Ivy maintains her Hexes, noticing that the statue is not far off from being completely covered.
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Ivy continues to Cackle
I think its fine. At present, I just don't have very many bombs/spells you see, and I need to save them in case the thing in the centre animates into something really scary. Its just a temporary problem, at the level we are at, but I don't think it will be an issue in later levels.
Ivy continues to Cackle, while spamming Misfortune on enemies.
Ivy continues to maintain her hexs on the enemies with Cackle.
Ivy continues to repeat her tactics, five foot stepping a little closer, maintaining her existing Misfortune on any other Cobra's with Cackle, before Misfortuning any other enemies.
Ivy continues to Cackle madly, maintaining her ability to debuff the enemies.
Ivy slowly advances, attempting to hex the remaining cobra's with a Misfortune, while maintaining Cackle
Ivy continues to Cackle, continuing to weak the abilities of the Cobras attacking them.
Ivy continues to hex as many nearby enemies as she can, targeting another cobra with a Misfortune Hex, cackling all the while to maintain the duration.
Ivy focuses on the nearest threat, seeking to affect it with a Misfortune Hex (if possible), reducing its chances at successfully hurting her team.
Oh my, when this died I took a break from the boards and totally missed that this restarted. I'm happy to resume posting again if you will still have me! If not, no worries!
I'm here too!
"Please excuse Morthos, he is no doubt upset that he didn't think of such a clever hiding place. You are an extremely courageous man to have escaped your room, survived down here and dodged pursuit, your knight and family must be extremely proud of your abilities and loyalty." Ivy remarks sweetly, sitting next to the man, lighting touching his shoulder, hoping the gesture and flattery would put him at ease. "Have you been searching for Balin long? Maybe we could help you. We can cross off all the places you might have already searched and see if we could narrow down his whereabouts. What do you think of that idea?" she asks, inwardly cringing at all the overdone flattery.
Ivy glances at the room with an uncertain glance "I hope the room isn't that one of us be tested upon a rack like this, that would definitely ruin my day" she remarks, inspecting the rack before giving it a kick in disgust. "Actually I don't much like torture, it scatters the mind, and it encourages people to tell you the answers they think you want to hear, not not technically the truth. In my experience, people are far more happier to answer your questions if they believe you to already know the answers themselves."
"Fortunately, I do possess fire" Ivy remarks as she tosses a bomb at the direction of the bloodsucking critter.
I'm here! Can't really contribute to the encounter in any meaningful way (you would need a 4th level light spell to beat this effect) and don't have much advice / strategy to offer but still here!
"Maybe its literal. It mentioned ice before and we needed to inflict a chilly burst to bypass the hazard. Maybe this next challenge is fire? A bit of an elemental riddle, but perhaps that might be the answer" Ivy responds, before following the others inside.
Ivy glances over in the molds direction, nodding as Demian swiftly identifies the creature and its weaknesses. Fumbling for a moment with her alchemical components, Ivy tosses an explosive device, trying to swiftly destroy it with frost
Ivy takes the jewel in her hand and examines it for a few moments.
"Its a version of Alchemist's Fire, called Alchemist's Ice - a rather unimaginative name I might add. Other variations exist, but this one seems to inflict cold damage in a small radius on contact. I'd recommend we keep a tight hold on it - its unlikely this was placed here by chance." Ivy follows where the group go, noticing the cluster of dusty footprints. "Wasn't there something about us not following the herd. Is the lesson perhaps to take the opposite path that everyone did?' she asks, while examining the mold herself.
"I agree with Sophia, I think its a reference to us finding our own path, and not being sheep - I'm sure that our benefactor would prefer that his Knot be able to think for itself - the better to react to something on the fly.' Ivy muses for a brief moment before glancing around, trying to see if she could spot anything nearby. The previous room had hidden secrets after all, maybe this one would as well.
Ivy's gaze tightens on a particular patch of stone on the south wall. "There seems to be some slight discoloring on that far wall...could be nothing or alternatively it could be something important. Shall we investigate?" she asks smoothly, directing the gaze of her allies into that particular direction.
"I take it to mean that we should trust people about as far as I can throw them, which is not at all that far in case that wasn't obvious" Ivy remarks in a rather dry tone, seemingly unconcerned with a trap being located (and disarmed) slightly earlier than initially expected. She isn't perturbed and takes a look around as well.
Ivy reflects on the challenge the Cardinal had set before them. It was obviously a test, and probably not a lethal one. Ivy doubted that the Cardinal would go to such lengths to break a Knot out of prison and then throw a challenge beyond their abilities. Ivy doubted that the Cardinal couldn't retrieve a pendant himself, which meant that it was more likely than not a test to see how she and her allies worked together as a team. Thinking all of this through but not sharing it out loud, Ivy shrugs as they approach the room "I'm ready when everyone else is." she remarks.
Ivy sniffed at the direction of Not-Ivy. "Not a bad attempt" she murmured for a moment, giving her a quick look over. "You don't have the same scent as me though, and the voice could do with a bit of work" she responds before returning her attention back to the Cardinal. "What are the other Knots doing then? They certainly don't all appear to be sitting around here at any rate"[/b]
Ivy shrugged. "So the holy symbol is sentimental value then. I'm happy to leave it behind like everything else I left behind that I considered low value. I certainly don't think its smart wondering around with a holy symbol of Asmodeus in my pocket - that sounds like something rank amateur's would do." she finishes, before modifying her tome somewhat. "The circlet though, thats a little different. What do you mean that it allows us to walk among our enemies and they will be none the wiser. Does it make us invisible?"
Reasonably happy with some of the early progress she has made, Ivy investigates a little further by exploring the Cardinal's formal library, trying to see if she can find where the plant might exist, so that she could potentially craft some of the poison for herself.
Same here, I can pitch in some more and make up the difference. I don't have a pressing need for cash at the present moment in time.
Ivy spends most of her time in her room, taking care to bath each day, and dressing herself in exotic fabrics. She spends an hour each and every morning attempting to master her new Change Shape ability - while she looked fairly human now, she was well aware that her bloodline could trigger far more obvious changes to her apperance, and the ability could prove useful in future. Apart from this, Ivy spends most of her time trying to recreate the poison that had dampened their powers so effectively, trying to master the formula. She also took care to drain her familiar and her own blood for various poisons to stockpile for future use, and researched various creatures that might be resistant to toxin. She allows some time to eat and quickly notices the new arrivals. She attempts to gain information on them via her Detect Thoughts ability (SLA), and at the end of each day, asks a slave for more information about the strangers. If approached, she is happy to converse politely, but otherwise keeps to herself.
Ivy simply signs the contract and accepts a copy which she stores safely. She is grateful at the small gold investment she has received, but decides to avoid any purchases until she knows what tasks will be set ahead of time. Instead, she uses the time to research the alchemical formula that had kept the drugged so she could potentially manufacture her own supply, while draining the toxin running through her blood, as well as the venom from her familiar and storing it in a containing each day for future use.
Cheers GM, it wont take me too long to update!
GM do I still have an opportunity to retrain slightly? Thinking of shifting Investigator into Alchemist. Mechanically, it still keeps me pretty similar, but just gives me a few more poison options than before.
Ivy considers the offer for a moment "I'm perfectly willing to take my revenge, and destroy Talinguarde - burning it to the ground. Milta carries no favor with me and Asmodeus can rule the city for all I care. That said, what does swearing allegiance to Asmodeus actually entail? What does life under Asmodeus look like? As long as it benefits me and my goals, I'm willing to entertain the idea."
Anyone skilled in disguise want to keep the miltra book + holy symbol? Might be useful if we want to / need to infiltrate somewhere.
Confirming that we took the spellbooks when we raided the tower - Ivy wanted to copy everything she has so she can add it to her formula book. GM, do I have access to my familiar? There wasn't a mention of it being anywhere in the prison, but I kinda need it to learn spells :S Anyway, leveled up I don't get too much from this level but Change Shape (from Template)
22-> 33 hit points
Ivy finds her room without too much difficulty but declines the aid of a servant. While she had no personal objection to slaves in general, she was a naturally suspicious individual. The slaves owed their loyalty to Tiadora or the Master of the house, not Ivy, and she was concerned they would report back to either party with any observations. If there was one thing Ivy despised, it was giving out free information, and while Tiadora had helped them escape, her attitude indicated that she did not seem them as nothing more than allies at best. Ivy runs a bath for herself, and washes herself, taking particularly care to ensure her apperance was as perfect as she could make it. First impressions counted for something, and as people tended to place a high value on apperance, Ivy made sure to look as attractive as possible. She robes herself in a flowing black dress - contrasting with Tiadora's white outfit, and plays around with various scents until she finds something she likes. When finished, she uses any spare time to attempt to research the formula or poison that had been used on them in prison, in an attempt to try and replicate it. Ivy figured that such a thing might take time, but it was better to get a head start on it as soon as possible.
Hey everyone :) Ivy is an Investigator / Witch with a strong preference on delivering various poisons alongside her Hexes. Ideally, she's going to debuff enemies as much as possible to make everyone elses lives a little easier. She's ok at skills, but probably won't use Inspiration much on them - instead would prefer to use it to bypass poison immunity when it comes up.
I'm fine with merging as well. Might let things flow a little easier and saves you having to GM PC half the party. Seems to work out for everyone.
Ivy isn't entirely fooled by Tiadora's somewhat less threatening guise. The woman clearly wasn't easily intimidated and was rude - almost arrogant. Which made her master potentially stronger still. Ivy decided to be on her best behavior but she resolved to watch and observe as much as possible. "I don't need assistance to clean myself, directions to my room will be fine" Ivy responds shortly, unwilling to give the woman any insight into her via what these slaves observed about her.
"Personally, I wouldn't mind its poison - I'm a bit of a collector, but in this case I'm fine in forgoing the opportunity. I'd rather not tangle with something after we have already exhausted so many resources today" Ivy remarks.
"You know the signal, and I have a map of the wilds" Ivy mentions, opening it up for everyone to see. "If we take this route, we might be able to bypass patrols in the area, and should be able to safely escape"
"Why don't we cross the bridge, taking the table or something else suitable for cover, and bring it behind us. If we get ambushed on two sides, at least we have cover and can use that to by extra time to charge the gate. Its possibly the best of both worlds - minus the additional time it might take to cross the bridge with a clunky table of some sort."
"We should leave, I don't think we should hang around here much longer. Besides, I don't see much more to gain, we seem to have investigated every inch of this place, and stolen what we need to. With almost no survivors remaining I think our work is now done."
Ivy hits Blackerly with an Evil Eye hex, reducing his AC, cackling all the while.
Ivy gives up and attempts to hex Blackerly with Misfortune.
Ivy attempts to cast Hex Vulnerability at the man who keeps resisting her spells, as she Cackles once more
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