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The lady cannot help but let the edges of her mouth curl up ever-so-slightly.

"And yet, you can hardly get enough of me. Should that not be antithetical to your...?"

She gestures vaguely, as if to indicate her companion's entire person.

"Unless you are simply hoping that it flows both ways? Are you to make a devout of me yet, Korum?"

"Charmed," bobs Vulpina.

She taps her chin with a gloved hand and muses. "I am no devotee of the gods myself, but I will admit Desna to be one of the betters. Who does not benefit from pleasant dreams and fortunate outcomes?"

"Well, might I offer this in return: when fortune fails you, may your skillful hand make up the difference."

"Ah, simple. Kitsune have been seducing humans and having kitsune offspring with them all the way back to when Daikitsu's first runts walked the Earth. A bit tasteless, if you ask me. Of course, I imagine double-blind kitsune pairings have fascinating moments after the child is born. 'Why, Shigeru, our child sure seems to have a lot of fur! What a mystery that is.' 'Indeed,'" she continues in a deeper voice, "'let us ask no further questions of it.'"

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The Lady Vulpina shrugs at Andor's question. "And you without a gangly teenager to stab! Unless...?" She gestures with an open palm toward Kat.

A well-dressed noblewoman turns in her seat, spots Andor, and groans, hiding her face behind her hand as she leans in toward the half-orc paladin beside her.

"Do not make a scene of it, but Andor just arrived."

I’m not certain! And if you come upon a rune that must be picked—why, I will be missing from that as well! ;)

I may actually be benching Vulpina for a little while. Been spread over ~11 games for a long time and I think this noblewoman could use a bit of rest!

"I would certainly not object to either," says the Lady Vulpina, chin held high. "It feels as if this day went on for months!"

I appreciate that it's a full success despite the tricky opponent!

"I can feel it dryyyyiiiiing~" sings Vulpina from the next cavernous room.

My dreams ;n;

Vulpina hustles as best she can after the retreating idiot, dropping her pistol and grabbing a fresh one-- this one glows, and has a wider barrel.

"You want something quite pricey? You will hardly do better than this!" she chimes. "Come and take it!"

Drixel's still holding the item he stole in-hand, right? >:3c

.......................Okay so in all honesty, I forgot this dude would be able to 5-foot-step.

Charmed Reflex: 1d20 + 9 + 4 ⇒ (16) + 9 + 4 = 29
The Charmed Life turned out not to be necessary, but since I'm on my own over here at the moment...

"Ah, of course," she tut-tuts, raising her pistol. "A fool who thinks he is clever might die laughing."

Time for a lot of math, notoriously my strong suit...

Deadly Aim Pistol Attack - Entangled Attack Penalty - Dexterity Penalty - TWF: 1d20 + 10 - 2 - 2 - 2 ⇒ (13) + 10 - 2 - 2 - 2 = 17
Deadly, Focused Aim Pistol Damage: 1d8 + 5 + 4 ⇒ (3) + 5 + 4 = 12

While he's still probably-reeling from that, she steps closer.

Wakizashi Attack - Entangled Attack Penalty - Dexterity Penalty - TWF: 1d20 + 11 - 2 - 2 - 2 ⇒ (12) + 11 - 2 - 2 - 2 = 17
Seems unlikely but maybe?
Damage: 1d6 ⇒ 2

Wakizashi Attack - Entangled Attack Penalty - Dexterity Penalty - TWF: 1d20 + 6 - 2 - 2 - 2 ⇒ (17) + 6 - 2 - 2 - 2 = 17
Damage: 1d6 ⇒ 3

She'll use Gunslinger's Dodge or Dodging Panache (+2 or +4, respectively) on anything else he throws at her.

@Vulpina, this provokes an AoO from you (the running away, not blowing the kiss).

You say that, but...

Vulpina's blade lashes out again--

Stabby: 1d20 + 11 - 2 ⇒ (15) + 11 - 2 = 24
Precise Piranha Strike (Though Not As Precise as the Previous One: 1d6 + 5 + 4 ⇒ (5) + 5 + 4 = 14

She is after Drixel like a shot, running with impressive grace for having had her legs poked a bunch.

"I will have you know I was the swiftest in my boarding school, dear," she grins. "Unless you wish to see how far you can run while bleeding out, I recommend returning the pilfered prize!"

Reflex: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (18) + 9 = 27
Reflex: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (8) + 9 = 17
Reflex: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (4) + 9 = 13
Reflex: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (9) + 9 = 18

Vulpina dances along the ground, although her nimbleness falters a bit on her third bound. Regardless, she gets up close and personal with Drixel.

"Poor fool!" she chuckles, and tries to slide her blade into the fop's ribs.

Wakizashi: Precise Piranha Strike!: 1d20 + 11 - 2 ⇒ (5) + 11 - 2 = 14
He seems the lightly-armored type, and since he's probably flat-footed, mayyyyybeeeeee...???
Wakizashi: Precise Piranha Strike!: 1d6 + 4 + 10 ⇒ (3) + 4 + 10 = 17

The noble Picaroon is no longer a fringe archetype! HURRAH!!!

See, I’d been wondering if we were going to need to murder these guys, and here we are.

Vulpina wags a finger.

"It is an old trick, is it not, to purchase for a pittance riches worth a ransom? Especially when the seller does not yet know what he is selling. If you are interested in purchasing it, let us know where we can meet you topside, once we are quite finished down here and have had a chance to appraise it."

Whoops! I thought I'd posted!

Vulpina frowns. "If they were innocent, they sure were eager to shoot at us," she points out, nudging the corpses with her boot.

"Onward, then?"

She'll follow Makras as well!

CLW: 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (5) + 1 = 6
CLW: 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (1) + 1 = 2
CLW: 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (3) + 1 = 4
CLW: 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (8) + 1 = 9
CLW: 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (1) + 1 = 2
CLW: 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (4) + 1 = 5
CLW: 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (3) + 1 = 4

"Let us see if either can be revived," she advises, offering her own wand to do so. "With a blade to their throat, ideally."

She'll offer the blade, as well-- a little more personally, of course.

"You loosed your arrows first!" Vulpina protests.

She frowns; movement is slow and difficult at this point, and her dragon pistol isn't exactly a long-distance weapon. She gets out of the way, and starts trying to wipe off the tar (which, hopefully, is getting hard and brittle soon).

With slight irritation that she was not able to sever the string, she opts to simply...

They have melee weapons, yeah? Can she yoink both of them? If she only has time to yoink one, she'll yoink one and then pick up the other guy's bow.

Steal if I need it: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (9) + 6 = 15

Okay so—
+4 DEX
+6 BAB
+1 Mwk
and.........
.............oh, I had assumed I was already including Piranha Strike’s -2 there...

Would you believe I was a straight A math student?

Vulpina rushes forth valiantly!

...and sunders the bowstring on Blue's.

Attack: 1d20 + 13 ⇒ (19) + 13 = 32 -2 if Piranha Strike can be used vs. objects
Damage: 1d6 ⇒ 3+4 if Piranha Strike can be used, +5 if Precise Strike can be used

Like a boxer being mended between bouts, Vulpina is coached back to fighting shape—provided she’s not fighting anyone who can put three arrows in her in six seconds. She gives a quick bow of appreciation... and then slips back behind the cover of her friends.

”I have nearly expired more times in the past two hours than I care for; my gratitude toward you both!”

Taking Total Defense and will use Gunslinger’s Dodge to wiggle, for a total of +8 AC.

No spoilers ;)

If Vulpina dies here, are we gonna do The Thing, Korum?

Hey, if I'm at -50, and my HP is 41, and my CON is 10, how do we feel about everyone else posting before me? If I botch this Stabilize roll (which, I think, I have a 90% chance of), I'm dead.

"We are quite good at corpse-making," Vulpina adds, leveling her pistol. "Drop the weapons, or we shall make more."

Vulpina moves, and then, just when everyone thinks she's quite finished, she moves again!

"Well, I cannot vouch for getting thrashed by giants," admits Vulpina. "So, how are we feeling about the gun? Good?"

It's a Move, holding onto my Standard until I know whether I see anything or... don't.

"I do like to think they are more pleasant than appearances would suggest," she smirks.

She's gonna follow group decision on this one.

Vulpina upturns her boots, one at a time, to let the water pour out of them. She's in this unfortunate position when the fellow noble appears, and decides not to acknowledge her state.

"The Lady Vulpina," she says, sliding a boot back on and buckling it halfway before striding up to him and offering her own hand, with a look that indicates she expects him to kiss it.

"Something of an investigation turned sour," she explains, "and a goblin gone missing, as is their wont. And yourself?"

Makras is always so damn gross. It's a wonder Vulpina hasn't dipped some sort of magic level just so she could Prestidigitate the stink off of him!

Vulpina seems to agree with Makras's idea of getting onto dry(ish) land... and tries not to stand downstream.

I think there are three "backs" here, but looking closer, two of them are a stream, so maybe we go for the land-based one?

I'd vote for that, too, but I don't actually know where they went...

CLW: 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (3) + 1 = 4
CLW: 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (7) + 1 = 8
CLW: 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (8) + 1 = 9

"Ah, perfect. Thank you, Korum."

Vulpina sighs as she looks around; the smell is horrible. She picks up the ring with some interest, as well as the vials, and shows them around.

"If this ring is not magical, I shall wear it myself," she suggests.

"I suppose we can try to follow them further in, yes."

”I am not allowed,” says Vulpina, flipping a piece of her jacket to show her bandolier; the Tien symbols for adamantine, cold iron, and silver. ”I even have cartridges that do fire, now that I think of it.”

Vulpina shrugs. "We've killed better for worse reasons," she says, tapping herself with the wand again.

UMD: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (19) + 10 = 29
CLW: 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (1) + 1 = 2

"Ah! Wrong end."

I think CLW is, if you want to come save Vulpina from herself :P

UMD: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (3) + 10 = 13
”Ah, I had it for a moment...”

"Ah, many thanks, Miss Loam," she chuckles, letting the little creature help guide her hand.

UMD: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (20) + 10 = 30
Well, that'll do it. Hopefully that translates well to--
CLW on Self: 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (4) + 1 = 5
Well, not bad!

Vulpina begins to whistle a tune as she works on returning herself to fighting shape!

UMD: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (4) + 8 = 12
"Mm. This is a little harder for one who isn't being aided by a deity," she muses.

If we throw enough spells at it, they'll have to fail sometime! It's math!!

Vulpina holsters her pistol and begins to whistle as she draws her Wand of CLW.

.........Whiiiiiich is the entirety of my turn, unfortunately.

This whole scenario is specifically made to make all my plans moot. I've got Dragon's Breath cartridges, but if I make a cave-in happen, it's not gonna go so well!

Thank you, Sadaf!

With that Move Action I left open before, Vulpina realizes she's got an opportunity to slip away!
Acrobatics vs. AoO's: 1d20 + 14 ⇒ (11) + 14 = 25
...and probably does a fairly decent job of it!

Using a panache for Precise Strike! If he dead, Vulpina’s gonna take a move action to not be right in the front anymore.

Wakizashi Slice - Piranha Strike vs. Yellow: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (4) + 9 = 13
Wakizashi Damage + Piranha Strike + Precise Strike: 1d6 + 4 + 10 ⇒ (4) + 4 + 10 = 18

Vulpina makes a face, then spits a tooth out; a replacement has grown in its place, thanks to Shelyn's power.

She turns her head just enough to grin at Korum with the side of her face.

"Should I be concerned at just how swift that was?" she asks in a teasing tone.

That is correct! Also, I’m delightedly surprised that you knew Vulpina has Never Stop Shooting... although in this case, there are at least 3 good reasons she shouldn’t use it. ...but she’s never been the wisest, so...

Vulpina steps forward and lashes out! A lot!

Wakizashi Slice - Piranha Strike vs. Yellow: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (13) + 9 = 22
Wakizashi Damage + Piranha Strike + Precise Strike: 1d6 + 4 + 10 ⇒ (6) + 4 + 10 = 20

Wakizashi Slice - Piranha Strike vs. Yellow: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (13) + 4 = 17
Wakizashi Damage + Piranha Strike + Precise Strike: 1d6 + 4 + 5 ⇒ (2) + 4 + 5 = 11

If the giant survives that, she'll follow up! If not, she'll five-foot-step forward (one square to the right) and attack Green.

Wakizashi Slice - Piranha Strike vs. Yellow: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (5) + 9 = 14
Wakizashi Damage + Piranha Strike + Precise Strike: 1d6 + 4 + 10 ⇒ (3) + 4 + 10 = 17

Wakizashi Slice - Piranha Strike vs. Yellow: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (18) + 4 = 22
Crit?: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (4) + 4 = 8
Wakizashi Damage + Piranha Strike + Precise Strike: 1d6 + 4 + 5 ⇒ (4) + 4 + 5 = 13