Assassins IC

[Froogleyboy]

Alakai mounts Arachne and ride off

[Maurkov]

Bloodspoor

Bloodspoor shakes his head. Walls and guards aren't much of an obstacle for an assassin. He'll be long gone. He thanks the guardsmen and flies on, to the guild hall. He keeps his eyes and ears open, just in case.

[Silence]

@Froogleyboy: (TIME WARP YEAH!)

A few hours later, about midday, you arrive in stoneforge, but the gate captain won't let you in. He claims that the city is locked down.

@Bloodspoor: You arrive at the guild hall safely. It's almost empty, as you would expect. Most of the people that aren't guarding the area, and let me note that the guard force is still quite strong, are out looking for the murderer. A man, part of the order, asks you if you know what happened.

[Maurkov]

Bloodspoor

"I heard only the vaguest detail. Have you got a description or sketch of the person? Is there any evidence that he hasn't flown or teleported away yet? Any idea of the motive?"

[Froogleyboy]

Alakai

Alakai brushes his fingers through his silver hair in annoyance. He lifts his head and smiles at the guard .
"Sir I am sorry for my lateness. I had an . . . . . . inconvineiance. Now if you let me in I would be in debt to you my good sir, and Alakai Mezexxus never forgets a debt"

I rolled a diplomacy check and got a 33

[Kobold-Bard]

Reyor

Seeing the man Reyor continues to walk down the ally. Once he gets within 15ft he will look up and (hopefully) that will be the last thing the man sees for a while as his Glitterdust sell goes off.

[If the spell works] Collecting his now disabled hostage Reyor grabs a pair of manacles from his bag and binds his hands. He then places a hand on his shoulder and whispers into his ear "Identify yourself. If you move you die".

[If it doesn't] Cursing his flashy magic Reyor draws his sword and prepares for battle.

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Cast Glitterdust (DC17 Will to not be blinded).
Intimidate if the spell works: (1d20+14)[26]

[Silence]

@Bloodspoor: "No one knows... He got away. I can think of no motive for the kill, other than vengeance for a death caused by Robin..." He replies.

@Alakai: (Nice roll. You're quite the socialite.) The considers this for a moment, then signals to the gatemaster to let you through.

You enter the city.

@Reynor: Your plan works perfectly. The man stumbles and bumbles over his words before begging you not to kill him.

"Please don't kill me... I didn't kill him... They just hired me to help..." He says, barely coherently.

[Kobold-Bard]

Reyor

"Well you can tell that to the truth zone back at the guild hall. However if you give me some information right now that I can pass on and leads to the capture of the murderer then you can at least expect some leniency".

With that he will drag the man up, touch his hood so that he looks like himself, but is dressed like a city guard, and proceeds to lead the man back to the guild. [If the man gives me some information I'll pass it on to any assassin I happen to pass.]

[Froogleyboy]

Alakai gives the man a beautiful smile and rides into the town smiling and waving to every person he sees. He quickly picks up a tune and begins to sing

I use my Bardic music ability to fascinate people with my singing. I rolled a 16 on my sing check. I sung:

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Queen of Light took her bow
And then she turned to go
The Prince of Peace embraced the gloom
And walked the night alone

Oh, dance in the dark of night
Sing to the morning light
The dark Lord rides in force tonight
And time will tell us all

Oh, throw down your plow and hoe
Rest not to lock your homes
Side by side we wait the might
Of the darkest of them all

I hear the horses' thunder
Down in the valley blow
I'm waiting for the angels of Avalon
Waiting for the eastern glow

The apples of the valley hold
The seeds of happiness
The ground is rich from tender care
Repay, do not forget, no, no

Dance in the dark of night
Sing to the morning light
The apples turn to brown and black
The tyrant's face is red.

Oh war is the common cry
Pick up you swords and fly
The sky is filled with good and bad
That mortals never know

Oh, well, the night is long
The beads of time pass slow
Tired eyes on the sunrise
Waiting for the eastern glow

The pain of war cannot exceed
The woe of aftermath
The drums will shake the castle wall
The ring wraiths ride in black
Ride on

Sing as you raise your bow
Shoot straighter than before
No comfort has the fire at night
That lights the face so cold

Oh dance in the dark of night
Sing to the morning light
The magic runes are writ in gold
To bring the balance back
Bring it back

At last the sun is shining
The clouds of blue roll by
With flames from the dragon ofdarkness
The sunlight blinds his eyes

[Silence]

@Reynor: You drag the man back to the guild hall, but he doesn't speak until you get there. There are two men speaking there, one of them a pixie. You recognize them both as assassins, the pixie as a quite high ranking member, like yourself.

@Bloodspoor: You see a city guard dragging a man dressed as a commoner into the hall where you are.

@Foogleyboy: (Lyics aren't really necessary, but if you want to post them, that's your thing. BTW, what song is that?)

People smile as you ride by, and wave back, some recognizing you. A fellow assassin stops you and tells you what happened, and that a man has just begun interrogation in the guild hall.

(The timing is a bit out of sync. The other two players are still about an hour behind you. I'll give them a bit to post in the difference.)

[Maurkov]

Bloodspoor

"Make a list of his targets." He tries to remember how long humans live. "Three years should be enough...," he trails off.

"Is that him?"

[Froogleyboy]

Thats the song that I play before I post because it gets me in the mood for this character. Its called 'Battle of evermore' by Led Zeppelin

[Silence]

@Bloodspoor: The man looks over at the guard dragging the man, and immediately rushes over and begins to help the guard. He then responds to you.

"I'll make the list when I'm done here, sir." He says. "And I don't know if this is him or not. We'll see, sir."

@Foogley: (Oh, yeah, I know that song. Good stuff. Led Zeppelin is beast )

[Froogleyboy]

Alakai kicks open the door to the guild hall.
"What" He sighs while opening a small bottle of mushroom wine "happend?"
He takes a small sip and whispers to himself "Delicious."

[Silence]

@Froogley: You see about a dozen fellow asssassins draw knives, bows and swords of all sort and switch into combat stances as you smash the door open. When they see it's you, they put their weapons away and begin talking amonsgst themselves. One tells you that they found someone on the street that was hired by the murderer to help him.

Apparently, the murderer had hired five mercenaries to help him ensure the kill of Robin. They had then tried to run, but three had been caught by the assassins.

They didn't know anything about the man other than that he was a tall, black haired male that carried himself with a sense of what can only be described as deadliness.

After the kill, the assassin had teleported away, probably by magic.

None of them knew anything about the assassin or his motivations.

[Froogleyboy]

Alakai growls to himself, sighs and sips from the bottle again. Without looking up from the bottle he asks "Who do you have working on this?"

[Silence]

@Froogle: They list off the names of a few assassins. Competent ones you know can do the job well.

[Froogleyboy]

Alakai smirks at the men. "Hmm...." he sighs "at least I will be working with men of. . . . . competence"

OOC: are these assassins the PCs?

[Maurkov]

Bloodspoor

To amuse himself while he awaits clerical (think secretary, not priest) assistance, he checks out the captive. He walks a slow circle around. As he leaves the man's line of sight, Bloodspoor looks through the things he's collected from the man's pockets. By the time he's back in front, he's put them back again.

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Fetching: Sleight of Hand - (1d20+22)[42] Sleight of Hand - (1d20+22)[34] Sleight of Hand - (1d20+22)[34]

Returning: Sleight of Hand - (1d20+22)[26] Sleight of Hand - (1d20+22)[42] Sleight of Hand - (1d20+22)[36]

[Kobold-Bard]

Reyor

Relinquishing the man Reyor says to the guard "make sure those manacles come back to me clean, understand".[1]

Tapping hi hood to return to his normal attire he heads to the leaders office to see if his magical abilities will be of any use in seeking the murderer. (I know I can't scry, but they might have scrolls)

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[1]Intimidate check whilst saying it: (1d20+15)[29]-1 because I got my modifier wrong.

[Silence]

@Froogley: (Some are there are four assassins working on him total. Three PCs and a NPC.)

@Bloodspoor: You find a few GP and SP, some food, two daggers, a short sword, and some other random items a commoner might have on them. It's also worth noting that he's wearing thin leather armor under his cloak and clothes.

@Reynor: He nods quickly, and you head up to the second in command's office (first in command until Robin is raised). He's a ranger mainly, and has little magical ability, but he knows the location for a Zone of Truth scroll and a potion these use for interrogation (-1d8 to wisdom and intelligence).

[Froogleyboy]

Alakai sips at his wine and says "take me to these men"

[Silence]

@Froogely: (Ok, we're going to have to wait for the other two to catch up, and then the timing will all be right. But for now, we'll just have to wait.)

[Maurkov]

Bloodspoor

"make sure those manacles come back to me clean, understand." [Intimidate +28]

The little man is startled by such a harsh tone. "This one's on our side," he gently chides the departing assassin.

He turns to the prisoner. "I am saddened that you have chosen to betray the city's patron guild. Why would you do this?"

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Bloodspoor is using diplomacy for now, but he'll try to get a sense for what kind of persuasion is likely to be most effective.

He'd like to get some leads before they go though the trouble of magically breaking him.

[Silence]

Bloodspoor



The little man is startled by such a harsh tone. "This one's on our side," he gently chides the departing assassin.

He turns to the prisoner. "I am saddened that you have chosen to betray the city's patron guild. Why would you do this?"

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Bloodspoor is using diplomacy for now, but he'll try to get a sense for what kind of persuasion is likely to be most effective.

He'd like to get some leads before they go though the trouble of magically breaking him.

"I'm not part of your damn guild," He spits, "I'm just a [blank]ing mercenary. He hired me. I don't know anything about him other than he pays well."

[Froogleyboy]

(OOC: have they caught up yet)

[Maurkov]

Bloodspoor

"Mercenary? I can work with that. How much would it cost for you to tell us... everything?"

[Silence]

"Hell, if I knew anything else, I would be selling right off to ye, but I don't got nutin' else..." He says.

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