March 19, 2005

Opponent Got Da Shnizzle

Or sizzle anyway. The acid makes contact, and you hear a hissing and a scream, followed by some snarling, yipping type of sound. Kind of like a terrier getting an electrical shock. (Got Knowledge Dungeoneering to help you figure this one out? No.)

(I rolled an intelligence check to see if the opponent would realize that you spoke a curse in elven. The DC was high because your opponent does not speak elven. Why did I do this? You will see.)

In the meantime Kaspar bats at himself, gets the flames out, and flicks the door open expertly. (I'll even let you put away the lockpicks as a free action since it feels so dramatic.) Before him are a set of stone steps, cut into the earth, rising into the darkness. His darkvision picks out 10 feet up of climb before the stairs turn to the right.

In the meantime, your unknown assailant just took an acid bath, and he knows that there is a mightily ticked off half-orc in the area. Morale check. (He made it.) Will he cast another spell? (I'm rolling for damage from the acid since you didn't. Ooh, 5.) That's a DC 16 Concentration check for a 1st level spell. With a Concentration bonus of +5...yep, he made it.

Both Kaspar and Castille hear the chanting clearly, and then the spell is cast. A heaviness falls upon your eyelids, as the Sleep spell covers the area. (I didn't bother rolling the Spellcraft check, as you would feel the effects immediately.) Kaspar has to make a Will save DC 13 or pass out. Castille...

Castille is a half-elf. Elves and half-elves do not sleep in 3rd edition (or 3.5) and are immune to sleep effects. (You do have to go into meditative trance for 4 hours a night, tho.) If the opponent had figured out from your elven curse word that you were an elf he would have done something else. Don't reveal so much to your enemies.

(What is an elven curse word anyway, calling someone a Leafblighter? That's a little more Wheel of Time if you ask me.)

Anyway, Kaspar make the DC 13 Will save. Castille, you don't need to. And since Castille is next in the initiative count, what does he want to do?

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