((It does not matter, but disarming is not a physical or magical harm))
The coffin moved with a grating sound, leaving safety of the force wall and the vampire immediately sat in there, searching for the way in. Under the coffin Leon and Alyssa found a niche in the floor. Whelm was indeed there, lying on top of the several leather sacks mixed with some other stuff. Even in the darkness and the grey scale of darkvision you could tell that the weapon was every bit of its depiction and more: in Alyssa's hand it felt like a definition of balance with the right weight and precise shape of a throwing hammer, and yet, it practically begged to try the thing in the close combat - the result had to be devastating! It did not shine like Wave, the decoration here was made of complex intertwining of the runes and strict geometric shapes.
Alyssa felt a "presence", a spark of interest in her head that formed in one word, spatted out with disgust "Cassandra!". Whelm definitely did not have any doubts about the hostess of this cave, radiating hatred and disgust.
The woman outside the cube gasped "Thieves! Robbers!" She turned to Bernard and Ramious "Do something! Stop them!"
"It looks good in your hand." Leon says as A picks up the war hammer. He pulls out the rest, shoving it into his pack as he smiles towards the vampire. He does not look at her, keeping his eyes on the sacks as he stuffs them into his pack though. He doubts if the vampire's powers can affect him through the power of the trident, but he has no wish to test it just now.
Bernard may have come from a long line of "Karens" in such, not doing as he aske.d was a personal assault upon him and thus he needs to speak with the manager. Or if we look at the legal definition: "Harm" is defined as: Ill treatment. The impairment of physical or mental health (including that suffered from seeing or hearing another person suffer ill treatment).
Who are we kidding. Bugs isn't a snowflake. He hangs around creepy crawlies.
Bernard recoils a little at the screams. "Shesh... They are are in a block of something. I don't have anything to get through that. Best to do is just wait for them. Why not take a chair and have a drink of wine while you wait," Bernard responds. He looks around the cave. "Hmm... why do you stay in this cave, let alone this place with the wizard?"
Ramious hands Bernard his bow back. "Sorry bud. It seems your madness has left you. Thank goodness. I don't like fightin you guys. Now, if we could just get these two to calm down and stop bein jerks." He raps his knuckles on the solid force field. Then he makes a heart sign with his two hands over his chest, and mouths "I love you".....to Leon and Alyssa, and smiles.
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What's the difference between a Wizard and a Sorcerer? Class.
Bernard might still have a chance to meet the "manager" of that particular dungeon. Not sure, though, the customer support in this place would be to his high standards ;)
"Then push them out of here! Do something!" Repeated the vampire and turned her gaze at Alyssa. "You! Put that back!" Even if Alyssa could not hear the words, the gesture (pointing at the hammer and then at the niche) was clear enough. As well as the righteous anger on the vampire's face.
Alyssa, Wisdom save DC 17. (And remind me, did she already use her second portent?)
Bernard looks at her and then where the cube would be. "Um...it's up against the wall with no place to grab onto. Can't get push or pull it out of here. Sorry... um... what's your name?"
“Sorry, Cassandra can’t come to the horn right now. Can I take a message?” Alyssa would blurt back to the voice in her head as she’d watch over Leon as he gathered the other items. A small hint of a nervous smile would pull at her lips for a moment when he’d mention Whelm looked good in her hands.
Catching Ramious’ gesture, Alyssa would tilt her head and then look behind her to see if the Vampire moved behind them or something before looking back. No, she was still on the ceiling. With Whelm still in her grip, the elf would raise her hand to her face and scratch her nose with her middle finger.
Portent use: 18 to save for the charm.
Alyssa would turn away from Ramious and Bugs to face Leon. “Can this thing move with you to get us out, or at least some distance away?”
For a moment the vampire's face reflected deepest and scariest anger but the expression immediately dissipated. "No matter, I can wait."
She turned back to Ramious and Bernard. "That's right, my dear friends, we have never introduced ourselves to each other. I am known as Lady Cassandra. How should I call you, my delicious companions?"
While outside the vampire was trying to familiarize herself with half of the team, inside the cube Alyssa could enjoy a dialogue with the mythical weapon. Whelm was not noisy but archeologist begun to understand all the unpleasantness of a constant telepathic bonds. The hammer was quite laconic. "You are no Child of Stone. I can not serve you. Try your luck with that loudmouth the other one carries."
"You just had to go and save that lump of rock! Did not realize it was him we were after!" Wave did its best to interfere with Leon and Alyssa's conversation on that side. After a small pause it added, though. "We were quite the team back then... Those were the days."Wave finally shut up (not counting barely heard sad tune), probably drowned in memories.
Bats with persistence rarely observed in animal kingdom attacked again:
"Yes the cube will move with me." Leon says, nodding to A. "The problem is I doubt if we wish to leave our companions stranded here, and they both seem to be under the vampire's power." He thinks for a moment. "I can make it so that our friends can be in here with us, but not the vampire, then make it so that we are all four inside the cube, with no way those two can hear the vampire speaking. That might be our best option, as then the vampire cannot use its hold over them to tell them what to do. Maybe we can talk some sense into them then, at least enough to get out of this chamber." He then looks more serious. "Our other choice is to leave them out of it and the two of us take on the vampire ourselves... I don't know if we can do so though. She appears to have already healed up from the damage we have done so far."
Leon glances up at the ceiling then, and waves A in even closer, he has her lean in so his mouth is blocked from view and only she can hear his words. "There is a third option..." He whispers into her ear. "It is likely the most dangerous of the three, but also the one most likely to get us out of this.." He trails off then continues. "Why is such a powerful being as this in here to begin with. I very much doubt if it is of her own choice. Maybe we need to find a way to free her from this place. In return for that we first make her release our friends from her power, and allow us to take the things we have already removed from the coffin's secret compartment." He lets that sink in a moment, then says, "The issue is that we will have to put ourselves into her power again, and trust her to keep her part of the bargain. Freedom is likely worth it to her, so it might be a chance we need to take. All of this while you-know-who watches us from wherever he is hiding." The last he says as he nods to the ceiling.
Ramious makes a hurt "hey what did I do?" motion to Alyssa when she scratches her nose with her middle finger, but then gets distracted by Lady Cassandra and turns to face her. "Oh, hey, my name is Ramious. However, I have never been described as delicious. More like the piece of grizzle that you chew on when you eat a steak. How long ya been stuck in this room? Should we break you outta this place? I know the way out....I can help you get outta here."
He sits down to begin a long rest, unsure how long this is all going to take.
Before Ramious got all settled down, Lady Cassandra smiled to him sweetly: "Ramious... What a flavorsome name. Those others simply did not understand what they had in you. But say, could you please hug your friend tightly? And keep like this?" Then she looked at Bernard. "That weapon of yours is truly magnificent. Can I look at it?" She extended her hand to get the bow.
As both of them tried, no doubts, there best to comply, Lady Cassandra finally answered question about her life here. "Why thank you, my savory friends for your interest. But this place is my home. Was for a long time now... I think." The vampire frowned as if trying to remember something but then shrugged away inconvenient thoughts. "It is quiet, safe... A bit lonely sometimes, but now that you are here..." She did not finish but smiled broadly demonstrating long fangs.
"Names Bernard or..." he has his creepy crawlies swarm about, "Bugs to most people. Been with this big lug for awhile." He says and then looks at the cube, "and those two."
When she takes interest in his bow he puffs up a little. "Yes, the bow. Just got it, had it commissioned and everything." He holds it up for her to see. "See its got my bugs on it so everyone knows it's mine." If she tries to reach for it he pulls it out of the way. "Hey now, we look with our eyes and not with our hands ."
"But I really need to see. Do not worry, I will return it to you right away. And I do love bugs, Bernard." Vampire smiled again and the warm feeling of the dear friend's genuine interest almost drowned him.
((Small correction: Ramious on his turn was asked to hug and keep Bernard - restrain, actually, in a friendly way.))
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"Thank you, Ramious," the ice cold hand touched the thiefling's cheek. "You are a good friend." She slowly inhaled the air and black pupiless eyes looked seemingly into Bernard's soul - mesmerizing, freezing on place. "I need just a drop of blood, you understand it, right?" Long nail slid along Bernard's face down the neck, moving away the streak of hear. A moment later he felt cold lips pressed against his skin, raising the pulse, making the blood run faster.
Attack: 21 Damage: 9 + 15
The instant bite was not even painful, at least not at first, but the following chill that spread around the neck felt like a dive into the cold water, waking up damped survival instinct. The vampire licked her blood covered lips. "I do so like bugs!"
((It does not matter, but disarming is not a physical or magical harm))
The coffin moved with a grating sound, leaving safety of the force wall and the vampire immediately sat in there, searching for the way in. Under the coffin Leon and Alyssa found a niche in the floor. Whelm was indeed there, lying on top of the several leather sacks mixed with some other stuff. Even in the darkness and the grey scale of darkvision you could tell that the weapon was every bit of its depiction and more: in Alyssa's hand it felt like a definition of balance with the right weight and precise shape of a throwing hammer, and yet, it practically begged to try the thing in the close combat - the result had to be devastating! It did not shine like Wave, the decoration here was made of complex intertwining of the runes and strict geometric shapes.
Alyssa felt a "presence", a spark of interest in her head that formed in one word, spatted out with disgust "Cassandra!". Whelm definitely did not have any doubts about the hostess of this cave, radiating hatred and disgust.
The woman outside the cube gasped "Thieves! Robbers!" She turned to Bernard and Ramious "Do something! Stop them!"
Bernard!
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"It looks good in your hand." Leon says as A picks up the war hammer. He pulls out the rest, shoving it into his pack as he smiles towards the vampire. He does not look at her, keeping his eyes on the sacks as he stuffs them into his pack though. He doubts if the vampire's powers can affect him through the power of the trident, but he has no wish to test it just now.
(As a note, I don't think either A or Leon can hear anyone outside of the cube, as nothing passes through, including sound.)
Bernard may have come from a long line of "Karens" in such, not doing as he aske.d was a personal assault upon him and thus he needs to speak with the manager. Or if we look at the legal definition: "Harm" is defined as: Ill treatment. The impairment of physical or mental health (including that suffered from seeing or hearing another person suffer ill treatment).
Who are we kidding. Bugs isn't a snowflake. He hangs around creepy crawlies.
Bernard recoils a little at the screams. "Shesh... They are are in a block of something. I don't have anything to get through that. Best to do is just wait for them. Why not take a chair and have a drink of wine while you wait," Bernard responds. He looks around the cave. "Hmm... why do you stay in this cave, let alone this place with the wizard?"
Ramious hands Bernard his bow back. "Sorry bud. It seems your madness has left you. Thank goodness. I don't like fightin you guys. Now, if we could just get these two to calm down and stop bein jerks." He raps his knuckles on the solid force field. Then he makes a heart sign with his two hands over his chest, and mouths "I love you".....to Leon and Alyssa, and smiles.
What's the difference between a Wizard and a Sorcerer?
Class.
Bernard might still have a chance to meet the "manager" of that particular dungeon. Not sure, though, the customer support in this place would be to his high standards ;)
"Then push them out of here! Do something!" Repeated the vampire and turned her gaze at Alyssa. "You! Put that back!" Even if Alyssa could not hear the words, the gesture (pointing at the hammer and then at the niche) was clear enough. As well as the righteous anger on the vampire's face.
Alyssa, Wisdom save DC 17. (And remind me, did she already use her second portent?)
Round 6
Ramious' turn. Would he add anything?
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Bernard looks at her and then where the cube would be. "Um...it's up against the wall with no place to grab onto. Can't get push or pull it out of here. Sorry... um... what's your name?"
“Sorry, Cassandra can’t come to the horn right now. Can I take a message?” Alyssa would blurt back to the voice in her head as she’d watch over Leon as he gathered the other items. A small hint of a nervous smile would pull at her lips for a moment when he’d mention Whelm looked good in her hands.
Catching Ramious’ gesture, Alyssa would tilt her head and then look behind her to see if the Vampire moved behind them or something before looking back. No, she was still on the ceiling. With Whelm still in her grip, the elf would raise her hand to her face and scratch her nose with her middle finger.
Portent use: 18 to save for the charm.
Alyssa would turn away from Ramious and Bugs to face Leon. “Can this thing move with you to get us out, or at least some distance away?”
just an unstable unicorn.
For a moment the vampire's face reflected deepest and scariest anger but the expression immediately dissipated. "No matter, I can wait."
She turned back to Ramious and Bernard. "That's right, my dear friends, we have never introduced ourselves to each other. I am known as Lady Cassandra. How should I call you, my delicious companions?"
While outside the vampire was trying to familiarize herself with half of the team, inside the cube Alyssa could enjoy a dialogue with the mythical weapon. Whelm was not noisy but archeologist begun to understand all the unpleasantness of a constant telepathic bonds. The hammer was quite laconic. "You are no Child of Stone. I can not serve you. Try your luck with that loudmouth the other one carries."
"You just had to go and save that lump of rock! Did not realize it was him we were after!" Wave did its best to interfere with Leon and Alyssa's conversation on that side. After a small pause it added, though. "We were quite the team back then... Those were the days." Wave finally shut up (not counting barely heard sad tune), probably drowned in memories.
Bats with persistence rarely observed in animal kingdom attacked again:
Bats 1 vs Leon: Attack: 9 Damage: 5
Bats 2 vs Alyssa: Attack: 9 Damage: 2
Leon - Alyssa - Bernard!
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"Yes the cube will move with me." Leon says, nodding to A. "The problem is I doubt if we wish to leave our companions stranded here, and they both seem to be under the vampire's power." He thinks for a moment. "I can make it so that our friends can be in here with us, but not the vampire, then make it so that we are all four inside the cube, with no way those two can hear the vampire speaking. That might be our best option, as then the vampire cannot use its hold over them to tell them what to do. Maybe we can talk some sense into them then, at least enough to get out of this chamber." He then looks more serious. "Our other choice is to leave them out of it and the two of us take on the vampire ourselves... I don't know if we can do so though. She appears to have already healed up from the damage we have done so far."
Leon glances up at the ceiling then, and waves A in even closer, he has her lean in so his mouth is blocked from view and only she can hear his words. "There is a third option..." He whispers into her ear. "It is likely the most dangerous of the three, but also the one most likely to get us out of this.." He trails off then continues. "Why is such a powerful being as this in here to begin with. I very much doubt if it is of her own choice. Maybe we need to find a way to free her from this place. In return for that we first make her release our friends from her power, and allow us to take the things we have already removed from the coffin's secret compartment." He lets that sink in a moment, then says, "The issue is that we will have to put ourselves into her power again, and trust her to keep her part of the bargain. Freedom is likely worth it to her, so it might be a chance we need to take. All of this while you-know-who watches us from wherever he is hiding." The last he says as he nods to the ceiling.
Ramious makes a hurt "hey what did I do?" motion to Alyssa when she scratches her nose with her middle finger, but then gets distracted by Lady Cassandra and turns to face her. "Oh, hey, my name is Ramious. However, I have never been described as delicious. More like the piece of grizzle that you chew on when you eat a steak. How long ya been stuck in this room? Should we break you outta this place? I know the way out....I can help you get outta here."
He sits down to begin a long rest, unsure how long this is all going to take.
What's the difference between a Wizard and a Sorcerer?
Class.
(A reminder - Ramious is still Enlarged and will remain so for 4 more rounds)
Meili Liang Lvl 5 Monk
Dice
Before Ramious got all settled down, Lady Cassandra smiled to him sweetly: "Ramious... What a flavorsome name. Those others simply did not understand what they had in you. But say, could you please hug your friend tightly? And keep like this?" Then she looked at Bernard. "That weapon of yours is truly magnificent. Can I look at it?" She extended her hand to get the bow.
As both of them tried, no doubts, there best to comply, Lady Cassandra finally answered question about her life here. "Why thank you, my savory friends for your interest. But this place is my home. Was for a long time now... I think." The vampire frowned as if trying to remember something but then shrugged away inconvenient thoughts. "It is quiet, safe... A bit lonely sometimes, but now that you are here..." She did not finish but smiled broadly demonstrating long fangs.
Meili Liang Lvl 5 Monk
Dice
"Names Bernard or..." he has his creepy crawlies swarm about, "Bugs to most people. Been with this big lug for awhile." He says and then looks at the cube, "and those two."
When she takes interest in his bow he puffs up a little. "Yes, the bow. Just got it, had it commissioned and everything." He holds it up for her to see. "See its got my bugs on it so everyone knows it's mine." If she tries to reach for it he pulls it out of the way. "Hey now, we look with our eyes and not with our hands ."
"But I really need to see. Do not worry, I will return it to you right away. And I do love bugs, Bernard." Vampire smiled again and the warm feeling of the dear friend's genuine interest almost drowned him.
((Small correction: Ramious on his turn was asked to hug and keep Bernard - restrain, actually, in a friendly way.))
Meili Liang Lvl 5 Monk
Dice
Ramious looks at Bernard. "Uh, sorry bud, not getting fresh with you....you know...just seems like it'll help things. I assume yer ok with that..."
He reaches out and gives Bugs a firm hug.
What's the difference between a Wizard and a Sorcerer?
Class.
"Thank you, Ramious," the ice cold hand touched the thiefling's cheek. "You are a good friend." She slowly inhaled the air and black pupiless eyes looked seemingly into Bernard's soul - mesmerizing, freezing on place. "I need just a drop of blood, you understand it, right?" Long nail slid along Bernard's face down the neck, moving away the streak of hear. A moment later he felt cold lips pressed against his skin, raising the pulse, making the blood run faster.
Attack: 21 Damage: 9 + 15
The instant bite was not even painful, at least not at first, but the following chill that spread around the neck felt like a dive into the cold water, waking up damped survival instinct. The vampire licked her blood covered lips. "I do so like bugs!"
Bernard - can repeat Wis save. (DC17)
Meili Liang Lvl 5 Monk
Dice
Wisdom save 19
Bugs just stared forward blankly. No resistance before and none after.
((Only necrotic damage counts against maximum HP. Corrected.))
Leon and Alyssa!
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