Sephira and Salix's spells
Subject Sephira
No she would not be able to see. All the senses she is missing in her normal body would transfer to the new body. However, if she took the form of a snake, she would get the scent ability, which she could use since her sense of smell has not been taken from her.
If she changed into a from with hands and feet she would be the form with out hands or feet.
From: Mark
Subject Wildshape
I think I was not clear on the wildshape.
Salix knows that druids wildshape at a mental command. There are no words spoken, no hand gestures, they just will it. A druid with no hands, no eyes, no tongue, etc. should still be able to wild shape. The new shape may have some limitations due to the condition of the druid before the change, as I said earlier, but there are many forms she could probably take that might allow her to escape. He does not know her skill, but he knows it is better than his.
From: Kevin
Subject Sephira
Harp listens to Salix's idea of rusting a hole in the door for them to get through. But what if they did not take the prisoner with them? A door with a hole in it would be obvious someone had messed with the door. "Salix, if you can affect the metal, could you instead affect the stone around the cell? Maybe make a small tunnell from this wall thorugh to the wall of the cell, but make it close to the ground where you could slither through it? That way, if after you talk to the woman in there you decide that it is better off to leave her here, there would be almost no sign that you had entered the cell.
Salix, don't worry about me if you decide you want to take her with you. I can just wait for the guards to come down here and I am pretty sure I can take them out. Then all I have to do is get by those things in the ante room, and my guess is the guards will have some type of pass like the ones I was given when I got on the staff here. When you leave, have Sysyphys tell Allistair to meet you outside - you won't be able to move her by yourself once she turns back to normal."
From: Mark
Subject Salix's spells
I just noticed that on your character sheet you show only the standard number of spells per day for a 7th level druid. I thought that Salix would have a bonus spell per day for levels 1-3 becuase of his wisdom.
From: Karl
Subject Sephira
Salix thinks for a minute. "Yes," he says. "I should be able to make a hole in an inconspicuous spot. I think we need to get her out. Ragnar's god said the say to the Stormfather is through this cellar. He could mean that she is the key to us finding him. We have to talk with her and that will be difficult with her in this condition. We have to rescue her and get her healed and find out what she knows. She should be able to wildshape, but she'll still be blind.
If she can take the form of a tiny viper, she can follow me and Sysiphus back out to ally, and Sysiphus can turn you back into vapor and we can all leave without alerting the guard. These people around here don't seem very conscientious about their work. Maybe the guard will not even check on Sephira today. Maybe I can rust the lock so even if they try they won't think it's worth the effort. What do they care about a prisoner, anyway? If the mayor is out of the house, I wouldn't be surprised if the prisoners don't even get fed around here."
If Harp doesn't disagree, Salix will shape stone to make a tunnel under the door for himself and Sysiphus to crawl through. He will tell Sephira to take the form of a snake and follow him and Sysiphus back through the tunnel. They will all hide in Ally's robes until he can go back to the inn. Sysiphus can re-nebulize Harp and he can exit without alerting anyone. If this plan will work, Salix will also use his power to rust metal to try and corrupt the lock. He hopes that no guards will even bother checking on Sephira for a while, but if the lock is broken they may decide not to bother with her even if they do come through with regular checks. Once back in the inn, hopefully Ragnar or one of the others can restore her sight and speech.
From: Karl
Subject Salix's spells
OK, I can update that. I forgot the bonus when I was calculating spells per day for 7th level. (No bonus for level 4??) :-(
From: Mark
Subject Turn
Ok I will write something up this afternoon.
From: Karl
Subject Sephira
Two clarifications on this;
1. Harp should know if this is sister sephira, right? He met her at the start of this journey. It *is* her, isn't it?
2. Did Sysiphus check the other cells or just stop at the first one that smelled like druid?
If this isn't sephira, or if there are likely other druids held here (and one of them might be the stormfather), then that might change what Salix wants to do.
From: Mark
Subject Sephira
Oh the snake has checked all of the cells. The others ones have normal tasting, dying humans in them. This cell is the only one that caught the snakes tongue. :)
From: Mark
Subject Sephira
Well Harp only met her for a little bit and this person is in very bad shape. However, there is alot of circumstantial evidence. Harp, and the others, know that Sephira went after Acer. He knows that this figure is a woman.
Being that Harp is/was in gaseous form, he was not able to move her or change her position to get a better look. So he is not 100% positive, I would say, but is fairly sure.
From: Kevin
Subject Sephira
"All right" Harp says,"but if for some reason she can't change form, then go ahead and have Sysyphys gas form her. I can get myself out."
From: Mark
Subject Sephira
Harp's gauzy form backs away from the figure on the ground. Harp's mind races with what he has seen. It is not the Stormfather. This person was female. Not sure what to do, he wafts his way back to the hallway outside the cell. There, he waits until the spells duration runs out and the 1/2 orc finds him self standing in the dimly lit hallway. One of the snakes starts to change and soon both Harp and Salix are standing outside of the cell door. Harp quickly explains what he saw. "I think it might be that druid lady who ordered us here, Sephira." Salix is caught between a mix of sorrow and elation. They had not found Acer. Where was he? But they might have found Sephira. She might know something. Why hadn't she changed form and escape? The damage Harp had mentioned was horrible, but she should still have been able to change forms.
"I am going to rust a hole in the door so we can get her out" Salix says. As the druid moves to work on the door Harp asks "Is that the best thing to do?" Salix whirls on the 1/2 orc. "What do you mean? Would you leave her there?" Harp's reply is quick "No, of course not. But if you put a big hole in the door, the next guard that walks by will know she is gone and then they would be looking for her. I have seen you shape stone before. Can you do something with the walls that you can put back? The longer it takes for them to know she is gone the better for all of us." Salix, his fury at the druid's captivity almost boiling over, reins in his impulses. "You're right. Let's try subtlety for now."
The druid kneels down next to door, towards the back of the hallway. He starts chanting and Harp puts his hand on his sword in case the noise draws attention from the guards, but that seems unlikely with all of the other noises coming from the other cells. Seconds later Salix stands and turns to Harp. "Stay here. I have made a tunnel in the stone so that I can get into the cell. There is a small sliding grate on the door. Open that and we can talk once I am inside." With that Salix lays down on the floor and again changes shape into a snake again. This time though he does not make him self smaller, but he is still able to fit through the hole he has made. He slithers through the 4 feet of stone and into the cell.
He takes his normal form once in the cell and hears Harp slide open the grating in the door. The 1/2 elf moves through the muck and grime to the figure chained to the floor. The obvious violation to her body sickens him. Bloody gaping wounds were cauterized when a simple healing prayer would have worked. Salix kneels next to the body and gently reaches out and rolls her over.
If he had not been through the ritual with her he would not have recognized her. However, that experience had left a bond of sorts between them that went deeper than the physical. In the brutalized form he sees the soul of the woman who had shown him a different aspect of nature just a few short weeks ago. Tears in his eyes, his words escape his mouth "Sephira, what have they done to you?" Not really expecting a response, Salix is startled when her head moves and she tries to speak. Her word fall silent, her throat parched and her lips cracked. Salix grabs at his water skin and drops a little water into Sephira's mouth. Her mouth opens and closes like a fish as the moisture works its magic. Salix too works a bit of magic.
Holding the other druid with one hand and touching the oak and holly leaves embossed on his armor, he chants the one healing prayer he had asked for today. He feels Obad-Hai's healing force flow from him into the almost unconscious form. The worst of the bruises and cuts close over and the skin returns to a more normal color. The angry red of her stumps and eyes lessens some. However, her hands, feet and eyes do reform. Salix is sure that Acer could heal her but this much damage was beyond his ken. Salix drips some more water into Sephira's mouth and this time she takes a good swallow. A few seconds later she finally finds her voice. "Who is there? What do you want? Have you come to torture me more?"
OODM: I will let Karl play this out.
From: Karl
Subject Sephira
"No, Sister," Salix replies quietly. "It's me, Salix. I don't know how much time we have here, but we must find Stormfather Acer. Can you wildshape? I got in here in the form of a tiny viper, following my mage friend's familiar. If you can follow us out, we can get you to safety and hopefully healing."
(OOC - Salix of course wants to find out what Sister Sephira knows about the Stormfather, and where he might be. However, he can't bear the thought of Sephira remaining in the cell any longer than absolutely necessary, so unless she can't get free, that is his first priority. They can compare notes in their room in the inn once she is safe.)
From: Mark
Subject Sephira
"Wealward?" The astonishment in her voice even through her parched throat. "How did you..? Where are the ....? What...?'" Her confusion is clear and Salix gives her another drink of water. This seems to help a bit. "Wildshape? Would that I could. They have been giving me some foul potion. It keeps me from concentrating enough to change form. But I must if we are to save Acer." She starts to get to her feet when her damage reasserts itself over her. She collapses again, sobbing, unable to shed tears from her hollow sockets.
All of a sudden her head jerks up. "Wealward, what day is it?" Salix responds "Two days before the new moon of midsummer." "Oh Obad-Hai, it is not too late" is her reply. As she talks to herself, Salix inspects the chains that keep her pinned to the floor. When she hears what he is doing she responds with ferocious passion. Her voice still weak, she speaks "Hear me, Salix Wealward. You must not free me. You must rescue the Stormfather. When they took him from this cell two days ago, I overheard my captors mention that he was needed elsewhere for a ceremony. This ceremony, they said, was to happen at midnight on the middle night of the new moon. Acer is to be used in some type of sacrifice."
From: Karl
Subject Sephira
"We will stop them. There is yet time. But I cannot leave you to this fate, especially if you are unable to free yourself." Sephira starts to protest. "I will leave you here for now, but we will have to include a return for you in our plans. No, this is not foolishness. It would do no good to rob them of one sacrifice only to leave them with another."
From: Mark
Subject Sephira
Her anguish at his comments is palpable. "Wealward, do you not understand what some creatures would do for the soul of a StormFather? I am nothing to them, other than a source of amusement, but the Stormfather? Who knows what type of evil pacts they could seal with the promise of his soul? If you wish to free me of my suffering, strangle me now and go, but you must rescue Acer."
From: Karl
Subject Sephira
Salix starts to protest, but stops himself. "I will be back to set you free, after the Stormfather has been freed."
Salix will let Harp know through the door that they are leaving and that harp will be nebulized again. They are leaving the MountainSister here for now. Harp, Salix and Sysiphus should leave as planned doing nothing to alert the guards. Salix will ask Harp to kick dirt into the hole after he leaves the cell or otherwise disguise the hole somehow so that the guards don't notice anything amiss, if this is necessary.