"All right. See you above.", Nyarai nods and heads over to attempt the climb again.
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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?
While she is focused on Enoch, Nyarai is hit by a foul stench that emanates from the approaching ghast. She wrinkles her nose, smells at the air, and almost heaves as she turns around. Her mind grasps the immediate proximity of the ghast. She gasps and reaches for her scarf. A blink of an eye later, her tattered clothes are torn into little pieces and envelop her form before dispersing into the air, but the sylph is nowhere to be seen. Only the tattered clothing and the sound of her loud gasp echoed through the room indicate her former presence.
Ghostwalk (Su): Starting at 2nd level, as a move action after using a hex, an ashiftah can become invisible as per vanish and can then take a 5-foot step. Using ghostwalk doesn’t provoke attacks of opportunity.
Here here, adding to complaints about the current job market. It's crazy out there.
Nyarai seems puzzled for a hot second. "Oh.", she looks at the door. "I guess the charging ghoul caused-", a BANG from Iosif's gun echoes through the room, causing her to flinch. "caused a minor bout of panic." Air shimmers around Enoch as the sylph chuckles nervously, then steps back from the ghoul in the door.
Acting as instructed, Nyarai promptly closes the door again. She looks at Enoch. "You want to lean against this? I'm not exactly the strongest."
The sylph winces a bit when the torch is lit, but she laughs, takes it in her hand and nods at the crusader. "Ready.", she whispers.
A few seconds later, Nyarai repeats what she had done previously. This time the air shimmers slightly near Ethyl instead. Nyarai's odd laughter echoes across the hollow space. She walks to the door indicated by Enoch .
Nyarai shuffles away from the doors. Ahe stands halfway between the entrances, hoping both will be covered. She looks at Enoch as air shimmers around the man, and she lets out a low chuckle, perhaps in anticipation. Her gaze shifts to Ethyl.
I am getting the impression the undead did not see Ethyl. If this is correct, I could prep our frontline for their spa day with some hexes and cackling. But I wanted to ask the GM for their thoughts on the matter before I commit.
"What if that lets the fog in? Or even whatever lurks in it?" Nyarai shivers for a second, stepping over the crumbled wall and the ghouls buried under it. She stops as she sees a clawed hand, now mangled, protruding from the rubble. "Should we search them?" She considers it for a moment, then bends down to try and set one of the bodies free from the debris.
Nyarai walks into the room, laughing loudly at the ghouls crushed by the collapsed debris. "Suit you right."
"Throw the wall at them, Enoch!", Nyarai shouts at the crusader. The air shimmers around the man, and she laughs as if to spread fear into the ghouls.
GM, I would like to confirm - In character, we do not know what is standing behind the wall, correct? Could we suspect it being someone from the shrine, or are we 100% confident in regards to them not moving from that place?
The sylph squints her eyes, noticing movement behind the wall. "I see someone." She whispers and merely lifts her chin in the direction they're walking in. "Behind the weak wall over there."
Nyarai looks at the nap over Alvar's shoulder, then looks at the wall they pointed out, and back at the map. She furrows her brow. "Doesn't that lead to the boilers again? We're circling back?"
When Nyarai's momentary paralysis ends, her eyes flash purple as the air shimmers around Enoch. She lets out a quiet whimper.
Surprised by the presence of the creature, Nyarai freezes in place.
Keeping her hand on the door handle, Nyarai looks at Ethyl with a little smirk. "Both doors closed. Enoch is alone, so whenever you get into the right headspace..."
Nyarai shrugs and closes the door between them and Enoch. "Be right with you. Ethyl needs a moment.", she whispers towards Enoch, leaving him alone in the room.
The sylph looks through the now-opened door, her eyes watching the portal to the exterior. "Look. It's like it wants to get in.", she points out the yellow fog. "But it can't?"
Similar to Enoch, Nyarai's gaze falls on the set of stairs to the south. "Decisions, decisions...", she murmurs.
"You..." Nyarai points at the nearest cook. "Which way to Loomis?"
"Should I go look ahead? See the situation?" Nyarai looks about.
Nyarai comes closer to the doppleganger and raises her eyebrow. "These things will hide among anything. We should find a way to pick them out in a crowd." She looks at Alvar. "Any tips?"
When people rush inside the kitchen, Nyarai rolls her eyes with a sigh. She refrains from expressing her thoughts verbally, however. She follows after Ethyl, seemingly laughing as she moves.
"Get out of the kitchen, everyone! Don't get swarmed inside!" Nyarai calls out, hoping the patients - and Ethyl - will listen to reason. Then she asks the universe for some extra luck for Ethyl.
Nyarai willmove into a position where she can see the scuffle, and makes a split-second decision to hinder the ghouls.
Nyarai steps forward to look at the kettle rolling on the floor. Her sight shifts to Enoch, and she studies his face for a second. "Well, that was anticlimactic." She remains standing for a few moments, only to turn around towards the others. "Moving on?"
Nyarai looks towards Alvar. "Perhaps a memory. Perhaps imagination. We need to figure out what the count looks like. If he has a black beard with a gray stripe down the middle." She steps back as requested.
GM, have we seen the count's face somewhere in the asylum? I onow we did read about him, but did we see a portrait or something?
Nyarai stumbles back in confusion. "We all stole something, I think. Us and Lowls. A book of some kind from Katheer." She shakes her head and rubs her temples. "We're all criminals?", she looks around the group.
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