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Royken scowls furiously as the Grand Duchess unveils the statue of the four of them. The cheering crowds might as well have been shieldmarshals throwing them in prison for as happy as he sees. Afterward, he glowers as he watches Lora lap up the attention. His attention shifts to some idiot coming up to talk to him. "No!" he barks before the man can get more than a word out. As if he'd want to talk to him.

The next days and weeks aren't even better. "No." "No." "F!**, no," he constantly growls as people come up to fawn over him. F@+#, he can't even get work. He reaches out to Crystal Crownsilver to see if she's willing to set something up -- she managed to get out from under the duchess' thumb, somehow -- but even that ends up turning up s&**. They had a good plan, a way to get some nice gold ... and the f$*#ing twits decided that he should just have the f+~!ing gold when he pulled a gun on them. Like he was some f&+!ing grandpa who needed his charity. F&~*, no! He wanted to rob them, the way he'd grown up doing. Turns out Foebe f+$@ing Dunsmith had put out the word too. The shieldmarshals weren't to f+~+ with him. They just let him walk away. He'd gone and yelled at her ... and she'd just laughed. What the f*$& was a good, honest con supposed to do?

Living in the city was becoming impossible. Royken sat and stewed for a while, and finally screwed up his courage. Only one f~**ing thing to do. It was time to get out of here! He arranged a meet, with Lora -- no, not anywhere that anyone would f!$$ing recognize them. This wasn't f*@%ing easy, and wasn't anything he needed blabbed around the f%!@ing city for every f~@%ing one to f&+@ing know...

A few days later, a burly dwarf rides out of town. His black hair -- showing just a touch of silver -- is cropped close, as is his beard. His plate mail is packed away, though the massive scattergun attached to the back is still enough of a threat for anyone who doesn't recognize his face. He's not lucky enough that no one does, though. If they had, maybe they'd have tried something and he could have gotten a workout. But f&%+ no...

He leaves Alkenstar. He thought about heading for Highhelm -- his niece is there, and it sounds like it's not awful, a place a proper con could earn some nice gold -- but ... something's keeping him close. He tries to figure out what as he gets close to the ranch outside town. "Droskar's dick!"[/b] he curses as he dismounts and goes to knock on the door. He glowers as the dwarven woman who caused so much trouble for him finally answers. F@@*, he'd thought with his luck she might not be home, but no getting away from this.

"Fancy a f$%@ing drink?" he asks Foebe.

Royken gives a nod of appreciation to Bleach for the help as he looks over the crumpled and shattered wizard. "Told you," he growls.

Then he turns a bloody grin of menace toward Loveless, and charges into the battle, battering her with his gun.

Sudden charge (two actions) to get into a flank, Brutish Shove
+1 striking shock dwarven scattergun reinforced stock (two hand), inspired: 1d20 + 20 + 1 ⇒ (12) + 20 + 1 = 33
Damage (bludgeoning), inspired: 2d6 + 7 + 1 ⇒ (3, 2) + 7 + 1 = 13
Electricity: 1d6 ⇒ 2

Brutish Shove: +1 striking shock dwarven scattergun reinforced stock (two hand, iterative), inspired: 1d20 + 20 + 1 - 5 ⇒ (6) + 20 + 1 - 5 = 22 Will Hero Point that
Brutish Shove: +1 striking shock dwarven scattergun reinforced stock (two hand, iterative), inspired: 1d20 + 20 + 1 - 5 ⇒ (15) + 20 + 1 - 5 = 31
Damage (bludgeoning), inspired: 2d6 + 7 + 1 ⇒ (6, 6) + 7 + 1 = 20
Electricity: 1d6 ⇒ 5
Won't choose to shove her.

Additional damage from the shock rune that I forgot about:
Electricity: 1d6 ⇒ 1
Electricity: 1d6 ⇒ 6
Electricity: 1d6 ⇒ 6

On the critical hit, electricity arcs out to deal an equal amount of electricity damage to up to two other creatures of your choice within 10 feet of the target, but don't know if there are any eligible targets considering I moved him away from everyone.

Oof. I could use some healing now, please!

Royken snarls, ignoring the glass shards. "Didn't you hear her? You've got about 12 f%!$ing seconds left to live. At most!"

He then proceeds to beat the s$$& out of the wizard.

+1 striking ghost touch dwarven scattergun reinforced stock (two hand), inspired: 1d20 + 20 + 1 ⇒ (20) + 20 + 1 = 41
Damage (bludgeoning), inspired: 2d6 + 7 + 1 ⇒ (6, 6) + 7 + 1 = 20

Brutish Shove: +1 striking ghost touch dwarven scattergun reinforced stock (two hand, iterative), inspired: 1d20 + 20 + 1 - 5 ⇒ (17) + 20 + 1 - 5 = 33
Damage (bludgeoning), inspired: 2d6 + 7 + 1 ⇒ (3, 5) + 7 + 1 = 16
Throwing your weight behind your attack, you hit your opponent hard enough to make it stumble back. Make a Strike with a two-handed melee weapon. If you hit a target that is your size or smaller, that creature is flat-footed until the end of your current turn, and you can automatically Shove it, with the same benefits as the Shove action (including the critical success effect, if your Strike was a critical hit). If you move to follow the target, your movement doesn't trigger reactions.

+1 striking ghost touch dwarven scattergun reinforced stock (two hand), inspired, iterative x2: 1d20 + 20 + 1 - 10 ⇒ (18) + 20 + 1 - 10 = 29
Damage (bludgeoning), inspired: 2d6 + 7 + 1 ⇒ (5, 4) + 7 + 1 = 17

Reflex (expert): 1d20 + 19 ⇒ (16) + 19 = 35

"F!#~!" Royken growls. "You're a dead man!" He starts battering the wizard, not worrying about the cuts he's suffering from the glassskin. He shoves him back but refuses to relent, staying on him as he clubs away.

+1 striking ghost touch dwarven scattergun reinforced stock (two hand), inspired: 1d20 + 20 ⇒ (16) + 20 = 36
Damage (bludgeoning), inspired: 2d6 + 7 ⇒ (1, 2) + 7 = 10

Brutish Shove: +1 striking ghost touch dwarven scattergun reinforced stock (two hand, iterative): 1d20 + 20 - 5 ⇒ (1) + 20 - 5 = 16 Going to Hero Point this
Brutish Shove: +1 striking ghost touch dwarven scattergun reinforced stock (two hand, iterative): 1d20 + 20 - 5 ⇒ (18) + 20 - 5 = 33
Damage (bludgeoning): 2d6 + 7 ⇒ (4, 2) + 7 = 13
Throwing your weight behind your attack, you hit your opponent hard enough to make it stumble back. Make a Strike with a two-handed melee weapon. If you hit a target that is your size or smaller, that creature is flat-footed until the end of your current turn, and you can automatically Shove it, with the same benefits as the Shove action (including the critical success effect, if your Strike was a critical hit). I will move to follow the target, then Strike again vs. flat-footed!

+1 striking ghost touch dwarven scattergun reinforced stock (two hand), iterative x2: 1d20 + 20 - 10 ⇒ (11) + 20 - 10 = 21

"F!$!! You're a dead man!" Royken curses, but rushes into battle, charging toward Ibrium!

Demoralize, Sudden Charge!
Intimidation (expert): 1d20 + 17 ⇒ (14) + 17 = 31

+1 striking ghost touch dwarven scattergun reinforced stock (two hand), inspired: 1d20 + 20 + 1 ⇒ (18) + 20 + 1 = 39
Damage (bludgeoning), inspired: 2d6 + 7 + 1 ⇒ (2, 6) + 7 + 1 = 16
Choosing not to knock him away; I want to be in close range so I can AoO if he casts.

"Keep your hands off your guns!" Royken growls at Loveless. He thinks about saying they don't want to fight, but that's not particularly true. Sure, he wants to ruin her, but killing her would get the job done too.

I feel like a fight's probably inevitable here, but holding off in case someone else has another idea.

Royken tries not to scowl. Finally, they're going to deal with Loveless, and then he can hopefully get out from under Foebe's thumb. Though that prospect isn't quite as appealing as it may have been when they first met.

No preparations to make.

"We're not looking to fight, just talk," Royken grouses. Which is lucky for you, snakehead...

He lets Lora do that, however.

"We already f!@@ing look like we belong here," Royken says. "Let's just f#*@ing act like it."

I say we try to go in using our current disguises. So Lora's second suggestion.

Royken growls, "Or we just go to the Nexian quarters, kick in the door, get the key from the f#&*ing snakes-for-hair, go unlock whatever it's locking, get the bomb, get Loveless, and get the f&$+ out of here!"

OOC, I think doing a little snooping makes sense. Royken just has no patience for that! :D

Deception (untrained), hat of disguise: 1d20 + 13 + 4 ⇒ (15) + 13 + 4 = 32

Even though he's not actually wearing anything but his now-usual plate mail, Royken can't help tugging at his collar, as the illusionary troglodyte-suit seems to tighten around his throat. He tries not to glower as he boards, but fails miserably.

My problem with being staff is it means I'm not wearing my armor, and I'm not sure there's an easy way to get it on board and make sure we'll have time to get it on. (I'm still wearing plate mail.)

skill feat from level: Party Crasher (attend all the fashionable parties! no use here but very much a Lora feat)

Or so you thought...

Royken growls in assent, thinking Eva's got the right plan. Then he scowls at Lora.

"Don't think you're f%@+ing dressing me up in a doppelganger suit," he mutters. "We're going in with the cargo!"

Royken, level 10! (Sniff, it's his last level... Unless we get another 11-20 AP to bring the gang back.)

+14 hp (but I think it's actually +23 or something due to the Con boost)
+1 to everything
+1 Dex, Con, Wis, Cha
+ combat flexibility (that was 9th level, but I haven't been using it, so picking a feat now): Pain Tolerance
+ fighter feat: Certain Strike
+ skill feat: Powerful Leap
+ archetype feat: Overwatch Dedication (basically +2 to init for everyone)

"F!*& me!" Royken says. He'd hoped they'd be able to finally put an end to this here and now, but no such luck. He looks at the others. "I don't know how we're going to catch up to her, but I'm not letting her f~~!ing blow up my city!"

Royken growls, but nods. "Daemonic hell. F&@#ing fight for nothing, then," he agrees.

Still, he wasn't sure he could take much more of it, so he's not truly that upset at the surrender.

Nice! Eva, we should switch targets!

Also looking much worse for the wear, Royken rushes to help Eva, hoping they can finish off this necromancer before becoming his latest subjects.

"Give it up or you're going to end up deader than this f$!~ing brain thing," he growls. He charges over, slamming his gun into Parsus.

Intimidation, Sudden Charge (Stride twice, then Strike)
Intimidation (expert): 1d20 + 15 ⇒ (19) + 15 = 34

+1 striking ghost touch dwarven scattergun reinforced stock (two hand), inspired: 1d20 + 19 + 1 ⇒ (15) + 19 + 1 = 35
Damage (bludgeoning), inspired: 2d6 + 6 + 1 ⇒ (6, 5) + 6 + 1 = 18
Crit? You knock the target away from you up to 10 feet (you choose the distance). This is forced movement.

Royken snarls as he realizes Lora's puns aren't that bad -- they're certainly not as sharp as this things claws.

"Sorry," he mutters, before turning his attention to the mostrosity with a glare. Unfortunately, his head's still a little loopy and he swings wildly.

Demoralize, hoping it's not mindless; Strike, Brutish Shove
Intimidation (expert): 1d20 + 15 ⇒ (9) + 15 = 24

+1 striking ghost touch dwarven scattergun reinforced stock (two hand), inspired: 1d20 + 19 + 1 ⇒ (3) + 19 + 1 = 23
Damage (bludgeoning), inspired: 2d6 + 6 + 1 ⇒ (1, 1) + 6 + 1 = 9

Brutish Shove: +1 striking ghost touch dwarven scattergun reinforced stock (two hand, iterative), inspired: 1d20 + 19 + 1 - 5 ⇒ (2) + 19 + 1 - 5 = 17

Will (expert), bravery: 1d20 + 15 ⇒ (4) + 15 = 19
8d8 ⇒ (5, 3, 8, 7, 4, 2, 6, 8) = 43
Will (expert), bravery: 1d20 + 15 ⇒ (3) + 15 = 18
4d8 ⇒ (7, 3, 2, 5) = 17
Sigh. Dicebot really dislikes me these days.

Royken shakes his head, confused about what's going on. "Enough of the f++&ing puns!" he growls, lashing out at the bard.

Target?: 1d5 ⇒ 3 1 Bleach; 2 Eva; 3 Lora; 4 Parsus; 5 awful thing
+1 striking ghost touch dwarven scattergun reinforced stock (two hand): 1d20 + 19 ⇒ (15) + 19 = 34
Damage (bludgeoning), inspired: 2d6 + 6 ⇒ (6, 6) + 6 = 18

Brutish Shove: +1 striking ghost touch dwarven scattergun reinforced stock (two hand, iterative), inspired: 1d20 + 19 - 5 ⇒ (5) + 19 - 5 = 19

Brutish Shove: +1 striking ghost touch dwarven scattergun reinforced stock (two hand, iterative x2), inspired: 1d20 + 19 - 10 ⇒ (3) + 19 - 10 = 12

Royken growls as he kicks the bones away, looking around as Lora and Eva tend to healing all their latest wounds. This is almost over, and then Mugland will pay!

Royken just growls in agreement, continuing to bash it, before shoving it away and then moving 15 feet back himself.

Strike, Brutish Shove, Stride
+1 striking ghost touch dwarven scattergun reinforced stock (two hand), inspired: 1d20 + 19 + 1 ⇒ (14) + 19 + 1 = 34
Damage (bludgeoning), inspired: 2d6 + 6 + 1 ⇒ (6, 4) + 6 + 1 = 17

Brutish Shove: +1 striking ghost touch dwarven scattergun reinforced stock (two hand, iterative), inspired: 1d20 + 19 + 1 - 5 ⇒ (10) + 19 + 1 - 5 = 25
Damage (bludgeoning), inspired: 2d6 + 6 + 1 ⇒ (1, 5) + 6 + 1 = 13
Crit? If you hit a target that is your size or smaller, that creature is flat-footed until the end of your current turn, and you can automatically Shove it, with the same benefits as the Shove action (including the critical success effect, if your Strike was a critical hit). If you move to follow the target, your movement doesn't trigger reactions.

"Not so f!~@ing tough now, are you?" Royken growls as he continues to whale away on the undead.

Strike, Brutish Shove, Strike
+1 striking ghost touch dwarven scattergun reinforced stock (two hand), inspired: 1d20 + 19 + 1 ⇒ (12) + 19 + 1 = 32
Damage (bludgeoning), inspired: 2d6 + 6 + 1 ⇒ (5, 1) + 6 + 1 = 13

Brutish Shove: +1 striking ghost touch dwarven scattergun reinforced stock (two hand, iterative), inspired: 1d20 + 19 + 1 - 5 ⇒ (1) + 19 + 1 - 5 = 16

+1 striking ghost touch dwarven scattergun reinforced stock (two hand, iterative x2), inspired: 1d20 + 19 + 1 - 10 ⇒ (14) + 19 + 1 - 10 = 24

Royken gives Lora a nod in appreciation and then turns his attention back to the skeletal crocs. Bashing the nearest one and shoving it away from him again. He turns to help Eva

Strike, Brutish Shove, Ready and action to Aid
+1 striking ghost touch dwarven scattergun reinforced stock (two hand), inspired: 1d20 + 19 + 1 ⇒ (4) + 19 + 1 = 24
Damage (bludgeoning), inspired: 2d6 + 6 + 1 ⇒ (4, 6) + 6 + 1 = 17
Crit? You knock the target away from you up to 10 feet (you choose the distance). This is forced movement.

Brutish Shove: +1 striking ghost touch dwarven scattergun reinforced stock (two hand, iterative), inspired: 1d20 + 19 + 1 - 5 ⇒ (19) + 19 + 1 - 5 = 34
Damage (bludgeoning), inspired: 2d6 + 6 + 1 ⇒ (6, 4) + 6 + 1 = 17
Crit? You knock the target 10 feet away from you. This is forced movement.
If you hit a target that is your size or smaller, that creature is flat-footed until the end of your current turn, and you can automatically Shove it, with the same benefits as the Shove action (including the critical success effect, if your Strike was a critical hit). If you move to follow the target, your movement doesn't trigger reactions.

Reaction to Aid Eva's attack
+1 striking ghost touch dwarven scattergun reinforced stock (two hand), inspired: 1d20 + 19 + 1 ⇒ (17) + 19 + 1 = 37 That's a critical success, so +2

Royken groans as the skeleton drags him closer. "F*&~ you!" he growls as he twists to try to escape. Realizing it's got a firm grip, he decides to beat on it and see if he can shove it off him.

He retreats again if he gets a chance.

Escape, Brutish Shove, Stride (if he gets free) or Strike again (if not)
Athletics (master) to Escape: 1d20 + 19 ⇒ (8) + 19 = 27

Brutish Shove: +1 striking ghost touch dwarven scattergun reinforced stock (two hand, iterative), inspired: 1d20 + 19 + 1 - 5 ⇒ (18) + 19 + 1 - 5 = 33
Damage (bludgeoning), inspired: 2d6 + 6 + 1 ⇒ (4, 6) + 6 + 1 = 17
Crit? You knock the target away from you up to 10 feet (you choose the distance). This is forced movement.
Throwing your weight behind your attack, you hit your opponent hard enough to make it stumble back. Make a Strike with a two-handed melee weapon. If you hit a target that is your size or smaller, that creature is flat-footed until the end of your current turn, and you can automatically Shove it, with the same benefits as the Shove action (including the critical success effect, if your Strike was a critical hit). If you move to follow the target, your movement doesn't trigger reactions.

Possible third Strike?
+1 striking ghost touch dwarven scattergun reinforced stock (two hand), inspired, iterative x2: 1d20 + 19 + 1 - 10 ⇒ (16) + 19 + 1 - 10 = 26
Damage (bludgeoning), inspired: 2d6 + 6 + 1 ⇒ (3, 5) + 6 + 1 = 15

"F$%@! Get the f~$~ off me!" Royken curses as he's dragged down the hall toward the creature's gullet.

Too busy wrenching himself free to get a good hit on the creature, he quickly retreats again.

Strike, Brutish Shove, Stride
+1 striking ghost touch dwarven scattergun reinforced stock (two hand), inspired: 1d20 + 19 + 1 ⇒ (2) + 19 + 1 = 22
Damage (bludgeoning), inspired: 2d6 + 6 + 1 ⇒ (2, 1) + 6 + 1 = 10

Brutish Shove: +1 striking ghost touch dwarven scattergun reinforced stock (two hand, iterative), inspired: 1d20 + 19 + 1 - 5 ⇒ (2) + 19 + 1 - 5 = 17

"Let's figure out why they flooded this area," he growls. Not sure we have a specific objective down here? Just exploring I think.

Royken grunts in displeasure at Lora's observation. She's not wrong. But he's glad they managed to not get completely blown to bits.

"They're close enough I can almost f@!~ing taste them," he growls. "Let's get patched up and finish this."

Hoping he can avoid being caught in another explosion, Royken retreats again, reloads, and blasts the zombie again.

"Head shot the f!%$ing rot," he growls.

+1 striking ghost touch dwarven scattergun, inspired: 1d20 + 16 + 1 ⇒ (10) + 16 + 1 = 27
Damage (bludgeoning, concussive, kickback), inspired: 2d8 + 4 ⇒ (1, 2) + 4 = 7
10 ft. scatter: On a hit, primary target takes the above damage, and the target and all other creatures within the listed radius around it take 1 splash damage per weapon damage die.

Reflex (expert): 1d20 + 17 ⇒ (6) + 17 = 23
Reflex (expert): 1d20 + 17 ⇒ (3) + 17 = 20

"F$@%!" Royken growls and lashes out at the remaining zombie.

Strike, Shove, Stride (moving 25 feet away)? (if the first one is a crit, I'll stride away and then shoot it instead in an effort to avoid another explosion)
+1 striking ghost touch dwarven scattergun reinforced stock (two hand), inspired: 1d20 + 19 + 1 ⇒ (19) + 19 + 1 = 39
Damage (bludgeoning), inspired: 2d6 + 6 + 1 ⇒ (5, 3) + 6 + 1 = 15
Crit? You knock the target away from you up to 10 feet (you choose the distance). This is forced movement.

Brutish Shove: +1 striking ghost touch dwarven scattergun reinforced stock (two hand, iterative), inspired: 1d20 + 19 + 1 - 5 ⇒ (4) + 19 + 1 - 5 = 19
Damage (bludgeoning), inspired: 2d6 + 6 + 1 ⇒ (2, 2) + 6 + 1 = 11
If you hit a target that is your size or smaller, that creature is flat-footed until the end of your current turn, and you can automatically Shove it, with the same benefits as the Shove action (including the critical success effect, if your Strike was a critical hit). If you move to follow the target, your movement doesn't trigger reactions.

If the first attack crit:
+1 striking ghost touch dwarven scattergun, inspired: 1d20 + 16 + 1 - 5 ⇒ (18) + 16 + 1 - 5 = 30
Damage (bludgeoning, concussive, kickback), inspired: 2d8 + 4 ⇒ (2, 7) + 4 = 13
10 ft. scatter: On a hit, primary target takes the above damage, and the target and all other creatures within the listed radius around it take 1 splash damage per weapon damage die.

AoO when it gets up!
+1 striking ghost touch dwarven scattergun reinforced stock (two hand), inspired: 1d20 + 19 + 1 ⇒ (15) + 19 + 1 = 35
Damage (bludgeoning), inspired: 2d6 + 6 + 1 ⇒ (1, 3) + 6 + 1 = 11
Crit? You knock the target away from you up to 10 feet (you choose the distance). This is forced movement. (That said, to avoid retconning, let's not worry about this if it was a crit.)

"Stay down," Royken growls, laying about him with his gun.

Strike, Brutish Shove, Lunge
+1 striking ghost touch dwarven scattergun reinforced stock (two hand), inspired: 1d20 + 19 + 1 ⇒ (1) + 19 + 1 = 21

Brutish Shove: +1 striking ghost touch dwarven scattergun reinforced stock (two hand, iterative), inspired: 1d20 + 19 + 1 - 5 ⇒ (17) + 19 + 1 - 5 = 32
Damage (bludgeoning), inspired: 2d6 + 6 + 1 ⇒ (3, 3) + 6 + 1 = 13
If you hit a target that is your size or smaller, that creature is flat-footed until the end of your current turn, and you can automatically Shove it, with the same benefits as the Shove action (including the critical success effect, if your Strike was a critical hit). If you move to follow the target, your movement doesn't trigger reactions.

+1 striking ghost touch dwarven scattergun reinforced stock (two hand), inspired, iterative x2: 1d20 + 19 + 1 - 10 ⇒ (17) + 19 + 1 - 10 = 27
Damage (bludgeoning), inspired: 2d6 + 6 + 1 ⇒ (1, 1) + 6 + 1 = 9

"Dragon's taint!" Royken growls as he's about to unleash a blast but then takes heed of Lora's words. Regripping his gun, he instead charges into the fray.

Sudden Charge, Brutish Shove
+1 striking ghost touch dwarven scattergun reinforced stock (two hand), inspired: 1d20 + 19 + 1 ⇒ (6) + 19 + 1 = 26
Damage (bludgeoning), inspired: 2d6 + 6 + 1 ⇒ (3, 6) + 6 + 1 = 16

Brutish Shove: +1 striking ghost touch dwarven scattergun reinforced stock (two hand, iterative), inspired: 1d20 + 19 + 1 - 5 ⇒ (5) + 19 + 1 - 5 = 20
Damage (bludgeoning), inspired: 2d6 + 6 + 1 ⇒ (2, 5) + 6 + 1 = 14
If you hit a target that is your size or smaller, that creature is flat-footed until the end of your current turn, and you can automatically Shove it, with the same benefits as the Shove action (including the critical success effect, if your Strike was a critical hit). If you move to follow the target, your movement doesn't trigger reactions.

Royken grunts, and takes one of the energy mutagens, though he holds off on drinking it for the moment. "We can just f~#$ing go around it," he growls. Seems like something we can avoid entirely. Unless we want to try to dilute it to see if there's anything else here and/or bottle some as weapons.

Royken gives a satisfied nod and, without a word, turns to leave.

"Sure, we can protect you, but why don't we just let them all kill each other," Royken suggests.

"Droskar's dick!" Royken grumbles.

"Do you know anything else about what the zombies were doing here? Why would anyone care about the Hydroforge?"

Royken grunts. The only thing he has to protect against electricity is his toughness. That will have to be enough. It has been his entire life, after all.

He glances at the woman. "The f!!#ing undead should go down there if they want to be safe from us," he growls in return. "Who are you and how long have you been down there?"

Royken grumbles as he moves wordlessly toward the locked door. It's likely dangerous, but whatever they find in there could be useful.

Thievery (trained): 1d20 + 14 ⇒ (11) + 14 = 25
Thievery (trained): 1d20 + 14 ⇒ (17) + 14 = 31
Thievery (trained): 1d20 + 14 ⇒ (11) + 14 = 25
Thievery (trained): 1d20 + 14 ⇒ (10) + 14 = 24

Rolled a few in case the first wasn't good enough or we need multiple successes.

We'll need to take a few minutes to move it, but I assume we're going to briefly stop to heal up anyway.

That order works for me.

Royken picks up the rune and considers it. Anyone want it? I'd have to remove the ghost touch rune, but the incorporeal foes we knew about have been dispatched...

Royken grunts. "Lots of f++!ing dead people," he growls, wondering if any of them were the kidnapping victims.

"Let's see what they were stuck in here with," he says, going to take a look around the room.

Royken reloads his scattergun and blasts it right into the center mass of the zombies and quickly reloads again.

+1 striking ghost touch dwarven scattergun, inspired: 1d20 + 16 + 1 ⇒ (20) + 16 + 1 = 37
Damage (bludgeoning, concussive, kickback), inspired: 2d8 + 4 ⇒ (8, 4) + 4 = 16
10 ft. scatter: On a hit, primary target takes the above damage, and the target and all other creatures within the listed radius around it take 1 splash damage per weapon damage die.

Reflex (expert): 1d20 + 17 ⇒ (10) + 17 = 27

Royken manages to avoid the worst of the zombies, but spots the next group coming. He unloads a blast from his gun, reloads, and fires again!

+1 striking ghost touch dwarven scattergun, inspired: 1d20 + 16 + 1 ⇒ (4) + 16 + 1 = 21
Damage (bludgeoning, concussive, kickback), inspired: 2d8 + 4 ⇒ (8, 8) + 4 = 20
10 ft. scatter: On a hit, primary target takes the above damage, and the target and all other creatures within the listed radius around it take 1 splash damage per weapon damage die.

+1 striking ghost touch dwarven scattergun, inspired, iterative: 1d20 + 16 + 1 - 5 ⇒ (10) + 16 + 1 - 5 = 22
Damage (bludgeoning, concussive, kickback), inspired: 2d8 + 4 ⇒ (3, 6) + 4 = 13
10 ft. scatter: On a hit, primary target takes the above damage, and the target and all other creatures within the listed radius around it take 1 splash damage per weapon damage die.

Reflex (expert): 1d20 + 17 ⇒ (1) + 17 = 18 Sigh. Hero Pointing that...
Reflex (expert): 1d20 + 17 ⇒ (14) + 17 = 31

"Grrr! Get off me!" Royken growls as he moves out of the mob before turning and unloading a blast from his gun.

Stride (into the room, away from the others), Strike, Reload
+1 striking ghost touch dwarven scattergun, inspired: 1d20 + 16 + 1 ⇒ (12) + 16 + 1 = 29
Damage (bludgeoning, concussive, kickback), inspired: 2d8 + 4 ⇒ (2, 2) + 4 = 8
10 ft. scatter: On a hit, primary target takes the above damage, and the target and all other creatures within the listed radius around it take 2 splash damage.

Hopefully troops are weak to splash

"You mean going back to my old job before we were forced to work for the law?" Royken grouses back before the sound of the waterfall drowns out his continued grumbling.

Gun in hand, he leads the group to the door. For lack of any direction yet, let's deal with D7 first.

Royken growls in annoyance, as Lora works on the lock.

Thievery (trained) to Aid (DC 20): 1d20 + 14 ⇒ (16) + 14 = 30 Crit success! +2 to her check. Or if you want to move things along a success!

Royken growls in annoyance.

Looks like that's our best lede; most of the others from before look like they're probably dead ends unless we want to try to find the bounty hunter/mercenaries. Or I guess check into Theevers Chalm and Emelett the Alchemist's homes.

"This mean anything to you?" Royken asks Shoma. Just trying to see if he has any further info before we move on.

Fortitude (master, juggernaut): 1d20 + 19 ⇒ (19) + 19 = 38

Royken grits his teeth as Lora keeps ahead of the smogs, and continues his efforts to destroy the last of the attackers.

+1 striking ghost touch dwarven scattergun reinforced stock (two hand), inspired: 1d20 + 19 + 1 - 1 ⇒ (3) + 19 + 1 - 1 = 22
Concealment flat check: 1d20 ⇒ 5

Brutish Shove: +1 striking ghost touch dwarven scattergun reinforced stock (two hand, iterative), inspired: 1d20 + 19 + 1 - 5 - 1 ⇒ (9) + 19 + 1 - 5 - 1 = 23
Damage (bludgeoning), inspired: 2d6 + 6 + 1 - 1 ⇒ (5, 1) + 6 + 1 - 1 = 12
Throwing your weight behind your attack, you hit your opponent hard enough to make it stumble back. Make a Strike with a two-handed melee weapon. If you hit a target that is your size or smaller, that creature is flat-footed until the end of your current turn, and you can automatically Shove it, with the same benefits as the Shove action (including the critical success effect, if your Strike was a critical hit). If you move to follow the target, your movement doesn't trigger reactions.
Concealment flat check: 1d20 ⇒ 18

Strike: +1 striking ghost touch dwarven scattergun reinforced stock (two hand, iterative x2), inspired: 1d20 + 19 + 1 - 10 - 1 ⇒ (15) + 19 + 1 - 10 - 1 = 24
Damage (bludgeoning), inspired: 2d6 + 6 + 1 - 1 ⇒ (4, 5) + 6 + 1 - 1 = 15
Concealment flat check: 1d20 ⇒ 19