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Ryuujin
Sep 26, 2007
Dragon God

Thorgeisl Whose Laughter Stinks of Killing
HP 127/128, AC 15, Fort +9, Ref +4, Will +6
DR 3/All (Overcome only by Cold, Electricity, and Fire) Fire Resist 10
Speaks: Common, Giant, Undercommon, Orc, Sylvan, Draconic, Aquan, Auran, Ignan, Terran, Dwarven, Elven. Drow Sign.
Celestial, Infernal, Abyssal


Thorgeisl easily shrugs off the blinding attack. He is starting to get annoyed, it was bad enough this halfling had the gall to threaten them but to then not get pushed off the train like a good little halfling, smack Thorgeisl in the face with his tiny fist, and try to blind Thorgeisl? He is really pushing Thorgeisl's buttons.

Thorgeisl steams, and acid begins to pool around his hands. He narrows his eyes at Viti and snarls. "How do you like this?" He then unleashes a ray of acid toward the mobile halfling.

Fort Save vs Blinding 1d20+9 25
Arcane Bolt (ranged touch) - acid vs Viti 1d20+8 18 vs touch AC. For 6d6+5 27 Acid damage.

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Ryuujin
Sep 26, 2007
Dragon God

Thorgeisl Whose Laughter Stinks of Killing
HP 127/128, AC 15, Fort +9, Ref +4, Will +6
DR 3/All (Overcome only by Cold, Electricity, and Fire) Fire Resist 10
Speaks: Common, Giant, Undercommon, Orc, Sylvan, Draconic, Aquan, Auran, Ignan, Terran, Dwarven, Elven. Drow Sign.
Celestial, Infernal, Abyssal


Thorgeisl is baffled by the explosion. It happened so quick it hardly seems possible that Viti could have called it off. It seems likely it was set to go off anyway and Viti was lying to get a chance to try and run as it goes off. Either way Thorgeisl is unhappy. He glares at Vanessa.

"You should have let him die. Deal with him yourself now."

He then flies off after Hecate.

Ryuujin
Sep 26, 2007
Dragon God

Thorgeisl Whose Laughter Stinks of Killing
HP 127/128, AC 15, Fort +9, Ref +4, Will +6
DR 3/All (Overcome only by Cold, Electricity, and Fire) Fire Resist 10
Speaks: Common, Giant, Undercommon, Orc, Sylvan, Draconic, Aquan, Auran, Ignan, Terran, Dwarven, Elven. Drow Sign.
Celestial, Infernal, Abyssal


Thorgeisl begins to fly off after Hecate when the dwarf shows up. He instead stops in mid-air. Looks this dwarf over, shakes his head and flies off in a different direction.

He flies off the train, while keeping pace. The lines up a shot on the dwarf's back. Once more acid boils around is arms before streaking out toward the dwarf.

Fly to C-41.
Arcane Bolt (ranged touch) - acid vs Calryn 1d20+8 22 vs touch AC. For 6d6+5 30 Acid damage.

Ryuujin
Sep 26, 2007
Dragon God

Thorgeisl Whose Laughter Stinks of Killing
HP 127/128, AC 15, Fort +9, Ref +4, Will +6
DR 3/All (Overcome only by Cold, Electricity, and Fire) Fire Resist 10
Speaks: Common, Giant, Undercommon, Orc, Sylvan, Draconic, Aquan, Auran, Ignan, Terran, Dwarven, Elven. Drow Sign.
Celestial, Infernal, Abyssal


Thorgeisl swings around so he is back over the train, in case something happens he will fall onto the train rather than plummeting into the ground below. He then lines up another shot of acid on the dwarf's back.

Fly to F-41.
Arcane Bolt (ranged touch) - acid vs Calryn 1d20+8 13 vs touch AC. For 6d6+5 24 Acid damage.

Well that was a low roll, still a touch attack so hopefully it will hit.

Ryuujin
Sep 26, 2007
Dragon God

Thorgeisl Whose Laughter Stinks of Killing
HP 127/128, AC 15, Fort +9, Ref +4, Will +6
DR 3/All (Overcome only by Cold, Electricity, and Fire) Fire Resist 10
Speaks: Common, Giant, Undercommon, Orc, Sylvan, Draconic, Aquan, Auran, Ignan, Terran, Dwarven, Elven. Drow Sign.
Celestial, Infernal, Abyssal


Well that didn't work as well as he would have liked. Thorgeisl quietly curses under his breath, then swings around to get behind the dwarf again. Once more he calls upon his elemental abilities and flings a ray of acid at the dwarf's back. But the shot is even wider than the last and fails to connect again. Thorgeisl's cursing begins to get a bit louder as flying about seems to be throwing his aim off.

Fly to F-37.
Arcane Bolt (ranged touch) - acid vs Calryn 1d20+8 10 vs touch AC. For 6d6+5 31 Acid damage.

...Seriously orokos why you got to hate me?

Ryuujin
Sep 26, 2007
Dragon God

Thorgeisl Whose Laughter Stinks of Killing
HP 127/128, AC 15, Fort +9, Ref +4, Will +6
DR 3/All (Overcome only by Cold, Electricity, and Fire) Fire Resist 10
Speaks: Common, Giant, Undercommon, Orc, Sylvan, Draconic, Aquan, Auran, Ignan, Terran, Dwarven, Elven. Drow Sign.
Celestial, Infernal, Abyssal


Thorgeisl is really starting to get annoyed. Steam is rising from his body, and little shocks of electricity course over his form and across his beard. He flies about to the dwarf's back again and with a roar of fury he fires yet another ray of acid, and finally connects. Quite handily at that.

Fly to E-42.
Arcane Bolt (ranged touch) - acid vs Calryn 1d20+8 28 natural 20! vs touch AC. For 6d6+5 25 Acid damage.
Roll to confirm 18 vs touch AC. If that confirms then the damage goes up from 25 to 50 Acid damage.

Ryuujin
Sep 26, 2007
Dragon God

Thorgeisl Whose Laughter Stinks of Killing
HP 105/128, AC 15, Fort +9, Ref +4, Will +6
DR 3/All (Overcome only by Cold, Electricity, and Fire) Fire Resist 10
Speaks: Common, Giant, Undercommon, Orc, Sylvan, Draconic, Aquan, Auran, Ignan, Terran, Dwarven, Elven. Drow Sign.
Celestial, Infernal, Abyssal


Well that hurt, and Thorgeisl is pissed. Visibly so. Steam is washing off his body as strange sigils glow red along his skin. Sparks flash from his eyes and winter chill escapes his lips as he hisses in pain and anger. "BASTARD DWARF YOU SHALL RUE THIS DAY!" He goes hurtling through the air along the train, first heading toward the still moving sections of the train searching for the escaped Calryn.

Reflex saves 2#1d20+4 9 and 14 yeah Reflex is not Thor's strong point, that said Fire Resist 10.
Fly toward the next cart looking for that punk Calryn.

Ryuujin
Sep 26, 2007
Dragon God

Thorgeisl Whose Laughter Stinks of Killing
HP 105/128, AC 15, Fort +9, Ref +4, Will +6
DR 3/All (Overcome only by Cold, Electricity, and Fire) Fire Resist 10
Speaks: Common, Giant, Undercommon, Orc, Sylvan, Draconic, Aquan, Auran, Ignan, Terran, Dwarven, Elven. Drow Sign.
Celestial, Infernal, Abyssal


Thorgeisl continues flying along until he can get a good look at the dwarf, then lines up a shot of acid at the side of his face. With any luck the dwarf will lose any beard or hair he still has, and much of his skin.

Fly to E-23 or so such that I can see Calryn, without him having any cover.
Arcane Bolt (ranged touch) - acid vs Calryn 1d20+8 14 vs touch AC. For 6d6+5 28 Acid damage. If that had hit of course.

Ryuujin
Sep 26, 2007
Dragon God

Thorgeisl Whose Laughter Stinks of Killing
HP 90/128, AC 15, Fort +9, Ref +4, Will +6
DR 3/All (Overcome only by Cold, Electricity, and Fire) Fire Resist 10
Speaks: Common, Giant, Undercommon, Orc, Sylvan, Draconic, Aquan, Auran, Ignan, Terran, Dwarven, Elven. Drow Sign.
Celestial, Infernal, Abyssal


Thorgeisl is sent flying, tumbling and falling. He rolls some and ends up some distance away. He is hurt and annoyed, but the initial explosion sending him flying meant that he avoided the far worse reactive blast.

He slowly rises to his feet, shaking his head, then looks up at the train car. He grits his teeth and flies back up and makes his way back to the train. While doing so he shouts to Hecate. "I don't suppose you have anything particularly unpleasant planned for this one? Maybe causing his limbs to slowly succumb to necrosis while he coughs up his lungs?"

Reflex Save 1d20+4 5 yeah natural 1, would have needed a natural 20 to succeed but this is the exact opposite.

Stand then fly back up to E-23, if I have any more movement/actions left then fly into the train and try to position myself some distance behind the dwarf.

Ryuujin
Sep 26, 2007
Dragon God

Thorgeisl Whose Laughter Stinks of Killing
HP 95/133, AC 15, Fort +9, Ref +4, Will +6
DR 4/All (Overcome only by Cold, Electricity, and Fire) Fire Resist 10
Speaks: Common, Giant, Undercommon, Orc, Sylvan, Draconic, Aquan, Auran, Ignan, Terran, Dwarven, Elven. Drow Sign.
Celestial, Infernal, Abyssal, Goblin.


Thorgeisl hobbles, flies, over to the body. He is mostly okay, but he still hurts in some places from all the explosions and falling off the train. Hovering over the body he makes certain the dwarf is dead, then spits on the body. "Good riddance." Then he begins to look around. "Everyone okay? Marisa?" He is particularly worried about Marisa because she made a suicidal, but brave, head-on attack on the dwarf.

He looks up to Phous, then turns away and mutters, "a bit late aren't you?"

Ryuujin
Sep 26, 2007
Dragon God

Thorgeisl Whose Laughter Stinks of Killing
HP 95/133, AC 15, Fort +9, Ref +4, Will +6
DR 4/All (Overcome only by Cold, Electricity, and Fire) Fire Resist 10
Speaks: Common, Giant, Undercommon, Orc, Sylvan, Draconic, Aquan, Auran, Ignan, Terran, Dwarven, Elven. Drow Sign.
Celestial, Infernal, Abyssal, Goblin.


Thorgeisl frowns, a barely concealed sneer of rage and hate fighting with the more neutral image he is portraying. At first Phous seemed humorous, but he is starting to annoy Thorgeisl quite a bit with his pompous, arrogant, attitude, a fine thing when pointed at someone else but rather a different matter when aimed his way. At the talk of Illithid tainted. His eyes narrow, and before Phous can leave he reaches out with his senses, trying to feel the taint the human claims clings to the dwarf, but in the process also trying to see if Phous himself or his half-elf companion carry that same taint.

Use Detect Magic and make a Knowledge Arcana and Spellcraft roll for additional information.
Knowledge Arcana 1d20+23 30
Spellcraft 1d20+29 45

Ryuujin
Sep 26, 2007
Dragon God

Thorgeisl Whose Laughter Stinks of Killing
HP 95/133, AC 15, Fort +9, Ref +4, Will +6
DR 4/All (Overcome only by Cold, Electricity, and Fire) Fire Resist 10
Speaks: Common, Giant, Undercommon, Orc, Sylvan, Draconic, Aquan, Auran, Ignan, Terran, Dwarven, Elven. Drow Sign.
Celestial, Infernal, Abyssal, Goblin.


Thorgeisl frowns, again. Perhaps he is a little disappointed, Phous was starting to annoy even him and it would have felt good to be able to turn on the rear end. He contemplates doing so anyway, but if Phous isn't actually tainted by the illithid then such an action would likely have consequences that Thorgeisl didn't want to deal with. Yet.

He continues to search for magical auras as he makes his way back inside, and toward his cabin. Once he settles down and gets something to eat, a rather frightening amount, and drink, again quite a bit, he will finally stop concentrating on searching for auras. Then he settles in to sleep, still finding it odd how much sleep he needs now. But then again he is not wearing the ring anymore.

Ryuujin
Sep 26, 2007
Dragon God

Thorgeisl Whose Laughter Stinks of Killing
HP 106/133, AC 15, Fort +9, Ref +4, Will +6
DR 4/All (Overcome only by Cold, Electricity, and Fire) Fire Resist 10
Speaks: Common, Giant, Undercommon, Orc, Sylvan, Draconic, Aquan, Auran, Ignan, Terran, Dwarven, Elven. Drow Sign.
Celestial, Infernal, Abyssal, Goblin.


Thorgeisl stretches as he gets off the train, then frowns as he sees Phous speaking with what is probably the head of the guard. He worries that Phous is taking all the credit. Then a pair of dwarf, children? walk up to him. He turns to look at them, and is about to ask how they get flowers down here, or how they could already have information on the attack let alone have a paper out on it. But instead Marisa begins throwing gold coins around. He sighs and gives his head a sad little shake. Still he is curious what the paper could possibly have. But he holds his curiosity in check as he follows Marisa to see what the commotion is about.

Ryuujin
Sep 26, 2007
Dragon God

Thorgeisl Whose Laughter Stinks of Killing
HP 106/133, AC 15, Fort +9, Ref +4, Will +6
DR 4/All (Overcome only by Cold, Electricity, and Fire) Fire Resist 10
Speaks: Common, Giant, Undercommon, Orc, Sylvan, Draconic, Aquan, Auran, Ignan, Terran, Dwarven, Elven. Drow Sign.
Celestial, Infernal, Abyssal, Goblin.


Thorgeisl looks back and forth between Hecate and Vanessa, and the new form of Hecate. He frowns. Then nods. "I will likely be rather noticeable as well, so I should follow another path as well so as to avoid leading attention to you. I will meet you at the brewery."

Ryuujin
Sep 26, 2007
Dragon God

Thorgeisl Whose Laughter Stinks of Killing
HP 106/133, AC 15, Fort +9, Ref +4, Will +6
DR 4/All (Overcome only by Cold, Electricity, and Fire) Fire Resist 10
Speaks: Common, Giant, Undercommon, Orc, Sylvan, Draconic, Aquan, Auran, Ignan, Terran, Dwarven, Elven. Drow Sign.
Celestial, Infernal, Abyssal, Goblin.


Thorgeisl stops entirely. Whatever his plan was, it went out of his head as he looked at the dwarven woman in the cross between a business suit and a server girl's outfit. He blinks a few times then smiles, sparks leaping from his eyes. "My, my, my that does sound tasty. Yes I would like to partake of this tour." Then he blinks again as he senses the animosity between the dwarf with the strange name and Vanessa. It takes him a moment before he recognizes the form as the one Hecate took. The thought of the Tasting Tour had driven it from his mind for a moment, and really what was up with that name? Donald? Wafflebeard? Preposterous.

Ryuujin
Sep 26, 2007
Dragon God

Thorgeisl Whose Laughter Stinks of Killing
HP 106/133, AC 15, Fort +9, Ref +4, Will +6
DR 4/All (Overcome only by Cold, Electricity, and Fire) Fire Resist 10
Speaks: Common, Giant, Undercommon, Orc, Sylvan, Draconic, Aquan, Auran, Ignan, Terran, Dwarven, Elven. Drow Sign.
Celestial, Infernal, Abyssal, Goblin.


Thorgeisl looks thoughtful, for a second or two, before handing over 50 gold. That seemed an awful lot for a tour, but then again perhaps the best ales in all the world. And likely quite a lot of it to sample.

Ryuujin
Sep 26, 2007
Dragon God

Thorgeisl Whose Laughter Stinks of Killing
HP 106/133, AC 15, Fort +9, Ref +4, Will +6
DR 4/All (Overcome only by Cold, Electricity, and Fire) Fire Resist 10
Speaks: Common, Giant, Undercommon, Orc, Sylvan, Draconic, Aquan, Auran, Ignan, Terran, Dwarven, Elven. Drow Sign.
Celestial, Infernal, Abyssal, Goblin.


Thorgeisl pauses as he drinks his current sample of the brew. As if appreciating the flavor. Something seems odd, unusual, about the drink and he tries to figure out what it is, while seeming to just slowly appreciate the flavor.

Appraise the Brew 1d20+5 25

Ryuujin
Sep 26, 2007
Dragon God

Thorgeisl Whose Laughter Stinks of Killing
HP 106/133, AC 15, Fort +9, Ref +4, Will +6
DR 4/All (Overcome only by Cold, Electricity, and Fire) Fire Resist 10
Speaks: Common, Giant, Undercommon, Orc, Sylvan, Draconic, Aquan, Auran, Ignan, Terran, Dwarven, Elven. Drow Sign.
Celestial, Infernal, Abyssal, Goblin.


Thorgeisl continues to savor the brew swirling the liquid around its goblet before occasionally taking a sip, holding the ale in his mouth for a long time. But he does not spit it out into some receptacle for such things, if there is one. While he savors the brew he asks the girl a question.

"You say that most of your customers are human?" He looks around. "Do you not get many Dwarven customers? Do you mostly ship your brew out then?"

Well now the question is what to do with this information. Perhaps start a riot?

Ryuujin
Sep 26, 2007
Dragon God

Thorgeisl Whose Laughter Stinks of Killing
HP 106/133, AC 15, Fort +9, Ref +4, Will +6
DR 4/All (Overcome only by Cold, Electricity, and Fire) Fire Resist 10
Speaks: Common, Giant, Undercommon, Orc, Sylvan, Draconic, Aquan, Auran, Ignan, Terran, Dwarven, Elven. Drow Sign.
Celestial, Infernal, Abyssal, Goblin.


A Dwarven Comedy? Thorgeisl barely manages to keep a laugh from erupting. He finishes the tour with a smile for the girl giving it, "that seems like that would be the event to see. Thank you." And leaves with Vanessa.

Once they are clear he responds to Vanessa's question. "Hmm? Oh they are cheating people, probably a reason why their customers are mostly clueless humans. The brews are all the same, and watered down at that. The biggest difference between the brews is the Honeybrew and that is only because they add a bunch of honey and sugars to it to sweeten it."

He glances at Vanessa, "we should be careful about this information as it could potentially start a riot, particularly if there were any Dwarves who had been partaking and somehow unaware that it was just watered down Dwarven ale."

Ryuujin
Sep 26, 2007
Dragon God

Thorgeisl Whose Laughter Stinks of Killing
HP 106/133, AC 15, Fort +9, Ref +4, Will +6
DR 4/All (Overcome only by Cold, Electricity, and Fire) Fire Resist 10
Speaks: Common, Giant, Undercommon, Orc, Sylvan, Draconic, Aquan, Auran, Ignan, Terran, Dwarven, Elven. Drow Sign.
Celestial, Infernal, Abyssal, Goblin.


"Yes the brews are all the same. All watered down dwarven ale, the same exact vintage and everything. The only difference is the Honeybrew which has honey and sugars added to sweeten it."

He muses for a bit. "The play may be interesting to see on its own. A Dwarven Comedy. But yes it seems Goldbrew will be attending if you wish to find him."

Ryuujin
Sep 26, 2007
Dragon God

Thorgeisl Whose Laughter Stinks of Killing
HP 106/133, AC 15, Fort +9, Ref +4, Will +6
DR 4/All (Overcome only by Cold, Electricity, and Fire) Fire Resist 10
Speaks: Common, Giant, Undercommon, Orc, Sylvan, Draconic, Aquan, Auran, Ignan, Terran, Dwarven, Elven. Drow Sign.
Celestial, Infernal, Abyssal, Goblin.


"That may be a good idea." Thorgeisl walks about for a while before finding a place to stay the night. He briefly thinks to follow Vanessa, but then she goes shopping and he loses her.

Spellcraft - try and analyze the goblets that the Goldbrew was served in, in case it might have an enchantment to make others not notice it is all the same, or some other weird enchantment 1d20+29 44
Knowledge Arcana - the same 1d20+23 26

Ryuujin
Sep 26, 2007
Dragon God

Thorgeisl Whose Laughter Stinks of Killing
HP 106/133, AC 15, Fort +9, Ref +4, Will +6
DR 4/All (Overcome only by Cold, Electricity, and Fire) Fire Resist 10
Speaks: Common, Giant, Undercommon, Orc, Sylvan, Draconic, Aquan, Auran, Ignan, Terran, Dwarven, Elven. Drow Sign.
Celestial, Infernal, Abyssal, Goblin.


Thorgeisl wakes famished, and searches out a truly prodigious breakfast, then he begins to look for a hearty lunch. He also goes about procuring a ticket for the first Dwarven Comedy. How could he not attend such an event? The nicer the seating the better. Then he spends his free time strolling the city, exploring its sights, and trying to figure out where the others went and just what their plan for the evening actually would be. Maybe they will try to speak to Goldbrew at the event? Or kidnap him. Or maybe they will do something else. They are hardly a predictable lot, except that anything dead and knowledgeable will likely end up reanimated.

Ryuujin
Sep 26, 2007
Dragon God

Thorgeisl Whose Laughter Stinks of Killing
HP 106/133, AC 15, Fort +9, Ref +4, Will +6
DR 4/All (Overcome only by Cold, Electricity, and Fire) Fire Resist 10
Speaks: Common, Giant, Undercommon, Orc, Sylvan, Draconic, Aquan, Auran, Ignan, Terran, Dwarven, Elven. Drow Sign.
Celestial, Infernal, Abyssal, Goblin.


"Oh my." Thorgeisl is actually rather impressed by the theater's setup. He pays the pittance for a ticket, then begins to wander about to try all the concessions. It will be awhile before the play starts, and he has no idea where everyone else is. Though he suspects at least a few of them would be showing up to the play, probably. And at the very least this Goldbrew should be. Hmm. What does Goldbrew look like? Maybe someone should have told him before he started this whole thing. Oh well he can leave that to the others. There is a play to see, a Dwarven Comedy at that. It should be a monumental event, and hilarious one way or another. But first time to sample as many different foods and drinks as possible.

Okay pay the 5 silver to get a ticket, then go on a sample binge for all the concessions, all of them.

Ryuujin
Sep 26, 2007
Dragon God

Thorgeisl Whose Laughter Stinks of Killing
HP 106/133, AC 15, Fort +9, Ref +4, Will +6
DR 4/All (Overcome only by Cold, Electricity, and Fire) Fire Resist 10
Speaks: Common, Giant, Undercommon, Orc, Sylvan, Draconic, Aquan, Auran, Ignan, Terran, Dwarven, Elven. Drow Sign.
Celestial, Infernal, Abyssal, Goblin.


Thorgeisl is of course pleased to accept the ticket and take his place in the nicer private box. He watches the show, going through whatever he managed to save of the food and drink for the play. He watches. And well some of it is perhaps a bit funny, but not really laugh out loud. Still it is a spectacle, and the first dwarven comedy. So it is a monumental event in its own right, and he is glad he witnessed it.

Ryuujin
Sep 26, 2007
Dragon God

Thorgeisl Whose Laughter Stinks of Killing
HP 106/133, AC 15, Fort +9, Ref +4, Will +6
DR 4/All (Overcome only by Cold, Electricity, and Fire) Fire Resist 10
Speaks: Common, Giant, Undercommon, Orc, Sylvan, Draconic, Aquan, Auran, Ignan, Terran, Dwarven, Elven. Drow Sign.
Celestial, Infernal, Abyssal, Goblin.


Well Thorgeisl had been beginning to lose interest in the play. This could hold his interest for a bit, and he is beginning to think he should do something a bit more random and chaotic than simply watching a play. But first to deal with these blood things.

"What some foul blood creatures attacking patrons of the play! We cannot have that!" Must look good in front of any onlookers after all.

Fly about, looking impressive and heroic.
Arcane Bolt (ranged touch) - cold vs nearest Blood Orb 1d20+9 29 natural 20!
For 6d6+5 24 Cold damage before possible crit.
Crit Confirmation 13 vs touch AC.

Ryuujin
Sep 26, 2007
Dragon God

Thorgeisl Whose Laughter Stinks of Killing
HP 99/133, AC 15, Fort +9, Ref +4, Will +6
DR 4/All (Overcome only by Cold, Electricity, and Fire) Fire Resist 10
Speaks: Common, Giant, Undercommon, Orc, Sylvan, Draconic, Aquan, Auran, Ignan, Terran, Dwarven, Elven. Drow Sign.
Celestial, Infernal, Abyssal, Goblin.


Thorgeisl nods, assuming Vanessa doesn't try to cause a scene, and says "of course." He will follow the Defenders. Of course it is possible the Defenders think them responsible, but he can deal with that when, or if, it happens.

Ryuujin
Sep 26, 2007
Dragon God

Thorgeisl Whose Laughter Stinks of Killing
HP 99/133, AC 15, Fort +9, Ref +4, Will +6
DR 4/All (Overcome only by Cold, Electricity, and Fire) Fire Resist 10
Speaks: Common, Giant, Undercommon, Orc, Sylvan, Draconic, Aquan, Auran, Ignan, Terran, Dwarven, Elven. Drow Sign.
Celestial, Infernal, Abyssal, Goblin.


This is annoying. Thorgeisl nods along and does his best to fill out the information, making certain to indicate that he does not do blood magic, and neglecting any possible connections to being an illithid war experiment, most certainly avoids any of that. He can't really answer all the questions, but then again who can, crazy dwarves and their reams of papers and questions. But when it all boils down to the point where it is clear that they suspect him and the others of summoning the Blood Orbs he just stops and looks them in the eye.

"I was having a good time, watching your very first comedy, which I might add is a monumental event, when I witnessed a massive weapon slam into a balcony, someone then falling, and when I went to help I witnessed these floating globes of what looked like blood. I went to work on stopping them, because they looked unnatural and a threat to my fellow playgoers. And after dealing with these blood globes you come along and accuse me of sinking to such pathetic levels as summoning something like that?"

Ryuujin
Sep 26, 2007
Dragon God

Thorgeisl Whose Laughter Stinks of Killing
HP 99/133, AC 15, Fort +9, Ref +4, Will +6
DR 4/All (Overcome only by Cold, Electricity, and Fire) Fire Resist 10
Speaks: Common, Giant, Undercommon, Orc, Sylvan, Draconic, Aquan, Auran, Ignan, Terran, Dwarven, Elven. Drow Sign.
Celestial, Infernal, Abyssal, Goblin.


Well that was rather annoying, thankfully Vanessa managed to handle it before Thorgeisl went off the deep end. He is just glad to get out of there. He follows Vanessa and Thadius to some alley, certainly the best place to discuss clandestine matters. He listens to Thadius' report.

"...keeping tabs on their .... friends. Could that mean they are keeping tabs on us somehow we are unaware of? And this thing about targeting diplomats in the City Below. Goldbrew is involved. Could there be something in the brew that I missed? Or in the goblets one drinks from, or casks that they travel in, that could effect those who drink it? I have wondered how they can get away with serving watered down dwarven ale for all their brews and not get a riot going from the many dwarves who have presumably tried it."

Ryuujin
Sep 26, 2007
Dragon God

Thorgeisl Whose Laughter Stinks of Killing
HP 99/133, AC 15, Fort +9, Ref +4, Will +6
DR 4/All (Overcome only by Cold, Electricity, and Fire) Fire Resist 10
Speaks: Common, Giant, Undercommon, Orc, Sylvan, Draconic, Aquan, Auran, Ignan, Terran, Dwarven, Elven. Drow Sign.
Celestial, Infernal, Abyssal, Goblin.


Thorgeisl's day has gone from pretty good to unintentionally hilarious and filled with a historic event, to pretty annoying rather quickly. He makes sure the others, that are still nearby and that he knows where they are, likely Vanessa at least, know how to reach him. Then he returns to wear he was staying, he will be retiring for the night, likely after some more binge eating. And he can only hope the next day turns out better.

Ryuujin
Sep 26, 2007
Dragon God

Thorgeisl Whose Laughter Stinks of Killing
HP 109/133, AC 15, Fort +9, Ref +4, Will +6
DR 4/All (Overcome only by Cold, Electricity, and Fire) Fire Resist 10
Speaks: Common, Giant, Undercommon, Orc, Sylvan, Draconic, Aquan, Auran, Ignan, Terran, Dwarven, Elven. Drow Sign.
Celestial, Infernal, Abyssal, Goblin.


Thorgeisl looks between Thadius and Vanessa. Back and forth. Back and forth. And then he looks at the cat. Well the cat could be something taking on the form of a cat to spy on them. Or it could just be a normal cat. He tries to check it for magic himself, just in case. But he suspects the cat is just a normal cat. Either way they can't let this interfere with their work. "We can deal with the cat as necessary, but either way you two need to work together."

Ryuujin
Sep 26, 2007
Dragon God

Thorgeisl Whose Laughter Stinks of Killing
HP 109/133, AC 15, Fort +9, Ref +4, Will +6
DR 4/All (Overcome only by Cold, Electricity, and Fire) Fire Resist 10
Speaks: Common, Giant, Undercommon, Orc, Sylvan, Draconic, Aquan, Auran, Ignan, Terran, Dwarven, Elven. Drow Sign.
Celestial, Infernal, Abyssal, Goblin.


Thorgeisl waits for Vanessa to put away her cat. Then he raises an eyebrow as she scrawls the message. He turns toward Thadius. "I am intrigued by your plan. Is there anything I can do to help? Read some scrolls? Fly to a hard to reach location?" He tries to keep his words vague so that any eavesdroppers would not know what the actual plan might be, but he is beginning to grow bored down here and needs to find something to do. And with everyone keeping their plans secret he isn't even sure how they plan to go about accomplishing their plans.

Ryuujin
Sep 26, 2007
Dragon God

Thorgeisl Whose Laughter Stinks of Killing
HP 109/133, AC 15, Fort +9, Ref +4, Will +6
DR 4/All (Overcome only by Cold, Electricity, and Fire) Fire Resist 10
Speaks: Common, Giant, Undercommon, Orc, Sylvan, Draconic, Aquan, Auran, Ignan, Terran, Dwarven, Elven. Drow Sign.
Celestial, Infernal, Abyssal, Goblin.


Thorgeisl is a bit surprised at the difficulty of attaining a few simple scrolls, then again an underground city might be rather worried about to what use one would put a stone shape spell to. Invisibility would probably not be available either. Then again Thadius did manage to acquire a scroll of earth elemental. And the elemental can glide in and place the explosives both itself. And Thorgeisl did go on a tour of the brewery so he should have a pretty good idea of where to send the elemental.

He nods to Thadius. "Yes we should probably try and all meet up, or at least all of us we can find. Haven't seen any sign of a few recently." Then he goes about trying to meet up with Marisa and setting up a meeting for everyone at her hideout.

Ryuujin
Sep 26, 2007
Dragon God

Thorgeisl Whose Laughter Stinks of Killing
HP 109/133, AC 15, Fort +9, Ref +4, Will +6
DR 4/All (Overcome only by Cold, Electricity, and Fire) Fire Resist 10
Speaks: Common, Giant, Undercommon, Orc, Sylvan, Draconic, Aquan, Auran, Ignan, Terran, Dwarven, Elven. Drow Sign.
Celestial, Infernal, Abyssal, Goblin.


Before leaving Thorgeisl responds to Thadius's question. "Hmm? Marisa. And she does seem mechanically inclined so one can hope."

Pretty sure she mentioned her name when she was introduced. And probably multiple other times. Though mostly I think she kept harping on Tunnel Snakes.

Ryuujin
Sep 26, 2007
Dragon God

Thorgeisl Whose Laughter Stinks of Killing
HP 109/133, AC 15, Fort +9, Ref +4, Will +6
DR 4/All (Overcome only by Cold, Electricity, and Fire) Fire Resist 10
Speaks: Common, Giant, Undercommon, Orc, Sylvan, Draconic, Aquan, Auran, Ignan, Terran, Dwarven, Elven. Drow Sign.
Celestial, Infernal, Abyssal, Goblin.


... Cats. Again. This is getting weird, but Thorgeisl knew he looked for magic the last time he saw a cat. If the cat is still in sight he tries to look for magic, again. "This is strange. Could they spy on us with or through cats, without leaving a tell tale sign of magic?"

Ryuujin
Sep 26, 2007
Dragon God

Thorgeisl Whose Laughter Stinks of Killing
HP 109/133, AC 15, Fort +9, Ref +4, Will +6
DR 4/All (Overcome only by Cold, Electricity, and Fire) Fire Resist 10
Speaks: Common, Giant, Undercommon, Orc, Sylvan, Draconic, Aquan, Auran, Ignan, Terran, Dwarven, Elven. Drow Sign.
Celestial, Infernal, Abyssal, Goblin.


The cat fight eventually ends and the group heads out, only to spot and be spotted by more cats. Cats that bolt rather suspiciously in multiple directions, almost as if they were keeping watch.

Thorgeisl really begins to wonder if killing the cats might have been a better idea after all. Still the group continues to the brewery, only to find the twins that had apparently entertained Thadius, as well as a halfling and a whole lot of cats. Yeah. More cats.

Thorgeisl backs off, letting Marisa and Vanessa take the lead, and hopefully having the twins and halfling, and especially the cats, lose track of him. He is sorely tempted to just attack, but Marisa seems to have something planned as she starts talking quite a bit. That is not the only thing that stays his hand, he worries that this may be a set up, that this halfling may have alerted the guard to the would be arson.

Ryuujin
Sep 26, 2007
Dragon God

Thorgeisl Whose Laughter Stinks of Killing
HP 109/133, AC 15, Fort +9, Ref +4, Will +6
DR 4/All (Overcome only by Cold, Electricity, and Fire) Fire Resist 10
Speaks: Common, Giant, Undercommon, Orc, Sylvan, Draconic, Aquan, Auran, Ignan, Terran, Dwarven, Elven. Drow Sign.
Celestial, Infernal, Abyssal, Goblin.


Well that was weird. The halfling turned into a cat, and is talking all high and mighty. Thorgeisl does not know if Richard is right or not, but he hardly cares for what Barnabus had been doing. So he lifted in the air, leaving the reach of cats and catmen, and then from his new position launches a ball of flame at the cats, Catbad, and the twins.

"Sorry you were getting a bit full of hot air there."

Fly up out of reach of any retaliation, hopefully.
Then use Arcane Burst to produce a 20ft radius of Arcane Bolt, going with fire, and trying to hit CATBAD, the twins and as many cats as possible, while also centering it such that it doesn't hit Vanessa or Marisa.
Arcane Burst (ranged touch) - fire vs CATBAD, the twins, and any cats in the area 6#1d20+9 18, 28, 15, 10, 26, 17 for 6d6+5 27 Fire damage.
Taunt.

Ryuujin
Sep 26, 2007
Dragon God

Thorgeisl Whose Laughter Stinks of Killing
HP 68/133, AC 15, Fort +9, Ref +4, Will +6
DR 4/All (Overcome only by Cold, Electricity, and Fire) Fire Resist 10
Speaks: Common, Giant, Undercommon, Orc, Sylvan, Draconic, Aquan, Auran, Ignan, Terran, Dwarven, Elven. Drow Sign.
Celestial, Infernal, Abyssal, Goblin.


Well that did not go well. Thorgeisl grimaces and tries to escape to the air. Once there he tries to set up another shot to take out as many enemies as possible, but finds that many shots would involve hitting one of his allies, eventually he settles on taking out as many of the cats as he can, as well as setting the giant cat on fire.

Attempt to Fly up out of reach, though this likely means opportunity attacks.
Once high enough to hopefully avoid any more retaliation use Arcane Burst to produce a 20ft radius of Arcane Bolt, going with fire, and trying to hit Snickerdoodle and 18 squares of Cats!
Arcane Burst (ranged touch) - fire 20ft radius burst centered on N-24 vs Snickerdoodle and the Cats! 19#1d20+9 12, 25, 10, 20, 26, 20, 23, 10, 20, 10, 26, 10, 10, 17, 14, 12, 21, 22, 22 for 6d6+5 24 Fire damage.

Ryuujin
Sep 26, 2007
Dragon God

Thorgeisl Whose Laughter Stinks of Killing
HP 19/133, AC 15, Fort +9, Ref +4, Will +6
DR 4/All (Overcome only by Cold, Electricity, and Fire) Fire Resist 10
Speaks: Common, Giant, Undercommon, Orc, Sylvan, Draconic, Aquan, Auran, Ignan, Terran, Dwarven, Elven. Drow Sign.
Celestial, Infernal, Abyssal, Goblin.


Thorgeisl wakes back up just in time to get a face full of pain. He grimaces and then tries to figure out a way to get up, and away, without drawing an attack from the strange catthing. .

Reflex Save 1d20+4 12 so Thorgeisl takes the 18 damage, presumably reduced by his DR 4 to 14. Putting him at 19 hp.

Try to stand/move in such a way to avoid provoking an attack of opportunity. Not sure if there is a disengage option or if a 5 foot step can be taken when prone or something like that.

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Ryuujin
Sep 26, 2007
Dragon God

Thorgeisl Whose Laughter Stinks of Killing
HP 01/133, AC 15, Fort +9, Ref +4, Will +6
DR 4/All (Overcome only by Cold, Electricity, and Fire) Fire Resist 10
Speaks: Common, Giant, Undercommon, Orc, Sylvan, Draconic, Aquan, Auran, Ignan, Terran, Dwarven, Elven. Drow Sign.
Celestial, Infernal, Abyssal, Goblin.


Thorgeisl is in pain, and really has no options. But at least it seems few enemies are next to him at the moment. So he tries to risk it by standing and trying to move away from the cats. With any luck they will miss him.

Stand from prone.
If the Attack of Opportunity misses then convert standard to move to move to K-22. If I managed to get fly off at some point then include some vertical movement in that to try and get out of everyone's reach.

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