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Nope, you are worrying the correct amount. We should definitely keep it, but it seems whomever uses it - it'll be a back up weapon for this situation. Thus it might be best for Nicea/Samara/Zara - Nicea might be able to do damage without it? Zara/Samara both have finesse, of course Zara does pathetic damage even if it wasn't me rolling.

Thus ideally I'd guess Samara, who could do sneak attack with it???

Zara could also learn Bless or one of those 'Magic Weapon' style spells, to help overcome stuff like that.

*Work related: And I did write a Room Data Sheet for a 'Dungeon' today**

Holy moly, I've just used Caryatid Column as it's meant to be used at work.

But regarding the short sword, Zara can use it - in fact it's about as good as her scarves - but would not be the ideal. Saying that it seems everyone has other preferred weapons.

Zara still has a wand of CLW with 19 charges in it. With her level and her channeling, we 'might' have enough healing.... *touch wood*

So we could use the money to buy an item for someone who needs it?

Zara mutters softly; "Hadn't noticed. Then she goes over to the mercenary and orders him to write down what he knows, what happened as an informal testimony.

Whilst he does this, she gives him a slight lecture on how he should try to be a bit more careful and to be a better person no matter how bad things get.

This taken care of, she heads with the group towards town.

Yeah, sorry. Unsurprisingly Zara would be for letting the man go. Maybe he writes a testimony, which we don't have to pass on. But we do give him a lecture and hope he changes his ways.

Yeah just sort of confirming in game.

Zara's mouth is agape at Nicea's comment: 'I'm not that bad?' she thinks.

Then she adds, "This will allow the townsfolk to see justice is done, that they will now be safer." she coughs softly. "And that we are telling the truth."

"Plus as you say Samara, there's the chance of a reward. Oh, and it gives these the opportunity to plead their case. Which reminds me, what did you do with the mercenary man?" the dancer asks Nicea.

I don't believe we need anyone new, especially with a potential discord/pbp dual format. Obviously if there's anyone we know, then we could include them, like an Oladon, kindral, ODV-type. But obviously my judgement isn't great, especially with AWWE & Peebs.

As for a new thread I like this one and unless we actually commit some some rapid posts, a new one could seem anaemic. However a new start could prompt a flurry of posts.

"Well, not sure we did the best thing saving Nualia and the magic lady. Are you sure you're alright Nicew, not angry still?" Zara asks as they leave Thistletop bound for Sandpoint.

I can do anytime, heck I can even stay upto 4am.... cos I've totally not be doing that the last few days.

What sort of time are we looking at?

Whilst Silva investigates, Zara softly prays to her Goddess for help against their foes.

Casts Guidance on Samara & Nicea

"Perhaps it's a scarecrow, I'd find scarecrows scarier if they had armour on..." Zara whispers as she moves after Nicea & Samara.

Quietly walking into the foyer, she focuses upon the suit of armour to detect if there any magical energies.
Cast: Detect Magic

"There's probably someone through here, so lets get ready..." She whispers standing near the door ready to burst into the room.

Once getting to the top of the stairs, Zara focuses and preys to the Lady of Illusions for her cleansing healing powers.

Channel Energy Healing all CE: 2d6 ⇒ (6, 5) = 11
Followed by CLW to Samara; CLW: 1d8 + 4 ⇒ (3) + 4 = 7

"There do you feel better? Lets move." Once everyone is out of the stairwell, Zara jams an iron spike into the door to try & hold it. Bending down attempting secure the iron wedge and the portal into an immovable object especially from stupid goblins.

Seemingly Zara has 10 of them, is it a Know (Eng) roll?

"This room?" She moves to the nearest untried door on the left as they leave the stairwell, putting her ear to it for a very quick listen.
Perception: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (6) + 2 = 8

"Got that covered, let's just nip into this room." Zara says hurriedly with a flick of her wrist pointing to a nearby door & a sashay towards it showing what she doesn't have covered.
Zara's got a few CMW/CLW & channels left

Rushing up the stairs, Zara gasps. "So do we; lock & bar the door - explore & kill everyone up here, try and find a different way down. Or do we attempt to sow chaos. Or do we just leave and come back another day - tho' they may hunt us.... or be more prepared."

I'm Ok being herded.

Groaning on the floor, Zara calls upon her reserves of strength to accomplish what she started to do & flicks her scarf with a ritual intonation - releasing the power of her Goddess.

Remain Prone but Channel Energy - selecting the Bugbear to be omitted :P CE Heal: 2d6 ⇒ (6, 6) = 12

Zara spins around about after trying to help Nicea when Samara cries out and pole-axes to the ground. Her eyes blaze with anger at the ugly abomination that has hurt her friend, and with a swirl of scarves she starts to call upon her Goddess to help heal the downed elf.

The DC of 19 for combat casting is too high for Zara's wisdom, thus I'll hope to avoid the AoO...
Standard Action: Cure Moderate Wounds.... HP heal: 2d8 + 4 ⇒ (6, 6) + 4 = 16

I'll take average HP too. :)

Just making sure I wanted to continue with Cleric... there was an interesting Scarf-dancer Magus option. Plus the stat increase for Zara is a bit weird, her stats are so similar.

"Good plan, let me give you strength." Zara says, gracefully moving over to Nicea whilst incanting to the Goddess for the power to overcome their evil foes when beset on all sides by them.

Move: Next to Nicea
Standard: Cast Bulls Strength on Nicea

"Do we try one of those doors? And go after him or prepare to barricade against the oncoming forces?" Zara asks hurriedly.

Whoops I was reading that as 20 for Zara & 18 for the Bugbear d'oh

Since I'm first in turn one, but don't have a readied action.

Zara nips forwards softly standing behind Davben, her scarf dangling in one hand whilst the other gestures like a Hindi dancer as she calls upon the Goddess Sivanah's favour.

Move: Behind Davben
Standard: Cast Guidance on Davben

Zara softly says a prayer to Sivanah to guide her hand in the forthcoming conflict. She grasps the hem of her scarf in readiance for the door to open.

Cast Guidance on self

'I'm not a naked punchy type...oh he means Davben.'

"Alright, Nicea." Zara moves to the three o'clock door and crouches down and listens.

Perception: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (19) + 2 = 21
She opens her mouth in a wide O and points to the southern door, slipping off her scarf quietly.

"We might as well do this as a group." Zara says obliviously whilst waiting for the stealthy pair; "Who wants to go down first."

"Do we leave enemies at our back, or move downstairs - whilst remaining fresh?" Zara wonders softly; "I don't want anyone coming up behind me, but assuming the greatest dangers are below then it's prudent to go there first."

"So not like us?" Zara says wryly, waiting at the bottom of the ladder. "Here let me give you guys a bit of Sivanah's wisdom and we can go through that door." She points at the nearby door and gets ready to open it so the others can rush in.

Guidance on all, since it's hard mode. In the order, Nicea, Samara, Davben, Silva, Damieka. Which door we going through? The single door next to the dorm or the double doors?

Aye, hit them hard & fast. Trying to avoid an alarm sounding - hopefully the gobbo's are too disorganised to have a proper alarm system anyway. Unfortunately I've no alarm spell, however if everyone holds still before we open the next door everyone can have Guidance.

Zara leans against the wall watching Davben and Samara climb up the guard tower. Then glances to Nicea's rear-guard position, with a reassuring nod.

Zara awaits for the pair to come down from the nest, before leading them to the door that Nicea nipped through. Seeing the lady covered in arterial blood, as well as the precise spray on Silva. "Are you alright?" she queries in a soft voice, realising the door to the right probably leads to another guard-tower.

"I believe, that's a guard tower.... occupied. Should we go through the double doors instead?" The dancer whispers softly, swaying gently to try and dry off.

Zara sneaks up the ladder to look into the goblin watchtower where Davben and Samara are, wrinkling her nose at the acrid vinegar smell mingled with the smell of blood. "Let's go to the others? The went west.... if you've finished here?" her voice drifts on the sea breeze.

Zara waits at the bottom for the sneaky duo to return, hoping that they haven't awoken any of the lookouts in the tower. 'Though goblins may not be the most diligent, surely the person in charge would've assigned someone competent... then again surely good lookouts would've seen the scene outside. But maybe not from this angle.' She second guesses herself, all the while wondering what's happening with Silva & Nicea.

Zara awaits at the bottom of the watchtower, for the sneaky pair to return from whatever scouting expedition that they've been doing. She silent chides herself, that she should've given the Goddesses guidance to then - whilst glancing towards where the others are.

Zara turns around at the slight noise behind her, but guesses that Nicea will soon staunch the sound - or call for help. Loosening her bladed scarf, she wraps it softly over her arm - in case Samara needs help with the carpenter(?) goblin.

Fortunately not hearing Samara's disturbing utterances, Zara backs away from the door and watches the elf get on with her work.

"Do we try a different route? Or try to pry the nails up now... we could do it later when it's safer. However if someone is hurt in there?" Zara vascillates, before firstly tapping the door to make sure there's no woodworm (or worse) and then putting her ear to it to listen.

Perception on Door: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (3) + 2 = 5

Sidling into the trophy room and looking at the walls with a shake of her head.
Perception: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (18) + 2 = 20
"Maybe it's best we let Red Mist do the howling, for there's a whole tribe of goblins here, that's alot to bring down on us at once. Let alone for Nualia and whomever else."

After having seen what the goblins did to Sandpoint, Zara isn't feeling merciful to the creatures and lets Nicea act without a word. Then she looks down at herself and the arterial streak of blood and shakes her head. 'A little blood is to be expected, but that reaping of Nicea's wasn't really...'

She gets a iron pot from her pack and creates water in it, adds a numb of soap that's quickly reduced to suds and then dumps the whole pot over her head. She looks back to where Samara's looting the bodies, before they're unceremoniously dumped down the cliff. "Anyone else want a quick shower? Although we'd best check out the garrison, it's a bit nippy out."

"Do we have to keep swearing in front of the goblins? Else we'll be the uncouth ones!" Zara despairs.

"I'm not a *@*!&!!" Zara mumbles softly, swinging away from the goblin creature with a dancers grace.

With a side-long glance to Nicea for her utterly filthy mouth, Zara sweeps her scarf down across the goblin in front of her.

Attack Gobbo Dog B: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (18) + 5 = 23
Damage: 1d6 ⇒ 1

Zara sashays forward, slipping off her jangling scarf skirt with it's shining sharpened coins sewn into the material. Silva's eyes drawn to the revealed pert scarf-clad behind, as the dancer spins forward to the party's shield wall. With a graceful swing of her shoulders she brings down the scarf in what some might ungenerously call a fisherman's cast across the dog that Davben attempted to strike.

Move between Davben & Nicea, whilst drawing bladed scarf
Attack (GDB): 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (2) + 5 = 7; Damage: 1d6 ⇒ 5

Looking down the vertiginous abyss, at the dark waves crashing against the rocks below causes the Varisian's heart to quicken and legs to soften. "Stupid goblins, why do they live across there?" She says softly, almost to herself.

Before anyone else crosses the bridge, she casts Guidance upon them.

Perception: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (1) + 2 = 3

"Getting all wet and now sweaty, this is a hard job but better than getting pricked all over." She gazes to the briar bushes and the deep shadows that make up their bulk and then her view drifts back over to the bridge and how it desperately sways in the winds.

Softly trying to speak over the crashing waves down below, Zara adds; "I know a sailors reef from a sheepshank but not too much more, really."

About how to shake it? Yep, I could do that too. (So a total of +3)

Yup, I'll use it. So +4 Str for 3 minutes.