The Enchantress 2018/02/05(Mon)21:29 No. 864967 ID: a3aa10
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I see you've brought the rat. You know how I feel about this particular shithead.

I don't have to imagine how you talked him into it. Just rub two coins together and he comes skittering. When you find me, baby boy, we're gonna have to have a long talk about these bad influences on you.
>AC 15 HP 16
>Knife +1 or Bow +3; 1d6 damage
>Has a 4 in 6 chance to dismantle a trap or unlock a door. Capable climber.
>Double attack and double damage against the unprepared.
>Stiletto. A bow with 15 arrows. A lantern. Oil. Thieves' tools. A Garotte. Chalk. A day's food.

The Enchantress 2018/02/05(Mon)21:30 No. 864968 ID: a3aa10
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The girl is new. And she's a magic user. You certainly do have a type, baby. You're gonna get predictable if you aren't careful.

Does she know why you're here? I wonder. The way she looks at you sometimes, I bet you haven't told her. Oh, my mean little man. You've been getting so nasty without me.
>AC 14 HP 10
>Staff +0 or Ray +2; 1d4 damage.
> 2 1st level spells, 1 2nd level spell; regains slots after an hour's meditation.
>1st level spells: Mage Hand, Flashbang, Magic Missile (3d4), Enlarge person/object
>2nd level spells: Invisibility, Blink, Phantom Clone

The Enchantress 2018/02/05(Mon)21:30 No. 864970 ID: a3aa10
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And here you are.
Is that maille new? You cut such a figure in it, baby. You remember what a man in shining armor does to me.
You know what? Forget about the earrings. My hands are shaking so much I can't get them on anyway. I'm excited. You're good at hiding it from everyone else; but I know you are, too.
>AC 17 HP 20
>Longsword, +5: 1d8 damage
>Stance: option for -3 to AC, +2 to ATK; or -3 to ATK, +2 AC.
>Sword. Shield. 3 torches. Rope. An iron spike. A dagger. A day's food. A tinderbox.

The Enchantress 2018/02/05(Mon)21:30 No. 864971 ID: a3aa10
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You've been looking a long time, kiddo. I can tell. I've been dreaming about you, almost every night. You've been dreaming about me too, haven't you?
You're not gonna have to dream for long. Come on up. Introduce me to the survivors, if there's survivors.

Hold tight to your blade, baby. Keep your shield up. Enter my fortress...

The Enchantress 2018/02/05(Mon)21:31 No. 864973 ID: a3aa10
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The door's unlocked. Come on in. You don't even need to knock.

Not that you're the kind of boy who knocks.

>Roughly carved blocks of stone on the walls, plastered with lime.
>Seven foot high wooden door, with beaten brass ornaments across it. The left door is slightly ajar, looking in.
>Two pillars along the jambs, ending in two dragon faces, at head hight. Above the door: the sun with an eye in its center. The sign of the Enchantress.
>A brass knocker.

Thief: right gov well looks like im such a fuckin hell of a thief i already unlocked the door for you fore we even turned up
Thief: yur welcome

Mage: Shut up

Always good to have an Enlarge spell handy.
Have the rogue check for traps every three feet. The key word is 'crawling'.
Is the other door missing its knocker?

The Enchantress 2018/02/05(Mon)21:49 No. 864980 ID: a3aa10
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>>864976
>Enlarge spell useful
Oh, I'll just bet it is.

Can she cast it like I could?
I'll get my mind out of the gutter. I promise. I'm just feeling like a teenager up here right now.

>knocker missing
It is. I've only got the one, I'm afraid.

Maybe if there were enough man-killer jobs to go around we could ALL afford two doorknobs.
But you were always better at that than I was.

>trap check
Thief: you can rely on me gov
Thief: aint let you down yet, have i

Should we try to check for any traps this soon, or should we just get on with it?

>>864982
Just double checking this is an Enchantress' tower and not an Enchanter's.

Don't make her wait more than needed.
If we are guided by keen eyes and a good lantern no perils shall be insurmountably. Let's go in!

Open from a distance using mage hand, or some other decoy. Expect the front gate to have an ambush, so if you can't find an alternate route don't give them the satisfaction of an entire bar's worth of cheap shots.

Good, because we'll be relying on you heavily. If we can't handle whatever's behind/on top of/inside the front door, we shouldn't really be going any further in.

The Enchantress 2018/02/06(Tue)11:27 No. 865188 ID: f28b2f
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The Thief checks the door thoroughly, and creaks it softly open.
You enter behind him. The Mage holds back.

It's drafty in here, I know. That's on me. I don't notice this kind of thing like you people do.
Be a dear and wipe your feet.

The Thief will constantly be checking for traps. As long as he lives, any trap or mechanism will be spotted and called out, as long as it is in his sight.

You have 5 careful and meticulous actions per crawling turn.
These include things like:

Opening doors
Moving more than 1 room at a time
Climbing a wall
Taking aim and firing a bow
Closely examining an object for traps or clues
etc.

At the end of the turn, I'll roll a d6. On a 1 or 2, a wandering encounter will occur. On a 5 or 6, your torch will burn out. On a 6, your lantern will lose a third of its oil charge.


>The room is drafty and chill. It's lit by the open sky flooding in through the front door. It contains:

>A thick carpet stretched across the floor to the Southern door
>Two chest-height raised platforms on either side of the southern door, with two black iron candelabras atop them. These are unlit.
>A balcony, fifteen feet in the air, on the Northeastern wall
>A thick wooden door, with fine brass reinforcements, on the Northwestern wall.
>A narrow, plain wooden door, on the Eastern wall.
>A grand set of lacquered double doors on the south wall.

Can the candelabras be lit by conventional means? Try that.

Open the northwest door.

>>865189
This.

The Enchantress 2018/02/06(Tue)14:18 No. 865215 ID: f28b2f
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>Light the candelabra
Thief: righto
Thief: you know i was a lamplighter fore i was a cutpurse boss? this comes natural like

>The Thief scrambles up the chest high wall. He lights a torch for a moment, setting the candelabra to burning.
Thief: presto chief

>The mage passes behind you, a little closer than is necessary.
Mage: Inordinately proud of himself for turning the lights on, isn't he

The Enchantress 2018/02/06(Tue)14:18 No. 865216 ID: f28b2f
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>You open the Northwest door.
>The room beyond is close flagstone and cluttered floor. There are:

>Several barrels, nailed shut
>A withered skeleton wrapped around one of these, curled on its side.
>Nestled between its long toebones, something shines:

The Enchantress 2018/02/06(Tue)14:18 No. 865217 ID: f28b2f
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>A ring, glinting in the candelabra glow.

Two more actions, baby love.
Then it's my turn to play.
Tick tock.

What do you see in the top left corner of the map? Those seem like barrels, and something else... an enemy? Should you attack?

The Thief should check that room to. Does the Mage sense anything from that ring? Magic perhaps? Try to stay together, don't separate.

Open the northeast door.

>>865240
It's a withered skeleton.
Open the eastern door and claim the Ring of Barrel Hugging.

The thief is in a good position from up there, He can shoot down at anything that enters.

The fighter should check the other northward door.

Mage should check out that ring, hoping that the skeleton doesnt get up or a bunch of enemies pop out of the barrels.

The Enchantress 2018/02/06(Tue)18:12 No. 865314 ID: a3aa10
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The mage carefully extracts the ring from the skeleton's toe, holding it up to her dark eye.

Mage: Power there is in this ring. Oh yes
Mage: I can taste it, milord... a subtle acridity
Mage: Its manifestation less so, milord
Mage: If I had a moment with my books and ministrations... next time I meditate, I'll have an identification for you

The mage's meditation takes ten actions, guaranteeing two rolls on the encounter table. Any damage will negate its effects. Finding a place of relative security and safety is advisable.

Thief: aww whassamatter kitty you stumped
Thief: cat got yure tongue
Mage: Careful she doesn't get yours, burglar
Mage: The pickled tongue of a dishonest man is a powerful illusionary unguent when properly pestled

You have one action remaining before the encounter table is rolled. Pick carefully.

>>865314
Time to get into a tactical formation. Brace for combat.

Open a barrel. Perhaps that will be a secure enough place for meditation.

>>865314
Make your way yo the center of the room, as getting cornerd in a storage closet dosnt sound like a fun time.

Out of the castle, NOW! Your [...] um, what? Well she's going to flank and ambush you! Best way to do this is to lock the entrance and summon the biggest dragon she's got! So get out in the open where you can retreat if necessary, back to a choke point or all the way to a secure base!

>>865330
Fighter facing south, Mage facing west, and thief facing East? I see no reason for them to come northward, and south screams grand entrance.

Heads in the game people, we can chat latter.
Should we turn our backs on the entrance to see where the attack is coming from? After all, we already know that there is nothing outside. Maybe.

The Enchantress 2018/02/06(Tue)19:35 No. 865366 ID: a3aa10
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You marshall your forces, and take the final action to wait. Roll result: 2. Encounter.

Did you hear that?
That thudding sound?
I'm guessing you did.
You gesture Little Miss Mage-tits behind you, and point the thief onto the Western ledge.

Look at you all in formation. Such gallantry. It's like an old song you forget your love for, until you hear it again.

That thudding sound.

The Enchantress 2018/02/06(Tue)19:36 No. 865367 ID: a3aa10
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and i say to the lad ah ick me joints oh to the mud with them how they pain me when the rains roll in and when he laughs i say listen you me young so-and-so i say to this you too shall come. time is a bastard i say and there but for his grace go you sprat huh huh i don't think. unless you just hold still now lad and hold still. and let aunty Miltrud take care of it. let aunty Miltrud take care of it.

You remember my aunt, don't you? All the guff Miltud used to give you. It wasn't your fault.
That's just how she is. And she did miss you.

The Enchantress 2018/02/06(Tue)19:36 No. 865369 ID: a3aa10
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Initiative results:
Party 6
Enemy 3

She stuttersteps into the room from the Eastern door and then just kind of-- stands there, staring at our unexpected guests, her little Miltrud rant dying on her lips.
Sorry, Baby. She seems to have forgotten how she's supposed to properly welcome guests.

Give Aunty a big hug! (Grapple)
Is there a neutral stance? If not, go for bonus AC.

>>865371
Stances are optional; you can forego either and just attack normally if you want.

>>865372
Do we have to respect a certain order when attacking with our characters?
Like, is someone faster so he attacks first or something?

>>865376
Any order you want. This is side-based initiative.

1st Circle: Flashbang
Melee: Grapple / Longsword: Pin
Bow: Target R. Arm

Our first round of combat and we're already resorting to the black sheep of D&d rules?
Grappling a woman with a sword for an arm and like a bad idea.
Defensive attack, arrow, magic missile

It's important to keep aunty Miltrud engaged with our warrior and not the support. Grapple sound like a good move, just make sure to position our gallant fighter in a way he isn't between his allies and the enemy.

Rules of grappling:

Grappling is an opposed roll modified by attack bonus. You require at least one hand free to initiate, so will have to drop either your sword or shield.

The winner of the opposed roll can decide whether to strike with a small weapon/fists, disarm their foe, hold the enemy in place, or knock them prone in the direction of your choice. Three successful hold attempts will pin an enemy completely, leaving them helpless.

Any ranged attack fired into a grapple has an equal chance of hitting either of its participants. Taking a round to aim at a Target raises this chance to 75:25.

Rat: Shoot them. Does she count as unprepared?
Cat: pew pew. (ray)
Fighter: Assume the (offensive) position and prepare to counter.

The Enchantress 2018/02/07(Wed)10:51 No. 865525 ID: 202f5b
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The thief lets fly with an arrow.
Roll 5+3(+3 vs. unprepared)=11. Miss.
The arrow sticks in the door behind Miltrud, unbroken.
Thief: bugger bugger bugger

The Mage fires her ray. The air shimmers.
Roll 14+2=16. Hit! for 3 damage.
Mage: X'folszj Vrtjyx Xza

Miltrud takes a quaking step backward. A bolus of fizzling flesh burns at her midsection.
ohhh cant have any of that now can we youll do old aunty miltruds head in you will come here bad girl. naughty girl. come to miltrud.

Miltrud staggers forward. You lunge.
Roll 9+5(+2 stance)=16. Hit! for 2 damage.
Miltrud's left arm falls away at the forearm. The bone was the only thing that kept you from unseaming her.

naughty. naughty. naughty. naughty.
This Miltrud jibbers as her cleaver-arm scrapes against your maille. I hope that scratch buffs out.
Roll 2+?. Miss.

Her legs are quaking now. She's letting out little half-laugh rasps of pain with every breath.
Poor Aunt Miltrud's almost through, I'm afraid.

She scratched our suit! Cleave her in twain.
Perhaps the rogue should take a turn to aim.
Cat, stand by to finish off the nag.

Another full round of attacks should finish it off.

Here's a clever idea though: what if we used the final round of combat to perform some non-combat actions? The Mage can go check out the unexplored room in here while the other two finish off the enemy.

>>865556
I second this notion. Slash her leg off, break her balance.

>>865556
What if that uncovers more enemies and gives them a free turn? No thanks.
Go for a disarming grapple. All hail the mighty grapple!

>>865525
well? finish her. just regular attacks from all will do at this point. no stances or grapples.

The Enchantress 2018/02/08(Thu)10:23 No. 865854 ID: 202f5b
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The thief's hands are quivering as he nocks his next arrow. Perhaps you should tell him it's only going to get worse from here.

Thief: bugger bugger bugger
Roll 10+3=13. Hit! For 5 damage.
His arrow hits her just under the left eyesocket and crumbles bone as it pins her brains to the wall behind her.

Thief: HA

She giggles once, like you've just told her a scandalous secret, then crumples to the floor.
Unlucky auntie. She's going to need quite a bit of needlework before I can get her back on her feet again. If we weren't so close I might be upset with you, baby.

The Enchantress 2018/02/08(Thu)10:24 No. 865855 ID: 202f5b
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The thief's arrow has snapped on the wall behind Miltrud. Down to 14 now.

Thief: bollocks there goes dizzy
Thief: she was one of my sharpest
Mage: Did you name your arrow for Dizzy Delicious
Thief: yup out of scarsmouth
Mage: Do you name all your arrows after prostitutes
Thief, digging Bess out of the Eastern door: helps em fly straighter

The door Miltrud took hangs now ajar. It's quite dark beyond. Hardly anything can be seen.

We're back down to 0 actions, baby. Your turn.

No loot? Guess aunt isn't the kind to wear extravagant jewelry.
Let's see where this side door lead. Since Miltrud came from there alone there shouldn't be anyone else waiting for us.

Pop open a barrel from the closet, then enter Aunty's entrance.

Grab Miltrud and throw her off a cliff, or use her as an undead torch.

Proceed through the door Miltrud opened, continue onwards.

>>865855
pry open the barrel the skeleton hugged.
light up and have a look at the eastern room.

Tell the thief that he did a good job. Gotta keep that moral high.

>>865855
Advance into the room that thing just came from

How would the two of them rate Dizzy, for comparison?

The Enchantress 2018/02/08(Thu)20:39 No. 866008 ID: a3aa10
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The Thief gets to work ransacking my possessions while you light a torch and lead the way into the hallway Miltrud introduced herself from.

The room beyond contains:
>Slick stone-tile floor, ancient but scrubbed obsessively clean
>A door leading south, plain and severe, with a too-far-to-glean symbol carved into its keystone
>A sheer pit about five feet wide, all up and down the hallway like an earthquake's fissure and stretching downwards
>On the far wall, a portrait

Hello again, baby.

The Enchantress 2018/02/08(Thu)20:40 No. 866009 ID: a3aa10
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It's been a while since you've seen me. I thought I might leave this here for you.

The mage averts her eyes. Good to see that pale pussycat can get some color to her cheeks.

The thief stands in the doorway behind you.
Thief: opened one of them barrels, boss
Thief: wine, i reckon from the sight and smell, though i aint tried to drink it yet
Thief: cor who's the tart

Mage: That "tart" is--or was-- the Enchantress of Cradoom, and were she still alive she could vaporize us all with a syllable
Thief: thats the stiff who owned this place yeah
Mage: Correct
Thief: i didnt know she was thick
Thief: rest in peace

>>866009
Let them think she is dead. It will only cause them panic at this point.
Sounds like the door in the hall is locked. Time to check out the remaining smaller room back there.

>>866009
Probably safer not to have drunk the wine, we don't know if we can trust things in this place not to be untainted.

>were she still alive she could vaporize us all with a syllable
And if she were dead, would that make her any less of a threat?

Lich might be a better term nowadays.
Aggressively ignore balcony until we reach the second floor. Investigate keystone symbol first.

Warn the others that you've been here before, back when this place was sane. The layout is completely different, but it's made up of its former components, this painting included.

(BTW cut the painting from the frame and keep it to resell)

And that old undead hag who Thief just killed was a particularly memorable spinster - the enchantress experimented on her for kicks to "always speak her mind". Even her freshly murdered corpse wouldn't shut up.

Almost everyone in this castle died, and you don't want to talk about it. One of them came back. You're almost certain everyone else is going to come back.

Hmmm, Ovbiuslly you have been here before. Guess we are going to find out sooner or latter why at some point. Let them in the dark, it will make things more interesting.

Enter the first door to your right, let's see what is inside, leave the barrels alone.

>>866009
I think it wouls be beast if we left out the fact that shes still alive

The Enchantress 2018/02/09(Fri)11:03 No. 866149 ID: 202f5b
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You investigate the keystone.
Carved into it is a fish.

The Enchantress 2018/02/09(Fri)11:04 No. 866150 ID: 202f5b
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A wall of warm, humid air as you enter the southern room.

It contains:
>A small, ornamental table, with a black square box about the size of a shoebox on top, inlaid with silver
>A carved ashwood stool before the table
>A miniature pond, neatly walled off by a two-foot high stone wall, with an estuary trailing into a low tunnel in the wall
>On the west end of the room, a rough-cut wooden table, flanked by two clay pots holding brambled flowers
>On the table, a meat cleaver, sitting in a brown splotch of dried blood
>A simple and severe door to the South, in appearance similar to your entrance
>A sturdy door to the West, jambed in brass

My pond catches your torchlight and throws it in a reflected tangle onto the ceiling.
I used to sit at that little table for hours and watch the fish swim around in there, just letting the ink bleed off my quill and ruin my treatises.
The fish are all gone now. But we've still plenty of ink.

Do you think there would be something interesting in the tunnel? If not, let's see if the west door is connected with the other part of the building, or if it just ends in a dead end.

Box box box, what's in the box?

The Enchantress 2018/02/09(Fri)18:57 No. 866252 ID: a039ca
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You reach for the box. Your mousey friend steps in front of you.
Thief: hold on there boss
Thief: lemme earn my cut eh
He hunkers down nearly underneath the table and flicks the box's release with the tip of his stiletto, then raises it with a slender telescopic pole from his thieves' kit.

A puff of white powder spits into the air as he does so, falling like snow onto the dungeon floor.
Just a little surprise for you and your friends, baby. To keep things interesting.

Thief: reckon we ought not touch that stuff boss

Within the box, atop the Enchantress' stitched sigil:
>A quill with a reservoir of ink above the tip
>A small iron key

The Enchantress 2018/02/09(Fri)18:57 No. 866253 ID: a039ca
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Thief: no gold????
Mage: Quiet
Thief: what a rook
Mage: Shhhh shut up
Thief: scuse me
Mage: Do you hear that

From the antumbra of the pond tunnel: a soft, churning splash.
Something's moving in there.

The fish have returned! Quickly store the contents of the box somewhere the powder won't come into contact with your stuff.

Fish are not noisy,especially if they don't want to be seen. Something is in there, and its coming. Try the key in the west door. If it doesn't fit, try the other one, but be quick.

We could prepare a grease fire, if we had the materials. Whatever's using the aqueduct won't expect flames icing the water.

>>866323
All materials you had on hand entering the dungeon are listed in the beginning posts. Beyond those you have the clothes on your back and whatever you can find in the dungeon.

>>866362
Try to go through the south door

Hum the Jaws theme as you hug the wall.

The Enchantress 2018/02/20(Tue)21:15 No. 869111 ID: a039ca
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Picking the discretion part of valor, are we?

It's just as well. I keep forgetting to feed that thing.

There was a time, baby, that you would have dove into that pool with a dagger between your teeth to face whatever was sloshing around in there.
But the years lay change upon us all like snow or dust or a particularly assertive gravedigger. Yes, even me.
Come and see.

You skirt along the wall to the Western door.
It's unlocked. The key is for something else.

You enter into an uncomfortably small antechamber. On its north wall, a curious instrument made of copper and glass, with an eyepiece sticking out of its front. It is attached to a squat brass cylinder, from within which you can hear something gurgling.

There are two torches in sconces on the south wall, emitting a flickering light. There is a curtain to the west; it billows gently at the base, suggesting a room beyond it.

>>869111
Go west. Let's start the encounter in a brand new room!

>>869113
This, the current room is FAR to small to fight anything in

>>869111
Back then, she was sexy and you were stupid. And then you both @#$%ed up. And now you're either going to live or you're going to @#$% up and die.

Peek west, this place is small but should act as a good chokepoint.

I'd rather roll for an encounter in the known quantity of the last room than the one beyond.

I have a feeling that the west is gonna connect to the main room we entered at the beginning. I vote we go there for the encounter.

(Loving this art and writing style btw)

The Enchantress 2018/02/22(Thu)20:49 No. 869611 ID: a039ca
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On your final action you step toward the curtain. Roll result: 4.

As you quietly approach, voices from the other side of the mildewed curtain pin you in place. Two. You listen.

this hand is new. it's shaking. whose hand was this?

Some Cradoomish drifter's. A hhhuntsman before a delver, i think.

who told you that? valentin? its tendons dont know how to draw a bowstring. look. i'm shaking.

Are you sure it's the hhhand? Are you scared, sweetling?

i'm not scared.

I am. A little. Getting stabbed hhhurts, you know.

maybe me too a little. what if i don't shoot straight?

We don't hhhave to kill them, sweetling. Only start to.

but what if this is the last time? what if they reach her?

They won't.

i love her.

I know. I do too.

Thief, whispering: what in fuck are they gabbin on about

>>869611
*whisper* "About how they're going to utterly fail to protect their mistress because of us. At least one of them's an archer. Get ready..."

Raise your shield, try to block their attacks and protect your allies. The other two should focus on the offense.

Bust in there. Shield up with the thief covering and moving to either the right or the left side of the door depending on where the foes are.

The Enchantress 2018/02/26(Mon)10:46 No. 870281 ID: 5ad0eb
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You move through the curtain.

In the room beyond:
>Four high pillars, connected to a vaulted ceiling thirty feet up
>Two quadrupedal beast statues, flanking:
>A grand staircase upward onto a balcony
>Two armed figures

I don't believe you've met my two newest retainers. I love doing introductions.
This is Niclas. That is Tanja. They've heard so much about you.

The Enchantress 2018/02/26(Mon)10:46 No. 870282 ID: 5ad0eb
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Initiative results:
Party 4
Enemy 2

Turn around, Niclas says. He sounds rather gallant, doesn't he, when he avoids that H of his. Walk away.

>>870282
Charge the nearest one and keep him ocupied while your thief and mage focus down the archer

What, no "Hello?" No "How are you?" Not even a "Have at thee?" How haughty.
Keep a defensive position and countersnipe. Tanja should have a hearty supply of arrows to reclaim afterward - and you might find some in her quiver too.

The archer lacks will, they are nervous. Strike them without fear. The warrior though, that one is ready.

>>870289
Actually, the archer lacks sightlines from here, doesn't she? Thus, so do we. Everybody focus the tower shield. Magic Missile!

>>870282
"Counter-Offer: Flee or Suffer."

Shield bash the warrior. Mage uses a flashbang, Rouge dashes in to backstab while the archer's distracted.

"You know we cannot, just as you cannot. Prepare yourselves."

Less talk, more battering ram. Chaaaarge!