On Saturday, November 1, 2025 3:30 PM Mike Bloy via Emerald Flame wrote:
When the time looks right, he'll lob the flash potion at the feet of the leader. When it goes off he'll intone in his most intimidating voice "GO BACK. THIS PLACE IS NOT FOR YOU"
[I will assume the party takes cover and shields their eyes in an appropriate and successful manner. Also, your cypher and intimidate will synergize nicely here.] As a reminder: where this is all going down is the apse area of the cathedral, the more level side of the large rift and the side you came in on, with the mud room ahead of you and where the House Magissa folks are coming in. You are probably all at the foot of the apse and surrounding area, a position slightly lower than the incoming party, unless you want to be closer. There is some miscellaneous debris --- fallen stone, remnants of broken furniture, that kind of deal to cover behind or to use for other purposes if necessary. The party is coming in behind the simple altar you encountered on the way in. A party of five or so people --- mostly humans, but you can make out elf ears on at least one of the people --- enters the cathedral, and Gegren lobs his flash potion in a great position, hitting it right in front of them. The burst of light briefly illuminates the whole of the cathedral, and you can take it in more completely for the first time since entering. It overall looks worn and faded by the ages, and perhaps with time, more secrets could be learned of its origin and use among the lost frescoes and so on. More pressingly, the flash option definitely blinds the House Magissa party. They stagger and step back a bit to the mouth of the entrance, taking a bit more defensive of a position as they adjust to the effects of being blinded, which they will be for 10 minutes. "Edos! [god of misfortune]", one cries out, "w-who goes there? We are with the great House Magissa, this is a secured area!" [Since it sounded like you might have wanted to get a combat jump on them, or something along those lines, I'll pause there for now, but they are definitely in some physical and mental peril and you have the advantage.] -- bss (Brian S. Stephan) | https://bss.zone/ | GPG: 0x80895FCB