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Alliszah Ranaxis's page
77 posts. Alias of Rennaivx.
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Female Tiefling silksworn occultist 1 | HP 10/10 | Init +2 | AC 14 (T 12, FF 12) | Fort +3 Ref +2 Will +2 | Perception +5 | Mental Focus [D: **] [E: x**] [I: x**] | Distortion - 5% miss chance
An offer... But the Fair Fortune had already been far past anything Alliszah could have anticipated; the thought of another "adventure" brought a faint sweat to her brow, and no doubt this halfling now thought her some sort of seasoned malcontent and dungeon delver... And what does this...business entail? she asks evenly, letting the tray of pastries sit for the time being. I must admit, true business would be my preference - it turns out my skill set is little suited to catacomb exploration. Perhaps I could begin work with Rexus on searching through these documents? After all, it will be no small task.
This is where I'll step out. Feel free to keep Alliszah around as an NPC if you like (hence the hook of working with Rexus); if things ever calm down enough for me to jump back in, I'm sure I can figure something out to bring her back in. :) Happy gaming!
Female Tiefling silksworn occultist 1 | HP 10/10 | Init +2 | AC 14 (T 12, FF 12) | Fort +3 Ref +2 Will +2 | Perception +5 | Mental Focus [D: **] [E: x**] [I: x**] | Distortion - 5% miss chance
My apologies, but I think I'm going to have to withdraw from this game. Real life keeps doing nothing but escalating for me, and I find myself needing to pare away what I can in order to spare my mental energy for more pressing matters. I have enjoyed the game thus far; unfortunately, though, I'm only one person, and there's only so much I can do. I hope you guys kick some Thrune tail!
Hedwick, would you like me to write myself out? We're at a decent place to do it, if so.
Female Tiefling silksworn occultist 1 | HP 10/10 | Init +2 | AC 14 (T 12, FF 12) | Fort +3 Ref +2 Will +2 | Perception +5 | Mental Focus [D: **] [E: x**] [I: x**] | Distortion - 5% miss chance
They were already deep in - there was nothing for it but to see this through, at least get the documents to Rexus. But still, Alliszah hangs back slightly as she approaches the coffee house's doors, her own face an impassive mask beneath the actual mask she wears. She knew she was well-concealed, but it still felt off to her to mingle, to frequent the haunts of the less-privileged. It felt off...but there was an undeniable thrill to it, too, to being part of a crowd for once instead of always shut away.
For a moment as she enters, she wonders if the young nobleman they'd met would be foolish enough to conduct such business in the open of a crowded dining room - but as the halfling woman gestures, she nods, hoping against hope she isn't making the wrong choice as she follows. And we make an ally of a slip now - no, no. A halfling.
Female Tiefling silksworn occultist 1 | HP 10/10 | Init +2 | AC 14 (T 12, FF 12) | Fort +3 Ref +2 Will +2 | Perception +5 | Mental Focus [D: **] [E: x**] [I: x**] | Distortion - 5% miss chance
We should split up again. Leave some time between us, even, to avoid drawing curiosity. Gently, Alliszah places her hand in Nightgaunt's elbow again, ready to depart.
Female Tiefling silksworn occultist 1 | HP 10/10 | Init +2 | AC 14 (T 12, FF 12) | Fort +3 Ref +2 Will +2 | Perception +5 | Mental Focus [D: **] [E: x**] [I: x**] | Distortion - 5% miss chance
Sorry, life seems to refuse to get any less crazy.
I agree, Alliszah responds to Parai's concerns, looking warily over her shoulder. We have what we came for - let's get out of here.
Female Tiefling silksworn occultist 1 | HP 10/10 | Init +2 | AC 14 (T 12, FF 12) | Fort +3 Ref +2 Will +2 | Perception +5 | Mental Focus [D: **] [E: x**] [I: x**] | Distortion - 5% miss chance
Alliszah nods consent, handing over the cloak. As she passes it along, her eyes flash an intense gold for a moment, and a warm, buoyant feeling spreads from where her hand brushes against Onorix's arm. Something else as well. To help, she adds simply, letting her hand linger for a moment before letting go.
Giving Onorix my False Confidence panoply focus power for +2 to ability checks, attack rolls, saving throws, and skill checks for 10 minutes.
Female Tiefling silksworn occultist 1 | HP 10/10 | Init +2 | AC 14 (T 12, FF 12) | Fort +3 Ref +2 Will +2 | Perception +5 | Mental Focus [D: **] [E: x**] [I: x**] | Distortion - 5% miss chance
Spellcraft - shortbow: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (7) + 8 = 15
Spellcraft - cloak: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (3) + 8 = 11
Spellcraft - armor: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (2) + 8 = 10
Spellcraft - raven figurines: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (2) + 8 = 10
With guidance from Nightgaunt, Alliszah examines the items for their magical properties, trying to set aside the pain and panic her psychic senses had revealed. But the intense emotions prove too distracting - try as she might, she cannot deduce what enchantments might bolster them. These were important, she finally speaks up. I can feel that. Whoever hid this - even so long after, I can follow their search, their hope for someplace that would stay secret. And the worry that clouded the hider's mind...the loss...whatever was happening, they knew it was the end. They didn't expect to live on...but perhaps they hoped they could do something that would last, hiding these things here.
Female Tiefling silksworn occultist 1 | HP 10/10 | Init +2 | AC 14 (T 12, FF 12) | Fort +3 Ref +2 Will +2 | Perception +5 | Mental Focus [D: **] [E: x**] [I: x**] | Distortion - 5% miss chance
Certainly promising. Let me see what I can learn. Once again, Alliszah reaches out with her mind for psychic imprints around her, sifting through the items carefully to let her connect with them as much as she can. Casting detect psychic significance! As usual, feel free to be as descriptive or as sparse as you wish.
Female Tiefling silksworn occultist 1 | HP 10/10 | Init +2 | AC 14 (T 12, FF 12) | Fort +3 Ref +2 Will +2 | Perception +5 | Mental Focus [D: **] [E: x**] [I: x**] | Distortion - 5% miss chance
A hint: if you want to facilitate more efficient movement through a room, you can include spoilers for things that can be found in your description of the room, with the DC for the Perception check in the spoiler header. Just like you've done with Knowledge checks before.
Perception - searching the cistern room with heightened awareness: 1d20 + 5 + 2 ⇒ (9) + 5 + 2 = 16
Perception - searching the back room with heightened awareness: 1d20 + 5 + 2 ⇒ (19) + 5 + 2 = 26
Nightgaunt, come with me this way. A couple of others should walk along the other wall. See if there is some sort of crevasse that could conceal anything. Then we will look to the area beyond. Once the masked man joins her, Alliszah moves carefully along the left-hand wall, running her gloved hand over the dust-caked walls. The murk of the pool beside her continues to hold her attention, and she tenses slightly as she walks past it, but the room beyond offers (hopefully) some relief from the nervousness. I hate that this spell leaves me so on-edge...but Aunt Lyssa was right. You can never know where the danger will emerge from.
Female Tiefling silksworn occultist 1 | HP 10/10 | Init +2 | AC 14 (T 12, FF 12) | Fort +3 Ref +2 Will +2 | Perception +5 | Mental Focus [D: **] [E: x**] [I: x**] | Distortion - 5% miss chance
Cautiously, Alliszah moves inside the curved wall, perusing the drawings on the stones. It's been a long time - who knows what could have moved in as the years have rolled on? I hope only that whoever it was, they did not find these supposed records first. Cautiously, she moves to peer past the pool's edge, keeping a step back from the edge and subconsciously grabbing on to the nearby chain as if to hold herself back from falling.
Female Tiefling silksworn occultist 1 | HP 10/10 | Init +2 | AC 14 (T 12, FF 12) | Fort +3 Ref +2 Will +2 | Perception +5 | Mental Focus [D: **] [E: x**] [I: x**] | Distortion - 5% miss chance
As the music echoes faintly through the hall, Alliszah's soft hum can be heard beneath it - her alto voice, surprisingly tuneful, follows the pitch of the pipes, committing the melody to memory. A pleasant song...but what could be playing down here? she murmurs, taking a step forward despite herself. We have little choice but to go and see, if we are to find the answers this place may hold.
Let's go forward down the passage!
Female Tiefling silksworn occultist 1 | HP 10/10 | Init +2 | AC 14 (T 12, FF 12) | Fort +3 Ref +2 Will +2 | Perception +5 | Mental Focus [D: **] [E: x**] [I: x**] | Distortion - 5% miss chance
The image in her mind as she looks at the earrings is so strong, it's a couple of moments before Alliszah realizes she's swaying in a private dance. Thankful that no one can see her blush behind her mask, she quickly stows the earrings and buttons in a pocket sewn into her gown and joins Abelard and Onorix at the grating. For a moment, she considers leaving the matter be...but at the end, she can't help but press the key into Abelard's hand. Perhaps this might have been of use, she murmurs with a smile. It may open the door ahead, too, if you wish to save your strength.
Ready to open the door when everyone else is! As for the cloak, Alliszah of course wouldn't mind it, but of course everyone else wants it too, I'm certain, and a more obvious combat target than the enchanter/illusionist would be best.
Female Tiefling silksworn occultist 1 | HP 10/10 | Init +2 | AC 14 (T 12, FF 12) | Fort +3 Ref +2 Will +2 | Perception +5 | Mental Focus [D: **] [E: x**] [I: x**] | Distortion - 5% miss chance
Save for Tainted Spirit drawback, DC12: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (10) + 3 = 13 Pass.
Taking the jewelry and cloak in hand, Alliszah closes her eyes for a moment, taking a breath to calm her mind. Her gifts had sometimes allowed her to gain short glimpses into the pasts of objects with particularly significant histories - and if this place really had been used by a group of doomed revolutionaries, even earrings or buttons could have significant histories indeed.
Casting detect psychic significance to detect psychic imprints on anything within 40 feet. I know it's a somewhat vague ability, so feel free to give as much or as little as you feel like coming up with. ;)
Female Tiefling silksworn occultist 1 | HP 10/10 | Init +2 | AC 14 (T 12, FF 12) | Fort +3 Ref +2 Will +2 | Perception +5 | Mental Focus [D: **] [E: x**] [I: x**] | Distortion - 5% miss chance
Well, onward it is, then, Alliszah answers, mostly managing to hide her distaste at the idea. After all, we came for information. We must continue until we have found whatever this place has to offer. Should we check their nest, though? If these creatures have been here some time, it is conceivable they could have found these records stores before us, and paper would provide some cushioning and warmth.
Female Tiefling silksworn occultist 1 | HP 10/10 | Init +2 | AC 14 (T 12, FF 12) | Fort +3 Ref +2 Will +2 | Perception +5 | Mental Focus [D: **] [E: x**] [I: x**] | Distortion - 5% miss chance
Knowing her method of magically overcoming an opponent's mind is one that can be easily adapted to, Alliszah shifts her focus to Abelard's foe, trying again to shock its senses into confusion.
Second verse, same as the first! Blue this time, DC13 Will save or dazed.
Female Tiefling silksworn occultist 1 | HP 10/10 | Init +2 | AC 14 (T 12, FF 12) | Fort +3 Ref +2 Will +2 | Perception +5 | Mental Focus [D: **] [E: x**] [I: x**] | Distortion - 5% miss chance
Hoping to thin out the opposition, Alliszah turns to the closest of the grimples, attempting to overwhelm its mind with her own.
DC13 Will save or dazed for one round.
Female Tiefling silksworn occultist 1 | HP 10/10 | Init +2 | AC 14 (T 12, FF 12) | Fort +3 Ref +2 Will +2 | Perception +5 | Mental Focus [D: **] [E: x**] [I: x**] | Distortion - 5% miss chance
Letting Abelard and Onorix take the lead, Alliszah falls in behind, watching for any signs of trouble.
Looks like it was me! But I have no idea what would have made it do this, and I've never seen it happen before, especially not to an entire page... All I did was put italicized words into the text of a dice roll! It's not the first time, and it's never broken the whole world before! D:
Female Tiefling silksworn occultist 1 | HP 10/10 | Init +2 | AC 14 (T 12, FF 12) | Fort +3 Ref +2 Will +2 | Perception +5 | Mental Focus [D: **] [E: x**] [I: x**] | Distortion - 5% miss chance
Send your lights ahead, Alliszah calls to Korva, remembering at the last moment to edit the imperious tone out of her request. If this place has secrets, this is where they'll be. She doesn't need to wait for the light to reach every corner, though - with eyes enhanced by her infernal heritage she scans past where the light stops into the room's dark corners, looking for any shapes that look promising. I wonder what this secret information will look like...besides shreds in the bedding of a rat's nest, if those things were in here. Let's hope that's not true.
Perception with [i: 1d1d20 + 5 + 2 ⇒ (5) + 5 + 2 = 12
Ready to explore, but with no armor and little combat prowess she's understandably not wanting to lead the way. ;)
Female Tiefling silksworn occultist 1 | HP 10/10 | Init +2 | AC 14 (T 12, FF 12) | Fort +3 Ref +2 Will +2 | Perception +5 | Mental Focus [D: **] [E: x**] [I: x**] | Distortion - 5% miss chance
They can climb? Somehow visibly (or perhaps audibly?) disgusted even behind her mask, Alliszah throws a hand in front of her, and her eyes flash red as she stares down the rat attacking Korva.
Daze v. the rat attacking Korva, Will DC13 negates.
Female Tiefling silksworn occultist 1 | HP 10/10 | Init +2 | AC 14 (T 12, FF 12) | Fort +3 Ref +2 Will +2 | Perception +5 | Mental Focus [D: **] [E: x**] [I: x**] | Distortion - 5% miss chance
I had exactly the same thing happen when I got promoted last year. I get it. :)
Female Tiefling silksworn occultist 1 | HP 10/10 | Init +2 | AC 14 (T 12, FF 12) | Fort +3 Ref +2 Will +2 | Perception +5 | Mental Focus [D: **] [E: x**] [I: x**] | Distortion - 5% miss chance
Perhaps there is something to Rexus' report, then, Alliszah adds, peering down over the shoulders of the others into the dark column. How far can you send your lights down, Korva? It might benefit us to send them as far as we can ahead of us. Odds are this cellar has been abandoned for some time, and if anything else has taken up residence perhaps it will react to the light and give us some advance warning.
Female Tiefling silksworn occultist 1 | HP 10/10 | Init +2 | AC 14 (T 12, FF 12) | Fort +3 Ref +2 Will +2 | Perception +5 | Mental Focus [D: **] [E: x**] [I: x**] | Distortion - 5% miss chance
Alliszah nods at Onorix's suggestion, still trying (in vain) to keep the hem of her skirt clear of the gunk and grime coating the floor. If these..."grimples", were they?...are capable of gliding, we should keep a set of eyes to the spaces in the rafters. I do not relish the idea of becoming host to a parasite, if it can be helped. Carefully, she takes her own advice, scanning overhead as Onorix prepares to descend.
Perception with heightened awareness: 1d20 + 5 + 2 ⇒ (6) + 5 + 2 = 13
Female Tiefling silksworn occultist 1 | HP 10/10 | Init +2 | AC 14 (T 12, FF 12) | Fort +3 Ref +2 Will +2 | Perception +5 | Mental Focus [D: **] [E: x**] [I: x**] | Distortion - 5% miss chance
Alliszah follows at a slight distance, drawing a dagger from within a fold of her gown as she steps past the grate - while it's clear from her bearing that she's never used it for anything more threatening than a roast boar, it acts as a talisman of sorts, giving her a touch of comfort moving into the grimy, blood-stained room. And why again am I getting myself into this mess? she muses to herself, raising a sleeve to her face and trying to breathe as little as possible. Hells and heavens, the smell...
Female Tiefling silksworn occultist 1 | HP 10/10 | Init +2 | AC 14 (T 12, FF 12) | Fort +3 Ref +2 Will +2 | Perception +5 | Mental Focus [D: **] [E: x**] [I: x**] | Distortion - 5% miss chance
Hmm...pleasant, Alliszah murmurs, eyeing the bloodstains on the floor dubiously. Cautiously, she tries the key from the desk in the grate's lock, struggling with the rust and wear of the mechanism.
Female Tiefling silksworn occultist 1 | HP 10/10 | Init +2 | AC 14 (T 12, FF 12) | Fort +3 Ref +2 Will +2 | Perception +5 | Mental Focus [D: **] [E: x**] [I: x**] | Distortion - 5% miss chance
Don't worry - you can grab them all you like. It's just magic, and little more than parlor tricks at that, Alliszah answers Parai's question. But it does mean there's something in here that can cast such spells, so we should be on our guard. At Onorix's question, Alliszah takes a look around, then moves toward the iron grate along the south wall. This would be my best guess as to what the key opens...and my hope, really. There's a section of wall that's fallen away over here behind it, and I don't see anywhere else that anything could be hidden, unless it's hidden very cleverly.
Female Tiefling silksworn occultist 1 | HP 10/10 | Init +2 | AC 14 (T 12, FF 12) | Fort +3 Ref +2 Will +2 | Perception +5 | Mental Focus [D: **] [E: x**] [I: x**] | Distortion - 5% miss chance
I thought I'd said I entered before, but it's been a heck of a week. ;)
Alliszah Perception with heightened awareness: 1d20 + 5 + 2 ⇒ (16) + 5 + 2 = 23
Lydir Perception: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (10) + 6 = 16
Knowledge (arcana): 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (18) + 8 = 26
If there's anything kept here, an office is the best place to start. As Parai sees to Abelard and Onorix climbs into the rafters, Alliszah makes her way to the back office and begins to rummage through the desk, her senses sharpened by magical enhancement. In no time, she's searched the contents of the desk - mostly broken quills and old papers ruined beyond recognition, but the search does turn up something useful.
I've found a key in here... she calls out as she re-enters the main space, but suddenly her words are interrupted by a strange chirping growl and the beating of wings. Claws! Lydir's telepathic voice rings in everyone's mind. Claw marks, in the dust! Are they the dogs?! Cats?! Something... Nervously, he flaps over to Alliszah's shoulder and digs his claws tight into the fabric over her shoulder.
I'm...not quite sure what could have left them, Lydir, Alliszah admits. Anyone recognize these markings? I highly doubt they're from the dogs, unless hounds can develop sorcerous ability - that's what's making these odd tricks happen. Minor prestidigitations, nothing a first-day wizarding student couldn't handle, but certainly beyond a dog's ability.
No Knowledge (nature) here.
Female Tiefling silksworn occultist 1 | HP 10/10 | Init +2 | AC 14 (T 12, FF 12) | Fort +3 Ref +2 Will +2 | Perception +5 | Mental Focus [D: **] [E: x**] [I: x**] | Distortion - 5% miss chance
As soon as the dogs fall, Alliszah ducks inside, glancing warily around as she enters and clearly unfazed by the darkness that reigns before Korva's lights take shape. It does not seem the sort of place where one would keep important historical documentation, she comments, but perhaps that is by design? Perhaps this stable conceals something more? Dubiously, she scans the interior of the Livery, looking for any sign of where something like Rexus had spoken of could be hidden. As she searches, an eerie note echoes of its own accord from the flute hanging around her neck, and suddenly her eyes begin to glow with a strange gold light.
Casting heightened awareness and searching the space.
Perception: 1d20 + 5 + 2 ⇒ (4) + 5 + 2 = 11
Female Tiefling silksworn occultist 1 | HP 10/10 | Init +2 | AC 14 (T 12, FF 12) | Fort +3 Ref +2 Will +2 | Perception +5 | Mental Focus [D: **] [E: x**] [I: x**] | Distortion - 5% miss chance
To let you guys know, work is going madder than I even thought humanly possible. Suffice it to say, I'm doing four separate four-to-nine hour chunks of time there in the next forty-eight hours, and oddly enough, that means that PbP posts are falling by the wayside for the next couple of days. I'll be back this weekend.
Female Tiefling silksworn occultist 1 | HP 10/10 | Init +2 | AC 14 (T 12, FF 12) | Fort +3 Ref +2 Will +2 | Perception +5 | Mental Focus [D: **] [E: x**] [I: x**] | Distortion - 5% miss chance
Whatever we do, let's get it done, Alliszah mutters, a imperious tone in her voice. Hoping to aid Korva's efforts, she adds her own illusory sounds to her ally's, reasoning that enhancing the illusion can only help to fool the beasts.
Casting ghost sound to match and magnify Korva's. DC13 Will to disbelieve. At least this way they have to make two saves instead of just one.
Female Tiefling silksworn occultist 1 | HP 10/10 | Init +2 | AC 14 (T 12, FF 12) | Fort +3 Ref +2 Will +2 | Perception +5 | Mental Focus [D: **] [E: x**] [I: x**] | Distortion - 5% miss chance
Well, I'd like to proceed with silence being a lower level spell or charm person able to work on animals, but you can't always get what you want. ;)
We'll have to silence the beasts somehow - the longer they bark, the more chance there is we will be discovered. A few good blows will quiet them for the time being, unless anyone else has anything to offer. The dottari will not hesitate on using the same method on the hounds and us both, should they get reports of a disturbance. While she doesn't sound pleased with the prospect, Alliszah's voice is weighty with pragmatism. Lydir's sting carries a soporific venom, but we cannot send him in there alone, and once we open the door we will have all of them to contend with.
We might just have to bite the bullet and fight them with nonlethal.
Female Tiefling silksworn occultist 1 | HP 10/10 | Init +2 | AC 14 (T 12, FF 12) | Fort +3 Ref +2 Will +2 | Perception +5 | Mental Focus [D: **] [E: x**] [I: x**] | Distortion - 5% miss chance
Petty theft is beneath my station. ;)
Sorry I've been delayed. Work's been nothing but crazy this week - I've hardly had a chance to breathe, let alone get gameplay posts in.
Female Tiefling silksworn occultist 1 | HP 10/10 | Init +2 | AC 14 (T 12, FF 12) | Fort +3 Ref +2 Will +2 | Perception +5 | Mental Focus [D: **] [E: x**] [I: x**] | Distortion - 5% miss chance
I thought I'd moved toward them before, but I was probably wrong, and I definitely forgot to move my token along with it. I'm good with retcon!
Hearing the commotion up front, Alliszah follows Nightgaunt at a run, seeking to aid her companions (and hoping they aren't beyond aid already).
Running after Nightgaunt.
Female Tiefling silksworn occultist 1 | HP 10/10 | Init +2 | AC 14 (T 12, FF 12) | Fort +3 Ref +2 Will +2 | Perception +5 | Mental Focus [D: **] [E: x**] [I: x**] | Distortion - 5% miss chance
Is there any way we can keep the doors only partially open? Alliszah wonders, watching Parai lean into them to keep them shut. Enough that we can get a weapon between the doors without letting the hounds out? I can startle one of them with magic for a few moments, perhaps, but that'll do us little good, and the more powerful enchantment magic I've learned won't work on the minds of beasts. Or perhaps...let me see. Setting a hand on the door and peering through the slats, Alliszah begins a sonorous incantation, and the pendant hanging from her neck whistles softly of its own accord. Suddenly, from the back of the stables, the unmistakable din of a cat screeching loudly in surprise rings out, as if someone's stood on its tail.
Ghost sound to pull them away from the door so we can get inside safely? DC13 Will save.
Female Tiefling silksworn occultist 1 | HP 10/10 | Init +2 | AC 14 (T 12, FF 12) | Fort +3 Ref +2 Will +2 | Perception +5 | Mental Focus [D: **] [E: x**] [I: x**] | Distortion - 5% miss chance
Hearing the barking, Alliszah starts and looks toward the building's front. What was that? Cautiously, she makes her way up the building's side, peering around. It's two of the others - and it looks like there's something inside as well. They aren't in harm's way for now, it looks like, but I'm heading up to join them should it come to trouble.
Female Tiefling silksworn occultist 1 | HP 10/10 | Init +2 | AC 14 (T 12, FF 12) | Fort +3 Ref +2 Will +2 | Perception +5 | Mental Focus [D: **] [E: x**] [I: x**] | Distortion - 5% miss chance
Me or Lydir see anything of interest/concern in the alley? I did realize I forgot Perception checks.
Alliszah Perception: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (2) + 5 = 7
Lydir Perception: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (19) + 6 = 25
Female Tiefling silksworn occultist 1 | HP 10/10 | Init +2 | AC 14 (T 12, FF 12) | Fort +3 Ref +2 Will +2 | Perception +5 | Mental Focus [D: **] [E: x**] [I: x**] | Distortion - 5% miss chance
Yes...I mean, I can, but are you sure...? But seeing the sense in Nightgaunt's suggestion, Alliszah creeps forward slightly, trying to angle herself to see down the dark alley and raising her occupied arm slightly. Lydir, you'll be able to get closer than we without being seen - you're far quieter than us. Would you fly over, please, and see if there's anything untoward back there?
Diplomacy: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (15) + 6 = 21
Lydir Stealth if he acquiesces: 1d20 + 19 ⇒ (19) + 19 = 38
Female Tiefling silksworn occultist 1 | HP 10/10 | Init +2 | AC 14 (T 12, FF 12) | Fort +3 Ref +2 Will +2 | Perception +5 | Mental Focus [D: **] [E: x**] [I: x**] | Distortion - 5% miss chance
At Nightgaunt's story, the pseudodragon giggles again, a slight rumbling tone at odds with the high pitch of his small voice hinting at his draconic roots. Was he one of the humans with wings? I always thought it was silly you didn't all have them! With a couple of wing beats, he hops over to land on Nightgaunt's shoulder. You have good stories - better than hers! I'm Lydir, and she's called-
Lydir! Alliszah snaps slightly, and he huffs slightly in annoyance as she sighs. Sorry - oh, don't look at me like that. You know why I can't give out my name carelessly...look, I'm sorry, I am. She holds out an arm and beckons for the pseudodragon, but he simply turns away with another huff until she fishes a small hunk of what looks like white cheese from a pouch at her waist. At the smell of the offering, the dragonling gently hops over, though he still looks none too pleased. I shouldn't have shouted at you. But if too many people know, I'll be forced back there, and you'll be back in that cage again...
Sheepishly, she gives Lydir a small scratch behind his ears as she turns back to her bipedal companion. Sorry about that. It's...complicated. But he's right - your stories are far more entertaining than mine, she adds with a hint of a smile in her voice. I'm afraid my education focused rather little on humor, but you seem to have been more fortunate than I in that regard. The elaborate construction of Temple Hill begins to give way to the utilitarian buildings of the adjacent neighborhood, and she glances around. They said it was on the far side of the Redroof District, near the harbor, right?
Nightgaunt, feel free to continue if you like, but I'm ready for the Livery when everyone else is.
Female Tiefling silksworn occultist 1 | HP 10/10 | Init +2 | AC 14 (T 12, FF 12) | Fort +3 Ref +2 Will +2 | Perception +5 | Mental Focus [D: **] [E: x**] [I: x**] | Distortion - 5% miss chance
And sorry for my slow posting - fate decided that every single imaginable thing needed to happen in the last three days. XD
Female Tiefling silksworn occultist 1 | HP 10/10 | Init +2 | AC 14 (T 12, FF 12) | Fort +3 Ref +2 Will +2 | Perception +5 | Mental Focus [D: **] [E: x**] [I: x**] | Distortion - 5% miss chance
Alliszah walks quiet, but it's clear her mind is far from still. As she and the mysterious "Nightgaunt" walk through Kintargo's streets and squares, her eyes dart back and forth constantly, as if she's trying to take in every fleeting instant of activity at once. And even with the town somewhat subdued under Barzillai Thrune's new rule, that's a lot of activity. Quiet reigns for several minutes, until, as the pair passes a stand hawking skewered street meats and boiled vegetables, she speaks up. Kintargo is...different, traveled on foot. I am so accustomed to seeing it from inside a carriage, or behind a window...
For a moment, she teeters on the edge of continuing into a question for Nightgaunt, but instead she again lapses into silence, uncertain about pushing too far past his pretense. The pseudodragon circling around her, however, is less predisposed to courtesy. What she means is, it was bo-o-ring! Somehow, he manages to drawl the word teasingly despite the speech being broadcast straight into Alliszah and Nightgaunt's minds. I bet you've got way better stories, huh? All she wants to talk about is noble lineages and planar hierarchies, dreary things like that. Playfully, Lydir plucks at Nightgaunt's hood from the air, though he's careful to avoid disturbing it so much as to reveal its occupant.
Female Tiefling silksworn occultist 1 | HP 10/10 | Init +2 | AC 14 (T 12, FF 12) | Fort +3 Ref +2 Will +2 | Perception +5 | Mental Focus [D: **] [E: x**] [I: x**] | Distortion - 5% miss chance
Sorry I'm delayed in posting - crazy days at work yesterday and today. I'll get a post in tonight.
Female Tiefling silksworn occultist 1 | HP 10/10 | Init +2 | AC 14 (T 12, FF 12) | Fort +3 Ref +2 Will +2 | Perception +5 | Mental Focus [D: **] [E: x**] [I: x**] | Distortion - 5% miss chance
A wise precaution, yes, Alliszah responds to Onorix's suggestion. And I...would appreciate an escort as well, were someone willing. Notably, however, she doesn't reach out to anyone in particular - as if she were afraid of the answer, were she to ask a specific question.
Female Tiefling silksworn occultist 1 | HP 10/10 | Init +2 | AC 14 (T 12, FF 12) | Fort +3 Ref +2 Will +2 | Perception +5 | Mental Focus [D: **] [E: x**] [I: x**] | Distortion - 5% miss chance
Perception: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (1) + 5 = 6
Nodding, Alliszah reaches back for her cloak and pulls it back on, seeming to calm slightly as she re-conceals the signs of her fiendish blood. In fact, she's so intent on restoring her cover that she doesn't notice the particulars of the gifts he offers, though she gets the gist of the offer from Nightgaunt. I'm not familiar with the place; I never had much cause to go to Redroof, she answers, keeping her tone matter-of-fact.
Truthfully, though, she'd passed through it many times on the way to Temple Hill to pay respects at the Temple of Asmodeus - but she'd always kept the curtains tight-closed as she'd traveled, especially on those few occasions where an overturned cart or damaged cobblestones had prevented taking the more direct northern road. Passing so close to the Devil's Nursery, the slum where most of the city's tieflings were forced to congregate, was just too unnerving. She knew that all that kept her from the same fate was the lack of another heir to her family's name; the only thing her mother feared more than her unnatural daughter was the thought of her husband's family line dying out.
Alliszah's upbringing had been lonely and miserable, but it'd been far better than most of her kind could expect. The reminder that only the slimmest thread of fate kept her from destitution was too uncomfortable - and now she was preparing to discard what little protection she had. Even if, by some miracle, she and her new allies managed to oust Kintargo's new ruler, would the Devil's Nursery still be her eventual fate?
Female Tiefling silksworn occultist 1 | HP 10/10 | Init +2 | AC 14 (T 12, FF 12) | Fort +3 Ref +2 Will +2 | Perception +5 | Mental Focus [D: **] [E: x**] [I: x**] | Distortion - 5% miss chance
Michael7123 wrote: Alliszah Ranaxis wrote: Michael7123 wrote: To answer the question asked in OOC text by you rknop, no. Onorix hasn't introduced himself to any of you. Parai obviously knows him.
Considering that Onorix is major nobility in the city, maybe it's possible that some of you recognize him regardless if he wants you to or not. He's never been one for showing off, he's never gotten in any scandal or sought public attention, but nobility of his station will automatically get attention if they want it or not.
If the DM wants, maybe some of you could make knowledge checks? Anyone with a decent knowledge (nobility) would have heard of his name and know who he is, but that's a different thing from knowing what he looks like. I don't know what the DC would be for pointing him out would be though.
I figured that, since she's been part of the social scene and has aspirational parents (and has a good Knowledge (nobility)), Alliszah would recognize anyone from the big families, but she wouldn't necessarily be recognized by them at first. (The mask helps with that, too.) That makes sense.
Also, while he might not have recognized you at first, Onorix does make a point to stay "in the know" about even the minor noble houses. To put it simply- there are only so many people in Kintargo that can be described with the words "four armed tiefling noblewoman". Probably exactly one person, to be honest. So with the latest reveal, Onorix probably knows who you are, even if the two of them haven't interacted very much. That's precisely what I expected and in fact intended - hence the "if you've figured it out can it" remark. ;) Leaving the mask on is less maintaining her disguise in that moment and more that she simply doesn't like to be parted with it if she doesn't have to; her nice things are her implements, after all.
Female Tiefling silksworn occultist 1 | HP 10/10 | Init +2 | AC 14 (T 12, FF 12) | Fort +3 Ref +2 Will +2 | Perception +5 | Mental Focus [D: **] [E: x**] [I: x**] | Distortion - 5% miss chance
Onorix wrote: And from what I've heard in rumors, there are darker fates that awaits those who particularly disfavor the powers that be- fates of hellfire and damnation through vile magic."
"I don't know how many of you are of the nobility, but I believe our station in this city and life should be defined by more than just the blood that runs in our veins. It is our task to guide the people of this city, even if we must make sacrifices to ensure it happens. That is our true birthright."
Onorix's words of station and birthright resonate with Alliszah; as he concludes, she toys almost idly with a heavy silver-and-jet ring on her finger, running a fingertip over the ornate crest worked into it. You're right. It's time for me to earn all this - no other of my kin has, though we have history and wealth to match the greater families. We've relied on names and deeds of men and women dead a score of decades, clung to their doings to give us our status...that's why I doubt any of you would recognize me immediately by name even if I gave it. For now, Myrial is the name that will keep us all safer - if you know my parents' name and mine, please, do me a favor and keep it in your mind.
Their name would do me little good anyway...all my parents have managed to accomplish is decadence and corruption... Carefully, she undoes an emerald clasp at her neck and lets her heavy cloak fall away. Underneath, she is bedecked in a dress of fine silk, embroidered elaborately in a multitude of colors and fastened at several points with silver hooks, buckles, and buttons. In any but the present company, the finery would have been impressive indeed - but among those accustomed to such, other features immediately draw the eye. Like the two pairs of backswept horns her meticulously arranged and pinned hair surrounds. And the third and fourth arms, twisted and stunted and curled protectively to her side. And the skin, so pale and uniform in tone that she looks more like a statue than a living and breathing being. Her mask remains in place, but there's no need to see her face to recognize her fiendish blood.
I don't fear condemnation, she finishes miserably, her face turned downward. It's too late for me already; my soul is Hell-bound no matter what I do. But if learning about these Silver Ravens and their legacy can help us change something for the better...if I can do some small measure of good before...the end comes... She sighs, then glances nervously toward Rexus. The Fair Fortune Livery, was it?
Suddenly, a cheer erupts in everyone's mind, and the pseudodragon on Alliszah's shoulder bounds down her arm and onto the tabletop. Though he doesn't speak aloud, it's clear the cheer and the telepathic words that follow are his. Wa-hey! When do we leave?!
Female Tiefling silksworn occultist 1 | HP 10/10 | Init +2 | AC 14 (T 12, FF 12) | Fort +3 Ref +2 Will +2 | Perception +5 | Mental Focus [D: **] [E: x**] [I: x**] | Distortion - 5% miss chance
Michael7123 wrote: To answer the question asked in OOC text by you rknop, no. Onorix hasn't introduced himself to any of you. Parai obviously knows him.
Considering that Onorix is major nobility in the city, maybe it's possible that some of you recognize him regardless if he wants you to or not. He's never been one for showing off, he's never gotten in any scandal or sought public attention, but nobility of his station will automatically get attention if they want it or not.
If the DM wants, maybe some of you could make knowledge checks? Anyone with a decent knowledge (nobility) would have heard of his name and know who he is, but that's a different thing from knowing what he looks like. I don't know what the DC would be for pointing him out would be though.
I figured that, since she's been part of the social scene and has aspirational parents (and has a good Knowledge (nobility)), Alliszah would recognize anyone from the big families, but she wouldn't necessarily be recognized by them at first. (The mask helps with that, too.)
Female Tiefling silksworn occultist 1 | HP 10/10 | Init +2 | AC 14 (T 12, FF 12) | Fort +3 Ref +2 Will +2 | Perception +5 | Mental Focus [D: **] [E: x**] [I: x**] | Distortion - 5% miss chance
I've generally just used Google Slides for its good mobile compatibility, but if you need a cleaner handout you might be able to make something in Google Docs. Otherwise, you might try searching on Google Images to see if there's an image of the handout that you can link to.
Female Tiefling silksworn occultist 1 | HP 10/10 | Init +2 | AC 14 (T 12, FF 12) | Fort +3 Ref +2 Will +2 | Perception +5 | Mental Focus [D: **] [E: x**] [I: x**] | Distortion - 5% miss chance
Korva Crispin wrote: Yes! For mint tea and lacy embroidered undergarments! Give me my evening cup of chamomile or give me death!
Female Tiefling silksworn occultist 1 | HP 10/10 | Init +2 | AC 14 (T 12, FF 12) | Fort +3 Ref +2 Will +2 | Perception +5 | Mental Focus [D: **] [E: x**] [I: x**] | Distortion - 5% miss chance
Woohoo can't-fail Knowledge checks! :D
Her family may have only been on the periphery of the Kintargo social scene, lacking the prestige of families like the Victocoras, but Alliszah knew everything there was to know of the great houses - her mother and aunt had seen to that. She'd only seen the Victocora heir once from afar, and the chaos of their meeting this time had distracted her enough to obfuscate his identity. But a closer look now...it's the eyes. They're the same - worlds behind them. Everything she'd known about him, though, was that he was quiet, studious, reserved, withdrawn even...much like me, actually. This activist, this...dare she even think it, rebel was as far from her image of the youngest Victocora as his beard - but it proves strangely infectious.
If you've been watching me, you must know who I am, then. And...why I'm inclined to agree with you, she ventures forth cautiously before turning to look at everyone else. I lost my parents on the Night of Ashes, too - they may not be dead, but so far as I'm concerned they may as well be. It's a different fire I lost them to, one they've burned in their entire lives. Hellfire. Slowly, the trepidation in her tone gives way to seething anger, and the eyes behind her mask flash red. We let the Thrunes infest this city, and their poison will spread. More people...more children will be condemned to... A rumbling sound begins behind her, seemingly of its own accord; carefully she takes a deep breath and the rumble subsides. But...what are we supposed to do? If you were at the park, you saw his bodyguard, and the pet she keeps. And that's just one of his retinue. What can we do against such reckless hate?
Female Tiefling silksworn occultist 1 | HP 10/10 | Init +2 | AC 14 (T 12, FF 12) | Fort +3 Ref +2 Will +2 | Perception +5 | Mental Focus [D: **] [E: x**] [I: x**] | Distortion - 5% miss chance
Sorry I hadn't chimed in on new player selection! It somehow slipped my mind that there was an open question in the thread. XD I didn't have much of an opinion anyway, though, so I'm good.
Female Tiefling silksworn occultist 1 | HP 10/10 | Init +2 | AC 14 (T 12, FF 12) | Fort +3 Ref +2 Will +2 | Perception +5 | Mental Focus [D: **] [E: x**] [I: x**] | Distortion - 5% miss chance
Curious at the man's unusual greeting, the masked woman turns to follow her strange new acquaintance's path, the pseudodragon on her shoulder digging in its claws once again for the journey. But after only a few hundred yards, it's clear that a fatigue beyond what recent events should have caused is plaguing her - her steps begin to slow slightly, and a gloved, curiously long-fingered hand rises to her chest. Go a-ahead, she murmurs softly, pausing behind a wall crenellation out of sight of the main street. I'll be along in a moment - I know where it is. What in the nine Hells is this? I've never felt this tired...
After a few moments, she starts again, her pace stately (or possibly just slow enough to disguise her tiredness). When she arrives at Crissali's, her composure has returned, and her face turns to take in the scene inside the bookshop with interest.
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