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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Iron Sky" data-source="post: 5431844" data-attributes="member: 60965">Session 14Even smaller group tonight, no Jinn, though Arin the Changeling Athesian Minstrel Hexblade joined us via Skype(2 players on skype, 1 RL).The two of us remaining arrived at Balic and figured out what to do, quickly ruling out going door-to-door saying "Hi! We were cursed by a lich to get this powerful artifact here and since we hate sorcerer-kings, we were wondering if you knew of any Veiled Alliance around here?"Deciding going back to our flat was a bad idea, we decided we'd rent a place nearby where we could watch our old flat to see if it was being watched. Renting didn't work out (negotiating suddenly gets much less favorable when your social character isn't there) so we ended up buying the house across the street for 5000gp, plus another 100 to tidy up the place.That done, we decided it was time for some R&R, heading off to a friendly neighborhood brothel where we met Arin paying his way with tales of the Green Age. We were ready to unload some of our wealth when a servant of Lord Iago entered, extending an invitation to dinner the following night with his master and our current night's entertainment on Iago and for Arin to come as the entertainment.We agreed and complied, enjoying our evening on his tab. The next day, we stumbled back to our manor - our new minstrel friend in tow - and pretty much just lounged around all day hoping that the Veiled Alliance would find us since we had no idea how to find them.That night, we headed off to Iago's estate, on the way Kyden giving one of his poisoned flasks of wine to Arin, offering him 200gp to poison Iago. Arin agreed and we entered the estate to find a private dinner waiting, Iago recognizing Kyden and inviting the group over with a welcoming smile and wave.He offered to let bygones be bygones, telling us we were being followed around the city by agents for other factions and offering not only to help us find "a certain alliance" but to eliminate the bounties house Tomblador had put on our heads and put us under his not-inconsiderable protection. All we had to do was give up our association with house Wavir and maybe do some work for Tomblador.This was actually sounding all well-and-good to Kyden (as he could just betray him later to be poetic about it) but Arin was already going ahead with his plan, convincing Iago that they should toast our friendly reunion with his special, rare brand of wine (Bluff 30), then faked drinking along with Iago as we all drank our toasts(Bluff 29), then, as Iago died gasping, he imitated Iago's death throws (using Changling tricks to even imitate the bluish lips and purple throat) and falling to the ground under the table in his death throes(Bluff 22).Arin's player said "I didn't know it was fast-acting poison!"His last Bluff good enough that Eberk and Kyden actually thought the brainless Minstrel actually drank his own poison. That threw all the suspicion and Kyden and Eberk, who leapt from the table and put their backs to a corner as the guards closed in.The guards closed in and landed some heavy blows before being knocked back by several 2PP Bulls Strengths.  Arin blasted the boss from under the table with an Eldritch Bolt then became invisible and slipped away. Kyden - true to form - got hit hard and was bloodied repeatedly while Arin dropped huge hits with attacks that were +11 vs Ref, d12s +11.Eberk was crit by one of their greataxes right after being bloodied(23 damage) and was dropped, to be immediately brought back up by Fearless Rescue and dropped again by another 23 damage Crit. Arin continued to destroy them with massive 20-something damage hits while Kyden went down and both Eberk and Kyden bled out.It was like something from a Quintin Tarantino movie: Arin was hired by some people to go poison someone for no known reason, did so, and everyone ended up dead but him. It being Athas, he shrugged, looted the bodies, then shapechanged into a guard and walked out of the place.We called it a night and made new characters.We ended up with Siltstorm, a Warforged(Silt Elemental) Elemental Priest Knight replacing Kyden: a silt elemental that found a robed skeleton in the desert and wrapped it in sand and bandages to assume humanoid form. Mechanically, it's a knight with a focus on slowing.Replacing Eberk was Pakran Wriine, a Human Dune Trader Centered Breath Monk: a silt pirate just arriving in Balic. Mechanically, it's a balanced monk with AoEs, decent single-target attacks, great defenses and amazing mobility.</blockquote>

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