Path of Evil (IC)

[Morithias]

[roll0]

[roll1]
[roll2]
[roll3]

Fighters take -2 on attack and saves if they fail.

Fighter 2 is looking bad from your eldirch glaive.

[Eisen_Hammer]

ARGLKSANDFLKJ

[roll0]

[Morithias]

ARGLKSANDFLKJ

[roll0]

Correction. Fighter 2 is unconcious. Fighter 1 and 3 attack.

[roll0]
[roll1]

[Tychris1]

To Hit:[roll0]
Damage:[roll1]

[Eisen_Hammer]

I was fighting fighter 3 right? Is he still attacking me? if so I believe that is a critical it does depend on what they are using.

[Morithias]

I was fighting fighter 3 right? Is he still attacking me? if so I believe that is a critical it does depend on what they are using.

CAN you critical on non-lethal hits?

[Eisen_Hammer]

I really don't know. Still has to roll damage.

Once again 5 foot step to not be adjacent [roll0] [roll1]

[Toska Moriarty]

Once he knows he is being watched, and more specifically, watched by wolves, he throws the club down to the ground, and kneeling, starts speaking to the pack that has no-doubt begun to surround him. As close as a goblin can get to a coo, he talks to them: "Noble creatures...hunters...sniffers... Claws and fur and teeth and power... Hear what I ask of you... know that I trust you... Watch me, know me, know that I don't wish you harm... Show me the same respect I hold for you, noble beasts.... and there will be years of strength and fullness for your families... I can help you, if you let me...."

He kneels in the woods, unarmed, eyes shut, listening to the pack surround him, speaking calmly and slowly, fully trusting them to be more intrigued than aggressive. And should there be a Worg among them, they may even be willing to talk. Either way, he will sit there as long as it takes before one of them finally becomes curious enough to take a closer look, constantly preaching to them about how noble and magnificent they are and how much better they could become with help.

[Morithias]

[roll0]

Let me figure out what to do with the wolves...I'm still not sure if those count as lackeys given the CR rules....make a handle animal check, if you've got it.

*Yawns* God I'm tired, but I can't give up now cause everyone is online.

[Toska Moriarty]

Handle Animal, technically untrained: [roll0]

[Morithias]

Yeah they ignore you. (You need to be trained to rear a wild animal, be happy I'm not having them attack you)

[Toska Moriarty]

Yeah they ignore you. (You need to be trained to rear a wild animal, be happy I'm not having them attack you)

(Don't worry, I am happy for that much. I wasn't planning on 'rearing' them either [PERVERT! Just kidding, of course, I know the term], especially since they're full grown already. Honestly, I was hoping for intelligent Worgs, but Ill shelf this side quest for now.)

Disgruntled, Narik grabs his club off the ground and shuffles out of the woods. hood drawn up over his face, he figures that seeking out the other evil travelers would be the best bet. In his haste, however, he leaves the mess of rags and cloth behind. Probably couldnt find it again anyway.



Perception to, uh, percieve party: [roll0]

[Jaelesh]

As you enter the tavern where Jebel said she would be, you notice that one of the bar maids seems to be keeping her eyes on you. Eventually she catches your eye and winks in a way that clearly hints that she's her.
(damn... gone for a few hours and two whole pages...THANK YOU FOR THE LEVEL!)

Peering at the bar maid, karsht begins to focus on her mind, "Well, if it isn't a familiar mind... Hello Jebel, how are you doing? Would you happen to have a bit of time to spare?"

[Morithias]

(damn... gone for a few hours and two whole pages...THANK YOU FOR THE LEVEL!)

Peering at the bar maid, karsht begins to focus on her mind, "Well, if it isn't a familiar mind... Hello Jebel, how are you doing? Would you happen to have a bit of time to spare?"

Jebel turns to you. "Greetings again. It should be okay, looks like this place is about to die down. Everyone's been leaving to go to the tavern, apparently a new hot-shot is clearing everything. Let's slip into the backroom and talk."

[Morithias]

Okay so Kolosan has a +5 attack for 3d6+7 damage.

Against AC 21, that comes to a hit 25% of the time, with an average of 17 damage. For 4 damage.

Baldor hits for +3 for 3d6 damage, but it's touch AC, so he'll hit 60% of the time. For 6 damage.

Lucius does +5 for 1d12+6 for 12 damage. For 3 damage.

Average 13 damage a round.

The fighters have +0 to attack due to intimidate and non-lethal. Given that your guys AC is 17, 21, and 20. That means they will hit 20%, 5%, 5% of the time for 1d8 + 2 damage or 6 damage average.

Meaning attacking the lowest ac will do 1 damage a round, and the highest will never hit.

The fighters will go down in 4-5 rounds on average, considering you've already done the damage.

If my calculations seem off, feel free to correct me, but seeing how everyone is offline and it's hard to restart combat, my calculations show given average rolls you would win.

[Tychris1]

No, seems about accurate. Also calculate that any one of us can have our HP bumped by 40 due to Dark Healing. So the chances of us losing are non existent.

[Jaelesh]

(If you guys want me to, I can always attend the games to try and mess with the other fighters. Intimidate from the stands, illusions that only they can see, non-lethal damage, etc.)

Following Jebel into the back room, Karsht sits down (On a chair? A barrel? Some drunk dude?) "Well then, I wanted to talk to you about a business proposition. I want to sell my soul for certain... benefits. Of course, I will be trying to drive a hard bargain, so let me know if you are even open to the suggestion."

[Morithias]

Jebel turns to you.

"Well as a Harvester devil I can do this obviously, but the pact is strict. We have a long few hours ahead of us before this goes through I think."

~Arena~

At the arena the manager (did I give her a name yet?) gives you 2000 gold pieces (3 CR 3 monsters is an ECL 6 encounter).

"Keep it up hot shot, people are coming to the arena like crazy today. I look forward to seeing your progress in the future in the Glitz Pit!"

[Toska Moriarty]

Narik, once in town, generally wanders about for a few minutes, diliberately avoiding the crowd at the 'Glitz Pit' (It had been agreed, he remembers, that we would keep a low profile. Outside of Lucius, though, the rest of thr group were probably elsewhere. The one he was most concerned with, right now, was Karsht, since he would have (hopefully) by now purchased quite the suitable pot.

Pondering this for a moment, he decided against sending out a 'Message' to him, instead deciding that if the mind-reader was going to be making money, he'd be doing it at the Casino. Hood drawn up tight and using the club as a cane of sorts, the disgruntled goblin heads there as quickly as he can.

[Morithias]

Snip

(Sorry I had to look something up)

You come to the casino. It's near the Glitz pit but is a bit less noisy, mainly cause slot machines haven't been invented yet. The guard casually looks you over, and gives you the basic "no mind control, mind reading, violence, etc" speech he gives everyone in a dull voice that makes it clear he's bored.

You come into the casino and notice card games, horse races, and a few other games sitting around the place.

You can play 3 types of game.

Against the house
Against other players
Pure luck

The first two use your wisdom score (and the wisdom score of your opponents) to determine your chances of winning. Only luck bonuses apply in this circumstance, you cannot "circumstance" a +2 to playing cards. Plus using magic is risky due to cheating.

Pure luck is just "place your bet, roll 1d20, and pray you don't lose." Only the cheat spell can manipulate this.

[Eisen_Hammer]

Before I make a really stupid decision if you die in the arena do you die in real life? Also is there a place to heal free after?

[Morithias]

Before I make a really stupid decision if you die in the arena do you die in real life? Also is there a place to heal free after?

You tend to not die in the arena for two reasons.

1. 3 versus 3 is non-lethal.
2. 1 versus 5 and elemental is against summoned monsters, if you surrender the mages call off and dismiss the monsters. Keep in mind that elemental is also 3 versus 3.

You are healed by the Arena's mages up to maximum health at the end of every fight, you do not regenerate class features however.

HOWEVER.

In a 1 versus 5 or elemental fight, if you get an unlucky crit and it takes you to -10 yes, you do die. However it would have to take you to -10 in one shot, cause the instant you are down the monsters are called off.

[Eisen_Hammer]

Yeah my ac is not high enough for that yet.

So Baldor will go to the smithy. And get lost in his mundane job while thinking of a way to find more shards.

Taking 10 + 9 19 Craft weapon smithing +2 if he has a fancy smith.

[Morithias]

Yeah my ac is not high enough for that yet.

So Baldor will go to the smithy. And get lost in his mundane job while thinking of a way to find more shards.

Taking 10 + 9 19 Craft weapon smithing +2 if he has a fancy smith.

So you make 10 gold pieces and 5 silver. You also meet a young apprentice there. "Maria Custard" she introduces herself to you, with her blue hair standing out. "If you ever need house work done, tell me. I love architecture and design. Plus I can help you if you need guns." She smiles with a weird smile, it's not evil, just genki..."I love guns, and I love watching them get used. Tangeshima's firearms were key in beating Miki. I almost wish there was someone else to fight. It got boring over the last few years."

"Don't mind her." The head smith tells you. "She's insane, loves weapons too much. I keep telling her, the best weapon is one you never have to use."

"But then there was no reason in forging it!" Maria counters, and the two start to have a debate that you can clearly tell they've had many times before about the purpose of weapons and crafting them.

[Eisen_Hammer]

"Hello Maria" Baldor says quickly not wanting to be interrupted. When he finishes they are just starting their debate. "I have always believed the best weapon is the one that you only have to fire once, because then everyone will know the power you hold in your hands."

[Morithias]

"Hello Maria" Baldor says quickly not wanting to be interrupted. When he finishes they are just starting their debate. "I have always believed the best weapon is the one that you only have to fire once, because then everyone will know the power you hold in your hands."

"Well there was that one weapon I was forging...I called it the Tulip, but it would take too much money to complete...and it would need a power source of extreme power, something like the active volcano outside of the town. I can show you the plans if you'ld like after we're done."

She finishes up the musket she was working on and examines it. "Perfect, of course a musket is impractical unless you know what you're doing since they take so long to reload."

The smith pipes up. "Don't bother, she'll need around 10 million gold pieces to make it, and that's assuming she gets it right the first time. Plus it would basically level the whole area, so it's kinda impractical."

[Toska Moriarty]

Shuffling past the guard and through the casino, Narik keeps his head down and hood drawn. He approaches the games of pure chance and, in not seeing the psion anywhere, decides to risk some of his remaining cash before heading out. Snorting at the idea of pure chance, he leaves that behind to go play something he could handle: A game where putting his mind against others comes into play.

Betting 50 Gold on the game of Against The House (As there aren't any other players here, or atleast none from my party.)

Wisdom Check: [roll0]

[Morithias]

Shuffling past the guard and through the casino, Narik keeps his head down and hood drawn. He approaches the games of pure chance and, in not seeing the psion anywhere, decides to risk some of his remaining cash before heading out. Snorting at the idea of pure chance, he leaves that behind to go play something he could handle: A game where putting his mind against others comes into play.

Betting 50 Gold on the game of Against The House (As there aren't any other players here, or atleast none from my party.)

Wisdom Check: [roll0]

Lose 25 gold pieces on a bad hand. Try again?

[Toska Moriarty]

Grunting and angrily bunching the table, he tries again.

Wisdom: [roll0]

[Morithias]

Grunting and angrily bunching the table, he tries again.

Wisdom: [roll0]

Another 25 gp down. Wow the forum hate you.

Just need one good roll to make it all back though!

[Toska Moriarty]

Snarling in genuine anger and disgust, the little goblin hops out of the chair, turns and marches out of the casino, hood still drawn tight as it exits. Enough of this waiting around crap!

Weaving it's hands together, mumbling to itself in goblin, Narik cast's message to Karsht: "Where are you now? I am back, Where do we meet?"

The message, of course, would be sent in common.

[Eisen_Hammer]

"So the Tulip you say? Yes I would be interested in seeing those plans." Baldor says.

"Excuse my manners I am Baldor." He says legitimately embarrassed that he forgot to introduce himself.

[Morithias]

"So the Tulip you say? Yes I would be interested in seeing those plans." Baldor says.

"Excuse my manners I am Baldor." He says legitimately embarrassed that he forgot to introduce himself.

"Maria Custard." She replies happily. "I'll show you them after we're done our work.

~Cut~

After you're done your crafting for the day she takes you into the back room and shows you a super complex plan, that you don't entirely understand. from what you got out of it, it's an earthquake generator that could strike anywhere on the planet.

"But due to the huge amount of magical energy, and machinery that goes into it, I need to use either a volcano or some kind of super powerful magical item to run it. Also the main part.." she points to the part that goes under the planet's crust. "Needs to be made of obdurium to take the heat. Of course these are just estimates, it could get cheaper or more expensive depending on more research and development. Plus mistakes and all that."

[Eisen_Hammer]

"Now this is just an assumption but you want to see this work don't you." Baldor says, "I might know a few people who would love to back your plans. I will ask them and let you know tomorrow what they think."

With that Baldor heads back to the house. When he gets there anyone that is there or gets there later he explains the whole idea behind her weapon and wants to know what their thoughts are.

[Tychris1]

Rounding up his gold Lucius nods his head "Always a pleasure doing business and fighting. Expect me back here soon enough." and with that he mounts Knightmare and heads out of town, going towards the Kobold tribe in the hopes of conquering them. Lucius has always had a fancy for Dragons, Black Chromatic ones in particular, and will be certain to investigate which dragon these lesser beings worship.

[Morithias]

Rounding up his gold Lucius nods his head "Always a pleasure doing business and fighting. Expect me back here soon enough." and with that he mounts Knightmare and heads out of town, going towards the Kobold tribe in the hopes of conquering them. Lucius has always had a fancy for Dragons, Black Chromatic ones in particular, and will be certain to investigate which dragon these lesser beings worship.

You find the Kobold tribe in an abandoned mine in a mountain. Their place seems quite nice and they invite you in.

"Master hasn't had company in so long! He'll love to talk to someone who isn't a kobold for once!"

[Tychris1]

You find the Kobold tribe in an abandoned mine in a mountain. Their place seems quite nice and they invite you in.

"Master hasn't had company in so long! He'll love to talk to someone who isn't a kobold for once!"

"Master eh? And who, might I ask, is your master?" Lucius says as he waves his hand benignly, his dark energies coursing through him.

Casting Dark One's Grace (+6 to Bluff, Diplomacy, and Intimidate) and turning on my Evil Aura (Further +2 on Diplomacy for Evil beings or +2 to intimidate Good beings).

[Morithias]

"Master eh? And who, might I ask, is your master?" Lucius says as he waves his hand benignly, his dark energies coursing through him.

Casting Dark One's Grace (+6 to Bluff, Diplomacy, and Intimidate) and turning on my Evil Aura (Further +2 on Diplomacy for Evil beings or +2 to intimidate Good beings).

"A red dragon. We call him Lee. He's been so bored over the years he started making ale and basically shut himself in his lab."

They usher you in and happily talk. "Lee! A friend has appeared on the doorstep!" You enter the room and see a Huge red dragon causally working on some kind of brewery.

"Oh hello, we don't get visitors out here often...want a drink? Maybe a game of chess? Kobolds aren't that smart. So I get bored easily." The dragon seems rather pleasant.

[Tychris1]

Well this was.... unexpected... Lucius thinks as he takes a sit and nods his head "Sure, I'd be more then happy to.... I used to play chess alot when I was a kid. Then I had my hands broken and I stopped playing...." Ringing, RINGING. With the incessant noise back in his ear he takes a swig of the brew and waits for it to pass. "Tell me... would you be interested in a bit of excitement and action? Me and my associates, we're starting what you could call a 'Business Venture' and would greatly appreciate a Dragon ally and his Kobold workers." He swishes the drink around a bit before continuing "We're setting up shop in Tengeshima, making a profit and starting up our own little empire. I can cut you in, sell your drink on the market to add to your hoard, and we can get some real power and adventure into all of our lives. Interested?" Lucius holds out his hand, hoping that Lee would accept his offer.

Diplomacy (If I can take 10 I certainly will, otherwise here's my roll):[roll0]

[Kolosan]

Taron goes back to work at the smithy.
(Takeing 10 for a total of 22)

[Morithias]

Well this was.... unexpected... Lucius thinks as he takes a sit and nods his head "Sure, I'd be more then happy to.... I used to play chess alot when I was a kid. Then I had my hands broken and I stopped playing...." Ringing, RINGING. With the incessant noise back in his ear he takes a swig of the brew and waits for it to pass. "Tell me... would you be interested in a bit of excitement and action? Me and my associates, we're starting what you could call a 'Business Venture' and would greatly appreciate a Dragon ally and his Kobold workers." He swishes the drink around a bit before continuing "We're setting up shop in Tengeshima, making a profit and starting up our own little empire. I can cut you in, sell your drink on the market to add to your hoard, and we can get some real power and adventure into all of our lives. Interested?" Lucius holds out his hand, hoping that Lee would accept his offer.

Diplomacy (If I can take 10 I certainly will, otherwise here's my roll):[roll0]

The dragon looks at you. "Let's play a few rounds of chess first. Then we'll talk. I find you can tell a lot from a person from how they play. I've been bored for so long, well...we have time to kill."

Make 5 intelligence checks.

[roll0]
[roll1]
[roll2]
[roll3]
[roll4]

Kolosan, you make 11 gold pieces.

[Tychris1]

"Alright then, let's see here, pawn to...."

[roll0]
[roll1]
[roll2]
[roll3]
[roll4]

[Morithias]

"Alright then, let's see here, pawn to...."

[roll0]
[roll1]
[roll2]
[roll3]
[roll4]

You start out good in the opening and middle, but in the end game you drag a bit and the dragon beats you (3 wins of opposed checks out of 5).

"Fairly good." Lee comments. "So tell me more, what exactly are your plans? Why did you come out here? Do make it interesting, it's been so hard to find excitement. The last real excitement I had was when that pink haired lady came here to buy a batch of alchemist fire. She really could talk that one."

[Eisen_Hammer]

Baldor gets bored and writes a note. "Met a girl she wants to build a weapon of mass destruction it would need a volcano for power. Thoughts?"

With that Baldor decides to see if he can find anything on anything related to the last war. Anything he just wants a lead towards something, anything that might lead somewhere.

[Morithias]

Baldor gets bored and writes a note. "Met a girl she wants to build a weapon of mass destruction it would need a volcano for power. Thoughts?"

With that Baldor decides to see if he can find anything on anything related to the last war. Anything he just wants a lead towards something, anything that might lead somewhere.

You go the library and look around. The lady there helps you. "We don't have anything on the other side of the forces, obviously, there is still so much we don't know, but this is a good book about the war and how the forces helped work together, as well as the damage the Demon King did."

Which country do you want to read about first? Are you looking for anything specific?

[Eisen_Hammer]

"I will look at that book about the demon king."

[Morithias]

"I will look at that book about the demon king."

The book details the various ways the Demon King corrupted and attacked the forces of good. You find no data on her forces except that they consisted of many of the "monstrous" races, as well as a special elite force that consisted of unique and freighting creatures that seem out of this world. There is a passage in the book saying that they could not tell the forces plane of origin and some believe they came from somewhere elsewhere all together or were created by Miki via magic.

(What exactly are you looking for?)

[Eisen_Hammer]

(Anything that I can use. If it leads to a shard species or someone we can use.)

Baldor puts the book aside and keeps looking

[Morithias]

(Anything that I can use. If it leads to a shard species or someone we can use.)

Baldor puts the book aside and keeps looking

As stated by the mages in the tavern in Zeth. The book details the 6 apostles of Miki.

Shikibu, Gigai, Madou, Xaiver, Kentaro, and Byakko.

It also details their "defeats".

Kentaro was killed during the final stand at Miki's fortress in Leazus.
Madou was killed during an attack on Shimazu.
Xaiver was not killed, but was banished by the Tanna miko, into the Abyss.
Byakko was captured and sealed by the Hojo Diviners.
Gigai supposedly escaped into the nine hells, but he is unaccounted for.
Shikibu is still at large, but is carefully staying under the radar.

Tangshima being a small country was largely ignored by Miki's corruption, however large numbers of firearms were stolen and captured over the course of the war. Takeda's famous cavalry were beaten many times by Miki's firearm wielding forces.

[Eisen_Hammer]

So we are not in an area where we will be able to find any shards got it.

And no way to really figure out where else they would have been hidden. "Who are these Hojo Diviners."

[Morithias]

So we are not in an area where we will be able to find any shards got it.

And no way to really figure out where else they would have been hidden. "Who are these Hojo Diviners."

"They're masters of the Ying-yang ways. They summon divine beings and use paper charm to cast their magic. They sealed Byakko rather than kill him, cause it was theorized that he might've regenerated in the netherworlds if they killed him. Byakko was "killed" around 6 times before they sealed him. Not sure if Miki just kept making copies or whether it was some kind of technique. They need time to cast their spells, so they were often combined with the Kenshin footsoldiers."

Edit: Also please keep in mind that Kentaro was the one who broke and hid the crown, NOT the forces of good. It is highly likely that there is one or more in Leazus however due to Kentaro probably wanting to keep a shard for research or his own use.

[Tychris1]

"My plans," Lucius says as he reaches into his armor and pulls his shard out "Are to reunite the pieces of Miki's crown and with it rule the world like the Demon king almost did. I only have one piece, but as we speak my minions are out foraging for more pieces. Each of them hand picked by me, and I hope to expand my forces. That is where you come in. In order to start my ploy for power I will need a large worker base, your kobolds, and sources of income to pay for everything. Me and my minions are working on that part, but your brewery could certainly help. And lastly I came here looking for a general, a fearsome sight and figurehead that I can use in tandem to coralle the more monstrous races under my banner. That is where you come in." Lucius held out the shard, marvelling in it's power before sliding it back into it's place "So tell me, are you interested in a bid for unlimited power?"

Diplomacy:[roll0] (I think?)

[Morithias]

"My plans," Lucius says as he reaches into his armor and pulls his shard out "Are to reunite the pieces of Miki's crown and with it rule the world like the Demon king almost did. I only have one piece, but as we speak my minions are out foraging for more pieces. Each of them hand picked by me, and I hope to expand my forces. That is where you come in. In order to start my ploy for power I will need a large worker base, your kobolds, and sources of income to pay for everything. Me and my minions are working on that part, but your brewery could certainly help. And lastly I came here looking for a general, a fearsome sight and figurehead that I can use in tandem to coralle the more monstrous races under my banner. That is where you come in." Lucius held out the shard, marvelling in it's power before sliding it back into it's place "So tell me, are you interested in a bid for unlimited power?"

Diplomacy:[roll0] (I think?)

(wow natural 20)

The dragon laughs. "You want to take over the planet? You want to attempt what Miki did and failed? I must say that certainly isn't boring!" He smiles and transforms into human form. "Sadly the kobolds are not mine, we just sort of have a deal going on. I protect them, they give me company and food. The brewery was suppose to be making explosives, but it kinda ended up as ale. Not that great at chemistry apparently, but the Kobolds love the stuff."

He checks out his hoard. It's not a huge hoard, but a fair bit of cash. "I can't blow a huge amount of coin, but I could give some money and resources. I also want to travel to your HQ and meet with your group and check your plans before I commit to this."

[Eisen_Hammer]

"They're masters of the Ying-yang ways. They summon divine beings and use paper charm to cast their magic. They sealed Byakko rather than kill him, cause it was theorized that he might've regenerated in the netherworlds if they killed him. Byakko was "killed" around 6 times before they sealed him. Not sure if Miki just kept making copies or whether it was some kind of technique. They need time to cast their spells, so they were often combined with the Kenshin footsoldiers."

Edit: Also please keep in mind that Kentaro was the one who broke and hid the crown, NOT the forces of good. It is highly likely that there is one or more in Leazus however due to Kentaro probably wanting to keep a shard for research or his own use.

I guess that is enough info for today, Baldor will walk around town taking in the sights

[Tychris1]

Lucius rubs his chin "Then would you mind if I were to instill a bit more.... 'Loyalty' into these kobolds, since you hold no ties to them and all. As for my base of operations, currently we're hiding away in Tengeshima, nothing fancy, but we plan to move intk a Volcano fort. Which, might I add, would be a much better home for a Red Dragon and his hoard. Not to mention it will be a far more intimidating sight to behold for anyone so bold and foolish to attack us. A couple of Kobolds might have to die for the greater good but...." and while Lucius let Lee think about the idea of the Blackguard enslaving the Kobolds, he spun his tale. Telling the dragon about their plans for corrupting the arena, of creating their own smithy and supplying ourselves with good weaponry and selling shoddier weapons, and our other plans for taking over the goblin tribes and acting benevolent on the outside in order to cover us moving soldiers and minions into key positions. "Once you've made up your mind about the Kobolds I can show you our temporary base of operations."

(I don't think further diplomacy is necessary but eh, I feel like rolling dice while I still have power: [roll0])

[Morithias]

snip

"The Kobolds will not be turned by brute force. Their desires are basic, feed them, clothe them, etc and they'll be fine. Many will not leave the area, it is their home after all. I will talk to them about it after I have discussed it with the rest of your group. Let us head back into the city." He turns to a few of the kobolds. "Watch over the place and report to me if anything goes wrong."

The kobolds nod and salute.

"I swear I don't know why they do that. We haven't been attacked in ever, I've maybe killed one wild animal in the whole time spend here."

[Tychris1]

Lucius shrugs "Meh. In any event, come on. I'll show you around." And with that Lucius leads the dragon down to Tangeshima to show him around their base of operations. Pointing to the volcano once in a while.

[Morithias]

Lucius shrugs "Meh. In any event, come on. I'll show you around." And with that Lucius leads the dragon down to Tangeshima to show him around their base of operations. Pointing to the volcano once in a while.

"Ah I know of that volcano, it hasn't erupted in centuries. Building there would be dangerous, but it would be next to impossible to attack. Plus lava makes a good place to place red dragon eggs. I can see why you came to the kobolds, you'll need some good miners to work it."

He walks into your headquarters. "No much for now, looks like you've got a basic income idea, but you'll need some start up funding to get a steady flow of income right? Well...I'm not doing anything with the gold we find...I don't see why other dragons sleep on piles of gold. A bed is so much more comfy."

Edit: Please refer to the OOC, I have important information.

[Jaelesh]

Jebel turns to you.

"Well as a Harvester devil I can do this obviously, but the pact is strict. We have a long few hours ahead of us before this goes through I think."
(Umm, I am just going to move right on along I guess...)

Tenting his fingers and resting his chin on them, Karsht looks at her appraisingly. "Well then, I guess we must discuss terms... I wish to form a Pact Certain. In return for my soul and service to your superior, and possibly yourself, I wish to be made a mortal agent of the Pact Primeval. To make it simple, I want to make a deal to be able to make other deals and enforce the terms as thought I were a harvester devil like yourself, or an erinyes. Hmm... I think I have a list around here somewhere..."

Fumbling around with his pockets for a bit, he pulls out a small piece of parchment "Ahh, here it is." He then hands it to Jebel.


The ability to negotiate and form Faustian pacts. This includes a standard portion of credit for each soul, and empowers me with the ability to use various spell-like and supernatural abilities with the sole purpose of being used to hold up my end of a deal.
I will be allowed to live my entire natural lifespan, and if I should be killed I will be allowed to be resurrected, raised, reincarnated, etc.
Upon my permanent death, or at a time of my choosing, I will be transformed immediately into a unique devil with innate power comparable to the number and value of the souls I have collected and deals I have made.
I will be granted hunting ground rights within any land I own, as well as to any governments I create/corrupt/foster/etc.
A small portion of the energy extracted from the souls I send to the pit shall be set aside for my personal usage. This usage could be in the form of redeemable value (OOC: Not sure how to explain this... I guess the best analogy would be frequent flyer miles, or bonus reward points, something like that.) or services rendered.

(Let me know if any of you have suggestions/ideas/questions about the deal. I am pretty much using it as a way to solidify our power base and gain influence. As a fun side-effect, we will also be getting a decent ally (in the form of Jebel since her reputation would suffer if we fail, and she benefits from every soul I collect) as well as a potential workforce of devils if I do well enough to warrant an infernal promotion.)

Smiling, he raises his hands placatingly "I realize I am asking quite a bit for a pact, but since it is pretty much a employment contract as opposed to immediate gain, I figure it balances out."

[Morithias]

Jebel looks over the pact. "It's a bit simple, but there a lot of things I can't do."

"1. I can't overule the pact primeval, only devils can make pacts, the most I can probably give you is some kind of imp who does the deals for you.

2. The killed off thing isn't that big of deal, but keep in mind that if you're in a soul contract and you die, and you want to get resurrected, you need to go to the infernal courts. So unless you have a good lawyer....yeah, I can't promise that either.

3. The only "unique" devils are the dukes of hell even above the Pit Fiends, you would need tens of thousands of souls to pull that off.

4. Well that's not hard really. The soul goes to whoever is responsible for the corruption, you become a devil, the hunting ground is yours.

5. I'm not sure if I can do this either. Most soul energy is used for promotions and that's it. Do you realize how useless a soul is when it comes to crafting magical items? 4 vials of liquid pain is more valuable."

She scans over the contract over and over.

"All in all there isn't much in here I personally object to, but if you don't mind I need to take this contract to my superiors and get their approval. Unique pacts like this need a ton of paperwork to do. Consider yourself under appraisal for now, if you keep doing a good job, the more likely you'll get approved, got it?"

[Tychris1]

Lucius nods his head "Yes, some starting funds would definitely help. Especially in properly kitting us out for our future plans, not to mention the undertaking of equipping Kobolds and Goblins. That'll put a damper on coin. My associates should be here soon enough, they like to come in and out of here to check in on the others progress."

[Morithias]

Lucius nods his head "Yes, some starting funds would definitely help. Especially in properly kitting us out for our future plans, not to mention the undertaking of equipping Kobolds and Goblins. That'll put a damper on coin. My associates should be here soon enough, they like to come in and out of here to check in on the others progress."

"Is there anyone in this organization besides your associates? Or are my kobolds and me the first people you've tried to talk to."

Lee sits down in a chair in the house. "I'll also want to meet your bookkeeper, and talk to them. If you have an architect that would be helpful too."

For simple reference this is what the red dragon's human form looks like. (The boy on the left)

http://images2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20120623235555/princessmaker/images/4/44/CG_Date_with_Lee_(PM4).jpg

New quest: Impress Lee.

Recruit an architect, and a bookkeeper.

Currect base has:

1 small house
1 Fancy forge.

Current bookkeeping reveals the following about the forge.

The forge will cost 115 gold pieces a week to run. (-25 base, +1 resource, +1 risk * 5).

The forge will bring in income equal to a craft check * 5 with various modifiers.

The secondary skills of the forge are appraise and diplomacy. Other modifiers can be found in the DMG2.

The forge grants +2 to craft checks.

Money made via crafting for money is not part of the profit check, it is something else, you can make crafting for money checks, and profit checks at the same time. You only make one profit check regardless of how many people are working in the forge. However for each person aiding the main check you get a +2 to your profit check.

Upgrading the forge (+1d4 to profit checks) will cost 2000 gp, you can only do this once every 3 weeks.

TLDR: Roll a craft check subtract 23, add modifiers and get money times your results *5

[Tychris1]

"One moment, I'll go see if I can find my book keeper....." And he's off! An unnatural speed carrying the Blackguard as he walks out of the house "Where in the nine hells is that merchant girl we protected earlier?" And so Lucius went about, trying to track down Yumi with the best of his abilities.

Gather Information(?):[roll0]
Search:[roll1]

[Morithias]

"One moment, I'll go see if I can find my book keeper....." And he's off! An unnatural speed carrying the Blackguard as he walks out of the house "Where in the nine hells is that merchant girl we protected earlier?" And so Lucius went about, trying to track down Yumi with the best of his abilities.

Gather Information(?):[roll0]
Search:[roll1]

You find Yumi outside a tavern with her carriage, sitting on a rug peddling minor goods. Clearly a step down from trading in Zeth.

"Oh hey, you're one of the guys who helped me get back here? Geeze did you run here? What happened?"

[Tychris1]

Lucius huffs and puffs as he catches his breathe "Yes.... I did.... I'm here to give you a business proposition. How would you like to be my bookkeeper? Me and my associates are starting up business here and we plan on making a lot of gold. Course, we need someone to manage it, and you seem to know your way around the coin. Want in?"

Diplomacy:[roll0]

[Morithias]

Lucius huffs and puffs as he catches his breathe "Yes.... I did.... I'm here to give you a business proposition. How would you like to be my bookkeeper? Me and my associates are starting up business here and we plan on making a lot of gold. Course, we need someone to manage it, and you seem to know your way around the coin. Want in?"

Diplomacy:[roll0]

"Meh. I got nothing else to do, and you guys did help me out of a bind." She gets off her blanket and quickly packs what little she had into her carriage. "Let's go back to your um..place, and talk over the terms and what exactly you're planning."

She follows you back.

[Tychris1]

Lucius leads her into the house "Here's Lee, he's one of my potential business associates. Lee this is Yumi, my new bookkeeper. We're just now hammering out our full terms and agreements so please give me a moment." He waves a hand towards a empty room so that Lucius can properly use his silver tongue on Yumi.

[Eisen_Hammer]

Bored again Baldor goes back to the house to find a person that was not there when he left the house. "And who might you be?" As he asks Baldor gets ready for a possible fight activating Detect Magic, See the Unseen, Devils sight and assumes the stance Bolstering Voice.

Edit: I assume I get back right before they do.

[Tychris1]

Lucius glances at Baldor, motioning for him to calm down "This is Lee, a Dragon interested in funding and assisting our expeditions. Now, excuse me, I have business to attend to." And with that he returns to Yumi and sits down "Alright, me and my partners are planning on building a base of operations here. We're working on several different methods of income such as gladiator work, selling weaponry from our forges, and the initial funding from Lee's treasure hoard. We hope to create a more stable income and plan on further expansion in several areas of work. I'm going to need your expertise in wealth to make sure we get plenty of coin and that no one suspects where it's coming from. Think you can do that?" He says, occasionally trailing his hand against his armor.

[Jaelesh]

Snarling in genuine anger and disgust, the little goblin hops out of the chair, turns and marches out of the casino, hood still drawn tight as it exits. Enough of this waiting around crap!

Weaving it's hands together, mumbling to itself in goblin, Narik cast's message to Karsht: "Where are you now? I am back, Where do we meet?"

The message, of course, would be sent in common.

Cocking his head to the side and listening to a whispering voice "Well then, I shall see you later Jebel, I need to go and fetch a small green thing... And possibly corrupt some politicians and children."
He gets up and leaves, thinking to himself as he goes Hmm... I wonder how I can make the deal better... And just where in the hell do I go to look for the friggin' goblin!? Damn spell doesn't let me get a response back... Wait... what spell was used on me anyway...?

Taking 10 on spellcraft I think that this would count as the "Identify a spell that’s already in place and in effect. You must be able to see or detect the effects of the spell." usage.
If so Ahh, right, he used a message spell to contact me. That means that he must be within about 200 feet of me right now... well then, lets go find him and then go get him a cauldron of his choice... and he walks off in search of the little pyro that could.

[Morithias]

Lucius glances at Baldor, motioning for him to calm down "This is Lee, a Dragon interested in funding and assisting our expeditions. Now, excuse me, I have business to attend to." And with that he returns to Yumi and sits down "Alright, me and my partners are planning on building a base of operations here. We're working on several different methods of income such as gladiator work, selling weaponry from our forges, and the initial funding from Lee's treasure hoard. We hope to create a more stable income and plan on further expansion in several areas of work. I'm going to need your expertise in wealth to make sure we get plenty of coin and that no one suspects where it's coming from. Think you can do that?" He says, occasionally trailing his hand against his armor.

"That depends." Yumi starts. "I'm not that good with criminal businesses, those are less about the skill and more keeping yourself out of trouble. It's easy to make a profit stealing stuff, it's harder to make a profit stealing stuff and staying out of the guard's way."

"Crafting weapons and armour is a decent idea. I think the smart thing to do would be to register with the merchant's guild through me and open a shop so you can sell directly. It'll be expensive but cutting out the middle man and buying stuff second hand can save you a lot of money." She finishes and glances at Lee.

"How much money are we talking?"

"Probably around 25k to start off." Lee states. "I don't have a ton of gold personally, cause I let the kobolds keep a lot of it. What can you do with that?"

"Maybe one shop." Yumi replies. "But it'll be a shop in the city so it'll bring in a lot of customers. Probably have enough leftover for any accidents or problems. She pulls out a piece of parchment and does some quick calculations."

"17k? 19k if you want a fancy place." Lee looks over it.

"Yeah but the fancy place will bring in a large amount." Yumi counters. "Plus we'll have the extra money the forge brings in."

The two continue their debate and calculations. Almost forgetting you're there.

"Of course if we keep improving the shop we could corner the market and make a fair amount. All legit too, which would keep our heat down."

"Makes sense." Lee says back. "What do you think?" He turns to you two.

[Toska Moriarty]

Not long after Karsht begins his analysis of the spell, a small figure waddles up behind him. Grunting loudly and yanking at his pants(or robe hem? Whatever) Narik makes his presence, and mood, well known.

"Didja' have time to do what I asked?" THe angry goblin barks, in heavily accented, curt, Common.

Looking behind the mind rapist reader, he angrily grunts again.

"Of course you didnt! Bahh! today has been USLESS! I have accomplished nearly NOTHING! " And continuing, In Goblin, with some nice orcish profanity "Damned face-shifting mentalist can't even tell when I need him to do something! And I'm sure the other tall-ones are no better! No doubt guffawing about trying to woo any peasant girl that blinks her ****ing doe eyes at them! Idiots! Nothing worse than that beard-thing though. Dwarves, BAH!"...


...At this point it devolves into senseless, indecipherable nonsense, though (if one were, say, a Mind Bender) the thought process features much anger and very potent images that feature the crudest vulgarities for every non-goblinoid race.

Throughout the ranting he will follow Karsht to wherever he intends.

[Eisen_Hammer]

"I like the idea of having legit fronts. If need be we can buy our own things with stolen money and then reselling it that way it looks legit in the books. I say we go with the fancier shop that way we will have more costomers. And if we get registered with the guid we can have this forge. We can use income to pay for our expenses and I might know someone that we can recruit to man the forge as an actual job for when we are out of the area. Also she has some interesting plans for a weapon, she thinks that she can create a localized earthquakes. It will take a lot to create it, also she said it would need the volcano to power it. I am not sure how you feel about having an untested weapon that could backfire in our base. But if we put enough into research before we build it and fire it there should be no problems. I can go and find her if we need to I can have her bring her plans also."

Baldor explains as he drops his stance but keeps his other defenses up.

OOC: If we get Lee and Yumi we have to wait to get Maria right?

[Morithias]

"I like the idea of having legit fronts. If need be we can buy our own things with stolen money and then reselling it that way it looks legit in the books. I say we go with the fancier shop that way we will have more costomers. And if we get registered with the guid we can have this forge. We can use income to pay for our expenses and I might know someone that we can recruit to man the forge as an actual job for when we are out of the area. Also she has some interesting plans for a weapon, she thinks that she can create a localized earthquakes. It will take a lot to create it, also she said it would need the volcano to power it. I am not sure how you feel about having an untested weapon that could backfire in our base. But if we put enough into research before we build it and fire it there should be no problems. I can go and find her if we need to I can have her bring her plans also."

Baldor explains as he drops his stance but keeps his other defenses up.

OOC: If we get Lee and Yumi we have to wait to get Maria right?

You cannot recruit Lee as a minion yet, he is too high of level. He is more of a "contact" for now.

You can recruit 1 minion every 2 levels, and the minion's CR must be 2 or more below the PC's level. Lee is CR 13. So you'll have to wait til level 16 before you can recruit him. Level 14 if you manage to clear him before then.

If you don't want the artificer Maria, you can find someone else.


"Fancy shop it is then." Yumi says. "Lee, can you come with me to the guild? We can cover the expenses and so on with it."

"Sure thing Princess." Lee says. "I look forward to seeing the place you setup."

Lee gets out of his chair. "But I need to go pick up the gold first. If you don't mind let's get out of the city, and I'll fly you to the kobold cave. It'll be quicker that way."

"That sounds fun!" Yumi happily says. "I look forward to working with all of you." She says as she bows, and they leave if you do not say anything else.

Quest complete: Recruit your first minion - Gain 500 xp.

[Eisen_Hammer]

"I am going to go and see if Maria the girl with the crazy plans wants a job."

With that Baldor leaves for the blacksmiths house.

"Is Maria here?" Baldor asks as he enters the blacksmiths.

[Morithias]

"I am going to go and see if Maria the girl with the crazy plans wants a job."

With that Baldor leaves for the blacksmiths house.

"Is Maria here?" Baldor asks as he enters the blacksmiths.

"In the back looking over her Tulip plans." The Master smith tells you. "What the hell did you tell her, she's been up all night!"

Maria clearly looks like she hasn't slept at all, her backroom is covered with papers and redesigns of the Tulip, and she's clearly been drinking a ton of some kind of weird drink to keep herself awake.

"Oh hi..." she says kinda half-dead. "I've been working, do you need anything specific? I can't craft wonderous items yet, but I know how to make potions...., I can also supervise buildings...." She doesn't seem to remember you, either that or she's so tired that she's just trying to be polite and doesn't know what to say.

[Eisen_Hammer]

"Hello Maria, I have come to ask you if you would like a better job than being an apprentice. We need someone to craft for us and me and my associates are planning on helping you make your dream a reality. If you want that is. We of course are more than willing to look elsewhere, just so you know we are of questionable morals and if you do not wish to see your dream become a reality because of this we more than understand."

Baldor walks up to her puts his hand on her shoulder.

If she says yes then "Good, my associates are looking to open a shop and we need items constantly being made and of course we want you to continue developing the tulip until we can be sure that it will not backfire."

If unsure then "Maria your dream awaits if you work with us."

If no then "Maria I can not guarantee your safety if you do not work with us... I would hate to have to do something we all would regret because you showed a stranger your plans."



OOC: I really see this scene with Baldor in the shadows and Maria having trouble focusing on him not sure why.

Diplomacy : [roll0]

Intimidate if she says no:
[roll1]

[Morithias]

"Hello Maria, I have come to ask you if you would like a better job than being an apprentice. We need someone to craft for us and me and my associates are planning on helping you make your dream a reality. If you want that is. We of course are more than willing to look elsewhere, just so you know we are of questionable morals and if you do not wish to see your dream become a reality because of this we more than understand."

Baldor walks up to her puts his hand on her shoulder.

If she says yes then "Good, my associates are looking to open a shop and we need items constantly being made and of course we want you to continue developing the tulip until we can be sure that it will not backfire."

If unsure then "Maria your dream awaits if you work with us."

If no then "Maria I can not guarantee your safety if you do not work with us... I would hate to have to do something we all would regret because you showed a stranger your plans."



OOC: I really see this scene with Baldor in the shadows and Maria having trouble focusing on him not sure why.

Diplomacy : [roll0]

Intimidate if she says no:
[roll1]

"Are you sure?" She asks. "Making magical items, buildings, and the Tulip will be expensive. And I don't really know how to craft weapons, only firearms. (Gunsmith feat), so unless you start getting a fair bit of money, I'll be dead weight for a while."

She start to go out. "I'll work for you...but can I go get some sleep....just after..I mark this..." She marks the Tulip design she's working on as "19", and get up from her chair almost falling over, this woman needs rest.

[Eisen_Hammer]

"Of course, get some rest. I will be working at the smithy when you wake."

With that Baldor waits till she goes to sleep and goes and looks at the current plans. [roll0] to see if I can understand them.

Then Baldor gets to work at the forge. Taking 10 for a total of 19 working at the forge.

[Morithias]

"Of course, get some rest. I will be working at the smithy when you wake."

With that Baldor waits till she goes to sleep and goes and looks at the current plans. [roll0] to see if I can understand them.

Then Baldor gets to work at the forge. Taking 10 for a total of 19 working at the forge.

You understand the core concept. But that's like saying someone knowing that the concept of a nuclear generator is "create steam to turn a turbine". Basically you'll need to dig WAY under the earth's crust and install some kind of hammer-like device, that will need to be made of obdurium to take the heat from inside the planet.

The reason you understand it will be expensive, is not just the material, but also with how complex the machine is, from what you can tell she's trying to simplify and make it cheaper to make and less likely to accidentally blow up the planet.

It's clear she's put a ton of work into this machine however. She seems dedicated to it. She walks to the bed and takes her clothes off, ignoring you're there, and slides into the bed in her undergarments, and goes to sleep.

[Jaelesh]

Not long after Karsht begins his analysis of the spell, a small figure waddles up behind him. Grunting loudly and yanking at his pants(or robe hem? Whatever) Narik makes his presence, and mood, well known.

"Didja' have time to do what I asked?" THe angry goblin barks, in heavily accented, curt, Common.

Looking behind the mind rapist reader, he angrily grunts again.

"Of course you didnt! Bahh! today has been USLESS! I have accomplished nearly NOTHING! " And continuing, In Goblin, with some nice orcish profanity "[COLOR="DarkOrange"]Damned face-shifting mentalist can't even tell when I need him to do something! And I'm sure the other tall-ones are no better! No doubt guffawing about trying to woo any peasant girl that blinks her ****ing doe eyes at them! Idiots! Nothing worse than that beard-thing though. Dwarves, BAH!"[COLOR]...


...At this point it devolves into senseless, indecipherable nonsense, though (if one were, say, a Mind Bender) the thought process features much anger and very potent images that feature the crudest vulgarities for every non-goblinoid race.

Throughout the ranting he will follow Karsht to wherever he intends.

Looking at the profanity spewing midget for a moment, karsht responds in a chiding tone "Now now, no need to be vulgar. I merely had some things to take care of first." then takes on a more cheerful sounding voice "I did look at some cauldrons, but since I have no idea what it is to be used for, or what your preferences are in what a cauldron should be like, I figured it best to wait for you so you could pick one for me to purchase. If you don't want to pick one yourself, I saw a very nice pink one for children, it even had little kitty decorations and everything!"

Kasht then turns to take the goblin to the local alchemy shop "Go ahead and pick one that suits your purposes."

[Toska Moriarty]

What came out of the goblin's mouth at the idea of a pink kitty cauldron could not even be considered words. Cursing and mumbling to himself, he resists the urge to pick a fight with his current 'ally' and instead follows him, about as unsubdued as ever, to the shop. When there, he rushes in the door past the psychic, scurrying about the various shelves and piles of equipment, scouting for a cauldron at least twice the size of his own body. Hopefully bigger, even, than that.

Perception to, you know, do that.

[roll0]

[Morithias]

What came out of the goblin's mouth at the idea of a pink kitty cauldron could not even be considered words. Cursing and mumbling to himself, he resists the urge to pick a fight with his current 'ally' and instead follows him, about as unsubdued as ever, to the shop. When there, he rushes in the door past the psychic, scurrying about the various shelves and piles of equipment, scouting for a cauldron at least twice the size of his own body. Hopefully bigger, even, than that.

Perception to, you know, do that.

[roll0]

You find a fairly big metal pot, that is quite large. The shopkeeper tries to help you as best she can with your anger and language.

(I cannot find how much one of those would cost, if anyone can site that...well..um..yeah)

[Jaelesh]

(I will assume the masterwork tool price from the PHB of 50 gold.)
Looking at the goblin with an amused expression. "Well, if this is the best cauldron in the place, and it is really what you want, I will discuss the price with her." and sends a silent thought foward Do you want me to bargain for some ingredients while we are here? If so, make me a list while I talk to the shop keep.
Giving an innocent smile to the shop owner karsht starts to subtly influence her mind while speaking "I apologize for my friend's bad mood. He was working on a project when his cauldron cracked. Anyway, let us discuss the purchase pricing of this cauldron... Hmm..." Turning back to the goblin "Narik, while we are here, do you want to restock on any reagents and ingredients, last I checked, I think we were running low on some of them?"

[Toska Moriarty]

Sticking his head out of the cauldron (which he somehow scaled and entered during Karsht's speech, Narik grunts, pointed little teeth showing ear-to-ear.

In not-quite-as-violent (but still rather excited. Happy? Was he capable of happy?) common, Narik starts listing out several other things they should look to purchasing.

"Replacement Alchemy Kit.... The pots and bowls of a Cooking Kit.... A leeching kit could be very useful... Mortars...Pestles... Candles..."

At this point the goblin has, again, sunk out of view into the large pot, his chattering voice echoing out eerily.

"Firewood too...Though I guess we could just get our own... Water is the same.... Oil is a necessity for my work, as much as possible.... Acids... Salts... Lichen... Wolfsbane... Belladonna... THose little red berries with the sharp leaves?... Nightmoss... OOH!"

His head pops out of the cauldron again, cocked to the side inquisitevly.

"We wouldn't be able to find any Rot-Root here? Or Black Lotus extract?"

[Morithias]

"We wouldn't be able to find any Rot-Root here? Or Black Lotus extract?"

The shopkeeper looks at you. "Poisons with the exception of drow knockout poison are illegal to produce or buy without license, and the license is EXTREMELY expensive and requires a ton of paperwork and lookover. Most of the other stuff we can do." She starts to go through the reagents, and goes through it. "Okay the pot is 50 gp, and the reagents are" She then gives you a number relative to what you're buying (just spend the 1/3 crafting cost when you make alchemy items or potions, less paperwork than keeping track of what you've bought ahead of time).

She goes over the pot. "Good pot too, shouldn't crack even if you start making flasks of acid."

(You know I need to start including more male NPCs)

[Jaelesh]

(Maybe... But I figure since there was a war, a larger percentage of the male population died when the war happened due to what I just assume would be conscription.)

"Well then, we will take the cauldron and the side items he requested... you know what, it has been a long time since we replaced any of the equipment... Just give me all the stuff needed to outfit a new lab (alchemy lab, 500 GP) in addition to the cauldron. Now to haggle...

Diplomacy [roll0]
Screw it, can I use a take 10 here?

[Morithias]

(Maybe... But I figure since there was a war, a larger percentage of the male population died when the war happened due to what I just assume would be conscription.)

"Well then, we will take the cauldron and the side items he requested... you know what, it has been a long time since we replaced any of the equipment... Just give me all the stuff needed to outfit a new lab (alchemy lab, 500 GP) in addition to the cauldron. Now to haggle...

Diplomacy [roll0]
Screw it, can I use a take 10 here?

You fail either way. The shopkeeper is indifferent, and you need to raise her to helpful, normally it would pass, but hagging in complete adventurer is modded by the opponent's diplomacy check or mod (I forget which).

"I'm sorry it's not really my thing to reduce prices. I'm basically only allowed to give discounts to bulk purchases or the rich and famous. You'ld think that would be the people we wouldn't negotiate prices with, but that's how economics works."

She gives you the products you ask for at the listed prices unless you want to argue more.

Remember that Yumi has the merchantile background feat, 1/month she can buy an item for 75% listed price. Use her if you ever find yourself making a very major purchase that the group cannot forge themselves.

[Jaelesh]

You fail either way. The shopkeeper is indifferent, and you need to raise her to helpful, normally it would pass, but hagging in complete adventurer is modded by the opponent's diplomacy check or mod (I forget which).

"I'm sorry it's not really my thing to reduce prices. I'm basically only allowed to give discounts to bulk purchases or the rich and famous. You'ld think that would be the people we wouldn't negotiate prices with, but that's how economics works."

She gives you the products you ask for at the listed prices unless you want to argue more.

Remember that Yumi has the merchantile background feat, 1/month she can buy an item for 75% listed price. Use her if you ever find yourself making a very major purchase that the group cannot forge themselves.

"Hmm... would we qualify for bulk discount if I were to also order... about 1000 gold worth of raw materials?"

[Morithias]

"Hmm... would we qualify for bulk discount if I were to also order... about 1000 gold worth of raw materials?"

"I question what you're going to do with 1000 gold pieces worth of alchemy materials, but so long as you don't burn down the city, meh. I only get paid a flat wage. Sure why not."

You have improved her relationship to helpful, receive a 10% discount on your purchase.

[Toska Moriarty]

Alright. Narik, after climbing out of the pot and scurrying up behind Karsht, casts 'Message' using Secret Signs, which gives him a Slight of Hand check [roll0] to hide the casting against spellcasters.

To Karsht:
"Let me have a shot at this , too!"

And following that (We aren't in combat, right?) He steps out from behind the mind-reader and walks right up to the counter. Smiling a pointy little smile, he begins talking to the shop owner.

"Surely you can find it somewhere in you to look past the prices. Especially if we're paying the shopkeeper, not the shop owner... I think that 100 is more than enough. Hell, girl-thing, you might even settle for 500...."

And amongst that soothing, Obi-wan-esc Speech, spending a Standard Action to invoke Narik's 'Charm' Hex. Will Save DC to resist is Fifteen, otherwise she is moved ANOTHER step friendlier, as though diplomacy were used.

[Morithias]

And amongst that soothing, Obi-wan-esc Speech, spending a Standard Action to invoke Narik's 'Charm' Hex. Will Save DC to resist is Fifteen, otherwise she is moved ANOTHER step friendlier, as though diplomacy were used.

Alright, so this girl is a teen...so she would be level 2...wisdom of 10, will save is +3.

[roll0]

Edit: She fails her save, she is now fanatic. She gives you a 25% discount. She still won't give you it for free however.

[Toska Moriarty]

"Hurry up and accept the deal Karsht, before the...human...changes her pretty little mind. I'll start putting it all in the pot..."- Common

"Or before the barely-upright ape of a thing decides to think at all! You have about twenty seconds before she snaps out of it...- Goblin

(OOC: The fanatic state will only last three rounds.)

Leaving him to that, Narik quickly goes about loading the caldron with as many of the alchemy supplies and reagents as possible, though an entire Alchemy LAB may be something beyond his strength. Once he has it all together, he moves it as best he can towards the door, where he waits for Karsht, beaming and hopping about in barely-contained-malicious joy.

[Jaelesh]

"Well then... lets see... that should total out to be about 1162 gold and 5 silver." taking a small sheet of parchment he jots down a short note "This is our address, would you please see to it that the raw materials and equipment is shipped there?"

Sending a quick thought to the goblin, Karsht doesn't even attempt to keep the sense of approval out of his thoughts. Good job Narik, I guess we should go to the house now. I am not sure if either of us is strong enough to carry the cauldron, so we can just have it delivered.

Edit: forgot to mention counting out and handing her the coins.

[Toska Moriarty]

Sending a quick thought to the goblin, Karsht doesn't even attempt to keep the sense of approval out of his thoughts. Good job Narik, I guess we should go to the house now. I am not sure if either of us is strong enough to carry the cauldron, so we can just have it delivered.

"Fine!" He shouts, storming out the front of the store. Moments later he marches back in, up to the counter, and behind Karsht.

"I...have no idea where this 'house' is, actually. Or how you're going to afford all that. Either way.. Uh... How do your people show thanks?"

[Jaelesh]

"Well, it depends on culture really... I guess a simple 'Thank you' would suffice"- fluent goblin

"Anyway, I guess we should get going then."-common.
At that, Karsht heads for the front door, leading the way to the house.

[Toska Moriarty]

The goblin refuses to respond further, instead returning to the usual rhetoric of mumbling to itself in mixed and broken languages whilst shuffling along behind the mind-bender.

[Eisen_Hammer]

Baldor decides that waiting around for this girl to wake up is going to take to long so he goes back into the room leaves the address to the house and walks back to the house.

This place is already growing to small for us. I need to get out more.

[Morithias]

Baldor decides that waiting around for this girl to wake up is going to take to long so he goes back into the room leaves the address to the house and walks back to the house.

This place is already growing to small for us. I need to get out more.

You get back to the house to find Lee and Yumi long gone. However you take comfort in knowing that the building used for the shop will likely be enough for those two and Maria since it is also a small house.

Eventually hours later Maria wander in refreshed with a stack of parchment. "I did some updates to the design, it should be tad more stable now, without any major increase in cost."

[Eisen_Hammer]

"Okay explain this to me like I am 5 I understand the basic concept but I want to see how it works and any possible back lash."

Baldor says as he walks over to the table and pulls two chairs together to look over the plans with Maria.

[Tychris1]

With everyone off doing there own thing Lucius decides to takr the initiative and expand their power base further. Mounting Knightmare he gallops off towards the warring goblin tribes, axes at hand to dip his hand into one side and put balance under his bootheels.

[Toska Moriarty]

As they get closer to the house, spotting Lucius and his signature mount is simple. He seemed to be heading somewhere fast. For a purpose..

"Gah! Man Thing! Where are you going?!"
Narik Shouts after him, veering off course down the street after him. Turning back, he shouts to Karsht as well: "Send for me when the equipment arrives!"

The goblin runs off on foot after Lucius unless the gigantic armored bastard is polite enough to give him a ride.

[Kolosan]

Bored with working in the smithy, Taron heads out to find out more about what sort of military this city have, how they train soldiers and if the amount of soldiers is reduced since Miki's fall.

Gather information.
[roll0]

[Morithias]

"Okay explain this to me like I am 5 I understand the basic concept but I want to see how it works and any possible back lash."

Baldor says as he walks over to the table and pulls two chairs together to look over the plans with Maria.

"Giant mallet hit piece of planet underground, cause everything to shake, but if it hit the wrong way shake won't stop causing planet to go boom." Maria says trying to make it sound simple, but super over simplifying the machine.

~Taron~

You discover the Tangishima is one of the less affected countries, their job in the war was mostly to supply firearms, armors, and magical items to the war effort. However many people were killed in Miki's attacks on the supply lines. Due to the crafting being a very gender-neutral job, Tangishima is one of the few countries on the planet that does not have a shortage of men. The number of soldiers world wide is greatly reduced since Miki's fall. The world demographics are now around 70% women, 30% men, with the occasional changeling or transvestite and polygamy is rapidly becoming common. However due to the way demographics and birthing occurs, they estimate that assuming all goes well after the generation that died from Miki dies of old age, the world will rebalance itself.

The other exception to the rule of 70% women and 30% men is the country of Kenshin whose military was an amazon brigade. Due to the huge amount of deaths taken by the Kenshin foot soldiers, Kenshin is around 90% men and 10% women. Kenshin is rapidly importing females in an attempt to avoid inbreeding and the women who live in Kenshin live like goddesses for the time being. However as stated before, the world is at piece, and neither gender regardless of country is corrupt enough to attempt to take advantage of the imbalance, outside of getting a larger pick of who they take as their mate.

[Eisen_Hammer]

"Okay but could it set off the volcano? Could it be triggered on itself? What are possible fail safes?"

Baldor is not going to risk everything and have this be his downfall.

[Morithias]

"Okay but could it set off the volcano? Could it be triggered on itself? What are possible fail safes?"

Baldor is not going to risk everything and have this be his downfall.

"It could possibly set off the volcano if you hit the wrong plate. However that's assuming the volcano is INSANELY powerful. Since a huge amount of the volcano's lava and energy will be being used to power the Tulip. The volcano would have to be powerful enough to wipe out the whole country to be set off by any sort of accident.

You can't trigger it on itself, short of causing an earthquake in the area we're in and collapsing a vital part of the base. The fail safes are magical in nature." She points to a few key parts. "Contingency spells will destroy minor but key parts of the Tulip if certain triggers are reached so as to avoid killing the planet and ourselves."

[Tychris1]

Lucius reels his horse back, turning to the short goblin witch "Oh. It's you. I'm going off to conquer and pacify the local Goblin tribes under my control. Shouldn't be too hard to kill any second rate chieftain that's scrounging up trouble." he says in goblin, before contemplating for a moment "Well. A goblin representative/herald would make this alot easier and quicker. Interested?"

[Kolosan]

Taron continues out to find out where the city train their recruits.
(Assuming they recruit soldiers)

[Morithias]

Taron continues out to find out where the city train their recruits.
(Assuming they recruit soldiers)

You find the barracks, where they are doing Musket and foot solider training. The most common technique of the Tangshima military is the "shield wall" where walls of soldiers guard in a line backed up by two lines of muskets who can alter places to ensure a constant barrage of musket fire.

"Why hello sir!" A muscular man wearing a chain shirt greets you. "come to watch the training exercises?"

[Kolosan]

"I would sure like to see you guys train, i am not familiar with the use of firearms on the battlefield, so the main function of the foot soldiers is to ensure the muskets stay safe and efficient?"

[Morithias]

"I would sure like to see you guys train, i am not familiar with the use of firearms on the battlefield, so the main function of the foot soldiers is to ensure the muskets stay safe and efficient?"

"The purpose is to create a wall to give the muskets time to reload. Muskets can break any armor if fired at close enough range, but they take a long time to reload. The foot soldiers hold the line to give the muskets time to do mass firing damage."

[Kolosan]

"I see, well if you dont mind i would like to watch you guys train."

If he is allowed to watch.

Taron gets in a good position to watch the souldiers train, trying to see what strengths and weaknesses this tactic holds.
After watching for some time Taron asks "Is it possible i can join your training?

[Morithias]

"I see, well if you dont mind i would like to watch you guys train."

If he is allowed to watch.

Taron gets in a good position to watch the souldiers train, trying to see what strengths and weaknesses this tactic holds.
After watching for some time Taron asks "Is it possible i can join your training?

They allow you to watch. The main weakness for the technique seems to be it's lack of long range attacks. Muskets and foot soldiers are only useful at short distance.

"Do you know how to use a firearm?" the man asks.

[Kolosan]

"I have not used firearms before, but i can join your practise of the wall, either as a part of the wall or help you test how strong it is by seeing if i can break through?"

[Morithias]

"I have not used firearms before, but i can join your practise of the wall, either as a part of the wall or help you test how strong it is by seeing if i can break through?"

"Sorry, the shield wall requires special team work training. As for breaking through it. Well, it's easy to break through when you're not being fired at. It's harder to break through when you have a bullet coming at you ever 6 seconds."

He smiles. "We'll probably never have to deploy again though. The world is devoid of evil to fight. If it wasn't just in case something happened, I'd quit my job. I can't do it though, I could never live with myself knowing my sloth let another great evil rise."

[Kolosan]

"I see, well fair enough, i'll just watch for abit."
After haveing watched for some time, Taron thanks for letting him watch them train before heading back to the smithy to work.

(Takeing 10 for 22)

[Morithias]

"I see, well fair enough, i'll just watch for abit."
After haveing watched for some time, Taron thanks for letting him watch them train before heading back to the smithy to work.

(Takeing 10 for 22)

You earn 11 gold pieces.

[Toska Moriarty]

"More Goblins? This close to the place that mas produces firearms? Of COURSE I'll go with you!"

The tiny little creature is visibly giddy, nearly cackling with excitement at the idea of more goblins. Having been exiled from his (presumably all dead) tribe for quite some time, and holding onto an outright hatred of everything else, more Goblins would be a fantastic opportunity.

He struggles to climb onto the horse for a few seconds, but once he's on and has himself righted, he anxiously chatters assorted nonsense to himself in mixed languages the entire ride.

[Tychris1]

With a "Hiya!", a kick of the boots, and a less then gentle pull of the reins they're off! Lucius goes full speed galloping towards where he heard the colin tribes were. On the way he makes sure his evil aura is up (He turns it off when he comes into town of course) and refreshes his buff to diplomacy, bluff, and intimidate.

[Toska Moriarty]

From the back of the speeding steed, the Goblin Witch clings on for his life, able to speak with slight coherence between bounces.

"You know...There is a way...That I could... Make some of us... Even stronger... and harder to... harm... It only... Takes a bit... of sacrifice... for the person...being enhanced..."

[Tychris1]

Lucius looks back at the goblin "Oh? And how exactly would you go about doing that? he says, intrigued by the Goblin's proposition.

[Toska Moriarty]

"Well. If someone were to accept a certain scar, not only could I use spells to hear and see on them from a much larger distance, but could also swathe them in protective wards, hardening the mind and body, while making them all the quicker and harder to hit."

The Goblin cackles. "Not to mention the four or so hours of shielding I can provide. Or the four minute enhancements to any attacks you may be making..."

Picturing the large, en-armored man tearing through crowds of once-rival goblins (Or maybe they aren't, who cares?) Narik cackles again, approaching a level of glee that is easily, atleast, 'unbalanced'

"Just a thought. Though if you are considering, I suggest letting me do this BEFORE we enter the goblin tribe."

[Tychris1]

Lucius reels the horse, skidding to a halt before turning his head back to the goblin "Do it on the chest. I have plenty of scars there and it'll blend in easier." he says as he slides off of the horse, his feet thudding against the ground as he begins to take the traps off of his breast plate. After a minute or two the heaving black and gold metal clatters to the ground and reveals his scarred and muscular chest and arms. Plopping his hind onto the ground he looks to the goblin and says "You may begin your work, Goblin."

[Toska Moriarty]

Narik turns off the horse, reaching out with his gnarled green claw, the other hand holding his club straight up in the air. Muttering several archaic phrases, tracing out the symbol of his old clan, the Blood Maw Tribe, over the presented chest of the blackguard. As his voice picks up, the symbol: A bright red open maw of pointed goblin teeth, burns itself into existence on the blackguards chest, the sound and smell of searing flesh evident, but no pain caused.


Lucius technically gets a DC 15 Will save to resist but...well... I'm fairly certain he fails on purpose here. Not only do I 'Have a body part' for the purposes of scrying and divination, but I can cast any other Hex on him at a range of up to One mile, regardless of terrain.

Clouded visions of shamans and clan-seers past float through Narik's thoughts, but he shakes them off, casting a second Hex on the blackguard, the protective energies of the Ward spreading over his body from the red Scar, which flares briefly.


Lucius now has a +2 Deflection bonus to AC, and a +2 on all saving throws. This lasts until something successfully hits him or he fails a save. Narik is alerted immediately should the spell deactivate.

Then, waving his hands about and, at this point, shouting the most powerful words of the spell, he reaches out and places both hands on the fresh, bright red scar, Casting Mage Armor on him, aswell.

Mage armor adds another +4 to his AC as another deflection bonus, which, due to the nature of Wards and Hexes, stack. This +4 lasts for the next four hours or until dispelled. Shame I don't have the 'Shield' spell, too. That'd be worth another +4.

Cackling and shaking the echoing voices from his own head, Narik readjusts himself on the horse.
"We should get going. I'm sure you'd wish to test my gifts..."

[Tychris1]

Lucius grins as the symbol burns into his chest. With the magic flowing through him he mounts Knightmare, re-done his armor, and sets back off to the goblin tribe.

[Morithias]

You approach the hobgoblin camp. You sense a few of them spying on you, but they don't do anything. You enter the camp without much trouble and the hobgoblins are in training.

"Hello." One hobgoblin says (Assume they are speaking goblin unless I say otherwise.) "I assume you're not here for trouble...mainly cause no one would be suicidal to attack a whole tribe with two people. Want a glass of ale?"

[Eisen_Hammer]

Baldor is going to head to the Inn that we were told Jebal (it was Jebal right?) or whichever demon/devil chick was going to be at. When/if he finds her he is going to ask her "Do we have somewhere private we can talk?"

[Morithias]

Baldor is going to head to the Inn that we were told Jebal (it was Jebal right?) or whichever demon/devil chick was going to be at. When/if he finds her he is going to ask her "Do we have somewhere private we can talk?"

"Sure." She replies. "I'm taking a quick break!" She calls to the bartender and leads you into the backroom. "So. What do you need?"

[Eisen_Hammer]

"I want to know what you know about my soul. None of you have told me anything." Baldor says starting this calmly.

[Toska Moriarty]

"Well." Narik starts, shoving the blackguard slightly. "Tell 'im how wrong he is, or tell him why we're here, or...something."

From horseback, he looks around the camp, looking for particularly marked and important tent, like the one he once dwelt in.

Perception: [roll0]

[Tychris1]

Lucius pulls out his battle axe and shield, banging the axe against the front of it while saying "I've come here to challenge your leader to a duel for the possession of this camp. Bring him to me!" He roars the last part at the hobgoblin, his aura of evil flaring on the spectral side of life.

Intimidate:[roll0] (Unless I can take 10, which I would).

[Morithias]

"I want to know what you know about my soul. None of you have told me anything." Baldor says starting this calmly.

"From what you've told me, what happened was that your grandfather told you that he sold his family's souls for power. Which and I asked the archdevil directly, can't be done. The person selling the soul has to be the one who owns the soul, and unless you had some kind of contract where you sold your soul to your grandfather the devil couldn't have bought it. From what I can tell your grandfather probably got dupped into thinking he would get off easy in the contact by being tricked into doing corrupt acts in the non-certain kind of pact, thinking he wouldn't get sent to Baator."

Jebel sits back. "Unless you happened to sign the contract yourself, no devil has ownership of your soul, and there is a VERY easy way to test that. Get someone to cast detect law on you. If you're lawful evil, we'll do further investigation, if you're not, there is no contract. Anyone who sells their soul to a devil has committed the supreme sin, and is lawful evil forever more."


Lucius pulls out his battle axe and shield, banging the axe against the front of it while saying "I've come here to challenge your leader to a duel for the possession of this camp. Bring him to me!" He roars the last part at the hobgoblin, his aura of evil flaring on the spectral side of life.

Intimidate:[roll0] (Unless I can take 10, which I would).

The goblins cower and one turns to a small tent near the back that doesn't really stand out. "HIMIKO!" he yells, "Someone's here to see you!"

An elf woman with a blindfold over her eyes walks out and looks around the camp.

"Oh hello," She says. "You're here to fight me for the goblin tribe? What kind of fight? Chess? I don't really fight much."

She seems to be serious yet timid, like a young girl.

[Tychris1]

Lucius readies himself for the fight of his life as he holds up his shield and stares at the tent. What comes out.... wasn't quite to his expectations....

He lowers his weapons, looking at the elf dumb foundedly, looking back at the Goblin Witch, and then back to the elf "Are you.... Is this.... Seriously? This is the ruler of the Hobgoblin tribe? You have got to be kidding me!" he says, slightly confused before breaking down in a fit of laughter and giggles. He can't seem to stop as he just keeps looking at the elf and resuming his uproarious laughter. Finally reassembling his seriousness he stands up straight as a bolt and stares down the elf women "Ahem. I am Lucius Medrek, Scourge of Priests, The Black Axe of Destruction. The Letter of a thousand blood and The Reborn Pillaging Conqueror. I have come to take what is rightfully mine and rebuild the fallen Demon King's empire under my own banner. I challenge thee, Himiko, to single combat like the stories of old. Under my duty as a Blackguard I must offer you the right to submit now and avoid bloodshed. Otherwise it will be me and my axe against you. Let the Nine Hells have mercy on your soul." His speech resonates with his darker side, a cold edge to it that would unsettle lesser folk.

Intimidate (As that was the Purpose of the speech):[roll0] (Unless she's good aligned, in which case add +2 to the result. Also, if I can. I'll take ten).

[Morithias]

Lucius readies himself for the fight of his life as he holds up his shield and stares at the tent. What comes out.... wasn't quite to his expectations....

He lowers his weapons, looking at the elf dumb foundedly, looking back at the Goblin Witch, and then back to the elf "Are you.... Is this.... Seriously? This is the ruler of the Hobgoblin tribe? You have got to be kidding me!" he says, slightly confused before breaking down in a fit of laughter and giggles. He can't seem to stop as he just keeps looking at the elf and resuming his uproarious laughter. Finally reassembling his seriousness he stands up straight as a bolt and stares down the elf women "Ahem. I am Lucius Medrek, Scourge of Priests, The Black Axe of Destruction. The Letter of a thousand blood and The Reborn Pillaging Conqueror. I have come to take what is rightfully mine and rebuild the fallen Demon King's empire under my own banner. I challenge thee, Himiko, to single combat like the stories of old. Under my duty as a Blackguard I must offer you the right to submit now and avoid bloodshed. Otherwise it will be me and my axe against you. Let the Nine Hells have mercy on your soul." His speech resonates with his darker side, a cold edge to it that would unsettle lesser folk.

Intimidate (As that was the Purpose of the speech):[roll0] (Unless she's good aligned, in which case add +2 to the result. Also, if I can. I'll take ten).

"well we can't have that...sooo... AYAILLA'S RADIANT BURST!"

Make a fort save and a reflex save.

[Tychris1]

Lucius grunts as he tries to block away the blinding light, "Cowardly ****! Unable to hold a proper duel." he groans as he realizes her dirty ploy.

Fortitude save:[roll0]
Reflex:[roll1]

Assuming Lucius hasn't been blinded by the spell he will proceed to try and cursed smite the Jerk. Otherwise he will just sit there and groan as he tries to regain sight.

To Hit:[roll2]
To Wound:[roll3]
(Apply Cursed Smite Penalty of -2 to Damage, Attack, Skill, Ability rolls)
(Will Save DC to ignore the Smite at the end of Himiko's turn is 18, increasing by 1 every turn she fails to save against it. I believe the -2 also applies here)

[Morithias]

Well you're not blinded, but you take half of 2d6 damage.

[roll0]

You hit her and she's heavily hurt.

She backs off.

"Crap, that was my best spell! What do you mean by rebuilding the Demon Army!" She says as she cure her wounds.

[Tychris1]

Lucius heaves his axe up, ready for another swing "I mean, I am creating my own empire of evil. One that shall rise whee Miki's fell. Even now, I have a fragment of Miki's glory on my form." And with that he proudly exposes the fragment of the crown, basking in it's glory.

"Now, there are one of two options you can pick. Either I kill you right now and take these hobgoblins, or you submit like a good elf and hand over your tribe. Personally I prefer the former, but I'm a man of options and my word." He says as he readies another attack in the event that she tries a last ditch effort to kill him.

[Morithias]

Lucius heaves his axe up, ready for another swing "I mean, I am creating my own empire of evil. One that shall rise whee Miki's fell. Even now, I have a fragment of Miki's glory on my form." And with that he proudly exposes the fragment of the crown, basking in it's glory.

"Now, there are one of two options you can pick. Either I kill you right now and take these hobgoblins, or you submit like a good elf and hand over your tribe. Personally I prefer the former, but I'm a man of options and my word." He says as he readies another attack in the event that she tries a last ditch effort to kill him.

"Fine, you can have them." She says turning to flee.

[Tychris1]

Lucius heaves his greataxe high in the air and bellows "Run off, Coward! Spread the tale of the Tangeshima Blackguard!" And with that he turns to the Hobgoblins and says "You're mine now. Show me to your training grounds so I may see how fit you are for combat. From there I'd like to see what you have collected in the form of a hoard/armory." Waving a hand to show his impatience.

[Morithias]

The hobgoblins proceed to start to arrange themselves, and follow your orders as the Healer run away towards the capital.

"Are you sure it's a good idea to let her go?" One of the goblins asks.

[Tychris1]

"I can always hide out in the mountains and such until some of the pressure dies down. What's important is that word of my power spreads, sure good folks will hear about it. But my reputation? That'll get a major boost. It's not like I don't have other ways to contact the capital anyway. She only knows of me, and the goblin was hidden away enough that she probably doesn't care for his existence." he says, glacning at one of the goblins "Besides, I have further work I need to do outside of the capital."

[Morithias]

"I can always hide out in the mountains and such until some of the pressure dies down. What's important is that word of my power spreads, sure good folks will hear about it. But my reputation? That'll get a major boost. It's not like I don't have other ways to contact the capital anyway. She only knows of me, and the goblin was hidden away enough that she probably doesn't care for his existence." he says, glacning at one of the goblins "Besides, I have further work I need to do outside of the capital."

"Whatever you say boss."

You receive 1200 xp (Healer), and the goblins have 1200 gold pieces worth of gold, among their low quality equipment and food supplies.

Their training ground is fairly basic, a bunch of mundane and short training dummies. A few exercise areas, and hunting grounds.

You gain your first military minions.

500 xp. Can now place military minions in lairs.

[Eisen_Hammer]

"From what you've told me, what happened was that your grandfather told you that he sold his family's souls for power. Which and I asked the archdevil directly, can't be done. The person selling the soul has to be the one who owns the soul, and unless you had some kind of contract where you sold your soul to your grandfather the devil couldn't have bought it. From what I can tell your grandfather probably got dupped into thinking he would get off easy in the contact by being tricked into doing corrupt acts in the non-certain kind of pact, thinking he wouldn't get sent to Baator."

Jebel sits back. "Unless you happened to sign the contract yourself, no devil has ownership of your soul, and there is a VERY easy way to test that. Get someone to cast detect law on you. If you're lawful evil, we'll do further investigation, if you're not, there is no contract. Anyone who sells their soul to a devil has committed the supreme sin, and is lawful evil forever more."


"But he knew where he was going, and where he sent my father. Prove that I have a soul right here and right now. Ask your bosses what I would get if I sold my soul. Since you can't sell what you don't have what better way to test this theory."

[Toska Moriarty]

Dumbfounded and impressed by MOST of the display, the Greenskin Witch finally manages to squirm out of the saddle. He cackles quickly at the thought of fellow goblinoids, and looking over their equipment, they have quite a bit of growing before they can become a truly reckoning force.

He frowns, however, as the blackguard allows the healer to flee. She was an elf, who had gone so far to insult his entire race, a SUPREME, noble goblin race, by commanding them. An ELF. Not to mention that her escape would do little but cause problems in the future.

"Lucius. Oh mighty 'Axe of the black'?[/endsarcasm] You cannot seriously be considering letting her run, can you? Bah! Chase her DOWN!"

He snarls angrily, thoughts of an elf running a goblin camp beyond comprehensible. "You!" he snarls, club jabbed toward the largest nearby hobgoblin. "Do you have dogs? Wolves? Attack Pigeons? Anything?" He cackles to himself again: attack pigeons. Add THAT to the to do list.

"Get your fastest men and best hunting teams. We are not letting her escape. Taking orders from an elf. Disgusting..."

He reaches into his robes and pulls out a scarred, pitted, unnatural piece of dark-wood, with viscous slits ripped through to form a crudely decorated mask. Strapping it onto his face and dropping the hood, he adds one last thing: "Chase her down. This is the first of many hunts."

Then, unless Lucius 'sees the light' (HA, IRONY) and chases her down on horseback, or unless the goblins provide riding animals, he runs off into the woods after her, prepared to take the she-b**** down.

[Morithias]

"But he knew where he was going, and where he sent my father. Prove that I have a soul right here and right now. Ask your bosses what I would get if I sold my soul. Since you can't sell what you don't have what better way to test this theory."

"The fact that you're walking and talking to me if proof you have a soul, if you were a soulless being you wouldn't be able to think for yourself, you'ld act purely on animal instinct. Like a dog, or a bear.

Let's see here...the standards are usually as follows. If you just want gold, I can give you 60% of your net worth for your soul, if you want power you'll be granted similar boosts of knowledge and power for your soul, of course you can combine the two...of course given how much whining you're doing about not having a soul you seem oddly active to sell it, oh well I'm not complaining, anything to keep Fierna off my back."

~Goblin and Knight~

The goblins nods and start preparing their hunting parties. "We should be able to catch her, she's not that fast, it's her spells that hurt the most."

[Toska Moriarty]

~Goblin and Knight~

The goblins nods and start preparing their hunting parties. "We should be able to catch her, she's not that fast, it's her spells that hurt the most."


"Good. Let me handle that. We'll see whose hurt more." Running after her, past the hunting parties, he shouts back: "Goblins! With me!"

[Eisen_Hammer]

"I never said I would sell it. See if they will buy it. I guess to make it believable lets see what they would give me if I wanted power. Go ask them. Then tell me what they say."

[Morithias]

"Good. Let me handle that. We'll see whose hurt more." Running after her, past the hunting parties, he shouts back: "Goblins! With me!"

The hobgoblins run with you after her. You find her tracks and start to follow her. She seems to be heading to the nearby city your base is in to report the blackguard. She is not attempting to cover her tracks, you eventually catch up with..someone...but it's not the elf.

It's a human, who looks nothing like the elf. Different clothes, different looks, etc.

Make a perception check.

[Toska Moriarty]

Perception: [roll0]

"What is this Devilry, She-elf!!!"

[Tychris1]

Lucius shrugs and chases after the goblin on horseback, galloping forward at full speed. He'd rather just let the elf go but if the goblin thought otherwise he wasn't going to question him. Spotting the human he pulls out his battle axe and prepares to chop the human down.

Spot:[roll0]

[Morithias]

[roll0]

I will edit in the responce once I check the roll.

As far as you can tell, the human and elf are not the same person.

[Toska Moriarty]

"Nyaah!" Narik screams, looking about.
"Lucious, grab the human! The rest a' ya, fan out, find that she-devil-elf!!"

[Tychris1]

Lucius dismounts from the horse and goes to grab the human and put his battle axe to her/his neck "Sorry, nothing personal.

Grapple check:[roll0]

[Morithias]

She seems oddly calm. "Meh. I've had worse done to me." She causally watches the goblins run off. "So what exactly are you guys doing here?"

[Tychris1]

"Just hunting down some stupid Elf whore who flabs her mouth too much. And you?" He presses the axe up a bit closer.

(OOC: Wow, alot of people in this world are really chill/layed back. Hostages just going meh, Hobgoblins offering ale to traveling Black Knights/Nonchalantly accepting his taking over, Devils and such acting snarkily about soul selling etc etc)

[Morithias]

"Just hunting down some stupid Elf whore who flabs her mouth too much. And you?" He presses the axe up a bit closer.

(OOC: Wow, alot of people in this world are really chill/layed back. Hostages just going meh, Hobgoblins offering ale to traveling Black Knights/Nonchalantly accepting his taking over, Devils and such acting snarkily about soul selling etc etc)

(OOC: to be fair, compared to Miki you're practically the pope. She's willing to take her chances).

"Just gathering food and supplies. You can get a lot of free food in the woods if you know where to look. It's a good way to save money." She replies, relaxing in your arms. "You know you're pretty buff. You must work out a lot. I like that in a guy all manly and strong. Shame how that sort of man is rare after the mass killing of them in the war."

[Tychris1]

"Oh...." Lucius stays there, not really expecting to be put on the spot like that; it's not generally how potential hostage situations go. "Well... Thanks, I guess. I mean, it's mostly from fighting, I don't strictly go to some group center or something... If you're interested I got a house back in Tangeshima. I can take you there when the goblin's done raging about elves...." The resident Blackguard was simultaneously unsure and a little pleased about the turn of events.

[Eisen_Hammer]

"Okay then lets do a special deal...Hellfire. See if you can get me hellfire."

Baldor gets really quiet, he does not feel comfortable talking about hellfire.

[Morithias]

"That sounds lovely." She says smiling at you. "I hope your little friend finds his target soon. It's going to get dark soon."

~Eisen~

"I can't get you hellfire, talk to the forces of the lord of 8 for that. Fierna doesn't cover that. You'll have to track down a cult of Mestopolis (i cannot spell his name for hell) if you want hellfire. I'll see what I can find though.

[Eisen_Hammer]

"Then prove to me my soul is mine."

[Morithias]

"Then prove to me my soul is mine."

"Hmm....actually there is one thing we could do for proof....we could research your truename....but we'd need a truenamer for that, and those are rare. Most of them worked for Miki, binding fiends and using them in her armies. Some even say she managed to bind something more powerful than a fiend."

She has a sly grin.

"Tell me...what is the most powerful evil force in existence?"

[Eisen_Hammer]

"The most powerful evil force in existence? I would have to assume it is some form of god."

[Tychris1]

"Oh, I trust his senses. He should be able to find his mark soon enough, in the mean time." he sets the women down, mounts Knightmare, and extends a hand down to her to help her get on "It's getting dark soon, and I wouldn't want a fair lady to walk alone in the dark."

Karma was working funny today for the Blackguard. So far he'd been payed money to beat people up, rewarded for unifying two tribes of monstrous races under one banner, and got someone out of attempting to kill someone. If this is how the merchant city was like, he could get used to Tangeshima.

[Morithias]

Eisen

"Greater than the gods themselves...the horrors from beyond the stars...the elder evils..." She shivers at the mention of them, and you have to question what kind of being could make a former duke of hell shiver in fear.

"We've recently come across information that reveals that one of the elder evils from beyond the rift has vanished, Ragsmuena..I believe it was called. We have reason to believe that it was called to this realm, but that brings up just as many questions as answers...if Ragsmuena is in the material plane, why hasn't it destroyed it already. What is stopping it?"

She ponders. "We are considering the possibility that Ragsmuena was bound by Miki's magic, if you come across a being in one of Miki's ruins sealed by truespeak ruins, do NOT release it. It would destroy all of reality possibility, and I think we both don't want that."

She stands up. "I will report on whatever information my scouts find about the shards or other artefacts, but it's not easy....Miki was very good at covering her trail."

~Tychris~

She mounts the horse with you. "You're a nice man...you should become a paladin...you would make a great knight in shining armour. Impress the women, win the hearts of damsels in distress, marry a princess..."

She leans into your back and hugs you around the middle to keep on the horse.

[Jaelesh]

(sorry I haven't posted in a while)

Karsht wanders into the house he purchased and looks around.

"Huh, looks like they were here not too long ago... meh, might as well go stock up on groceries from the market."

He spins on his heel and walks back out, thinking to himself Maybe I should see about setting up a homeless shelter or orphanage to bring in potential recruits... On that note, why don't I go to the poorer districts and nudge around for info and maybe stir up some unrest.

He begins to whistle tunelessly while leisurely strolling down the street.

[Tychris1]

"Oh you could say I'm a paladin of sorts, I've even contacted Outsiders before. They're alot nicer then people give them credit." And with that Lucius kicks his heels into Knightmares side, the black armored horse snorting before galloping off towards Tangeshima. Were it not for his soul being corrupted beyond belief and bound to the Nine Hells themselves this women could have acted as a morality pet. But the time for that passed a long long time ago.

Arriving at Tangeshima he reels the black Stallion, sliding off of the warhorse and picking up his new friend in the process and setting her down on the ground gentle "You know, I don't think I ever got your name. I am Lucius Medrek, and you are?" he says

[Morithias]

"Oh you could say I'm a paladin of sorts, I've even contacted Outsiders before. They're alot nicer then people give them credit." And with that Lucius kicks his heels into Knightmares side, the black armored horse snorting before galloping off towards Tangeshima. Were it not for his soul being corrupted beyond belief and bound to the Nine Hells themselves this women could have acted as a morality pet. But the time for that passed a long long time ago.

Arriving at Tangeshima he reels the black Stallion, sliding off of the warhorse and picking up his new friend in the process and setting her down on the ground gentle "You know, I don't think I ever got your name. I am Lucius Medrek, and you are?" he says

"Mana..." She whispers. "My name is Mana." She steps off and walks towards the city..."Oh and one more thing...Lucius before I go."

[Tychris1]

"Yes, what is it?" Mana, an odd name to be sure. But then again considering the extravagant range of names that populate the world he's hardly one to judge.

[Morithias]

"Yes, what is it?" Mana, an odd name to be sure. But then again considering the extravagant range of names that populate the world he's hardly one to judge.

"Ayailla's Radiant Burst!!!"(standard action) She yells casting the spell at you. Before yelling. "GUARDS! EVIL FORCES AT WORK! THEY'RE ATTEMPTING TO REBUILD THE DEMON KING'S ARMIES!" (Free action)

Roll fort and reflex then initiative.

[Tychris1]

"OK YOU KNOW WHAT I AM REALLY GETTING SICK OF THIS STICK, YOU ONE TRICK PONY."

Fortitude:[roll0]
Reflex:[roll1]

Edit: Unless I can take 10, which I would.

[Morithias]

"OK YOU KNOW WHAT I AM REALLY GETTING SICK OF THIS STICK, YOU ONE TRICK PONY."


You are blinded for one round and take half of 2d6 damage.

[roll0]

[roll1] (Changling's iniative)

[Tychris1]

Initiative:[roll0]

"I SHOWED YOU MERCY AND YOU SHOW HOW MUCH OF A COWARD YOU TRULY ARE! FACE MY AXE!"

[Morithias]

Initiative:[roll0]

"I SHOWED YOU MERCY AND YOU SHOW HOW MUCH OF A COWARD YOU TRULY ARE! FACE MY AXE!"

"You don't honestly think I'm that stupid do you?!" She yells fleeing into the city as the guards gather around the area pointing their spears and muskets at you. She withdraws a full 60 feet into the city running for the barracks.

Guard's movement will start after one round.

[roll0]

Edit: You get two turns in a row. 1 for the first round, one for the guards approaching.

[Tychris1]

"Urgh.... Alright, I can explain everything. Trust me, this is just a misunderstanding. That whore and me got into a fight and now she's trying to blame me. I mean really, almost all of the evil in the world was killed in the Demon Wars, do you think a "Force of Evil" could have easily alluded the hunts? Heck, have you ever even heard of me? I doubt it." Lucius begins, holding up his hands in fealty and going to his knees, complying to any physical demands the guards would have to him.

Stupid changelings and their stupid stupid racial stupids.

Bluff:[roll0]

[Eisen_Hammer]

"I will keep that in mind. Thank you for talking with me." With that Baldor walks out of the tavern into the city. Baldor walks around the city looking for nothing in particular thinking on what was said to him.

[Morithias]

"Urgh.... Alright, I can explain everything. Trust me, this is just a misunderstanding. That whore and me got into a fight and now she's trying to blame me. I mean really, almost all of the evil in the world was killed in the Demon Wars, do you think a "Force of Evil" could have easily alluded the hunts? Heck, have you ever even heard of me? I doubt it." Lucius begins, holding up his hands in fealty and going to his knees, complying to any physical demands the guards would have to him.

Stupid changelings and their stupid stupid racial stupids.

Bluff:[roll0]

The guard looks at you. "Well even if I believe you, sir the fact is is that this is a threat to the nation as a whole. We'll have to take you to the guard house for questioning, and possibly trial. If you didn't do anything wrong no harm done. Maybe get some gold from the changling for your troubles." He shivers. "Demon king huh...can't see why she would joke about something of that magnitude...the captain is going to freak out. Men, lower your weapons, he's surrendered."

[Tychris1]

"Thanks, at least SOME PEOPLE are reasonable in this city..... It was a joke really, we talked about what happened to the pieces of Miki's crown, and then she made a joke about me finding some of them.... Guess that blew up in my face." He says jokingly as he begins to put his hands behind his back in a form of submission, twiddling his fingers to cast Nystul's Undetectable Aura in the event that they've got magic users.

[Morithias]

"Thanks, at least SOME PEOPLE are reasonable in this city..... It was a joke really, we talked about what happened to the pieces of Miki's crown, and then she made a joke about me finding some of them.... Guess that blew up in my face." He says jokingly as he begins to put his hands behind his back in a form of submission, twiddling his fingers to cast Nystul's Undetectable Aura in the event that they've got magic users.

"Either way please, come to the guard house. We wish to hear your side of the story. She will also be placed under questioning. Do you have citizen's papers?"

[Tychris1]

"No I don't believe I do.... I'm currently rooming with someone who does have papers however.... I guess now would not be the proper time to apply for them eh?" He says as he follows the guard to the Guard House.

[Morithias]

"No I don't believe I do.... I'm currently rooming with someone who does have papers however.... I guess now would not be the proper time to apply for them eh?" He says as he follows the guard to the Guard House.

"Well we can't really do that. You'll have to go on trial as a foreigner, probably." They take you to the barracks. "Alright. Let's get started. We'll start with the simple stuff. What is your name? Why are you in Tangeshima? Don't worry the lady will get similarly asked and looked over."

[Toska Moriarty]

"Hunting Parties! Fall Back to the Camp!"

Exasperated, Narik calls off the search. The trail died at the human, and no 'Healer' he'd ever heard of had access to powerful disguise magic. Besides, from the sounds of their conversation the Big Black Guard had already brought her back to town and presumably claimed another soul for Baator.

Sighing, the witch pulls off his mask and stares at it, thinking how much a pity it was that it hadn't seen blood. Putting the mask into his pack, he works his way back through the woods into the camp. As the hunting parties also arrive, he surveys the new 'troops'. Hobgoblins, the lot of em it seems.

"Who here can show me around? I need ya' tot ell me all you can. I'm going to turn this camp, this miserable excuse for a camp, into a presence of strength and a reason to post guards before sleeping."- He barks to the camp in general.

[Morithias]

"I can do that sir." One goblin says saluting. "I was our leader before the healer came here. I guess now that you and the blackguard are in charge I'm the 3rd for now. You can call me Heavy."

He shows you around the camp. "We don't have much money or supplies. Mostly just stuff we gather in the forest and find on dead bodies. A lot of bandits who get killed by guards don't get their armour taken and we resize the armour and weapons."

He shows you around the camp, the hobgoblins seem fairly well trained at their art, it's just clear that they're out gunned by the Tangshima muskets, and have no real funding to work with. They're getting by, but they're not making any real process.

[Toska Moriarty]

"Well, Heavy. You've got a decent operation here, though I see a future with this camp shining."

He looks around again, heading toward the tent the Elf had come from.

"Besides, for most of the time, You'll probably remain 'first' in charge, with either myself or the giant man-thing checking in from time to time.... I'm known as Narik Bloodmaw, of the Bloodmaw clan from a half-frozen swamp far to the north of here. If you have any wounded, or anyone in need of spiritual advisement, I will aid them eagerly."

He pulls back the flap and steps in, looking around and grunting.
Perception: [roll0] Looking for anything of value. Candles, dyes, salts, herbs. Shamanistic magic stuff. Also keeping eyes peeled for any weapons or otherwise decent condition goods.

"Though, I am curious, Heavy... What is the name of this soon-to-be-more-dangerous clan of yours?

[Tychris1]

"My name is Lucius Medrek. I'm here in Tangeshuma seeking gold and glory in the arena. I used to live in Zeth but my abusive bitch of a mother caused me to run off...... I'd rather not continue on the subject....."

Bluff check(?, he's pretty much telling the truth, i'd take 10/20 if Lucius has enough time to spin his yarn):[roll0]

[Kolosan]

Taron heads for the Tavern where he looks for Jebel, if he find her he says
"Hello my friend, how are you on this of days?"
Putting up a smile while trying to guide her into the backroom where they can talk in private.

[Jaelesh]

Hearing a commotion in the market, and finding out a black armored giant caused a ruckus at the city gate with things about 'Evil Empire' this, and 'Dark Armies' that, Karsht could only assume one of the people in his group had decided to do something stupid.

Sighing and shaking his head sadly, he thinks to himself I swear... the level of bravado the lack of sense in this group is terrifying. before turning to run towards the guard barracks while thinking up a convincing lie.

[Morithias]

Toska

Heavy turns to you. "Doesn't have one. This isn't really a "Clan" as much as it is the remnants of a bunch of heavily damaged clans that banded together."

Tychris

"Alright then. So what is your side of the story? Why did she freak out, cast that spell on you and scream that you were trying to rebuild the demon armies? What exactly happened?"

Kolosan

"Oh, hello again." Jebel greets you. "It seems I'm popular today, what do you need?"

Jaelesh

"State your business with the town guard." One of the soldiers at the barracks states.

[Jaelesh]

"Greetings sir. I came because I heard there was a commotion at the gate. Judging by the description I was told, it sound like a friend of mine was involved."

Taking a breath, Karsht continues "We have just arrived in the city recently, so we have not had a chance for all of us to finalize all of our citizenship papers, so I figured it might help if I were here to try and help deal with the situation, seeing as I have my citizenship papers and registration."

[Morithias]

"Greetings sir. I came because I heard there was a commotion at the gate. Judging by the description I was told, it sound like a friend of mine was involved."

Taking a breath, Karsht continues "We have just arrived in the city recently, so we have not had a chance for all of us to finalize all of our citizenship papers, so I figured it might help if I were here to try and help deal with the situation, seeing as I have my citizenship papers and registration."

"The man is in questioning currently. If you had committed, well, whatever he was accused for, one could use your citizenship for purposes, however he is not a citizen. You will be permitted to speak with him after questioning both of them is done."

[Toska Moriarty]

"Well then..." Sneers the goblin as he exits the apparently empty tent. "Let me be the first to say it: Welcome to Clan Bloodmaw."

OOC:
*Please stand by for a word from our 'Sponsers', Lee and Jebel. *
It was late and I was tired. Seemed like a good spot for cliffhangey commercials.

"I want your hunting parties sharper than I saw tonight. You're quick, but you could be quicker. Guard duty and training is going to be doubled at the least. I'll do what I can to acquire finer armaments for this camp, but until then if anyone has any suggestions as to where to raid or scavenge, My twisted green ears are open..."

Eying the camp, hopefully having the attention of more than a few Hobgoblins, Narik smirks again, a deep, pointed sneer that pulls his mottled skin taut.

"And as the newly appointed spiritual leader of Clan Bloodmaw, I have a single decree: Your women look lonely and your children scarce. Tonight, warriors hunt till dawn. Those that return with food will be treated to feasting and much deserved, uh, 'accompanied rest'. Those that return without food will be re-assigned to a more fitting duty. Those that fail to return at all aren't worth missing! " He holds his club up over his head, thrusting it further upwards to punctuate each sentence.

"I'll be heading to Tangeshima for any weapons I can get my claws on. Expect my return soon enough. Times are turning for you all, my newest children. Times look bright for our proud peoples, and grim for those in our way!"

Cackling to himself (And hopefully to some combination of cheers and applause from his audience) The goblin, as promised, turns and walks out of the camp, hood drawn up over his head again, dark vision lighting his way. Hopefully, before Tangeshima is any larger than a smear on the horizon the Hobgoblins' mass night-hunt should be evident.

[Morithias]

Snip

"We'll do our best sir." The goblins reply.

The Lackey Affliation is at 1 out of 2 capital and 1 scale.

It will take 1000 gold pieces to boost it to 2 out of 2 capital.

If the affiliation spends a number of weeks equal to twice it's scale at maximum capital (2 times scale), it will increase it's scale by 1.

[Eisen_Hammer]

"Little friend. Where have you been?" Baldor says as he sees Narik "It has been a while and I have not seen anyone from our group in a while. Where is everyone?"

[Toska Moriarty]

"Heh. Well, the Blackguard and I just enlisted a local goblin tribe. While we were doing so their leader, a damned elf of all things, escaped. I stayed and did most of the real work, but the giant can'o'razors managed to apprehend a rather sultry female hostage. For a filthy human, that is..."

Looking around again, he shrugs. "I'm surprised he hasn't been marching around with his new trophy: Either her head on a pike or...well... The pike joke is obvious enough."

"If he hasn't been making himself known, then I'd worry. For the ally and the shard... Not necessarily in that order,"

[Eisen_Hammer]

"Hmmm, I hope he has not gotten himself into any trouble. So any ideas on where he could be?"

[Tychris1]

"Alright, well it all started back in the arena. In there I was beating the living crap out of most things they sent my way. It got to the point where I decided that it was too easy and that I needed a bigger claim for glory. So I decided to attack one of the nearby monstrous tribes and kill their leader. When I arrived their I found the changeling was ruling over the tribe and seemed to be organizing it very well. It looked like she was building an army, I claimed that she was trying to rebuild the Demon King's army and she flipped out, so I challenged her to single combat. I won pretty wuickly. That's pretty much the only spell she knows. Anyway, after defeating her I let her run free as I don't believe in murdering the helpless. Afterwards I headed out on the road to Tanfeshima, picked up a sultry women, and headed back to town with her. Turned out she was the changeling and I'd lead her into the city. Now she's throwing the claim back in my face and trying to accuse me of what I accused her for."

Bluff:[roll0]

[Morithias]

"Alright, well it all started back in the arena. In there I was beating the living crap out of most things they sent my way. It got to the point where I decided that it was too easy and that I needed a bigger claim for glory. So I decided to attack one of the nearby monstrous tribes and kill their leader. When I arrived their I found the changeling was ruling over the tribe and seemed to be organizing it very well. It looked like she was building an army, I claimed that she was trying to rebuild the Demon King's army and she flipped out, so I challenged her to single combat. I won pretty wuickly. That's pretty much the only spell she knows. Anyway, after defeating her I let her run free as I don't believe in murdering the helpless. Afterwards I headed out on the road to Tanfeshima, picked up a sultry women, and headed back to town with her. Turned out she was the changeling and I'd lead her into the city. Now she's throwing the claim back in my face and trying to accuse me of what I accused her for."

Bluff:[roll0]


"Alright then. I guess, that's your side of the story." The guard writes it all down, "I need to go talk to the people who are questioning the changeling." He leaves a guard watching over you and leaves to go check up on her.

[Tychris1]

Lucius waits for the guard to leave before looking at the lone remaining guard "So..... How much does a guard pay anyway? Just curious."

[Toska Moriarty]

"Where? No Idea. I was hoping you'd seen him."

The Goblin sighs. This could be very bad.

"All I do know is that the protective Wards I placed on him were overcome hours ago. In fact...."

Narik mumbles to himself again, hands moving about quite quickly under the sleeves of his cloak. If Lucius is within one mile, the Wards Hex is re-activated (+2 AC, +2 all saving throws, each lasts until you either fail a save or are struck. Narik becomes aware if this is to happen.)

"That ought to lend him a hand, But we better go looking for him."

[Morithias]

Lucius waits for the guard to leave before looking at the lone remaining guard "So..... How much does a guard pay anyway? Just curious."

"Meh, not a ton, but there's not much work either. So you're in essence getting paid to stand around looking intimidating. Little crime these days."

[Toska Moriarty]

Naik, with the last sentence, starts to walk off into the city looking for the blackguard.

Perception: [roll0]

[Morithias]

Naik, with the last sentence, starts to walk off into the city looking for the blackguard.

Perception: [roll0]

You eventually hear a bunch of people talking about the fight near the front gates, about how some kind of mage accused a man of trying to resurrect the demon king, and how they were both taken into custody.

[Toska Moriarty]

"Damn...That's probably him..."

Splaying his fingers out to point in as many directions as possible, Narik sends out a message to Karsht, Baldor, Taron, and, just to make sure he was aware, Lucius: "Seems SOMEONE was arrested for assault and ranting about a demon king. We should get to the jail. "

Each is allowed a magically whispered response back.

With that done, Narik waddles off, hood drawn up, toward the jailhouse.

[Kolosan]

If they are in private Taron asks
"Is it possible for you to get a hold a good tactician (If i know who he is) preferable a emissary of the great Dispater, it seems we could need some help."

As he recieves the message Taron says
I am sorry Jebel, but you will have to excuse me, it seems someone is in trouble, but i will be back tommorow to see you again.

[Morithias]

If they are in private Taron asks
"Is it possible for you to get a hold a good tactician (If i know who he is) preferable a emissary of the great Dispater, it seems we could need some help."

As he recieves the message Taron says
I am sorry Jebel, but you will have to excuse me, it seems someone is in trouble, but i will be back tommorow to see you again.

"I'll see what I can do. That's more Bel's area. Good luck with your problem?"

[Tychris1]

Lucius mentally groans as he gets the message "HEY! It wasn't me who told the guards! It was that stupid changeling who did it. I was just trying to get some fun at the end of a hard day of work, am I to blame for that?....." And with that he leans back on his chair and puts his hands behind his head and says within his own head (Without messaging) "I should really be a knight considering how easily I fall for a pretty face."

[Kolosan]

"I'll see what I can do. That's more Bel's area. Good luck with your problem?"

"Thank you for your help."

Taron then heads out and tries to find his way to the jail to meet up with the others.

[Jaelesh]

((I should note that I am still in the form Jebel used when we first discussed the job... Funny no one has noticed yet.))

Hearing the message from the little goblin Karsht facepalms for a moment Yes, I am aware. I am trying to release him.

Turning to the guard he starts sending little prods and pokes to make him more susceptible to manipulation.

"Would it really be so bad to let me in to see how he is doing? At the very least, I would like to let him know that I was able to purchase our house while he was out."

Diplomacy [roll0]

[Morithias]

((I should note that I am still in the form Jebel used when we first discussed the job... Funny no one has noticed yet.))

Hearing the message from the little goblin Karsht facepalms for a moment Yes, I am aware. I am trying to release him.

Turning to the guard he starts sending little prods and pokes to make him more susceptible to manipulation.

"Would it really be so bad to let me in to see how he is doing? At the very least, I would like to let him know that I was able to purchase our house while he was out."

Diplomacy [roll0]

"I think they're done questioning him already...they're now just asking the changeling what is going on exactly...you can go and see him."

He escorts you into the questioning room and lets you sit down to talk to him. Another guard walks in and says. "We're done questioning the changeling. The only way to charge this guy, would be to hit him with disturbing the peace. Technically taking over a goblin tribe isn't illegal so long you don't DO anything with them."

"What about the Demon King army resurrection thing she was talking about? Shouldn't that merit investigation?"

"We found the shard she was talking about, our detect magic didn't pick anything up, for all we know he found a piece of rare metal and bluffed her." (Artifacts often do not have magic auras).

"So what's the conclusion? Let him go?"

"A warning probably...but he's not a citizen, there's the problem..."

"Ah so in that cause it's a night in the jail cell while we run background checks and such...and maybe file the citizenship if he approves and they have the funds."

"Put him in the cell next to the girl who cause that riot. He'll probably love to hear her story. It'll keep him entertained for the night at least."

They turn to you guys. "That's all we can really do. Whatever you told that changeling don't do it again, she's freaked out, and the Captain seems to trust her. Something about "sanctified magic". If you'll come with me Sir. It'll only be for a night while we check everything over."

[Jaelesh]

Sending a message to Lucius I will try and deal with the changeling... We will speak about this later.

"It is good so see you are alright. Just wanted to let you know that we have a house now. I will leave a map with the thouse marked with the guards so you can find your way back."

Turning to leave the room, karsht starts to track the changeling via mindsight. ((I am assuming she is within range since she was just interrogated and is probably going to be released in just a few minutes.)) I wonder how I can deal with this situation... and sends a message to all group members in range (80') I will be hunting the changeling. If you want to join in. I plan to capture it first for interrogation, then we can have some fun with it.

Let the games begin.

[Morithias]

Sending a message to Lucius I will try and deal with the changeling... We will speak about this later.

"It is good so see you are alright. Just wanted to let you know that we have a house now. I will leave a map with the thouse marked with the guards so you can find your way back."

Turning to leave the room, karsht starts to track the changeling via mindsight. ((I am assuming she is within range since she was just interrogated and is probably going to be released in just a few minutes.)) I wonder how I can deal with this situation... and sends a message to all group members in range (80') I will be hunting the changeling. If you want to join in. I plan to capture it first for interrogation, then we can have some fun with it.

Let the games begin.

The neutral good changeling is within rage of mindsight, and is moving towards the exit of the barracks. It's likely she's trying to get back to the streets before you guys catch her.

[Toska Moriarty]

"Changeling? Figures... Guess We'll get to kill something afterall."

Approaching the jailhouse, Narik lingers across the street, looking over the fortifications and the guards, he sends another magical message, to Karsht specifically. The blackguard could be dealt with later, this was important.

"Mind Reader... I think you and I are going to have a helluva' task soon. He's in there with a Changeling, like yourself. The she-witch was the one running the Goblin camp, and she knows far too much to be left alive. Help me find her."

[Jaelesh]

"Changeling? Figures... Guess We'll get to kill something afterall."

Approaching the jailhouse, Narik lingers across the street, looking over the fortifications and the guards, he sends another magical message, to Karsht specifically. The blackguard could be dealt with later, this was important.

"Mind Reader... I think you and I are going to have a helluva' task soon. He's in there with a Changeling, like yourself. The she-witch was the one running the Goblin camp, and she knows far too much to be left alive. Help me find her."

Return Message - Yes, I am currently tracking it. It is going to leave the barracks in a few moments. I am in pursuit, follow me when I exit, I will try to point it out. I want it harassed, but not harmed.

Karsht begins to follow the trail of the changeling, keeping within 20 feet of it. When we get outside, I think it is time to cause some hallucinations...

[Kolosan]

If Taron can see the Changeling he follows him else he just goes back to the house

[Morithias]

If Taron can see the Changeling he follows him else he just goes back to the house

You go back to the house then, as you have no idea what the changeling looks like. You do see a guard leaving the barrack though. (she wasn't going to keep her appearance from when she scammed the blackguard you know)

[Kolosan]

Well haveing no idea how to track her or even recognize her to begin with Taron can't do much, so he heads back to the house, where he sits around for a while before heading out to find some information about Bel, starting at the liberary.

[Tychris1]

"Ooo! Prison! I've always wanted tatoos. So, where's my cell, guard? Is there a mean and gritty warden with strange obsessions? Or a weird guy who just sits in the corner and shakes back and forth alot? And....." Lucius just went on and on and on and on about prison sterotypes and things he heard about prison and weird prison facts to whatever god forsaken guard who was assigned to take him to his cell. Oh the horrors.......

[Toska Moriarty]

Narik seeks out Karsht near the barracks and keeps pace with him, following the..Guard?

"I'm going to trust your judgement on this one, Karsht. If you can get her guard down a bit, I can try to make her..well...more on par with Lucius, if you get my drift..."

The goblin snickers, anxious to try out his 'Touch of Idiocy'. Maybe Blindness/Deafness would be a good shot too....

[Eisen_Hammer]

I am going to assume I have been following Narik.

[Morithias]

~Tychris~

They place you in a cell, a small solo cell. There is a second cell next to your containing what looks like a young human girl. You'ld have to wonder how a 16 year old started this "Riot".

~Toska's group~

You follow the "Guard" to a temple, she then enters the temple and changes into the elvish form used prior, and changes her clothes too.

"Mother!" she says. "There is trouble! We need to contact the gods! Mother?"

[Tychris1]

Lucius looks at the 16 year old girl in the cell and releases a big ol' grin across his face "So, are you some kind of prison veteran? This is my first time in a prison. Which is weird, considering all the things i've done in my life. So, what are you in for anyway? I beat up a stupid changeling and took over her tribe. Then she threw a hissy fit and blamed me for a bunh of crap..... Do you have prison scars? I have regular scars, not from prison, I got them from fighting and my mom.........." He pauses his unrelenting stream of words for a moment, clearly in a depressed state; but he picks up his chipper attitude and continues "Well, that's enough about me. What's your name anyway? I'm Lucius." And with rhat he rests his head on his hands, lies on his stomach, and looks at the girl ready to hear her story.

Prison was fun.

[Morithias]

Tychris.

"Well apparently getting everyone drunk at a tavern via spiked wine and unleashing a riot is only a 2 month sentence, for some weird reason they haven't executed me yet...not that it would do them any good. You would think they would realize to stop letting me out, considering it's the first thing I do every time they release me."

She smirks at you. "You can call me Holo. I'm shall we say...a connection of sorts. You can meet all kinds of useful people in jail. Took over a goblin tribe yo say? Not bad, but they're useless if you want to do anything besides beat people up. If you can construction you go kobolds, but they're pretty useless in cities. You need trained rogues if you want to survive in a cityscape on the "supply" side of crime." She laughs and giggles. "Be right back." She then vanishes and appears again in your cell in a split second. "Much better."

Apparently this woman can teleport, and she seems to enjoy causing chaos too much. The guards are outside of the prison and aren't watching you, so it's clear she's in here on purpose, cause well, the cells aren't anti-magic.

[Eisen_Hammer]

"Well I am not very good with stealth so here it goes." Baldor activates his abilities of Detect Magic, See the Unseen, Devils sight, and is in the stance Bolstering Voice.

Baldor walks into the church. "The gods sent me to make you pay for your crimes." Baldor says as he enters the church.

Bluff [roll0]

[Morithias]

"Well I am not very good with stealth so here it goes." Baldor activates his abilities of Detect Magic, See the Unseen, Devils sight, and is in the stance Bolstering Voice.

Baldor walks into the church. "The gods sent me to make you pay for your crimes." Baldor says as he enters the church.

Bluff [roll0]

You fail in your bluff.

"What crimes?" She says standing back. "We are on holy ground, do not attack less you piss off the gods, that is the law of this world."

She stands back. She seems timid yet willing to still fight.

[Tychris1]

Lucius smiles at the girl's adept skill at magic "Impressive. I thought the same thing really, which is why I recruited both goblins and kobolds. Even got a dragon acquaintence to back me..... Trained rogues you say? And what would a young girl like yourself know about trained thieves?" He asks inquisitively.

[Morithias]

Lucius smiles at the girl's adept skill at magic "Impressive. I thought the same thing really, which is why I recruited both goblins and kobolds. Even got a dragon acquaintence to back me..... Trained rogues you say? And what would a young girl like yourself know about trained thieves?" He asks inquisitively.

She laughs. "I know more about being chaotic and evil than you ever will, for that is what I am...." She then transforms. Her young thin body vanishes, replaced with a body a supermodel would be jealous of, her eyes turn red, and a nice tail and wings sprout from her clothes, making you realize why her shirt had no backside to it. This woman is a succubus.

"Go to the shop known as the "Paradox Establishment" buy a scroll of magic missile, followed by a potion of cure light wounds. When they ask you, "is that all sir", say "the gray wolf". We will continue our discussion then." She turn warps back into her young human form and teleports back into her cell, causally whistling as if nothing had happened. You realize this is what she meant by connections, what better place to find the chaotic and corrupt than in prison.

[Eisen_Hammer]

You fail in your bluff.

"What crimes?" She says standing back. "We are on holy ground, do not attack less you piss off the gods, that is the law of this world."

She stands back. She seems timid yet willing to still fight.

"We both know what crimes you have committed. Now explain yourself."

[Morithias]

"We both know what crimes you have committed. Now explain yourself."

"I have done nothing wrong. I know this for a fact." She stand tall. "I stand for what is good, and the fact you cannot answer my question shows you are one of them."

She holds her ground and prepares. "Be warned, the temple is heavily protected with wards, evil will be weakened and good made stronger. I am safe here."

[Eisen_Hammer]

Do I see any wards with detect magic?

[Morithias]

Do I see any wards with detect magic?

Many. She's not bluffing.

[Eisen_Hammer]

Do I feel weaker?

[Tychris1]

Lucius stands there, jaw agape, as he continues staring at the Succubus even after her transformation. He blinks a few times, hits his hand with the nearest sharp object to make sure he's not sleeping, and then looks back at the young girl. "So...... Wuh.... Buh..... In..... But....... And then..... You...... Wings........ Evil...... Uh..... Buuh...... Hot...." I think she broke the Blackguard :smalleek:.

After going on with this for a good 7 seconds he shakes his head and sits down on his haunches, leaning his head into his hand. "Ummm..... Oh, right! Potion of Missile Wounds and a Scroll of cure light magic... Or was it a Scroll of Magic Missile and a Potion of Cure Light Wounds....." It was rather hard for Lucius to keep track of things when his mind just kept wandering to what he saw before. He glances at the Demon in the other cell before scooching as far away from it as possible. He didn't need to further dwell on that, not to mention all the horror stories he'd heard in prison being amplified by a demon.

Heck, at this point he thought all the gods and beings of power just sat around at a great big cofee table to discuss how to best torture Lucius before settling on throwing women in positions of power over him that he likes. Well, screw the gods, Blackguards don't need those punks anyway. and with that conclusion made Lucius stripped himself (Not entirely, he didn't want his potential boss who was also a demon of the carnal variety to be watching him. That'd be awkward) and tried to go to sleep.

[Morithias]

Do I feel weaker?

Yes, and she seems stronger and boosted. It seems the wards are weakening you slightly.

The spell Prayer is in effect, all evil characters take -1 on rolls, all good gain +1, there are also other effects in play, that seem to be effecting just her.

[Eisen_Hammer]

"So how do you want to do this?" Baldor readies an action to shoot her if she anything suspicious especially casting a spell to disrupt it..


[roll0] Accounted for -1
[roll1] also accounted for -1
[roll2] also accounted for -1

[Morithias]

"So how do you want to do this?" Baldor readies an action to shoot her if she anything suspicious especially casting a spell to disrupt it..


[roll0] Accounted for -1
[roll1] also accounted for -1
[roll2] also accounted for -1

"Well, really I'm the one with the advance here. I just need to hold the fort til mother gets back and then you're in trouble. You may be able to take me, but you couldn't take her, and there's always one other problem with killing me. Namely a little something called "Speak with Dead". Quite frankly you're better off just leaving right now, and abandoning your little world domination plan. Also my god that guy was an idiot. What evil being loudly declares their intentions to an enemy? And then he lets his hyper-weapon do his thinking and picks up a human girl, who happens to be RIGHT where the trail they were tracking ended? Seriously even if you do keep to your plan, dump him at least, cause he's already almost screwed you over."

She keeps talking, clearly trying to stall you.

[Eisen_Hammer]

I shoot her in the face.
First roll was initiative
Second was attack
Third was DMG

[Morithias]

I shoot her in the face.
First roll was initiative
Second was attack
Third was DMG

"Ow that hurt!"

She uses a cure light wounds spells to heal her wounds.

[Eisen_Hammer]

"Not going to fight back?"

Attack: [roll0]
Dmg:[roll1]

[Eisen_Hammer]

And to confirm that critical

[roll0]

[Morithias]

"Not going to fight back?"

Attack: [roll0]
Dmg:[roll1]

Roll to confirm

Nevermind, you ninjaed me. And 26 damage put a hole right through her heart putting her into negatives.

Edit: actually doing a double check it killed her. That was...anti-climatic.

[Jaelesh]

((Damn, and here I was going to screw with her on the way to her destination, just to chloroform her or something before she arrived. Ah well, this should prove interesting.))

Watching the exchange going on between the human and the changeling, Karsht decides to take steps. Narik, stay hidden unless something comes up or I tell you otherwise. Baldor, play along with what I am about to do.

He creates an illusion within their minds. The form of a city guard walks into the temple and begin to mimic the motions of speech while Karsht sends the words directly into their minds. Sorry to disturb you ma'am, but there was a new development in regards to the man who we arrested. Would you mind coming with us back to the barracks. We believe we caught one of his accomplices, a goblin, and we want you to verify it's identity. Karsht them makes the guard-illusion look at Baldor Is something the matter?

Minor Image function of Cloud the Mind. Will save DC of 17 to disbelieve (can only make the save it they actually interact with it (touch, smell, taste, listen, etc) no save for just seeing it). Must make the save each round until they fail.
Diplomacy [roll0]
Bluff [roll1]

HAH! Using that ability for the first time.
(So much for that)
Karsht looks around quickly for witnesses and says in a strained tone "Quickly, cover her body and wrap it up in a rug or something. We can take it with us to prevent them from raising or interrogating her body.

[Eisen_Hammer]

Okay so I am in a church and just murdered her. I grab her body and go look for an empty grave to dump the body into.

"Umm she is dead. There is not really any chance of us tricking her."

Edit: Unless we want to go back so we can actually do something with this. If the DM is okay with that. But then again I am okay with just blasting until she is nothing more than dust.

[Morithias]

Okay so I am in a church and just murdered her. I grab her body and go look for an empty grave to dump the body into.

"Umm she is dead. There is not really any chance of us tricking her."

Edit: Unless we want to go back so we can actually do something with this. If the DM is okay with that. But then again I am okay with just blasting until she is nothing more than dust.

You could blast until there was just dust, but remember you're on a time limit. Anyone have a portable hole or backpack, or bag of holding?

[Jaelesh]

(Like I said, wrap her in a rug and carry her out. Then we can use speak with dead on the corpse to learn some info, and then have the goblin melt it with acid or something to prevent resurrection.)

[Eisen_Hammer]

So we go with Karsht's plan wrap it in a rug and leave. I assume that he is going to be using illusions to help with our escape.

[Jaelesh]

So we go with Karsht's plan wrap it in a rug and leave. I assume that he is going to be using illusions to help with our escape.

Damn right I will. All the people will see is you carrying a rug through town. Or a sack of potatoes.

[Eisen_Hammer]

Okay we get the body out of the church and a decent way towards the gate then I go and get the horses then we get out into the forest. Correct me if I am wrong.

[Jaelesh]

Works for me.... Now to begin the defiling of the body...

[Toska Moriarty]

Narik, having waited outside the temple, cannot help but cackle maniacally when hearing the sound of a body hitting the floor after Baldors attack. Running in after them, he stops where her body was. Even as the other two are lifting her and moving out, he tears a piece of cloth from his own shirt and does what he can to wipe up the blood. Any evidence is too much, and it's a shame he cannot yet hide magical auras.

Seeing as it's been only a minor amount of time, I doubt she's bled too much, so after he's done sweeping that up, he stuffs the bloodied rag into his shirt and scurries after the others.

"So," He whispers, curtly, "What are we to do with her? I say we feed her to the wolves. Or maybe I can use her to cook up something special? Hell, if we really want her to go away, we could toss her in the volcano..."

The tiny little beast grins widely, pointed teeth and constant snickering making a truly savage image, even with his hood up.

[Jaelesh]

"Tempting, especially the wolf part. Since we want to destroy all evidence of her body, we should either melt her in acid or blast her into oblivion. I was thinking of the volcano but I don't want to create a trail for divination to follow to our future base of operations, and taking her home to cook has the same issues."

Thinking to himself as he walks, karsht continues "Well... I guess we could do a bit of both. Lets go out to the forest and cut her body up to feed to the animals. We might be able to attract a couple of Worgs for you to talk to, and it will make it easier to blast the body into nothingness if there is only scraps left."

[Toska Moriarty]

Narik's eyes light up at the thought of encountering Worgs. Intelligent wolves, stronger and larger, that he could actually converse with. Maybe now, with a fresh corpse, a Charm Hex, and some help, he could acquire a new 'friend'. As a child, he had been told of great, talking wolves, but where his clan was, none seemed to exist.

"Yes. In the very least, any diviners trying to track her will see little pieces running in several directions. Hell, if we play this right, it could look like she was just attacked by wolves and eaten. There's no evidence in the temple besides a magical aura, and with the other wards there it shouldn't stand out too much..."

He stops a moment, nearly doubling over with suppressed laughter. He had seen the wolves, though none that seemed to talk, and it wasn't until recently that he had learned his new Charm. Still, though, he had hope. Perhaps bringing a mind-reader along could lead to some progress?

He quickens his pace, clearly anxious and excited to either mutilate the body or find the wolves. Those that know him don't need to think twice to know which action would excite the maimed little goblin: Both.