Hi, everyone!
We're playing through Curse of the Crimson Throne and our 9th-level party is in dire need of a healer, so our Fighter (Lady Vanessa, LE) took the Leadership feat and recruited a Cleric of Asmodeus as a loyal cohort (Tinnitus, also LE).
***SPOILERS AHEAD***
We are at the point where we have to earn the respect of the Shoanti tribes in order to speak to the Shaman of the Sun Clan. We left the Shoanti village with a covered horse-drawn wagon and four Shoanti warriors to aid and observe. Driving the wagon is our gnome Warpriest. Riding in the wagon are Tinnitus the Cleric, our Gunslinger, and our Sorcerer (Rashib, Efreeti Bloodline, CG). The rest of us follow on foot.
Out of nowhere, Rashib the Sorcerer snarls at Tinnitus the Cleric.
'This space is mine,' he says. 'I need to prepare my spells and you are in the way. Get out.' (Yes, we know that sorcerers don't need to prepare spells, but according to Rashib we cannot know that unless we have Spellcraft).
Fighter Vanessa, playing her Cleric cohort, ignores him.
'I said, get out,' Rashib insists. 'Or else.' He snaps his fingers and uses Light My Fire (cantrip) to set fire to Tinnitus' hair.
Tinnitus, head on fire, casts Create Water on his own head, then casts Agonizing Rebuke on the Sorcerer. Rashib fails his saving throw.
'You dare attack me!' says Rashib, as he casts Touch of Idiocy and easily hits the Cleric, reducing his Int, Wis, and Cha by 4 each.
Tinnitus attempts to cast Forbid Action on Rashib. 'Do not attack me!' he cries, but Rashib passes his saving throw.
(In the meantime, our Warpriest spurs the horses and the wagon pulls ahead of the group, then he reigns them in suddenly in an attempt to trip the passengers to make them stop).
Rashib the Sorcerer proceeds to hit the Cleric three more times with Touch of Idiocy, rendering him unable to cast spells. As a last ditch attempt to fight, Tinnitus channels negative energy, doing 27 damage to Rashib, to the Gunslinger, to the Warpriest, and instantly killing the horses.
Finally, his INT reduced to zero, the cleric falls unconscious. Rashib taunts the comatose Cleric. 'Next time, I'll cut your throat,' he says.
Now we have to cross the badlands with no wagon, no horses, and no cleric, on our way to what will no doubt be a dangerous mission. What does our Sorcerer say about this?
'He shouldn't have attacked me.'
Our sorcerer is entirely pleased with himself, but our Fighter is beyond furious and thinking about quitting the campaign.
So, questions:
1) Who is at fault here?
2) How would you deal with this?
3) Is he using Touch of Idiocy correctly?
Touch of Idiocy is a melee touch attack. If the sorcerer turns invisible his target will be flat-footed to him, making it all too easy to reduce their INT, WIS, and/or CHA to zero and rendering them unconscious. That can't be right, can it?
I appreciate any ideas!