looks to Lysander
"I can hold him for the better part of a day, but if you are to do this, do it. He may be stalling so his mortal allies can stop you."
Three figures teleport in near the group. Two of them appear to be teachers, although not ones who have been with the school for long.
Lysander:
Spoiler:
The non-teacher is a Hunter.
Spin, make a Will Save, DC 24.
Acidic fog forms around the group, slowing movement and making ranged attacks impossible. Acid fog spell, 20 ft radius, everyone in the area takes acid damage. 2d6 ⇒ (5, 1) = 6
You feel as if your soul were being ripped from your body and then abruptly it stops. The caster looks confused as you still stand and the gem in his hand has not shattered.
Spoiler:
You are suddenly aware that Ephebe is inside the gem. She switched places with you.
Yes, she's been soul-napped. Luckily, for now at least, the bad guys don't realize they have what they came for. Basically she used the link between them and a special 'overchanneling' ability to do something impossible. There is precedent, Aananda once ripped the core out of an comet.:)
Ephebe-Spin is quick to act, mentally thanking Krays for his genius move in dismissing the fog, "Your gem is useless, Hunter! You don't think my family is prepared for such attacks?" Bluff - to make the Hunter think the gem is, in fact useless - in the hopes he will decide to drop it 10 + 31 = 41.
She then chambers another round into the Caster, firing it at the wizard.
Caster firing Holy Smite(ranged touch against the Wizard with the gem in his hand) 1d20 + 15 ⇒ (14) + 15 = 29.
--> Damage 5d8 ⇒ (7, 5, 8, 4, 3) = 27 + blinded for 1 round.
--> Will save DC 20 for half damage and no blinded condition. If he's an outsider, let me know as the damage is greater.
I'm going to go ahead and put what I intend Spin to do next, as it's goign to be his focus - though I want to give others the chance to act in combat, too. If the situation changes enough that this action is foolish or no longer relevant, you can either wait for me or wing it. I'm only saying this because i have a string of meetings coming up.
Spin will stay in Ephebe-form, but sprint forward, making a disarm to grab the gem while the wizard is blinded. (By the description it sounds like he shoud have enough movement to get there.)
Disarm (for the gem) 1d20 + 19 ⇒ (6) + 19 = 25. This will provoke AoO's from people who threaten Spin as normal.
Also, as an aside, this whole playing a dude who literally is a woman for the time being is throwing me for a loop when using pronouns in my flavor descriptions.. he? she? it? what?
Unfortunately, Slarrow moved nearer while watching the talk with the ghost. The slurk emits a squeak of surprise as the fog hits. He seems injured, but still upright--albeit very confused.
I'm guessing Slarrow has around 10 HP. I should probably make stats for him at some point, seeing as I keep getting him involved in combat situations.
Lysander's hand(the one holding the empty sword hilt) lashes out toward the ghost and something flashes in the air between the two. It looks like something cuts through the ghost's chest as Lysander's hand lowers to his side again.
The ghost screams silently as it dissipates into nothingness. The boy screams "Noooo!" as his mentor disappears, just as Ephebe/Spin rushes forward intent on retrieving the dropped gem. He strikes out with his sword intending to take out at least one hated enemy in revenge.
So who are we facing here, again? The formerly-possessed student, the wizard, and one other?
Nope. The formerly possessed student was whisked off to infirmary. You are dealing with the now feebleminded Theo Dark, student, aka Theodric Shadowstrike and two teacher thralls (one wizard, one sorceror)whose minds have been totally taken over by the Shadowstrikes.
Ephebe-spin nods at Krays, but - in an effort to keep up the charade - acts like Krays is just being weird, "Uh.. yes… she is better now that she has been helped." She nonchalantly rubs her Caster on her shoulder where she was healed, but she hopes that her words both fool the Hunters but also deliver her hidden meaning of Ephebe's well-being to the group.
Bluff (to hide the secret meaning of the message.. on the off-chance that the charade still needs to be kept up) 1d20 + 31 ⇒ (13) + 31 = 44.
She looks over at the Hunter's thralls, "Someone do something about these guys!"
Fishes a copper piece out of his pouch, and reflects light off of it into Theo's eyes
"Look! Shiny!" he says, trying to entice the boy over and out of harm's way
