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1. You do have a direction. I said Exiel was pretty sure she was somewhere in the webs when she was casting. She just has a limited way of moving within the webs without disturbing them, and she can move after casting.
2. Rules are clear that you can't take AoOs against a target you can't see.
3. If one of you had a see invisibility scroll, this would already be over. You're a mid-level party. I can't just hand her over to you guys.
4. There IS a creature attacking you guys. The screaming head creature.
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If we had seen the Xill rooting around for a healing potion to bring back the insta-teleporting invisible summoner way back when I had two attackum spells running and she was helpless, things would be different now.
As it was, the Xill effectively did a move action and a full-round action all in one round and now we are out of resources against an invisible opponent and are soon to be facing the whole complex because we are blasting away and making a ton of noise, despite having prepared for and executed a quick quiet strike.
Not wanting to risk traversing the grease, Aestrid moves back next to Isaac and touches him a third time to grant him Calistria's luck. She calls out to the woman in the webs, "You're running out of options. Soon you'll have to show yourself and die or run away."
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Go to Rahadoum, they said. They don't allow clerics of weird evil religions, they said. What a crock. Did I see a liquor store outside when I came in? I'm going to need a few gallons of Oldlaw Whiskey.
Suddenly, Isaac sees the skull! Startled, he jumps over the table and stands at the edge of the grease, readying an action to unload both barrels on this thing. He's annoyed now.
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Isaac unloads his pistol at the flying head as it moves to bite Exiel.
Both shots hit and completely devastate the creature.
Ranus sees the head go down, and proceeds southwards to see if more enemies are coming. Exiel's readied action does not trigger as the woman does indeed reappear, but far too close for the lance-wielder to do anything in time (in C10).
"I will teach you to mock me, you bi***," she spits at Aestrid as a spiked pit opens up beneath her and Isaac. Immediately after, she disappears again, but this time she immediately reappears deeper within the web, this time beyond Exiel's reach and with cover from Exiel.
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Aestrid tumbles into the pit but luckily manages to avoid any serious damage other than a few cuts and minor bruising.
She quickly stands and looks around, healing herself (and Isaac if he's nearby) by channelling Calistria's grace. The healing energy feels a bit like insect stings, hot and painful at first, soothing to a gentle warmth over time.
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Isaac manges to dive out of the way to keep from falling into the pit, and spends his round moving a little further from the edges to avoid falling in.
Aestrid channels a wave of healing that helps her recover somewhat from the fall into the spiky pit.
Ranus and Lillian let loose a barrage of magic missiles that slam into the fleeing blackfire adept, dropping her (finally). Her images disappear, enabling Exiel to step into the webs (without getting entangled) and finishing her off.
Round 13 begins
There are no apparent enemies around at the moment, and the woman in the corner of the room gestures frantically at her mouth.
Aestrid is in the pit.
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Isaac: Ranus already ascertained that the woman could not speak due to a horribly mangled tongue.
Lillian: the woman was carrying the following:
scroll x 4
wand
mwk dagger
cloak (magical)
spell component pouch (2)
spellbook
268 gp
Aestrid, it looks like you can climb out of the pit, but it would take a substantial climb check, and you would take damage as you attempted it.
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Lillian detects the following:
scroll of arcane eye
scroll of blur
scroll of shield
scroll of wind wall
wand of mirror image (13 charges)
cloak of resistance +2
A bunch of keys (forgot to put this in the earlier list)
Exiel gets to his current location in 3 rounds. He sees finds that along the southern-most passageway there is another narrow passage leading North to a steel door. It appears to be slightly ajar.
Exiel does not perceive much himself apart from the men in the cells all clamouring for his attention, but his keen-sensed familiar notices 2 things of interest.
"Psst. Hey, check out that guy over there. It looks like he's got a bloodied and swollen mouth like that other woman who was on the table. Also, did you hear those voices? It sounds like someone upstairs is telling someone else that he heard a strange and terrifying howl and he is trying to get someone else, or a few other people to come down and check it out!"
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Realising that the big clump of webs and the dead guard at the table would be a dead-giveaway, Exiel sends Lucien back the way they came to report the news to the first party member he sees.
"We've got company! A bunch of people may be coming down via the stairs to investigate soon!"
To the man with the bloodied mouth, Exiel says "if I were to call you a warden, what would you be a warden of?"
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After waiting out the spell, Aestrid, now wearing the illusory skin of the defeated Backfire Adept, looks over to Scrillion and around to the various cells.
They'll be on top of us soon if I can't stop it.
Trying her hand at imitating the woman's voice as she touches up her disguise to look like she's been in a battle, she offers, "We won't be able to get all these people out before the guards come. I'll head to the stairs and try to delay them but we'd best be ready for another fight."
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Round 1: Lillian moves to the BA, Exiel starts to move around the corner, Isaac speaks to the woman.
Round 2: Lillian searches the body
Round 3: Exiel's familiar detects people coming, is sent to warn the rest of the party.
Round 4: Exiel asks the man in the cell his question, and gets part of a reply.
Round 5: Exiel's bird reports to the rest of the party.
Exiel:
The man's eyes light up at your question, and he begins to speak, but only manages to moan weakly. He puts a finger to his bloodied mouth and begins to write on the ground with a trembling hand using his own blood. The light from the torches on the wall allow you to see that he is slowly and crudely writing the letters 'R' and 'I'.
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The web spell looks like it's not going anywhere, and it'll be a dead give-away. That body too. Well, one thing at a time, I suppose.
Exiel till go to the body at the table and pick it up, then run to the others. With his strength, he should have no trouble carrying the body.
On his way back, he will stop to see if the man has started to write 'F' and 'T'. If yes, he will tell the man, "Save your strength, friend, we're here to rescue you. But first, we need to make sure the guards don't raise a ruckus. Hang tight."
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With the Blackfire woman defeated, Ranus speaks the spell cut-off phrase to dismiss his web in case they needed to yet escape. With that in mind, Ranus moves over to the pit and casts Levitate on Aestrid as well to let her rejoin the party.
With that out of the way, Ranus joins Lillian in searching the body.
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Ok, so here's the breakdown:
Round 1: Lillian moves to the BA, Exiel starts to move around the corner, Isaac speaks to the woman. Ranus moves towards the pit
Round 2: Lillian searches the body, Ranus moves to the edge of the pit, casts levitate and shifts back to avoid falling in.
Round 3: Exiel's familiar detects people coming, is sent to warn the rest of the party. Ranus levitates Aestrid out of the pit.
Round 4: Exiel asks the man in the cell his question, and gets part of a reply.
Round 5: Exiel's bird reports to the rest of the party. Exiel moves and picks up the body.
Round 6 starts
You are where you are on the map.
Exiel, even you can now hear booted feet approaching the stairway. You have already declared that you are hauling the body away. Your action for the round is to carry him to your current location. As you pass the man with the bloodied mouth, you see that he has indeed written the word 'RIFT' crudely with his blood. You deliver your message and keep moving
Everyone else declare actions for round 6.
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Lillian hides where she is and continues to identify items whilst Aestrid moves to A11 (I'll assume Lillian spared a round to dismiss her grease spell to facilitate this move). Ranus stands around wondering what he should do. Isaac stares off into space as well.
Exiel and Aestrid hear the thumping of boots, and a voice calling out, "hoy, Sathot, what's going on down there? Damn bookworms saying they heard some wierd howl and some of them are literally pissing their pants, and the black candles have been lit. What's going on down there?"