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The snake finds that you can't grab the wind as she becomes a cloud of mist. The mist cloud moves up to Torvald and then coalesces, stabbing him with ice.
Sassarra brings her hand together to send a wave against Torvald and two of the sea serpents.
She will then call back on the elements, shooting cold at the orange serpent.
She will begin with a cone of water at him. followed up by restoring her elemental aura and taking a potshot at him.
Sassarra keeps quiet and prepares to deal with the potential outcomes.
I also have darkvision. Perception +23
"They sold you out, so you owe them no loyalty. You know that they will cover their tracks and take you down. Magnimar won't be far enough to hide you. They will track you no matter where in the world you go. You will likely kill some of them, but there will always be more. But if we take them down, they will be dead and you will be safe. Your lives depend on telling us everything." This is a bit of an exaggeration, but she pushes it with everything she's got.
Sassarra's voice is cold as ice. "You are already involved in Red Mantis politics. You work with a conspiracy that attacked us first, and you offered an insultingly low fee for your patrons to come after us. Do not feign innocence." She pauses, changing her course like a river in springtime. "But we have no contracts on you. This opens up the option to be merciful. Give us all you know of the conspiracy and we have no reason to bother you any further."
Sassarra will continue to float just above them. Her hands roil with stormclouds. "Speak quickly and do not attempt to deceive us." She will ready a blast if she detects any deception.
She fades back into invisibility, to wind up next to both of them, floating over the table. (5' up) From there she pummels Shirota with water.
Sassarra will float out the skylight to just off the deck and hurl an icicle at Shirota.
"You are outnumbered, outclassed, and surrounded. You should cut your losses."
Sassarra goes invisible, sneaking up in the air once she's unseen. In the air she restores her connection to the elements.
Does it look like there is an apartment connected to this establishment? Is it possible that they live here? It would be stupid to start something in a crowded space, so we either need to follow them somewhere else or lead them into an ambush.
Sassarra walks in pretending to be a moderately skilled aiuvarin adventurer. The kind who might be looking to work for somebody stronger and better connected.
"So, you want to lead them into an ambush? If so, we need to find a private place to lead them to. If we are waiting for them to leave, the probably won't go until night." Or were you suggesting facing them in a public establishment during the day and then having to deal with everybody knowing we're here?
"I agree. Information brokers can be expensive. And you always need to wonder if they will sell that we were there asking about a conspiracy." She nods, "We can always go there if we lose the trail." "We don't want to face the twins in a public establishment. We could follow them when they leave or we could set up an ambush. Or maybe Tomas and I could 'sell' them the information about where the rebels are staying. We then lead them into an ambush. Of course that means that we need to find a good ambush site first."
"Hopefully we can find these Riot Twins and ambush them somewhere private. With names like that, they will probably be pretty blatant in a fight."
She will invisibly sneak over the walls.
I suppose that they want to err on the side of giving everybody a say. And with the way the big swingy d20 works, it's good to have more than one chance. It also makes sense for them, because they want to see if the less suave people break. I figured a druidic type would be swayed by respecting ancient traditions.
She speaks softly, but the very wind spreads her word to the leshy. "We were given a task that came under the Vernai's seal. It was presented through a known and respected associate of Blood Mistress Jakalyn. There was no way to discern that this contract had been falsified. Once we had accepted the contract, we were honor-bound to fulfil it." "Some may call Ordulf Bladecaller a 'rightful ruler', but we had the chance to study him. He was a mere warlord with one fort and a few troops riding his coattails." She gestures with her other hand, "Moreover, the customs and traditions of his people are clear. Only those who slay a mighty linnorm in single combat and bring it's head back can truly be a king in that land. It is rumored that he was going to part with that tradition and take land by force, thus violating the long-standing ways of his people. That is the opposite of a rightful ruler." "Assassins came for us before Ordulf was cold. This could only happen if they knew of this and lay in wait. If they had merely been concerned with an improper contract, they could have simply told us. This implies a conspiracy that knew of our mission and wanted us dead. I know not, but I believe that someone is trying to overturn the Blood Mistress. If so, we must learn more before presenting ourselves to the Vernai."
"If they aren't political then we probably have a shot at talking." she says. "If it doesn't work out, at least we won't need to worry about drawing attention."
"I think that it is a good sign that they are sending us messages instead of ambushing us." she says, "Perhaps we will have the opportunity to present our case."
You have a status bonus and antidotes are item bonuses, so they stack. Heck, I have the highest fort save and I'm buying a bunch of the moderate ones.
Oh, and remember that antidotes last 6 hours. We should definitely plan on poison for the next section of the game.
I thought we were only doing post-remaster sources. In that case, I'll add a grim sandglass. protection against void and a little healing or offense as needed.
"I also agree with reaching the island and entering the city overland. We will all need to be disguised." she says after doing what she can to arrange the scene. "I know this may sound insulting, but we could get a familiar satchel for you Jax. Obviously modified to let you leave easily." "We can also enter in two groups through different gates and meet up later. I can keep us all in contact through wind-speaking." She adds, "It does mean more difficulty if we are detected, but a lower chance of being identified."
Sassarra will point out that most of the treasure is useless to her. She will insist that the only fair way to split it is for everybody to count the sell value of items that they take as part of their share. Consumables and party treasure won't count toward that. If Skarn doesn't see the value of this, it's not going to be diplomacy she rolls.
I show the totals per the sheet are:
She nods, "I suggest we go to Absalom to prepare and then make our way to Mediogalti Island. From there we can hire teleportation or get a ship." "I will send you a message daily so that we can share information about our activities and anything we uncover."
Okay so it looks like the total is 9103, minus the sell value of the items you are taking. 6496 if you already took the 2157. We should get Tomas an elite disguise kit and he can disguise all of us. If people want other disguise options, here's a list. Disguise kit, elite
She will heal everybody as they prepare for this. "Do you have any evidence we can use?" "Are the traitors only after us, or are they trying to overturn Mistress Jakalyn?" "Are you going to travel with us?" "Do you know of any allies in Ilizmagorti?" At Skarn's comments about fire dragons, she gives him a poke in the shoulder. "One Makes the Kill with the Weapon at Hand." she says, echoing the moral of a tale of an Assassin who spent years forging the perfect blade for a contract, only to find his target had died of old age.
I suggest that we simply assign everybody 2157.1 and then people can buy what they want at the sell price. I seem to remember that there was somebody without darkvision. They should take the Greater Mask of the Mantis. The Explorer's Yurt should go into party treasure in case we need to camp out. That costs each of us 110 out of our new money. Are we in a place that we can shop? If we are wanted, it might be good to lay low in Absolom for a bit before returning.
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That sucks. I think a couple of people have expressed interest in making some changes.
Sassarra lets her boomerang go and steps into flank, releasing a couple of icy slashes.
Sassarra strikes at the kitsune with an icy blade.
Disgusted at her poor performance, she hurls a blade of air at him.
Realizing that the base assassins are not significant threats, she slides around behind the kitsune. She whispers to him, "Whoever sent you is the true traitor, but you can take it up with them in the Boneyard." She then penetrates his heart with saw-toothed ice.
"Well, that was unexpected." she says when Vatum literally explodes. She figures that he will keep the rank and file occupied for a bit and turns her attention to the kitsune. She sprays them down with slashing winds.
She looks over at Skarn, "They are assassins. Running will only make them track us." As she speaks, she splashes water over all of them.
"Besides, we have Vatum here. Given his history with the Blood Mistress, I suspect he has some talents beyond a charming smile." She turns to him with a bit of a smirk, "Any particular tactical advice?" If we have another round, she will refresh Clear as Air. She will still only be concealed by it, but it's better than nothing.
I'm not sure if we already gathered up Ordulf's gear, but if not, we'll take that now. Sassarra will use cyclonic ascent so that they can all fly away. As they fly, she will use Ocean's Balm and Torrent in the Blood to heal up everybody else.
She twists and dodges the blades whirling about him, for she has the strom in her blood.
She slips in close to him to stab him with a saber of lightning, then follows it up with a strike of ice. Then she slips away from him, unconcerned with his blades. "So rigid and inflexible. You can never catch the rain."
Sassarra sends a pair of freezing bolts at him
She will then fly in close enough to the edge that he can hit her from the battlements. "All these blades. Do you think he's compensating for something?"
Sassarra give the Valkyries a wide berth as they seem to be busy with Ordulf. She circles out into the air, lashing out at the first blade with lightning and cold.
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