3 - 026: Can You Keep a Secret?

[K Man]

SEA GREEN



"You are all mad." Madrigal says simply. "I wouldn't dare to challenge myself, let alone any of my best warriors."

{Nothing much for me to say here. You guys need to come to a decision; a reconnaisance mission, subterfuge or something freakin' crazy. }

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DARK RED

Wanderer -

Wanderer, despite the arrival of Gildas and his mind knowing better, leans in for one more kiss on the lips of the devil. {One more Negative Level, another WILL Save DC 21...you know the drill by now.}

Just as the devil pulls back from the embrace, Gildas slams into her with full force. He brings his blade down on her back, raking across her back. [Attack Results = Hit, Damage Results = 7 (post-DR)] The devil woman shrieks in pain, a thin line of black blood arcing across her back.



"Damn!" She flaps her leathery wings, taking to the sky. She flies up a short distance, spinning around, unabashed of her bare flesh. She glares at Gildas, tongue licking her wicked teeth wildly.

"Give me the hammer." She states authoritatively.

{Gildas, you may take an AoO against AC 25 as Illyianna flies up. Otherwise, make a WILL Save DC 21 to resist the Suggestion.}

[Iniatives: Wanderer (17), Gildas (15), Illyianna (14)]

{Illyianna is 25ft up straight up.}

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Tyrano, Lief and Horace -

Horace nods, holding his mate tight. She continues to be complacent, staring into the nothing all around. "I will see her back to the camp. Go!...and thanks for your help."

{You will arrive back at camp in no less than 5 rounds. So sit tight and just enjoy the read. }

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LENNY -

Lockheart helps you to stand, nodding. "Your companions mentioned others as well. However, they also said they are a good distance on horseback."

"I am just a man in a suit of metal, I don't move so fast in my advanced years. What do you suggest we do to get to them?"

[Fangor the Fierce]

Turning to the two men, Lenny says, "Go get the horses. They should not be far away, and send them to us. We will ride to the camp at once."

Lenny then awaits for the two men to go off, change into their animal forms, and then return. Once they take their leave to 'search' for the mounts, he gives them a few seconds before whistling a shrill whistle, calling for the mounts. Once they appear, he moves quickly to get to the camp as soon as possible.

[VemuKhaham]

His sword cut through the flesh, but given the great force he had put behind it, Gildas was taken aback by the shallow wounds it left behind. This demon was strong, perhaps too strong. Gildas, seeing the succubus rise from her pray, sweeps once more at the fiend, a wide, horizontal slash accross her knees.

Attack roll:
[dice=20]+9=wide, I guess.

But the swing is unfocused, and seems more suited to drive the demon further away from Wanderer and him than anything else. As such, he can only look up as she spreads her wings and flies. Ready to pull his bow, Gildas' mind is suddenly cluttered by a strange desire to obey the demon's wish.

Will save:
[dice=20]+4=22 (BOOHAAH!!! That's how you resist temptations, Wanderer!)

Knowing full well that this was some trick of the succubus, Gildas steps back and shakes of the thought even as he wildly shakes his head, as if saying no to the demon. "WANDERER! INTO THE FOREST! TAKE THE HAMMER!! QUICK!" If he doesn't listen and appears enchanted still, he will get a kick to his thigh.

He then sheaths his sword and draws his bow, aiming it at the succubus as he moves slowly toward the forest, hoping to cover Wanderer as he takes the hammer, if he takes it.

If the bone was in the campsite, he would hope Wanderer will take it too, otherwise he will pick it up himself, but he would not mention it with her around. She should've asked for it straight away, he thinks, instead of asking for the tool to get it.[rand=19091673749840593731143954280073375044585386336283941239929731161]

[Wicksy]

OOC: Ideas? I think a trip to the giant lands via the Roc might be an idea if not to get a bearing on the land. Maybe take Madrigal with us to identify landmarks.

[TheUdjat]

[Thankfully, Tyrano has been good about hanging onto the bone. At least she's flying and can't blow kisses at Wanderer for level drain now...]

[Will save @ -2]
[dice=20]
Total: Well holy crap. It must be Gildas's sterling example!

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With a boot to the leg, Wanderer finally shakes himself free from the succubus's influence--it's likely the distance from her also helped. Feeling weakened and cold inside, Wanderer hurriedly rolls to his feet, stumbling to the precious maul so nearby, clutching it desperately in his grasp. He wonder, briefly, what hammer everyone's talking about. []

He prepares to run off to the woods as Gildas instructs when a thought strikes him. When Illyianna first appeared to them, she was chased by beasts--beasts which, no doubt, were of her own conjuring. Lenny utilized cold iron to gravely harm those creatures, and perhaps Illyianna suffers a similar weakness. "Cold iron!" he shouts to Gildas, still feeling disoriented and dizzy. "Use cold iron arrows! I have some with me!" But he doesn't wait to hand them off just yet. It's far more important to get under the cover of forest. The demoness clearly has his number, and though he resisted its powers once, he is not likely to be so lucky in the future.

[Not sure how much movement he can manage. He's probably got just enough to stumble over to the maul and pick it up. ]
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[BluSpecs]

I like the recon mission for a start. The more we know about the lay of the land the better.

[Rojito]

(dont want more rocks thrown at our Roc, so maybe ask to speak with the king instead?)

[Japic]

I was sort of thinking that the height of the bird would sort of mean that we'd be out of range for rocks, but maybe that's not right.

I've got to admit, that I don't see any easy options here. We can ask to see their king, but I think they'd just laugh at us.

[TheZebraShakes™]

(Well, if the bird's too high, we won't be able to see anything, if it's low enough, we'll risk getting rocks tossed at us and would likely be on a worse standing with the giants. I still think we might try sneaking in. our best option. Gro Bug might have messed it up a bit, but if we're crazy enough, we might have a chance.)

[BluSpecs]

yay crazy! could we borrow a spyglass to look through while we're riding bird back?

[ryngo]

Tyrano and Lief ride into the night like they were an umbral sliver of it themselves.