Take care of yourself, Sensen. If you ever decide to return to GMing, I would love to play with you again.
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Celi gives Adolina and Ginetta a worried look, but nods anyway. "The Newt Market isn't far from here, it's right outside Nightways Gate. Someone there will have antitoxin for sale." She loads another bolt into her crossbow (for all the good it will do) and watches Ghorza interrogate the imp.
Celi can't think of anything to do other than keep shooting and hope she gets lucky. She reloads her crossbow and tries again.
"Adolina!" Curse it all! Celi doesn't have any antivenom on her. All she can do is reload and try to shoot the imp. Again.
"Yeah, that is kind of weird." Maybe this particular imp just isn't that smart. Smart enough to keep going invisible, though. Celi reloads her crossbow and aims in the direction she last saw the tiny devil, holding her fire until it reappears.
"You're asking me? The short one?" Yeah, there's no way Celi can reach to grab an imp in midair. Instead she shifts her crossbow into both hands and fires at the imp.
Damn. I was hoping color spray would be useful for more than one level.
Wow, this imp really has 5 or more HD?
Yeah, I really need to go shopping for that wand of magic missile.
Packet of colored sand in hand, Celi's gaze darts around the room, looking for the imp.
Celi growls out a Gnomish curse and sprints toward the imp. Unfortunately, she has short legs.
Stupid invisibility spells! Celi glares at the spot where the imp disappeared, her favorite spell on the tip of her tongue.
Looks like stealth is no longer necessary. Celi takes a moment to cast mage armor (just in case the imp decides to attack her when it recovers) then moves forward to where she can hit the imp's last position.
Of course, it had to fly all the way across the room. It looks like Rexus' spell blinded the tiny devil, though, so if Celi is quiet she might be able to sneak up on it. She carefully moves toward the northwest corner, deliberately placing each step to walk as silently as she can.
Celi swears in Gnome as the gorilla pops into existence right where she can't hit it without getting one of her friends. Okay, new plan. She eels her way around Rexus, looking for the imp. It will probably try to hit the rest of the group from behind while they're dealing with the summon.
"Imp!" Celi reaches into her spell component pouch, coming up with a paper packet like the one she used earlier in the sewers. "Watch out for the tail, it's venomous. Can go invisible at will. They resist all weapons except blessed or silver, immune to acid or poison, resistant to fire and cold. Shapeshifts into a boar, giant spider, rat, or raven. Oh, and the little buggers heal quickly."
Ooh, nice. I'm going to look for a partially charged wand of magic missile. And yes, I think a five way loot split is the easiest way to go about funding the Ravens. Heads up that I will be pretty busy for the next couple weeks. My best friend is visiting from another state and I want to spend as much time with her as I can. I'll still do my best to post, but if I take longer than usual that's why.
Sure, Celi can supervise the Fushi Sisters. Have we sold our loot yet? The whip should bring in some decent coin.
"Sure, that works too! The more the merrier." Honestly, Celi is so relieved to hear that they might be able to recruit people who actually know how to fight. Maybe one of the mercenaries would be willing to help her improve her aim. "We should wear disguises though, in case some of the guards escape to tell their superiors about us."
"Ooh, that's a good idea. And maybe some of the people who used to go to the Thrashing Badger would be willing to join us. They catered to the academic type, I might know some of them. Or they might know Kirenna and want to help find her." Celi twists a lock of pinkish-purple hair around her finger as she thinks. "I learned a new spell that I can use to gather information, too. Ears of the city. It can show me bits of past events and conversations about a specific topic."
I figure the noncombat OP-ness will be balanced out by my abysmal combat performance, lol EDIT: I forgot my favored class bonus! +1 skill point in... let's do Knowledge (local), since that's what I'll be using with Student of the City (scroll down to where it says 'Replaces Obsessive') to gather information.
Celi spends the next two days in a haze of research, first within her own collection and then at the Alabaster Academy's library. Kirenna might not be there anymore, but the librarian knows Celi. Both as Kirenna's friend, and as an occasional guest lecturer on Gnome language and culture. She needs to know more about nature, so as to identify creatures like the giant bird-thing. The Dwarven language might help with communication in battle, if they need to bring down a building someone needs to know the basics of engineering, and of course she needs to keep working on her magic and magical lore. Oh, and somewhere in there, she needs to find a place to practice her aim. Good thing Celi can see in the dark. Who needs sleep when they have good strong black tea?
The gnome is cheerful as usual, but somewhat sleep deprived and disheveled with a manic gleam in her eyes. She greets everyone, then sits down to listen to what Rexus has to say. "I must thank Miss Korva, as she was able to break open the mystery box that we found in the Livery." Rexus says, offering the tengu a winning smile. Korva waves it away, but seems pleased nonetheless. "Inside are a large number of documents, and a handful of magical scrolls that might prove useful to our endeavors." He places the scrolls on the table around which they've gathered, identifying each as he does so. "Ooh, very nice!" Celi examines each scroll. "I can't use pass without trace- not a wizard spell, you know- and the other two are a little advanced for me yet. I'm working on it though! I have some new spells to play with now!" "I'm not sure I know of any wizard or other mage that I'd trust to dispel an illusion on a document that might be critical to the Ravens' functioning. If it's some sort of critical intelligence or the like, it'll get you more attention than you might like, Adolina." Laria says, then glances at Celi. "Well, I'd trust you, Celi, but I'm assuming you can't dispel it at the moment? We can look into it, certainly." The wizard shakes her head. "I'm afraid not. Like I said, I'm working on improving my skills."
Finally got to level up! Again, I apologize for the delay. Exploiter Pact Wizard (Shadow) - 2 HP +6 (+4 class, +2 Con)
Patron Spell (Shadow):
Spells Added:
Spells/Day:
Skill Points: 6 (2 class + 4 Int)
Background Skill Points: 2
Please let me know if I made any mistakes! I figured ears of the city will be useful for a Spymaster.
Sorry for the delay, I’ve been sick for the past few days. Hopefully I will be able to level Celi up soon. Spymaster is fine with me. Celi will be delighted to live her spy novel dreams!
Celi puts her crossbow away, then casts detect magic again to direct Rose to wherever the magic boots have ended up.
Celi loads a bolt into her crossbow and takes aim once more. This shot will be harder, with people fighting it in melee, but you never know! She might get lucky again.
...or not.
Celi sighs and releases the safety on her crossbow, checking to make sure the bolt is correctly loaded. Another round of shooting at an enemy and missing wildly. Yay.
I would also be sad to lose this game, I think we have a good group and we're starting to find our groove. That said, RL has to come first. I'm fine with a slower pace. And if you need to drop it entirely, well, them's the breaks sometimes. Take care of yourself.
"I think we should give them a chance. As outsiders, they have no reason to side with Thrune."
Celi shrugs at Laria's question. "I'm not sure. But the tengu were in the next room, more than close enough to hear us fighting the bird creature, and none of them came to join in. Wouldn't they have helped the creature if they were on its side? Or attacked us when we said we killed it?" She heads down the stairs at the halfling's prompting.
"Uh... kinda? It would be easier to show you." Celi hopes that Laria understands they need to talk in privacy.
"Okay, so we found some tengu refugees who want out of the underground. Adolina says their accent is northern. They're wary of us, but they don't seem to be hostile. And, um... we found a body. The tengu say it's Nam's, but we haven't had a chance to examine it yet. We fought and killed a big bird creature that attacked us the minute it saw us. I think maybe that's what got him, it was pretty tough. Or maybe the crocodile? Not sure why Nam would go in the water though. I don't think the tengu would have hurt him, they seem like they're just scared and want out." She bites her lip, unsure of what to say. Laria obviously cared about Nam. "I'm sorry. I wish we had better news."
"Sure thing!" Celi turns around and jogs back to the entrance to the Long Roads cellar.
Celi has to stand on tiptoes in order to whisper to such tall people. "If all they want is to get out of here, I think we should let them. Think they might help us fight the crocodile in exchange for safe passage through the coffee shop?" She doesn't have any battle magic left for the day. It's back to plinking away with her stupid crossbow. Ugh.
Celi raises her voice enough to be heard across the room. "Hi! We're looking for a man called Nam Comerivos, he came down here a few days ago and nobody's heard from him since. Have you seen him? I hope that's not him in the water..."
Celi leans forward a bit, squinting at the shapes in the water. "Ohh, I see it now. Daredevil boots! Those would be handy for you, Rose. Except the body is only wearing one of them." Hmm, where's the matching aura... Oh dear. "The other one is in the water, near the base of the statue. If I had to guess, the alligator probably ate poor Nam's leg and swallowed the boot. Even if it just fell off, we would have to kill the alligator in order to retrieve the boot from the water."
I've been there. Don't worry about us, rest up and take care of yourself!
”Hmm, there’s something magical on the body.” Celi squints at the rotting corpse. ”Not sure what though. I would need to study the aura longer to find out, but I can do that later.” She looks over at Ghorza. ”Um, I can try. I don’t know if prestidigitation is strong enough to mask this kind of stench. I’ve never tried it on a dead body before.”
Celi lowers her hand, watching as Ghorza finishes the bird-thing off. Very sensible of her. "Whew, that was a close one. I'm so glad you're all right, Ghorza!" Hmm, what next? She's self-aware enough to know that she isn't very good at noticing small details. Her mind wanders off into more interesting places the moment she gets bored. I know, I'll look for magic! Celi recites another spell, staring intently at the corpse. Once she's done there, she'll scan the rest of the room for magical auras.
Celi takes a few steps to her left, rapidly calculating angles. I think I can get it without hitting Rose or Ghorza! The gnome reaches into her spell component pouch, pulling out a small paper packet. She starts reciting the spell, tearing the packet and throwing a pinch of multicolored sand at the bird-creature. A cone of rainbow light erupts from her hand, empowered by the reservoir of energy that came with her arcane pact.
Darn, you're right. Guess I know which Knowledge skill I'm training at level 2.
Okay, so if I move to the square immediately to Celi's left, can I hit the enemy with color spray without hitting anyone else? Also, what Knowledge skills should I roll to identify the bird creature?
"There's a second hole beyond that one, and a set of stairs." Celi stays back a few feet while Ghorza investigates the first hole in the wall.
Celi follows closely behind Rose, crossbow loaded and ready. For all the good it did last time. ...Well, maybe she can count this as practicing her aim.
Celi nods to the masked woman. Wow, that was awfully fast. Does she just follow Ginetta around? That's kind of creepy. "I have about half an hour left on my mage armor. Hopefully we can wrap it up by then, because I don't have another one prepared."
"I am also looking for people. My three best friends in this city are all members of the Sacred Order of Archivists. Professor Kirenna Palamindi, Ayrlin Manar, and Lukas Vidoc." Celi takes a deep breath. "I don't have many friends, Laria. I'm going to find out what happened to them come hell or high water. If they're alive, I will rescue them, and if they're not, I will make the parties responsible suffer." She clenches a tiny fist. "Barzillai Thrune was ultimately responsible for this, I'm sure of it. I want him dead. That's the only way Kintargo will be safe again."
If their rebel group has a choice of headquarters, Celi is definitely going to push for one on the mainland. She has short legs compared to everyone else in the group! All this walking back and forth over the bridge- in winter, no less- is for the birds. At least she knows her destination will be warm, comfortable, and have hot food and drink available. The gnome follows Rexus into Long Roads, knitted hat pulled low and scarf pulled up so that all one can see of her is a pair of enormous turquoise eyes. The heat envelops her the moment she closes the door, driving the chill of the streets away. "Ahhh. Hi, Laria!" Celi pulls her scarf down to smile at the halfling woman.
Celi picks up one of the silver raven figurines, examining it. "Ooh, figurines of wondrous power! We can use these to send messages to each other! Or other people, if we manage to recruit more rebels."
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