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"So, shouldn't we just shoot him now, and then clear this building room by room? If there's such a large amount of evil people here, we need to remain mobile and fast, strike like wolves and move on." Siondel looks around the room quickly for intelligence or incriminating paperwork, then stands near the door, bow in hand. Medved, unconcerned about the words people are speaking, sits nearby. perception
Siondel says nothing, waiting to see how this audience progresses.
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"We knew this was bound to happen, sooner or later. Might as well get on it, then." Siondel readies his bow and stands beside Medved, near the middle of the group.
Siondel moves up with the others, while Medved jogs along easily enough.
"Spooky? As in ghosts and spirits? I hope our opposition is a bit more terrestrial, to be honest. My arrows and Medved's teeth won't land so well on wisps or phantasms."
"The longer we can go undetected, the better. Especially if we can neutralize some of the bad guys without alerting the whole temple. I don't know how good the rest of us would be sneaking around like you two, though." Siondel puts all his gear together, including the barding for Medved. "Well, I'm as ready as I'll ever be."
Siondel snuggles up with his bear and makes sure his horse is stabled and curried. Not in that order. Come morning, he is ready to adventure, bright and early.
>Wiggles eyebrows and pets a bear.<
It's the an-tici......... .......pation!
Puts right foot in, takes right foot out, shakes it all about....
Siondel rides over to the farmstead where he spoke with the family earlier, and looks around for some barn cats. wild empathy vs. DC 15+cat's charisma Sadly, the local kitties are more interested in sleeping on hay than speaking with the elf.
"Any cats or dogs around these parts? Surely one of the barns in town must have a cat or two hanging around. I will head out and check on that, see what I can do." And Siondel gathers up his stuff and heads for the farmsteads, looking for a barn cat or two to converse with.
"Perhaps we entice a few normal animals to scout out for us, then have them return? I can speak with them at this time, and again when they come back to us?"
"No lizard people, but some natural predators. And those strange humanoid monsters, too. But we've dealt with all the threats thus far. I expect the underground tunnels extend quite a while, though, and no telling just where they end up. Good money suggests that giant temple, though, they seemed very suspicious to me."
"Agreed. The sooner we get out of this place, the better."
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Medved:
Siondel looses another arrow, much less confident now that everyone is joining the fray. to hit, target in melee, with cover, for piercing damage. After the arrow, he slings the bow onto his back and steps beside Medved.
Siondel lines up a shot on the creature before everyone mobs up on it, and looses an arrow. to hit vs flat-footed, for piercing damage "Medved, guard us! Protect Ravenna!" Directing the bear in elven, Siondel does not wait to see if his arrow struck true before drawing another shaft.
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"Nobody important, at least. If more lizard people got squished, I am not going to shed any tears for them."
"Do you want Medved up front with you lot? Or are you okay with him and his nose back here, in case we get surprised from behind?"
"At least we have some more food to consume. Snake is highly nutritious, with good protein value."
Siondel will take up the rear, with Medved behind him.
"What is going on out there? Are we under attack by lizard people?"
Siondel casts light on his bow, holding the weapon up and ready. "In for a penny, in for a pound. Lead the way."
perception Siondel looks over the room closely as well.
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"At the very least, we can take the bar inside with us. Maybe we can pull the mounting brackets off the wall entirely, keep them from locking us inside?"
Siondel stands ready with bow in hand. "What do you hear? Anything?"
Now that I get the notifications of new posts, I'm ready to go more often as well.
Siondel draws his bow and motions for Medved to stand ready on front of him. "I stand ready."
"Hidden passages near the rooms, weird fixtures down below, what kind of place do these humans keep? This would hardly happen in a civilized land, or places with true hospitality like a druids grove."
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"They used claws and clubs, but did not bite and snap like a crocodile. Imagine a large salamander or skink, on two legs and with humanoid features. And very stinky, ad my companion noted."
Siondel plasters a wide smile across his face, showing jovialiaty he does not feel. Through grinning teeth he speaks to Cerilis in Elven: "Medved can buy us some time, needs be. And then we turn our heels and approach a different angle."
"Cerilis, do you really want to own and run such a place? If the temple really is inhabited by evil lizard people, you'd need constant vigilance. Or at least very dedicated cleaning staff." Siondel signals to Medved as they leave the sorcerer's place, glad the bear decided to nap rather than eat the man's garden.
"Is Whiskers bound to you with magic? I can speak with him if he is a normal animal, but if your magic enhanced him it is beyond my abilities."
Gesturing to Medved to stay by the door, Siondel hands him a bit of jerky and ruffles his ears. "Good boy, we won't be long. Please don't eat all his flowers, buddy. " Following the others inside, Sinodel looks over all the plants, materials, and everything inside with a mixture of curiosity and jealousy. "I must admit, I would not expect a human spellcaster's lair to look in such a fashion. I'm impressed."
"Wait, am I supposed to be gathering evidence from the humans who try to kill me? I suppose I can begin skinning them if that's what is required."
sense motive Sensing this old man and his weasel obviously mean them no harm at all, Siondel elaborates. "We were attacked at night by very smelly lizard people with clubs and claws. Once we fought them.off, we encountered some false guardsmen. Perhaps they were real guardsmen, but they seemed very suspicious and we defeated them. Finally, we encountered some robed humans with clubs who tried to kill or capture us, but we slew them all instead. Then, no-one seems to believe us that some weird culto thing seems to be growing in this place. Was that specific enough? "
"Our rest was interrupted, and the morning reception was much less than cordial. To boot, several of the rooms proved less secure and more stinky than I would expect from a good inn. But perhaps that is the way of human towns."
"We did stay there, indeed. It was recommended by a villager as a place of rest and respite. I don't know if I would echo his sentiment."
"Greetings! First let me say that I completely appreciate this place and what you seem to have done here. The natural beauty stands out, without the interference and all-too-ordered fashion of so many humans and dwarves." Siondel bows gracefully, stowing his bow as he does. "I am known as Siondel Greensinger, and we are investigating this town on behalf of another. Disappearances, walking crocodiles, lizard men and cultists seem to abound. Do you know any information about that, and will you aid us?" Medved stays next to his master, curiously sniffing the air and eyeing up the weasel and old man.
CLW to Cerilis
Wand has 45 charges remaining. "So, all patched up and ready to say hello to our friendly neighborhood sorcerer?"
Siondel uses the wand on himself: CLW 1 charge expended, fully healed. "Okay, who's still injured?"
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