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<blockquote data-quote="DEFCON 1" data-source="post: 3570101" data-attributes="member: 7006"><p>When he sees the taint infested in Marot, his heart drops into his stomach. <span style="color: DarkOrange"><em>Not you too, my friend...</em></span> he thinks to himself.</p><p></p><p>Whether Marot himself has been turned in some way... or if in fact this is not Marot at all, but a doppleganger or illusion of the man he once called Brother... Jarrith knew that answers would need to be gotten from him. But how to get his Lumin Brother in here to help restrain the warlock without tipping anyone off?</p><p></p><p>His answer comes when Janis unknowingly does him a favor... she disagrees with one of his suggestions once again. Taking that as an opening, he easily assumes the same position that he normally would whenever they disagreed... he begins to argue.</p><p></p><p></p><p><span style="color: DarkOrange">"Oh of course... I suggest we split up because we have the manpower to accomplish two tasks at once, and once again Janis you feel the need to disagree with me! By the gods, will you EVER agree with anything I say?!? Unbelievable!"</span></p><p></p><p>Jarrith storms across the tavern in a huff as he's well known to do when Janis angers him, and he makes for the door as though he's going out to clear his head. He feels a bit bad about starting another fight with the woman, but this time it's for a much more important reason... he needs back-up. He doesn't dare take on Marot by himself, not when neither Janis nor Perrwimple would take his actions at face value. Daellin might, but the elf is so stone-faced and enigmatic usually that Jarrith doesn't pin all his hopes onto him. However, his Lumin Brother will always back him up, no questions asked.</p><p></p><p>As Janis and Mateush continue their discussion, Jarrith exits the tavern and closes the door behind him. He quickly scans and looks for Sir Khensu... and when he finds him and locks eyes, Jarrith makes a motion and symbol with his right hand to tell him Brother that "we have immediate trouble". A quick wave of the head to indicate to join him inside, and Jarrith quickly opens the door back up and re-enters the inn.</p><p></p><p>Interrupting the conversation in whatever point Janis and Mateush were at, Jarrith strides quickly back in and makes his way towards the table. <span style="color: DarkOrange">"You know what? Nevermind! Forget it! Do whatever the hell you want! I'm done arguing! Master Ochem... you make a decision, and I'll follow it! No questions asked. If people don't think my suggestions warrant equal value, then I'm done giving them!"</span> As he reaches the table still ranting, he continues on past it, and begins pacing back and forth behind where Mateush and Marot are sitting, mumbling the entire time to himself in anger.</p><p></p><p>He needs to give Sir Khensu a few seconds to come into the inn, assuming he was successful in signalling to the shifter that he was needed. Jarrith knows that if Khensu doesn't show up... what he's about to do to Marot will not go over well with Janis, Perriwimple or Master Ochem. But he has no choice.</p><p></p><p>They are talking about the Emerald Claw compromising their mission...</p><p></p><p>Jarrith thinks the mission has already been compromised.</p><p></p><p><span style="color: DimGray"><span style="font-size: 9px">OOC: Jarrith is Readying an action to draw his rapier and immediately Sneak Attack Marot as soon as Sir Khensu has entered and is near the group at the table as he expects Khensu to back him up on what he's doing.</span></span></p><p><span style="color: DimGray"><span style="font-size: 9px"></span></span></p><p><span style="color: DimGray"><span style="font-size: 9px">Preference of course is to make it a Non-Lethal attack (smashing him with the pommel to the back of the head or something) because I'm just trying to subdue him without killing him. But of course the D&D rules get all stupidly sticky around this kind of thing (Coup De Grace not counting because he isn't Helpless, Non-Lethal attacks with a Lethal weapon taking a -4 to hit), and numbers-wise and and attack roll-wise it usually ends up just makes more sense to make a regular attack because you're less likely to screw it up.</span></span></p><p><span style="color: DimGray"><span style="font-size: 9px"></span></span></p><p><span style="color: DimGray"><span style="font-size: 9px">So based on how you interpret the rules in this case... if I can make an attack to subdue Marot without being penalized up the wazoo for doing so, I'll do that. However, if the odds of a subdual attack are significantly worse than just a regular one (because of penalties and whether you can Sneak Attack and how many hit point Marot has etc.), then I'll do a regular attack and face the consequences (and we won't even bother with the old "put a knife to a guy's throat" tactic because D&D makes it impossible for that to actually work). I also will spend as many Action Points as possible to get as favorable a result as I can in this.</span></span></p><p><span style="color: DimGray"><span style="font-size: 9px"></span></span></p><p><span style="color: DimGray"><span style="font-size: 9px">If by some chance Khensu doesn't arrive in the next thirty seconds to a minute and Jarrith suspects he won't have back-up (or if he gets the idea that Marot is now suspecting that Jarrith knows about him being tainted), he'll spring into action immediately.</span></span></p><p><span style="color: DimGray"><span style="font-size: 9px"></span></span></p><p><span style="color: DimGray"><span style="font-size: 9px">In any and all cases, once Jarrith gets his first attack on Marot off, he will exclaim to everyone within shouting distance <span style="color: DarkOrange">"Marot's been tainted! He's been corrupted!"</span> </span></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="DEFCON 1, post: 3570101, member: 7006"] When he sees the taint infested in Marot, his heart drops into his stomach. [COLOR=DarkOrange][I]Not you too, my friend...[/I][/COLOR] he thinks to himself. Whether Marot himself has been turned in some way... or if in fact this is not Marot at all, but a doppleganger or illusion of the man he once called Brother... Jarrith knew that answers would need to be gotten from him. But how to get his Lumin Brother in here to help restrain the warlock without tipping anyone off? His answer comes when Janis unknowingly does him a favor... she disagrees with one of his suggestions once again. Taking that as an opening, he easily assumes the same position that he normally would whenever they disagreed... he begins to argue. [COLOR=DarkOrange]"Oh of course... I suggest we split up because we have the manpower to accomplish two tasks at once, and once again Janis you feel the need to disagree with me! By the gods, will you EVER agree with anything I say?!? Unbelievable!"[/COLOR] Jarrith storms across the tavern in a huff as he's well known to do when Janis angers him, and he makes for the door as though he's going out to clear his head. He feels a bit bad about starting another fight with the woman, but this time it's for a much more important reason... he needs back-up. He doesn't dare take on Marot by himself, not when neither Janis nor Perrwimple would take his actions at face value. Daellin might, but the elf is so stone-faced and enigmatic usually that Jarrith doesn't pin all his hopes onto him. However, his Lumin Brother will always back him up, no questions asked. As Janis and Mateush continue their discussion, Jarrith exits the tavern and closes the door behind him. He quickly scans and looks for Sir Khensu... and when he finds him and locks eyes, Jarrith makes a motion and symbol with his right hand to tell him Brother that "we have immediate trouble". A quick wave of the head to indicate to join him inside, and Jarrith quickly opens the door back up and re-enters the inn. Interrupting the conversation in whatever point Janis and Mateush were at, Jarrith strides quickly back in and makes his way towards the table. [COLOR=DarkOrange]"You know what? Nevermind! Forget it! Do whatever the hell you want! I'm done arguing! Master Ochem... you make a decision, and I'll follow it! No questions asked. If people don't think my suggestions warrant equal value, then I'm done giving them!"[/COLOR] As he reaches the table still ranting, he continues on past it, and begins pacing back and forth behind where Mateush and Marot are sitting, mumbling the entire time to himself in anger. He needs to give Sir Khensu a few seconds to come into the inn, assuming he was successful in signalling to the shifter that he was needed. Jarrith knows that if Khensu doesn't show up... what he's about to do to Marot will not go over well with Janis, Perriwimple or Master Ochem. But he has no choice. They are talking about the Emerald Claw compromising their mission... Jarrith thinks the mission has already been compromised. [COLOR=DimGray][SIZE=1]OOC: Jarrith is Readying an action to draw his rapier and immediately Sneak Attack Marot as soon as Sir Khensu has entered and is near the group at the table as he expects Khensu to back him up on what he's doing. Preference of course is to make it a Non-Lethal attack (smashing him with the pommel to the back of the head or something) because I'm just trying to subdue him without killing him. But of course the D&D rules get all stupidly sticky around this kind of thing (Coup De Grace not counting because he isn't Helpless, Non-Lethal attacks with a Lethal weapon taking a -4 to hit), and numbers-wise and and attack roll-wise it usually ends up just makes more sense to make a regular attack because you're less likely to screw it up. So based on how you interpret the rules in this case... if I can make an attack to subdue Marot without being penalized up the wazoo for doing so, I'll do that. However, if the odds of a subdual attack are significantly worse than just a regular one (because of penalties and whether you can Sneak Attack and how many hit point Marot has etc.), then I'll do a regular attack and face the consequences (and we won't even bother with the old "put a knife to a guy's throat" tactic because D&D makes it impossible for that to actually work). I also will spend as many Action Points as possible to get as favorable a result as I can in this. If by some chance Khensu doesn't arrive in the next thirty seconds to a minute and Jarrith suspects he won't have back-up (or if he gets the idea that Marot is now suspecting that Jarrith knows about him being tainted), he'll spring into action immediately. In any and all cases, once Jarrith gets his first attack on Marot off, he will exclaim to everyone within shouting distance [COLOR=DarkOrange]"Marot's been tainted! He's been corrupted!"[/COLOR] [/SIZE][/COLOR] [/QUOTE]
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