Arvi (in bat form) flaps down to face Vaxis and then pops into his quasit form..."So you finally figured it out, did you? Go ahead you silver-blooded FOOL...strike me down, if it makes you feel better...I will return to the Abyss, from there I will torment you, and only you, until you thrown yourself from the highest cliff! And once Bahamut rejects your cursed soul, it will wash upon the shores of the Abyss...and then I shall truly have you to devour! MWAAAHAHAHAHA!"
Tabesha'l's eyes widen as she takes in the full scope of what is about to happen, and raises a hand in warning:
" Please do detain thyself, Friend Vaxis ! 'Tis a vicious and evil soul therein to be sure," she signals towards Arvi - not sure of the quasit's next course of action and keeping an eye on it in case it suddenly decides to enrage the cleric even more... but was Vaxis a cleric after all ? She wasn't too certain anymore - as she tries to calm the seething dragonborn, " yet if what thou sayeth be true, then having it here and bound to my will by the ritual may prove a great boon of knowledge indeed. Imagine what we can learn from it. I will insist on the fact it must obey my commands, it is bound to my will... and this includes the obtention of precious information. Let us not waste this crucial advantage, I beg thee !"
** Held Action, will cast Levitate on the dragonborn if she sees he really intends to go for it, so that she can keep him under some modicum of restraint without actually hurting him. **
' Rogues Will Be Rogues ' (Circle of Fives Admission Rules, § 6 par. IV) " Put It Down. Now. Or Be Sorry. " (D. Khar-Errendis' Reported Tips For Curing Soul Ailments And Assorted Bad Behaviours, v. LIV p.XIII) " Tween thisThy and yonThou, shall I prove to Thee that these art what thou dost see ? " (Grimoire of The Great Pananthyr) " This One has said enough. Now, we fight. This way please ?" (8th Grade Bronze Disciple Raulnar Drohjo, Way of the Open Palm)
Vaxis floats into the air, safely out of striking distance from Arvi, or perhaps...Viathirix? "Ah, the revelry..." says Arvi, quite contented. "I remember my upbringing here so...thoughtfully! Mother Moonstone taught me all she knows, but she should have kept me prisoner here. Perhaps I would have remained here, more easily controllable...but after I ate that first egg, she knew what would happen if I stayed. And she was right...I would devoured all of my siblings! But never her...at least not until she took me to the Lurkwood Forest under the guise of teaching me to hunt. Then she abandoned me, just as my true parents had. She loved me, as she did all of you, but she knew the grievous error she had committed...bringing a white wyrmling into her home. But I had formed a bond with her...as any wyrmling would have...and when she decided it was too dangerous for me to stay, she faced an impossible decision. Why do you think she struck the deal with the elven witch, hmm? She could not bring herself to kill me..****y to leave me in a forest that belonged to a fierce group of half-orc barbarians. So delicious they were..."
"And once I had my fill of half-orc flesh, I turned my anger to my silver-blooded cousins...though they were a much greater threat than I imagined! I was ready to accept death, then the Demon Prince of Undeath himself arrived and offered me immortality through dracolichdom...but the hordes of Bahamut killed me and imprisoned my soul, that is, until one young and curious idiot named Vaxis went and released me from my infernal prison! I haunted him until the day that one of my servants was found buried beneath the fields of one of their former conquests...and another young and curious idiot summoned me as her abyssal servant. And here I am...Viathirix the Cruel, returned to my former home...my former conquest! Bow before me!"
Connak nocks an arrow, giving himself as much distance as possible. He mumbles to anyone nearby, "When we kill the white that is threatening Phandalin, I'm going to travel far away so I never see another dragon again..." In case the Moonstone Dragon hears him, he adds, "No offense intended."
Connak shudders at the moonstone dragon's roar and replies, "I speak not for the others, but I truly have nothing to do with this Viathirix or anything that has or is happening here. But I know something that needs to be put down when I see it."
Connak will move as far away from Arvi as possible then draw the arrow and hold his action, waiting for someone to engage Arvi/Viathirix so he can aim for vital parts. Trigger: ally within 5ft of Arvi.
Tabesha'l frowns as she takes in the surrounding chaos, then gestures towards the quasit as she voices the arcane words required...
** Dismisses her Familiar as an action. **
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' Rogues Will Be Rogues ' (Circle of Fives Admission Rules, § 6 par. IV) " Put It Down. Now. Or Be Sorry. " (D. Khar-Errendis' Reported Tips For Curing Soul Ailments And Assorted Bad Behaviours, v. LIV p.XIII) " Tween thisThy and yonThou, shall I prove to Thee that these art what thou dost see ? " (Grimoire of The Great Pananthyr) " This One has said enough. Now, we fight. This way please ?" (8th Grade Bronze Disciple Raulnar Drohjo, Way of the Open Palm)
The elven wizard lifts up an open hand in a placating gesture:
" There, there now... I am not sure I quite understand everything that has just happened - and my, this is certainly a most grievous turn of events ! - but I must concur with our host here," she points at the massive moonstone dragon behind her, " we must find out what exactly is at stake, gather our thoughts and our common knowledge and avoid rash actions. Then and only then can we act efficiently and definitely, if needed !"
As she looks around her for support, she continues her plea: " In any case, rest assured the fiend cannot hurt anyone where it is presently - at least for the moment. Indeed thy righteous wrath would not have destroyed it, merely banish its essence back to the Abyss, where it could still do great damage, as we presently witnessed. Do consider this: if I was able to invoke this wicked spirit as familiar without being made aware of its true nature, praytell what guarantees us that no other mage wouldst be able to do so ever again ? No, we must waken my ancestor... If anyone knows how to definitely deal with this being, it is Aerydesia herself, I am quite certain of it !"
' Rogues Will Be Rogues ' (Circle of Fives Admission Rules, § 6 par. IV) " Put It Down. Now. Or Be Sorry. " (D. Khar-Errendis' Reported Tips For Curing Soul Ailments And Assorted Bad Behaviours, v. LIV p.XIII) " Tween thisThy and yonThou, shall I prove to Thee that these art what thou dost see ? " (Grimoire of The Great Pananthyr) " This One has said enough. Now, we fight. This way please ?" (8th Grade Bronze Disciple Raulnar Drohjo, Way of the Open Palm)
The elf does a little curtsy as she now faces the She-Dragon, after looking at Connak with raised eyebrows:
" Thuniviel here hath spoken true and I am loathe to admit I could not have said this any better meself: I am indeed. And she is."
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' Rogues Will Be Rogues ' (Circle of Fives Admission Rules, § 6 par. IV) " Put It Down. Now. Or Be Sorry. " (D. Khar-Errendis' Reported Tips For Curing Soul Ailments And Assorted Bad Behaviours, v. LIV p.XIII) " Tween thisThy and yonThou, shall I prove to Thee that these art what thou dost see ? " (Grimoire of The Great Pananthyr) " This One has said enough. Now, we fight. This way please ?" (8th Grade Bronze Disciple Raulnar Drohjo, Way of the Open Palm)
This post has potentially manipulated dice roll results.
WIS (Insight): 18 vs. Tabesha'l and Connak's assertions (may roll Persuasion against DC 8)
"And how do you explain that fiendish thing you brought with you? Viathirix is the slayer of our beloved Mother Moonstone! If indeed you are who you say you are, then why would you bring such an unwelcome visitor into our home?"
Vaxis ponders at Connak's words.
"I...you...You have a point, friend Connak. I suppose there is no more harm that he can do that is not already inevitable."
Vaxis looks to Tabesha'l, opens his mouth as if to say something, and then stops ABRUPTLY!
"No....It CAN'T BE!"
His head vane is at full mast and he draw his mace!
"NOW I know your voice! ARVI! YOU tricked me once into opening the box! You will show yourself and FACE ME!"
Vaxis is in FULL combat mode!
DM - Saturday and Tuesday: Eberron
Player - PBP: (Vaxis, Dragonborn Cleric of Bahamut, DoIP), Discord: Byron Bojengles III (Dragonmarked Half-Elf Rogue/Warlock Hexblade)
Other games: (Aardwolf MUD, Diablo 3, Starcraft 2, Pokemon, Borderlands {all})
Arvi (in bat form) flaps down to face Vaxis and then pops into his quasit form..."So you finally figured it out, did you? Go ahead you silver-blooded FOOL...strike me down, if it makes you feel better...I will return to the Abyss, from there I will torment you, and only you, until you thrown yourself from the highest cliff! And once Bahamut rejects your cursed soul, it will wash upon the shores of the Abyss...and then I shall truly have you to devour! MWAAAHAHAHAHA!"
Tabesha'l's eyes widen as she takes in the full scope of what is about to happen, and raises a hand in warning:
" Please do detain thyself, Friend Vaxis ! 'Tis a vicious and evil soul therein to be sure," she signals towards Arvi - not sure of the quasit's next course of action and keeping an eye on it in case it suddenly decides to enrage the cleric even more... but was Vaxis a cleric after all ? She wasn't too certain anymore - as she tries to calm the seething dragonborn, " yet if what thou sayeth be true, then having it here and bound to my will by the ritual may prove a great boon of knowledge indeed. Imagine what we can learn from it. I will insist on the fact it must obey my commands, it is bound to my will... and this includes the obtention of precious information. Let us not waste this crucial advantage, I beg thee !"
** Held Action, will cast Levitate on the dragonborn if she sees he really intends to go for it, so that she can keep him under some modicum of restraint without actually hurting him. **
' Rogues Will Be Rogues ' (Circle of Fives Admission Rules, § 6 par. IV)
" Put It Down. Now. Or Be Sorry. " (D. Khar-Errendis' Reported Tips For Curing Soul Ailments And Assorted Bad Behaviours, v. LIV p.XIII)
" Tween thisThy and yonThou, shall I prove to Thee that these art what thou dost see ? " (Grimoire of The Great Pananthyr)
" This One has said enough. Now, we fight. This way please ?" (8th Grade Bronze Disciple Raulnar Drohjo, Way of the Open Palm)
Vaxis seethes in anger.
"This creature dies NOW! I shall tolerate it no longer, SHOW YOURSELF ARV!"
He circles the room, waiting for the opportunity to strike!
(Readied acion: It shows itself, and mace attack to start.)
DM - Saturday and Tuesday: Eberron
Player - PBP: (Vaxis, Dragonborn Cleric of Bahamut, DoIP), Discord: Byron Bojengles III (Dragonmarked Half-Elf Rogue/Warlock Hexblade)
Other games: (Aardwolf MUD, Diablo 3, Starcraft 2, Pokemon, Borderlands {all})
Vaxis floats into the air, safely out of striking distance from Arvi, or perhaps...Viathirix? "Ah, the revelry..." says Arvi, quite contented. "I remember my upbringing here so...thoughtfully! Mother Moonstone taught me all she knows, but she should have kept me prisoner here. Perhaps I would have remained here, more easily controllable...but after I ate that first egg, she knew what would happen if I stayed. And she was right...I would devoured all of my siblings! But never her...at least not until she took me to the Lurkwood Forest under the guise of teaching me to hunt. Then she abandoned me, just as my true parents had. She loved me, as she did all of you, but she knew the grievous error she had committed...bringing a white wyrmling into her home. But I had formed a bond with her...as any wyrmling would have...and when she decided it was too dangerous for me to stay, she faced an impossible decision. Why do you think she struck the deal with the elven witch, hmm? She could not bring herself to kill me..****y to leave me in a forest that belonged to a fierce group of half-orc barbarians. So delicious they were..."
"And once I had my fill of half-orc flesh, I turned my anger to my silver-blooded cousins...though they were a much greater threat than I imagined! I was ready to accept death, then the Demon Prince of Undeath himself arrived and offered me immortality through dracolichdom...but the hordes of Bahamut killed me and imprisoned my soul, that is, until one young and curious idiot named Vaxis went and released me from my infernal prison! I haunted him until the day that one of my servants was found buried beneath the fields of one of their former conquests...and another young and curious idiot summoned me as her abyssal servant. And here I am...Viathirix the Cruel, returned to my former home...my former conquest! Bow before me!"
VIATHIRIX THE CRUEL
Minsys stares at Vaxis's form as it spews forth his tyraid. He slowly raises the whistle in his hand to his lips and blows.
Connak nocks an arrow, giving himself as much distance as possible. He mumbles to anyone nearby, "When we kill the white that is threatening Phandalin, I'm going to travel far away so I never see another dragon again..." In case the Moonstone Dragon hears him, he adds, "No offense intended."
ROLLING INITIATIVE:
21 - CONNAK
10 - TINK
15 - TABESHA'L
10 - MINSYS
18 - VAXIS
22 - ARVI
22 - ADULT MOONSTONE DRAGON
12 - NUBS (GOBLIN)
"What is this?! Who are you people?! I demand an ANSWER!!" roars the moonstone dragon.
(OOC: the dragon will ready her action to attack the first creature that attacks her or Nubs.)
NEXT INITIATIVE: CONNAK
Connak shudders at the moonstone dragon's roar and replies, "I speak not for the others, but I truly have nothing to do with this Viathirix or anything that has or is happening here. But I know something that needs to be put down when I see it."
Connak will move as far away from Arvi as possible then draw the arrow and hold his action, waiting for someone to engage Arvi/Viathirix so he can aim for vital parts. Trigger: ally within 5ft of Arvi.
Tabesha'l frowns as she takes in the surrounding chaos, then gestures towards the quasit as she voices the arcane words required...
** Dismisses her Familiar as an action. **
' Rogues Will Be Rogues ' (Circle of Fives Admission Rules, § 6 par. IV)
" Put It Down. Now. Or Be Sorry. " (D. Khar-Errendis' Reported Tips For Curing Soul Ailments And Assorted Bad Behaviours, v. LIV p.XIII)
" Tween thisThy and yonThou, shall I prove to Thee that these art what thou dost see ? " (Grimoire of The Great Pananthyr)
" This One has said enough. Now, we fight. This way please ?" (8th Grade Bronze Disciple Raulnar Drohjo, Way of the Open Palm)
"No, NO! NOOOOO!!!" *poof*
Arvi disappears into a pocket dimension...
NEXT INITIATIVE: MINSYS
Minsys rages and rushes at Vax, "Ya got to hold still." He tries to grab Vax and restrain him.
Grapple 19
Vaxis is FURIOUS!
"Tabesha'l, summon Arvi now. This ends TODAY!"
He looks at the Dragon. "Your spawn taunts you from the beyond. I shall not allow harm to come to your clan, by my oath to Bahamut!"
He struggles against Minsys, attempting to be sure he is in full control for Arvi.
(Grapple: Cannot be done until my turn)
DM - Saturday and Tuesday: Eberron
Player - PBP: (Vaxis, Dragonborn Cleric of Bahamut, DoIP), Discord: Byron Bojengles III (Dragonmarked Half-Elf Rogue/Warlock Hexblade)
Other games: (Aardwolf MUD, Diablo 3, Starcraft 2, Pokemon, Borderlands {all})
The elven wizard lifts up an open hand in a placating gesture:
" There, there now... I am not sure I quite understand everything that has just happened - and my, this is certainly a most grievous turn of events ! - but I must concur with our host here," she points at the massive moonstone dragon behind her, " we must find out what exactly is at stake, gather our thoughts and our common knowledge and avoid rash actions. Then and only then can we act efficiently and definitely, if needed !"
As she looks around her for support, she continues her plea: " In any case, rest assured the fiend cannot hurt anyone where it is presently - at least for the moment. Indeed thy righteous wrath would not have destroyed it, merely banish its essence back to the Abyss, where it could still do great damage, as we presently witnessed. Do consider this: if I was able to invoke this wicked spirit as familiar without being made aware of its true nature, praytell what guarantees us that no other mage wouldst be able to do so ever again ? No, we must waken my ancestor... If anyone knows how to definitely deal with this being, it is Aerydesia herself, I am quite certain of it !"
' Rogues Will Be Rogues ' (Circle of Fives Admission Rules, § 6 par. IV)
" Put It Down. Now. Or Be Sorry. " (D. Khar-Errendis' Reported Tips For Curing Soul Ailments And Assorted Bad Behaviours, v. LIV p.XIII)
" Tween thisThy and yonThou, shall I prove to Thee that these art what thou dost see ? " (Grimoire of The Great Pananthyr)
" This One has said enough. Now, we fight. This way please ?" (8th Grade Bronze Disciple Raulnar Drohjo, Way of the Open Palm)
The dragon looks at each party member hard in the eyes as she says: “Why….have …you…come…HERE?!”
Without any shame, Connak points at Aerydesia and Tabesha'l. "Because that is her grandmother."
The elf does a little curtsy as she now faces the She-Dragon, after looking at Connak with raised eyebrows:
" Thuniviel here hath spoken true and I am loathe to admit I could not have said this any better meself: I am indeed. And she is."
' Rogues Will Be Rogues ' (Circle of Fives Admission Rules, § 6 par. IV)
" Put It Down. Now. Or Be Sorry. " (D. Khar-Errendis' Reported Tips For Curing Soul Ailments And Assorted Bad Behaviours, v. LIV p.XIII)
" Tween thisThy and yonThou, shall I prove to Thee that these art what thou dost see ? " (Grimoire of The Great Pananthyr)
" This One has said enough. Now, we fight. This way please ?" (8th Grade Bronze Disciple Raulnar Drohjo, Way of the Open Palm)
WIS (Insight): 18 vs. Tabesha'l and Connak's assertions (may roll Persuasion against DC 8)
"And how do you explain that fiendish thing you brought with you? Viathirix is the slayer of our beloved Mother Moonstone! If indeed you are who you say you are, then why would you bring such an unwelcome visitor into our home?"