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Post by Andre on Sept 14, 2010 22:32:26 GMT -5
(This takes place directly after the events of the FG game session from Tuesday Sept 21st .... it's day four of Autumn Dark (november 4th in earth terms).. four days have passed since the campaign started... you are still in the swamps of Xak Tsaorth)The aftermath of the battle is a messy one... Draconian remains... spattered brain gore, draconian statues that rapidly crumble into stone dust, bits and pieces of exploded draconians, bone shards, a rapidly decomposing eyeball here and there... litter the field... Reika shouts something angrily at the rest of you and storms off in disgust, vanishing into the swampland... (DM NOTE... not sure if mikker0 still wants to be in the group given the hard time she's going through personally so I'm going to treat this as a "leave of absence" with mikker0 .. and her character, Reika... free to rejoin us if she likes.. until then it should be assumed Reika has left the group)... The two draconians who pursued Za'era into the undergrowth are still nowhere to be found... it can only be assumed that they've left to go warn their fellows... presenting the dark elf with a difficult task... how to quickly extract information from their prisoners... three of these strange, spell-casting (now bound hand and foot and gagged, though the gag can easily be removed to allow them to speak ) draconians and the fourth more "ordinary" one.. if the word ordinary can be applied to them at all... What's more she has to do it without hurting them... a puzzling thing.. the drow simply torture their victims into telling them what they want to know... the half-devil monk is a puzzling man indeed.. you would think his fiendish ancestry would make him more like the Drow... instead it's the exact opposite... Adam stands poised and alert watching both the draconians and Za'era, obviously ready to take action should any of them resort to violence,whether of the magical spell-casting type or otherwise (in game terms assume that if a draconian tries to cast a spell when un-gagged Adam uses a stunning fist type blow to knock one silly before he can get off a spell ) ... Rin eyes them as well with an unfriendly look.. it's hard to tell but the draconian that cooked and served part of the kenku to eat might very well be among the ranks of their prisoners... Rin's new pet bird gleefully dive bombs the prisoners, pooping on various parts of their anatomy .. " C'mon , pull that gag off, I wanna' poop in their mouths too" whines the crow. Eolaer stares at the blue crystal staff.. a weapon of destruction as much as one of healing apparently... one strike from the staff was all it took to kill a draconian, a single blow, the staff practically roaring, vibrating intensely the blue light pouring off it in waves... it's healed Eolaer, it's healed Nine, Rin .. but despite the charred flesh on his chest, a souvenir from the lightning bolt one of the draconians shot at him, the monk refuses to have anything to do with the staff, refusing any and all offers of magical healing from it. Nine smiles over at Za'era.. surface elf and dark elf had to work together to help free their friends after they were taken captive by the draconians... " As we discussed before ... you'll take point in the interrogation... if you're going to be one of us we need to give you the opportunity to BE one of us.. so we will not ask these 'draconians' any questions... you shall be our voice... I know you'll do well".. with another friendly smile Nine gives the drow's shoulder a gentle, reassuing squeeze.. then sits down to watch her go to work.. Za'era looks over to Rin and Adam, remembering what they did after the tide of battle turned in their favor.... speaking calmly and reasonably to their opponents and getting them to surrender when the tide of battle has turned against them... instead of simply enslaving them for future use to the surface world society , like the Drow would do in their world beneath the surface.. what a strange, strange place this surface world is.. and the strangest thing is it worked ! The draconians responded to the bird-man and the half devil, did what they asked... Za'era is no stranger to men... she's already noticed the draconians staring at her pretty face and her obvious.. charms... when they thought she wasn't looking... clearly they are attracted to her... and if nothing else she knows the surface people of this above-world see her as both beautiful and desirable.. (Za'era.. feel free to post whatever you'd like to say to the draconians then .. assuming you do the un-Drow thing Adam seems to expect you to do and be NICE to them.. and what the heck's up with that anyways? ... you can make a diplomacy roll against them and post the results here on the forum )
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Post by madelaine on Sept 15, 2010 1:07:24 GMT -5
(( I am so arrogant and say that I wont need any diplomacy roles. Maybe a willpower roll to avoid my dark side taking over with all the cruelty I will show and the darkness I tap into in my own soul and memories. ))
Za'era looks over to Rin, Nine and Adam and leads them away from the draconians then whispers to them.
"Please do you exactly what I am asking you to do. Do not argue with me when I am asking it and do not talk in front of the draconians anymore in any peaceful and kind way. I promised not to hurt them and I will keep my promise but I need your help to get this done and gain your trust."
She waits for a moment if there will be any objections (( I hope not else the rest of this text is obsolete )).
She turns to the draconians then back to her friends still whispering. "Think of it as playing theater. Now start to answer all orders I give with 'As you wish' and trust in me."
She turns around looking at the draconians.
"Seperate them. Keep that ordinate one here, this one over there, the third over there and the fourth over there." She points to several directions and talks in a strict and commanding tone loud enough for everyone to hear it. Even the draconians.
"Birdman you will stay with me."
She waits on the response ((hopefully the way she asked for)) then moves with Rin and the last draconian to the direction she pointed out for him earlier. She makes sure they move out of sight but remain in hearing range for her earlier used commanding tone. She whispers to Rin and asks him to listen to the draconian as best as he can and to give her a sign when he thinks that he will be able to copy his voice. She saw him doing this many times before and is sure that his art is good enough for this again. The drow ungags the draconian and starts talking to him with her strict voice so everyone can hear it.
"Listen lizardman. I do have not much patience. I will ask this only once in a kind way. If you want to make me happy then deny answering the questions so I can work on my art of making you speak. So lets start." She looks at Rin and waits till he nods in agreement that he is ready.
"What is this about?" "Where do you come from?" "What are you doing here?" "Why this place?" "Are there more?" "How many more?" "What do you want with this staff?" "Where is your leader?" "Who is your leader?"
She pauses after each question to give the draconian a chance to answer. Za'era does not really care if he gives an answer. She only wants him to talk to give Rin a chance to learn his voice. After she is done she gags the draconian again and smirks at Rin whispering. "Now to the fun part. Please deny answering every question I ask but play along with me. I am sure you will get the idea."
"Well... You had your chance." She starts talking in her commanding voice again. "Bring me my dagger elf!" She directs at Nine. "And heat up one of their swords in that fire over there. Make sure to wrap leather around the handle. I do not want to burn my hand when I need it."
She waits till Nine brings her dagger. They still are out of sight. Za'era turns to Rin whispering "Now you have to play him and tag along." Her voice turns to harsh and strict again. "Let's see.. What do you think Birdman. They cut off some on your side. I think we should do the same on him." She pokes Rin and waits for his performance. So lets start again... She starts asking the same questions over and over again playing with Rin her charade. After a while she asks for the heated weapon to be brought and takes out some of the ham from her foodreserves pushing the glowing metal against it while she grins at Rins played screams.
"He fell unconscious. Wake him up again! Bring us some water male!" She snarls at Nine and waits for the bucket of water then empties it over the draconian. Then hands the sword and bucket back to Nine. "We will need this heated up again. You may leave. NOW!"
"Let's try once more. I am not sure how long you can do this but I got all night long."
She starts the game with Rin once more. After a while she orders for the heated sword again. This goes on and on. Maybe four or five times. Then finally...
"Damn. I think he wont make it this time!" She pokes Rin and smiles waiting for him to do his best dying sequence ever. "Oh lord by all gods. I thought they were resilient. What the hell?" She knocks the draconian unconscious to avoid him doing any betraying noises in the coming moments anymore. "Look.. He is dead! That's been what? An hour? Two? Even I can take more than them!" She sighs then moves to their leader and sees if he is cooperative now afraid he would have to go through the same.
((If not she starts the same game with the next draconian at another spot out of sight and increases the intensity of her cruelty. She goes on until either all draconians are "dead" beside the leader or he starts to talk.))
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Post by darkalloy on Sept 15, 2010 5:03:46 GMT -5
Rin smiles as he is familiar with drow society and does his best to act on it.
"As you wish mistress."
Rin screams in agony using the draconian's voice. Seeing as he his not a stranger to it himself it is rather convincing.
"No not there, no I didn't cut that hunk off of you. Don't cut tha...........!!!"
This would be followed by the most bloodcurdling scream you have ever heard. Even to the party members who watch Rin do this it would be very disturbing and chilling.
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Post by Andre on Sept 15, 2010 9:10:36 GMT -5
(and far as I'm concerned this isn't a violation of "Good" alignment though it might very well make Adam cringe ) ...
(unfortunately I will require rolls , I pretty much always do even in the forums for this sort of thing ... go ahead and make a bluff roll but add +8 to your result for the entire performance and another +4 for Rin's "aid others" kenku ability instead of the normal +2 , for a total bonus of +12 to whatever you roll.. when you roll bluff remember to add any ranks you have in bluff, any bonuses for charisma and the +3 bonus for your appearance score of 16 ... oddly enough having a beautiful woman do this is somehow even MORE chilling to the draconians...)Out of earshot of the draconians, Nine looks at Adam and gives him a weak laugh.. " Um... I thought she'd be NICER but .. at least she isn't hurting them.. see, look" he whispers pointing at the charade.. the draconian they dragged behind the trees, now lying on the ground watching the little "theater play" is staring at the dark elf and the kenku eyes practically bulging out of his sockets, confusion radiating from the lizard-man in an almost visible aura... clearly the draconian is wondering why they're not torturing him for real... " Listen" says the wild elf scratching the back of his neck self consciously " I know you're probably not happy about this entire affair...but from what I know of dark elves, from what she's told us about herself before " (see whatifdragonlancedm.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=forumroleplay&action=display&thread=112&page=3and Za'era looks over to the human. His armor seems to have seen many battles already. She nods softly but makes sure to keep an eye on every move the elf does as well to avoid having someone move behind her. "I have been born in the caves, the underground. My kin usually lives beneath the surface and only the strongest survive in our society. The others are either enslaved, used or sacrificed. We are the dark mirror of the elves they prefer to forget or to kill on sight because they do not wish to accept that once we have been the same but while they took the road of light and good we took the road of dark and evil. Our society is aggressive and strong. Shaped by tradition and religion." She turns her head away for a moment and sighs. "Because I did not want to bow to the goddess of my kin I had to leave or they would have killed me. My sisters tried to but my mother made sure I would not die too fast. Only my father showed mercy and helped me to escape. I worry he was killed for this blasphemy." She sighs once again and finally looks down. Talking about her past seems not very easy for her. "Since then I am on the surface but Takhisis is not letting me go. Her grip is still tight around my throat. I can feel her hate and wrath toward me because I did not bow to her as all my sisters did on her return." She looks once more at Eolaer. "Is this the information you desired?" ) " .... this to her probably IS being nice even if us, um, "surface folk" don't see it that way.. give her a chance, let her come around, gradually, in stages... she'll get there ! Baby steps eh? If you mess her up on this .... we may end up pushing her in the wrong direction"... Nine speaks carefully but earnestly... you get the distinct feeling he's spent so long trying to rein his close friend Eolaer in that he has a certain insight into these matters.... Eolaer watches the charade then marches back to camp to join the hobgoblin brothers keeping an eye on the other three draconians.. the warrior's lips twitch a bit in a barely supressed smile but he contains his laughter and the draconians are non the wiser .... the hobgoblin brothers on the other hand buy it hook line and sinker. " Wow ! One minute she's feeling sorry for herself and the next mnute she's a total bad-ass... " exclaims Grusk. " Reminds me of mom" comments Trusk.. " You're RIGHT ! " exclaims Grusk in a surprised tone, punching his brother in the shoulder ...
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Post by darkalloy on Sept 15, 2010 9:16:56 GMT -5
(In fairness I need to make a bluff check for the mimicry aswell. If I get any bonus's let me know. Any way the base roll I got was 37 16+21=37 so... Yeah.)
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Post by Andre on Sept 15, 2010 9:19:48 GMT -5
(go ahead and make the mimicry check but yeah give yourself a +8 bonus total due to the awesome bluff roll and the whole charade thing .. thanks for pointing that out )
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Post by madelaine on Sept 15, 2010 9:21:35 GMT -5
(and far as I'm concerned this isn't a violation of "Good" alignment though it might very well make Adam cringe ) ...
(unfortunately I will require rolls , I pretty much always do even in the forums for this sort of thing ... go ahead and make a bluff roll but add +8 to your result for the entire performance and another +4 for Rin's "aid others" kenku ability instead of the normal +2 , for a total bonus of +12 to whatever you roll.. when you roll bluff remember to add any ranks you have in bluff, any bonuses for charisma and the +3 bonus for your appearance score of 16 ... oddly enough having a beautiful woman do this is somehow even MORE chilling to the draconians...) 9 (roll) + 6 (bluff) + 12 (modifier) = 27
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Post by darkalloy on Sept 15, 2010 9:31:08 GMT -5
(Reminds me of mom.... Oh good lord... Odd thing is it does for me aswell.)
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Post by Andre on Sept 15, 2010 9:34:26 GMT -5
Eolaer pulls the gags away from their mouth, standing ready , bare handed (no weapon in hand) but clearly prepared to bash skulls together and render draconians unconscious should any of them start casting spells... it turns out to be unnecessary...
" We'll talk we'll talk ! " shouts one .. the spell-casting variety.. in a panicked voice...
" What issss thisssss about? I don't know , what isss what about? Not trying to be rude I don't undersssstand the question !
" We come from Nereka.. the Dark Queen amasssesss her army their to take all of Krynn...
" There are thoussssandssss of usssss ... but if you're looking for how many are in there " The draconian jerks his head towards the temple Ruins of Xak Tsaroth.... right now perhapssss about 40 of usssss? That number changessssss... sssometimessss we leave the ssssswamp on the Dark Queen's busssinesssss sssssearching for the blue cryssssstal ssssstaff or other important thingssssss... there'sssss one ogre, gully dwarvessss we keep assss sssslavessss, two barbarian prissssonerssssss.. plainssssmen I believe you call them.... and ghosssstsssss here and there... and Onyx.. our missssstresssss, the holy honored dark servant of Takhisssissss... you would know her asssss... a dragon. She isssss our leader...
" The sssstaff... we know it issss a holy relic devoted to the godssss of Light.. that alone marksssss it assss a threat... the lasssst thing Takhissssiss wantssss is the sssservantsss of Light returning to the world... and we are sssssuppossssed to dessstroy anything we even remotely ssssusssspect might lead to that.. sssuch assss a holy relic...
" We know of the half devil" the draconian inclines his head towards Adam " Because hissss father told us all about him... hisss father WATCHESSSSS hissss sssson too ssssso the father knowsss about the ressst of you asss well... the wild elf... the dark elf who issss a " the draconian visibily and obviously thinks better of uttering the word "traitor" and adds hastily " taking a vacation from the underground cavernssssssss ... the warrior " the draconian looks at Eolaer " And the talking bird.. though that there'ssss two of them isssss new to usssss.... and the wizardesss, wherever she'ssss gone to" the draconian tries to turn his head towards Reika but she is long gone by now...
" Assss to where variousssss people and thingssss are.. honessstly and truly, the only way I can dessscribe it issss if I draw you a map... hold a sword to my throat if you like but I'll take no action againsssst you I ssswear".. the draconian shudders looking at Za'era, obviously totally cowed...
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Post by darkalloy on Sept 15, 2010 9:46:55 GMT -5
Rin looks at the draconians still quite pissed that he was partially cooked.
"Your lucky you decided to help. I don't think my mistress would have gotten any more questions in if you hadn't."
The tone in which Rin speaks makes him sound dead serious. The party may think his is still just acting but Tani feels the sheer hate and rage pouring from Rin.
"Calm down hun. Your starting to scare me."
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Post by Andre on Sept 15, 2010 9:50:56 GMT -5
( as an FYI for other readers Rin is referring to the scene in the previous FG game session Tues Sept 14th where they cut a slice off poor Rin - the hole in his side they took it from is now healed up by the way thanks to the power of the blue crystal staff when Eolaer tapped him with it - and they then proceeded to eat it right in front of Rin commenting how good it tasted.. the draconian who cooked and served it to the leader and the leader are both dead ) ... "
"WE'RE SSSSSSORRY WE'RE SSSSORRY WE'LL NEVER DO IT AGAIN ! " shreiks the draconian.. " The one you killed wasssss horribly wrong, cooked bird-man tastessss AWFUL ! "
" Errrr.. I cannot draw the map if my handsss are bound.. "
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Post by madelaine on Sept 15, 2010 9:55:47 GMT -5
Za'era returns to the camp and reaches into a bucket full of water washing their hands then turns toward the ungaged draconian while she puts on her gloves again.
She looks at Eolaer. "So this one is the next? Yes? His friend seemed to prefer to die slow and painfully. It would be nice if this one could last longer. Maybe we can use that staff to heal him when he is about to die over and over again. Sooner or later I will break his will."
She moves to the campfire and pulls out the sword.
"Shall we?" She looks at the draconian and smiles more in a cute way than an evil way giving him the clear impression that she REALLY enjoys what she is doing.
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Post by Andre on Sept 15, 2010 10:10:49 GMT -5
" I'LL TELL YOU I'LL TELL YOU ! BUT I CAN'T DRAW YOU A MAP UNLESS YOU UNTIE MY HANDSSSS ! I'M NOT GOING TO DO ANYTHING TO YOU I SSSSSWEAR !" screams the panicked draconian.
(you can make a sense motive check if you like but unless you roll a "1" you definitely get the impression he's telling you everything he knows but can't really proceed further unless you untie his hands and let him draw a map... with the rest of you standing with weapons at the ready you can assume you'd be able to kill him before he can even begin trying to use the opportunity to cast a spell and the draconian seems well aware of this fact as well..)
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Post by darkalloy on Sept 15, 2010 10:12:48 GMT -5
"Cut their bonds, kill them I don't care."
Rin turns his back to the draconians and stares off into space.
(poor Rin's depressed almost killed twice in a two... three? day period.)
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Post by madelaine on Sept 15, 2010 10:13:26 GMT -5
"Oh come on.. You ruin all my fun." She sighs and unbinds ONE hand while she binds the other to the draconians body then hands him paper and a piece of coal from the campfire.
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