Aria studied the giantess and whispered under her breath to Kass, "Knows arcane spells, or has innate magic, of the fifth tier," while pointed rubbing underneth her own eyes; it was one of the aspects of her arcane sight, to be able to read in a general way the level of magic, if any, in another person. She stayed behind, playing the 'servant', as Kass moved forward, both because if the giantess used arcane magic it might reduce the chance they got caught by the same spell, and because of the visible strength of the woman. And in any case, she was already in range of a quick flying charge. She idly wondered, based on a few of Kass's comments hours before, if there were other senses in which she might've fancied her playing 'servant'.<br/><br/>The giantess gave a rumbling laugh. "A name, eh? The better for Cormyr's War Wizards to bring divination to bear against their ransomers, no doubt. Names are but words - we speak in acts," she gestured to the landscape again. The shockwave had left something of a concentric circular rippling pattern across the desert to the east.<br/><br/>The ground under Kass and Aria itself rippled and rumbled then, becoming spiky and sharp underfoot, an inches-eye forest of stone blades in a path which tore away from the feet of the giantess past Kass and up the hill to Aria. The giantess smiled crookedly as she eyed Kass with one hand's claws twitching predatorially. "So actions you shall have - if you won't go to Cormyr, you shall be delivered there, robbed naked and bound up like merchant-cargo of trussed birds for a royal court feast."<br/><br/><br/><br/><br/>Hot. Not sure what'd be the right size to use on a domme'd giant...<br/><br/>giantess uses Spike Stones (http://www.d20srd.org/srd/spells/spikestones.htm) (as a spell-like ability, hence the lack of visible/audible spellcast; with detectable actions such as most spells and physical attacks, a parlaying character can't auto-go-first / get a surprise round, like this and the impostor with her concealed dominate spells)<br/>Reflex DC 19 (only used it injured by moving in the area)<br/>in a rectangle, 40' wide and going 120' uphill, starting at herself; extends 15' to Kass's and Ara's left and 20' to their right<br/><br/>Giantess init 23<br/>Aria init 22<br/><br/>I gathered from your post that Kass was trying to get as close as possible (and the giantess would let her get adjacent)<br/><br/>East is uphill direction (characters have 'higher ground' status relative to those to the west, but the slope is shallow enough that movement can be considered horizontal for purposes of speed; for example Aria wouldn't get double speed by flying west downhill)<br/><br/><br/><span class="bbc_font" style="font-family: courier;"><br/>  N    . . . . G G G . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .<br/>W   E  . . . . G G G K . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A . . . . . . . . (&lt;- end of spike stones)<br/>  S    . . . . G G G . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  <br/>    0         5         10        15        20        25        30<br/><br/><br/><br/></span>