[LPF] Distant Relations

[deisenhut]

Yoshiki Akita (Human Monk 4)

OOC: I have no problem running Anna for encounters. She can just tag along for other purposes. And I wouldn't have walked out of the barracks without the robe and mask on. We might need it to get through the bar.

Reaching the door, Yo puts his alchemist's fire away and looks back at the spellcaster who made him glow. He says in a soft voice, "We should turn this light off". He places his hand on whatever kind of door handle is present and prepares to slowly open it as quietly as possible once the light has been extinguished.

[sblock=Ministats]Initiative: +4
AC: 19 Touch 19 Flatfooted 14
HP: 28/28
CMB: +8 CMD: 23 Fort: +4 Reflex: +8 Will: +7 (+2 vs. Enchantment)
Defensive Abilities: Evasion, Deflect Arrows
Speed: 40 ft

Conditions in Effect: None
Elemental Fist: 4/4 remaining
Ki Pool: 5/5 remaining
Expenditures: 50 gp
Additional Equipment: 2 flasks alchemist's fire
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[Qik]

Quioan nods, and with a wave of his hand, the light infusing Yoshiki's robe extinguishes. His bow positioned to be easily accessible under his robe, he prepares to follow Yoshiki through the door.

OOC: I'm fine splitting NPC duties with deisenhut; definitely preferable to upping the difficulty on things. Q'll have his robe and mask on, too.

 

[jkason]

GM: Good news, folks. Turns out [MENTION=50177]Artur Hawkwing[/MENTION] has a 3rd level PC he just never brought back into the Dunn Wright after her last adventure. Which means she's 'been wandering,' which means I can have her wandered right into Martna while you guys were in the temple. We should be able to swap out Anna for Audra shortly (we'll talk details at that point, but I think there will be minimal backbending required to make this work), then all this NPC / don't NPC stuff becomes moot. Huzzah! For now, just making sure GlassEye doesn't want Elenka to do anything special before you guys try the door.

 

[GlassEye]

OOC: Nothing special; ready to move on.

 

[jkason]

Magical light extinguished, Yoshiki carefully opens the door. From the casks of ale, bags of flour, and other assorted staples, it appears to be the storeroom. The party moves into the small room and carefully closes the door.

"Yuck, will you look at that?" Anna says, pointing down. Each of you can now see that all the walking about in the muck and puddles of the tunnel has fouled up the hems of your robes, and covered your footware such that the storeroom floor is already looking pretty messy. Anna mutters something under her breath, pointing downward, and quickly the mess on floor, feet, and robes is cleaned off.

"That's better," she whispers. "Won't be sneaking anywhere if we're leaving dirty footprints coming straight out the secret door, right?"

Their trail effectively masked, the quartet chance a look into the common room. Which, thankfully, is currently empty. Perhaps the cult is The Tears' only customers, but whatever the cause, you've lucked out. A quick few steps to the front door and the four ostensible acolytes of Owbej can sneak out to the streets and make their way to Inar's meeting.

 

[deisenhut]

Yoshiki Akita (Human Monk 4)

Yo looks for a hidden spot away from the tavern where they can disrobe, into their normal clothes of course, and stuff the robes in their bags. "That was too easy. Hopefully we can get back in just as easily." Yo speaks in a soft voice so that his words don't carry.

[sblock=Ministats]Initiative: +4
AC: 19 Touch 19 Flatfooted 14
HP: 28/28
CMB: +8 CMD: 23 Fort: +4 Reflex: +8 Will: +7 (+2 vs. Enchantment)
Defensive Abilities: Evasion, Deflect Arrows
Speed: 40 ft

Conditions in Effect: None
Elemental Fist: 4/4 remaining
Ki Pool: 5/5 remaining
Expenditures: 50 gp
Additional Equipment: 2 flasks alchemist's fire
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[Qik]

"Agreed," says Quioan, before adding, "although I wouldn't pass judgment yet. There's still a chance of us getting spotted."

"With that in mind, do you think it wise to switch to our normal clothes? The advantage of these robes and masks is that we're anonymous. Although if we do show up in the robes, word may get out of acolytes meeting with Inar, which could lead to suspicion."

OOC: Great news about Artur - nice to have the problem solved.

 

[deisenhut]

Yoshiki Akita (Human Monk 4)

Yo stops in the process of taking his robes off to contemplate Quioan's comment. "I don't think we'd be very welcome at the Hiding Clearing wearing these. We just need to be careful not to go where members of the cult might recognize us. And I don't think we should be walking down the main streets either, robed or not."

[sblock=Ministats]Initiative: +4
AC: 19 Touch 19 Flatfooted 14
HP: 28/28
CMB: +8 CMD: 23 Fort: +4 Reflex: +8 Will: +7 (+2 vs. Enchantment)
Defensive Abilities: Evasion, Deflect Arrows
Speed: 40 ft

Conditions in Effect: None
Elemental Fist: 4/4 remaining
Ki Pool: 5/5 remaining
Expenditures: 50 gp
Additional Equipment: 2 flasks alchemist's fire
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[Qik]

Quioan nods. "I don't see an advantage either way, so we might as well not draw the attention to ourselves that the robes would bring. Either way, it's a risk - let's just hope that our first-hand account of the extortion the cult is undertaking is enough to help Inar's cause."

When the group exits the tavern, Quioan does his best to stay as unseen as possible in the backstreets of Martna as they make their way to the rendezvous.

[sblock=Stats]
Quioan Scorchsong
HP: 23/24
AC: 17 (Touch: 15, Flat-footed: 12)
CMD: 19
Fort: +3, Ref: +8, Will: +3
Perception: +9
Spells:
- 0: Light, Detect Magic, Ghost Sound
- 1: Mage Armor, Gravity Bow, Shield
Bonded Item: Unused
Consumables: Wand of CLW (23 charges)[/sblock]

 

[deisenhut]

Yoshiki Akita (Human Monk 4)

Yoshiki follows Quioan's lead...

Probably should just take 10... Oh look, we did!

[sblock=Ministats]Initiative: +4
AC: 19 Touch 19 Flatfooted 14
HP: 28/28
CMB: +8 CMD: 23 Fort: +4 Reflex: +8 Will: +7 (+2 vs. Enchantment)
Defensive Abilities: Evasion, Deflect Arrows
Speed: 40 ft

Conditions in Effect: None
Elemental Fist: 4/4 remaining
Ki Pool: 5/5 remaining
Expenditures: 50 gp
Additional Equipment: 2 flasks alchemist's fire
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