Mission 3: Siege of Nakakuni Castle
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Re: Mission 3: Siege of Nakakuni Castle
Also, Shigeru will hand out his remaining extracts to troops in need of healing.
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Re: Mission 3: Siege of Nakakuni Castle
Marty: +9 Dex here, but no Use Rope ranks. No manacles, though.
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Over many a strange and spurious site of ' hot xxx galore',
While I clicked my fav'rite bookmark, suddenly there came a warning, and my heart was filled with mourning, mourning for my dear amour,
"'Tis not possible!", I muttered, "Give me back my free hardcore!
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Re: Mission 3: Siege of Nakakuni Castle
Since she's not going to wake up until she gets eight hours of rest (at the very earliest), restraining Kikkawa right now isn't really that big of a priority. Also dex doesn't matter at all in tying people up, since Use Rope isn't a skill anymore. Instead, the DC to escape bindings is the binder's CMB + 20. Once I'm done healing people I can tie her up giving a DC of 40.
However, in the long run it will be fairly tricky, especially since we don't know what skills and talents she has. First, a dex-focused character of our level with a fair investment in Escape Artist can get out of even masterwork manacles, since you can take 20 on escape artist checks (However, you can't escape from something when the DC is higher than your bonus + 20). Second, there's a ninja Master Talent that lets you walk through walls as though incorporeal. This means that both chaining-up and putting-in-a-cell are less than completely reliable at restraining her, given our lack of AMF capability.
The easiest method would probably be to just have Tenrou Kunagi cast Baleful Polymorph on her, and keep her around as a fish in a tank until we figure out what we're going to do with her. If that's too extreme, a couple of Bestow Curse spells (-6 to dexterity, -4 on all attacks, saves, and checks) should make her unable to escape from manacles. Even better would be a custom Curse that makes her unable to use supernatural ninja abilities.
In any case, step one is to loot her gear, and step two is to cook breakfast with a master-crafted frying pan.
However, in the long run it will be fairly tricky, especially since we don't know what skills and talents she has. First, a dex-focused character of our level with a fair investment in Escape Artist can get out of even masterwork manacles, since you can take 20 on escape artist checks (However, you can't escape from something when the DC is higher than your bonus + 20). Second, there's a ninja Master Talent that lets you walk through walls as though incorporeal. This means that both chaining-up and putting-in-a-cell are less than completely reliable at restraining her, given our lack of AMF capability.
The easiest method would probably be to just have Tenrou Kunagi cast Baleful Polymorph on her, and keep her around as a fish in a tank until we figure out what we're going to do with her. If that's too extreme, a couple of Bestow Curse spells (-6 to dexterity, -4 on all attacks, saves, and checks) should make her unable to escape from manacles. Even better would be a custom Curse that makes her unable to use supernatural ninja abilities.
In any case, step one is to loot her gear, and step two is to cook breakfast with a master-crafted frying pan.
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Re: Mission 3: Siege of Nakakuni Castle
Amendment to step two: where she can see it.
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Re: Mission 3: Siege of Nakakuni Castle
*makes a spagyric Waffle House Sign and puts it on the castle*
Well, in that case I'll take 2 flapjacks, 3 scrambled eggs, some bacon, and a double order of hashbrowns - scattered, smothered, covered, chunked, peppered, topped, and country. Mmmm....
Well, in that case I'll take 2 flapjacks, 3 scrambled eggs, some bacon, and a double order of hashbrowns - scattered, smothered, covered, chunked, peppered, topped, and country. Mmmm....
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Re: Mission 3: Siege of Nakakuni Castle
Yuuta will take a Lesser Crystal of Shadows.
Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pron surfed, weak and weary,
Over many a strange and spurious site of ' hot xxx galore',
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"'Tis not possible!", I muttered, "Give me back my free hardcore!
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Re: Mission 3: Siege of Nakakuni Castle
Shigeru goes for...
-At least one least crystal of shadows, possibly more
-Ring of Communication
-Belt of Hidden Pouches
-Some of the smokesticks (dunno how many yet)
-Pocketwatch (why? ummm...errr...timing alchemical reactions?)
-At least one least crystal of shadows, possibly more
-Ring of Communication
-Belt of Hidden Pouches
-Some of the smokesticks (dunno how many yet)
-Pocketwatch (why? ummm...errr...timing alchemical reactions?)
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Re: Mission 3: Siege of Nakakuni Castle
Terasaka will take the Dragon Mask/Headband and claim the frying pan.
He suggests that Kiku be kept unconscious until a more-humane but still secure method can be found, and will begin trying to develop a custom curse immediately (should I make some checks?)
He suggests that Kiku be kept unconscious until a more-humane but still secure method can be found, and will begin trying to develop a custom curse immediately (should I make some checks?)
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In that case for the government
To dissolve the people
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To dissolve the people
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Re: Mission 3: Siege of Nakakuni Castle
In my opinion the most humane would be a temporary Curse, since it doesn't cause any pain and doesn't transform the body, followed by the painless but deeply unsettling Baleful Polymorph, with the painful continual-beatings being the least humane.
Technically I wouldn't have to invent a new spell, since Bestow Curse stipulates that: "You may also invent your own curse, but it should be no more powerful than those described above."
Checks (Boosted by Divine Insight):
Knowledge (Religion): 41
Spellcraft: 30
Profession (Innovator): can't be used untrained
Curse Proposal
Curse of Solidity: Subject takes a -6 penalty on Escape Artist checks and cannot become incorporeal or assume a gaseous form.
Technically I wouldn't have to invent a new spell, since Bestow Curse stipulates that: "You may also invent your own curse, but it should be no more powerful than those described above."
Checks (Boosted by Divine Insight):
Knowledge (Religion): 41
Spellcraft: 30
Profession (Innovator): can't be used untrained
Curse Proposal
Curse of Solidity: Subject takes a -6 penalty on Escape Artist checks and cannot become incorporeal or assume a gaseous form.
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Re: Mission 3: Siege of Nakakuni Castle
Terasaka believes he should be able to modify the Bestow Curse magic to what he needed within a few hours' time...
Some time after the leaders first began gathering to discuss the aftermath of the battle (mostly the immediate concern regarding Kiku as well as other prisoners), Kongomaru Aya walked over to the party with a tense impression and her eyes focused on Yuuta. She was followed by a confused looking Sakamoto Ryouma, as well as half dozen archers and two warriors, spread out in a loose formation and were still on full guard despite the battle's end. It was hardly surprising given Aya's reputation as a strict disciplinarian, but this time there was more than just vigilance in the atmosphere--- it was borderline hostility.
"Yuuta Rokuro!" Aya called his attention over as she closed in, stopping just 20ft away with her warriors in line. "I believe congratulations are in order. Your daring attack had crippled the enemy ninjas' left wing by yourself, and that was quite impressive magic you unleashed upon them--- I have no doubt that without it, there was no way Kikkawa could have been subdued so easily. Still--- I wasn't aware we had such a powerful necromancer within our midst. Could you explain why you have hidden it from us until now? Particularly in light of certain recent events-- including the murders?"
( Group status and allied list updated to end-of-battle conditions... )
Some time after the leaders first began gathering to discuss the aftermath of the battle (mostly the immediate concern regarding Kiku as well as other prisoners), Kongomaru Aya walked over to the party with a tense impression and her eyes focused on Yuuta. She was followed by a confused looking Sakamoto Ryouma, as well as half dozen archers and two warriors, spread out in a loose formation and were still on full guard despite the battle's end. It was hardly surprising given Aya's reputation as a strict disciplinarian, but this time there was more than just vigilance in the atmosphere--- it was borderline hostility.
"Yuuta Rokuro!" Aya called his attention over as she closed in, stopping just 20ft away with her warriors in line. "I believe congratulations are in order. Your daring attack had crippled the enemy ninjas' left wing by yourself, and that was quite impressive magic you unleashed upon them--- I have no doubt that without it, there was no way Kikkawa could have been subdued so easily. Still--- I wasn't aware we had such a powerful necromancer within our midst. Could you explain why you have hidden it from us until now? Particularly in light of certain recent events-- including the murders?"
( Group status and allied list updated to end-of-battle conditions... )
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Re: Mission 3: Siege of Nakakuni Castle
"Because I'm not. I'm a thoroughly mediocre spellcaster who can manage a few See Invisibilities or basic healing spells a day. You might have noticed, or been told, that I was knocked unconscious before I did any of that crazy death magic. Does that, perhaps, open up any possible explanations for how this could have happened, or why I tend to run headlong into large groups of enemies with little to no support?"
Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pron surfed, weak and weary,
Over many a strange and spurious site of ' hot xxx galore',
While I clicked my fav'rite bookmark, suddenly there came a warning, and my heart was filled with mourning, mourning for my dear amour,
"'Tis not possible!", I muttered, "Give me back my free hardcore!
...quoth the server, 404.-Bash.org
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"Weren't you knocked out after you did said crazy death magic? ---and only returned after Todoroki Yuu healed you..." Kongomaru Aya crossed her arms, not particularly in the mood to hear excuses. "What are you trying to say here? that your behavior isn't your own fault?"
( make an Impression/CHA check, and a diplomacy check each time you're explaining here )
( make an Impression/CHA check, and a diplomacy check each time you're explaining here )
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Re: Mission 3: Siege of Nakakuni Castle
(Damn, Impression and Diplo? And I just rebuilt to use Bluff, too...Oh well.)
Yuuta sighs. "Well, I guess I shouldn't have expected everyone to have been in a place to see the details. The sequence of events, as I would imagine those in the area can confirm, is as follows:
1) I charge in.
2) The ninjas knock me out - the last thing I remember is coughing up blood.
3) Death magic.
4) The ninjas knock out the necromancer.
5) Todoroki heals me.
I use the phrase "the necromancer" there on purpose, because I am not, in fact, the necromancer, nor is he me. He is more of an...unwelcome guest, one might say, though there is some bleed-through of abilities. Thus, I have some minor spellcasting, and he is presumably more fit in melee combat."
(Impression 32 (natural 20), Diplo 22)
Yuuta sighs. "Well, I guess I shouldn't have expected everyone to have been in a place to see the details. The sequence of events, as I would imagine those in the area can confirm, is as follows:
1) I charge in.
2) The ninjas knock me out - the last thing I remember is coughing up blood.
3) Death magic.
4) The ninjas knock out the necromancer.
5) Todoroki heals me.
I use the phrase "the necromancer" there on purpose, because I am not, in fact, the necromancer, nor is he me. He is more of an...unwelcome guest, one might say, though there is some bleed-through of abilities. Thus, I have some minor spellcasting, and he is presumably more fit in melee combat."
(Impression 32 (natural 20), Diplo 22)
Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pron surfed, weak and weary,
Over many a strange and spurious site of ' hot xxx galore',
While I clicked my fav'rite bookmark, suddenly there came a warning, and my heart was filled with mourning, mourning for my dear amour,
"'Tis not possible!", I muttered, "Give me back my free hardcore!
...quoth the server, 404.-Bash.org
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