wifi seems to block part of Google Docs, but not all of it. The spaces north and south of Lu are not affected due to walls, though everyone on the ground is possibly Tentacle'd.

If a 10 + 4 + 1 + 1d20 ⇒ 10 + 4 + 1 + (10) = 25 grapples you, you are officially Black Tentacle'd and take 1d6 + 4 ⇒ (5) + 4 = 9 bludgeoning damage. If you pass, you're fine (though the ground is difficult terrain.)

Party is up!

Black Tentacles and Dispel Magic cast; 4 images remain

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Almost everyone moves into the room, with Aakif readying and Rhyster finally getting to fire off his gun again! The key connects!

Hondo begin to cast a thing, triggering the ready!

@Rhyster and Aakif: I just realized his block has him with Mirror Image (and his less obvious buffs that have been going because you guys are pretty bad at Stealth vs a diviner) right off the bat. If that changes your ready or already rolled attack, then don't click on the spoiler for results of against his 1d4 + 3 ⇒ (2) + 3 = 5 images and post what it is you want to do. I don't see a lot of other options on your guys' lists, but I wanted to be certain.

Holding a tiny bit to ensure actions aren't changing. Data plan is resetting soon, so that's good for pacing (though work has been most unkind in that regard).

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• Expecting negotiations to turn sour, Plan B is enacted. Brachus casts a flame spell on Varg's axe...
• ...and Aakif moves in and readies to counterspell the easy way!
• Hondo remains on his metaphorical perch as he does cast a really, REALLY, similar thing! Aakif CL: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (13) + 8 = 2121 - 11 = 10 He barely succeeds at Dispelling the enemy's Dispel Magic! Curse that multiclassing! Hondo is displeased, but remains in his spot, out if reach of the standard melees!

Inits!
The party is up (and entering round 2 of Purge)
Hondo

Hondo: -1 Dispel Magic

Aak: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (16) + 9 = 25
Bra: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (19) + 2 = 21
Lui: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (8) + 5 = 13
Rhy: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (2) + 6 = 8
Varg: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (5) + 2 = 7
Not Mums: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (4) + 8 = 12

The floor of this cool subterranean chamber is formed from the natural bedrock on which the city rests, and the dusty clay bricks of the walls rise up twenty feet. There are several benches and wooden tables here filled with antique relics and scattered paperwork.

Just as the Varg and Brachus combo move forward to encompass the whole room with Cayden Brand Invis-Away, a man is revealed from invisibility as Brachus enters through the doorway! Since everyone was pretty much aware of everyone else and everyone had a conversation (also strangely because Brachus cast before he went in, as odd as that sounds), no surprise round!

Knowledge Arcana to ID effect in progress: 1d20 + 11 ⇒ (12) + 11 = 23 Ha, just barely ID's a posthumous Invis Purge. 3rd, level, right?.

INITS!
Brachus (in round 1 of Invis Purge), Aakif
Hondo
Luisila, Rhyster, Varg!

If anyone in the hallway wasn't keeping pace, feel free to move yourselves back a little. Fireball Formation seems to be the standard quo for this group, since you all like touching each other (with spells.)

Map updated for clarity of squares and because I've finally actually sat down at my computer for the first time in a while.

There has been no casting during the discussion, as "casting in a speaking voice" is a DC at which even the distance you were at is pretty much an auto-succeed for this group. Would have noted such in the actual text, probably with Spellcraft spoilers. Though everyone's pretty much aware that if your minute-long buffs are still going...

Everyone makes their way forward, with no extra things cast and Lu looks into the room, not seeing any new faces.

Y'all can be anywhere in the red zone, plus the end of the hallway.

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@Aakif: Nobody interrupts you, at least.

"If what I have said doesn't tell you that already, you may want to ask your associate more about Thoth and his purviews."

"You ask 'why', but I have a feeling you know the answer already. Why would anyone want to recover items that destroy lives? For 'safekeeping'? A facade, clearly. Your superiors are preparing for something by acquiring the lowest-hanging assets within their grasp."

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Would have the -5, as the minuses (I suspect) are for having glowy-hand issues.

"Reading of the Book is my function. To carry its prophecies of my fate is its purpose." His voice continues to speak without body. "But this tarot meeting is not one of utter peace. It is one that lie in the midst of conflict, though the outcome is uncertain to me."

"Speaking against oppression is only the first step, and yet I only hear from you. What of the others you are having approach? You may as well speak your mind, as hiding from me is useless."

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Yup, anywhere in the Red Zone. Further up means you're approaching during dialogue, but the length on the zone is because he does love to talk.

"Surely you have superiors you have a distaste for. Those that would send you into Hell for a mere trinket. Those that would send you into a cave of bears, coated in honey? Those that would do these things with no remorse." He speaks, leaving just enough pause to allow interruption for your answer, should you have one.

"I have foreseen this meeting, as shown to me by the Book of Thoth. It showed me images of foreign cartomancy; on one side, the Wheel of Fortune, Strength, The Sun, Temperance, and The Hermit gather, though the Lovers rest fallen in the distance. A single man watches which I can see from The Tower. What rests in-between fates is The World itself."

"Always fascinating imagery. I should learn the techniques later. But that is for the future. What is your answer? What would bring you to the correct side? One must hope words will solve this, instead of bloodshed."

Thursday is my live game anyways, so no worries. Thanks for the heads up anyways.

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They added it early this year or mid-last year, I think, after they admitted they're not updating the forums any time soon.

The party starts their jaunt down the hall, but a voice speaks to you all from the end of the hallway. The disembodied voice reverberates deeply with a strong, southern-Osirion accent. "You are capable, most assuredly, but are you rewarded as such? What would it take for you to forgo the shackles and collars? What would it take for you to be free to do as you please?"

The Red Zone is for the placement and positions of PC and possibly starting of initiative, based on your response. There is no stopping in the Red Zone (though do note this is before halfway down the hall and thus before Blessing of Fervor, so stopping actually won't waste buffs in any grand scale.)

Mostly seeing if Brachus has any buffs left to distribute; I don't recall what he has and hasn't cast yet (and doesn't use handy strikeout tags on his spell list).

Since I'm posting anyways, an additional note regarding the belt: Its effects (as described by the manilla folder) are NOT a condition that must be cleared to remain a legal character... Especially since it took until Advanced Class Guide to make an item to do just that, as it is otherwise a permanent effect.

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The belt is retrieved and both the current and hallway trap are handled. Barring any surprises, all that remains is the boss man.

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A set of steep, banistered steps climbs the eastern wall of this low-ceilinged basement. There are large clay urns, crates, and boxes against the walls. A rough tunnel, seven feet in height, has been dug into the middle of the northern wall.

Luisila notices the banister at the bottom is fairly worn, suggesting that people have been using it to slide over instead of exiting the stairs like uncool nerds who want to fall in pits.

Note that since there are no doors remaining between you and the expected end boss of the Sothis Shadow Lodge, I am presuming magics are not being cast down here unless otherwise stated (in case of more hilarious stealth attemps.)

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The room proves untrapped as does its only other door. In the next room...

This white-walled chamber holds two stone benches and there are storage jars made of pottery and alabaster, as well as shrouds and funerary masks stored on and around shelves and tables. A stairway on the wall opposite the door leads down. The pungent smell of astringent chemical compounds fills the air.

There is an old papyrus tome on the eastern shelves, though the hieroglyphs inside it are far older than any of the unreadable scripts seen about town. An old belt made of electrum scales rests on a bench and has a closed manilla folder next to it. The belt detects magic.

No traps are detected here as well.

"If you miss with the initial attack on a cleave, then there is no second attack" with Cleave is the trade-off. Plus some mobility.

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will: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (6) + 8 = 1417 + 44 = 61

Varg chops, but only finds rags! The channeled energy channeled directly at the exposed remains proves more than enough to burn it to dust! If it saved, it could have possibly kept standing.

COMBAT END

The mummies have only have filthy, nonmagical, worthless rags as "loot". Not very many folks would probably recommend touching them.

Do note that Cleave in PF is a Standard Action that's a single attack. (This is a change from 3.5's " If you kill it, you get a bonus attack", though the Cleaving Finish tree from Ultimate Combat simulates Cleave Classic.) There was only one mum left anyways, though, it hardly matters since AC was 20 anyways.

Refs: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (4) + 2 = 61d20 + 2 ⇒ (20) + 2 = 22

Mummy #Red crumples, but Mummy #Blue might have been an acrobat in his last life, as he avoids some of the fire yet again!

27+11+5=44 on Blue Red's dead, baby. Red's dead.

Everyone but Aakif and Luisila are up!

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@Lu: I am familiar with the spell, albeit not a fan in games I have more control over. The last thing Enchantment needs is more low level spells that negate their school's spells of all levels.

Varg is free to act, as I agree with half of the big thread about delaying when paralyzed. It is clearly a mental action, though it would forego the full-round extra saves. Obviously only an issue with Hold Person, but still my Official Burglar Stance. Game needs more teamwork gamble tactics like that, IMO.

More update incoming, likely no mo mums.

Miniupdate!

Luck does not pull through for Varg, but at least the Cleric of Luck doesn't need it!

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Varg paralyzed duration: 1d4 ⇒ 4 Rounds

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For reference, look at a rainbow to determine the ordering of rolls for bads. If you are red/blue colourblind, then this fight is a little harder.

• Aakif sends out a ball of fire aimed more at the back of the room! Refs: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (8) + 2 = 101d20 + 2 ⇒ (19) + 2 = 21 The nearest mummy has no luck, but the one in the back takes the brunt! Many sheets are now burnt, but Fireball fortunately doesn't burn long enough to cause a significant blaze! The bodies, however, are very dry and susceptible to the effect!
• Rhyster loads his gun with anti-dead-thing juice!
• Luisila (well, two Luisilas) give Varg a bit of Luck!
• Brachus channels! Wills: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (19) + 8 = 271d20 + 8 ⇒ (17) + 8 = 25 They prove more resilient mentally than agile!
• Both mummies stand despite the horrid burns! They let out an eerie moan as Red attempts to slam Varg while Blue can only approach hostile-y! I will need two Will Saves vs Fear from everyone.

  Red Slam on Varg (PA): 1d20 + 14 - 2 ⇒ (5) + 14 - 2 = 171d8 + 10 + 3 ⇒ (1) + 10 + 3 = 14

  He proves the scientific fact that "It's difficult to concentrate when you're on fire," missing the blonde, unless he is paralyzed by fear! If Varg does fail either Will, I will also need a Fortitude if that 17 would hit a Paralyzed Varg.

Varg, Aakif, Rhyster, Luisila, Brachus are up!
Mummies

Red: 30*1.5+5=50 sandwiches

Blue: 15+7+5=27 sandwiches

The group filters in with Varg on the 10ft point. During their discussion about fire, water, and traps, they dawdle long enough to gain the ire of the elephant(s) in the room! A pair of the bodies awaken from their sleepy undeadness on the... 3d8 ⇒ (3, 3, 2) = 8 ... second and third tables!

Everyone but Varg is up first!
Then the Mums!
Then Varg!

To note, they are prone and are mumbly undead (as expected.)

Data plan is reset, so I'm good to go now. Seeing who gets ambushed by Ninja mummies, currently... Use of both the words "Stealth" and "Quickly" are kinda opposites.

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Those are the obscuring sheets and lines of thread.

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Map updatage is formally requested for the general remainder dungeon.

Everyone successfully enters the first, entryway room (with varying degrees of success in sneaking.) No traps are detected nor any further locks into the room. There are tracks going directly from the front door to the next door, though only a true hunter could ascertain any more detailed information.

The next room is more cluttered, regardless of viewing method. This long room has two rows of stone slabs, each showing the shape of a sheet-covered cadaver on its surface. Strips of fabric and rolls of cloth wrapping lie strewn around the chamber while lines of thread stretch across the room, hung with sheets, obscuring parts of the area. There are a few other furnishings, such as cupboards and benches along the north wall. The chamber has the clinical smell of bitter alkaline.

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Do note that stealth either takes a penalty or goes at half speed (barring a usually useless rogue talent.) Also that Stealth is almost universally a contested check so T10 isn't an option (though I will take it as "I'm rolling stealth if applicable; here's my modifier. Just roll it in one if your pointless spoilers.")

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The first attempt fails (even with guidance,) but second succeeds.

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Brachus is able to tell both the exploding door isn't going to explode quite yet and a description of the adjacent room.

There are several dusty, sheet-covered chairs and a grimy, low table to one side of this unswept room. Signs of recent passage are visible between the two doorways leading from this room.

The door is locked, though these streets are among those that don't often see patrol, so the chances of irritating the guard are only as high as you make them (even if you were to go in via the rowdier way.)

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The party drops off the errant Pathfinder and gathers themselves at the designated location (possibly after after a mite of shopping.) The location's front appears true to their informant's word, closed and very abandoned.

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"What role did Zahur play in all of this?"

"He told me that Hondu can pay better than than the Society. Recently, I hit a low point in the financial game and my mother contracted something out in the desert. Now, either one or the other I can cover. Both at the same time? Whoof, not so much. Kinda a Ponzi scheme, given that he was my management, but it pays better than having to get a Remove Curse or three after every mission."

"Obviously not now, if you're taking it out. But it seemed like it at the time."

She has no answer but a shrug for Lu's questions.

Zahur asks from his tied up state, "Do I need to call the guard myself to get this moving along?"

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"We had a meeting there. Kinda boring, didn't really pay too much attention. Oh, and it's where a bunch of the cursed stuff is bring held until it gets shipped out, I think."

"Or do you mean this whole 'murderous union thing coming back' deal? I'm just here because I was told the pay was going to be enough to keep both my financial state and my mother stable, because that's a tough call."

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The answer to that is "If Luisila had 30 ft movement", which was easily achieved with Fervor. I think it was just Varg who didn't have it from Fog?

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Splitting cost only works on spellcasting services; not scrolls iirc

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In that case, you're getting a LOT of information I wanted to collect up and not post from a phone. Enough that I had to wait until I was at a laptop to type this up.

"Alright, then, if you could stop sitting on my windpipe, we can begin storytime. Once I'm through the talky part, let me out and I can draw a map, cause you're probably gonna want a map. Kinda hard to tell you where the trap killswitch is by saying 'behind one of the stones in a brick hallway.'"

"Okay, you know where the Necropolis of the Faithful is, right? Place with that weird bird/lion lady? Well, to the southwest is a closed-up place called the Ankh and Serpent Embalming House. Been closed up for about... some time ago. I don't know when they arrived. But that's where the base is."

"Else all I can tell you about that is there's maybe one guy there who does... some kind of magic stuff, I guess? Most I've seen him do was push a door open from 20-some feet away. Was by himself the last I was there and should still be, probably. Name's Hondu, Garundi, bald, carries a pair of sickles, of all things. Easy to point out; runs around in a kilt, some jewelry, and a cloak and isn't half-bad in it."

"Oh, and there's a pair of traps in the basement. The one in the hall has a switch. If you get let me out and have something for me to draw on, I can show you more clearly what I do know about the place..."

Minipost: The 18 Sense above is also good for the Lu spoiler.

I'm also guessing from the Diplo, you're honest in the potential release? If you are (or a Bluff beats her SM, she looks FAR more willing to talk shop.

For reference for the non-American in the house, the fifth amendment isn't entirely the right to remain silent; those are the Miranda Rights and that's just for police detainment (as far as I know). The Fifth Amendment is the right to denying answering a question if the accused believes answering the question to be incriminating in and of itself. Similar, but not the same.

"I suggest you start talking now, or the report that I give to the guard will not be in your best interest."

Zahur has little to say in response.

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"Uh, still not any better; you know why Balentiir chose a prison as his lodge site and didn't bother to renovate away from that whole schema, right?" Lazuli is displeased with the current offering. "That's not much better; just a lot slower."

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3/6 (including myself) are from the area, so I figured 50% coverage was acceptable.

Con't
Lazuli: "What?!? What the hell do you mean by that?!?"
Zahur: "... I do not understand what you are trying to say."
Lazuli wriggles more in anger than any attempt at escaping, furious at the silence. "You said everything would be fine and that when everything was done. Well, now that that ain't the case, scene's changed." She looks to everyone, Luisila and Aakif in particular. "Look, I know a lot of what's going on here. If you let me go, I'll let you in on everything I do know. I won't even leave town if you need more information. Scouts' honor."
Z: "..."

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Minipost

potion of cure moderate wounds, scroll of see invisibility, scrolls of summon monster II (2); dagger, cloak of resistance +1, headband of alluring charisma +2, ring of protection +1

potion of cure moderate wounds; other Gear +1 chain shirt, +1 spear, masterwork javelins (3), ring of protection +1, cloak of resistance +1

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Now that talking works, the woman proves far more vocal. "Gah, Zah! I told you this was stupid! There was no need to kill anyone!"

He does not respond, remaining stoic. This visibly (and audibly) angers the woman. "Hey, jagoff! You hear me? Now my mother's going to die in her bed after her daughter gets hanged! All because of you!"

He does respond to this, though not in a manner placating Lazuli. "I do not understand what you mean."

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