<div style="padding: 3px; background-color: #FFFFFF; border: 1px solid #d8d8d8; font-size: 1em;"><div style="text-transform: uppercase; border-bottom: 1px solid #CCCCCC; margin-bottom: 3px; font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; display: block;"><span onclick="if (this.parentNode.parentNode.getElementsByTagName('div')[1].getElementsByTagName('div')[0].style.display != '') {  this.parentNode.parentNode.getElementsByTagName('div')[1].getElementsByTagName('div')[0].style.display = ''; this.innerHTML = '&lt;b&gt;Spoiler: &lt;/b&gt;&lt;a href=\'#\' onClick=\'return false;\'&gt;hide&lt;/a&gt;'; } else { this.parentNode.parentNode.getElementsByTagName('div')[1].getElementsByTagName('div')[0].style.display = 'none'; this.innerHTML = '&lt;b&gt;Spoiler: &lt;/b&gt;&lt;a href=\'#\' onClick=\'return false;\'&gt;show&lt;/a&gt;'; }"><b>Spoiler: </b><a href="#" onclick="return false;">show</a></span></div><div class="quotecontent"><div style="display: none;">EDIT: Forgot that <span style="font-style: italic">enlarge person</span> takes a full round to cast... whoops!  <img alt=":oops:" src="./images/smilies/icon_redface.gif" title="Embarassed"/>  Revised so that Lorelei isn't taking an extra half a round's worth of actions.</div></div></div><br/><br/><blockquote><div><cite>Hestruui wrote:</cite>"Hrm. I don't know where your bracelet went, but it looks like we didn't need to muzzle this pretty little elf after all. And here I thought you were proficient in magic. Now, be a good girl...and SIT!"</div></blockquote><br/>"You impertinent creature!" Lorelei huffs. "How dare you make such a scurrilous accusation! Of course I, Lorelei Tel'Agatha, and profici-YEEP!" Her beratement comes to an abrupt halt as the stinging slap of Hestruui's cosh lights up her backside. And what a sting! Lorelei is no stranger to being paddled - between a somewhat recreant childhood and... certain types of parties as an adult, she's quite familiar with the sensation. But a strike without proper warning, and with truly vicious intent... is something her poor bottom has never before experienced. Of course, the sensation of weasel claws scrabbling up her bare back is hardly improving matters...<br/><br/><div style="padding: 3px; background-color: #FFFFFF; border: 1px solid #d8d8d8; font-size: 1em;"><div style="text-transform: uppercase; border-bottom: 1px solid #CCCCCC; margin-bottom: 3px; font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; display: block;"><span onclick="if (this.parentNode.parentNode.getElementsByTagName('div')[1].getElementsByTagName('div')[0].style.display != '') {  this.parentNode.parentNode.getElementsByTagName('div')[1].getElementsByTagName('div')[0].style.display = ''; this.innerHTML = '&lt;b&gt;Spoiler: &lt;/b&gt;&lt;a href=\'#\' onClick=\'return false;\'&gt;hide&lt;/a&gt;'; } else { this.parentNode.parentNode.getElementsByTagName('div')[1].getElementsByTagName('div')[0].style.display = 'none'; this.innerHTML = '&lt;b&gt;Spoiler: &lt;/b&gt;&lt;a href=\'#\' onClick=\'return false;\'&gt;show&lt;/a&gt;'; }"><b>Spoiler: </b><a href="#" onclick="return false;">show</a></span></div><div class="quotecontent"><div style="display: none;">Dex check: 1d20 (4) + 3 = 7, failure</div></div></div><br/>"How dare - eep - you, ah - Nikki, stop!" Lorelei stammers, both arms flailing as she attempts to shield her backside from a second blow while extracting her terrified familiar from the back of her shirt. Unfortunately, occupying her arms with that awkward self-defense maneuver leaves them unavailable for more useful purposes - keeping balance, for example. Hestruui is quick to demonstrate her error with a sharp tug of her weapon, removing her feet from the ground before she can make so much as an attempt to steady herself. With a startled yelp, Lorelei tumbles backward and lands with a thump in the doorway of her cage.<br/><br/>The rough landing stuns Lorelei for a second, but it proves to be a small blessing as well: as her body meets the floor, Niketu's claws briefly lose purchase on the inside of her dress, allowing her to finally extract the terrified lump from her gown with a firm tug once she recovers herself. Forgetting Hestruui for a moment, she dangles her little familiar by his scruff at eye level to give the furry disturbance a reproachful look. At least, until the struggling weasel spurs an idea in her clever elven brain...<span style="font-style: italic">Furry disturbance...</span>Lorelei's face brightens in a way only Niketu would recognize as a reason to panic. She turns her newly confident expression back up to Hestruui, daring the abusive tiefling with her eyes.<br/><br/>"So, you want to see magic?" she asks. "I know just the spell for you, you, ruffian... NIKETU! CIGIL!" Her free hand twitches in a series of complex gestures, before striking her palm sharply on the ground... and tossing Niketu directly into Hestruui's face.<br/><br/><div style="padding: 3px; background-color: #FFFFFF; border: 1px solid #d8d8d8; font-size: 1em;"><div style="text-transform: uppercase; border-bottom: 1px solid #CCCCCC; margin-bottom: 3px; font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; display: block;"><span onclick="if (this.parentNode.parentNode.getElementsByTagName('div')[1].getElementsByTagName('div')[0].style.display != '') {  this.parentNode.parentNode.getElementsByTagName('div')[1].getElementsByTagName('div')[0].style.display = ''; this.innerHTML = '&lt;b&gt;Spoiler: &lt;/b&gt;&lt;a href=\'#\' onClick=\'return false;\'&gt;hide&lt;/a&gt;'; } else { this.parentNode.parentNode.getElementsByTagName('div')[1].getElementsByTagName('div')[0].style.display = 'none'; this.innerHTML = '&lt;b&gt;Spoiler: &lt;/b&gt;&lt;a href=\'#\' onClick=\'return false;\'&gt;show&lt;/a&gt;'; }"><b>Spoiler: </b><a href="#" onclick="return false;">show</a></span></div><div class="quotecontent"><div style="display: none;">Niketu uses the aid another action! (against his will...)<br/>Attack roll: 1d20(7) + 4 = 11, success! Niketu grants Lorelei a +1 bonus to AC against Hestruui's next attack.<br/><br/>Lorelei stands up (AC 15 against AoO) and takes a 5 foot step back.</div></div></div><br/>While Hestruui is occupied fending off the counterattack of her Mustelid defender, Lorelei scrambles back to her feet and sidesteps out of reach of Hestruui's club - for the moment. her mind races, perusing her library of ready spells for a suitable method of blunting her opponent's assault. Breath-taking? Soul-shredding? Binding webs? All perfect answers to her problem, if she had the ingredients. Which she would in duplicate, if these damnable drow servants hadn't relieved her of her spell components immediately upon arrival. There's not so much as a scrap of material on her to fuel her magic... damn all! She wrings her hand on the cold metal of her cage's bars - without her components she might as well still be trapped!<br/><br/><span style="font-style: italic">Trapped... metal... bars... material... !!!</span>Another flash of brilliance from Mab strikes Lorelei as she realizes the absolute elegance of the solution that had been holding her for days on end. Most of her spells called  for iron, in some form or another... well, what else are cages made of but iron bars? A bit large, perhaps, and not entirely iron, but the two factors ought to cancel one another out if managed correctly. One way to find out...<br/><br/><div style="padding: 3px; background-color: #FFFFFF; border: 1px solid #d8d8d8; font-size: 1em;"><div style="text-transform: uppercase; border-bottom: 1px solid #CCCCCC; margin-bottom: 3px; font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; display: block;"><span onclick="if (this.parentNode.parentNode.getElementsByTagName('div')[1].getElementsByTagName('div')[0].style.display != '') {  this.parentNode.parentNode.getElementsByTagName('div')[1].getElementsByTagName('div')[0].style.display = ''; this.innerHTML = '&lt;b&gt;Spoiler: &lt;/b&gt;&lt;a href=\'#\' onClick=\'return false;\'&gt;hide&lt;/a&gt;'; } else { this.parentNode.parentNode.getElementsByTagName('div')[1].getElementsByTagName('div')[0].style.display = 'none'; this.innerHTML = '&lt;b&gt;Spoiler: &lt;/b&gt;&lt;a href=\'#\' onClick=\'return false;\'&gt;show&lt;/a&gt;'; }"><b>Spoiler: </b><a href="#" onclick="return false;">show</a></span></div><div class="quotecontent"><div style="display: none;">Lorelei spends an action point to mimic Eschew Materials for 1 round.</div></div></div><br/>"<span style="font-style: italic">Armúr de mo shinsir!</span>" Lorelei incants, dragging her nails across the bars of her cage. Pieces of solid metal peel away under her touch, dissolving into a putty-like mass, then an oozing liquid and finally a gray-white mist. The argent vapors sweep over her body, sheathing her in a phantom suit of finely wrought interwoven chain links that glitter in the dim cavern light. The iron dust settles quickly thereafter, but the faint pressure of her magic-wrought armor still clings to her body, assuring her of Mab's protection.<br/><br/><div style="padding: 3px; background-color: #FFFFFF; border: 1px solid #d8d8d8; font-size: 1em;"><div style="text-transform: uppercase; border-bottom: 1px solid #CCCCCC; margin-bottom: 3px; font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; display: block;"><span onclick="if (this.parentNode.parentNode.getElementsByTagName('div')[1].getElementsByTagName('div')[0].style.display != '') {  this.parentNode.parentNode.getElementsByTagName('div')[1].getElementsByTagName('div')[0].style.display = ''; this.innerHTML = '&lt;b&gt;Spoiler: &lt;/b&gt;&lt;a href=\'#\' onClick=\'return false;\'&gt;hide&lt;/a&gt;'; } else { this.parentNode.parentNode.getElementsByTagName('div')[1].getElementsByTagName('div')[0].style.display = 'none'; this.innerHTML = '&lt;b&gt;Spoiler: &lt;/b&gt;&lt;a href=\'#\' onClick=\'return false;\'&gt;show&lt;/a&gt;'; }"><b>Spoiler: </b><a href="#" onclick="return false;">show</a></span></div><div class="quotecontent"><div style="display: none;">Lorelei casts <span style="font-style: italic">mage armor</span> on herself. (+4 armor bonus to AC)</div></div></div>