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"What... is this place?"
"Smart." Jared nodded.
"Let us confer." Jared said to the men, then lead his companions well out of earshot of the others. "It is clear they will betray us. They also gave us all the information we need to perform this heist ourselves. We no longer need them." Jared said clinically.
Jared shrugged. "Go ahead."
"If I was infected, why would I be bothering with this mask? "I suppose if you really want to die we can work something out. Either by attacking us, or by a slow agony if you don't get the cure. Which we know how to make, so killing us is probably a bad idea. So what will it be? A quick death, or a slow one? Or maybe we can all just talk?"
My favorite anestesia-analogue for pathfinder is the Eternal Slumber hex.
"Don't mind them." Jared said, retrieving his crow-faced doctor's mask from his bag and slipping it over his face. "They just don't want you to get near us. You're probably already infected. We haven't seen how it effects teiflings yet, so my partner is eager to examine you. We honestly didn't expect to find people down here."
Have you seen our party? Not a lot of Acrobatics going on.
"Is there another path?" Jared said. "Or, could be go above and purchase a long, sturdy board to lay across the gap? We'll need to move back and forth across. Might as well plan for the future."
"I think that screw of yours must be a little loose..." Jared said dryly as Zorin pulled himself back up to where the rest of them were.
"Darkenss effects like that function much the same way as light. They emanate from a central point." A small glowing orb appeared in Jared's hands. "Cover that point and..." He closed his hands over the glowing orb so the light vanished. "So in the future, if we run into a darkness effect, a good tactic is to throw a cloak down over the epicenter, or something like that. Holding a cloak or shield in front of your head will let you see right in front of you, which can be useful if you need to read a scroll or something like that."
"This thing is not currently a threat to us. Is there any reason not to retreat for a few minutes and wait for the darkness to disperse?"
I really wish I'd known all that before I spent my last turn stumbling around in the dark. >.<
Gm, I don't want to quibble about rules or anything, but the way you're describing the darkness effect doesn't make sense to me. On the map, the darkness area is circular, the right radius as per the spell description. Darkenss is a spherical effect. That means the point of emanation has to be on the ground. The Darkmantle might have cast the spell when it was on the ceiling, but that's not where the effect is cantered. If it was, the darkness are would be much smaller down by us. Jared is smart enough and familiar with the spell enough that by observing the area of effect from the outside he should be able to figure out where the point of origin is. Based on the map it should be directly underneath Zoren. Am I missing something?
"Give me a moment..." Jared's voice came from out the darkness.
Just outside the darkness, Jared's eyes narrowed shrewdly.
Darkness magic. Emanates from a central point. An object. Obeys the properties of light, but in reverse. Based on the curve of the radius, the center of the effect should be... there. Jared walked into the darkness whipping off his cloak and holding a hand in front of him, nearly bumping into Zorrin. A hand on his ally's back, he spoke calmly. "Zorin, step left."
Hmm. Confusing wording. You're the GM so your say goes. I think I have an idea of what to do about the darkness effect. Let's give this a shot.
Darkness doesn't make it pitch black unless the light is already dim. We have light sources. Now they're just reduced to Dim light. All of us can still see in the area around the light. We just have miss chances now. This spell causes an object to radiate darkness out to a 20-foot radius. This darkness causes the illumination level in the area to drop one step, from bright light to normal light, from normal light to dim light, or from dim light to darkness. For a spell like Daze, which just requires targeting, not an attack roll, there shouldn't be anything stopping the effect unless our Dancing Lights were dispelled too.
Jared stepped back to clear space, having yet to really see the creature. He readied a simple spell to cloud the mind.
"Assuming we can clear this level of undesirables and make a few modifications, this would make an excelent place for a base of operations. A secret entrance, a reputation thatt keeps others at bay, and a so far lucrative source of wealth and resources. Quite useful for up and coming entreprenuers in a city rife with those who would want to quell our rise." "The only other thing we will need are storefronts to act as the public faces of our businesses."
Dungeon. Need more cash.
Jared's first order of business is to establish himself as an Undertaker. This mostly involves offering his services at churches and to families obviously in need, and also collecting unclaimed bodies from rough areas of town (this is offered as a public service).
As part of establishing himself he will go and introduce himself to the various local houses of worship and make sure he has all their funerary rights correct.
That's pretty much it for my week.
Fun but exhausting. I'll be glad to get back to normal life.
Extended Hold Person? Lich Dust?
"Elijah has a point." Jared said looking skeptically at the hole in the ground.
"Might I suggest a rope. One can't go fishing without a line." Jared said, slightly amused.
Onward! We can check the other branches later
"Lead on then." Jared says simply.
Jared stepped back to get clear of the swinging weapons and made a small gesture toward the rat.
Jared nodded and followed as Zorin began to move them along.
Jared sighed. "Elijah, please don't do that again unless we are badly outmatched. The undead are valuable resources, hard to make and rare to find in the field. That one could have been quite useful to us."
I've used almost none of my resources so far. Onward.
Jared gave Elijah a baleful look before moving into the room and attempting to seize control of the remaining skeleton.
Jared set to trying to help Zorin stay out of danger while commanding his new minion to destroy it's fellows.
"Destroy the skeletons in the room with you." he said softly. The skeleton he'd seized control of began lashing out at the skeleton near the door.
"Stop." Jared said with quiet force.
Will we be tracking XP separately, or would it be possible for you to keep a tally in the Race line of your GM alias? That would make the running total accessible to everyone every time you post. I've seen it work well in other campaigns. What do you think?
Jared had scarecly moved during the attack. He'd raised a hand toward the ugly man, but he had been killed before Jared had done a thing. The rats he was ready to strike with hsi cane, but his companions were simply quicker. He chuckled at the efficiency of the fight. It was nice to be working with competent comrades.
Eyeing the screw through Zorin's skull, Jared gave a half smile. "I believe you."
Zorrin, are you keepig your character sheet elsewhere? I was looking to see who had the stealth skill and who didn't, and noticed you don't seem to have any stats.
Jared removed his cloak and turned it inside out so that the leather lining faced outward. He buttoned it up and pushed his hands thorough slits in the garment. He pulled on leather gloves and dabbed an ointment beneath his nose. "Mister Ebonfeather, I have heard Tengu have a well deserved reputation as swordsmen. Perhaps you could take point for us?"
"Jared Stark. Doctor by trade." the man with the cane said simply, nodding his thanks to Elijah's prayer.
Jared knew an opportunity when he saw one. The undercity was a potential tresure trove of usefulness for the ideas he'd been coming up with lately. He nodded to the innkeeper. "Happy to help. Lets see this door in your store room."
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