much as I got bored given the huge amount of dungeon crawling in this one I'd like to still see it through. I think we were fairly close to the end already.
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This whole thing had left Cassandra in a daze. The lies and bluffing were almost enough to make her headspin. Still, she stood to the right of and slightly behind Innis with her glaive in aposition to drop into place to ward of a blow or strike a foe in a hurry if she needed to. She was leavingthe lies to those better suited to them and mentally swearing never to work with Innis again after this.
Why do I suddenly have the suspician that Cass is going to wake up the morning after you visit that store, bound, blindfolded, and with a ballgag in her mouth.
Wow, I didn't realize that it had been February since I last posted in game for this. I know we had a rather large haiatus in there but still. My apologies. I ahve been trying to keep up but this one drifts down on my rather fast some days and I've been losing track of it. It seems we are bluffing our way through here but things have taken a turn for the worst. Is there any specific thing I need to keep in mind on this before responding in some fashion? Tempted to just have Cass be the silent bodyguard right now.
Still around.
Cassandra lashed out with a powerful blow at the cultist before her in the hopes of taking him down quickly.
Right-o! Couldn't keep track of who was who it seems.
You aren't the only one who could use that Amigail, it's the kind of thing I need to actually make Cass work as intended. That being said you probably need it far more than me so it's all yours. Since I've lost track a bit was that the person we had to kill to end the plague?
Cassandra was greatly relieved to see the dwarf fall. The bastard should have been more of a challenge than he turned out to be but she figured it was due to Lilli's spell. She watched as Innis sat on the dwarf's throne and felt a wave of disquiet wash over her. Trying to push away the discomfort of Innis' rising power Cass went to look through what they had found. The armor was impressive, very much what Cass needed, but it seemed that Amigail beat her to it and, quite frankly, Cass no longer cared. She highly suspected her days traveling with these...strange people, were nearly at an end so she decided to not complain.
Cassandra cursed as she realized the confined were going to be too narrow for her glaive once again. It was getting really old she thought. Releasing her beloved weapon she once again drew the warhammer and swung it down fiercely at the dwarf rolling on the floor laughing.
That it has.
Oh I'll be driving away all your fun...forever! Mwahahahahahaha!!!!!!!! Yeah I greatly enjoy your character, Cass doesn't after killing the captive undead under Lizzie's protection. Cass quickly soured for me when I realized I couldn't use the Acrobatics to avoid AoOs by RAW, it really spoiled the build. Add to that the close confines of most of the fights and it really made her lack luster and not so fun. The significant amount of dungeon crawling didn't help me personally much either. Sadly retraining isn't an option due to the character as she wouldn't be willing to give up the glaive and changing the personality enough to allow it means I should just do a different character entirely. I wish the devoted muse/bladed brush were around when I built her, I could have done this in a much different, and more interesting, way. Sadly that would require changing the stats around a bit and wouldn't resolve the personality clash that soured her with Innis.
Cassandra saw the hammer starting to come down on her and quickly threw herself to the side the swing came from as she thrust up with her legs. She did the best she could to get outside of his swing while she came up so that the time it would take to change his stance would give her the chance to be able to defend herself.
Cassandra looked up at the arachnid and realized it was just barely out of reach of her glaive. She tried to figure out a way around that little problem and looked for something to stand on as she said, "Quick, find me something to get me about two feet higher and I can try and drive it back from the ladder."
As the cultist rose Cassandra lashed out at him again in order to try and convince him it was a bad idea.
Cassandra heard what Innis demanded and rolled her eyes at the woman's attitude. Regardless of her personal feelings Cass did as asked and, rather than strike a potentially lethal blow, she moved into the room quickly and lashed out with the flat of her blade at the man's ankles in an effort to trip him to the ground.
Realizing there was a fight suddenly going on Cassandra quickly moved up to get into position to strike at their enemies.
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Oh thank the goddess! I can actually hit/hurt things now.
I hadn't updated my entire profile yet! It's taken care of now though. I was done on paper just hadn't copy and pasted it over yet. That has been taken care of. Oh, I can't remember when I got it but has any of the strength damage gone away now?
Cassandra realized when Merelda struck and quickly charged the second of the guards.
Crap, did't realize I needed to post here still!!!! I'll get something up after work today. The map doesn't seem to show any enemied on it, am I missing something?
When she was made invisible Cass reached out a hand to where Merelda had been as moment before and said, "We should stay in physical contact for the moment Merelda since we can't see each other." As they began their advance Cass kept an eye out for trouble with her glaive deftly balanced in a one handed grip.
Cass did not sleep well that night. It started off alright due to sheer exhaustion but early in the morning she woke up coughing blood worse than the day before. She tried to perform her morning devotion to Shelyn but found her body just wasn't up to it and gave up. She ate as much as she could and, despite her lack of trust in Innis now, did as requested and took the front. Cass didn't quite get why they always stuck her up front, it almost made more sense to have her second due to her reach, and it made her paranoid that Innis was trying to get her killed. Still she knew she could handle the blows better than most of the others, or at least she used to, and figured the effects of the disease had to be worse on most of the others so she did not complain.
I tend to lean the same way. A full-round action to make my reach 15ft is not bad, especially when I get a bonus to hit just for making and AoO.
Trying to decide on a feat. I have two choices at the top of my list. Bladed brush I can't make full use of unless I have weapon finesse, which I don't, but shortening the reach on the glaive with no penalty to hit is quite nice. Combat Patrol might be best overall given how tight the confines are. I also thought of spring attack for similar reasons as I can move into an allies square and attack from there at no penalty and move back out but I lose some bonuses like flanking since I don't actually stop moving .
Cassandra took a chance and quickly began to move as she tried to get around behind the giant. She knew that it might strike her but it was a risk worth taking since it would put her in a good flanking position with no one to foul her strike like Merelda had. In position she prepared to lash out with a a downward slash of her glaive when the giantess next attacked and hoped she had enough strength to hit her target.
Cassandra wasn't ha[[y about the way this fight started. She figured there was little chance they could talk their way past the giantess but seeing how wretched she seemed it hurt Cass to be the aggressor. Even worse was Innis barking orders like they were her minions or property. In any other situation she would have considered long and hard about who the real villain was here but with all that had happened that wasn't an option. Cass was a protector, not an attacker, and she badly wanted to return to that but now was not the time. Sighing in frustration she readied her glaive and moved out and to the left so she could work on getting behind the giant if needed and was in position to threaten her already.
I'm perfectly fine with that.
The experience with the undead dwarf was nerve wracking for Cassandra but it seemed that they came out the better for it. At least she thought they had. That axe made the warrior woman very nervous and as they continued forward and discussed who should wield it Cass had a very bad feeling of who would have to. When Innis finally came to ask her to wield the axe Cass stepped back slightly from and looked to first Merelda and then Lililinda. "Is the axe evil or cursed," she asked the pair. From her tone it was evident that the answer would determine her willingness to wield the large weapon.
Cassandra knelt and placed a hand in support of the gnome at the loss of her ward before moving on. When she saw what innis did to Kirzon, making him grow all those eyes and turn him into a monster she nearly struck at the woman as a traitor to their cause. Only Kirzon's retention of his mind and the way Boros acted towards him stayed her hand but she vowed one thing, she wasn't letting Innis get behind her any longer.
I will be out of town Wed thru Sunday at GenCon this week and unable to post during that time. Please bot me as needed.
Cassandra was caught off guard by what had happened and was more than a little outraged at Innis' behavior. Was she right? Probably but that didn't excuse the way she acted by so callously trampling across an ally's given word. She'd been noticing the woman's increasingly erratic behavior for some time now and resolved to part ways with her when this task was accomplished as it wasn't in her to abandon even so fickle an ally in the midst of danger such as this.
Not accepting that the creature they fought was going to take them down Cassandra lashed out again with her glaive and prayed that her aim would be true.
Cassandra, staggered though she was, lashed out with her glaive at the demonic creature.
Sorry I've not been posting on this one, I keep meaning too but keep not getting it done. I'll try and get a post up after work this evening.
I'll be going to Origins this coming week so after I leave for work on Tuesday posting will be sparse/non-existent until I get back on Sunday. Please bot me as needed.
Yeah, thing are mostly good now. The house was more or less undamaged (only minor things) and we came through it all right, the only real problem now is that we still have no water as it seems a lightning strike may have taken out our well pump. Fortunately my sister's in-laws live nearby and we get along with them so they have let us shower and stay at their place when needed.
Alright, so I am way behind right now. On Monday our house was sideswiped by a tornado and we have been without power until a little bit ago. I'm working on getting posting caught up but it is a challenge since some of the game is need to post in have well over 15 posts to deal with. Please feel free to bot me for the current turn if need as it is going to take me a couple of days until I can get caught up everywhere.
Cassandra was pleased she managed to take down the skeleton with her gliave only to let out a scream of surprise when the ground below her vanished.
Cass watched and listened carefully to what was said, ready to lash out if needed but things seemed to be going well. It was just as she began to relax when the hideous head was brought out. As those with the know how studied the various items Cass kept an eye on Yndryssa. When Kirzon screamed in agony on taking the freakish head Cass was shocked. When he stopped screaming and collapsed she stood in shock. As Merelda turned her anger on Yndryssa Cass turned her focus there again and readied her glaive, more than happy to strike the b@$#@ down if Kirzon was dead.
Cass stepped back from the remaining creature and lashed out with her glaive. She went with precision over power once more. It appeared to work out incredibly well as she struck a solid blow, one that she thought just might shatter the creature's defenses and deal a serious blow to it.
Cassandra managed to gather herself and lead the way up the shaft once more with her glaive ready. She heard Merelda's warning and considered it carefully then nodded and looked around as she prepared to strike at whatever might present itself as an enemy.
Cassandra was simply left unable to react as she felt suddenly incredibly weak. She looked down and saw grey splotches on her skin near the wound and realized this was very bad. She felt herself stagger as the load she could normally carry with ease suddenly weighed her down significantly. She braced the butt of her glaive on the ground and used it to prop herself up. Cass was left in a bit of a daze as she tried to comprehend how she could get this ill so fast and so she didn't even catch Innis' imperious attitude when she made her commands. When Kirzon came over to her she gave him a grateful look as he healed her.
Cassandra cursed as her strike missed and cried out in pain as the thing hit her again. These things hit hard and she knew she was going to have troubles surviving if it hit her again.
Cassandra lashed out once more using Amigail to help distract her target. Yet again she put tremendous force behind her strike in hopes of taking the thing down quickly.
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