<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>56<strong>Posts:</strong>20<br/><strong>Location:</strong>Steinhelm<br/><strong>Tagging:</strong>Xara, Guardsmen, Brutish Man<hr/>"You get used to it the more you use it." Taris assured Xara with a little smile.  Though, really, she knew exactly what she meant, thinking back to when she'd first purchased the torch herself.  One second the thing was too close to your eyes, and then the next it was behind your head casting your shadow forward.  If it would just<em>pick</em>a position, it wouldn't be a problem ... but an Ioun Stone has to orbit if it's going to attune to its user.<br/><br/>Unfortunately, a magic item that would allow her to just<em>see</em>in the dark was more expensive by several magnitudes.  She'd wanted to get such an enchantment placed in her mask, but ... well ... now that the contract with the Academy was nulled, it wasn't like she had access to a proper enchanter anymore.<br/><br/>Reaching the side room, Taris shifted the edge of the cloth covering with the tip of her bow, looking at the lantern that cast a warm glow through the tiny chamber.  She nodded to herself, if it were her she'd have placed the barracks here as well.  It was comfortably away from the surface, but still shallow enough that if there were a collapse one could use the abandoned mining tools to tunnel their way out again.  The deeper tunnels were probably being used for storage.<br/><br/>Taking advantage of the soft earth the mine was carved from, Taris stuck the arrow in her hand into the wall at about eye level, marking that she'd entered the side room.  Ducking down low, she pushed through the curtain, sliding soundlessly through the darkness.  It was times like this that her unconventional gear proved its worth, the spidersilk was practically soundless as the fabric rubbed against itself, the same enchantment that hardened it against stabbing ensuring that it perfectly fit to her body in a way that only exacting customization could manage with regular fabric.  There were no creases, no edges to snag or protest as she hustled.  The soft leather of her boots wasn't meant for hard marching, but the flexible soles padded lightly over the uneven floor as she hurried along the wall.  With her hood pulled up and her cloak wrapped around her shoulders, she blended in easily with the shadows of the underground, her indistinct difficult to tell apart from the steady flickering of the lantern light against the walls.<br/><br/>Taris circled the outside of the room, drawing another arrow from her quiver as she moved away from the entrance.  Off to the tattooed man's flank, just at the edge of his peripheral vision, she drew back the the arrow on the bow string, causing a faint snap and crackle as the blue-white light of an electrical charge revealed her presence in the room.<br/><br/>"Don't speak." she ordered, her voice cracking with the authority she'd used to cow unruly students on the practice range, "Lay face down, hands on your head, or I'll kill you." she said, leaving no room for argument.  Under the darkness of her hood, her green eyes flickered in the unsteady electrical light as she sighted down the arrow she'd drawn.<br/><br/><div class="spoiler_container"><div class="spoiler_header" onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button">Actions</div><div class="spoiler_body"><strong>Move Action</strong>:  Enter the room at half speed, enter within 30' of the Brute.<br/><strong>Standard Action</strong>:  Ready Action - Cast <em>Ray of Enfeeblement</em> and deliver it as a <em>Spellstrike</em> using the Compound Bow if he does anything other than what's instructed.</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>