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Mira scowls at being asked to run from a fight, but she wastes no time in complying. She heaves Zoltan over her back and vanishes, reappearing beside Lenna.
Mira could carry him out, but I'm not so sure it will help us. I mean, they can definitely open the wall from inside, right? Will we get an advantage by spending a turn running away?
Ooh, now might be the time for that scroll of blessing of fervor too...
Mira shrugged. "I mean, we kinda knew it was bad news from the get-go, right? Something about trees withering? And it looks like the dwarves weren't able to destroy it, so it's gotta go somewhere. Might as well get some plat out of the deal."
Back in the northeastern room, Mira does her best to push past the barrier.
"I wonder what this Crucible looks like, anyway," Mira muses, prompting the others for thoughts. "What are we searching for?"
Mira shrugs. "Not sure they could've known we'd be letting them go. We've been pretty... thorough, so far."
Mira rubs her hands together thoughtfully. "We definitely shouldn't kill the baby triceratops. I bet that could fetch a great price with the right buyers." She turns to inspect the tunnel entrance. "As for scaring the kobolds, an illusion sounds good to me."
Mira nods, sorting through the blades with interest. "Totally. Gotta strike the iron while it's bloody, and all that."
"Oh, that would be helpful!" Mira accepts the garment from Zoltan, offering her own cloak in return.
Mira glides down to the ground and shifts back into human form as she lands. ".........," she says, grinning broadly, then she blinks and closes a hand over the string around her wrist. "Sorry, just... wow. That spell of yours, Lenna, I could get used to that." She twirls her axe experimentally, still feeling the magic for a few seconds. "The flying too." As Lenna prompts the bodies for information, Mira searches them for any items of interest.
I think our plan is perfect and we should do it immediately.
I'm ready as well, I think our plan is in good shape. Sunreturn should get enlarged for his reach tactics; it doesn't stack with Mira's polymorphing anyway. But she certainly wouldn't say no to an extra strength bonus! Lenna, it's your spell slots, so the invisibility is up to you. Let's just make a decision and go for it. We got this!
Then sure, let's go for the stealth. Mira can't really carry a silence object if she's changing shape, so she'll just try to stay near someone who is while we're approaching.
If you have the spells for it, sure, but I'm just worried about how much more we might be doing today.
Probably not worth the spell slot - she's not trained in Stealth, she'll be attacking soon enough, and before then if she's tanking hits that means she's doing her job. It's mostly been useful for avoiding attacks of opportunity, and she should be able to fly over those now.
Sure. Lenna, ready to scout it out for us?
Accelerate sounds amazing, thanks! So we should be able to get barksin, bless, and bull's strength up from a good distance, and maybe invisibility for Lenna. Then right before going in we can cast accelerate, enlarge person, long arm, weapons again evil, and possibly silence if time permits.
Yep!
Mira's got an enlarge person scroll she can use on Sunreturn if need be. The nice thing about silence is that you can cast it on a small object and block the effect whenever you want just by covering the object with your hand.
"Hey, only one way to find out!"
"Sounds good to me. Why wait for them to corner us?" As they step over the small kobolds by the rubble, Mira pauses. She checks to see if any of them are still alive but unconscious. If not, she continues on toward the next chamber.
With the urgency of battle over, Mira looks down and winces as she inspects her stab wounds. "Ooh, that's not good. Lenna, your magic just saved us several times over, but I could use a bit more if you've got it." After asking for healing Mira retrieves her sling, then tugs at one of the kobold's unusual belts. "Hey Liz, c'mere." She unbuckles the belt and straps it tightly over the small dinosaur's torso.
Mira steps after the kobold and chops with her axe once more.
Axe in hand, Mira drops her sling and rushes forward under the cover of invisibility to swing at the final kobold.
Ah, my bad, I've been trying to wait on your performance before acting but I got a little eager. If you'd like you could always port Liz! She'd be hitting for 1d6+8 right now, but I don't trust her Acrobatics to get her past their reach.
Wary of the kobolds' spears, Mira steps back and drops her axe. With a flick of an arm a sling slides into her hand, and she quickly hurls a bullet at the kobold attacking Zoltan.
Mira blinks out of view and scrambles invisibly to her feet, stepping under the kobold's spear to deliver another blow with her axe.
Mira crashes heavily to the ground, the wind knocked out of her. She struggles to draw in a breath, much less avoid the onslaught of blows. But then Lenna's perfectly timed dance defies the laws of this material plane, and Mira rolls sideways into nothingness. She rolls out of nothingness at the feet of the northernmost kobold. Still flat on her back, Mira swings her butchering axe at the creature's scaly legs.
Mira takes one look and charges forward, chopping at the nearest kobold with her axe. Despite being in human form, she snarls.
Draconic:
"I dunno, your skin seems pretty soft to me too." Meanwhile, Liz moves to block the southwest exit.
Liz gives a disdainful snort and Mira smiles. "Nothing too dangerous that way, probably just some kobolds." She pauses. "If they call in the dragon to sandwich us things could get messy. But on the plus side I'd get to try my hand at growing wings - I think I've figured out the trick to it."
She loses the talons but can still grow horns and claws with her rage powers, so she'll have four attacks instead of six. Otherwise the stats are the same.
On the plus side, Mira can now turn into a flying dimorphodon when needed.
"Sure. But she can hear you, by the way." Liz gives a toothy grin and creeps toward the northeast passage, sniffing the air.
"Okay, I don't know anything about dragons, but they're basically dinosaurs with wings, right?" "And dinos have a decent sense of smell, so if you make a creature or something the scent might give it away. On the other hand, it worked with that triceratops for a little while."
Mira looks thoughtful at Zoltan and Sunreturn's suggestions. "I do like the idea of beating them at their own game. You say you've figured out these tunnels? Could some of us circle back and surround them?"
Mira raises her eyebrows at the news, but looks a little pleased. "Dragon, huh? Well, if it comes down to it that dance of yours might help protect us from its breath." She surveys the remaining passageways. "But for now, how about we keep going north?"
"Sure, why not? Hasn't failed us yet." She pauses before crossing to the doorway. "At least, not lethally."
Well, we identified it as this, right? Doesn't look too useful as a weapon, but the restoration and divination effects could be really handy. GM, would the exchange be for half price or full? Mira will want replacements for her scrolls of comprehend languages and expeditious retreat, plus maybe detect undead and true strike for good measure. We should probably also grab some holy water and other splash weapons for battles like this last one. So that's about 200 gp so far... Oh, and as for loot don't forget we also found those potions of eagle's splendor and beast shape - if memory serves they're now with Lenna and Sunreturn respectively.
If Lenna doesn't ask for anything, Mira chimes in. "Well, I could use some new scrolls. Maybe we could trade in that clasp Sunreturn found?" Mira examines the emerald clasp, trying to determine its value.
Highlights of Mira's level-up: - can turn into a dimorphodon for flight
"I'd say maybe a thousand gold apiece?" Mira peers closely at the gemstones. "My folks had a buyer who liked to pay in jewels. Something something anonymity, aka they wanted to show off how rich they were."
Distractions now gone, Mira examines the statue for a moment, then chucks a piece of rubble at it. A few more follow, in a crude attempt to check for traps. If she finds none, she approaches it and pries off the eyes with the edge of her axe, holding them up to one of her floating lights. "Not bad."
Seeing the apparition destroyed by Sunreturn's spell, Mira shifts back into her human form. She seems to just now remember the horde of tiny lizards trying ineffectually to bite her. With a sudden bellow, she brings her dancing lights plummeting toward them in an arc that mimics Zoltan's fire, trying to startle them into dispersing like the others. Liz follows suit, giving another cluster of lizards her most predatory growl.
Mira nods in agreement. She speaks softly, but her voice sounds clearly in your ears. "I've got some scrolls as well. And one of you should take this cloak, it will protect against spells and traps and such." She holds out the kobold's cloak to the others. "I like the beasty idea, Sunreturn. I'll be ready when something goes wrong. If! I mean if." She gives the room one last scan for traps or magic. Then she stands at the ready.
Mira concentrates further on the items... ...and discovers absolutely nothing.
With her wounds healed and her vision cleared Mira seems much more steady, though she does keep looking down at Liz in sheer bafflement. Lenna's comment even brings a laugh out of her. "Not likely. The part of dinosaur-raising I was best at was pinning them to floor of their pens when they got too rowdy. And look where that's got me." She tilts her head thoughtfully. "Though if we do spot some eggs I might be able to find a buyer..." Seeing Sunreturn retrieve some items of interest from the kobold, Mira scans them with her trusty radar. Mira whistles at the sight of the strange room. "Don't know about you guys, but I've got a twinge in my shoulder that screams 'trap'."
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