Silken touch

[Anastasia]

Jessica passes the foal to you, a short nod to that.

[Ebiris]

A plane shift sends the foal to Sylica, Alicia's avatar on the other side taking it to be under the care of some coure in a nice open field.

I wonder how Rosamund's doing, haven't seen her in some time.

[Anastasia]

Well enough, the last I heard.

Let's hurry, that loss won't be unnoticed forever.

[Ebiris]

Alicia nods then and they press on further.

[Anastasia]

Gimme a quick d100.

[Ebiris]

[18:33] <@Ebiris> roll 1d100
[18:33] <Penuche> Ebiris invokes Penuche's magic: < 69 > [d100=69]

[Anastasia]

You walk on - and in the distance after another mile, you feel a figure emerge about half a mile ahead, through the stone walls. Over the howls of the wind you hear it - feminine cries for help, pained and desperate.

[Ebiris]

[19:02] <@Ebiris> roll 1d20+62 sense motive
[19:02] <Penuche> Ebiris invokes Penuche's magic: < 64 > [d20=2]

Because c'mon.

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Alicia HP: 831+20/831
Active spells: Many moments of prescience (CL 38), extended mind blank (CL 39), extended nondetection (CL 39), greater heroism (CL 36), extended ray deflection (CL 39), epic mage armour (CL 36), sensual blessing (CL 36), greater foresight (CL 38), keen edge (CL 36 on sword), dance of the unicorn (CL 36), extended greater anticipate teleportation (CL 38), repelling shield (CL 38), freedom of movement (CL 36), greater visage of the deity (CL 36), recitation (CL 36)
Defences: AC 87, CMD 113, spell resistance 51, energy immunity (fire and cold), status immunity (polymorph, petrification, disease, poison, stunning, sleep, paralysis, death effects, disintegration, energy drain, ability damage, ability drain, mind-affecting, and fear), nondetection (DC 54), freedom of movement
Stat buffs/penalties: +4 morale attack/skills/saves, +10 armour AC, +25 competence perception, +7 insight AC/ref, +4 str, +2 dex, +4 con, +2 int, +4 wis, +4 cha, +1 natural armour AC, +9 shield AC, +3 luck AC/attack/saves
Perceptions: Arcane sight, true seeing, 5 mile tremorsense/blindsight/scent perception +87
Sorcerer spell slots: 6/16/16/14/9/9/15/9/9/5/8/4/7/7/6/3
Duskblade spell slots: 6/23/22/23/11/7/16

[Anastasia]

It's purest bullshit, yes.

[Ebiris]

Someone's trying to plant a trap. We'll get close and you can investigate ahead for confirmation, but I don't need to be Antenora to see through this lie.

[Anastasia]

How quaint.

Should I go deal with it, sister? She won't even know I'm there.

[Ebiris]

Caution, Jessica. Rather than some local predator of Pandemonium, this could be Talona testing who slew her worshippers to rescue that foal. We're not served by giving everything away so easily.

[Anastasia]

Then let's go softly ahead, sister.

[Ebiris]

That's what they'll do, and once they're close Jessica can sneakily investigate.

Do the piteous cries for help just continue monotonously the whole time?

[Anastasia]

They continue with some variation, but not a lot. Jessica soon slips ahead as you stand in the rainy, miserable caverns. A few moments later she returns.

A succubus that wants to lure prey. Her mouth is...large. It reminds me of the mouth of a shark, but only when she opens it.