Mendacious blanched visibly and flitted behind Yaos. "No, that's alright. I think you're doing just fine."
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Mindy cleared her throat. "I said "
Mindy rolled her eyes and flitted down to take the head. It shrunk to the size of a marble and she tucked it away in her satchel.
"He's useless sometimes," she whispered conspiratorially to Yaos.
Plot twist! The game is about to become a fantasy version of Law and Order. We're already doing the police procedural stuff. Next comes the court room drama!
*blinks innocently*
Mindy was a curious sort, and well versed in playing with magic she didn't really understand. She wasn't stupid though. She'd already seen the Nightglass kill someone who looked into it. So, she decided not to do that.
Mindy took a quick breath and adopted the crazed grin of someone who might be about to attempt something suicidal. Then she bolted from within her small fortress and buzzed through the air toward Winnow.
Mendacious muttered curses through clenched teeth as she hid inside her little bunker within Azlain's armored shoulder plates. She was already beginning to heal, but that had hurt a lot. That's what I get for being cocky. Ok, let's keep the boss standing. Mindy drew a wand and tapped Azlain's shoulder. It was easy since she was sitting on it.
Yes please!
Mindy snickered and drew another scroll from her bag. More sparkling powder exploded from Winnow's last location.
You know what would be really funny? If I had another scroll of Glitterdust...
Mindy drew a scroll from her tiny bag and used it.
An explosion of silver dust burst out around the last place they'd seen Winnow.
Mindy let loose with a wand, cursing Winnow's Shadow with ill luck.
"I know the routine," Mindy said, zipping off in the direction of the last Dottari they'd spotted.
"Don't you think there's some ideological purity to that?" Mindy asked.
"I don't know, they're awfully good at torturing people," Mindy piped up. She was currently in the form of a raven sitting on Azlain's shoulder. "It's not as easy as it seems. There's an art to it."
Mendacius made her way down into the bowels of the tree, not really in much hurry. She could pick the corpses clean when the smoke cleared.
Mindy is also invisible. I think she was left to her own devices to get down to the action though. Am I remembering that right?
I am now, finally.
"Fine with me. I'll meet you down there," came the imp's voice from somewhere nearby. She was busily looting the body of the fallen halfling.
Mindy rifled through Azlain's saddlebags for a moment, came up with a large jug, and poured about half the contents down the pit and over the struggling bear. Then she flicked a tinder twig down into the pit. There was a 'whoosh' and a long, terrified roaring howl. Black smoke poured out of the conjured hole. "Mmmm. Smells like dinner." Eventually the bear's tortured howls died out. Then the pit vanished, pushing the dead bear back to the surface.
Mindy flitted over above the pit, and seeing the bear making it's way up, impulsively threw own an alchemical vial.
I forgot I'd used flyby attack. Nevermind on that AoO question.
Soooooo.... Disarm the bell? Also, was Boogy the only one who got an AoO? Mindy was threatening the halfling as well.
Magnius, I don't know what your build progression is, but if you have a spare feat any time soon, you might consider taking Extra Traits and picking up Magical Knack twice. It's a handy trick for getting your caster level up to par for multiclass spellcasters.
As for Mindy, she'd already spent the 3 rounds to focus detect magic back when she was scouting and relaying info. At that time she knew which ones were magic and which ones were not. So, assuming that the magic ones have any kind of visual differences from the non, those are the ones she would grab.
Unseen, Mindy's hands flashed out.
Sounds good to me. Do you want me to roll a new SoH check, or just use the one I already rolled when I thought I could steal it?
Hilarity. I want to deal with the bell first. Then we can break out the popcorn and watch the bear give the halfling a new fetish.
How about fun with glue? A small piece of cloth with a dab of alchemical glue on each side. Mindy carefully sticks it to the ringer inside the bell, then pushes the ringer to the bell. The ringer is now glued to the bell, but not making contact, rendering it useless. Is this a doable idea? Can I use the SoH check for it?
"Go inside, Mindy. Come outside, Mindy," the imp snarked. She invisibly flew out of the caves and found the halfling with the bell, scanning with Detect magic until she spotted it.
6) Can the bear fit down into the tree? 7) Can Mindy stealthily trap the entrance to the tunnels to cut off escape routes?
"Let me see what I can do..." Mindy whispered, checking over the two passages that led deeper underground.
That's what they get for having a toad as a familiar. Gross.
Invisibly, Mindy flitted away toward the Bellflower complex, scanning for magical auras, traps and foes.
Someone call for an imp?
Invisible Mindy:
Mindy drifted low as she dismissed the enchantment on a silver loop she was wearing as a bracelet and dropped it. It quickly expanded as it fell, landing flat beneath Itch.
A silver ring fell out of empty air near where Itch hovered. It expanded as it fell, reaching a bredth of ten feet by the time it landed neatly on the ground.
Mendacius flitted after itch as fast as she could go.
Invisibly, Mindy flitted over to Itch: and swiped his spell component pouch.
Mindy flitted along, invisible:
Mindy drifted on silent wings until she was close enough to hear what the group was saying as they traveled. She listened and watched for a while, staying some fourty feet or so above the heads of the group. After watching for a while, she guessed that the woman was the least likely to notice what Mindy was planning. The invisible imp dipped down and slipped a small marble into the woman's pack...
Mendacius was impressed: "With all of them?" she said in the language only she and Azlain shared. "I like her."
Mendacius loved ambushes: Mindy took the scroll, invisibly taking position above the woman. Then, as Azplain threw his alchemical bomb she read off the magic of the scroll.
The grinning imp became visible as the crackling bolt of purple and green energy shot down and wrapped around the woman's neck.
Mendacius the Raven flapped up to the roof: Then, she shifted into the shape of a gecko and climbed down the chimney, disappearing from sight as she went. Once inside she became a rat and began slinking around, describing what she was seeing to Azlain through the Message spell.
The Raven took wing: Mendacious flapped off Azlain's shoulder and into the sky, going the opposite direction of the girl before swooping wide once she was out of sight of the crowd and landing on a nearby roof to spy on the girl Azlain had pointed out.
Not so fast Itchy: "We're gonna make sure the terms of the agreement are crystal clear first." Mindy said holding up a tiny finger. "Azlain agrees to conduct surveillance on your targets and determine if they are threats of traitors to Cheliax. The determination of whether they are threats or traitors lies solely with Azlain. He will do this over a period of time not to exceed the next two weeks. Anything outside of the scope of that will be subject of a different bargain." "And in return for his help, you, the Imp called Itch, who is currently here making this bargain, agree to owe Azlain one favor, to be called in at a later time, after Azlain has completed his end of the bargain. The favor is guaranteed not to be life-threatening or outside reasonable expectations of what an Imp is capable of." "Neither side of this bargain is transferable. The bargain is struck in good faith, with each party agreeing to act in the other party's best interests while going about the business agreed to here." "Do you both agree to these terms?"
Azlain is so tedious sometimes: Mindy rolled her eyes. "Don't get flustered, Itch. He's like this about pretty much everything. He can't put his pants on without reading three books about it first." "What's actually going to happen is that he's going to travel with you and decide if he likes you, then he's going to watch your targets and learn about them. If he likes you, and doesn't like them, he'll kill them for you. "If he decides he likes them and doesn't like you, he'll kill you." She shrugged her tiny shoulders and gave the other imp a friendly smile.
Azlain better have woken me up for a good reason...: Out of Azlain's sleeve a sleepy red viper slithered it's head onto the back of Azlain's hand. It gave him a flat reptilian stare that spoke volumes about how much it appreciated it's nap being interrupted. Then it spied the imp. "Oh." the serpent said. "Hello." With a short twisting of smoke and fire the serpent was replaced by another imp. This one was an attractive female that looked quite a bit like a miniature succubus wearing scandalously little. She flapped off of Azlain's hand. "I'm Mindy." |