<div class="floatright">(https://i.imgur.com/VjfvTWw.png)</div><strong>Taris Vannel</strong>(https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=293833.msg14533999#msg14533999)<br/><strong>HP:</strong>40 / 40<strong>AC:</strong>18<strong>CMD:</strong>20<strong>Arcane Pool:</strong>6 / 6<strong>Arrows:</strong>57<strong>Posts:</strong>19<br/><strong>Location:</strong>Steinhelm<br/><strong>Tagging:</strong>Xara & Lesser Officers<hr/>"Nice work." Taris said to the guard who'd lead them to the mine, her fist bumping against his pauldron hard enough to rock him, just enough for him to feel it through the plate.  She stepped forward, peering into the dark hole that had been carved into the hillside, looking at the crossbars that helped support the tunnel and peering as far in as her elven vision would allow her to.<br/><br/>"Yeah ... it does, but that's fine.  If there were too much activity, it might mean that the place had become a goblin nest.  This might just be a way station these guys use ... or a bolt hole with provisions in case the law is onto them." she mused, crouching down and grabbing a few loose stones off of the ground, reaching into her backpack and pulling out a bundle of twine.<br/><br/>"First rule of casting Light: never enchant something you'll miss." she said aloud, making a loop and tying one of the stones into it, "Once I cast this, the thing will shine for about forty minutes, you won't be able to douse it.  It'll be cold to the touch though, so, toss it or stuff it in a bag if you have to." dangling the necklace from one hand, she reached into her component pouch and pulled out a firefly kept within a small glass vial.  "<em>Inlumino</em>." she murmured, tapping a finger to the stone.  Out under the light of the sun it didn't seem too impressive, but a small point of white light blossomed on the stone.<br/><br/>"Hands free light.  The standard for any adventurer worth their salt." she said with a smirk, tossing the necklace to one of the guardsmen.  She repeated the process one more time, tossing it to the other one.  When it came to Xara though, she reached into her pouch and produced a small clear stone carved into a marble-like sphere.  It was already glowing with an eerie blue flame.<br/><br/>"This one won't go out at all.  Just in case we end up down there for too long." she said, though she didn't toss this one.  Instead, she held it a careful distance away from Xara's forehead, uncurling her fingers one at a time until it was perched on the tip of her thumb alone, and then she moved her hand away.  The sphere began a slow orbit around the Guard Captain's head.<br/><br/>"I'll take the lead and scout ahead." she said confidently, stringing her bow, smirking a bit, "I clank less.  Give me a leeway of about thirty, forty feet ... that'll give me enough shadow for the cloak to do its job, and I'll be able to see fine."<br/><br/>"Questions?  Concerns?" she asked drawing an arrow from her quiver<br/><br/><div class="spoiler_container"><div class="spoiler_header" onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button">Stealth Check</div><div class="spoiler_body">At 2018-12-11 23:13:31, Taris (uid: 52581) rolls: 1d20a18 Result: 30 (https://elliquiy.com/forums/dicebot.php?r=127495)</div></div><br/><div class="spoiler_container"><div class="spoiler_header" onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button">Perception Check</div><div class="spoiler_body">At 2018-12-11 23:13:46, Taris (uid: 52581) rolls: 1d20a8 Result: 14 (https://elliquiy.com/forums/dicebot.php?r=127496)</div></div><hr/><div class="floatleft">(https://i.imgur.com/WLVeGed.png)</div><div class="spoiler_container"><div class="spoiler_header" onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button">Memorized Spells</div><div class="spoiler_body">Cantrips:  Detect Magic, Light, Prestidigitation, Mage Hand<br/>1st Level:  Magic Missile, Ray of Enfeeblement, <del>Expeditious Retreat</del>, Obscuring Mist, Weaponwand<br/>2nd Level:  Force Sword, <del>Scorching Ray</del>, <del>Mirror Image</del></div></div>