Bait stops mid-cast and doesn't add insult to injury by dropping the unconscious Helkit into a pit, as teh drop might have killed her..
"Oh wow, Matsu! REmind me not to piss you off!" Bait grins as he says this...
When Helkit comes around and concedes with some grace, he nods and smiles a little. As she leaves, he says to her, "Thank you, Ma'am. You've got a good spirit."
When she's gone, he turns to his companions and says, "She's as gracious as she is formidable... don't want to piss her off either."
Bait shows up at the arena in his Eclipse guise, leaving Buddy behind in the inn... Cinder is with him as usual...
He turns away at the sight of the cube, shaking his head in disgust... "This isn't what we promised them.. it's barbaric.. and ... and... and not nice!"
I agree, let's report and deliver our captives before we consider more... perhaps Smine might have some input on that.
"Before we consider talking to this Helkit, which may or may not be a good idea at all, we should head back, report what we've found, and deliver those in our custody."
The Eclipse stands guard over the 'prisoners' while some or all of the others search the captain's quarters/office.
When the journal and its contents are revealed, he lofts a brow... "Helkit? Who's that?"I can't believe I never put points into know local for him... sigh... gotta remedy that next level
Bait sighs, and tries to entangle her legs with his whip, careful not to do damage, unless she falls down, in which case the damage shouldn't kill her, just knock her out at worst.
cmb for dirty trick:1d20 + 6 ⇒ (9) + 6 = 15
well that's just sad
He sighs as the coil of his whip swirls on the ground a moment like a beached sea snake... then snaps it back to himself "Guess she's gonna reneg on our little agreement...Was a kind of iffy proposition anyway... probably for the best."
... and Lady Bell... don't make me wrap my whip around your ankles... I'd hate to see you fall down and get hurt." the Eclipse stands, abandoning Evariel for a moment, and strikes a pose with his whip, cracking it once to emphasize his words...
intim:1d20 + 15 ⇒ (18) + 15 = 33
where was that 18 when I was trying to activate the wand!!?
Eclipse tries 4 times to get his wand to work, then walks over to Fade with an embarrassed shrug. "I'll take that to him..." He takes the potion, returns to the elf's side and pours the potion carefully down Evariel's throat.
clw:1d8 + 1 ⇒ (4) + 1 = 5
then, if Evariel is still out, tries his wand again...
umd:1d20 + 7 ⇒ (7) + 7 = 14
"I give up... In theory, it should work better than that..." He pulls out his own potion of clw and administers that as well.
clw:1d8 + 1 ⇒ (7) + 1 = 8
hopefully 13 points of healing is enough to wake up Evariel, and he can heal himself with his infernal healing wand
the Eclipse moves into the room, pulling his scorpion whip free as he moves... he spins around and tries to wrap it around Deremin and impede his free movement in its coils.
cmb to entangle deremin with whip:1d20 + 6 ⇒ (20) + 6 = 26\
you show bait with 12 damage... where was that from? if it was from 1/2 of the dmg from that spell, he's got evasion, so saving should mean no damage, right?
Sorry if I'm a few posts behind... Husband is in surgery today and probably won't be able to post again til late tonight or tomorrow... Again, sorry for any delay - feel free to bot me to keep the action moving...thanks.
"I think Rysky might have a good solution... Let them earn their justice, whatever form it might take... They can mitigate their past acts by present ones... or exacerbate them, their choice... You know, Pathfinders have reputations of being 'murder-hobos' and we frequently have to overcome that erroneous view of what we do... so I understand having to prove one's good intentions. Let them prove theirs and earn a lesser sentence, or maybe even probation to the Society if they are true to their word."
"Ten gold? Must be a hefty bounty, as your captain and Deremin probably kept a lion's share for themselves... Who would pay such a bounty for Pathfinder miscellania?"
The Eclipse activates his cape of the mountebank and dimension doors back onto the barge in the middle so he's not near anyplace the croc can get him again...
Bait targets the group with another glitterdust, hoping to blind the three that aren't - the lady, and her two sighted lackeys. dc 15 will to avoid blindness.
The Eclipse (Bait) casts mage armor and shield on himself, and readies to haste the party when the ships are close enough for boarding maneuvers, one way or the other.
In bright glow of radiating rays of light and with a chord hanging in the air like the plucking of an angelic harp, Bait rises up off the barge by a few feet, and spins quickly in the air. Suddenly there's a corruscating rainbow flash and the form that lowers to the dock in Bait's place is totally different from the halfling 'child' that had stood there a moment ago. image
"Behold, I'm the evil twin... you may call me 'The Eclipse'!"
Cinder jumps up on his shoulders, purring loudly, her fur standing out in all directions, perhaps a result of Bait's transformation, or perhaps because of Fade gathering power. She kneeds on his shoulder contentedly.
"Gah.... not another jacket, Cinder! You're going right through the material! Ow!"
