Snaggletooth looks at Caksusa and Jervase. "I not forget. Once things settle down, we ask her about cure or treatment. She good person under mean exterior. And she can't help us, we find somebody else."
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"Okay, as long as you surrender the amulet. The amulet represents your passion for Dreamer's cause. As long you cling to past, you trapped in it. Let past go and I do same for you." Snaggletooth looks him in the eyes.
"Yes, I help you." Snaggletooth says to Caksusa. He takes his rope and ties one end around Caksusa's waist and ties the other to himself. He then crosses over to the other side and takes in the slack as Caksusa moves to Gratitude's corpse. As Caksusa picks up the body and his back is turned. Snaggletooth quickly cuts the tripwire, all while acting like he is focused on the retrieval. As Caksusa drags Gratitude's corpse to the side, Snaggletooth lays out his cultist cloak to use as a burial shroud. "May you find peace you deserve in next world." Snaggletooth quietly says to the corpse.
"Monster not coming here, looks like. Caine, we should go over and finish it off." Snaggletooth looks over at Caine and nods at the beholder.
"You keep talking like that, Rishi, and I feed you to monster." Snaggletooth warns the captive seer. "Be nice. You still live."
"Everyone not understand plan?" Snaggletooth asks Caine. "Idea to bring monster here in THIS room." He raises his voice for the others to hear. "Caksusa, Jervace, follow plan please, shoot then fall back. Others will follow, eventually." He looks over at the captive Rishi. "Monster understand importance of amulet, maybe? Maybe we use it to control him?" He asks the still bound seer.
"That right! Stupid monster kill nice Gratitude! Monster must be destroyed!" Snaggletooth reinforces Caksusa's statement.
Snaggletooth tries to insult the beholder, "Look, Big Eye! You stink like dead fish!!" And he throws his dagger at the beast. He then sticks his tongue out at the beholder as his dagger returns to his hand. He then turns around and moves back into the Eye Room.
"I thought I wrecked it so no one could use, but let me look...." Snaggletooth looks at the device. "I can fix, so you can move blades."
As he stands next to Leo, Snaggletooth growls. "Nice Tiefling is dead. Did monster get him? Or did he try to cross and fail?" He snarls in spite of himself. "I blame monster. Monster bad, monster die."
Rev
Spoiler: OMG! You are the best DM ever and one of the evilest people I know!!! Gratitude tripped over Snaggletooth's tripwire and fell onto the scythes, didn't he?? Holy crap! That is so awesome! And tragic. I liked him. Snaggletooth did, too. Let me know if I am right, please. I still can't get over it. THIS is why I love playing with you. Man!
Snaggletooth moves up to the edge of the platform to get a good shot in.
"So tunnel is only way? Then we need to go. If monster attack, then monster die. There are eight of us. We kill it if we have to. Just be prepared."
"It dead thing with many eyes, and one big mouth." Snaggletooth says with a shiver. "I not want to fight it, but I not see another way. Maybe new friends know monster, can talk to it, maybe let us by?"
"I not familiar with good religion ceremonies, but I know lots of bad ones and flowing blood is always bad sign. If no want to come with us, that your choice. You go do what you want. You want to stay here, that your choice. I not make it for you. Big mean lady not only person who we ask for help, just first one. You come with me and I find you help. I make promise. But you not have to come with me. If you stay, you must find new way. Dreamer is bad thing who want to come here. If you try to summon him again, then we come back and kill you, like Vol-kanth and others. I not make threat, I just speak truth. And if it not us, then it someone else. Only way to live is to help others. All other paths lead to death. But if you think staying here, studying old things will help you, then stay here. Just don't do bad things. I not know much about magic sickness. I not healer or wizard. But if you come with me, I find somebody who know about sickness and how to live with it. That my promise to you. But if you no like that path, choose your own. But you not get artifact to complete bad ritual. Stop thinking that. Dreamer is false hope. You not control him, if you bring him here. He control you, you become slaves. That why staying here bad idea. Better to go some place else. Get away from Dreamer. Stay here give him another chance to get you. But choice is yours. We have to go, return artifact to big mean lady. Try to stop us, and you suffer old friends fate. (He points to the dead cultists) You come with me, I take you out of here and back to real world. This place stink of bad dreams and false hope." Rev Spoiler:
Moment of Truth. Do the cultists believe in Snaggletooth's promise? Should we roll for it? It matters not to me. I am tired of being the thief, though. This would a good way to retire the character, Snaggletooth helping others to find the right path to live. I still like his personality, but being a kobold rogue just isn't as much fun as it used to be. I think I would like to try something else. So, as far as that goes, we can take them along with us as we finish the quest.
"I grateful, Cak-susa, that you realize that ritual not what it seem. Fire-lady's sister was going to hurt people. Volkanth maybe wanted to help you, but at what price? It hurt much when you find out you put hope in wrong place. Will you and Jer-vace come with us, go to big mean lady? She mean, but good. She big person in Leo's church. If she cannot help you, then I go with you and we find someone else. Other people live with magic sickness. We can find them and find out how." Snaggletooth's eyes alight with promise as he talks with the former cultists. He truly believes that help is right around the corner. Then he looks straight at Caksusa and says, "Or if you not trust us, then you free to go own way. We not stop you. You help us stop big bad thing from happening here. You good person. As long as you not hurt other people, you can go and find cure or treatment. But I speak truth, you did right thing today. So today is good day. Today is day of redemption. You come with me on my path, or make your own. Choice is yours." Rev and anyone who cares about the converted cultist subplot:
Spoiler: this is the hard part of converting your enemies. what do they do when they aren't trying to do their fiendish plot? They are not heros. In fact, they are disillisioned bad guys, still holding to the hope the BBG gave them. If they believe Snaggletooth's words, they are welcome to come with us back to the "mean lady". She being connected to the religious community may know of other churches or people who are treating spellplague victims. It's the only thing Snaggletooth's got. Or they can go their own way. Maybe they helped because they wanted to save their skins, although you are playing it that they truly believed Snaggletooth when he told them there was a better way. But now when they get details, they may decide they made a mistake and just go off and form their own cult. Rishi's still got the amulet, although not for long. If Caksusa decides Snaggletooth is just a well-meaning kobold who can't deliver on his promises, then they might be better off on their own. This was far more complicated than I expected from Snaggletooth's usual "ask for surrender before killing bad guys" tactic. Good show, Rev, good show. I look forward to seeing where this goes. And if the church of Kelemvor can't help, Snaggletooth will keep his word and go off-screen with the cultists, allowing me to take another character. I am good either way.
Snaggletooth ties up the 'bad' seer with his rope, using a special kobold double reverse knot to make sure he is secure. He cuts up part of the seer's robe and shows it to him. "For now, you not gagged. If I tired of hearing you speak, I put rag in your mouth." Then he quickly goes over to Volnath's body and searches it for the artifact. He also folds the arms and closes the eyes of the body. He proceeds to do the same for the rest of the corpses. He brings the artifact to Leo. "This belong to your church. You protect it until we get it back." He looks at Perigia and says, "I not know story about sister. You explain to Pretty Man so he not confused." Snaggletooth smiles. "I go talk to new friends." Then he goes over to the good seer and the lackey and sits down on the platform with them. "You did right thing. We protected innocents from spellplague monsters." He notices their looks of confusion. "Not berserkers. Volnath promised Dreamer's power to control magic sickness,yes? Power yes, but control? Ritual summon Dreamer to this world, right? What Dreamer do here? Some your fellow believers say he make more magic sickness. Make everyone get magic sickness. Create monsters out of animals, very bad. Dreamer not make everything better. He just want to come here and need people here to let him in. That not god. Gods not need people help to come here. Only bad things need people help. So you help us stop bad thing. Now you start on path of redemption." He looks at their eyes and says, "I know magic sickness hurt you. I not know how to fix that. I not wizard or healer. But I know that doing right thing is the path to redemption. Once you start doing right thing, it become easier. Next thing you know, it first thing you want to do, not the second or third. Then you know you redeemed. If you have trouble knowing what right thing to do is, get friends who know right things. They help you remember to do right things. Most important to only hurt bad people who are trying to hurt others. If someone hurt innocent person to do their 'right' thing, it not true right thing. I learn that much." He smiles at them. "I not perfect. I get angry, say dumb things, get tempted to take other people's stuff. But I also try to do right thing every day. That how I get to be famous hero, not bad kobold thug." "If you come with us, I try to find people who know how to treat magic sickness. Maybe they make it hurt less. What you say?"
"Death will be your freedom." Snaggletooth thinks as he strikes.
"You fall into my trap, seer-person. Now there is no escape for you." Snaggletooth says as he closes for the attack. As he strikes, he thinks, "now you no hurt my friend"
After he stabs the Seer, Snaggletooth smiles a little bit. "Now there no place for you to go."
Snaggletooth smoothly moves across the floor to the platform and the enemy seer. He stabs at the seer and thinks, "You no harm Fire-Lady any more." Then he moves in front of the seer and says with his arms outstretched. "You no harm nice Fire-Lady any more. You should have surrendered. Now you are going to die by this blade. The Dreamer's blade." He shows the blade to the seer.
Snaggletooth moves out of the blood rain and looks for an opening. 'There, now strike true.' he thinks as he stabs.
The blade goes deep into the berserker. Looking over his shoulder at the other one, Snaggletooth quickly decides to move out of range. With a burst of speed and agility, he moves to the side of the room.
Snaggletooth gives Caine a nod to acknowledge the plan. He carefully moves into position and strikes deeply. "I hope the other one doesn't team up on me." He thinks as he strikes.
"Don't listen to him, Seer-person. If you surrender, I make sure others not harm you. But must surrender now. Before it too late." Snaggletooth pleads with the Seer. "You want better way, I show you. But must surrender to me now."
"You talk of redemption but you still do bad things. Or you believe lies. Redemption comes when you stop doing bad things. Stop hurting other people. Then you get redemption. You believe Dreamer give you power to control your magical disease? What you do with such power? Help other people? Or hurt them?" Snaggletooth pauses for a second, then continues. With his off-hand, he points at himself. "I use to hurt others, strangers who not do anything to me. I hurt them, kill them and steal their stuff. I was bad. Then I shown better way. Now I help people, protect strangers and fight against those who try to hurt them. People like you. You want redemption? Surrender and I show you better way."
Snaggletooth finds his voice. "Seer person, Why you continue to fight? I kill your boss, you are next! Surrender and find mercy, fight and you die!"
Snaggletooth thinks to himself as he strikes, "May the Dreamer die with you!"
"Keep on leader, he must be stopped!" Snaggletooth tells his companions.
Snaggletooth's mind races. "Is it possible? Are we perhaps on the wrong side here?" he thinks to himself. Then he remembers what Gratitude and the other cultists said. "You not want cure for magic sickness, you just want more power. You want more people to get magic sickness, make more people like you." He looks over at Brujo and nods towards him. "I see magic sickness, in friend Brujo. I see how it hurt him and affect his mind. He fights the sickness, but not you. You like the sickness, you want more sickness because sickness gives you power. You NOT good guy." Snaggletooth voice is resolute in its tone, the indecision is gone.
"You not confuse us. You attack pilgrims, attack US on road! You try to kill little girl! Little girl is my friend. I not like big stupid lady but she not bad like you. Your people attack us again near cave. Seer summon nasty monsters to kill us upstairs. You NOT good guys, you bad guys!" Snaggletooth snarls at Volkath. But he does sound a little confused.
"I just remember you attacked innocents to get what you want." He stares at Volkath. "No matter what Dreamer said, you bad guys. Dreamer say to use his stuff in good cause. Best cause I can see is stopping you. Give up and I let you live." He lifts the dreamstone blade up to show it to him. "Only offer you get today. Or you die on Dreamer's sword."
"Call off your men and we talk. I call off mine." Snaggletooth says with a raised eyebrow. "I not want to kill any more people." He says sincerely.
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