Defiance in Phlan [IC]

[SCARY WIZARD]

With a grunt, Ainigmah attempts to grapple the dwarven woman...

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Athletics (Grapple): (1d20+3)[19]
Attempting to grapple the dwarven woman.

[Bansheexero]

Xamyra circles around, stepping in to help contain the dwarven woman if it is necessary.

[John Cribati]

She gives a token resistance, but between the two of you, you get her to the ground.
"Alright, alright! you got me."
Her body relaxes as she gives up.

The marching children-about a half dozen- gather around the scene, until an older child attempts to wrangle them. She’s skinny, probably in her mid-teens, and pulling a small cart with the same flowers the younger ones are wearing.

Inside the tavern, you note that the glass sphere has shattered into innumerable shards, but after sifting carefully through the mess, you come across what seems to be a dagger made of bone.

[SCARY WIZARD]

"What in the Nine Hells was with that orb?" Ainigmah pins the dwarf between her knees, and grips her by her collar. Since she is the height of an abnormally tall, but still somewhat plausible, dwarf, this isn't too difficult for her... "Speak!"

She seems to be glossing over the fact that herself and her companions were partially responsible for what happened with the orb... Ah, well, that's humans for you.

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Intimidation on the dwarf, for answers.
Intimidation: (1d20+5)[13]

[Grim ranger]

Back inside the tavern, Soga notices the odd dagger poking out from amongst the shards of glass, carefully gripping the weird weapon before cautiously holding it out towards the lightning bolt still wildly lashing out. He really has no idea what this sort of thing would do inside a glass sphere, but it seems to really be the only thing thart might be of any use here: he doesn't really know how to punch electricity into submission yet!

[Bansheexero]

Xamyra puts her hand on the hilt of her rapier, glaring menacingly at the dwarf woman as Ainigmah questions her.

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Giving Ainigmah the Help action for Intimidate, as Xamyra has only a -1 to it

[John Cribati]

The Dwarf attempt to recoil away from the blade, but her lips loosen with expedience. "He just told me it was a source of magical energy and I was gonna try and use it to power some of the machines we’re working on to help with mining. I swear I don’t know anything else about it."

Inside the Tavern, the leaping lightning strikes out at the crowd once more, ignoring Soga and heading for Schuyler, the man that Kolivar had been talking to. The patrons start to actively scatter, then, some rushing madly toward the exit.

This includes the ostensibly incapacitated elf, who strolls out with blank, unseeing eyes.

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Yeah, I don’t think we’re in initiative anymore.

[SCARY WIZARD]

Ainigmah's expression softens considerably at the dwarf's account. She's still not all that pleased-looking, but at least she isn't slathering and foaming any more. "What kind of magic was inside this orb, that its magic would do what it did to people when released? It electrocuted a man..."

[John Cribati]

"He just told me it was captured lightning, from the Quivering Forest. Didn’t really offer much in the way of specifics."

[SCARY WIZARD]

Ainigmah helps the dwarf to her feet... "Who is this 'he'?"