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Tanaterra takes a deep breath, looking up at the woman for a few moments, before exhaling and nodding. "Apologies, ma'am. We were, perhaps, being somewhat overzealous. At this particular point in time, we do not have a warrant, nor any cause to believe there is immediate danger or harm to a person, such that would require a search and entry." Without waiting for a response, she pads over to the apprentice, her bare feet slapping on the cobbles, and reaches up to gently take his hands.

"Young man. You're going through a lot, and it's not fair. But it's part of my job to make it as fair as I can. You came to this place, searching for your master, for a reason. Please, let us know what that reason is."

Tanaterra's speech here is trying to serve a dual purpose; she's trying to get the apprentice to open up, but also trying to send a message (through the emphasized words to the shopkeeper) that if he thinks his master might be dead or dying in her shop, then that legally gives them probable cause for a non-paperwork-based search.
I'm going to assume a Diplomacy check is the way to go, here; I'll post a Deception check as well, for the sort of "send a coded message" idea; feel free to ignore if it's not needed.

Diplomacy: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (17) + 5 = 22
Deception: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (4) + 5 = 9
Hero Point! Deception: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (17) + 5 = 22

Tanaterra will Sense the hell out of some Motives, here.

@Tanaterra - you are missing some information in your Character Bar - would you tend to it please once you get a moment?

Sure thing! Since you never specified what info you'd like, please let me know what you're looking for and I'll get it updated.

Tanaterra looks up at both of the mages. "Unless anyone has any strenuous objections, I'm going to have a look around and see if I can find out what has happened here." She looks to Eunice. "I promise, I will not touch anything without asking you first - I know better than to randomly poke at unknown magic."

She waits all of two seconds for a reply before striding into the shop, murmuring in Gnomish to Chomski, "Taylir eyn sur'haai dayn par vutyc euras, ni dein't copaanir cuyir jehavey."

TT will begin a fairly thorough investigation of the shop. Pertinent skills include Perception, Arcana, and Thievery; pertinent feats include That's Odd, Quick Identification, and Glean Contents.

Congrats, Chomski! I've decided to use Mandalorian for Gnomish!

*looks at last die rolls* Man, I knew all those 16s would eventually catch up with me. Crowbar, save us once again!

How would you like us to handle crits? Edit the original post, or do a reply? Or just double the die result?

Pursing her lips at the idea of "youthful exuberance", Tanaterra once again pulls her crowbar out of her backpack and hands it over to Greyjay. "Here, go help Marcellus. Don't want him opening up the wrong thing!", she jokes with a chuckle. "I don't think I've ever been so glad to lug a crowbar around with me for a day!"

She then raises her voice to shout inside, "Look, we're trained investigators. If you let us in, we can help you find what it is you're looking for...and then you probably won't have to fix a door afterwards, too!"

Diplomacy: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (5) + 5 = 10
Hero Point reroll
Diplomacy: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (4) + 5 = 9

AP Edgelord wrote:

** spoiler omitted **

So sorry, I was completely misreading the tracker. I thought the checkmarks were slots I had left and should have asked for clarification. Apologies.

Chomski will not heal people with the 3 action heal and instead just suggest that people heal up. Will spend his time hobnobbing with the crowd that has gathered.

Related - I never realized that Forensic Medicine adds my level to the total amount healed with Battle Medicine or Treat Wounds; so totals less Chomski's healing, but back up +2 if TT patched you up.

Tanaterra urges everyone to take a seat on the rocks and catch their breath as she moves to and fro, patching up herself and Laz, offering the group small sips of tea from an insulated flask, and double-checking her resuscitation efforts on Marcellus. She clicks her tongue, looking at his deep, oozing scimitar slash. "When we get some time, we're going to have to get that stitched up proper. The field bandages should hold, but if it opens back up...well, you might not get back up next time."

Battle Medicine on Laz vs DC 15 Medicine: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (15) + 9 = 242d8 ⇒ (2, 3) = 5
Battle Medicine on Tanaterra vs DC 15 Medicine: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (18) + 9 = 272d8 ⇒ (8, 6) = 14

Hearing more rattling coming from the hole, Tanaterra formulates a plan, and dashes over to the opening. "Everyone try not to die for a few seconds!" she cries, as she dashes over to the hole, pulling out her crowbar to lever some rocks as large as she is into the deep dark gap to plug things up.

I'm going to assume that for these purposes, a crowbar counts as a sufficiently heavy tool.

◆ Stride
◆◆ Crafting check

Crafting: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (6) + 8 = 14

Marcellus - if that 9hp brought you back to positive HP, you're not dying anymore, just wounded 1 and conscious.

Crit medicine on Greyjay adds another 2d8 healing, so crit heal: 2d8 ⇒ (7, 1) = 8
Oh! And shift = step, still getting used to the terminology.

"Oh, bugger," murmurs Tanaterra as blades and blood fly over her head. She seems all too aware that the weapons she carries won't do much against animated bones, and instead elects to carefully move next to her fallen compatriots and begin binding their wounds.

◆ Shift
◆ Battle Medicine vs DC 15 on Marcellus Medicine: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (8) + 9 = 172d8 ⇒ (1, 8) = 9
◆ Battle Medicine vs DC 15 on Greyjay Medicine: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (20) + 9 = 292d8 ⇒ (6, 1) = 7

Post coming later tonight, but I plan on applying some bandages.

Just to check, did I get skipped somewhere? Or did I just do really bad for initiative?

Just to double-check, we're now waiting on skeletons?

Thanks to whomever for getting me circled!

The more hours I work, the less creative my posts are gonna get. Oof!

Tanaterra scampers around the site, looking for what might have raised these skeletons, to ensure they do not rise again, or that more might cause further trouble.

Religion: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (6) + 7 = 13

Tanaterra looks around at the carnage, paralyzed by indecision - she was prepped to keep the peace among the living, not the restless dead! Viewing the environment and devises a strategem - she realizes that both dagger and crossbow will pass right through a skeleton's bony structure, but perhaps using them to knock some rubble onto a skeleton would be more effective! Taking aim at a nearby chunk of loose masonry, she levels her hand crossbow to shoot out a support and crush one of the restless dead.

Stratagem Attack: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (16) + 8 = 24

If successful, Tanaterra can Share the Stratagem with one of the other party members, causing that skeleton to be flat-footed against that party member.

Rather than attempt a skill challenge where we are likely to fail, can we use the Aid action to help another team member with their skill check? While it minimizes the risks of failure, it also might slow down being able to hit our target time, since there's one less person working on the problem.

Are we at the Excavation, which is listed as #3? Or are we at #4, which is the apprentice's lock-in?

"Disturbing the peace, arson; perhaps just mayhem, gotta be at least, what, twelve health code violations, don't suppose you two are operating with properly sanctioned licenses? Didn't think so." Marcellus starts listing off offenses, as he studies both booths, the goblins, and the mess, "attempting to bribe an officer of the law... " he trails off, looking at Pelmo. "Hmmm."

Turning to the group, he wonders out loud, "Do we haul them both in, or maybe they can agree to just split the fines and promise to get along, because if we have to come back.. well then I'm sure I can dig a few more things to charge them with out of the law book, there are a LOT of laws in those books... " he offers, hopefully sounding half as confident and impressive as he is trying to make out.

I"m good with #4 next, might even manage to succeed a skill check this time :)

Tanaterra gets eye to eye with the goblins, and explains that it doesn't much matter who started it - since the Edgewatch had to stop it, the goblins owe the Edgewatch for their behavior. She will also do her best to educate the goblins on how to avoid having this happen again in the future.

Before I get too deep into the thing, I wanted to get everyone's feedback; since TT is a Linguist, I've planned on using funtranslations.com to post in-game fantasy languages, as I did with the goblinspeak. If folks find this to be a fun addition to the in-game RP and an enjoyable bit of world-building, I can certainly continue it, but if people feel it makes things too clunky or bogs things down too much, I can certainly just skip it and do something like , "Tanaterra says, in Goblin, 'blah blah blah'.", and then folks can just skip over it if their character doesn't understand that language.

AP Edgelord wrote:

I will reiterate again the confirmation of my decision.

Let me know what you two decide to do, and if that means I will need to recruit additional players or not.

I can fully appreciate that and acknowledge that. I’m just curious about the dying/knocked out condition. You’ve ruled on non-lethal and I’m fully on board with playing by the book. I’m just not clear on your thoughts on the second part.

Someone quoted the Player's Guide in the recruitment thread -

Player's guide wrote:

First, as city guards, your party’s player characters are all assumed to be trained in nonlethal conflict resolution.
This means that, during combat encounters, your character is always dealing nonlethal damage; you are never allowed to deal lethal damage. You take no penalty to attack rolls for dealing nonlethal damage, and all types of damage you deal (whether from weapon attacks, spells, or even poisons) are nonlethal unless you're attacking a creature immune to nonlethal damage. You gain no bonuses or added benefits for making attacks using weapons with the nonlethal weapon trait. As usual for nonlethal damage, when you reduce a creature to 0 Hit Points using nonlethal damage, the creature falls unconscious instead of dying.

So I think we joined under the assumption that the rules from the Player's Guide would be in full effect, which meant we would be dealing non-lethal damage with everything at baseline unless we state otherwise.

Tanaterra, fearless as only the young and foolish can be, dives right into the mayhem, calling out in Goblin, "Pehkaya! Du mokuhlek't prah shinies kuv yem-tukh nam-tor ek' yontau abru!"

Suspecting her words and rationale fall on deaf ears, she runs up Laz and springboards off of him to try and intercept a flaming pot in midair!

Reflex: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (11) + 8 = 19

My short list of House Rules are live in Campaign Tabs!

When you get a moment, check them out, hit me with any questions you may have, and uh, please "sign off" on them!

Got it! The nightsticks default to nonlethal, if memory serves?

Tanaterra nods at Marcellus. "That sounds right - let's finish this case up by securing this lady before we move on to the next one. Come, Mr Horax - let's see if some walking can't smooth that burr in your knee. We'll head over to the docks afterwards. And maybe drinks after that, though I usually save the alcohol for significant occasions."

In my head, I'm just picturing a halfling clinging onto this woman's ankle, yelling "Halt evildoer! We - OOF! - have you - stop struggling - surrounded!"

Not that it's actually happening that way, but it is a delightful mental image that makes my brain happy.

Okayyyyy... so the DC increases for everyone if any fails a check. Had I known...

This happens when you're new and don't read the rules proper XD

No, I'm right there with you, I was also not aware of that. But it's good to keep in mind for the future.

Learning, ho!!

Tanaterra crouches down and darts from behind legs to conceal herself behind a rubbish pile at the mouth of the alley; when the bandit preps herself for a last mad dash, Tanaterra bodily hurls herself at the bandits legs, tripping her up and halting her flight!

Stealth: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (18) + 6 = 24

Leading the patrol group to the fairgrounds, Tanaterra stops and goggles in awe for a few moments. Even in a city of wonders, and knowing the title of the attraction, she is well and truly distracted by the sight of an actual, literal walking building. She is only roused by the cry of the mugged nobleman, and casting her gaze around, attempts to pick the thief out of the crowd, figure out their route, and direct her compatriots to cut them off.

Perception: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (7) + 9 = 16

"There! After her!" To her fellow Greycloaks, more quietly, she says, "There's an alley over there with less traffic; if you hurry, you might get ahead of her."

The validity of T's directions depend on the outcome of the roll; she might be right or mistaken, depending on how the dice land.

Just a bit of OOC bookkeeping;

1) I'm posting from the Pacific Time Zone, so posts will likely be later in the day, however;

2) I work 7pm-7am, about 1 week on and 1 week off. Posting may be delayed on the dates when my sleep cycle flips around from days to nights or vice-versa. I will try to post ahead, and do my best to post from work as time allows.

Tanaterra cocks her head a bit at Rocky as she rifles through her paperwork. "I remember hearing something about us having lost an officer. I'm sorry that happened to you, even if you have somewhat bounced back."

She glances at the sheaf of papers in her hand, with EARTHQUAKE RUBBLE SITE displayed prominently on top. "For the assignment I was handed, I'm going to assume that there's nobody alive buried in rubble, else we'd have been dispatched directly there. Does anyone else have something that seems like it needs to be triaged a bit higher?"

If we're doing a ranked-type vote, then from first to last I'd go 2, 4, 3, 1.

Tanaterra will decline the alcohol, and spend a few minutes interviewing Belberry to see what caused the commotion, just to have enough background to make a full report.

I'm also down for heading back to the precinct, can't think of much to do with downtime at this point, barring some strange revelation.

Tanaterra will chat with the group on the way back to the precinct, revealing what she's learned about both Hendrid and the noise disturbance.

TT has lots of good stuff for finding things out, which makes sense, given her class. Lots of languages for eavesdropping, forensic medicine, glean contents, "That's Odd", and lots of skills for getting knowledge. And, of course, Pursue a Lead seems to be just a straight up downtime/exploration action to dig deep on info.

Tanaterra makes a great show and fuss of pulling out a small clay pipe and cleaning it, while she rifles through her mental encyclopedia of People Who Think You Should Have Heard Of Them By Now, Really Darling.

Society: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (16) + 10 = 26

"Lazverinus" he says when, later, when the rest begin their introductions. "Laz is ok."

"Tanaterra Tibeth. Ms Tibeth to start - perhaps Tanaterra, as we grow more familiar."

Upon arrival to the Tengu, she looks around at the adventurers and the mess. She whispers to the bartender, in Halfling, "I'll touch base with you in just a few moments."

She stalks up to the armored human, taps on his greave to get his attention, then puts her hands sternly on her hips. "You, of all people, should know there's a difference between revelry and excess." Her face is full of stern disappointment, with an expectation that some young person had best explain himself, fully and soon.

Religion: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (16) + 7 = 23 - add +1 if Godless Greycloak applies

NOTE: The That's Odd feat triggers upon entering a new location; basically, if there's one non-obvious thing that's out of the ordinary, I learn that it's suspicious, but not why or any other information without closer investigation.

Ms Tibeth stands in a ready, at-ease pose during the briefing, staying quiet and taking in the office and her fellow officers.

Perception: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (9) + 9 = 18

She nods silently in the office, letting others speak, and lead out the door.

Hey all! This will be my first PF2e game, and definitely will need a bit of time to get up to speed on the intricacies of the game. Looking forward to playing!

Sarabian here, resubmitting with the internal alias as requested. Character backstory in the alias, player backstory above!