<div class="spoiler_container"><div class="spoiler_header" onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button">Status</div><div class="spoiler_body">AC 18   HP  83     Skirt &amp; outfit generally damaged, but armour intact.  Shield active for four minutes, AC now 22<br/>Spells remaining: 5 of 7 1st, 4 of 4 2nd, 1 of 1 from bonded object<br/>Ammunition remaining: 17 common arrows (+36 more in pack), 15 silvered, 19 cold iron, 3 Tangleshot, 1 Flare (for extraction)<br/></div></div><br/>The archer smiled in triumph as her arrow sank horribly, perfectly into the fleeing foe.  She didn't know who or what he might be, but it seemed he was relying on the golem, and his mental abilities, without perhaps being such a fighter himself.  She thought she'd done him in for sure, and expected him to fall after his body completed another step... ok, one more... yet somehow he kept going.  But there was much more, as he began to peel, to come apart.<br/><br/>Rayne looked first disgusted, then confused, then amazed as first a woman, then a winged woman was revealed... then the legs made even her lagging brain catch up.  A demon ... a succubus indeed!  Of course the pentagram now made sense... someone had summoned this demon, and apparently things had gone badly from there.<br/><br/>A voluptuous figure - even with the legs, and the wings, the half-elf couldn't help but hesitate to fire again, giving the creature time to reach the desk, the book - whatever that was, but surely something precious!  The demoness would have been gone before the archer could react, but for Lizzy's cleverness and quick-thinking.  "Oh, good job Lizzy!  And you..."  she drew her bow back, and held it drawn, aiming for the creature's heart.  Still she hesitated - should she refrain from slaying the succubus, now that they had the upper hand?  Or did they?  That last hit had been fortunate... and the demoness facing her still seemed formidable.<br/><br/>If the creature would surrender, Rayne might accept ... so long as they had not solved the problem of new creatures spawning within the city, there was little incentive to slay one, and one might think a badly wounded succubus that had lost her "pet" golem was less dangerous than what might replace her.  But Rayne was suspicious of shapeshifters generally, and would not stay her hand to offer quarter... but it would be wise to keep the creature from further casting, and Grogza's victorious cry told Rayne that time was on her side.<br/><br/>"Not a word, not a move, not a sound."  She raised her voice, the high elvish tone remaining musical even as it was pitched to carry.  "Grogza, succubus in here!"<br/><br/><div class="spoiler_container"><div class="spoiler_header" onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button">Ready action, if the Succubus does anything but stay put quietly</div><div class="spoiler_body">(OOC: I'm never sure on what triggers are permissible for ready actions ... if the above is fine, great.  If it has to be more specific, it'll be 'if the succubus begins casting a spell')<br/><br/>Ready Attack: 1d20a15 DC: 20 Result: <strong>27</strong> (https://elliquiy.com/forums/dicebot.php?r=70194)<br/>Damage: 1d8a5 Result: 9 (https://elliquiy.com/forums/dicebot.php?r=70195) + Holy Damage: 2d6 Result: 7 (https://elliquiy.com/forums/dicebot.php?r=70196) = <strong>16</strong> total<br/></div></div>