Citadel's Shadow II, Session 71

Note there was a two week gap between session 70 and 71.
Citadel's Shadow II, Session 71 was a session of the Citadel's Shadow II campaign, played on 22 March 2020 (UTC) (21 March 2020 for some participants).
== Personnel ==
===Game Master===
*GM: played by Michael Lee Viviano
===Player Characters===
*Fern the Siegemaster: inventive fox-person student played by Rail Runner
*Juan de Fulmando: sword-wielding human alchemist played by Alden Loveshade,
=== Prominent Non-Player Characters ===
*Audrea Daleos: non-certified mage
*Eri Snow: fox-person entertainer for Madame Maude Lynn's Theater of Thrills
*Gimler Rockhand: dwarven merchant
*Kyrie Kelevan: priestess of Damira
== Events ==
=== 1742 ===
Heris 36 (Restingday) (continued): Audrea Daleos, Eri Snow, Fern the Siegemaster, Gimler Rockhand, Juan Silvio-Vagle, and Kyrie Kelevan were dealing with people who had fired crossbow bolts at them.  Juan had run next to the building from which they were firing, Fern was crouched down firing a rifle back at them, and the others were in various positions.
Two "thuggish looking individuals, probably humanish" came around the corner of the building where the archers were three stories up. Juan said, "Ah, my reinforcements are coming" in an intent to fool the two. One of them was puzzled, but the other screamed and charged Juan, wielding a sword.  The two exchanged blows with swords without hitting each other. The other person who had come around the corner joined them.
Juan hit one of them badly, cutting through cloth armor and the rib cage.  Smoke was then blocking their views of each other.  Due to the smoke, Fern started re-aiming.  With a "pafft!" sound and a bright flash, there was another puff of smoke, but the curling blue-great smoke smelled foul, but was otherwise ineffective.  Juan stopped calling on the gods for smoke.  Juan and opponents swung at each other, but didn't do damage.  One of the people on the ground yelled out to the crossbow shooters at top, ""You bastids up there hit something!"
Meanwhile, Eri had gotten close, and swung her lajatang, hitting the man Juan had already hit.  The two opponents on the ground appeared about ready to give up the fight.
One of the crossbow shooters popped up, and a blast of lightning sent by Audrea hit near the shooter.  Eri's lajatang hit the other opponent who was standing on the ground.  Juan told the opponents, "Surrender or die."
Because the smoke was obscuring her aim, Fern got up and started running toward the opponents.  Eri nearly got hit by a crossbow bolt, and no one had surrendered.  Audrea's shot lightning into one of the archers.  Juan hit an opponent while Fern ran faster toward the melee combatants.  Then Juan critically hit an opponent who went down and died.
Eri went in the back of the building; the still living but badly injured opponent on the ground disappeared.  Juan said to those opponents in earshot, "surrender or die," and they surrendered.
Then Eri and Fern tried tracking down the missing and badly injured opponent who had fought from the ground.  Fern got off track, but Eri found him, and he surrendered.  After the opponents weapons were taken, Fern and Kyrie performed first aid, although none of their own party were injured.
While Juan asked Audrea to look for signs of law enforcement, she said she didn't think they would come into the Temples area where they were.  When asked why they attacked, one of the archers said, "Well, y'know. Like ya said. To the victors go the spoils. Thought we could make a little money off ya."
Juan asked their employer Gimler Rockhand what he wanted to do with the prisoners, and he said they could turn them in to the authorities.  (Citadel's Shadow II adventure 2020 03 21)