Systole
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"So ... the idea is to cause harm to or incapacitate the other dark-haired maiden?" he asks. "Cavernous Hode is not so sure this is a good idea." He paces back and forth a moment. "Still, 'When in Venza, do as the Venzans do,' or so Cavernous Hode has been told." He pauses another moment, and then with the tone of someone offering a helpful bit of advice says, "If Mister Dickens gets carried away, Cavernous Hode suggests that the other dark-haired maiden try to relax her face muscles. Cavernous Hode realizes this sounds counterintuitive."
No sooner has the dwarf finished speaking when a snarling, hissing ball of black fur and furious red eyes comes hurtling out of the rafters onto Sana's shoulder, scratching and spitting, biting at the shoulder of her armor before rolling off to the ground. "There he is! There's Mister Dickens!" Cavernous Hode chirps happily. He steps forward, trying to poke his quarterstaff at the magus's ankles, but only succeeds in dropping his weapon. He looks somewhat sheepish. "Uh, Cavernous Hode is perhaps not as trained in the adventuring arts as perhaps he should be."
After a moment, the creature can be identified as some sort of giant, demonic-looking rodent. It continues to hiss and snap at the tiefling woman's feet until the dwarf says, "Ha ha! Game's over! Get over here, Mister Dickens!" Reluctantly, the dire rat comes to stand next to the dwarf, still snarling viciously at everyone in the room except his master. "Mister Dickens is very happy to meet all of these adventurers. See? He's saying 'Hello!' to everyone. Isn't he such a cutie-pie?"
[sblock=Mechanics]I just assumed Sana would take 10 for a 15 Perception and rolled Mister Dickens' stealth rather than the other way around -- math works out the same. He made the opposed stealth roll, meaning Sana was flat-footed and denied Dex and Dodge to AC for a 13 AC, which Mister Dickens just barely missed. Cavernous Hode then went for a Trip attack with a flank bonus from the rat, since Total Defense means no AoOs, but still failed miserably.
I totally had this planned, too (except for the botched dice rolls - that was all EnWorld). If you check the tavern thread, you'll see that CH followed MD in here. The rat's been in the rafters the whole time. Muahahaha.[/sblock]
No sooner has the dwarf finished speaking when a snarling, hissing ball of black fur and furious red eyes comes hurtling out of the rafters onto Sana's shoulder, scratching and spitting, biting at the shoulder of her armor before rolling off to the ground. "There he is! There's Mister Dickens!" Cavernous Hode chirps happily. He steps forward, trying to poke his quarterstaff at the magus's ankles, but only succeeds in dropping his weapon. He looks somewhat sheepish. "Uh, Cavernous Hode is perhaps not as trained in the adventuring arts as perhaps he should be."
After a moment, the creature can be identified as some sort of giant, demonic-looking rodent. It continues to hiss and snap at the tiefling woman's feet until the dwarf says, "Ha ha! Game's over! Get over here, Mister Dickens!" Reluctantly, the dire rat comes to stand next to the dwarf, still snarling viciously at everyone in the room except his master. "Mister Dickens is very happy to meet all of these adventurers. See? He's saying 'Hello!' to everyone. Isn't he such a cutie-pie?"
[sblock=Mechanics]I just assumed Sana would take 10 for a 15 Perception and rolled Mister Dickens' stealth rather than the other way around -- math works out the same. He made the opposed stealth roll, meaning Sana was flat-footed and denied Dex and Dodge to AC for a 13 AC, which Mister Dickens just barely missed. Cavernous Hode then went for a Trip attack with a flank bonus from the rat, since Total Defense means no AoOs, but still failed miserably.
I totally had this planned, too (except for the botched dice rolls - that was all EnWorld). If you check the tavern thread, you'll see that CH followed MD in here. The rat's been in the rafters the whole time. Muahahaha.[/sblock]
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