We're here to try to find the blue skinned general lady. Lots of tented areas with goods for sale. Most people have their faces obscured.
The entire group is on high alert and nails the fuck out of their perception checks as they walk in. Everyone notices 6 guards that are stationed all around the pagoda. Alcy heads for the pagoda and the group follows (some more reluctantly than others). Baron Kronseig Drund is inside- a bald guy with a sick earring. Aziza knows that it's an AI memory thing that stores information to make an AI more advanced. Alcy gets all up in the guys face to check out the glowing earring but he has terrible breath. Shaw does the diplomacy thing to get him to show us what he has to sell.
He's got a bunch of tech stuff for sale. Shaw tries to act unimpressed to see if there's better stuff in the back or something. Surprise, there's a box of guns! Or one gun. A mach 2 cortex gun? I think. It's more like a syringe/injection sort of thing. There's an adamentine needle that injects nanites to enhance the body or mind over the course of several days. He says it costs 60,500. Aziza and Shaw try to talk to him about who the supposed buyer is that's coming to pick it up but don't get anything interesting. Alcy tries to look for someone who might be headed in to buy this thing. She sees someone! Who has body guards! It's the Shade, who is very mean and rude and has a weird voice. The Shade asks for privacy and the group just fucking scatters because we are intimidated by social situations.
Aziza listens in to the conversation inside the pagoda and hears the merchant trying to screw the Shade over on the price and the Shade do some magic bullshit to suggest that they get it for free. Aziza just goes inside and tries to strike up random conversation. Shaw jumps in to help because Aziza is going to get herself killed. They interact with the merchant and Aziza just calls out that the guy is super brainwashed.
Outside, Alcy, Kaya, Silka, and Sanvil try to come up with a plan and decide that maybe if we offer to go into Silvermount that will be tempting enough to get us a meeting with Zernabeth.
Inside, the merchant guy snaps out of his brainwashing and points a gun at the Shade. Initiative time!
The body guards are clueless at first. But the Shade is definitely aware of what is happening and starts to cast a spell on herself. Shaw recognizes that it's Haste. The Baron immediately fires at her but crit fails and shoots himself instead. His second shot misses but not critically and the third shot is a nat 20! What a roller coaster. An underdog story if I ever heard one.
Silka crit fails to hear the gunshots inside. Too focused on strategizing and just tells the others that she's going to cover one of the other doors and take off to do that. Shaw tries to cast a Suggestion spell but it fails. Sanvil and Alcy cover the southern door. The guards just stab the shit out of the merchant. Aziza tries to shoot the Shade and does so 3 times and knocks her prone.
This time around, Silka does hear stuff and tells Kaya that they should "save" the Shade from their friends? To win the Shade over to their side since they NEED THEM TO BE AN ALLY. But she crit fails the bluff check because THIS BARD AIN'T BUILT FOR THIS YA'LL. Shaw does not go along with the (impulsive, unspoken, unknowable) plan and fires off a couple shots at the body guard. Sanvil heads up the steps at the entrance he's covering and casts Haste on himself and Alcy because he did not think to open the door and help out anyone inside. Alcyone opens the door, sees Silka's bad acting and just shuts the door immediately and runs over to where Kaya is. One of the guards grabs for Silka. She swipes at him with her axe but he grapples her anyway. Aziza decides to shoot that guard and makes Silka VERY NERVOUS. Aziza doesn't shoot Silka but shoots the guy grappling her multiple times and knocks them both prone.
Kaya is very uncertain of what to do and readies an action to throw a bomb. The city guards finally figure out that stuff is going on and barge in to break up the fight. The body guards and city guards are stabbing each other. The Shade is... somewhere. Who knows. The Baron reappears and starts crying about his gun. Silka gets out of her grapple and just sort of gets out of the way of the cops. Shaw tries to perceive if anyone invisible is creeping around. Shaw mentions that the southern door opened so maybe the Shade went thattaway.
This is a fucking mess so far
Sanvil does some detect magic work to try to be useful. Alcy joines him and tries to throw glitter around to reveal the invisible Shade but all she does is cover Sanvil and a random townsperson with glitter.
Inside, one of the body guards hacks up a city guard while prone. It's pretty bloody and vicious. Aziza shoots that guy and hits for a lot but knocks herself prone in the process. Kaya comes over to Alcy and Sanvil to try to keep at least some sort of consistency going. The city guards are getting a handle on this and the townsfolk have GTFO'd. Silka heads outside to find the Baron to heal him and maybe make at least one friend...
Silka and Alcy try to slyly explain that they want to talk to Zernabeth to go into Silvermount without actually saying that. But the Baron doesn't really get it. He does offer to spread some misinformation to make sure that the Shade might work with us in the future. Silka notices a communicator on the ground. Because we fucked up so bad that even the bad guys got sloppy as they ran off. The Baron says we can come by his place to buy stuff without doing this Night Market nonsense.
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We're here to try to find the blue skinned general lady. Lots of tented areas with goods for sale. Most people have their faces obscured.
The entire group is on high alert and nails the fuck out of their perception checks as they walk in. Everyone notices 6 guards that are stationed all around the pagoda. Alcy heads for the pagoda and the group follows (some more reluctantly than others). Baron Kronseig Drund is inside- a bald guy with a sick earring. Aziza knows that it's an AI memory thing that stores information to make an AI more advanced. Alcy gets all up in the guys face to check out the glowing earring but he has terrible breath. Shaw does the diplomacy thing to get him to show us what he has to sell.
He's got a bunch of tech stuff for sale. Shaw tries to act unimpressed to see if there's better stuff in the back or something. Surprise, there's a box of guns! Or one gun. A mach 2 cortex gun? I think. It's more like a syringe/injection sort of thing. There's an adamentine needle that injects nanites to enhance the body or mind over the course of several days. He says it costs 60,500. Aziza and Shaw try to talk to him about who the supposed buyer is that's coming to pick it up but don't get anything interesting. Alcy tries to look for someone who might be headed in to buy this thing. She sees someone! Who has body guards! It's the Shade, who is very mean and rude and has a weird voice. The Shade asks for privacy and the group just fucking scatters because we are intimidated by social situations.
Aziza listens in to the conversation inside the pagoda and hears the merchant trying to screw the Shade over on the price and the Shade do some magic bullshit to suggest that they get it for free. Aziza just goes inside and tries to strike up random conversation. Shaw jumps in to help because Aziza is going to get herself killed. They interact with the merchant and Aziza just calls out that the guy is super brainwashed.
Outside, Alcy, Kaya, Silka, and Sanvil try to come up with a plan and decide that maybe if we offer to go into Silvermount that will be tempting enough to get us a meeting with Zernabeth.
Inside, the merchant guy snaps out of his brainwashing and points a gun at the Shade. Initiative time!
The body guards are clueless at first. But the Shade is definitely aware of what is happening and starts to cast a spell on herself. Shaw recognizes that it's Haste. The Baron immediately fires at her but crit fails and shoots himself instead. His second shot misses but not critically and the third shot is a nat 20! What a roller coaster. An underdog story if I ever heard one.
Silka crit fails to hear the gunshots inside. Too focused on strategizing and just tells the others that she's going to cover one of the other doors and take off to do that. Shaw tries to cast a Suggestion spell but it fails. Sanvil and Alcy cover the southern door. The guards just stab the shit out of the merchant. Aziza tries to shoot the Shade and does so 3 times and knocks her prone.
This time around, Silka does hear stuff and tells Kaya that they should "save" the Shade from their friends? To win the Shade over to their side since they NEED THEM TO BE AN ALLY. But she crit fails the bluff check because THIS BARD AIN'T BUILT FOR THIS YA'LL. Shaw does not go along with the (impulsive, unspoken, unknowable) plan and fires off a couple shots at the body guard. Sanvil heads up the steps at the entrance he's covering and casts Haste on himself and Alcy because he did not think to open the door and help out anyone inside. Alcyone opens the door, sees Silka's bad acting and just shuts the door immediately and runs over to where Kaya is. One of the guards grabs for Silka. She swipes at him with her axe but he grapples her anyway. Aziza decides to shoot that guard and makes Silka VERY NERVOUS. Aziza doesn't shoot Silka but shoots the guy grappling her multiple times and knocks them both prone.
Kaya is very uncertain of what to do and readies an action to throw a bomb. The city guards finally figure out that stuff is going on and barge in to break up the fight. The body guards and city guards are stabbing each other. The Shade is... somewhere. Who knows. The Baron reappears and starts crying about his gun. Silka gets out of her grapple and just sort of gets out of the way of the cops. Shaw tries to perceive if anyone invisible is creeping around. Shaw mentions that the southern door opened so maybe the Shade went thattaway.
This is a fucking mess so far
Sanvil does some detect magic work to try to be useful. Alcy joines him and tries to throw glitter around to reveal the invisible Shade but all she does is cover Sanvil and a random townsperson with glitter.
Inside, one of the body guards hacks up a city guard while prone. It's pretty bloody and vicious. Aziza shoots that guy and hits for a lot but knocks herself prone in the process. Kaya comes over to Alcy and Sanvil to try to keep at least some sort of consistency going. The city guards are getting a handle on this and the townsfolk have GTFO'd. Silka heads outside to find the Baron to heal him and maybe make at least one friend...
Silka and Alcy try to slyly explain that they want to talk to Zernabeth to go into Silvermount without actually saying that. But the Baron doesn't really get it. He does offer to spread some misinformation to make sure that the Shade might work with us in the future. Silka notices a communicator on the ground. Because we fucked up so bad that even the bad guys got sloppy as they ran off. The Baron says we can come by his place to buy stuff without doing this Night Market nonsense.