Khessa feigns interest as she slowly approaches the throne (and Alfred follows her, impassive): "But will I be allowed to choose what kind of 'unearthly pleasure' I enjoy? You see, my dark side loves pleasures I can barely admit even to myself... Have you been authorized by your lords to offer me any kind of pleasure I ask for? I can choose really whatever pleasure I really, deeply, secretly desire?"
The blonde arcane warrior should be standing before the demon by now, now that she's finished her sentence... and she awaits his response with apparent trepidation, while she fixes him with her blue eyes.
"My master said you would come," states red demon on the throne, "as you have not heeded his warnings, even with the vision of where what may be left of you will end up. I have been told to by my master and the mistress to warn you, and she suggested, offer you a deal. Join us and reap the rewards and all the unearthly pleasure that will come from it."
As soon as they enter the room, Vrox studies their foes, hoping to remember something useful about these particular types of fiends. He wants to pick a target and mark it before a fight actually starts.
Once Khessa gets close to the seated demon, Vrox mocks the demon's offer: "Do you know that the wise call your mistress 'Sai'lanthresh'? 'She Who Thirsts'. She is a vast, empty chasm of Want that can never be filled! She offers earthly pleasure, you say! Ha! You speak like a fool or a child who does not know the meaning of words. We do not call something pleasing if it yields no satisfaction. Pleasure without appreciation brings no joy. Your mistress twists pleasure into a torture: an endless desire that can never be sated. She would slake a man's thirst with seawater that that he might satisfy his desire for drink for a moment but find himself even more thirsty in the end. This offer is not a 'deal': it is a trap! And we have no intention of joining you in it!" He hopes that Khessa is merely trying to get closer to the enemy, but if she has been enchanted somehow, he hopes that his words give her a chance to shake off the demonic influence.
Movement: As Khessa moves forward, Vrox moves to his left, hoping to make it harder for any spellcasters to catch too many of them with a single spell. Action: Study the demons. Does Vrox recognize these types of demons? He especially tries to remember whether either of them have any abilities that could harm or disable multiple party members at once. Damage immunities or resistances would be his second concern. Some sort of INT check? Depending on the skill, apply a bonus to the roll 20 (advantage to recall information because Fiends are one of his Favored Enemies): Arcana: 26 Religion or History: 20 Nature: 32 Bonus Action: Reassign mark to one of the enemies, depending on the result of his action. Free Action: talking
Some sort of INT check? Depending on the skill, apply a bonus to the roll 20 (advantage to recall information because Fiends are one of his Favored Enemies)
[[OOC: A nat-20 on that INT check? Perhaps Vrox has encountered these exact types of demons before!]]
Tyekanikstays where he is just inside the door. Like in the library, he knows that there are others, such as the charmed Golgari and Brother Maynard, in the hallway behind him, and he hopes to prevent any of these demonic forces from getting past him to harm them.
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Khessa feigns interest as she slowly approaches the throne (and Alfred follows her, impassive): "But will I be allowed to choose what kind of 'unearthly pleasure' I enjoy? You see, my dark side loves pleasures I can barely admit even to myself... Have you been authorized by your lords to offer me any kind of pleasure I ask for? I can choose really whatever pleasure I really, deeply, secretly desire?"
The blonde arcane warrior should be standing before the demon by now, now that she's finished her sentence... and she awaits his response with apparent trepidation, while she fixes him with her blue eyes.
As soon as they enter the room, Vrox studies their foes, hoping to remember something useful about these particular types of fiends. He wants to pick a target and mark it before a fight actually starts.
Once Khessa gets close to the seated demon, Vrox mocks the demon's offer: "Do you know that the wise call your mistress 'Sai'lanthresh'? 'She Who Thirsts'. She is a vast, empty chasm of Want that can never be filled! She offers earthly pleasure, you say! Ha! You speak like a fool or a child who does not know the meaning of words. We do not call something pleasing if it yields no satisfaction. Pleasure without appreciation brings no joy. Your mistress twists pleasure into a torture: an endless desire that can never be sated. She would slake a man's thirst with seawater that that he might satisfy his desire for drink for a moment but find himself even more thirsty in the end. This offer is not a 'deal': it is a trap! And we have no intention of joining you in it!" He hopes that Khessa is merely trying to get closer to the enemy, but if she has been enchanted somehow, he hopes that his words give her a chance to shake off the demonic influence.
Movement: As Khessa moves forward, Vrox moves to his left, hoping to make it harder for any spellcasters to catch too many of them with a single spell.
Action: Study the demons.
Does Vrox recognize these types of demons? He especially tries to remember whether either of them have any abilities that could harm or disable multiple party members at once. Damage immunities or resistances would be his second concern.
Some sort of INT check? Depending on the skill, apply a bonus to the roll 20 (advantage to recall information because Fiends are one of his Favored Enemies):
Arcana: 26
Religion or History: 20
Nature: 32
Bonus Action: Reassign mark to one of the enemies, depending on the result of his action.
Free Action: talking
Concentration: Hunter's Mark
Marked Target: None when they entered the room, but assigned to one of their foes by the end of his turn
[[OOC: A nat-20 on that INT check? Perhaps Vrox has encountered these exact types of demons before!]]
Tyekanik stays where he is just inside the door. Like in the library, he knows that there are others, such as the charmed Golgari and Brother Maynard, in the hallway behind him, and he hopes to prevent any of these demonic forces from getting past him to harm them.