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Sorry for the delay in my response, my last few days have been none-stop chores. And bad sleep on top of that. I am enjoying the campaign a lot, but to be honest, I'm not sure how much Nyd is contributing to things. Not just in combat mind you, but in almost any situation. My RP game isn't strong either, though that is mostly on me as a player.
I am very grateful that you have been running. It's been fun, but I want you to take all the time you need.
Nyd strokes his chin, a gesture he has seen other people use. "Hmm, perhaps I can use my prepared castings of Repair Warforged as an improvised repair spell?"
I'm not sure how I can help you there, other than direct labor at least."
Nyd shook his head slowly at Arthur's request. "Sadly, that's not a spell I have recovered. Do you wish to do some infiltration, or do you have another idea in mind?"
Nyd bows to the older woman. "Greetings. I hope all is well with your...tribe?"
Nyd has quietly prepared his gear, having no thought at the moment of what to do next.
"I have at one more safe charge on the wand, Artur, after that I will have to switch to ritual castings." Nyd once again withdraws his Wand of Detection and uses it to cast Detect Magic and begins a thorough sweep of the mound.
"Maybe we should ask if Dah'mir, or any of the others, had an object they always kept with them?
Once the crown is off, and seeing the results, Nyd will wander off to where he feels he can do something, most likely studying the runes in the first room.
"I might, might, be able to temporarily be ablt to disable the device's active effect with Counterspell. If so, we may have a limited amount of time to remove it." Nyd looks pensive as he examines the crown. "I fear for the condition of your friend's mind however, and I am not sure who, or what, will be freed by removing the crown."
"Veratash, wait a moment." Nyd says aloud as he notice the spell being cast. "Let us try to determine if the crown is safe to remove before attempting it."
Nyd attempts to identify the nature of the stones. Nyd will use a charge from his wand of detect magic to support the effort. "Tharivol, make sure to break up the chant a little every once in a while. It would not do to activate some sort of ritual."
Overhearing Briar's question, Nyd speaks up. "I have never encountered a dragon in person, and it was not something I had been prepared for." Nyd pauses a bit before considering, his tone less sure. "My...'trainers' told me, that in the unlikely event that I should encounter one, to simply ignore it. More specifically it was said, 'Dragons see themselves as separate from other and unless they want something specific from you, they are likely to ignore you.'" "My own reading and scuttlebutt I have heard indicate that they are proud, possibly to a fault, and grow stronger and larger with age."
"Was the cult leader a dragon, or was he someone who changed into a dragon? There was that weird dragon shard embedded in him after all."
"I absolutely request we take at least a short rest first, however. I need to regain spell slots at an absolute minimum.
"We should check to see if the cult let any intelligence behind."
"We should pursue. We cannot let her restart the cult elsewhere!" Nyd sets action to words and begins pursuit with by moving in the direction of the fleeing Kalashtar.
Finally shaking off the dragon's aura of fear, Nyd rapidly moved to the south-east next to Veratash so he could support the team with his short-ranged heal spell. Nyd says as quietly as he can on the battlefield and still be heard."Vertash, I am still not really equipped for non-lethal takedowns. I can change targets if you believe it would be beneficial however." Nyd once again gestures with his standby spell, this time adding the extra gestures required to use his largest spell slot. The bolts of force appear and race towards the dragon, while preparing to counter either the dragon's breath weapon, or the next spell that Veratash's companion used.
"Artur, dragons are a little much! Despite his words, Nyd waves his wand and again launches four bolts of force against the supernatural creature.
Nyd flinches backwards. Dragon's were powerful beyond what he was equipped, mentally and physically, to handle. "So much for the conversation of resources!" Nyd chuckles in a way that felt quite fatalistic. "I suppose it is time to go 'all-in' as some people say!" Nyd gestures with his wand, and four bolts of magic fly across the field towards the dragon.
As the spell raced forth, Nyd prepared to counter the dragon if it attempted to cast a spell, or to blunt the force of its breath weapon if it were to target Nyd himself.
Nyd moves closer to the main party, and points his wand a the remaining Dolgaunt. "Vertash, I hope you know what you are doing! I am not equipped for non-lethal takedowns!" Even as Nyd says this the Dolgaunt, frosts over once again.
"I have Veratash if someone else could stabilize Artur!" Nyd gestures with his wand, which he touches to the dying Veratash.
Nyd stands unsteadily, and advances 15 feet closer to the majority of the party. Discovering that he had just gotten close enough, Nyd gestures with his wand, launching a blob of acid that strikes both Dolgaunt.
Nyd winces as the Chuul throws of the effects of his spell, but he feels no choice but to continue.
"I am going to be conserving resources. Please let me know if I need to bring greater power to bear." Nyd quickly draws his wand and makes the sharp mathamtical gestures of his Frosbite spell, frosting the Chull over.
Overhead Asuz flies overwatch, doing her very best to prevent the group from being ambushed on their way to the ambush.
'The preventative maintenance has been working.' Nyd thought to himself as he moved silently over the broken ground.
Nyd approaches Batul and quietly hands the orc his metal-sheet spell book. "Not all of your people will be participating in this battle. Please give the most trustworthy this tome. Assuming I return I will reclaim it, however, if we do not return, there are instructions for its distribution in the inside cover. Great care should be taken that the instructions be followed, the tome contains secrets different, but just as dangerous, as the ones the cultist seek."
"A tribe like the Bonetree gathers many enemies, are there any other local tribes that might want to join in the assualt?" While it is difficult to tell, Nyd looks momentarily concerned. "Also, I wish your people to stay as safe a possible. Do not stand and fight if you do not have to, hit-and-fade tactics would be better.
Nyd takes time to swap spells around, removing Ice Knife in exchange for Invisibility.
"Do not perform the attack early on my behalf," Nyd lowers a pair of googles over his face. "My visions is more than sufficient."
"I can make people temporarily invisible." Nyd replies slowly. "I don' have enough slots to make the entire team invisible by myself, and it will not have any effect on any supernatural senses the creatures might have."
"Information is one of the greatest of all weapons. So anything you can tell us about the Bonetree tribe would be of use."
Nyd is silent for the moment. Giving everyone, including himself, a moment to center themselves.
Nyd moves forward cautiously, not moving at full speed, but making sure he was close enough to insure that his shorter ranged spells had sufficient reach. He then makes the mathematical gestures that summons killing frost at the phantom.
Realizing that the opening created by his party, Nyd gestures mechanically with his wand, and launches a bolt of chilling cold frosts the phantom over.
Nyd begins to repeat his gestures from the previous spell, but the gestures go on a bit longer, and a little more complex, as Nyd uses a higher spell slot to cast the anti-apparition spell.
And again, Nyd prepares to counter spells or elemental damage, though it seems that this foe might wield neither.
Nyd gestures at the phantom with his wand, causing three bolts of magical energy to unerringly fly out and strike the phantom.
Nyd also readies to absorb elements if the phantom attacks that way, or to counter-spell if it attempts to launch a spell.
"Straight ahead as is good a direction as any other. We don't have a more effective path, and the sooner we are clear of this place, the better."
"Ah, I have broken through the illusion. Thank you, Zdravko. I do not regret spending the spell to stabilize you, however, for all that some of this place is illusion, some of it appears not to be."
"Is this a memorial for the fallen, or a celebration of what the Daelkyr have done?" "Also, should we stop to recover our wounds? While I certainly have not desire to stay here," Nyd does something like a Warforged shudder, "I also wouldn't want to run into another 'real' thing with many injuries."
Looking at the situation, Nyd is split on his actions. While he could heal Zdravko, what would require him stepping closer to the severed limbs.... Which with great relucatance, Nyd does reaching out with a glowing hand to touch Zdravko. "Tharivol, keep woking on the door. I will support from here."
"Zdravk! Pull back and we will attempt to repair the damage!" Nyd gestures sharply and quickly. Using one of his more powerful slots
Nyd shivers, still unsettled by the conditions of the site. Seeing the limbs Nyd shivers harder, this was close to a personal nightmare of his. "Fall and cease!" With a shout Nyd gestures with his most common spells, and launches three magic missiles at the swarm of limbs.
Nyd, a little too shaken to speak eloquently, just shrugs.
Nyd eyes the 'decorations' of the Sharp "Subtle decorations," he says in a tone so dry the sarcasm might as well be wearing a hat. Nyd eyes the gate doors. "If no one else minds, I believe it would be best if I opened these doors. I am far less likely to catch something from their poorly maintained condition."
"I am sometimes quite grateful about the nature of my construction. This appears to be one of those times.
Nyd shivers a bit at the howl. "Do you think that is a sign of intimidation, or occupation?"
"I'll admit you have a point at least on the trust issue. On the other point, however, I was think of us more like a small scouting force." "You are right that this tribe would have its own way of doing things, so letting them do them while we attend to other maters ahead of them seems to be a more optimal. Admittedly this would require more trust on our part, so I can see where the difficulties might lie, but we also don't know the true extent of our enemy either. This might just be a single cult that's put some leaders in the right place, but it also might be a significant foothold, and we cannot always count on being able to sneak up on our enemies." Nyd shrugs. "At the very least, they would be a loud distraction."
"I am afraid I have to respectfully disagree Artur. While I too am reluctant to get others involved in our problems, I suspect in this case we have gotten involved in other's problems. Additional force multipliers are always useful, even if they just--what was the phrase? 'Hold our cloaks.'" Nyd gestures at the fortress. "In addition, there is much to learn from how the enemy builds. This is an opportunity we should not pass, though all due precautions should be taken, of course." And with that Nyd casts Mage Armor on himself, and raising his Arcane Ward. He also carefully unpacks his lantern and hangs it on his belt, while at the same time lowering his goggles over his eyes. "And besides, the odds of us not being watch at this point are--low at the very best."
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