Lubella whispered to her friends, "She seems eager for us to leave; I'm not sure what to make of that."
"We would like to see more of this place before we return to the village and bring the druid to help you, if you don't mind. You are probably sick of this place, but to us it is very new and fascinating."
You make a compelling argument. I can show you where I lived during life. The tangle of ships has little left to show for itself, now that you have dispatched its sailors. But there are always more. You can feel the pull into the Eye, can you not? It is even more pronounced the close you get to the center of the tangle. As if some unnatural force seeks the ships.
As Talvek approaches she makes a motion for him to come closer and look down.
The motions seem unnatural, but arcane sigils for a domination spell effect
Make a DC22 Will vs Enchantment/Mind effect or become dominated and instructed to approach and set down weapons via mental command.
=== Round 8 ====
18-Lubella(),Talvek(),Kenji(-5), Arcos(-9) Sidius(casting), Octopus(g)
Lubella looked to where Menotha was pointing, but couldn't make out much.
Kenji swims forward to be close to Talvek in case something new is attacking from below.
Talvek's fingers go slack on the grip of his rapier and he almost lets the weapon tumble into the depths as he swims closer to Menotha, but then freezes.
"You're right, I can feel it! It's like a voice in my head, telling me to do things!" Talvek swims back a few feet, communicating to the others. "It is dangerous to go closer, not from a physical attack, but a mental one."
Sidius halts, "She's cast a spell. I didn't quite see all of it, but it's a compulsion. Or domination," and immediately begins a summoning spell.
As he decides that the figure is hostile, the Celestial Octopus swims forward to attack.
Talvek appears engaged in mental battle before gaining control of himself as he wrestled some powerful force.
Kenji swims and Sidius summons while octopus interacts with the elf ghost with little effect.
Talvek noticed from his vantage that the ghost looks less like ghosts you have seen in the past but more as an image or projection. One of the tentacles momentarily passed through the stone wall behind the elf woman.
Lubella swam towards Talvek and the spirit, "Menotha, explain yourself!"
Arcos swims forward along with Lubella, blue robes swirling in the water, ”I don’t want this to end badly for you, but it just might if you don’t explain yourself!”
Expecting further trouble, Talvek drinks an extract.
The elven ghostly woman looks up to the rest of you.
I am not sure I could explain it simply enough for your primitive minds to comprehend. You obviously are not overly clever at taking hints to depart. the tone has turned from pleading to condescending.
She seems to ignore the octopus for the moment. She looks past Talvek to the next closest of the swimmers. In this case, Kenji.
Again some strange movements (same Kn Spellcraft DC24 as above).
DC22 will or be dominated, and commanded to approach and set your weapon at her feet.
=== Round 9 ====
21-Menotha()
18-Lubella(),Talvek(),Kenji(-5), Arcos(-9) Sidius(), Octopus(g)
“I .. I don’t know what’s going on, but maybe she’s right! Something is off here and playing with my mind!“
"It's her! She's trying to dominate your mind, Kenji!"
Talvek took great pride in his mind. To have someone attempt to wrest control of that from him.... the tiefling doesn't enrage easily, but he is now very angry.
"That was ill-advised," is all he says before his rapier whips out to meet the woman's form.
Already expecting the worst and in the midst of casting a spell, Sidius doesn't catch the figure's spellcasting this time.
Lubella temporarily lost her orientation and had to get her bearings again.
Kenji resists some mind games.
Talvek stabs the elven ghost and his blade cuts but only half effective as typical with ghosts…if anything about fighting ghosts can be called typical.
Lubella appears to be momentarily stuck in some strange eddy within the Eye…no doubt the doom of several of the tangled ships.
=== Round 9 ====
21-Menotha()
18-Lubella(),Talvek(),Kenji(-5), Arcos(-9) Sidius(), Octopus(g)
“It is her?!? Are you sure!!?“ he says but trust the group.
He casts Fallback Strategy on himself and smites the ghost.
Kenji moves forward to the ghost.
Sidius motions and a small water elemental appears, rushing the figure.
The spell done, Sidus moves forward, closing the distance and readies his crossbow.
Kenji suddenly shouts, ""This apparition is not real!! An illusion! Look for the real target somewhere around us!!" and he howls!!
Kenji howls a warning
With a seemingly invisible foe hanging around the Eye, an idea occurs to Arcos.
He begins intoning a series of mystic syllables, intent on conjuring a dolphin from the waters of Elysium.
The elemental misses its slam, but the octopus flails at the ghost and its tentacles pass through it and the wall behind it.
Arcos begins summoning.
Some of you begin to suspect something fishy about the ghostly woman. Sidius is seeing his octopus interacting with the wall behind her as well.
As you ponder what it means, Menotha says, in a much deeper, resonating voice.
Alas, I tire of this game. Kill them!
A large shark and a very familiar looking, somewhat depressed male sea-elf pass through the wall next to (and above) the elven ghost.
Yesss master. you hear a quick spell from the elf.
The shark bites at the octopus, and almost gets a tentacle.
for MISS
Arcos's summoning spell finishes
=== Round 10 ====
21-Menotha(), Nerrenn(), Shark()
18-Lubella(),Talvek(),Kenji(-5), Arcos(-9), Dolphin(), Sidius(), Octopus(g), Elemental()
Lubella reported, "Menotha cast Bear's Endurance, which is odd for a supposed undead spirit!"
She regained her bearings and swam toward the action.
"I wish I could say that this is a surprise," sighs Talvek, bubbles of air escaping upwards. The tiefling quickly redirects his attention towards the sea elf.
!"What treachery is this!!??" Kenji shouts.
Kenji hits the shark!!
Lubella swims closer to the fray.
Kenji stabs the shark with his trident.
Talvak stabs towards the village captain Nerrenn.
Talvek's blade just manages to get through the oddly scaly skin of the surly sea-elf.
You will pay for that!
=== Round 10 ====
21-Menotha(), Nerrenn(-6), Shark(-16)
18-Lubella(),Talvek(),Kenji(-5), Arcos(-9), Dolphin(), Sidius(), Octopus(g), Elemental()
Sidius focuses his will and throws a hex at the elf, hoping that it's not dead like the others were, then cackles to keep the magic going.
for
for
Sidius hexes the elf warrior...and he is disturbed by the witch's attention.
Arcos watches the dolphin to see if it does anything, but it most likely attacks the targets it detects before it (shark and elf).
The Octopus misses with its bite. The water elemental misses with its slam on the new shark, which seems smaller but more lively than the zombified one from before.
=== Round 10 ====
21-Menotha(), Nerrenn(-6), Shark(-16)
18-Lubella(),Talvek(),Kenji(-5), Arcos(-9), Dolphin(), Sidius(), Octopus(g), Elemental()[/b]
Arcos and dolphin watch for an opening to react.
Nerrenn claws back at Talvek.
Elf for miss/parried/reposted
AHHHH!! the elf grunts in pain as the rapier strikes his arm.
Elf for miss
The shark snaps back at Kenji and barely manages to catch him with razor sharp teeth.
Shark for hit
The ghost-elf casts a spell and two missiles of force come streaking out and hit Kenji.
=== Round 11 ====
21-Menotha(), Nerrenn(-18), Shark(-16)
18-Lubella(),Talvek(),Kenji(-20), Arcos(-9), Dolphin(), Sidius(), Octopus(g), Elemental()
!"You will be judged by your elven relatives traitor!!" Kenji shouts at the elf.
Kenji hits the shark!!
Lubella swam above Kenji, and started her martial water ballet, preparing to engage the treacherous elf, demanding "What is the meaning of this, Nerrenn?"
"Yes, Nerenn, please do your villain henchman monologue. You realize that's what you are, don't you?"
Talvek needles the sea elf with both word and blade, but he's still not used to striking through water and his attack is diverted.
Kenji stabs into the shark again with his trident. The beast twitches and thrashes and goes limp.
NOOOOO!
Lubella swims into position next to Nerrenn, who is in anguish over the injury to his pet.
Even if my master did not need you dead, now I would kill you for that.
Talvek's blade is badly timed by the dialog, but the spine strikes true.
IT IS YOU! You are the intruders that have no idea what harm you are doing. You should have never come here.
=== Round 11 ====
21-Menotha(), Nerrenn(-23), Shark(-36, bleeding)
18-Lubella(),Talvek(),Kenji(-20), Arcos(-9), Dolphin(), Sidius(), Octopus(g), Elemental()
Lubella tried briefly to determine if Nerrenn was perhaps undead, before trying to subdue him.
However, she was so intent on not cutting him, that her blade missed completely.
"Then please enlighten us! So far we have seen only deception from you and your master. We are not unreasonable people!" Talvek cries in frustration at the sea elf, noticing Lubella's merciful maneuvering.
”You would not understand the importance of the work being done here. A greater purpose than you can imagine.“