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Here are the official downtime rolls for my Mimi de Valence PC for Book 2. Using Storied Talent (Horizon Hunters) to attempt a task of your level when using Downtime to Earn Income. Level for the 1st 4xp (required): 5
Level for the 2nd 4xp (required): 5
Level for the 3rd 4xp (required): 6
So a total of 17.6gp earned.
Here is my official Earn Income roll for Mimi's 8 days of downtime. Between adventures, Mimi can usually be found at her grandfather's fencing academy in Gralton giving lessons on the proper use of a rapier.
According to this table a success for 8 days of trained income earned at level 5 gains her: 8*9sp = 7.2gp
Mimi touches her hat to acknowledge Korokai's help in healing her, but Fasiel continues with his annoying ranting...
...and another twinge of fear hits her, though not so much that she can't avoid Fasiel's repeated attempt to send her to the ground. Mimi then does an impressive spinning dance-like movement around Fasiel before her rapier flashes out of nowhere and skewers the evil creature. She then steps back and prepares for a counterattack.
If Crit Success:
Critical Specialization (Sword) The target is made off-balance by your attack, becoming flat-footed until the start of your next turn.
Mimi watches bemused as one of the snake creatures stares at her strangely and says, "Drop it!"...
...she frowns as she feels the slight tug of compulsion, but the moment passes quickly. "'Ow amuseeng. A talkeeng snake. Eet ees almost like ve are at de circus or sometheeng. Go avey leetel von, I am busy removeeng your master from dees vorld." She turns back to Fasiel in time to hear another stream of drivel coming from his lips...
...but this time he says something she cannot ignore and a twinge of fear strikes her, freezing her in place momentarily and allowing Fasiel to head-butt her to the ground.
Looking up at Fasiel from the ground, Mimi says, "I regret to inform you dat you do not look any better from dees angle, Fasiel." Jumping back onto her feet, she pokes at him twice.
If Crit Success:
Critical Specialization (Sword) The target is made off-balance by your attack, becoming flat-footed until the start of your next turn.
If Crit Success:
Critical Specialization (Sword) The target is made off-balance by your attack, becoming flat-footed until the start of your next turn.
Mimi sees Fasiel start on one of his rants and knows what's coming...
...and so manages to ignore his antics. She then notices the mirrors breaking whenever Fasiel would take any damage and wonders if perhaps she should just go break the last one. Seeing that Fasiel was somewhat unbalanced from his charge, she decides to attack him instead, knowing that if she lands a blow she would cause the mirror to break regardless.
If Crit Success:
Critical Specialization (Sword) The target is made off-balance by your attack, becoming flat-footed until the start of your next turn.
If Crit Success:
Critical Specialization (Sword) The target is made off-balance by your attack, becoming flat-footed until the start of your next turn.
Mimi is not a big tea drinker. She generally doesn't approve of any beverage that isn't fortified in some fashion. "Merci for de kind offer Safa, but I beleeve ve shall proceed upstairs vithout delay. De sooner Fasiel pays for 'ees crimes de better." Her terrible effigy in the auditorium still rankles her. At the base of the stairs heading up, she turns to the group, "I expect ve vill encounter Fasiel upstairs and 'ees unlikelee to go down eesilee. If dere are any preparations you veesh to make, perhaps now vould be a good time to make dem."
Once everyone is ready, she lets Dennis take the lead up the stairs and follows closely on his heels.
Mimi is surprised by the elemental barrier and pauses to consider it. She pulls out the perfect droplet that Safa said would be the key of elemental water, and the flaming scimitar that Safa said would be the key to elemental flame. She then beckons to Dennis. "Duhnee, I teenk ve vill need Mehryar Sede's paper bird to use as a key to elemental air." She collects it from him and adds it to the other two. Finally she pulls out the diamond that Chaliz had given them and which he said was infused with elemental earth. She shows the keys to Safa. "All ve 'ave are deez keys to elemental vater, fire, air, and earth. Vill dey be sufficient do you teenk? Dere's onlee von vay to find out I suppose." Holding out the items in front of her, she slowly approaches the barrier and braces herself for another explosion.
Mimi is a little frustrated at not finding Fasiel or any more of his minions to take her ire out on. When Korakai finds the papers, she says, "Ve better take de papers vith us. De venture-capitaine can decide vhat to do vith dem." Not seeing any other hidey holes that Fasiel may be hiding in, she points south at the room full of taxidermied animals. "Our friend Fasiel must be over dere somevere, more dan likelee up dose stairs I can see." She heads in that direction.
Mimi is not impressed by the scenario that presents itself in what looks to be an auditorium. She is even less impressed when she finds a straw dummy that she presumes is supposed to represent her. "Fasiel ees not onlee a few arrows short of a full quiver, but 'as a terreebel eye for detail." She disdainfully pokes at her effigy with the end of her rapier. "Ees dat painted red mop 'ead supposed to be my 'air? 'Ow insulteeng. And de 'at ees all vrong. I vould not be caught dead veareeng such 'eadgear. Dees Fasiel fellow 'as much to answer for." Indignantly, she storms out of the auditorium in search of the criminal who perpetrated this atrocity. She heads further north and kicks open each door along the hallway in turn, singing out, "Come out, come out vherever you are."
Mimi bows to Rayyan and happily returns the seal to him in exchange for the spellheart. "Releaseeng you from your bindeeng unharmed vas entirelee our plaisir. Good luck on your future voyages." Once Rayyan has left, Mimi looks around the room at the piles of treasures and the limestone tables with Sedeq's history inscribed upon them. "Ve should return deez stolen artefacts to de people of Sedeq. I do not teenk dat Fasiel vill be needeeng dem for much longer." She makes sure that all the valuables are collected before heading north to look into the long room.
"Veree vell, let us give eet a try." Mimi pulls the seal out and holds it in her free hand as she advances on the jar containing the marid. When she reaches the jar, she says, "Rayyan, I free you from your imprisonment," then touches the seal to the frightened figure of the marid on the side of the jar, fully expecting the thing to explode in her face.
Mimi takes the sapphire and watches as Farah disappears in flames. "Dat vent vell, I teenk." She tucks the gem away in a pocket until it is needed. She then steps up to the fallen Anshul and picks up the scimitar. "Eet seems ve vill be needeeng dees soon and pauvre Anshul does not seem to need eet any longer." The tall swashbuckler then looks around to decide where to go next. "'Ow about ve look in 'ere?" She steps forward to look into the central chamber.
Mimi listens to all the back-and-forth between Farah and Safa and starts off quite confused trying to keep track of all the players in this genie drama. After a while, she manages to organize things in her mind a little better. "So Anshul is Fasiel's salamander warrior and Farah is an efreeti that somehow replaced Anshul without Fasiel knowing? Okay, let's put a pin in that. Farah seems to have a beef with Safa because Safa accidently let Farah's brother get captured. As a form of proxy revenge, mainly because Farah cannot get to Safa directly, they seem to have captured a friend of Safa's, the marid Rayyan, and is threatening to send them away for a thousand years. Presumably Safa could ask for forgiveness and avoid this fate for their friend but they seem unwilling or unable to do so. If we do not talk Farah down from their threat, or cannot convince Safa to apologize, then Rayyan is in for a long wait in some inhospitable place. Okay, I think I have it now... maybe." Mimi decides to try and help Alice talk Farah out of this rather nasty revenge while Dennis tries to get Safa off her high horse. "My dear Farah, I can vell understand your furee vith Safa at de apparentlee involuntaree side-effect of a trick of Safa's. Ve too 'ave suffered such collateral damage at de 'ands of Safa on more dan von occasion. But surelee you can see dat banisheeng un innocent to a tousand years of torment juste to get back at Safa ees a massivelee asymmetric response, no? Ve alreadee freed your brother, so de damage 'as been reversed. As a return faveur, might ve not persuede you to leeve pauvre Rayyan out of dees affair? If you show dees mercy, den maybe ve can also persuede Safa to offer a formal apology for de inadvertant mistake dat led to your brother's capture."
If Failure then Hero Point re-roll:
Mimi looks over the threats against Safa that Fasiel scrawled on the walls and shakes her head. "Dees Fasiel fellow ees a leetel beet sick in de 'ead I teenk. Looks like ve vill need to go upstairs to find 'eem." She turns and heads to the stairs. Along the way she calls out, "Come along everyvon; ve 'ave vork to do."
Another minute or so of jabbing with her rapier finally frees the chains. Only when she stands up to take a long breath to recover does she realize that her hearing is impaired. When Dennis asks if she can hear him, she replies, Oh, dat's much better." When Dennis tries to be funny mouthing words, Mimi gives him a tired look. "Most amuseeng, Duhnee. You are a véritable comédien." If No Treat Wounds:
Mimi takes the healing potion from Dennis and downs it in one.
Once the room is searched to make sure no more genies are hiding anywhere, Mimi says, "Vhere to now? 'Ow about over 'ere." She marches out of the room and over the the area that opens up to the South from the main central area they just fought it. As she passes Dennis, she says, "Come along monsieur comédien, I may need you."
Mimi realizes that disabling the chains is beyond them. She addresses Safa. "Veree vell Safa, pleeze do vhat you can to protect de prisonniers vhile I attempt to remove de chain." While Safa does what she can, Mimi shoos everyone out of the room. "Dere vill doubtless be a veree violent reaction from de chains, so I suggest stronglee dat you leeve de room vhile I take care of business." Once everyone is out of the room and Safa is ready, Mimi proceeds to use her rapier to try and break the chains. She continues until either the chain breaks or she goes unconscious.
Mimi slides her rapier out of dying ruffian as he slumps to the floor. She grins in satisfaction at the outcome of the fight. When Korakai officially surrenders, she nods in acquiescence; it was really the only way out of this dilemma. She accepts the barkskin potion and tucks it away for later. When Chaliz points out the location of the prisoners, Mimi wastes no time. "Prisonniers you say? And you swear to protect dem if ve release dem? Well den, release dem ve shall. Duhnee! follow me." She then spends exactly 7 minutes examining the doors.
Mimi's surgical strike deals a fatal blow to the ruffian and she looks about for another target. The remaining ruffians are falling one after another like dominoes, but she's happy to see that one remains for her to play with. She closes with him and repeats her previous attack.
If Crit Success:
The target is made off-balance by your attack, becoming Flat-Footed until the start of your next turn.
If Crit Success:
The target is made off-balance by your attack, becoming Flat-Footed until the start of your next turn.
Mimi leaves the disabling of the Shaitan Tactics to those better suited to the task and advances to engage one of the ruffians , which she then pokes at twice with her rapier without any flamboyance whatsoever.
If Crit Success:
The target is made off-balance by your attack, becoming Flat-Footed until the start of your next turn.
If Crit Success: The target is made off-balance by your attack, becoming Flat-Footed until the start of your next turn.
Mimi glances at the statue of Fasiel and rolls her eyes. "Ees dere no end to Fasiel's ego?" Not seeing anything of particular interest in the foyer, she looks at all the doors and decides that the direct approach is best. She heads over to the doors behind and immediately to the left of the statue and examines them for traps and locks before opening them.
Mimi was planning to dance with the paper birds in order to pacify them, but Dennis's paper planes seem to do the trick just as well. She accepts the paper bird and flute from Mehryar Said and hands the bird to Dennis with a "Nice vork dere Duhnee. Vhy don't you 'old onto de paper bird for de time beeng, but try not to break eet. Ve vill likelee need eet before dees ees over." The flute she hands to Shayna. "I am not von for musical instruments. You on de other 'and appear to be un instrumentaleest of 'igh calibre and vill certainlee make better use of dees dan I." With nothing more to do in the gardens, Mimi heads into the museum proper.
Mimi eyes the birds above warily. Are they being controlled or directed by the music? If so, then as Korakai states, the music could just as easily control them. Mimi steps forward and addresses the space where she heard Janni speaking. "I am adresseeng Janni I presume. Your music ees beautiful. Eet ees a good teeng dat you do not veesh to 'urt anyone as dat ees also our goal. Dough ve are also prepared to defend ourselves if necessaree, ve vould rather préfère to remove Fasiel from dees vorld vithout 'urteeng anyone else in de process, especiallee not you, or indeed, ourselves."
"Ve 'ave learned from Safa dat dere ees some viggle room in de interpretation of a binder's commands. Perhaps you could suggest a vay around dees situation dat vould result in de leest 'arm for everyone involved."
When Mimi finds out what the haath phool can do, she brightens up. "I expect ve vill be encountereeng numerous genies on dees meession, so perhaps I should be de von to vear de 'aath phool?" She reaches over and places the jewelry on her off hand so that it doesn't interfere with the wielding of her rapier. When they arrive at the now un-illusioned museum and Safa encourages them to enter, Mimi says, "Veree vell. Let us fineesh vhat ve started." She then proceeds into the museum.
When Safa makes her appearance, Mimi braces herself to deal with whatever new tricks the djinni decides to throw at them. When it appears that she comes in peace, the swashbuckler relaxes. She listens to Safa's account and is already arranging her equipment in preparation to go dig Fasiel out of his lair when the venture-captain agrees to her plan. Mimi's knowledge of genies is minimal and quite likely incorrect; she leaves the information gathering to the more knowledgeable of the group.
Mimi introduces herself to the new arrivals with a short nod and a touch of the hat, followed by a "Mimi de Valence, at your service." When she sees Casira bint Meji arrive, Mimi brightens up significantly. She removes her cavalier hat, unloosing a long mop of bright red hair that falls down past her shoulders, framing a pair of clear green eyes set in an attractive, light-skinned and freckled face. She catches the librarian's attention and makes a formal bow of greeting. "Madame bint Meji, vhat un unexpected plaisir eet ees to 'ave you back in our lodge. And I see dat you come beareeng a gift, as if your veree presence 'ere ees not gift enough. I 'ave been meaneeng to come pay you a visit, but ve 'ave unfortunatelee been rather busy of late. De vork of de Societee never ends. Vhat ees dees package you breeng us?" Mimi gathers around as The Bones of Paresh are unveiled. She is a little disappointed to see that it is merely a book discussing some ancient battle that she's never heard of. In an effort not to disillusion Casira, she feigns interest. "Ah, 'ow vonderful. A treatise of une important bataille." She looks away from the book and straight into the librarian's eyes before raising one eyebrow knowingly and adding, "'Ow fascinateeng."
Once all the hullabaloo is taken care of and the lodge returns to its normal state, albeit with a full-on party in progress, Mimi rejoins the festivities. She doesn't see Casira bint Meji in the courtyard, so guesses correctly that she's probably back in the library where she feels most comfortable. As she enters the room, she catches the librarian talking about the dashing lady and immediately assumes that the halfling is referring to her. Putting on her winningest smile she approaches Casira and makes a more formal bow. "Ah, madame. I am so pleezed to see dat you 'ave recovered from your ordeal vithout any lingereeng effects. Vonce ve are don 'ere, perhaps you vill permeet me de 'onneur of escorteeng you 'ome. De streets are full of rascals who vill take advantage of a beautiful voman such as yourself." She finishes by raising an eyebrow in a way that suggests that perhaps not all the rascals were to be found on the streets.
Chronicle looks good to me. Thanks for taking us through the sequel. It did move along pretty quickly and and I suspect that a responsive GM and Mimi not lingering once a room was taken care of contributed to that. Good rolls also helped get through skill challenges and encounters quickly. Regardless, the RP was great and I had a lot of fun.
Mimi is surprised by Fasiel's quick reaction time, but takes her gouging in stride and repays the man on the back end. Before she can do much more, she see's the shower of boiling water come out of nowhere and...
...manages to dodge to avoid the worst of it.
A little worse (and wet) for wear, she suddenly feels a little better, but takes another screeching rant from Fasiel...
...and remains unimpressed.
Here is my official Earn Income roll for Mimi's 8 days of downtime. Between adventures, Mimi can usually be found at her grandfather's fencing academy in Gralton giving lessons on the proper use of a rapier.
According to this table a success on a Scenario is good for 24sp.
Mimi listens to the stream of obscenities from Fasiel and...
...is unimpressed. She's heard far worse in her time. She then pauses momentarily to give Pennypockets a chance to earn his keep.
Then, before the horned creature can take another breath, she rushes him, and just as it seems she's about to collide with the foul-mouthed Fasiel, she ducks and...
...slides past the confused man. Hopping back onto her feet, she stabs at him twice.
Mimi and her slightly less inebriated eye spots the look of barely-controlled panic on the face of the young airy elf. When Safa informs them that this was Khayrat al-Maren, the last of their special guests, Mimi sighs. "Of course it would be him." She looks back at the rest of the group. "Eet seems dat our 'onored guest 'as fallen prey to von of Safa's tricks. 'E appears to be trapped in un illusion of some sort. Perhaps von of you could deestract de other guests vhile de rest of us attempt to free de boy." Pennypockets seizes the opportunity and squeezes past her to do just that with by attempting to scramble their brains with yet another goblin-themed ditty. Once she notices that the guests have been distracted...
...she slides up to the panicking elf. "My sincerest apologies monsieur al-Maren, but eet appears dat you are currentlee de victeem of a prank and find yourself trapped in un illusion. My name ees Mimi de Valence, a member of de Societee and I am 'ere to 'elp you escape. First I vant you to close your eyes and take a deep breath to calm your nerves. Keep telleeng yourself dat vhat you are seeing ees not real... yes; juste like dat; veree good. Now, ignore de imaginaree valls surroundeeng you and reach out vith your 'and. Veree good. You vill now feel me takeeng 'old of your 'and. Do not be afrede. Juste follow as I pull you along and ve vill 'ave you out of dere een no time."
Mimi is a little disappointed that nothing seems out of place in the meeting room. Before heading outside, she pokes her head into the closet to the North, but doesn't really expect to find anything there. With Dennis in tow, she heads back out to the courtyard and with a few smiles and nods to the guests (particularly to Casira bint Meji if she can catch her eye), she heads to the double doors of the lounge room, which she opens in the full expectation of seeing another mini disaster for her to deal with.
Mimi climbs down, and showing a degree of reverence that she doesn't actually feel, carefully removes any floor dust from the altar. This person was someone they were supposed to impress, so she puts her best foot forward. "I am terriblee sorree for de profane song. Eet appears dat someone ees intent on tryeeng to ruin our leetel partee and ve 'ave been putteeng out fires, some quaite literal, all day long." She happily accepts the scimitar for the Society. "Dees ees a fine gift indeed. De Societee ees 'onored by eet."
Once the honored guest is taken care of, she joins Dennis and opens the next set of doors to the North.
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