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As the group of Pathfinders climb up the cliff and begin making preparations to press on, a red-headed woman in robes hurries to catch up to Kyra. A brief flash of color from her wrist is that of a tattoo in the shape of a colorful songbird.

"Kyra, wait up! We shouldn't let ourselves get too spread out; you saw what happened to VC Besnik earlier!"

She glances over her shoulder at the group behind her, expression brightening as she recognizes at least one familiar face.

"Garduk! I'm glad to see you're still alive! Try and stay that way so we can go get a drink after all this is over, okay?"

And then she's gone around a corner, after the other medics.

Medic Mission: 3d6 ⇒ (6, 3, 3) = 12

Looks great, thank you! :)

Based on this post on the previous page of Discussion it looks like we definitely played up. So I think everyone but Kanubis and myself would've gotten OOS gold anyway. That being said yeah, Kanubis' and my chronicles look like they need to be corrected to receive in-tier gold.

Other than that though, my chronicle looks fine :)

I don't think our second game fell under the Gameday event code so easiest thing to do would be to create your own 'event'. A lot of GMs do this and just report any games run outside of conventions to that particular event code.

Yes, thank you GM! I enjoyed the game(s) very much and hope to see some of my fellow players again at other tables in the future :)

"Nope, I think Kanubis pretty well explained everything else," Nella chimes in. Even though Qalkami certainly didn't seem inclined to stab them in the back, she's not inclined to share any more information about the Flamebinder's Jaw or the Azerite Pact than necessary.

"Oy, yes, we got your things tucked away like you wanted and we also have the gorget," Nella responds, trying not to look nervous as she glances around. "But Xojject saw our faces so we'll probably want to get out of here pretty quick."

"Um...you're welcome, I think?" Nella replies with an awkward shrug, clearly feeling as caught out as Brady seems to feel. "Any suggestions on where we should head to once we leave here? Xojject will be out for awhile but he saw our faces, so...I have the feeling we'll want to make ourselves scarce before too much longer."

Diplomacy: 1d20 + 13 ⇒ (2) + 13 = 15

At least we've advanced the cause of azer freedom here, if nothing else.

"Right, the office probably makes sense. Let's hurry up and finish looking around so we can get out of here!"

Just in case there are any more surprises lurking Nella quickly scans around the room for magical auras - besides those radiating from herself or her companions, that is. Assuming nothing seems immediately worrisome she starts trying to rifle through the desk for anything that their client might like to see.

Perception: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (9) + 4 = 13

"He's wearing the gorget, right? We'll need to be sure to take that before we go as well!"

"He wants to surrender - I say we let him, this is already enough of a mess as it is," Nella calls out to her companions. She's quick to cast Stabilize on the unconscious efreeti before moving to assist Kulga, who looks to be barely keeping her feet herself.

"Kulga, hold on! Just...sit there on the desk and catch your breath, okay?"

Checking in. I feel like things have kinda gone off the rails a bit for us in-game but sometimes the best stories are made when things go sideways :3

Even accounting for any protections, Nella knows that the wall of fire really needs to go. She takes a step away from the newly-arrived azer and begins casting, trying to dispel the wall with her own magic...

Dispel Magic (CL Check): 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (19) + 8 = 27

...and maybe even succeeds!
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Nella takes a 5 ft. step to her current position and casts a targeted Dispel Magic at the Wall of Fire~

"Well, if he's still here then I don't think he can get out the door without pushing past us...and if he managed to flee, somehow, then we'd better hurry up and get out of here because things are going to get really ugly, really quickly," Nella responds, anxiously looking around.

Doing the only thing she can think of that might help, she calls to mind a spell of silencing - should the efreeti either reappear or the group managed to pinpoint his location, if he's still in the office.

Ughhh, hang in there!

Is Nella also up again in initiative or do her actions happen on Round 1?

Nella probably would've been at the back and so just outside the door; adjusted her starting position accordingly. The following happens either now or whenever her turn comes up in the inevitable initiative order...

"Weeeeeeell, this isn't how this was supposed to go," Nella groans, certain that they're in the soup good and proper now. Hoping to do what she can to mitigate things, she hurries forward into the room. As she does, she flexes her wrist and the same wand from earlier drops back into her hand. She waves it in an arc over the party, hoping that it'll help - at least a little.
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Nella moves to her current map position and uses her wand of Bless; 21 charges remaining.

"Well...it's pretty but otherwise seems to just be a breastplate," Nella declares after a few moments. "Sorry for wasting time. No one else sees anything worth checking out in there, then? If not, we should go check the other room across the way."

"That's...that's Shelynite iconography," Nella remarks, frowning. "I wasn't expecting to find something like this here, but...well, even the dark-hearted are known to appreciate beautiful things. Maybe that's why?"

She carefully approaches, providing nothing seems out of place to those with sharper eyes, curious for a better look. "Don't worry, I'm not going to take it...I know it's not what we're here for and it might actually be something the family acquired legitimately. But I'd like to know if there's a maker's mark or anything."

If nothing happens, Nella takes a moment to give the breastplate a closer look, curious as to its origins.

Perception: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (5) + 4 = 9
Kn. Religion: 1d20 + 12 ⇒ (7) + 12 = 19

Safe travels!

Nella follows along near the rear of the group with Tarragon, preferring to keep her eyes and ears open for signs of trouble while the others investigate the doors. Though she doesn't recall the azers mentioning any traps up her, Nella still can't help but feel uneasy.

While Tarragon keeps watch towards the stairs, she begins to scan for magical auras out in the halls and passageways.

"Western door seems a good a place to start as any," she whispers as Kulga heads that way to have a look at it.

"Okay, I guess that does make sense after all to go ahead upstairs and hit what we can as quickly as we can and then get back down here," Nella finally agrees. "Let's do it and start with those two rooms; either one would work for me."

"Oof, that's one way to take care of it," Nella winces. [b]"Come on, we need to hide the body and clean up the mess and fast!"[/n]

And Nella proves quite ready to do what she can to help with such an endeavor, whether it involves dragging the body into a nearby room or creative application of Create Water to clean up any blood on the floor.

"Oh boy...we'd better handle this quick before anyone else shows up!"

Nella flicks her wrist, allowing a small wand to drop from a wrist-sheath and into her hand. She waves it high, in an arc, calling on the power within to bless the group's efforts. Then, mindful of Garduk's words about the conjured pit, takes a step or two away.
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Nella activates her wand of Bless (22 charges remaining) and then moves to her current map position.

Outpost III Announcement

Long story short, general player sign-ups are now open and the convention starts March 30th.

Though it's not quite what Nella might've tried, she has to admit that Kanubis' plain manner of speaking and his explanation for their presence in the estate is surprisingly compelling.

Well, time to play along and hope she buys it...

"Yes, those of us at It Takes a Thief Corp take our inspections very seriously," Nella chimes in brightly. "How else will you be able to know for sure that your home or business is secure unless you've put things to the test? That's what our teams do. And once our inspections are complete we offer comprehensive consultations on your property's weakest points and how to shore up those weak points."

She quickly raises a hand, should the efreeti seem about to speak.

"Haven't heard of us? That's understandable; we're primarily a Material-based organization but occasionally we're asked to make jaunts to other planes. Sometimes it's easier for us to spot potential weak points than it is for someone more local to the area, you know?"

Diplomacy (Aid): 1d20 + 13 ⇒ (5) + 13 = 18
Bluff (If Needed): 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (7) + 2 = 9 Oh nooooo

I mean...it's SORT of true...

^Heh, I don't think any of us have ranks in Bluff and only about half of us have a positive charisma modifier. So this should be fun :3

"In that case we'd want to make for the room directly across from this one first, since it shouldn't be trapped and hopefully won't be locked, either. That works for me; if it's empty it'd make it easier to duck into hiding if someone starts heading our way while you guys are trying to disarm the trap on that other door."

"Hmm, that's fair," Nella replies, nodding in agreement with Kanubis' wisdom. "We'll leave the notes about the noble families here and one of the contracts and look for somewhere else to leave the other three pieces of evidence, then."

Once all of the documents are planted where they need to go and the group is ready, Nella follows Brady and the others back out to the servants' quarters where they'd started.

"Qalkami said we'd have no more than 4 hours, right? Let's hope we can make quick work of nosing around the rest of this floor, if that's what we're going to do. Are we going to try dashing straight across to that other room on the far side first? Or are we going straight for the door to the other meeting room?"
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Moved Nella back with the others on the map~

"Agree on leaving the bits about the other families in the lineage section," Nella nods. "And it makes sense to leave the contracts in, well, the contracts section. Or at least one of them but considering they've kept all sorts of other incriminating information just here in their library instead of locked up somewhere...we could probably get away with leaving both of them here."

Kn. Planes (DC 20): 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (10) + 8 = 18
Kn. Planes (DC 20): 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (19) + 8 = 27 Success
Kn. History (DC 20): 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (5) + 6 = 11
Ignan + Linguistics (DC 15): 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (14) + 7 = 21 Success + Exceed DC 20
Kn. Planes (DC 18): 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (4) + 8 = 12

Nella is only able to make partial sense of the documents and contracts that they've found but at least Kanubis is able to piece together some of the things that she can't.

"Hmm...this document here mentions the Sairazul's Tears - a set of priceless diamonds stolen from the shaitans’ Peerless Empire centuries ago, just like Kanubis says. And now we know who stole them! Pretty ballsy of these guys to leave that piece of evidence just lying around in here."

She then points to the Azerite Pact contract. "Now this is a legal contract that identifies a large population of azers who are bound to serve the Cinderfury family, having begun their service several centuries ago as recompense for services to the sultan. The bad thing is that it formally cuts the azers’ ties to a different noble family and mandates their servitude in all things in perpetuity and with no recourse for eventual freedom," she explains with a frown.

"But it's not all bad. See, there's similar signatures and language on another document here in this section. It identifies the Mishalq family as an obstacle to the Azerite Pact’s fulfillment and details a pretty wide range of possible approaches the Cinderfurys could take to ensure their rival wouldn't be able to interfere."

Nella looks up, a knowing expression on her face. "If you read between the lines...the Cinderfurys willfully sabotaged the Mishalqs’ finances and reputation. This is definitely something Qalkami would want to see."
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No, I don't think we actually know the contents of the things that Qalkami wanted us to leave behind.

Derp, I always forget that it's a personal-only spell. That said, offer still stands for anyone that's able to activate it on themselves and wishes to do so.

"Hmm...it's been awhile but I have something that might speed things up a bit," Nella observes as she pulls out another wand; this one looks to still be in fairly new condition and clearly hasn't been used very often.

"This wand will give anyone the ability understand and read a language that you don't know," she smiles broadly. "It won't let you speak it yourself or write it yourself - so it wouldn't have been much help, um, earlier - but it should make things easier here. I think each charge should last about 10 minutes or so, okay?"

Nella has a wand of Comprehend Languages that she can use on those who don't know Ignan and is happy to refresh as necessary while we search the library. Just let me know how many charges to knock off!

Once she's made use of her wand the priestess herself gets to work over on the south side of the room, rapidly flipping through what she can with her eyes peeled for certain keywords related to security contracts.

Linguistics + Ignan: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (14) + 7 = 21

"Seems pretty empty...not sure if that's a good thing or not," Nella remarks as she peers over Kanubis' shoulder and into the room ahead. Though she's not entirely sure of what she thinks she might find, if anything, she begins scoping the room for magical auras.

^Okay, that works. I'd rolled Nella's CL check for Dispel Magic just in case we wanted to go ahead and use it, so as not to slow things down. But it sounds like we're going to let Kanubis and Brady use their Showmanship boons first and then worry about Dispel Magic uses after that - got it!

"Well, if I remember right from the layout we shouldn't have to traverse all seven doors - just four of them, assuming we want to poke around in every room and every nook and cranny," Nella points out. "Still, that's...easier said than done. I've only got one shot at this but I can try and dispel the trap so we can at least get into this first meeting room. Just let me know if you want me to try or to save it."

^Makes sense to me too. I'm guessing that one option is probably easier to accomplish than the other, based on how scenarios tend to be written.

I've got one Dispel Magic loaded, so if all else fails then Nella can try to dispel the trap.

"I'd be happy to - we've been able to talk our way out of trouble so far but this right here," she gestures to the trapped door, "is the sort of thing that can't be talked around. So hopefully this will help!"

And as requested, Nella takes a moment to call on Shelyn's power and grant Brady an extra bit of Heroism.
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Casting confirmed; Nella spends her 4th level Domain slot~

Nella peers curiously over Kanubis' shoulder as he opens the doors out into what seems to be some manner of sitting room, but the portrait of the stern efreeti means nothing to her and she turns her attention back to the others.

"Here Kulga, I think this would probably benefit you the most out of all of us," she whispers, taking the gifted scroll of Heroism and passing it to Garduk. "But this is probably an arcane scroll so I can't actually use it myself."

"And Kanubis is right, we should probably try circling around as much as we can," she adds as she gently re-closes the double-doors that lead out into the main sitting area.
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That said...Nella *does* have Heroism as a domain spell so she can give someone else a boost if they want it. Should last an hour & 20 minutes.

"That's right," Nella agrees softly. While Kulga and Brady begin tossing the barracks the priestess scans the area for magical auras. Not that she expects to find any, but better safe than sorry.

Happy Valentine's Day, friends! In honor of the occasion (and because I have it on good authority that I am a huge goober), here are some (internet-sourced) poems for you:

Roses are red,
Bacon is red,
Poems are hard,
Bacon.

Bacon sounds fantastic at nearly 1 in the morning. Yum.

Violets are blue,
Roses are red,
Hey hey hey,
Stay out of my shed.

Or else. *revs up the chainsaw*

Love is in the air
But so is influenza
Wash your filthy hands.

No, seriously, wash your hands. This is one time that sharing really isn't caring.

"ჰო, ჩვენ...ჩვენ ოპოზიცია არ ვართ. ჩვენც შეგვიძლია დაგეხმაროთ ხალხს. როგორც მან თქვა, ჩვენ გავათავისუფლეთ თქვენი მეგობარი Axuztu. გვისმინეთ?"

Diplomacy (Kulga Aid): 1d20 + 13 ⇒ (16) + 13 = 29

"Fair enough," Nella whispers back as she considers the distance Garduk would have to cover. "In that case, do what you think would be best - I'll trust your judgement on this one."

"That sounds like a plan to me," Nella whispers back. "Or maybe, um...make it sound like there's a knock at the door or something? Something a little more feasible than an angry mob. Unless angry mobs happen around here often? I wouldn't know..."

Perception (DC 20) + Ignan: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (8) + 4 = 12

"Really? I don't hear anything but I'll take your word for it," Nella whispers in reply. "Can anyone else make out what they're saying?"

"Whoever they are, I hope they'll be on our side if our paths cross..." Nella mutters as she tucks the hood of her robe up over her head and tries to quickly and lightly follow the others towards the eastern side of the manor.

Stealth: 1d20 + 2 + 4 ⇒ (6) + 2 + 4 = 12

"For the best, I think," Nella remarks with a sigh of relief as the group seems to finally come to something of a compromise regarding the salamander's fate. "Slaver or not, we probably want to try and avoid killing anyone if we can help it. Um, self-defense is another matter though, of course - we can't accomplish our mission here if we're dead."

"Anyway, let's make tracks before anything else happens..."

^Brady has a good point. I posted Nella's questions in-character because she was genuinely curious to hear if Kanubis had something particular in mind regarding the salamander. But speaking out of character, it's going to be pretty difficult to smuggle an unconscious body into a location that we're trying to break into ourselves.

I do appreciate the creativeness involved with wanting to potentially use the salamander as a hostage or bargaining chip if we get cornered and need a way out, but given what we know about efreets I'm not sure that they'd really care that much about the fate of one single employee.

"What do we do with the salamander when we get to the estate?" Nella asks of Kanubis, genuinely curious as to what the dwarf might have in mind. "Are we going to frame her somehow or just tie her up and hide her in a closet when we get there and get inside?"

"Hmm...I think having a not-destructive way to open locks might not be a bad idea," Nella remarks after thinking it over for a moment. "I'm certainly no good at picking locks and I'm not really sure that anyone else here is, either."