[LPF] Distant Relations

[Qik]

Quioan pauses for a moment as he debates the proper strategy with which to confront the locked desk.

Screw it.

Gripping the handle tightly, the elf braces himself against the desk and gives the draw a sharp tug. Although it feels close to giving, it's not quite there yet. "Uhm, Yoshiki...can you give me a hand, please?" He smiles bashfully, embarrassed at needing to ask for help.[sblock=OOC]Sorry to go rogue on breaking the drawer; obtaining confirmation doesn't really seem appropriate to Quioan's character.

Not sure where a 12 gets me, but it likely isn't enough. Q can't attempt to damage the draw with his rapier (since it's a piercing weapon), so either Yoshiki can aid another Q's strength check, or attempt to break open the drawer with his unarmed strike.[/sblock][sblock=Stats]Quioan Scorchsong HP: 24/24
AC: 17 (Touch: 15, Flat-footed: 12)
CMD: 19
Fort: +3, Ref: +8, Will: +3
Perception: +9
Spells:
- 0: Light, Detect Magic, Prestidigitation
- 1: Mage Armor, Vanish, Shield
Bonded Item: Unused
Consumables: Wand of CLW (23 charges)[/sblock]

 

[jkason]

[sblock=Quioan and Yoshiki]Quioan tugs, and hears a small snapping sound. He can see a thin crack starting along the outline of the lock, but his first attempt doesn't appear to have been enough to fully break the drawer open. He's fairly certain, however, that one more good yank ought to do it.[/sblock]

 

[Qik]

OOC: It occurs to me now that you've been doing a stellar job of stat blocking everything, jk, and I've just been throwing my actions out there for all the world to see.

[sblock=Post]Quioan makes another attempt at wrenching the drawer open...[/sblock][sblock=Stats]Quioan Scorchsong HP: 24/24
AC: 17 (Touch: 15, Flat-footed: 12)
CMD: 19
Fort: +3, Ref: +8, Will: +3
Perception: +9
Spells:
- 0: Light, Detect Magic, Prestidigitation
- 1: Mage Armor, Vanish, Shield
Bonded Item: Unused
Consumables: Wand of CLW (23 charges)[/sblock]

 

[deisenhut]

Yoshiki Akita (Human Monk 4)

Grabbing the ledgers, Yoshiki stuffs them into his pack before returning the false book fronts back where he found them. He then turns to Quioan to see what he found. Seeing him struggle with a lock, he starts to dig into his pack. "I have some grease here you could use..." But then decides to just help him yank on the drawer.

[sblock=Ministats]Initiative: +4
AC: 23 Touch 19 Flatfooted 18
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: Mage Armor (+4 Armor bonus to AC)
Elemental Fist: 4/4 remaining
Ki Pool: 5/5 remaining
Expenditures: 50 gp
Additional Equipment: 2 flasks alchemist's fire
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[jkason]

GM: Just waiting on responses from the ladies downstairs before I proceed.

 

[Artur Hawkwing]

Audra hears the voices approaching and turns to look at Elenka, from whom she needs to take her cues. The cursing voice is closing on the door and Audra can only brace herself and, for the split second, stand as if she were right where she should be, guarding the door, her head turned just slightly so she can see if the summoner recommends, by her own actions, a different course of action.

 

[GlassEye]

[sblock=Elenka]Just on the verge of agreeing with Audra and spending a minute to summon Drevezh'korol the situation is snatched from her hands. Quickly she reaches over and touches Audra to give her the extra protection of a Mage Armor just in case things should go from bad to really bad.

"Bluff our way through this, if we can..."

Quickly, before the door opens, Elenka straightens at her position and waits for the entrance of Garthia.



[sblock=Actions/OOC]
Move --
Standard cast Mage Armor on Audra[/sblock][sblock=MiniStats][size=+1]Elenka[/size] Human Summoner 3
Initiative: +2 Perception: +5

AC: 15 (12 touch; 13 flat-footed)
HP: 23 Current: 23
CMB: +3 CMD: 15 Fort: +1 Ref: +3 Will: +5

In Hand:
Spells:
1st level: 3/4 remaining.
Special: Summon Monster 2 6/6

[size=+1]Drevezh'Korol[/size] Eidolon
Initiative: +1 Perception: +0; Darkvision 60 ft.

AC: 15 (11 touch; 14 flat-footed)
HP: 29 Current: 28
CMB: +7 CMD: 18 Fort: +4 Ref: +2 Will: +3

In Hand:
Conditions: In the Other World[/sblock][/sblock]

 

[jkason]

GM: As things are getting interesting in both areas, I'll go ahead and ask you guys to put posts in sblocks until you're all in the same room now. I trust you all not to act on meta-information, but it's generally easier not to accidentally read something you don't want to that way.

[sblock=Elenka & Audra]Elenka barely has time to resume her stance when the double doors to the worship hall fly open and Garthia storms in, two acolytes running at his heels. "The herald is halfway across the room when he stops short, whirling around.

He starts stomping back toward the pair on guard, pointing to the base of the stairs as he bellows, "Where in The Living God's name are the guards for the base of the..." He stops, hand swinging around to point at the pair of women, adding, Hells of Penk, is anyone in this temple at post? I know for a fact I didn't pair two women at any position. What's going on here?"[/sblock]

[sblock=Yoshiki and Quioan]Yoshiki dumps the ledgers into his bag without inspecting them, apparently working under the assumption that no one would bother to hide anything unless it were incriminating. He lends his muscle to Quioan's on the drawer.

With a loud, sharp snapping noise, the drawer breaks loose of the lock and flies open. Inside is a bag filled with platinum pieces. The auras (of illusion and enchantment) come from a potion and some sort of silver statue. Quioan is once again stumped in his attempts to identify the properties of either, though.

GM: Rolled the spellcraft / know checks again, and Quioan failed for both objects. However, since there's a potion involved, if either Quioan or Yoshiki want to try using Perception to identify by taste, they're welcome to. Treasure: 50 pp Unidentified potion (illusion aura) Unidentified statue (enchantment aura) Ledgers (contents unknown)

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[Qik]

[sblock=Quioan]Quioan whistles at finding 50 platinum pieces. "That's quite a little sum to just have lying around." Frustrated at his inability to discern the items' magical abilities off-hand, he quickly dabs a finger into the vial and tastes the contents on his tongue before stowing the statue, the coins, and the flask. "Must be the head priestesses chambers."

Quioan quickly looks around the room. "Anything else? Or have we found all we're going to here?"

OOC: Can you refresh my memory as to what T18 and T19 are?

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

 

[jkason]

[sblock=Quioan & Yoshiki]

OOC: Can you refresh my memory as to what T18 and T19 are?

Will update the rest after everyone else has a chance to post, but since this is a map clarification:

T18 is the giant mask with the jewels set in it.
T19 is an artifact from the module I adapted this from. It references something I edited out when I was streamlining / adapting. Was a bit of laziness on my part not to paint over that particular marker. Apologies for any confusion that's causing you.[/sblock]