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[LPF] Evil Unto Evil

OOC: I forgot the first name. Thanks for all the info!
Would it be good to make a list of what we know?
 
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Eanos Setirav, human inquisitor

"I don't think it's Sweet," Eanos says. "She's not the fancy type, is she? She likes getting messy too much. Could be wrong, but that's my first impression."

Eanos sighs, thinking a moment, then claps his hands together.

"All right, let's try to get everything on the table, yes?" Eanos offers, frowning as he does his best to compile the day's findings:

"At one point, this entire island was under the control of La Famiglia, lead by Armando Faizal. Cato and King were his right and left hands, until, rumor has it, one of them killed him. Shame that rumor can't make up it's mind who, yes?

"All the fighting and finger-pointing after split the family into the Syndicate and the Crew, and that's how it's been for years. Until lately, when someone seems to have raised Faizal--after gutting his memory of who the killer is and we don't know what else. Which tells me this isn't just about who killed Faizal. Might even mean neither capo did it, but I'm not about to go further than a hunch thataway.

"We know Faizal, or his puppeteer, is collecting corpses for his or her own shambling gang, that Faizal can pop into or take control of the bodies of any of them when he wants to, and that someone has eyes that don't care if you're invisible. Might have been a spell, might be innate. Either way, Dorosh learned it the hard way.

"The perfume and the earring tell us that either the necromancer's a well-off woman, or that a well-off woman footed the bill for this particular bit of nastiness, which seems to be about chopping the heads off both the heads that sprouted when Faizal's was chopped off."


Eanos' brows knit together a moment as something occurs to him.

"We keep looking at Faizal's gang, but ... he called it 'the family,' yes? If we think Faizal the father, and Cato and King the sons, was that all? What about a daughter? A mother?

"Maybe we should ask Harry 'bout this now. If he doesn't know the answer, he'll have the night to figure where we should be asking the questions, at least, yes?"


[sblock=ooc]Okay, that's what I'm clear on, at least. I've also been trying to update Eanos' adventure log with the skeleton of the plot over on the wiki if you want to peruse that.

I don't know that I have a strong need to question Harry right now, but if it's on the table, I suppose now's better than later.[/sblock]




[sblock=mini-stats]
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Eanos Setirav

Initiative: +8
AC: 23 (26 w/ SoF, 25 w/Prot Evil) (Current: 25 w/ DR 2/magic)
HP:68 Current: 60
Senses: Perception 19 (23 scent w/ Bloodhound), Sense Motive 22/26
CMB: +6 CMD: 21 Fort: +7 (+9 w/ purity, +10 w/ Prot evil)
Reflex: +9 (+10 w/ purity, +11 w/ Prot evil)
Will: +11 (+13 w/ purity, +14 w/ Prot evil)
***-4 saves vs odor based effects w/ Bloodhound

Conditions: None


In Hand: Bow


Common Attacks:

+1 Seeking Comp. Longbow (Str +1)*: Attack: +13/+08 = [BAB (06/01)
+ DEX (05) + Magic (01) + Bracers (01)]
negates miss percentage chances
Damage: 1d8+2, Crit: 19-20/x3^, range 110'
Spiritual Weapon (Sbow): Attack: +09/+04 = [BAB (06/01) + WIS (03)]
Damage: 1d8+2, Crit: 20/x3, range 170' Special: force / spell
All: +2 to hit / +2d6 damage when using Bane ability

* +1 to hit / damage within 30' (point blank shot),
* Deadly Aim available (-2 attack, +4 damage)
^ Crit range increased via Bracer's of Falcon's Aim
Many Shot: 1st attack of Full attack uses 2 arrows for damage on a hit.


Arrows: 16/31
Blunt Arrows: 16/20
Cold Iron Arrows: 19/19
Silver Blunt Arrows: 16/16
CLW Wand charges: 22/50 remaining
Disguise kit uses: 9/10 remaining
Spider Climb (boots) minutes: 10/10 remaining

Used: none

Judgement (2 choice per): 0/3 Remaining
Determination: 3/4 remaining
Silver Tongued Haggler: 2/6 remaining
Bane: 2/9 rounds remaining
Discern Lies (DC 17): 7/9 rounds remaining
Dimensional Hop: 75'/90' feet remaining
Spells: Orisons (DC 14): Brand, Create Water, Detect Magic, Disrupt Undead, Guidance, Light
1st (1/6 remaining)(DC 15): Deadeye's Lore, Divine Favor, Expeditious Retreat, Lend Judgement, Litany of Sloth, Protection from Evil, Shield of Faith, Wrath
2nd (4/5 remaining)(DC 16): Bloodhound, Ghostbane Dirge, Invisibility, Resist Energy, Silence, Spiritual Weapon, Weapon of Awe
3rd (4/4 remaining)(DC 17): Blessing of the Mole,* Dispel Magic, Invisibility Purge, Prayer

* Stealth bonus not stackable with ioun stone

Random notes: Syndicate "code phrase": 'Reginald needs a bath.' - false phrase created by Sugar Sweet.[/sblock]
 

[sblock=OOC]One correction: The heads of the two gangs are Reginald King and Alfonse Cato. (I'm not sure if I've actually given you Cato's first name yet, but it's not the closely guarded secret that King's first name is. If I didn't you can assume you've picked it up somewhere.) That said, it is unlikely they're brothers, and no one has mentioned anything to that effect.

There are also a couple spells and abilities that you've discovered but are not on the list you just gave.[/sblock]
 

[sblock=OOC]
One correction: The heads of the two gangs are Reginald King and Alfonse Cato. (I'm not sure if I've actually given you Cato's first name yet, but it's not the closely guarded secret that King's first name is. If I didn't you can assume you've picked it up somewhere.) That said, it is unlikely they're brothers, and no one has mentioned anything to that effect.

There are also a couple spells and abilities that you've discovered but are not on the list you just gave.

Ack. I meant that to read "think of Faizal..." as I was considering them metaphorical brothers. I was trying to be clever with the family metaphor and Eanos' truncated speech pattern, but it just got muddied. Sorry about that.

Whether real or metaphorical, though, Eanos is interested in trying to figure out if there was any female presence tied to La Famiglia's upper caste.[/sblock]
 

[sblock=eanos]"I don't think it's Sweet," Eanos says. "She's not the fancy type, is she? She likes getting messy too much. Could be wrong, but that's my first impression."

Eanos sighs, thinking a moment, then claps his hands together.

"All right, let's try to get everything on the table, yes?" Eanos offers, frowning as he does his best to compile the day's findings:

"At one point, this entire island was under the control of La Famiglia, lead by Armando Faizal. Cato and King were his right and left hands, until, rumor has it, one of them killed him. Shame that rumor can't make up it's mind who, yes?

"All the fighting and finger-pointing after split the family into the Syndicate and the Crew, and that's how it's been for years. Until lately, when someone seems to have raised Faizal--after gutting his memory of who the killer is and we don't know what else. Which tells me this isn't just about who killed Faizal. Might even mean neither capo did it, but I'm not about to go further than a hunch thataway.

"We know Faizal, or his puppeteer, is collecting corpses for his or her own shambling gang, that Faizal can pop into or take control of the bodies of any of them when he wants to, and that someone has eyes that don't care if you're invisible. Might have been a spell, might be innate. Either way, Dorosh learned it the hard way.

"The perfume and the earring tell us that either the necromancer's a well-off woman, or that a well-off woman footed the bill for this particular bit of nastiness, which seems to be about chopping the heads off both the heads that sprouted when Faizal's was chopped off."


Eanos' brows knit together a moment as something occurs to him.

"We keep looking at Faizal's gang, but ... he called it 'the family,' yes? If we think Faizal the father, and Cato and King the sons, was that all? What about a daughter? A mother?

"Maybe we should ask Harry 'bout this now. If he doesn't know the answer, he'll have the night to figure where we should be asking the questions, at least, yes?"


[sblock=ooc]Okay, that's what I'm clear on, at least. I've also been trying to update Eanos' adventure log with the skeleton of the plot over on the wiki if you want to peruse that.

I don't know that I have a strong need to question Harry right now, but if it's on the table, I suppose now's better than later.[/sblock]
[/sblock]

"So those are good facts.

We know necrotic spells used to raise someone who thinks they are Faizal.

We know residue is strong in lagoon.

We know there was two fisherman who were killed by drowning and piece of net stinks of necrotic spells.

We know the earring was stuck in the rocks near where necrotic spell was cast and the spell was intentionally altered to give partial memory

What do we know?"
 

Tyrien, Half-elven Archeress

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Tyrien listened to is all, unable to really add anything more to the assessment.

“We might as well talk to Harry about a potential feminine player in this evil mess. I can see the men involved being typically chauvinistic in their thinking to believe ‘she’ is unimportant. So maybe the mention of her has been discarded.”

“If exploring that line of reasoning gets us nowhere, then all we have left to try next is Heinrich’s scrying with the earring tomorrow.”


[sblock=Mini Stats]Tyrien e'Adrianne
Initiative: +9 Perception: +19 (low-light vision)
AC: 24 (18 flat-footed, 18 Touch)
HP: 72 Current: 69
CMB: +10 CMD: 29(22ff) Fort: +8 Reflex: +14 Will: +7
+2 Will vs. Enchantments
Special: Immune to Magical Sleep
Current Conditions in Effect: PBS, Precise Shot, Enhanced Arrows (+1 Dmg), Ioun Stone illumination (in darkness), Deadly Aim (-3Att/+6dmg), Many Shot, Snap Shot, Jingasa Luck (1xday, Immediate neg Critical/Sneak Attack), Combat Reflexes(8 AoO)
Current Weapon in Hand: Longbow
Chakrams: 8/8 Remaining

Bardic Performance:
5/5 Rounds Remaining
Spells Remaining: Cantrips: (Message, Resistance, Mending, Prestidigitation, Know Direction)
1st Level 1/3 (Cure Light Wounds, Timely Inspiration, Chord of Shards)[/sblock]
OOC: Thanks, jk. Nice summation.
 

Eanos Setirav, human inquisitor

Eanos nods.

"Agreed. Pretty sure Harry'll welcome escaping domesticity for a little questioning before bed."

[sblock=mini-stats]
EanosHead_zps0dbe2e86.jpg
Eanos Setirav

Initiative: +8
AC: 23 (26 w/ SoF, 25 w/Prot Evil) (Current: 25 w/ DR 2/magic)
HP:68 Current: 60
Senses: Perception 19 (23 scent w/ Bloodhound), Sense Motive 22/26
CMB: +6 CMD: 21 Fort: +7 (+9 w/ purity, +10 w/ Prot evil)
Reflex: +9 (+10 w/ purity, +11 w/ Prot evil)
Will: +11 (+13 w/ purity, +14 w/ Prot evil)
***-4 saves vs odor based effects w/ Bloodhound

Conditions: None


In Hand: Bow


Common Attacks:

+1 Seeking Comp. Longbow (Str +1)*: Attack: +13/+08 = [BAB (06/01)
+ DEX (05) + Magic (01) + Bracers (01)]
negates miss percentage chances
Damage: 1d8+2, Crit: 19-20/x3^, range 110'
Spiritual Weapon (Sbow): Attack: +09/+04 = [BAB (06/01) + WIS (03)]
Damage: 1d8+2, Crit: 20/x3, range 170' Special: force / spell
All: +2 to hit / +2d6 damage when using Bane ability

* +1 to hit / damage within 30' (point blank shot),
* Deadly Aim available (-2 attack, +4 damage)
^ Crit range increased via Bracer's of Falcon's Aim
Many Shot: 1st attack of Full attack uses 2 arrows for damage on a hit.


Arrows: 16/31
Blunt Arrows: 16/20
Cold Iron Arrows: 19/19
Silver Blunt Arrows: 16/16
CLW Wand charges: 22/50 remaining
Disguise kit uses: 9/10 remaining
Spider Climb (boots) minutes: 10/10 remaining

Used: none

Judgement (2 choice per): 0/3 Remaining
Determination: 3/4 remaining
Silver Tongued Haggler: 2/6 remaining
Bane: 2/9 rounds remaining
Discern Lies (DC 17): 7/9 rounds remaining
Dimensional Hop: 75'/90' feet remaining
Spells: Orisons (DC 14): Brand, Create Water, Detect Magic, Disrupt Undead, Guidance, Light
1st (1/6 remaining)(DC 15): Deadeye's Lore, Divine Favor, Expeditious Retreat, Lend Judgement, Litany of Sloth, Protection from Evil, Shield of Faith, Wrath
2nd (4/5 remaining)(DC 16): Bloodhound, Ghostbane Dirge, Invisibility, Resist Energy, Silence, Spiritual Weapon, Weapon of Awe
3rd (4/4 remaining)(DC 17): Blessing of the Mole,* Dispel Magic, Invisibility Purge, Prayer

* Stealth bonus not stackable with ioun stone

Random notes: Syndicate "code phrase": 'Reginald needs a bath.' - false phrase created by Sugar Sweet.[/sblock]
 

Poking your head out of the cottage, it's easy to find a young fisherwoman who nods and heads off to find Harry. She leads him back to you a few minutes later. The old man has a satisfied grin on his face and is practically waddling when he walks -- you suspect that he took very good advantage of the food being offered. He settles down into a chair and pats his stomach appreciatively.

"I'm to understand you had questions. I'll answer what I can." He listens to the inquiry about women in La Famiglia, but then does a half-shrug and a half-shake of his head. "I don't think there were women that were particularly high up in La Famiglia. Then again, I wasn't here back in those days, so all my information is second-hand. From what I heard, it was Don Armando Faizal at the top, because he was a natural-born leader, and then Mr. Cato was the brains and Mr. King was the, erm, fists. If there were women involved, they would have reported to Mr. Cato or Mr. King. Or they would have been one of the Don's mistresses. I understand he had a few favorites."


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. . . . Blind Harry . . . .
 


Eanos Setirav, human inquisitor

Eanos chews the information a moment.

"Whether they knew magic or not, probably worth knowing who the favorites were. The Don: he prone to giving gifts to these ladies? If so, anything he tended to give a lot?

"And, I suppose: any rumors these mistresses found themselves in the family way?"


[sblock=mini-stats]
EanosHead_zps0dbe2e86.jpg
Eanos Setirav

Initiative: +8
AC: 23 (26 w/ SoF, 25 w/Prot Evil) (Current: 25 w/ DR 2/magic)
HP:68 Current: 60
Senses: Perception 19 (23 scent w/ Bloodhound), Sense Motive 22/26
CMB: +6 CMD: 21 Fort: +7 (+9 w/ purity, +10 w/ Prot evil)
Reflex: +9 (+10 w/ purity, +11 w/ Prot evil)
Will: +11 (+13 w/ purity, +14 w/ Prot evil)
***-4 saves vs odor based effects w/ Bloodhound

Conditions: None


In Hand: Bow


Common Attacks:

+1 Seeking Comp. Longbow (Str +1)*: Attack: +13/+08 = [BAB (06/01)
+ DEX (05) + Magic (01) + Bracers (01)]
negates miss percentage chances
Damage: 1d8+2, Crit: 19-20/x3^, range 110'
Spiritual Weapon (Sbow): Attack: +09/+04 = [BAB (06/01) + WIS (03)]
Damage: 1d8+2, Crit: 20/x3, range 170' Special: force / spell
All: +2 to hit / +2d6 damage when using Bane ability

* +1 to hit / damage within 30' (point blank shot),
* Deadly Aim available (-2 attack, +4 damage)
^ Crit range increased via Bracer's of Falcon's Aim
Many Shot: 1st attack of Full attack uses 2 arrows for damage on a hit.


Arrows: 16/31
Blunt Arrows: 16/20
Cold Iron Arrows: 19/19
Silver Blunt Arrows: 16/16
CLW Wand charges: 22/50 remaining
Disguise kit uses: 9/10 remaining
Spider Climb (boots) minutes: 10/10 remaining

Used: none

Judgement (2 choice per): 0/3 Remaining
Determination: 3/4 remaining
Silver Tongued Haggler: 2/6 remaining
Bane: 2/9 rounds remaining
Discern Lies (DC 17): 7/9 rounds remaining
Dimensional Hop: 75'/90' feet remaining
Spells: Orisons (DC 14): Brand, Create Water, Detect Magic, Disrupt Undead, Guidance, Light
1st (1/6 remaining)(DC 15): Deadeye's Lore, Divine Favor, Expeditious Retreat, Lend Judgement, Litany of Sloth, Protection from Evil, Shield of Faith, Wrath
2nd (4/5 remaining)(DC 16): Bloodhound, Ghostbane Dirge, Invisibility, Resist Energy, Silence, Spiritual Weapon, Weapon of Awe
3rd (4/4 remaining)(DC 17): Blessing of the Mole,* Dispel Magic, Invisibility Purge, Prayer

* Stealth bonus not stackable with ioun stone

Random notes: Syndicate "code phrase": 'Reginald needs a bath.' - false phrase created by Sugar Sweet.[/sblock]
 

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