Augury Part I: New Beginnings

[Garryl]

"You said it. Remind me when this kerfuffle is over with, I'll tell you all about it, all the way from book-stealing to prophecies and zombies."

Sorrel frowns for a moment as he remembers the unpleasantness of the last bit.

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Knowledge (local) regarding thieves guilds and a Spot check to see if anyone is suspiciously eying us (us being the folks sitting around the table uninvolved with the commotion).
Knowledge Local 14, Spot 11. Remind me to just take 10 more often.

[dipolartech]

The threatening man goes over and starts wiping the spilled ale off of the halfling girl, and replies in Draconic in a low voice "And just who are you? For all we know, you could be a member of this thieves guild trying to lead us into an ambush. The inside of a tavern seems a much safer place than an alley behind it."

More loudly in common he says "You clumsy lout! Look what you've done now! Do you know how hard it is to dry out halflings? They soak up water like little sponges."

:: Oh ye gods, somebody here does know draconic, this plan might actually have a chance:: Sheant continues with his internal monologue.

Raising his voice to be heard from here to outer planes Kheldar says, " Ach, 'ahm sorrae 'bout that missy!You shunddn't surprise ah man laike so *HICCUP*". Drunkenly coming to his feet, Kheldar vaguely motions as if to assist the halfing woman with cleaning up.

Speaking low again directly to the rather forcefully persuasive individual coming to the young lady's side, "Trust, good sir, is something that must be given a chance if it is to grow. I will say that outside this drinking establishment your group will have a greater array of options available for dealing with the situation as it is before you now."

[sirpercival]

Suddenly a huge man appears next to Kheldar and clamps a meaty hand onto the "drunk's" shoulder.  "Is there a problem here?"  He gives Kheldar a flat look.

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This guy is a "fixer" for the Guild.  He's clearly wondering what the hell you're doing.

[dipolartech]

Slowly and carefully as if not to lose his equilibrium in the process the drunken Kheldar looks up, and up, and up a little more into the somewhat beady eyes of the man grabbing his shoulder. "*HICCUP* Ah wus at*hic* attemp'n tah ap-apolo*hic* say ahm sarry 'bout spill'n mae hom'opatheti*hiccup* ah mean meh-dice-ahna*hicl* ah ah *hic* mah drenk ahn 'eh preddy lady."

[phaedrusxy]

Legion replies to the huge man "It's OK, sir. Just a little accident involving a spilled beer. We've worked things out between us now, I think. Haven't we, Kheldar?"

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bluff

Rolled 1d20+5 : 8 + 5, total 13

[Concerned Ninja Citizen]

Alvin remains seated in the corner keeping a weather eye out for any funny business.

Then he has a brain wave and presses his ear against the taven wall, finding that he is perfectly positioned to hear everything going on around the building.

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Spot and Listen

So what are the people 3 blocks over saying?

[dipolartech]

Legion replies to the huge man "It's OK, sir. Just a little accident involving a spilled beer. We've worked things out between us now, I think. Haven't we, Kheldar?"

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bluff This dice roll has been tampered with!
Rolled 1d20+5 : 8 + 5, total 13

"Ah raight 'u 're dere, whyyyy ah th'nk ah'ull buh-buh-buy yall a dr'nk ju't tae shoaw 'ow mudch 'e 'ike eatch odder."

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Bluff roll quoted from the Dice roll thread

This dice roll has been tampered with!
 13 + 5, total 18
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2 questions over in OOC cause I haven't done this much before....

[skydragonknight]

Spot 18, Listen 13

The drunk had spilled his drink on her, whispered something in some drunken gibberish, and then wanted to apologize?? And to make matters worse, she had even failed to liberate his coin purse! It's not that she enjoyed stealing, but since 'a fool and his money are soon parted' and this man was obviously a fool, she might as well be the one doing the parting.

Kara glares at the construct for speaking on her behalf before looking at the man. "Yes, there's a problem. But nothing I can't deal with." She jumps nearly four feet in the air and slaps Kheldar straight across the face (1 subdual damage?). She then storms towards the door. "Let's get out of here. The food is undercooked and the customers are rude and obnoxious."

[sirpercival]

The big man nods while he looks at Kara, impressed.  "Um, yes.  Perhaps that would be for the best.  I'll take care of this one..." He glares at Kheldar, then starts dragging him toward a back room.

((EDIT: Forgot the S/L checks, here we go:))

The rest of the patrons seem not to be paying much attention, engrossed in their food... or maybe they just don't want to get involved.  Nothing particularly suspicious.

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Through a tiny chink in the wall, Alvin can hear quick, hurried whispers.  Voice 1: "What is Kheldar doing?  He's supposed to be trailing these guys, not talking to them!" Voice 2: "Has he really been drinking?  I thought he just spilled that on himself."  Voice 1: "I have no idea!  But Big Lou is not going to be happy if K loses Fontaine and Makegood.  Ransoming those two is our meal ticket!"

[Concerned Ninja Citizen]

Alvin freezes and tries his best to keep his face impassive. Speaking in Draconic he says to Sorrel in an urgent whisper:

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"Kheldar was telling the truth. Bandits are waiting outside, for the two of us specifically. They plan to ransom us. Kheldar was supposed to be working for them but talking to us wasn't in the plan."

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My Weapon of Aether has a 2 minute duration. I'm going to reforge it every minute or so while we're not in combat time to keep it available. The weapon itself is hovering at the small of my back under my backpack.

[phaedrusxy]

Legion gives the man a hard stare, and says one word to him: "Run". As he does so, his eyes flare up inside for a moment as if an inferno blazed underneath their surface.

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Command SLA from Naberius (i.e. "The Captain"), Will DC 15 to resist, cool down timer 5 rounds

[sirpercival]

The man blinks at Legion.  "What?"  He seems mildly creeped out by the eyes thing, and has slowed.

[phaedrusxy]

Legion thinks to himself <Guess I'll have to do this the hard way>, and says to the man "Run while you can. I know who you are, and why you're here, and I'm about to put you into a world of pain."

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take 10 on intimidate as a standard action, per Naberius/"The Captain" for a 20

[sirpercival]

The man frowns, then glares at Legion.  He drops Kheldar on the ground, and cracks his big, meaty knuckles.

"I'd like to see you try, tough guy."

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Wow, two 19s in a row... this will never ever happen again.  Lol.

If you intend to initiate a dustup, go ahead and roll inits!

[phaedrusxy]

Legion says grimly "You asked for it..." and cracks the guy right in the face with a sound not unlike a metal pipe crushing a coconut.

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attack 22, damage 7 non-lethal, 4 lethal

[Flay Crimsonwind]

Isaac suddenly draws the greatsword from his back, standing not too far behind Legion. "This doesn't have to get any worse for you than it already is. You should take his suggestion and go."

[sirpercival]

The thug takes the shot to the face stoically -- he's clearly used to throwing down as necessary, though he wasn't quite ready for the brawl to start so abruptly.  The extra oomph of Legion's punch splits his lip in two, and blood dribbles down his face, which purples in rage.

Initiative!

20	Sorrel
16	Kheldar
12	Alvin
10	Legion, Kara (Nora'luuu)

((Need init for Isaac; if it's above 17, go ahead and post an action too.  Sorrel, you're up!))

[Garryl]

As the first punch is thrown, Sorrel snaps up his bow and takes cover among the only people in the crowded bar he knows aren't trying to kidnap him.

Sorrel's Actions

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Move: Grab my things and move over to the midst of the greatest concentration of known friendlies (the people I walked in here with). I know there are enemies here, but I don't know who or how many there area.

Standard: Ready an action to shoot anyone who attacks one of my allies. Blunt arrows, as indicated before. If possible, I'll also discharge Ritual Focus and Minor Circle of Good Hope (Ritual of Protection) as part of the readied action when it occurs.

[Flay Crimsonwind]

Great. He hadn't anticipated the man wanted to actually fight. He didn't feel right about hitting an unarmed man with a sword, especially when he hadn't swung yet. It left a bad taste in his mouth.

"Both of you, stop. You're out numbered, and neither of us want the trouble."

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Readying standard; if the man attacks anyone, or if I'm attacked, I'll charge or strike back respectively.

[sirpercival]

The rest of the tavern's patrons seem to disappear almost magically beneath tables and behind chairs.

Still with his ear to the wall, Alvin can hear one of the two voices from outside yelp, "Damnation!  It's begun now..."

Suddenly two men burst into the room, crossbows in hand and pointing at various members of the party.  "None of you move!" one of them shouts.

The bleeding thug scowls.  "He hit me, Henckle!"

"You shut up, Stuve.  You've botched this up enough already," the other one barks.  Stuve's face purples even more.

Initiative!

20	Sorrel, Isaac
17	Thug23
16	Kheldar
12	Alvin
10	Legion, Kara (Nora'luuu)

((Kheldar's up.))