As the battle rages on, Ravan catches the knight's gaze, fire dancing in her eyes, hypnotic despite the danger, drawing his attention.
SLA Daze. DC 19 Will save. Dazed Condition: The creature is unable to act normally. A dazed creature can take no actions, but has no penalty to AC. Humanoids of 5 or more HD are not affected.
Catching the glint in Ravan's eye, Sir Balin shook his head, "Your power will have no effect on me Temptress, Mitra protects me."Sorry Ravan, he's got 5 HD.
Taking advantage of the opportunity, the Spider Queen lunged forward and reached through the bars of the cage to touch the Knight with her bound hands.
ILW Touch Attack:1d20 + 2 ⇒ (19) + 2 = 21
Damage:1d8 + 5 ⇒ (8) + 5 = 13
SB Will:1d20 + 6 ⇒ (17) + 6 = 23
Dark energy pulsed from her hands into Sir Balin, causing him to turn paler.
Round 2:
Eri, Gio, Sir Balin, Ravan, Aleister, Spider Queen
Not happy at all about missing her target as the axe barely misses cleaving him in half, she calls upon her newly found mythic abilities to attack him again.
Going for my Champion Strike. Immediately following an attack, I can make another attack at my highest bonus, roll twice and take the highest result adding my tier to my attack. Damage from this attack bypasses all damage reduction
Sir Balin managed to get his shield up to block the axe, however, after tapping into her new acquired power, she unexpectedly brought her weapon back around.......and removed the zealot's head.
Satisfied she spits on the corpse before starting to search the bodies.
Looking over at Aleister as she uses the jerks clothing to clean her axe with she asks, [b]"You wanna help me check these guys out and find the key to that cage thing? I'd also kinda like to see what they had on them if anything useful at all.
She says starting her search with the beheaded knight.
Ravan gives Balin's corpse a satisfied look as her companions begin to search the bodies. Turning to the Spider Queen she gives the woman a pleased smile and a nod.
While Eri seemed distracted, the Queen reached through the bars and touched her. Tendrils of sickly green energy sprang forth and weaved their way to the Barbarians wounds. Almost immediately, the girl felt better as the wounds closed, adding yet another scar to her flesh.
Healing:2d8 + 5 ⇒ (8, 8) + 5 = 21
Finishing her work, the Queen returned Ravan's nod.
Loot:
Chain shirt x4, Heavy Steel Shield x5, Longsword x5, Dagger x5, Longbow x4, Arrows x80, Potion (Unknown), Cloak (Magic), MW Full Plate, Silver and Sapphire Holy Symbol of Mitra, 100 Gold, Key
After briefly rubbing her wrists, she points to the gag on her mouth.
Ravan:
From what you remember, these are specially made to silence practitioners of magic. Once placed, they cannot be removed by the person they are bound to. Meaning someone has to take it off.
Licking her lips, the Queen breathed a sigh of relief, "Thank you. Those things are ungodly uncomfortable." Getting out of the cage, she knelt down and extended her hand to the underside. A scarlet spider crawled out and onto her hand. Placing it on her shoulder, she stood and turned to the group, "Four complete strangers showing up and rescuing me can't be a coincidence. Did Tala send you?"
The Queen smiled as she absently stroked the spider on her shoulder. You could swear you hear it purring. "Such a sweet girl, I'll have you reward her properly. Anyway, I imagine this has something to do with Fire Bird and his visions? Are you his 'Four Flames'?"
"Pleasure. I suppose he was cryptic in his instructions?" The Queen shook her head and continued before you answer, "From what I gathered from our 'discussions', he wants us to be your eyes and ears throughout this land. Now given what you have done for me, I am willing to negotiate an arrangement. We will spy and locate objectives for you, but in return for our service, I require that you grant us dominion over Caer Bryr when this land is yours. That is my offer."
She shrugs, "I don't care what happens to this place when we're done. This whole world can burn to ash for all I care. Do with it what you want." She says so that the queen can tell they each have a mind of their own. Eri's is just a little more messed up than most.