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Tarrov walked over to Izzick, picked him up, and began carrying him towards the door with the intent of allowing everyone through to downstairs.  "He said something about footsoldiers," the young man subvocalized.  "I think they might be using the disease to turn Korvosa's citizens into some sort of army!"

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Izzick isn't  the lightest package you've ever carried, Tarrov. But then again, during your triumphant turn as Acasio in The Dragon Sings At Midnight you had to carry a rather large leading lady up the side of a scaffold while reciting an entire monolouge about porridge. So you manage.

Selvin and Vaddis, you fall in line behind the struggling bard as he moves to the double doors in the back of the administrative area. Area G4 everyone The doors open silently to reveal a lift.

It's an old wooden platform suspended by a thick chain set in the middle. A lever to one side must control it's movement. It can go upwards or down.

There are no guards here. The Doctor seemed to indicate you shoud go down. But from abpve you can hear voices. There must be more patients up there, becaue most of the voices are groans and whimpers as well as the odd scream. But you can hear more cm voices as well. All you can make out is "...make sure the south side infections run on schedule..." and "...she's been a most agreeable client..."

Up or down?

Hello?

Are we going up or down Tarrov?

OOC:  We're going downstairs, I think--that seems to be where Rolth is.  Sorry guys, was traveling amidst horrible weather this weekend and have a huge oral argument tomorrow a.m.  Back to regularly-scheduled posting tomorrow!

Unseen gears begin to grind and the lift lowers itself. The veiw of the warehouse is replaced by a sheer stone wall for about thirty feet before the space opens again.

You re looking into a large underground vault. It may hve been a cold storage for the warehouse at one time. The chamber is bare save for torches in sconces along the wall and two of the armored Grey Maidens. One stands on the other side of the chambr before a set of doors. Another stands not far from the lift entrance. Two other doors, one to the north and one to the south, are also visible.

The Maiden closest to the lift entrance looks at you and then at Izzick's 'body'. She gestures at a spot on the floor before the lift door, indicating he should be placed there, but says nothing.

Map should be uploaded. Red dots are the maidens. Thanks.

Let's move things along.

Selvin-your invisibility has about a minute and a half to go. Vaddis, you have about four minutes left.

The door in the south opens and one of the Plague Doctors steps out. He pauses, looking at the 'corpse'. "Ah..." his voice says, almost a droning sort of buzz. "...good. I needed some brain tissue. Bring him in here. We can bleed him and cut off his head," he motions at the door he just came through. Beyond you can see a smaller room. The room reeks of blood even from a distance. You can see a large grate in the floor, probably so various fluids can be drained into the sewers of the city. In short, the room resembles a butcher's counter. You can see a couple of other Doctor's at work on a corpse, cutting it into pieces.

“My goodness how many of these Maidens are there?”  Tarrov subvocalizes as he moves to lay Izzick’s body in the standard spot.  “I’m going to try and convince them to help us, but it might not work.  So be on your guard, because this could get very ugly very quickly.”

“Hey there,” Tarrov says, standing up and turning to the closest maiden.  “I was told that I needed to deliver this one special, directly to Rolth.”  Tarrov shrugged.  “They said he’d know why, and I’d rather not be the one to disappoint him.”  He made a show of stretching his shoulders.  “Weird, right?  But I don’t ask questions.  Which way should I go?”

OOC:  21:51, Today: Tarrov Garrick rolled 22 using 1d20+15. Bluff check on Maiden.
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OOC: Sorry, not doing much until things don't go well for the group lol.

Selvin tried to stay out of the way and unseen and unheard as he waited to see if the group would be allowed to move forward...or if a fight would break out.

Same here, Vaddis is trying to be inconspicuous, detect evil on the grey maiden

In reply to Selvin Larst (msg # 45):

OOC: Same here

Izzick continues to play dead.

Tarrov, I agree your post and mine aren't exclusive. The Doctor came out just after your bluff.

The Maiden remains standing still a moment, looking between Tarrov  and this new Doctor. She finally strides forward and grabs Izzick by the collar. "I'll take him," she says in a high pitched but burly voice and begins dragging him towards the butcher's room.

Then she stops and look down. "He still breathes I think..."

The Doctor shakes his head and pulls a scalpel from his pocket. "That will just make his tissue fresher."

The Maiden shrugs and pulls the half orc towards the door in the south. The other Maiden standing before the far doors looks at Tarrov. "Was there something else?"

Detect evil.

The dim, sickly glow of evil's aura washes over the room as you look around Vaddis. Each of the people you see seem to crackle in diseased colors of varying hues, like the filmy sheen of the thin skn between sections of a dragnfly's wings. The maidens crackle in an unhealthy pink and yellow, like the skin of a cholera baby. The doctors, save Tarrov, are drenched in tones of dried blood black and vomit green. The chamber itself is awash in agony reds and graveyard browns.

And the smell...

This is, without any doubt, the most evil spot you have yet seen in your soon to be over young life.

So everything in here is evil, Rolth should be the blackest of evil in here.

"Yes," said Tarrov, looking with some consternation at Izzick's departure.  "I was told to personally deliver that body," he pointed at Izzick, "to Rolth.  Maybe because he's still alive," the bard shrugged, "I dunno.  But I don't want to go back up there and have to explain myself if I'm asked if I delivered the body personally."  He gave the Maiden a level look, his hands moving slightly.  "So please take me and the body to him, and not anywhere else."

OOC:  Cast Suggestion on Maiden.

We'll put that theory to the test in coming posts Vaddis...

The Maiden hesitates but the Doctor waves his hand. "Rolth and his little zombies be damned. We feed Uragotha's maw first. " The Doctor looks at the Maiden. "Bring him in here."

Selvin, your invisibility will run out in one or two more posts.

As soon as the Maiden began to approach, Izzick was fairly certain their lie was up. "It's time to hit them hard," he whispered, hoping the group would all ready themselves. Hopefully, they could at least catch them off guard, his hands suddenly moving and his voice suddenly chanting, before he finally created a sickly green ray to strike the maiden.

Sorry guys, but I don't think we're getting through this without a fight so might as well try for surprise. Hopefully I can act in a surprise round and the whisper will let you guys too.

11:30, Today: Izzick rolled 8 using 1d20+5.  (Though I cant hit)
11:32, Today: Izzick rolled 4 using 1d6+3. Str loss. Just in case she's got -2 dex, though I'm not sure if it even matters since Surprise round make it 0.

Tarrov's eyes narrow as he hears Izzick's plan, but he had been starting to arrive at the same conclusion.  He begins to hum a jaunty tune.

OOC:  Begin Bardic Performance - Inspire Courage (+2 to hit/+2 damage)

Selvin heard Izzick speak up quietly and let out a small sigh, mixed with relief and apprehension. His spell was going to wear off soon anyway so he was glad for that.

10:11, Today: Selvin Larst rolled 15 using 1d20+3. Initiative.
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14:30, Today: Vaddis Sonaden rolled 1 using 1d20. Initiative.

Izzy...she's got you by the scruff of the neck. I'm taking 'the maiden' to mean the one who's carrying you and not the one over by the other doors.

 And she's woozy because of the whole Suggestion/countermanded by the Doc thing. I mean she's right there! And she's not expecting it.  Normally you'd miss...but sorry to all the Paizo rules lawyers. Your beam's a hit. Sometimes common sense has to override die rolls.

The Maiden carrying Izzick suddenly wobbles as the flash of magic strikes her leg. She stumbles back a step. The Doctor whistles loudly. Three more Doctors are coming out of that far room. The Maiden by the double doors is starting to turn. Apparently she means to open the double doors and perhaps shout a warning.

Vaddis and Selvin, act now. I'm giving ya'll an action.
Updated map in Group 2. Color code:

Purple dot is Tarrov
Brown dot is Izzy who is prone

Yellow dots are Maidens
Greyish dots are Doctors

Selvin and Vaddis, I will add ya'll once I know what you are doing. In other words you don't get a dot until you stop being invisible ;-)

Selvin charges the Maiden that is not holding Izzick since at the time the other Maiden is under a spell he thinks. His body seemed to crackle with electricity as he attacked and became visible.

Hit AC 24 for 14 damage and 3 electrical.
Hit AC 20 for 14 damage and 1 electrical.
Hit AC 26 for 14 damage and 1 electrical.
Hit AC 22 for 13 damage and 5 electrical.
Ignore last damage roll as I put too many in.

21:02, Today: Selvin Larst rolled 24,20,26,22 using d20+10,d20+12,d20+10,d20+10. Full power attack charge on Maiden.
21:07, Today: Selvin Larst rolled 14,3,14,1,14,1,13,5,13,4 using d6+9,d6,d6+9,d6,d6+9,d6,d6+9,d6,d6+9,d6. Damage of d6+9 and d6 electricity per attack.

Vaddis swings at the maiden at the door, hoping to hit her flat footed!

07:46, Today: Vaddis Sonaden rolled 8 using 1d8+3. longsword damage.
07:46, Today: Vaddis Sonaden rolled 14 using 1d20+10. longsword attack.

Tarrov unspools his whip and cracks it out toward the Maiden near the door, hoping to take her feet out from under her before she can open it . . .

OOC:
19:41, Today: Tarrov Garrick rolled 16 using 1d20+11. Whip Trip Attack on Maiden by Door.