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"We have spared you already, Tenzekil, and so you have nothing to fear from us. Thus you again control your own fate." Caelin paused. "You have not asked for my advice, but I will give it. Return to Bellis with us, and put what power remains to you towards the healing of the hurts you have caused. It will be hard and lonely work, but no more than a self-imposed exile."
And I'm looking to cut down on my PbP time, so I'm going to drop out. Time is good for me right now, but it wasn't good last year, and I'm wary about making another several-years commitment at this point. But if I was hanging around, my priorities would be 1, 4, 3, 2. Let me know when we're officially ending this adventure, and I'll say my goodbyes (a few) and thank yous (many).
"Pretty sure. This is a strange realm, but we made our way here, we should be able to make our way back. Let us fly for as long as the magic lasts."
We've fallen victim to one of the classic blunders: we got involved in a land war in Fey-sia.
"What in the Nine Hells is THAT?!"
Caelin taps the head dangling from his belt and says, "Did you hear that? Now you're REALLY dead." :-) It sucks when you finally get to use the frickin bane quality of your weapon and forget all about it. If it's any consolation, my RotRL group has a ranger that keeps forgetting that her favored enemy is giants.
Roger that! And let me know what I need to roll to avoid dropping Goodluck and/or Meycho.
Caelin picks up the Mwangi first, and gets a bit of a scrape from the oracle's barnacles. Then he picks up Meycho and squeezes out the windows. Aumgwe chittered at the elf's lack of airborne grace and Caelin smiled despite himself. "Now, let's find a safe place to land. I'm sure we look ridiculous." He tries to orient himself back towards the portal, flying as far as he can along the necessary route.
Caelin stepped over and gave the Queen a final, beheading blow. "We won't take all of her", he answered grimly. "If we can find a large enough window, we can climb and fly down," he suggested.
Yeah, the spoilers! I thought that was a great final battle. There were real risks, but we had good team work, and some really nice cinematic moments. If one or more of us had failed a save, or if the spriggans had gotten in, things might have gone very differently. Such are the swing-y combats of 3.x. Of course, if I was GM, I'd be in deep depression over the loss of the Queen without a single death/polymorph/permanent scarring. Tell us how you feel JaceDK.
Caelin and Goodluck would only be interested in completing the mission as presented: repairing the faengard and sealing off the Fellnight Realm. So, they wouldn't be looking to loot the castle or anything like that. The stakes for the outside world are too grim. As a player, I could handle a bit of denouement involving roleplay with our allies back in the world. I don't want to clear the whole complex and then fight our way back to the portal. But I'll absolutely defer to Taecuss and Meycho on this. We should have a clear consensus to make it worth JaceDK's time.
Caelin let out a squawk for Aumgwe, and then realized, with horror, that he hadn't seen the bird (nor Falling Star) since entering the Queen's chamber.
Caelin let out a garbled curse of triumph as the Queen emerged from the column and stood nearby. Stepping over and lunging towards the dark fey, he thrust with all his might. OOC and rolls:
6d6 for 11...bummer. :-)
I think Meycho is maintaining his concentration, right? So we're waiting on the bad guys?
Trying to stay as close to as many columns as he could, Caelin lunged towards the one Meycho indicated, trying to break it open for Goodluck and the others.
I'll wait on Tae's saving throw before acting.
Man, I really want to smash this b!$$h. JaceDK, if possible, may you please mark the map to show those columns we've already smashed?
Satisfied, Caelin stepped towards the pillar indicated by Taecuss. Using his long legs and longer sword, he reached out to swack the pillar with all his might. ooc and rolls: My Lunge adaptation is still in effect, so I'll use the feat, increasing my reach by 5ft and taking the -2 to AC (it'll be in my summary line). 5-ft step to I21 and attack H23 column.
"Goodluck!" Caelin yelled in alarm.
Pretty sure Caelin's going to be smashing tree-columns until someone tells him to stop or the Queen is dead.
Frustrated, and still blinking his eyes, Caelin runs to another column and slams it with his sword, hoping to either find the Queen through luck or ruin a column as a hiding place.
"Ha!" Caelin cheered as Meycho grabbed the staff. He blinked and shook his head as the Queen tried to curse him. "Aaaaaagh! he shouted as she disappeared again. "I'll find you again! I'll tear down this whole hall!"
Yeah, hopefully he can get it. If not, at least she'll have to spend a move action to get it. Still...pretty epic.
Did I just see a natural 20 on a true strike disarm attempt?!?!
Caelin stepped over to the column he believed held the Queen and began hacking away with his sword. "I think she's in here!"
Combat Rolls: +4 to each of these if I end up targeting the Queen, or the trees are somehow fey.
Caelin attempts to find out if he can spot which column the Queen might be in now. He squaks to Aumgwe to seek the Queen.
"The pillars have eye holes! She might be inside one!"
Caelin cursed in frustration as the Queen disappeared. He turned on the air elemental that had come up beside him. He whistled Aumgwe into a flanking position and released his anger, hacking furiously. "You! Are! Not! Who! I'm! Looking! For!" Combat Rolls:
Wary of the thorny columns that hid spriggans before, but also wanting to close the distance with the queen, Caelin moved into the room, his sword at the ready.
Busy day tomorrow, but should be back and posting on Sunday.
Caelin pulled the doors open with a grunt!
"I'll get the doors!" Caelin shouted.
Caelin lunged forward to help dispatch the noisy guard.
To be fair, the bees were all Tenzekil's fault, and you have already given him an ample beating for all the stings you suffered. Caelin's bee-related vengeance is not yet fully wreaked. He's got plenty left to go around. Also, I didn't advance in RPG Superstar, so now I have one less thing to distract me from posting. Sorry to hear about RPGSS, but glad you have some more time. I'm looking forward to this fight!
With his critical hit, Caelin shouts "That's for all the bees!!!"
I'd like to plead the case for a surprise round. I won't engage in a lengthy debate and will absolutely abide by your ruling...just wanted to make my case. While the the spriggans were aware of our presence, they weren't aware of any FOES. To be immediately attacked by what they thought were allies would certainly be surprising.
As for our weapons, we're veiled as creatures that use natural weapons, so there's certainly a case that those were ready and disguised. Caelin certainly would have had his sword out when he was moving to block the doors. Anyway, there's my petition!
In response, Caelin attempts to run the spriggan through. ooc:
"From Jaxir. Ask that one", Caelin said with a shrug, pointing to Taecuss and snaking his way toward the throne room doors.
Question on the new map: according to Jaxir, which doors off the walkway led to the throne room? The ones closest, in the o-p/17-18 row?
A very good read. A lot of great characters in this adventure.
Caelin waited for Alarien to complete her veil. Once in place, he nodded to confirm readiness, and opened the doors. He strode forward onto the walkway as if he belonged there. He wanted to get between the spriggans and door to the throne room if possible. If he could get into position, it'd be time to start stabbing these guards. Status and effects: 79 of 79hp barkskin +3 for 40 minutes Iron Will adaptation augmented to Improved Iron Will by feyfriend circlet, 10 minutes (+4 to Will saves) Lunge adapation, 10 minutes protection from evil (+2 to AC, CMD and +1 to saves vs. evil) lead blades for 5 minutes (3d6 instead of 2d6 for greatsword damage) cat's grace 3 minutes (+4 to DEX, effecting Ref, AC and CMD) bear's endurance 3 minutes (+4 to CON, effecting Fort and HP) fly 3 minutes |