Hammerhead
Explorer
SMASH, SMASH, SMASH! the Groknar shouts enthusiastically, banging his fist on the nearest hard surface.
If Thoughts Could Kill
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Victim
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Well, I would go. However, a Teleporting surprise attack is unacceptable. Such tactics amount to little more than a magically backed assassination and I will not stoop to the level of my enemies. I could transport us to a nearby area and then we could attack conventionally. Of course, a direct teleport attack has another problem as well: In order to Teleport a large number of people, I would have to employ Reduce spells to reduce the weight to a more easily managed total. These spells cannot be dismissed at will, so a direct attack would have our warriors fighting at reduced strength.
I can employ the spell Scrying to help find the Wilders. However, as part of a trade to aquire a rare and powerful spell scroll, I had to trade away my large silvered mirror - the required focus. It may be difficult and expensive to aquire another quickly. I believe Lysander has a similar power though.
I can employ the spell Scrying to help find the Wilders. However, as part of a trade to aquire a rare and powerful spell scroll, I had to trade away my large silvered mirror - the required focus. It may be difficult and expensive to aquire another quickly. I believe Lysander has a similar power though.
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Argent Silvermage
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Tepalort be good for me. But me not go without Tuskaar. Groknar you can leave here. Tarkus grumbles. He takes out a huge stinking gob of something moist and feeds it to the dire boar.
GruTheWanderer
First Post
The first time Lysander attempts a remote viewing of Ellyn of the Wands, he is jolted by lancing red electricity, suggesting that the Wilder leader has some way of trapping remote viewers.
Lysander pushes onward, failing another five times (losing 55 hp in the process). On the seventh try he is successful, and reports that he sees a twenty by thirty room with a pool in the middle. Two leather-wrapped creatures are lounging in the pool, while a human woman in red robes peruses the books in the library. She does not react to the sensor.
Lysander is able to pull back a bit and identify the building as a single-story stone structure in Vubru, a magocratic city two hundred miles to the east.
Lysander pushes onward, failing another five times (losing 55 hp in the process). On the seventh try he is successful, and reports that he sees a twenty by thirty room with a pool in the middle. Two leather-wrapped creatures are lounging in the pool, while a human woman in red robes peruses the books in the library. She does not react to the sensor.
Lysander is able to pull back a bit and identify the building as a single-story stone structure in Vubru, a magocratic city two hundred miles to the east.
Keia
I aim to misbehave
"Lysander, I know you are uncomfortable about 'porting in on them directly, but are you willing to allow them time to prepare as we mount a frontal assault? They could kill someone else and/or escape to a new location before we could stop them. We know that have mindflayer slave things that can teleport them," Verra says as his pacing speed has picked up.
"A couple of stones of Metamorphosis for those who have psionics and we could be buttons on your shirt, and it is dismissable. The rest could be reduced, we wait until the duration is just about to end then teleport in. Then those in metamorphosis change to ourselves or cancel the power, the reduces expire and we're ready to deal a serious blow to those who tried to slay us. Any suggestions, problems?"
OCC: Too bad 3.5 isn't here yet. With the new 5th level teleport, this wouldn't be an issue any more.
"A couple of stones of Metamorphosis for those who have psionics and we could be buttons on your shirt, and it is dismissable. The rest could be reduced, we wait until the duration is just about to end then teleport in. Then those in metamorphosis change to ourselves or cancel the power, the reduces expire and we're ready to deal a serious blow to those who tried to slay us. Any suggestions, problems?"
OCC: Too bad 3.5 isn't here yet. With the new 5th level teleport, this wouldn't be an issue any more.
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Jemal
Adventurer
"Well, I'm bloody awesome with my blunties if we're talking 'bout specialities." William twirls his dual Light Maces before reseathing them. "An' ah think we'd be best off t'goin with teleport. If your worried 'bout the buggering reduce, why no' just reduce the spellcasters & Vera? It'd do'em a speck'o'good t'be smaller, now wouldn' it? 'arder t'see an' all 'at."
Hammerhead
Explorer
Me no good small. Jobu says two tell-a-ports with reduce or poll-a-morf on the thinky guys work well And me much better than smelly animal. Tuskar is big, dumb and ugly, no like me. The half orc beems at his clever insult.
GruTheWanderer
First Post
Keia said:
Actually, Lysander will go along with any plan, since Lambent10 hasn't posted in a week. Darian is the one with teleport, so you either need to convince him or go along with the plan to teleport to a nearby area and approach conventionally.
What's the new version of teleport? I'm willing to be forward compatible.
Victim
First Post
Actually, I didn't think we had the new version of TP. I thought that one of the WotC people stated that the posted version was wrong. Either way, that version wouldn't let me use reduce to take more people along.
Employing Reduce to lighten spellcasters would not be the greatest plan. My spell can lighten a person to nine tenths of his normal weight. Shrinking a hulky half orc wearing full plate achieves a much greater mass reduction than shrinking a slender elf.
Also, it will take many of my spells to safely Teleport our group to Vubru. We might want to rest up in some dimensional pockets so I may prepare a battle worthy complement of spells.
Additionally, ruling powers in Vubru might look with disfavor at a sudden attack on upon a group of arcanists, especially if we strike directly from a Teleport. However, if we explain that the Wilders began this feud with a unprovoked Teleport strike, they might allow us to settle the matter our selves. You must understand that a city ruled by wizards would no doubt treat a Teleport attack on a wizards' guild rather harshly. The nature of wizardry is that one wizard can easily learn the spells of another. Normally, peaceable wizards can band together, share spells and advance the arcane science rather easily. However, unscrupolous arcanists can also attack other wizards to steal their lore and enchanted devices. Such attacks often relied of a Teleport to pit a fully prepared aggressor against an unprepared defender with minimal wards. The ruling arcanists thus might assume our attack was something other than a righteous counterstroke.
Verra, the Wilders might consider it rather convienent that you and Lady Zelestine have arrived on their very doorstep, and hence join battle in order to eliminate two of the Chosen without having to track them down. A few Dimensional Anchor spells could prevent their withdraw. Also, if you can repeat your feat of archery, then they will quickly find themselves without Mind Flayers alive to teleport them.
Employing Reduce to lighten spellcasters would not be the greatest plan. My spell can lighten a person to nine tenths of his normal weight. Shrinking a hulky half orc wearing full plate achieves a much greater mass reduction than shrinking a slender elf.
Also, it will take many of my spells to safely Teleport our group to Vubru. We might want to rest up in some dimensional pockets so I may prepare a battle worthy complement of spells.
Additionally, ruling powers in Vubru might look with disfavor at a sudden attack on upon a group of arcanists, especially if we strike directly from a Teleport. However, if we explain that the Wilders began this feud with a unprovoked Teleport strike, they might allow us to settle the matter our selves. You must understand that a city ruled by wizards would no doubt treat a Teleport attack on a wizards' guild rather harshly. The nature of wizardry is that one wizard can easily learn the spells of another. Normally, peaceable wizards can band together, share spells and advance the arcane science rather easily. However, unscrupolous arcanists can also attack other wizards to steal their lore and enchanted devices. Such attacks often relied of a Teleport to pit a fully prepared aggressor against an unprepared defender with minimal wards. The ruling arcanists thus might assume our attack was something other than a righteous counterstroke.
Verra, the Wilders might consider it rather convienent that you and Lady Zelestine have arrived on their very doorstep, and hence join battle in order to eliminate two of the Chosen without having to track them down. A few Dimensional Anchor spells could prevent their withdraw. Also, if you can repeat your feat of archery, then they will quickly find themselves without Mind Flayers alive to teleport them.
Hammerhead
Explorer
The half-orc immediately starts swinging his bloody axe through the air as soon as Darian opens his mouth. However, the black ball zips around Groknar quickly, interrupting his violent and gory daydream. Uh, wizard man...Jobu have idea. He mention sumting about strat-a-gee, and attacking week points, and stuff. He says bad guys won't attack again while we're strong, with me and Tarkus around.
Groknar slaps his brother on the shoulder, and then continues. So Jobu suggests to make it look like we weak without me and Tarkus, draw bad guys out, and then...SMASH. Me an' me brother appear and whack them. Or something like that. Jobu says I got some wrong. What you say, wizard man? That good plan?
Groknar slaps his brother on the shoulder, and then continues. So Jobu suggests to make it look like we weak without me and Tarkus, draw bad guys out, and then...SMASH. Me an' me brother appear and whack them. Or something like that. Jobu says I got some wrong. What you say, wizard man? That good plan?
