The Assassin will smirk then yell HELP HELP IM BEING OPPRESSED the crowd is once again swaying towards the Syndicate. A few start shouting at the group to let the town's folk go. 

The Assassin will attempt to escape your hold. Rolling with disadvantaged. Against a grapple check by storm.

Escape 12

We just can't roll high on these social checks.

Aino Persuasion at advantage:  10 (rolled a 4 and 8 on the dice)

Grappling Check: 20, there we go.

As the assassin tries to wriggle away, Storm's grip only tightens more. "I will ask again.  Tell me who you work for?"

The Assassin whispers "Ha kill me I dare you these people will rip you apart."

THIS DRAGONBORNE JUST TREATEN TO EAT ME

You may have won this battle but you will loose the war.

The crowd will press in and try and release the assissan and others hypnotized.

What do yall try to do? 

Obviously as soon as she sees the assassin with Storm and Kileprat is awake, Aino would have dropped concentration on Hypnotic Pattern because it all it would be doing at that stage is keeping the civilians hypnotized.  Does not take an action or turn - just happens.

So there would be no need to 'release' the civilians.

Aino turns to Casey and suggests to cast Enhance Ability for CHA to persuade the crowd (since Aino no longer has it prepared).

Broom of Flying holds 400 lbs (each), so we should be able to carry the bound up assassins away flying.  Question is can we placate the crowd enough so the non-flying members of the party are ok.

If we get away, Aino has very special plans for these two...

You release your spell but the crowd does not reduce their intensity they are still trying to free the Assassins. I'll tell you with your passive investigation no amount of talking at this point will work. You can roll for more details.

At this point you are dealing with MOB mentality. These guys are out for choas and blood.

Everyone has time for one thing how to you proceed?

I’ll join. If it’s still open. 

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I’ll join. If it’s still open. 

 I'm sorry it's not.

Aw dang

(Oof work was crazy busy and I see things have gone downhill fast here!) 

Casey sees the crowd getting riled up and, using Minor Illusion to amplify her voice,  making it so loud as to drown out any other sound.   she flies up in the air on her broom and says down to the crowd “Now look ‘ere ye people.  I said I’d give out some coin fer yer troubles and I’m good fer it.  But ye gots to calm down.  We’re not going to hurt these cowardly thugs none- just ask em a few questions.  They tried to kill us-  ye’d do the same.    Let’s see-  gold fer you, here’s some gold fer you.. no shovin.   Plenty fer all of ye lot.  Remember place yer bets on the Last Copper- ye won’t go wrong!”.  She flies about over the crowd dropping and tossing gold coins- strategically-  luring  the mob away from the tied up assassin and her companions.  (Drops 100 gold). 

Rolled a 29 persuasion in the log.  

Aino takes off with her unconscious captive on her Broom of Flying, flying over the rooftops.

With her action, she uses Minor Illusion, she creates the image of the assassins off to the side, tied up, so the crowd goes for the illusion to free them, hopefully allowing Storm and Kileprat to escape with the other captive assassin (the real one, not the illusion).

If things get too hairy for them to get away, on her next turn, Aino would start using Vortex Warp - so by then she would be 60' away (Broom of Flying only has 30' move speed since it has over 200 lbs on it), she could teleport them one by one 90' further, so 150' total around a corner to get them clear.

DN: Ya with a 29 I'll give you something.

About half the crowd is drawn away leaving about 12 thuggish people behind. You quickly realize that you where set up. These folk have been spinning up the town folk. Realizing they are out matched they scatter. 

Congratulations you managed the situation. 

The 4 of you quickly leave the area heading for the Arena. (Unless you want to go somewhere else, like your appointments. You will be more free in your appointment but you will have to travel back to the arena before the match starts)

Once arriving at your destination you tie your prisoners to a chair of questioning. 

Aino on the assessin you captured you find a flask of poison.

Aino is fine heading for the Arena as she hopes to take a short rest (for her Arcane Recovery, recovering 4 levels of spell slots, which is exactly what she used in the scuffle on the streets).  And then cast some rituals before the fight.

But before all that, her dark brown eyes glitter as she regards the prisoners.  "Someone else be the good questioner, please.  Because when it's my turn and they haven't given their full cooperation, some very disturbing things are going to happen to our two friends here."

(She absolutely means it.  Aino is not a nice girl.  Though she might be willing to be talked out of her worst impulses.)

Intimidation: 25

Storm will stand menacingly before the assassins, making himself look as big as he can and making sure the two can see his sharp teeth and hear the rumble of the fire inside of him, "Tell us who sent you!"

Male Assassin: whimpers a little. Ok Ok please don't hurt us we were sent....

Female Assassin: Shut up if you talk your dead and they will kill your family too... she turns to Storm and spits in his face. Do your worst you lizard @#$:$--$". 

Klleprat will do like we did with the other prisoner we had... 

She takes the female and moves her chair so she is directly facing the male.  she then pulls her sword and tells the female to pick which ear she should chop off of her male friend.  She slices off the males right ear, blood flying everywhere... looks at the female.. "Sorry, not fast enogh"  

She then grabs the screaming male by the hair and forces him to look a the female, she then growls in his ear... "Which of her ears should I cut off?"

(OOC: Does that make me good at questioning??? lol)

(OOC:  Ears are interesting.  Not what Aino has in mind though...  You can still be an assassin without an ear.)

I was more showing a precedent that I wouldn't mind doing it.   I don't bluff.. 

In real life, this would be a horrible way to interrogate, as has been proven so many times.. but in the game, have a little dark fun with it... :)