A Dangerous Gift

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Jun 29, 2024 12:17 am
Morik was careful to keep his riders atop, but he swiped and bit at their quarry nonetheless.

Rolls

Bite (Bear) - Attack - (1d20+6)

(17) + 6 = 23

Claws (Bear) - Attack - (1d20+6)

(13) + 6 = 19

Bite (Bear) - Damage - (1d8+4)

(5) + 4 = 9

Claws (Bear) - Damage - (2d6+4)

(63) + 4 = 13

Jun 29, 2024 1:52 am
With an appreciative pat to Morik’s bear flank, Eozindra alights onto the roof. "Thanks, buddy." The bard then edges forward, jabbing with her rapier to attempt to clear a path through the blackness.
OOC:
Stabbing at the ghostly thing in front of me. Will try to start making a path in that direction if/when it falls.

Rolls

Rapier (disadvantage) - Attack - (2d20L1+3)

(114) + 3 = 7

Rapier - Damage - (1d8+1)

(3) + 1 = 4

Jun 30, 2024 7:04 am
The Unseen, round six

Elowin attacks, but even with the thunderous might of Lunea flowing through her, she is unable to land a solid blow on the drow crouching down in the darkness.
As soon as he feels the bear ascend onto the roof, Adran dismounts from Morik and moves up the slope, emerging out of the darkness head first like a merman walking onto a shore out of the ocean.
The two drow attack, one frantically reloading his crossbow and trying to skewer Elysia, the other lifting just the top of his head out of the black sphere to send one last quarrel in Elowin's direction. Each dark elf shrieks in fear and frustration as their shots miss, cursing the sun.
Taking advantage of the sound and the sight of the top of the drow's head, Ishi slices across with his greatsword, cleanly slicing off the top of the hidden drow's skull! The glow on the horses blinks off as the drow dies.
The ghostly glowing blue creature is Stunned at his Master's death, and takes no action this round, not even to turn invisible again.
Elysia bats the crossbow of the drow on the roof out of his hands and sinks her blade into his gut. She grabs him and pulls him close, saying "Tell me what why you want to steal our prisoner. Tell me what you have against the house my ring represents. Tell me the information I need, and I’ll let you live." But any answers won't be forthcoming, she realizes: the drow has already died. With his death, the sphere of darkness disappears, revealing the rest of the dead drow and the expertly-bound and unconscious body of Findal Dinfizzle Findazzle lying next to it. Elysia lets go of the corpse, and he slides backwards off of her blade and slumps into a heap on the roof.
Eozindra says "Thanks, buddy," to Morik, and leaps off of the bear's back to attack the Stunned creature. Despite it's stunned state, the blade does not do any significant damage.
Morik, however, lopes forward and savages the creature, smashing it down to the roof with his weight, digging into it with his claws, and gets a firm grip on it with his jaws and tears it in half. The enslaved spirit, released from its bondage, whispers a "Thank you," which everyone in the party hears in their minds. The sundered parts of the glowing body melt into shimmering energy, which wafts around, looking for a way to bestow a blessing on an item. It drifts onto Eozindra, sinks into her leather armor, and disappears.

Rolls

Drow crossbow bolt (DISADV) at Elysia AC15, piercing damage - (2d20l1+4, 1d6+2)

2d20l1+4 : (1310) + 4 = 14

1d6+2 : (4) + 2 = 6

Drow crossbow bolt (DISADV) at Elowin AC18, piercing damage - (2d20l1+4, 1d6+2)

2d20l1+4 : (71) + 4 = 5

1d6+2 : (3) + 2 = 5

Elysia's critical hit damage - (1d8)

(2) = 2

Glowing energy choosing a target: 1 (Ishi), 2 (Elowin), 3 (Eozindra), 4 (Adran) - (1d4)

(3) = 3

Findal

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Jun 30, 2024 3:07 pm
Findal

Less than a minute has passed since the party first arrived at the jail. With the combat ended, the party is able to revive Findal (on the principle that it will be easier to get down off of the roof with him awake). As you untie the gnome, you see that he is shaken, suffering two levels of exhaustion, and very nervous about staying anywhere near here.

The two drow corpses have hand crossbows, short swords, dark attire, and no other equipment.

But as the party makes its way back to the ground, it's clear to all of you that multiple groups - at a minimum you know of the Duke and these drow - are after Tykus' map. Findal needs rest, and he urges retreat before the Duke arrives. Findal asserts "The Duke will want to recapture me; he'll view me as an escaped captive." He runs a shaky hand through his beard. "For some reason, he thinks that I was involved in the research; maybe he read some of our letters. But we've got to find a safe place away from here! All this has happened in daylight, and any moment now an alarm will be raised!" Then another thought occurs to him: "What about Peppercorn? Is she alright?"
Jun 30, 2024 3:53 pm
Realizing the scholar was alright, Sia snatched up a crossbow and a set of dark attire, perfect for sneakery or blending in. She listens to Findral as she stares out from the roof at the parts of the city she can see. She’s a bit melancholy to leave, she’d liked the size and all of the goings on as it made picking pockets easier with the bustle. She hadn’t even gotten to visit that purveyor of decadent wares…

Still, escaping is her forte. She’s almost done planning a route through the city and a way when she hears the question. Looking down at him, she asks, "Who is Peppercorn?"
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Jun 30, 2024 5:36 pm
"Hey if no one objects. could i pick up a set of dark attire? looks good for hunting in the city." He asked shyly
Jun 30, 2024 8:59 pm
Upon hearing the disembodied voice express gratitude, Eozindra glances around herself at the scattering essence with wide-eyed wonder. Her hands drift to her chest as the spirit imbues its thanks physically upon her and she lets out an empathetic sigh, whispering "You’re welcome" in reply.

She turns back to the group after a moment of reverence to the parted spirit. "We can’t stay here a moment longer." She stoops to collect the other drow’s equipment, folds the attire neatly and holds it out to Ishi with a bowed head. "Does anyone need this?" She asks, holding aloft the other hand crossbow. "If not, I’d be very appreciative. Looks like things are going to be a bit messy from now on."

While awaiting response, she glances over the edge of the roof to asses the situation of the horses below.
OOC:
Are the horses still there? Do the sisters perhaps know of an underground locations within the city in which to hide, based on their time spent here and the connections they made upon arrival? Or at least, the fastest route out of the city from their current location. Also, does the armor require attunement?
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Jul 1, 2024 1:42 am
Morik stood on his hind legs and roared in bestial triumph! The roar died meekly as he realized the bloodlust had a hold on him, and he calmed himself down. He went back to the others, sniffed at Findal and motioned with his head to tell the gnome to get on him.
OOC:
Unless there was a horse for everyone, it'd be best if Morik stayed in bear form. He's ready to go.
Jul 1, 2024 7:18 am
Peppercorn, your pet crow is still in the inn. She eyes the local girls Eozindra and Elysia. Perhaps someone can sneak in and get her and what other stuff we have left behind there.

We have get out of town or at least out of sight for now.
Jul 1, 2024 7:24 am
Knowing she has the skills to do so, and possibly a slight ulterior motive to sneak through the marketplace, Elysia offers, "I do not mind being that person. I desire to make a quick stop on my way out of town anyways and I still need to free that poor tiefling below us before the duke arrives." Realizing the duke is on his way, she collects her daggers and makes her way off the roof and inside to start completing her task list of things to do before leaving town.
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Jul 1, 2024 5:32 pm
Are our backpacks and other gear at the inn? A couple of the slower folks could take the gnome to safety while me and some others take the horsese to get our stuff
Jul 2, 2024 1:35 am
Morik again nodded at Findal to get on him. His bear form wasn't as fast as a horse, but Ishi was right, given a lead he could certainly take Findal out and meet up with the others later.
Jul 2, 2024 4:12 am
"I would not mind the hand crossbow, but go ahead," Adran says dismissively. You get the impression he's drawn to the mechanisms involved in its crafting.

"You know... now I'm really curious what was in the box we found," the tinkerer muses aloud as he slides back down off the roof. "Ah well. We became fugitives in record time. I feel like we're owed a reward or something. A plaque at least." He assists Findal in mounting Morik the bear. "If you think it's safe to split, we can take Fin out of town while you all get our stuff? Wouldn't mind having someone who knows the city though -- I'd rather avoid getting lost again."
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Jul 2, 2024 6:43 am
With the sincerity of a child, Eozindra holds the crossbow to Adran. "I’m sure it won’t be the only one we come across." She then turns to the group. "I have my bag with me. And the, y’know…" she nods suggestively from the gnome to her satchel wherein the parchment is concealed. "I can lead us out of here."

Turning to Elysia, the bard takes her sister’s hands. In this moment, the pale girl’s childlike enthusiasm has been replaced with the wash of responsible older sibling as she makes rapid decisions and hands out orders to her younger partner in crime. "Can you take the others to gather their belongings? We can meet where we camped the night before we arrived. I will call to you once we arrive and every few minutes thereafter until you respond."
OOC:
I’m sort of presuming we had a location off the path outside of the city where we took time to rest before coming into the city proper. Since we would’ve taken time to make our presence known anywhere and Sia would have scouted it first.
Jul 3, 2024 8:22 am
"Of course, just be safe." It never mattered to Elysia that Zin was older, she still worried for her sister. She still tried not to let it show too much, she’d never suffocate her. "If you forget the things I’ve taught you and get caught, I’ll be very cross," she added.
OOC:
What about the old tiefling? Both Sia and I would feel bad leaving him to the Duke’s ministrations if our actions are going to cause him more problems.
Jul 3, 2024 11:26 am
Yes, lets get everyone from that unlawful arrest out of there before we go.
But we need to got soon!
Jul 3, 2024 3:31 pm
forkbeard says:
Are our backpacks and other gear at the inn? A couple of the slower folks could take the gnome to safety while me and some others take the horsese to get our stuff
I should have written as OOC. In the 'Real Worlf' I ihnk we would drop bulk gear as soon as we got into melee. but in Dnd, we seem to carry a loy of treasure around.
Jul 4, 2024 6:53 am
Findal says: "They seemed to think that Tykus had some valuable information, but I only saw him after he was dead. What happened?"
OOC:
Answers to various questions:
- The horses are still here where you dismounted from them.
- Peppercorn, Findal’s belongings, and any gear that the members of the party weren’t actively wearing/carrying when they were sitting down for drinks and food at the table (backpacks, maybe also a pair of boots?) are all still at the Inn.
- Those who take the hand crossbows find them easy to use, but they have special little bolts (exactly matching the ones Adran examined and kept from earlier). Each drow has six bolts remaining. In addition to dealing 1d6 piercing damage, a bolt hitting a living creatureforces them to succeed on a CON save or fall asleep. The dark clothing consists of tight-fitting leather jerkins, armwraps, breeches, and black cloaks. It takes but a moment to remove the cloaks, but the other pieces will take more time (~2 minutes, since you’re struggling with a dead body). What do you take?
- Some or all of the PCs can stay to free other prisoners, but it will also take time. Similarly, some or all of the party can return to the Inn (with stealth or speed) to retrieve items. Chances are the Duke’s forces will come to the jail first, but he may dispatch more troops to the Inn to detain you once he finds that Findal’s escaped. But getting out of the city will be difficult; Elysia knows places to hide in Grayhaven, but not really ways to get out of the city secretly. If you want to leave the city, there are the gates or scaling the huge wall, both of which would likely attract attention.

With those extra details, what would you like to do (and in what order).
Jul 4, 2024 8:33 am
OOC:
Based on the update, I’d adjust my "meet me here" directive to one of the hiding places known to Sia. I don’t think we can get out of the city immediately without drawing attention and need time to plan an escape. I think it’s important to get Findal out ASAP which Zin can head up. If anyone wants to stay and get the tiefling before gathering the belongings at the inn, that’s great. With the shared local knowledge between Zin/Sia I feel like splitting up with one of them in each group is the best chance of accomplishing all that.
Jul 4, 2024 10:07 am
OOC:
Morik is in bear form and can’t talk, so he’ll agree with whtever plan you all come up with. Just give him directions if needed.
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