AVB - On Padded Feet

[Renen]

She nods.

"It's a start. Might as well know about him. Perhaps he might even have friends who need a favor instead of money."

Her fish was delivered with a knife and fork. It seems the kitchen figured if they are saving on all those ingredients they could atleast provide cutlery. Sadly, the knife goes unused as Eve uses the fork to separate the fish into smaller pieces before eating them one by one.

[Renen]

Spoiler: I'll be taking my free feat now

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As per Aldhaven birthday announcement. :D I'll take over channel, because there's no such thing as too many ML.

[Rizban]

He sighs.

"Did you cast some sort of spell on me? I don't know why I'm doing this... Sure, I'll look into that information for you. I don't know how much I can do without violating my contracts, but that's not illegal information and should be safe to get for you."

[Renen]

Eve grins.

"Thank you so much!"

She finishes the last bits of fish and milk, looking quite impressed with herself, as there is no way a her feline form could fit that much food.

"So, what do you want to do now?"

She didn't want to make this all about herself afterall.

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So I am just curious, if the "spell" on Sven states he cant tell anyone about some things, could he just talk to his reflection, or some inanimate object within hearing distance of Eve? Just curious :D

[Rizban]

He replies rather reluctantly.

"Well, it's getting kind of late. I've got a long shift tomorrow at work and should really get some sleep at some point..."

[Renen]

"Well then, let ME walk you home."

Eve blinked, remembering an earlier conversation.

"Or atleast as close as you want me to. "

[Rizban]

"Yeah, sure." He swigs the last bit of his, now cold, tea. "I'm ready when you are."

He stands up to leave and offers his hand to help you stand.

[Renen]

Taking his hand, Eve pulls herself up. She weighs quite little. Holding on to Sven, she walks with him out of the coffee shop. Perhaps she stood up a little too quickly.

*Queue walking to house*

[Rizban]

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I'll let you describe walking to his house. He'll walk northeast through Old Town and stop a few blocks away, reemphasizing that he trust you not to turn into a cat and follow him.

Also, Sven has now been completely statted out as a full character with background.

[Renen]

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Dammit. I'm a terrible storyteller. Say, will you provide a picture for Sven? I often go to deviant art for all manner of pictures just because they make things prettier.

As they keep walking to Sven's house, Eve kept looking around, still getting used to being about ten times taller. She found herself quite surprised with how the day turned out. Yet even having made a new... friend, she still wanted to get into the palace. She described having an owner as a best friend, but that was only how the interpersonal connection worked. To the outside, having a prestigious owner was like having a prestigious job.

As she walked, Eve found herself stepping on cracks in the street that in her cat form she would need to step over lest her paw gets caught. She still felt the dress, as where any human forgets about their clothes a few seconds after putting them on.

As Sven stopped and indicated his desire to continue alone, she nodded in understanding. She was already trying to figure out how to get some extra funds in case the noble asked for a steep price she couldn't afford.

Pecking Sven on the cheek, she headed behind a nearby house, changing herself back onto a cat. Her dress became leather bracers on her paws. Deciding to borrow some money from those who borrowed it themselves, she picked a windowstill in one of the "shadier" alleys and started waiting for some low level crook to pass by with some recently plundered goods.

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Time to find out just how inconspicuous a cat on a windowstill looks when you are being attacked with magic. Eve waits for some thief to pass by so she can liberate some wealth.

[Rizban]

Spoiler: Sven

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Old Town, being one of the safest districts in the city, even at night, Eve spots no obvious thieves wandering the streets.

[Renen]

Eve relocates to some shadier neighbourhood, not docks level shady, but abit shady.

[Rizban]

She finds a neighborhood with a large number of trees. Fortunately, this neighborhood is also slightly less upscale. Indeed, she only waits around for (1d4+1)[2] hours before spotting someone shaded who also seems to be up to no good.

[Renen]

Eve keep an eye on the man, following if needed via rooftops or window sills. She first needed to make sure the man had some stolen goods for her to steal back.

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Being a cat, and it being night, I doubt I have to do any hide checks, since even if seen, there's no way anyone will suspect a cat of anything except mice hunting.

[Rizban]

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Unless this is Aldhaven and everyone automagically expects every cat to be burglar.

He disappears into a narrow alley that cannot be clearly seen down into from the rooftops.

[Renen]

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Noooo! Cats are fluffy and innocent! They are above all suspicion.

Eve follows carefully, trying not to be seen, just in case.

Spoiler: Mechanics

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She has mindsight, so she knows location of everyone within 100ft radius, including their creature type and INT score. Though she does buff up alittle.

She has:
Inertial Armor 5pp
Psychic Energy Center (Base): +2 to physical Stats
Psychic Energy Center (Crown): +3 Natural Armor


Also, question: Does she need to make move silent checks? Or perhaps she gets some circumstantial bonus, since she is a small light cat, that is wearing no equipment that might make a sound (as compared to a typical adventurer)

[Rizban]

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If you want to be silent, you need a MS check, and size/form don't give bonuses. Stinks in this case, but them's the rules.

Eve drops down to the entrance of the street and peers around the corner, provoking a need to roll Hide and MS checks.

[Renen]

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At times like this you can roll for me, to save time. I trust you :D
And I find it funny that the namesake of this thread does not allow me to move quieter :D

Hide
(1d20+13)[28]

Stealth
(1d20+5)[20]

Keep in mind that she doesn't even need to be within viewing range. She just has to be within 100ft. God bless mindsight.

P. S. JUST as I posted I remembered my psicrystal can aid another me. So if I fail, and a +2 will make a difference, then feel free to roll psicrystal aid another check. It has +6 to move silently (stealth) and +2 to hide. But it only needs to hit a 10...

[Rizban]

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Mindsight lets you know location, Int score, and creature type. It doesn't tell you what they're actually doing though. I thought you were getting closer to be able to see what was going on.

You see the man as he rounds a corner in the alleyway that you didn't see from your location. The area seems pretty suspicious. It's definitely a place you can't see from the street and doesn't even appear to be there. The alley just looks like a straight shot all the way through...

[Renen]

Eve follows carefully, hiding behind any items in the alley, or under any said items. She kinda hopes the man is going to his illegal money stash. Cats can dream...

[Rizban]

You reach an even narrower alley, more of a gap between two buildings built too close together. Further on, it looks like the two buildings are actually leaning up against one another. It's near this point that you see the man throw the bag down a hole and crawl down behind it, looking behind him nervously but not seeing you. He reaches up to close a wooden cover on, what appears to be, the cellar entrance.

[Renen]

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Keep in mind Eve would know if the man for example waits behind the cover.

Running up to the cover, Eve paws it once, and makes it disappear, after which she sneaks into the space after the man. Once inside the looks for any small space in which she can hide to observe. (assuming it is not a

Spoiler: mechanics

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Time Hop on wooden door/cover. It gets no save.

[Rizban]

When she reaches the door, she senses the man about 30 feet in front of her and rapidly descending underground. She then suddenly loses him.

The door disappears, revealing a long, narrow staircase twisting straight down with an open shaft in the middle and distinctly lacking handrails.

[Renen]

*pat pat pat* *lurk lurk lurk* *crawl crawl crawl*
Eve follows.

[Rizban]

You make your way down the stairs, small enough that the uneven stairs don't bother you much. Still, you feel an aura of malice in the air that you would swear is beckoning you to step off the edge and into oblivion... and it sounds quite appealing...

Resisting the urge to fling yourself to your death down the shaft, you make it to the bottom and see a narrow tunnel before you leading off into blackness just as the door above blinks back into existence, obscuring all light.

[Renen]

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ACTIVATING CAT-VISION (touchsight)

Using her powers, Eve keeps on moving, having no problems with navigating using her super cat vision. She still keeps in mind that someone could see her, so she still does her best to not be caught in the open.

[Rizban]

The tunnel in front of you is a mere three feet wide and five feet tall. The man you were following definitely had to hunch over to fit through here. The tunnel goes forward with a slight downward slope for thirty feet before ending in a wooden door standing just slightly open. From beyond the door, you hear a whispered conversation but cannot quite make out the words.

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Rolled a reactive Listen for you. Wasn't quite high enough to hear them clearly.

[Renen]

Not wanting to risk it, Eve camps out outside the door, in some crevice or behind some random trash, to make sure she is not seen. She tries to overhear the conversation further, hoping they raise their voices. Though she figures it will be fine enough to just wait for them to leave.

[Rizban]

The stairs themselves are cut into the stone of the shaft, leaving no gaps beneath them under which to hide. The rest of the area seems completely free of debris of any kind. It would be very hard to hide anywhere around here without being seen...

The fact that you can hear their voices and hear shuffling around but cannot detect them with your mindsight is starting to really disturb you...

[Renen]

Suddenly getting a bright idea, Eve claws off her psicrystal, which was clinging on to her, and tells it to peek into the room.

Valuing her own life much more, she runs back abit, and waits for the crystal to tell her the situation. She figures the small little crystal is much much less likely to be seen.

The crystal bravely crawls up to the door, and peeks in.