Again, the sylph takes a step forward, her eyes growing more and more wild with each passing moment. The air shimmers again, this time around Ethyl, and the witch's wild cackling echoes through the room.
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Nyarai hops over some rubble, and looks at Enoch getting smacked around. The air shimmers and her vocalisations echo throughout the room.
Nyarai breathes in the foggy air and blinks twice, slowly, as her head lowers towards her now sagging shoulder, then snaps back to focus. "Oh, they're...", she seems surprised for a short moment. ...coming to us? Okay." Air shimmers around Alvar as she looks at the cambion, and her loud laughter echoes through the fog-filled room.
Nyarai remains close to Ethyl, producing a soft breeze that disperses the strange fog. At least locally. When Alvar shares details on the situation, her eyes widen and she clutches her scarf. "Three?", she mouths quietly and peers around the corner to see for her own eyes.
Nyarai enters the room expecting it to be occupied by someone. When she realises it is actually not, she sighs in relief. She examines the contents of the tables, looking for documents or art, but only finds an unfinished card game. She touches the cards briefly, her fingertips dancing on the table as she looks through the deck.
She stops, quickly pulling her hand away from the table as if stung. She leans in closer without touching, looking at something. "Interesting art. Maybe our friend's handiwork?", she beckons for others to come closer and take a look. "Are these even playing cards? Seems like a, uh... soothsayer deck?"
I believe at least three of us are already on the stairs, moving to the upper floor.
Well, I wasn't confused initially. I read the scene as "people are too occupied to notice us". Then Alvar threw a wrench into the cogs with "us having 2 rounds of invisibility", and I started looking. All good. Carry on.
Unless Iosif wants to do the whole "Everyone down, there's a gun in the room" spiel, I don't think we can actually do anything about the situation, outside of murdering the especially rowdy inhabitants. Invisibility? Did I miss something?
Knowing there is probably little she can do the quell the chaos in the room, Nyarai follows the group upstairs. She briefly brushes her hand against Ethyl and Enoch, whispering soothing words to both. "There, there..."
Spell prep: 4/4/2 4 Cantrips: Dancing Lights Stabilize Mending Touch of Fatigue Rank 1:
Rank 2:
Pilfering through some old lady pockets, Nyarai raises her head towards Alvar and lets out a quiet, disapproving sigh.
I don't think I have actually cast any spells since we last woke up (august?) As per the post, the current prep is: Spoiler:
4/4/2
4 Cantrips: Dancing Lights Stabilize Mending Touch of Fatigue Rank 1:
Rank 2:
So I am ready to heal, I guess.
Strands of textile appear in the air and quickly swirl around to form a cocoon of clothing before falling to the ground. Where they were forming, Nyarai stands. She looks at Wren and walks closer. "When did deception improve your situation in the long term? Stop lying to these people.", she whispers. She proceeds to walk to Loomis' corpse and starts pulling things out of her pockets while taking note of the onlookers. In case they try something dumb.
Ethyl feels eyes on her back as the air outlining her person shimmers briefly. Immediately after that, you all hear quiet cackling coming from an unseen source in the room, but it does have Nyarai's voice colour.
Ethyl can feel a slight breeze behind her back as the sylph, hidden from sight, moves away from the wall into a more open position. The rest of the room can only hear cackling laughter of Nyarai emanating through the space.
I would argue it does. The hex states Whenever that creature is targeted by an effect that requires an attack roll, (...) Combat manuvers use that specific wording as well. https://www.aonprd.com/Rules.aspx?ID=188When you attempt to perform a combat maneuver, make an attack roll and add your CMB in place of your normal attack bonus.
Nyarai looks at the woman without emotion when she responds, but then the cultists start approaching. She lets out a whisper of a gasp as her eyes find Enoch, the air shimmers around the man, and Nyarai clutches her scarf. Again, the thing ruptures into a thousand threads that envelop the sylph before dispersing in the wind, leaving nothing in the space where she stood.
"Oh, lovely!" Nyarai perks up. "If you are Zandalus' both hands, can you tell us anything about the strange standing stone you have drawn? We were quite curious about that one. Where did the inspiration come from?"
Best wishes in the new year, everyone.
Nyarai smells the soup provided, but grimaces. Out of sight, she quietly spills the contents of the bowl into a corner before returning to the group and sitting down. Her quiet thoughts are interrupted by the elderly woman approaching them. To Enoch's question, the sylph shakes her head. "We never did. Why start now?" When the woman asks her questions, Nyarai tilts her head in confusion, but gazes at the woman. "Adherents? That is not the case, no. But who are you?", she asks to have her suspicions confirmed. "We have not met."
"We left this room with two creatures in it. When we returned, one of them was dead. Better not introduce such an element to the shrine." Nyarai clearly objects the dog's placement with the refugees. "It can be tied up in a nearby hall, but it will not cross the threshold. It may as well be a hungry shapeshifting predator."
Happy Holidays, everybody.
"Perhaps we are looking at the culprit right now." Nyarai narrows her eyes towards the dog, but is intent on not getting any closer. She scans the pup from a distance. "Who said that only humanoids can suffer the effects of this place?"
Nyarai's head turns towards the yelping and the sound of wings flapping. She furrows her brow. "Spooky. Maybe we should leave this conversation for a later time." She follows after Enoch.
All right. Thank you. I was ordering my notes and I have a theory. I might present it in character soon, assuming I find a way to do so through the crazy filter.
After coming to, the sylph considers the situation. Others ask their questions while she is thinking. "You all", she speaks, but her voice is monotonous, as if she is attempting to leave any emotion out of the situation. "came to us. A 'fat cat from up north, a devil, a doctor, a man with an Alkenstar tool, and an angel'." She clutches her scarf, but points to everyone else in the room as she speaks the titles. With the exception of the fat cat, of course. "To Kateer. To acquire a book. Steal it. Not the Chains of Nights. Something else. Something starting with N." As if straining her mind, she rubs her head with her left hand, her right hand holding the scarf. "We all clearly have a shared past, even if only briefly. Does anyone remember anything? We should work this out together. Maybe our minds will come back to us, or at least some understanding of the situation."
GM, this line: "Three more must be slain [...]" Was that referenced before and I just missed it? And a follow up question: How many of those artworks by Zandalus did we find, and were they depicting scenes similar to the oneirogen we encountered? I think at least one was depicting Tatterman, but what about the rest?
Nyarai nods towards Alvar, flashing a humble smile after her attempts to push the fog back are appreciated. She stands there, looking at the man with fog spilling out of his mouth. When Enoch comments, she responds without turning away. "Can we blame her? Everything and everyone since we woke up here tried to maim, kill, or eat us. With a few exceptions."
"All right. See you above.", Nyarai nods and heads over to attempt the climb again.
Similarly to Alvar, Nyarai is puzzled by Ethyl's return. She looks back to Alvar when suggesting a boost. "We'll figure it out eventually. It's not too high. But thank you, anyway." She looks at Ethyl, then back to Alvar and nods her head towards the stairs, indicating she will try to see what's up. When Alvar disappears above the ceiling, she turns to Ethyl and walks closer without breaching her personal space. "We understand you are scared. We all are.", she pauses. "But we need to press on. We will do our best to protect you."
Try as she might, Nyarai keeps losing her grip and slipping on the debris. "Ugh. Can anyone lower a rope?"
Nyarai walks towards and looks at the collapsed stairs. "Well, it looks like we'll need to ascend to proceed. Any volunteers with rope?"
I'm gonna say this. Ethyl is a friggin menace. Holy crap.
The sylph walks into the room, laughing for some reason.
Nyarai only notices Ethyl is gone when it is pointed out. It seems she was distracted by her own thoughts. Everyone rushes towards the next room, and Nyarai follows. She puts her usual protective charms on the crusader.
"Boxxy sounds more fitting, but it's you, who wants to takae care of it, so...", the sylph shrugs.
Nyarai thinks about the man's response. She looks to Ethyl. "It's baffling. It seems people flocked to Zandalus for some reason when... Well, whatever the hell happened here. But they are crucified, seemingly killed indiscriminately, live in fear and never actually see the man. Makes you think." Then she looks at the puppy in Enoch's hands, and furrows her brow. "Are pets allowed in this kind of place? Is that normal?"
Nyarai will put a finger to her lips to suggest that the man remain silent. She pulls out a dagger... and starts undoing the bindings in silence.
The best part of that interaction is that Enoch is immune to anything and everything. Not that we know.
Nyarai walks into the room, looking around seemingly casually, but there is a wildness in her eyes if you look closer. She looks at Enoch tending to the whimpering box. "Don't touch it!", she shouts at the crusader. "Is it drinking the water?" Then her eyes settle on the victims in the room. (one or more of them?) She walks closer to observe his bindings and wounds in silence, outside of arm's reach.
Nyarai focuses her gaze at Enoch once again. The air shimmers around the man, and she lets out a loud, sinsiter chuckle. She steps away from Iosif, just in case.
Nyarai will quietly move to a more advantageous position.
Nyarai continues moving south to find rubble and debris blocking the hallway. She attempts to see whether she can clear a path , but give up after a while. She returns to the others. "Perhaps...", she looks at the sketch they got from the shrine inhabitants. "there should be a stairway around here."
The pieces of tattered clothing coalesce into a humanoid shape and disperse into dust, revealing Nyarai in the room once more. She is waving the air around her nose, frowning. "Smells like something died in here. Twice. Ugh. Don't you people smell that?", she looks at the others. "Oh, by the way - Good job." She sticks her thumb up with her other hand.
A little combo breaker here. I may have just realised something, and have a mechanics/ruling question, GM. First, some reading. This spell functions like invisibility, except the effect only lasts for 1 round per caster level (maximum of 5 rounds). Like invisibility, the spell immediately ends if the subject attacks any creature. The spell ends if the subject attacks any creature. For purposes of this spell, an attack includes any spell targeting a foe or whose area or effect includes a foe. Exactly who is a foe depends on the invisible character's perceptions. Actions directed at unattended objects do not break the spell. Causing harm indirectly is not an attack. Thus, an invisible being can open doors, talk, eat, climb stairs, summon monsters and have them attack, cut the ropes holding a rope bridge while enemies are on the bridge, remotely trigger traps, open a portcullis to release attack dogs, and so forth. If the subject attacks directly, however, it immediately becomes visible along with all its gear. Spells such as bless that specifically affect allies but not foes are not attacks for this purpose, even when they include foes in their area.
Protective Luck (Su) (Heroes of the High Court pg. 9): The witch can cause fate to twist so that it benefits a creature within 30 feet for 1 round. Whenever that creature is targeted by an effect that requires an attack roll, including weapon attacks, the attacker must roll twice and take the worse result. At 8th level and 16th level, the duration of this hex is extended by 1 round. A witch cannot use this ability on herself. Hexes that affect the fortune hex, such as cackle, also affect protective luck. So with that all in mind - can Nyarai just cruise around while invisible and use Protective Luck and Cackle? Protective luck just kind of happens, and cackle produces a sound, but would you consider either of those breaking the invisibility? Especially with the "if the subject attacks any creature" clause included in Vanish spell text? Guys, is this actually a god-tier archetype before invisibility-revealing stuff is in play? |