<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/>Rayne was relieved at the succubus' compliance, though she kept her face as stony as the pouty face she was now stuck with would allow.  "Good job out there, Grogza.  And yes, apparently so... our Lizzy's pretty resourceful."  But she didn't know how long that anchor would last, nor if the succubus would then vanish, or if she'd have to try to cast her teleport again.  While she was hemming and hawing, the barbarian took a simple, direct action to eliminate the quandry.<br/><br/>"Oh!  Yes, I suppose that works!"  She hadn't really envisioned bringing the creature back to the castle ... the thing was defeated for now, but wasn't there danger in that?  Of course there were other strong allies to help keep her in check, back at the castle.  But there were those who were weaker, too.  Maybe they'd need some way to keep the succubus from using her Domination ... Rayne shuddered ... a gag?  Or would the magic circle suffice?  She'd leave it to the experts... Lizzy seemed to know what she was doing.<br/><br/>So she stayed, keeping an eye on the downed demoness, though she moved about a little to be check the room, and pulled the book away from the naked "woman" to give it a skim.  Her eyebrows rose, and for a little while she forget to keep an eye on their prisoner, but fortunately the succubus was quite out.  She recognized the oddity about the magic circle, and the reason for it soon became clear, as she perused the succubus' book.   Bad luck for the summoner - though, thinking of the iron maiden and what it had done, Rayne thought that perhaps he had deserved his fate.  What was he doing summoning a succubus anyway?  Or maybe she could guess.<br/><br/>She jerked to alertness with a guilty start when the others returned, swinging her bow back towards the succubus and chattering more cheerily than she felt.  "Oh, good going!  We have everything we need... and I have more news, but I'd rather wait until we're back, and<em>she</em>is secured.  Are you sure we can do that safely, Lizzy?  I... do think she might have some information that would be useful."<br/><br/>In particular, Rayne thought but didn't say, the succubus might know of Lizzy's brother, an apparent victim of the iron golem.  Had the succubus sent him on to this mysterious, but clearly malign and unscrupulous, Telathrax?  Or was he wandering the streets as a ghast?  Hopefully they could find out, if any information so gleaned could be trusted.<br/><br/>She wondered, too, about Telathrax.  A PC?  It could be ... but how could any player use other players the way it... sounded like?  Perhaps he didn't know... or was some NPC villain.<br/><br/><div class="spoiler_container"><div class="spoiler_header" onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button">Spellcraft</div><div class="spoiler_body">Spellcraft: 1d20a11 DC: 20 Result: 25 (https://elliquiy.com/forums/dicebot.php?r=70200)<br/></div></div>