IC: Dichotomy's Age of Worms Redux, Part V(b)
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Erdolliel draws her bow and aims it at the young man. "Stay where you are if you hope to live another day! Who are you and why are you in this midden surrounded by zombies?! Kushnak! These ones still appear to be alive."[sblock=oc]Sense Motive +1... I guess I'd be using it to see if I have a hunch...[/sblock]
The quintet is quite startled, and one of the women lets out a yelp.
"Gods," the elf gasps. "That's not a drow accent. Please, help us! We've been trapped here for days, or maybe weeks. Every few days that squid-faced thing takes one of us, and that person never comes back."
[sblock=OOC]Erdolliel senses nothing.[/sblock]
"Gods," the elf gasps. "That's not a drow accent. Please, help us! We've been trapped here for days, or maybe weeks. Every few days that squid-faced thing takes one of us, and that person never comes back."
[sblock=OOC]Erdolliel senses nothing.[/sblock]
The five apparent-captives all comply with Erdolliel's lead, and soon they are all standing lined up in the main room.
Looking closer at the five shows that all of them seem malnourished and gaunt. None of them appear to have anything on their person but their disheveled clothing.
One of the women stammers, "Is... is it safe to go? You're here to free us, right?"
Looking closer at the five shows that all of them seem malnourished and gaunt. None of them appear to have anything on their person but their disheveled clothing.
One of the women stammers, "Is... is it safe to go? You're here to free us, right?"
"That all depends. Do you have anywhere to go? Anything to eat?" The elf sighs as she pulls out some trail rations and a flask and hands them to the other elf. "It doesn't do us much good to free you if you just go out and die of starvation. Besides you might be able to help us some. How did you get captured? Why did you get captured? Who are you all? Well?! Go on, eat something, then tell us what you know so we can make sure the foul, squid faced thing's machinations are ended."
The five, in turn, relate their backgrounds. The two human men have been here the longest. Based on the date the were taken, since they have no way to be sure of how long they've been here, Erdolliel figures out that they were captured 19 days ago. They are two merchants, working together, and captured just outside of the Free City. They had made arrangements to stay with a stranger in the caravan park outside the city walls, but when they got there, a group of drow held them up, bound them, and brought them here.
The elf was taken 11 days ago. He works as a simple craftsman, making wooden crafts such as decorative cooking and eating utensils, plates, and sometimes even furniture. He lives alone and was taken in a home invasion in the middle of the night.
The two women were taken just two days ago. They work as servers at a tavern very near the Cold Forge smithy. They were walking home together after their shift ended, they turned a corner, and neither of them remembers anything after that until they woke up here.
The two merchants report that, when they first arrived, there were seven other people as well, but every couple of days, the illithid would come and take one of the captives with him. Those taken would never return.
[sblock=OOC]Neither of you notice any apparent lies or enchantments.[/sblock]
The elf was taken 11 days ago. He works as a simple craftsman, making wooden crafts such as decorative cooking and eating utensils, plates, and sometimes even furniture. He lives alone and was taken in a home invasion in the middle of the night.
The two women were taken just two days ago. They work as servers at a tavern very near the Cold Forge smithy. They were walking home together after their shift ended, they turned a corner, and neither of them remembers anything after that until they woke up here.
The two merchants report that, when they first arrived, there were seven other people as well, but every couple of days, the illithid would come and take one of the captives with him. Those taken would never return.
[sblock=OOC]Neither of you notice any apparent lies or enchantments.[/sblock]
Satisfied with their stories, Erdolliel tells the group to stay put. "There still might be one creature left in this cavern." She says as she prepares to hunt the snake creature. [sblock=oc]Holding her bow, she will move up the small passage in between this cavern and the water feature. Hide +17, Move Silently +15, spot and listen +14[/sblock]
As Erdolliel sneaks back toward the pool, she sees the snakelike creature apparently rested near the pool. As the elf gets close, however, the creature suddenly stirs and looks directly at the elf. The only reasonable conclusion is that it has either pinpointed the elf with incredible hearing, or it managed to see Erdolliel despite her efforts to conceal herself.
For the moment, the creature simply stares at Erdolliel and makes no movement.
For the moment, the creature simply stares at Erdolliel and makes no movement.
Erdolliel cocks her head and casts a spell.[sblock=oc]Black tentacles centered on the midpoint of O's east side. 20' spread (so it should stop before it reaches Erdolliel and extend to inside of the N entrance of that Western passageway). O will have to make a grapple check vs +16 (+8 for the tentacles being large with a 19 str, +8 for Erdolliel's caster level). Movement is at half speed within the spread.
If she has the ability to, Erdolliel will also move SE, SE, E, E, NE, E (which should skirt the AoE of the tentacles). That would put her at the N tip of the big 6-ish square formation S of the lake like thingy, let's call that square E'.
Regardless of if she can move or not, would O have concealment from Erdolliel at E'? I don't think so, but I'm not sure. I think it might depend on what the little formation 3 squares south of O is and how much of the square it is in it blocks. (A straightline appears to miss the formation, but it's better to get a ruling before I get too far ahead of myself...)[/sblock]
If she has the ability to, Erdolliel will also move SE, SE, E, E, NE, E (which should skirt the AoE of the tentacles). That would put her at the N tip of the big 6-ish square formation S of the lake like thingy, let's call that square E'.
Regardless of if she can move or not, would O have concealment from Erdolliel at E'? I don't think so, but I'm not sure. I think it might depend on what the little formation 3 squares south of O is and how much of the square it is in it blocks. (A straightline appears to miss the formation, but it's better to get a ruling before I get too far ahead of myself...)[/sblock]
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