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Yes, but then Amarantha's channel brought her up? That's why I factored the prone penalty into the attack calculations.
Nah- as I explained, damage that hits you at the start of your turn is different to damage that hits you precisely while you're casting your spell.
Bloodied and vengeful, Kin slashes out from the ground at the creature.
Not sure where you're getting 'impossible to cast spells' from. The DC is 20+Spell level. Since you're adding both your level and your casting stat to the concentration check, it should be pretty easy. When I cast my level 4 spell before, I could literally only fail on a 1.
Kin and Arduino sink to the floor, battered and unconscious.
Buffeted by the wind, Arduino doesn't let it dissuade him- he flings two enchantments at the creature.
Arduino winces. "Probably not going to live this down... ah well... let's get to this." He cracks his fingers and fires off two spells.
Post coming, sorry.
Arduino blinks in surprise, but waves nervously. "Erm... greetings to you, ma'am. Forgive me- it seems like months crawling through these ruins with nary a new friendly face to be seen, it's rather a shock to see yours." He quickly introduces himself, and the rest of the party. "And you are...? We'd be happy to sit and talk, but if that talk could perhaps lead to the topic of the downfall of the tyrannical Sky-Pharaoh and his legion of flying pyramids, one of which I believe we are in, we'd be dreadfully grateful."
"Hrm..." Arduino waves a hand.
Arduino quietly finishes off the healing with his own wand.
Arduino blinks in mild surprise as the creatures appear, then slaps himself in the face. "...glitterdust reveals invisible foes. Right. Of course. Fool of a sorcerer!" He taps Kin with another spell, then lets her do her work.
...I completely forgot Glitterdust nixed invisibility. I just cast it as a decent save-or-suck. Typical sorcerer, amiright?
Arduino waves a hand and summons an aura of speed, then touches Khufu and Kin and blinks them into the thick of it.
Arduino quickly stammers out a description of the creatures for Amarantha.
Arduino quiets troglodyte-Kin, while he waits for someone to disarm the trap.
If we level up, chances are I can just grab Teleport and that'll neatly solve our issue.
Blinded The creature cannot see. It takes a –2 penalty to Armor Class, loses its Dexterity bonus to AC (if any), and takes a –4 penalty on most Strength– and Dexterity-based skill checks and on opposed Perception skill checks. All checks and activities that rely on vision (such as reading and Perception checks based on sight) automatically fail. All opponents are considered to have total concealment (50% miss chance) against the blinded character. Blind creatures must make a DC 10 Acrobatics skill check to move faster than half speed. Creatures that fail this check fall prone. Characters who remain blinded for a long time grow accustomed to these drawbacks and can overcome some of them. We have this condition on our primary divine caster, and Kin, a fairly useful martial. I'm not trying to be precious or saying. But it'll reeeaallllllyyy suck to continue like this. Does Wind Walk let us get back to town fast enough?
Well, we're definitely going back to town or something after this. We can't continue with party members missing eyes.
Kin lashes out, while Arduino watches on nervously.
What do you think of Alter Self as a temporary solution to the lost eyes, GM? I kinda think it works because Alter Self is a polymorph spell, completely transforming the creature into another creature. Not many rules to the contrary. I think I've made the correct transmutation alterations to her ability scores with those attack rolls.
"Kin! No!" Arduino loudly voices his worry for the angrily squawking bird. Moving up behind the bird, he taps her with a spell, shrinking her dramatically into a strange and scaly lizardlike form. Eyes returning with the new form, she hisses and moves forward to slash at the creatures.
Cracking his knuckles, Arduino waves a hand and summons hastening magics, while Kin reaches over the warrior of Anubis and attacks.
Arduino quickly shuts his eyes and lets Kin guide him through.
"Most kind." Arduino and Kin happily accept the spell. "Well of course, Amarantha" he replies. "You wouldn't close a lock without the key close to hand, you wouldn't set a fire without a pail of water nearby, you wouldn't climb a tree without a really comfy pile of leaves beneath."
Arduino nods gratefully at Hadjii and sets about with his magics.
Blinking in surprise as Kin fails to hurt the creature, Arduino winces through the pain of their shared link and waves a hand, making her invisible.
Bite
Arduino cracks his knuckles, and directs Kin to do her thing.
The jars not providing any particular knowledge, and wary of their auras of evil and necromancy, Arduino declines to partake of them.
Arduino resumes dry-retching, as Kin looks on with curiosity.
Recovering, Arduino staggers over. "Well..." He hesitates. "...can you be... specific? I mean, if this is knowledge we might need to take down the pharaoh..." He pauses. "Not me, though!" He points at Kin. "I've seen her eat some pretty rotten stuff with far too much delight. If... if this is what we need? And it won't hurt her forever..?"
Arduino goes white-faced, and dry-retches in the corner for a minute or two.
Arduino hesitates. "Yeah, unless those jars are holding the Pharaoh's doubts and fears and releasing them is the only thing we can do to prevent him from his tyrannical path..." Sensing a few odd looks, he shrugs. "I never said it was likely.... just possible..."
Hearing about the evil sources and spotting the magic, Arduino gulps. "Oooo-kay, those jars are brimming with magic and probably evil too. So... either a horde of new pharaohs, or their heirlooms..." He looks around. "I wouldn't even recommend smashing the damn things, might summon up something nasty..." "If we're feeling REALLY curious... I could hit it with a few Dispels and hope for the best..."
Arduino frowns, and waves a hand.
Arduino shrugs. "I'm not saying they're not real or powerful, just that I can't much predict them." Arduino encourages someone to use the wand to activate the map.
Arduino blinks curiously at Khufu, rubbing Kin's neck feathers. "I'll never understand you religious fellows..."
Kin and Arduino snuggle up to Amarantha gratefully for her healing.
Kin lets loose.
As the first creature shoves its way out of the wall, Kin is ready to meet it, lashing out.
Arduino pushes out with a protective charm, as Kin smashes into the creature.
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