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Ok, lots of changes, but I think I'm ready. I went with a Ranger 15 / Brawler 2
Profile mostly updated. Need to spend about 50 skill pts, finish equipment, and pick spells.
Working on making this alias a ranger/fighter hybrid. Hopefully done in a day or two. 17th level is a lot of options.
Marcus trusts Jassminder's intuition and holds position waiting for further details to be revealed.
Marcs pauses a moment to appreciate yet another fine shot by their archer. Thankful he is not on the receiving end of those arrows he blesses the day they ended up on the same team. Then, shaking himself out of his reverie, he moves toward the forlarren.
If Noctifer decides to approach, Marcus does likewise but stealthily to close the gap but staying hidden.
Marcus moves near (15' away) the others along the same path but tries to stay hidden and in the shadows as best he can. He follows the fingers of the others when they point out the beasts. He waits to see if Jassminder is going to take a shot.
"Fair enough, I don't need to be with anyone and I see no reason to be visible if I don't need to be."
"Good point. I think Noctifer and I should still try to approach the area stealthily slightly away from you so he does not see our full strength at first." Marcus says reprising the situation.
I think wait the 10 minutes. The dog didn't have a chance to give us away so we should be as prepared as possible. To the rolls, I'm fine with rolling.
"Noctifer and I could move ahead of the light to see if we could take Dag unawares." Marcus suggests. "With rest of you following up at a decent distance, perhaps even as a distraction as Noctifer and I sneak up on it, assuming he is visible."
Once the arrow flies, Marcus moves toward the beast. If it still stands after that first shot he closes the distance rapidly (charge) and strikes.
Does Jassminder have a regular aura if courage that gives the rest of us a +4 to save vs fear?
Marcus steps into the shadows and does what he can to hide himself. A cold iron dagger in one hand and his waveblade in the other, he waits for word as to when or if to engage the dog.
No worries, glad you are on the mend.
Someone offered it to me and I can carry it but I already have a +1 Waveblade. If someone else is in need of a magical weapon, they should take it.
Assault the beast, woohoo!
I don't need any of the items we found.
I have 4 uses of holy weapon balm, a MW cold iron dagger, and a +1 waveblade. I can share the holy weapon balm with those who need it. I have the cash so i will buy 6 cold iron daggers for throwing.
I could use some cold iron daggers for ranged attacks. Figure I would open with a tanglefoot or tangleburn bag. As soon as I can close I will.
I'd say sell the wand and the dagger to use the cash. I agree that if the daylight bottle only gives a 5' square then specific rules trump general rules. If the blighter can cast darkness at will then darkvision is far superior to daylight, obviously but there it is. Since the blighter can fly, a few tanglefoot bags would be great and that gets to why I was recommending taking some huntsmen with nets. They may get lucky if it gets low enough.
"As previously mentioned a couple of darkvision scrolls can take care of the darkness issue. I think once we pin it down and neutralize its invisibility the fight swings in our favor. Until then, we'll have an extremely difficult time. What about checking to see if the baron has some huntsmen? We could have them come in with nets. See if we could overwhelm the thing with numbers."
For throwing tanglefoot bags or any other alchemical device to help I have a +8 to hit with ranged attacks. That would leave Jassminder to twang arrows.
”Can you tell us how to kill a lamp blighter?” Marcus asks hoping to narrow down the possibilities.
"Don't forget that when we seemed to be about to win the fight he sent the woman out to unleash the sunlight spell. An obvious signal for something I would think." Marcus chimes in.
Get well soon.
Marcus nods to the witch. Not being much of the social type, he looks about with an alchemist's eye to see what interesting things she has hanging or prepped.
"Who's Iozif and Henric? Brothers? Uncles?" Marcus asks.
"So, what did the ghost say? Anything we can use?" Marcus asks. "Are we going to go speak with the loggers or go find the witch lady?"
I did not, probably headed out to the courtyard to tidy it up.
No, a commentary on certain political issues.
I published a bit of non-fiction but my fictional allegory has not gotten off the ground yet.
May kid's attending. I have a couple of parent presentations to attend and I am safety parent for a day.
I should be able to post, the conference center has good wifi
Headed to the Young Writer’s Workshop for the week. Not sure about connectivity as I am taking my camper. I will try to post from my phone though I may have a bad signal. Be back Friday evening.
Upon returning from his excursion Marcus shares, "The courtyard seems to either be full of shadow stuff or a spot where the barrier between the two realms is very thin. I can't see it directly but it is a very calming place for me and I can see the shadowy essence from my peripheral vision. I think I may clean it up a bit and use it as a workout area."
"Speaking of the courtyard, I'm going to walk around and see if I can feel anything. Maybe I can find the sweet spot." Marcus says as he walks out of the room.
"I'm no philosopher, spell caster, or a monk so I'll leave the talking with the ghost up to you guys. However, with a Shae having some control over shadows, this thing leaking shadow essence and there being about 100 prisoners, I must ask, could those shadows have been a means of escape or Nicasor reaching out? If it is a progression of efforts, tallow-throat may have just been step one in an escape plan."
"You guys are seriously worse than my dad. I tell ya. We could easily split up and get things done twice as fast but as you say." The excitable Marcus says and heads off with the others to rifle through the library.
Marcus eats like it is going out of style and throws in his two cents worth. "Some do the library thing and talk with the ghost, the rest of us head out to the lumber camp and see what they know."
"It's so nice to know you care Noctifer. Too worried, but heart warming." Marcus says. "To the rooms I guess."
"If there is another fey about, can they typically turn invisible at will? I'm tempted to walk about town and the outskirts to look for anything peculiar and or to draw the thing's ire. You up for a walkabout Xanther? Maybe follow the track to the lumber camp."
Marcus follows.
"I like the idea of going into the mirror. For the right money I'll fight whoever you want. Plus, as Xanther just mentioned we could break out with the shard of the mirror. The other prisoners released might be a problem but I highly doubt they would be an organized fighting unit. More like they would steal what they could and try to escape to ensure they don't get thrown into another mirror." Marcus says. "But, the more pressing problem is the fey. No telling how long it would take us to set things aright in the mirror and we don't know how time passes in there. Whatever Ilquis released may have eaten everyone here by the time we get out. We need to find and kill us a fey."
I tend to lean toward rolling but I'm fine with taking 10.
"Is there anyone who knows the story of Nicassor intimately? Perhaps someone is trying to rescue him? Maybe Ilquis is working for whoever wants Nicassor out and they are hoping to convince you to release him, perhaps in a last gambit to save the town. Someone who knows the story well may give us a hint as to who would be trying to do this or even if this is a possibility." Marcus says puzzling over the situation in his head.
Sorry, Marcus just kind of spoke his mind but not in a needling way this time. He even used an honorific. He is distressed and obviously has a group of resourceful people who are offering to try and solve the problem. Hopefully, we can bring this to a positive resolution. |