IC: Dichotomy's Age of Worms Redux, Part V(b)

[o3caudata]

Doing little to hide his disbelief at finding the sage here, Kushnak holds his ground and says suspiciously, "Your compartment can wait. How exactly did you find this place? And WHY are you here alone?"

 

[TiCaudata]

Erdolliel stays put.

 

[Dichotomy]

"You left my home some ten days ago. Two days ago, I received word by magical message that you had been implicated in a battle at an inn. I did not believe it, not after your heroism at Blackwall Keep. I could only assume that something foul was afoot. I came straight away with my magic, and, with some assistance from old friends, I divined that this place was involved. When I found all the carnage with the bodies about, but did not find you, I feared the worst. Some of these doppelgangers, or at least that one," he says, pointing at the body in the middle of the room, "are stronger than the average of their kind.

"I am very relieved to see you, but... only you two? Where are the others?"

Nethezar gives Kushnak a blank glance. The scholar silently mouths what looks like "I don't know."

 

[TiCaudata]

Erdolliel stays put.

 

[TiCaudata]

[sblock=oc]Just to make sure, Erdolliel is keeping her ready... umm... ready... as she stays put.[/sblock]

 

[o3caudata]

Kushnak shakes his head. "I simply don't believe you. These creatures captured and tortured us. They invaded our minds and used trickery and deceit to steal information about us. They killed our companions and left us for dead on more than one occasion. I don't see how you could have found us and learned nothing of that from your 'old friends'."

"Given the nature of these creatures, i don't see how we can be led to trust you."

 

[Dichotomy]

"The situation is... peculiar. But I assure you..." He suddenly stops mid-sentence and his hand darts to a spell component pouch at his side.

Whether this is Allustan or not, he clearly has ill intent.

[sblock=OOC]I thought about this some, and I think that the correct way to resolve this is for us to simply roll initiative in response to what looks clearly like hostility from Allustan.

Status & Init (are there other status things going on?)
Kushnak (22)
Erdolliel (slower 22)
Nethezar (16)
Allustan (slower 16)[/sblock]

 

[TiCaudata]

Erdolliel closes in on Allustan before scorching him.[sblock=oc]Draw sword while moving at normal speed (so a -5 to Hide) to the N stairway then snipe Allustan with a scorching ray. [sblock=quote]

Sniping

If you’ve already successfully hidden at least 10 feet from your target, you can make one ranged attack, then immediately hide again. You take a -20 penalty on your Hide check to conceal yourself after the shot.

[/sblock] touch attack +10; 2 rays 4d6 damage each and 4d6 Sneak Attack. SA should happen even if the Hide check fails (I think) since A is flatfooted. (I just really wanted to try sniping!)

Dodge bonus on A and Erdolliel has Mage armor active.[/sblock]

 

[o3caudata]

"Don't. Please."

[sblock=oc]Blindness on Allustan. Blind, Fort DC 17, move to SE of X. Dodge on A [/sblock]

 

[Dichotomy]

With nothing more than a word of power from Kushnak, the eyes of Allustan suddenly turn black. Kushnak knows that his spell worked.

Erdolliel moves forward, but unexpectedly springs a pit trap. The elf manages to dodge out of the way.

[sblock=OOC]Wow... between the initiative rolls and the failed fort save, I suspect this battle will be one-sided...

Kushnak: blindness on A, fort save 2+ fail; moves; dodge A
Erdolliel: draws sword while moving
Pit trap triggers: ref save 13+ success

I figured I'd stop here to see if you want to do anything else in specific.

Status & Init
Kushnak: dodge A
Erdolliel
Nethezar
Allustan: blind[/sblock]