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Unlike some of her companions, Shohiraj doesn't revel in the death of an adversary, and is particularly disturbed by 322's evil glee. Still, that doesn't stop her from looting the dead and stealing the key, and she presses the others to make good on an escape. "Job's done. Let's get out of here before any other Venture Captains show up."
Shohiraj's speed returns to normal. Following 322's suggestion she jumps to flank Zey and smack him with her sap while he's distracted.
Dashing around Aram Zey, Shohiraj readies her sap to smack him upside the head if he tries anything offensive.
Damn damn DAMN! This is not what I signed up for! Gritting her teeth, Shohiraj succumbs to the slowing spell, and is further winded by his second spell. Not waiting for more magic to come her way, she slogs forward toward Zey, readying her sap.
"I don't suppose any of you magic types have some way to dispel his magics?" Shohiraj asks. "What about another haste spell?" Reaching into her pack, she pulls out a smokestick. Breaking it, she fills the hallway near the door with smoke. "Hopefully he can't use magic if he can't see us, right?" She whispers as she grabs her potion of invisibility and drinks it. "I'm ready." Her voice whispers.
"NNnnnngg.." Shohiraj comes to and looks up at the rest of the agents. "Uhhgh.. I was hoping you'd taken care of him already." Recovering her potion, she drinks it.
Shohiraj lays unconscious on the ground.
Improved Cover From the Combst Section: In some cases, such as attacking a target hiding behind an arrowslit, cover may provide a greater bonus to AC and Reflex saves. In such situations, the normal cover bonuses to AC and Reflex saves can be doubled (to +8 and +4, respectively). A creature with this improved cover effectively gains improved evasion against any attack to which the Reflex save bonus applies. Furthermore, improved cover provides a +10 bonus on Stealth checks.
"Aaeeii!!" Shohiraj falls, badly burned. The healing potion in her hand clinks on the ground and rolls to a stop nearby.
Shohiraj leaps clear before the lightning can catch her. The Master of Spell!? What is.. damn, we've been too careless. After Rataji casts his spell, she pulls him back behind the door and reaches for a potion at her side. "This is healing. I suggest you get back on your feet before going toe to toe with Zey."
Shohiraj replies with an of course I was nod.
Careful not to look directly at the card, Shohiraj removes it, then listens for a moment before checking the lock.
"A craftsman uses the best tool for the job." Shohiraj replies to Joliryn.
"Detect for magic auras." Shohiraj says to Joliryn as she steps up to the door to give it a professional once-over, then a double-check.
"This is not part of my contract." Shohiraj says, grabbing for a potion and planning her escape route.
Rohiraj glances sideways at 322. Interesting. She isn't entirely crazy.
“So which of you is the Aspis king?” Rohiraj takes a step backwards.
"That's true." Shohiraj says, supporting Rataji's story. "I wouldn't be down here if I hadn't been practicing sleight of hand tricks on something belonging to the Master of Scrolls."
Shohiraj steps back towards the lizards and smacks the right-hand one twice with her sap.
"322, pull out a knife or something!" Shohiraj calls to the strange agent as she dodges the Chameleon's bite and ducks its tail. Stepping away from the Chameleon, she flanks the Lizard and smacks it over the head with her sap.
Shohiraj leaps past Marnarius and vaults a bookshelf to place herself between a foo guardian and Rataji.
"See if you can get to it's flank!" She calls to Marnarius, assuming a defensive posture until he can get into position.
Having already suffered a wound, Shohiraj crouches into a defensive posture.
"Let me take a look."
"Are you sure you saw something?" These agents are jumping at shadows.
I can't believe I missed these... I'm off my game today. Shohiraj gets out some tools and examines the traps.
That's the first good idea that man has had. "A distraction would be very useful. Two would be even better. Joliryn, do you have another one of those invisibility spells? I could go open the cage, then try to turn the guard's attention away from the rest of you while you sneak past."
Shohiraj invisibly approaches the sphinx's cage and works the lock.
Once the lock is picked, Shohiraj returns to her companions and aids them in slipping past the guards during the distraction. "Help! The sphinx got free!" She calls from down a side passage to get the guards attention.
"Stealth would be..." professional "..preferable." To Marnarius' question, she shakes her head. "Beasts are not my specialty." "We have the keys, so perhaps I can don an appropriate disguise and bluff our way down on some sort of pretense. Anyone not good at playing a role might benefit from invisibilty, assuming Jolyrin can do that trick again."
I am going camping next week from Tuesday until the following Monday. I will have my smart phone, but posting will be limited to probably once every other day.
Was this her plan? To distract them for me? With 322 making a spectacle, Shohiraj looks around for Joliryn to give her the look that says, now would be a good time.
Shohiraj blinks in surprise as 322 ignores her and decides to climb the statue. Having no idea what the strange agent is doing, she turns and points away from the statue. "Is that Ambrus Valsin?!"
Shohiraj wanders the area near Janira, looking for guards, patterns, of movement, and generally planning out the best way to get the keys from the Halfling.
Noticing 322 in the area, she slips up near her. "Any thoughts?"
This one is too eager for chaos. Shohiraj thinks as she watches Marnarius head for the menagerie. It is a good thing he was the one who volunteered to enter the Tapestry. Shohiraj was hoping Rataji would offer a professional plan, but when she notices Agent 322 slip out of the room and enter the crowds, she decides scouting the area is good idea. Shouldering her haversack, she says to others, "I'm going to see about that key. If any of you have experience with invisibility magic, that would make the job a lot easier. Oh, and we should have a rendezvous point. I suggest this place as a primary location. As a secondary location, perhaps that statue near Skyreach." She points out the window at the statue of Durvin Gest. Out in the crowds... Shohiraj begins to hunt down the Halfling Janira.
"Breaking into the vaults could be done with time and the right tools." Shohiraj says from near the curtains, one finger holding them open a crack to watch the crowd outside. "But even with a good distraction, we don't have time for that, so we will need to acquire the keys. Normally they are carried by the Master of Scrolls, Kreighton Shaine, but I have been informed that he has delegated several of them to one of his proteges, a halfling Storyteller named Janira Gavix." Stepping to a table, she produces a slip of parchment from her sleeve, places it down and taps a sketch of the halfling drawn on it. "We find her, I lift them, and maybe we slip quietly into Skyreach." Shohiraj arrived to the meeting in nondescript clothes of grey and brown with a worn haversack on her back like a simple traveler. Obviously it was a disguise meant to allow her to vanish into dark corners or a common crowd of citizens.
Got it. Thanks again!
"I agree with both sides. Perhaps they can be convinced to settle on a reasonably negotiated price."
"Or.. I could just set them alight with magical fire."
Ezren hustles forth from the cave, finding the battle nearly over.
Ezren whispers harshly from the cave. "Psst! Hey, Amiri! Kyra! I think you should hide before they get here!"
Ezren will offer (mostly useless) suggestions to help set the decoy, then place some bushes over the entrance to the cave and hide within.
Ezren listens to Ulisha with a shrewd look upon his face. "You have already made a camp. If the assassins are near, they have likely seen your campfire smoke. Let us draw them in with a decoy. Your cloak, pack, a bedroll, and some strategically placed extra clothes and perhaps some donated hair would make a suitable replacement. We place it there, as if resting beside your fire, and we watch from the darkness of the cave. Perhaps placing some light brush to conceal the entrance."
Ezren looks around warily. All the talk of assassins has created an itchy feeling on Ezren's back and has reminded him of a lesson he was taught long ago by an elderly wizard. No matter how good the wizard, a knife between the shoulderblades will seriously cramp their style. Getting out a scroll, he casts a mage armor spell. "Is it prudent to be standing here like this? I mean, out in the open? That cave looks like a much better place to continue our chat."
"I know little of such things and defer to your expertise. Let us see this Vanderpoof person."
Ezren shouts a warning. "Lem! They are mindless vermin, that spell will not affect them!" He then hurls his cane again at the same spider.
Ezren hurls his cane into the air, his magic enhancing the flight and accuracy of the throw.
GM:
So that's not a great roll, but would it be enough to know that spiders are vermin, and therefore immune to mind-effecting magic such as sleep? If so, I'd warn Lem not to waste his spell.
Ezren listens to his companion's knowledge of the situation in silence, and throws a frown at Amiri's comment. "Savage..." He mutters deadpan, though after all the group as been through it might just be one of the first signs of camaraderie from the older man. "I will prepare for spiders."
Ezren dismisses his grease spell and follows after Amiri.
With two arrows now stuck in him Ezren hustles up the path to join Kyra, Lini, and Amiri. Kyra's healing magic flows over him just as he arrives and some of the paleness leaves his concerned face. "My thanks, Kyra. That arrow had my name on it."
Ezren moves up the path, getting in range to cast a spell to grease the ground beneath the barbarian.
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