Slain by Elf

‘Can you roll a Sense Motive check please?’, asks the DM of one of our players.
‘Can anyone roll?’, I interject.
‘If you were paying attention, yes.’
‘Of course I was paying attention’, I say, starting to roll my D20. ‘What are we rolling for?’
‘<sigh>‘

The summoned gryphon is destroyed, the puppy dog with the big teeth runs away, and the demonic sorceror is defeated. After ensuring he cannot cast spells, a bit of interrogation reveals who hired him to kill the councillor. Success! We now have the two people responsible for the death of the councillor [...]