There was visible recognition in some faces of the shield Kass spoke of. Titters rippled through the soldiers and crowd at the threat Kass spoke of, and several arguments broke out amongst neighbors over the claims. The minotaurs grumbled and scratched their horns thoughtfully, the centaurs tapped front hooves against marble, and the priests stroked their beards and muttered oaths.<br/><br/>They fell quiet as Kass began to dance, with the priests and monsters gazing up longingly, as if reminded of fond and bittersweet memories of youth. One of the moving soldiers stopped where he stood, the other continued on into the building. One of the centaurs seemed upon the verge of tears.<br/><br/>Most of the soldiers seemed rather entertained or distracted as well; one growled "Witchcraft!" to his neighbor, but the centaur standing behind and towering over them waved a hand dismissively and replied in the one of superior rank, "Nay, obviously the other of the two guesses the priest wisely surmised from the first: just coinlasses, and advertising their wares it seems."<br/><br/>A minotaur near him chortled and nodded his horned head, his laughter a deep bass, "No wonder that soldier was so eager to get into the building! I ne'er even knew it was a bordello!"<br/><br/>Above, Aria gave herself a burst of speed by thrusting a leg hard as she pushed off the roof, seeming for a moment like she were leaping down into the street. Her cloak spread into white wings, earning a gasp from several of those below. The fascinated priests and monstrous officers hardly seemed to care, except insofar as they craned their heads to try to see around the winged tiefling and keep watching Kass. A number of the soldiers seemed startled by this, gripping their spears, but it wasn't clear whether any would chose to throw or upthrust them without a command from the fascinated officers.<br/><br/>As she glided, Aria slid the staff from her haversack, pointedly sliding it out right along and above her left leg so far, with her horizontally flying body, the staff was for the most part obscured from those below by her back and leg.<br/><br/>She landed upon the wooden edifice by the priests and bound mage, hissing to the latter, "Be now willing to be teleported by me if you have will to live!"<br/><br/>"Where-?" the man began to ask in a frightened but otherwise delicate voice, then cut himself off with, "-nevermind, anywhere but here!"<br/><br/><br/>The strategy does make sense (although in retrospect I'm no sure it does anything that Kass DDing herself and Aria w/o using Fascinate first doesn't, since Kass has to stop the latter to cast the former, ending the fascinate effect, and Aria could delay to use the staff right after being DDed - not that Aria knew any of the details of enchantment magic or bardic music when she floated the idea). Nice plan actually.<br/><br/>The center of the square is 45' and 45' from the corner of the rooftop (the square is 85'x85') so the targets are w/i 90'.<br/><br/>initiative (begins after Kass's fasciante but before Aria moves - moving or casting might trigger actions on the others' part; the dancing doesn't since no one present recognizes it for what it is)<br/>aria 30<br/>kass 20<br/>soldiers 5<br/><br/>Aria: long jump check to use Extreme Leap skill trick (get 10' of movement as a swift action by long jumping 10'); DC 20, mod 9, roll 12, success<br/>On second thought, if she's at the corner of the roof, the nearest square adjacent to the mage is only 60' (going diagonally 40' east + 40' south) which is her flight speed, so the skill trick wasn't needed. (Although three-dimensional movement would increase the distance slightly.) Draw staff as part of movement, making a Sleight of Hand check of 14+12r to not seem threatening (as if drawing a weapon) about it. Not sure how skills work for that, actually, but the fascinated guys failed their second saves in any case.<br/><br/>After 60' of movement, lands by mage and readies action to use the staff.