<div class="spoiler_container"><div class="spoiler_header" onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button">Status</div><div class="spoiler_body">Profane Gift (Telepathic link to Ishtar, +2 Dex)<br/>Str damage: 7 (of 10)<br/><br/>Spells remaining: 7 of 7 1st, 6 of 6 2nd, 4 of 4 3rd, 1 of 1 from bonded object<br/>Quiver: 10 common arrows, 10 silvered, 9 cold iron, 2 Tangleshot, 5 adamantine arrows, 2 greater hushing arrows, 11 +1 Dragon Bane, 1 Rayne's Resumption, 10 Holy<br/>     (pack: 25 common, 5 silvered, 9 cold iron, 1 tangleshot, 5 adamantine, 5 +1 Dragon Bane, 10 Holy arrows)<br/></div></div><br/>It had been a pleasant evening, unwinding and relaxing after a day in the saddle - and not too long a day, since Rayne had cut short to avoid nightfall in the Blighted Woods.  It was quiet too - she had been so long in Port Lannis, in close proximity with the other PCs.  Not that she had minded that at all, it had been good to enjoy their company... but this quiet too was something to appreciate, and to enjoy the beautiful scenery afforded by EHO.  She still didn't know precisely how to formulate her Wish - already she was imaging the quest completed successfully - but it gave her something to think about while staring into her small campfire.  Sleep came quickly, and was deep and undisturbed... until suddenly it wasn't.<br/><br/>She was in the midst of a dream - a confusing one that had Raelynne in her home, talking about biology with Ishtar in an impossible combination of real-world and EHO elements - and as her eyes jerked open, for a moment she couldn't be sure whether the shriek was in the dream, or in the waking world.  The loose bedroll was already half-off and with a jerk of her arm she threw it open the rest of the way when she caught sight of the strange apparition moving around Dixon.  It was hard to comprehend in her just-roused state, as she tried for a moment to spot the humanoid casting the shadow she saw dancing around her griffon, before her mind snapped to the realization of the creature's nature.  She hadn't guessed such things would be outside of "their" zone, but of course it was possible - but she and Dixon could handle it.<br/><br/>Poor Dixon!  She didn't know how long he had been fighting, but it was all Rayne could do not to yell out in sympathy - she just held back, realizing it might distract her mount more than it disturbed the shadow.  Instead she reached for the bow that had fallen from her grasp as she slumbered...<br/><br/><div class="spoiler_container"><div class="spoiler_header" onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button">Perception</div><div class="spoiler_body">OOC: And thanks for remembering the Sentimental trait - I feel a bit guilty sometimes, having a drawback that seldom matters!  Let's see if it tips the scales this time:<br/><br/>At 2015-09-24 18:42:19, victoria4 (uid: 37138) rolls: 1d20a8 DC: 23 Result: 21 (https://elliquiy.com/forums/dicebot.php?r=80567)<br/>Oh, it did exactly!  Remarkable.  Failed because of her sentimental attachment to Dixon in this case.<br/></div></div><br/>Rayne's eyes were locked on the Shadow tormenting her "pet", and her first realization of her own danger came when she felt herself groped, at once strangely insubstantial, yet firm enough to distort her breasts beneath her armour.  Her mouth opened, letting out a surprised, drained "uhhnnn!" as she spotted the other Shadow beside her, arms oddly extended.  Then it pulled back, and she turned toward it, still on the ground, feeling a pleasant warmth ... and an alarming weakness in her limbs!<br/><br/>She had to get on her feet - her bow could make short work of these creatures, but she couldn't use it while on the ground like this!  Pushing against the apparently-stronger gravity of the world, she struggled to roll up onto her feet...<br/><br/><div class="spoiler_container"><div class="spoiler_header" onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button">Initiative</div><div class="spoiler_body">At 2015-09-24 18:58:20, victoria4 (uid: 37138) rolls: 1d20a6 DC: 13 Result: 9 (https://elliquiy.com/forums/dicebot.php?r=80569)<br/></div></div><br/>...but her softened legs couldn't lift her quickly enough, and she saw the Shadow move too late to avoid it as it's leg passed through all her protection and stroked her with that same insubstantial presence.  She groaned and halted her upward movement, caught momentarily on her knees with the dark form wavering between her legs.  Her strength fled her, and she had a moment to recognize that even these undead things had been modified by the Change, the attack terribly pleasant, a surge of arousal entering her as her strength was drained away.  She couldn't withstand another such attack - and would she want to?<br/><br/>Gathering herself, and remembering that there was no one to save her, with Dixon in his own life-or-death struggle, she struggled to lift herself... but how heavy she was!  She moved so slowly... and had time to consider how fortunate she was that she had the new bow, which - unlike her old - adapted itself to the wielder's strength.  If she had a chance to use it... she would need to call on its full power to be sure of bringing down her opponent quickly.<br/><br/><div class="spoiler_container"><div class="spoiler_header" onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button">Actions</div><div class="spoiler_body">Move action: stand up (provokes AoO)<br/><br/>Standard action, if she still can: fires cone of bolts of radiance.  She can't get both shadows without hitting Dixon too, so she contents herself with spraying her attacker with the full effect, 10d8 damage (DC 18 Reflex for half)<br/>Damage: At 2015-09-24 19:09:44, victoria4 (uid: 37138) rolls: 10d8 Result: <strong>43</strong> (https://elliquiy.com/forums/dicebot.php?r=80570)<br/><br/>If the AoO goes poorly, we may see how the Shadow's usual ability to spawn new shadows from their victims works in the "new and improved" EHO!  And if not, she will still be weak enough to need some recuperation time at Stag's End.<br/></div></div>