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Ember hurries over to the fallen Thessaly/Succubus and pulls out some parchment, she starts making a few measurements and quickly scrawling some notes down while the others debate whether to run or stay...
"A mágikus rakéták repülnek!"" The orange energy continues to swirl around Ember's arm and gather into balls of fiery energy before shooting out to strike Thessaly!
"Get off him!" Ember screams as she sees the life being sucked out of Ragnar She chants "A mágikus rakéták repülnek!" holding her arm outstretched, orange energy begins to swirl around it coalescing into three separate balls of fiery energy. Suddenly they shoot forward, arcing out and then racing in to strike at Thessaly!
Ember mouth falls open as she sees Jiro stab Beryl, but then she notes that Beryl seems to snap out of his stunned state, she steps up behind Skyreaver. "Hey, snap out of it, the spirits know we need you in this fight!" she says, taking her staff and rapping it hard on the disguised goliaths shoulder!
Ember considers the creature for a moment before deciding on a spell, she begins to chant backing up as she does... "Égő lángok közvetlenül a gerendák égő lángjai éget ellenségeimet!"
"Oh my..." Ember says with a little shudder, it's hard to tell if it's a shudder of revulsion or excitement. "What are you. "
[Ooc]I won't attempt the DC 25 perception check as it's not possible for Ember to make it.
Where is everybody... what a time to forget what everyone looked like... Wait what's this blood drops on the floor! Ember starts following blood droplets on the floor hurrying along with her head bowed, she bumps into Beryl with a clank of his disguised armour...
Ember is unceremoniously deposited back into the hall babbling about checking for empty glasses... Well at least Alysha didn't get caught, I better lay low for a while if I keep getting caught in the wrong place I'll get thrown out completely... she cleans up a few plates keeping an eye and ear out for calls for help from her allies.
Yeah we took that on a little head first...
Ember on the stairs... : Ember does her best to look puzzled. "oh, er, the chef said they needed more potato, I'm sure he said it's up stairs... well he definitely said stairs. Hmm, he must have meant down stairs in the basement, sorry! What a silly mistake! Ha, ha..."
She then head back to the kitchens for ten minutes before attempting to Sneak down the hallway and get a look in the rooms beyond...
All caught up sorry about the extended delay...
Ember signs her name as Emma and mumbles out the oath to say she'll keep the secret of anything she sees or hears in her employment. She frowns at all the masks, especially the genasi one, then dons an elf mask, electing to work in the kitchen...
In the Kitchen: she bustles about for a while listening to the gossip, "Hey, tell me more about Thessaly, how old is she? Are they twins, her brother and herself? Is that why they look so similar?"
She gets caught a few times staring at some of the shirtless men and then after preparing ingredients for the main meals she decides to try and slip away and sneak up the stairs...
Horrid all day (8:00am- 7:00pm) management meetings... I'll post tomorrow. Sorry!!!
When she gets to the desk she takes a deep breath and steps up. "I'm Embe... Uh, Emma and I come from Phlan, I guess... I've been at big parties before with nobles and everything and I've got, uh, steady hands, you know for carrying stuff..." she holds up a hand that's trembling slightly (and is that a little smoke wafting from it?) Snatching her hand back behind her she leans in to the man at the table. " Do you know I totally saw these guards take a bribe earlier... that were questioning this lady who had, you know, pointed ears, just slightly. Then a guy went up to them and passed them a bag and told them to go get a drink or something!" Ugh, I feel so dirty, I hope this works!
My sons birthday today, so no time to post. I'll be back tomorrow :)
"Ha, you're still plenty tall!" she replies to Ragnar, reaching up to touch his arm, "I like your normal look better but it's a good disguise..." Ember cleans off her cloths with prestidigitation, but she can't resist the offer of hot bath... once she's dressed again, she quickly reads over the scroll This would be a handy Spell for my Spellbook... shame there's no time for scribing. she thinks before casting the spell. Her skin lightens a little to a sun baked brown, and her hair darkens to black, it takes her a while to get the right balance of white-pupil for her eyes and she finishes up by changing her leather breeches and top into something akin to what the others have chosen. She leaves her favourite black and gold robe out of the spell, folding it lovingly and putting it at the bottom of her pack. "What do you think? I feel so plain but I guess that's the point..." she says, turning her back to the mirror and looking over her shoulder.
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I'm guessing that Gareth wouldn't be able to make that Str check because he's flying... He just couldn't generate any leverage. "Nothing much" Ember says as her eyes flutter open. " There's a trap door up there, someone closed it as Gareth was flying up. Ammonia, maybe a workshop or factory with a waste shoot into the sewer. That's my best guess." Gareth flies back down and lands on Embers arm as she absentmindedly stretches it out. Then the familiar winks out of existence. "Let's get going."
"Wait!" she exclaims again. She waves a hand and a blue banded hawk appears on her arm, "Gareth, could you fly up there and take a look? I'm sorry it could be dangerous... " she raises her arm and the hawk takes flight, resting a hand in the wall, Ember closes her eyes and suddenly opens her senses to see the world through her familiar's eyes. Gareth flies up to the ceiling and through the hole!
Ember peeks around Ragnar to look at the body. "Ugh, is it totally messed up? Ugh, look at all those twisted limbs, it's like the person fell from a great height..." Ember looks up instinctively. "Hey look there's a hole up there, it must be indoors, or perhaps covered... no light coming through... "
Ember summons her inner fire into the palm of her hand and hurls it at the rats!
With a quick word "Sav!" and a gesture, Ember hurls a globule of acid that splashes over the rats swarming near Scarlet and Beryl.
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Ember summons her inner fire into the palm of her hand and hurls it at the rats near Scarlet!
Ember sees Scarlet drop as the rats swarm over her new friend. I have to end this quick!
"Ah, they're all over me!" Ember yells, grabbing a rat and throwing it into the water, she steps out of the sea of rats and kicking one free of her leg she runs behind Alysha!
"Ah, they're all over me!" Ember yells, grabbing a rat and throwing it into the water, she begins to chant "Erő páncél energia páncél mágia!" waving her hand in intricate movements over her head, shoulders and chest. As she does blue glowing plates shimmer into existence and then fade out of view.
As the rats start screeching and swarm at her friend's Ember does what she does best, with barely any conscious effort at all she summons fire into her hand. Her eyes flash bright orange as she charges forward, stretching out her fingers the flames burst forth enveloping the rats in front of Beryl! Then she gets as far back as she possibly can!!
Responses to Jiro : "What about you? After you hatch, who is stuck taking care of you until you can survive on your own?" "Well, I was a foundling, left on the doorstep of a Mage Guild. So much the same as you I suppose, though I'm pretty sure I was born like a human and didn't hatch from an egg. I guess my real mother just didn't know what to do with me, or was frightened by my appearance. " "I have heard some of you big folk stay together for years. Is it because you stand a chance of actually growing old that you get used to being bored?" "Oh I don't know much about that, I think some folk take comfort in having someone they're familiar with, someone they can rely on..." Ember sighs "I thought I'd met someone special, but this adventurers life is so chaotic that I rarely see him anymore!" "Well, when we have time I'd love to hear more about the dragons you've met! Their names, where they live... and of course if I could study the artifacts you've been gifted, that would be amazing!"
Ember smiles and waves at Jiro as the little Kobold introduces himself. "Welcome! I'm Ember!" throughout the sewer trip she frustrates Ragnar by continually trying to slip around him to question Jiro on all things Kobold... "Hey Jiro, when little Kobold hatches from an egg who takes care of it? It's parents? Or is it more of a communal thing?" "Hey Jiro, what about love? To Kobolds form strong attachments to, like one other particular Kobold?" "Sorry Jiro, another question... Is it true that a lot of Kobold tribes worship dragons? Have you ever met a Dragon? "Jiro, later when we've got more time, would you mind if I made a sketch of you and, er took some measurements? Head circumference, hand span, that sort of thing... Would you say your average, small or large for a Kobold?" When the group reaches the rats Ember makes a face of disgust. "Ugh, do you think there's a body under there Beryl? Not the eternal rest I'd want for my body...
"Ugh!" Exclaims Ember as she trudges along behind Ragnar, "We won't need disguises by the time we've got through this lot... we'll all come out looking like muck monsters!" she does her best to keep the worst of the filth off her cloak When the party reaches Isthana she becomes totally distracted by finding somewhere to perch so she can start cleaning herself off with prestidigitation and doesn't even notice the woman giving her an extra long look. "Er, Hi I'm Ember. Sorry about, you know... " she says, shaking Isthana's hand and then indicating her face.
Ember nods in reply to Ragnar's question and her smile widens at the thought of working with a good friend. When Skyreaver comes over to the table Ember gibes her a big smile and a quick hug also. "Skyreaver! Hey, did you not see me down here? Don't tell me you forgot me! What's the word from the spirits?" As unexpected food arrives at the table, Ember looks about the common room and the strange tall beardless dwarf catches her eye and winks, Do I know that guy? I think I've seen him around before, in Phlan? Oh well the more the merrier! Running a hand through her hair and giving the end a little twist she waves at Beryl and motions for him to come join them. "Hey, I'm Ember. You certainly seem to have a strange look about you, though not as strange as some... what's with all the dwarvish getup?" All worry about having to disguise herself to get into Hillsfar seems to have completely flown from Ember's mind...
Scarlet looks at Ember as she enters, fellow planetouched are rare enough to provoke her interest. She considers a moment before approaching, "I hope you don't find me forward, but you appear a kindred soul." "You mean because of our distinct appearances drawn from our extraplanar lineage?... Er, you're welcome to sit with me. Though we're bound to draw more attention if you do, but I don't mind." Ember gestures to the bar stool next to hers though just after she does her orange glowing eyes are drawn to the Goliath who just entered. "Oh, ah, excuse me a moment I'll be right back. I've just seen a friend!" She hops down off her stool revealing herself to be quite short. Racing across the common room with zero decorum and her cowl falling down to allow her flame coloured hair to fly out behind her, she flings herself at Ragnar and tries to wrap her arms around his waist in a hug. "Ragnar! Come sit with me at the bar, what brings you to the Stop? Harper business? That's why I'm here." She takes Ragnar's arm and attempts to drag him back to the bar. "This is my friend Ragnar! Ragnar, this is... er, sorry I didn't introduce myself did I... I'm Ember" she says offering her hand to shake Scarlet's.
Ember sits at the bar fiddling nervously with a glass of watered wine. Her charcoal black features look worried and her bright orange hair writhes ever so slightly even though the air is still.
As I'm not in America and I have no holiday weekend :( I'm also happy for either =D
Ah found it. It's in the DMG pg200 Arcana check 10+Spell level.
I'll spend a day of downtime to transcribe Misty Step from my scroll to my Spellbook. All up 101gp
Is there a skill check I have to make? I thought there was, but I can't find the details... Picking up a Healing potion also seems like a good idea. So I'll spend 50 gp for one of those too. All up 151gp and 1 downtime day. Look guys it's the first time Ember has started an adventure not broke! -------------- I'll be going with the Harpers adventure hook as well.
Reporting in! Nice Princess Bride reference Vrog, my alltime favourite movie/book!
Ember would love to join in!!
Hey Everyone Kip84 here aka GM Kip. If every one could create a tag line for their character like Rakish has done that would be much appreciated! Here's an example of how I've set it out in the Race, Gender and Class fields of the profile on this Alias. (The reason I do it like this is so I can edit it easily from a smart phone...) Gender Field: Female Fire Genasi | Wizard 3 | Spell Slots: 1st: 4/4, 2nd: 2/2 | Spell DC 13 | HP 20/20 | Race Field: AC 12 | Saves S-1, D2, C2, I5, W3, Ch0 | Pass Perc 11 | Status: Normal | Class Field: Hit Dice: 3/3d6 | Insp: N
Hi AL DM! Looks like I'm to late to join in on this one. Have fun everyone!
Thanks again for running the game AL DM :) I'd like to claim the scroll of Misty Step if that's ok. It's on the wizard spell list so I could add it to my spell book later.
" Yes, you're welcome. I'm glad your sister is safe, it's unfortunate that so many were hoodwinked. Im sure some of those students in the fight would have been innocent of any wrongdoings... and poor Clyde, hopefully we can get him resurrected. "
Ember looks up from studying the alchemical items and seeing everyone gathering at the cave where the chest was she rushes over only to see Ragnar drag Thylius's body in and watch as the dust demons don't bother him. " Excellent, a little grisly but it got the job done. " seeing the scroll her eyes light up " Could I examine that scroll Ragnar, it looks like it might hold a spell! "
" Things up stairs are not well either... You don't know what's in that chest over there do you? Or how to get to it without disturbing those dust demons? " Ember asks as Adrian unlocks the monks cage.
" Damn it! " Ember yells at the beast as she hurls yet more flames at it.
Ember throws more fire at the Griffon.
Flames burst from Ember's palm, hurled at the Griffon.
Ember moves forwards, to the spot Ragnar just vacated. She chants calling forth a large ball of flames which speeds towards Thylius.
Returning from chasing the teacher Ember collapses to the floor next to Clyde, a small sob occasionally escaping her mouth, as head bowed, it seems her will to fight on or investigate the missing Liticia has been lost. Eventually as the others move about, she leans over and whispers to Clyde's body "Hang in there, don't get too comfortable, I'm going to get you back..." Ember gets up and starts searching the place, after a time, returning to the others as they finish questioning the prisoners. " I found a map in the library that says this is the Monastery of the Breath of the Yellow Rose, more specifically that room where the students and teacher came from... I've also found what seems to be a concealed door hiding a staircase that heads below the house... As tired as I am I don't think we have time for more than a short rest. No doubt this place will be swarming with city watchmen soon and I'd like to be able to unveil a nefarious plot to them rather than be arrested for attacking a peaceful school. "
At Shoo's shout Ember gives chase after the fleeing teacher. Her face still a mask of anger and pain.
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