<div class="floatright">(https://i.imgur.com/VjfvTWw.png)</div><strong>Taris Vannel</strong>(https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=293833.msg14533999#msg14533999)<br/><strong>HP:</strong>40 / 40<strong>AC:</strong>18<strong>CMD:</strong>20<strong>Arcane Pool:</strong>6 / 6<strong>Arrows:</strong>57<strong>Posts:</strong>17<br/><strong>Location:</strong>Steinhelm<br/><strong>Tagging:</strong>Maldurian Stablemaster<hr/>"Hmn."  Taris murmured, considering his words as he described her assailants, letting the insinuation that she was being cheap roll off her back.  Bad enough she'd paid the bribe, but she didn't want the attention that putting hands on the man would attract.  She caught her eyes roaming a bit...the man did have broad shoulders ... strong hands ...<br/><br/>She stomped down on that errant though<em>hard</em>.<br/><br/>"It's a place to start, at any rate." she said, fishing out one more coin, "For the horses." she said, dropping the gold in his palm.  She waited long enough to get her change before nodding her head and handing the reigns of her own horse to him as well.<br/><br/>"Until morning, Stablemaster."  she said, backing up a few steps before pivoting neatly on her heel and heading back the way she came.  Throwing up her hood, she disappeared into the crowds milling about the streets, heading back the way she'd come.<br/><br/>She and Xara hadn't established any<em>specific</em>time to reconvene, and somehow Taris felt like she hadn't put enough effort into her investigations just yet.  Even in a border town like Steinhelm, she figured a group of foreigners were certain to attract a few wary eyes, particularly if they were straying away from the inns travellers normally frequented.  Maybe these conspirators were loyal unto death, but they couldn't move invisibly.  She could, at least, ask around.<br/><br/><div class="spoiler_container"><div class="spoiler_header" onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button">Gather Information</div><div class="spoiler_body">Diplomacy Check: At 2018-12-11 03:55:59, Taris (uid: 52581) rolls: 1d20 Result: 12 (https://elliquiy.com/forums/dicebot.php?r=127467)<br/>Hours Spent Beating the Street: At 2018-12-11 03:57:07, Taris (uid: 52581) rolls: 1d4 Result: 2 (https://elliquiy.com/forums/dicebot.php?r=127468)<br/><sup>Pretty average all around.  Alas, Magus's aren't too talented at gentle diplomacy, and I didn't think to Trait into it :P</sup></div></div><hr/><div class="floatleft">(https://i.imgur.com/WLVeGed.png)</div><div class="spoiler_container"><div class="spoiler_header" onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button">Memorized Spells</div><div class="spoiler_body">Cantrips:  Detect Magic, Light, Prestidigitation, Mage Hand<br/>1st Level:  Magic Missile, Ray of Enfeeblement, <del>Expeditious Retreat</del>, Obscuring Mist, Weaponwand<br/>2nd Level:  Force Sword, <del>Scorching Ray</del>, <del>Mirror Image</del></div></div>