“Well, if we’re going to be stuck waiting, we might as well do something useful and give you a little extra training exercise,” you reply. You pull out a small sack and hand it to him. “Here are some medals I’ve collected with Reth’s symbol on them. Put about ten them in places where nature manages to be strong despite the influence of the city. After the oaths, or if we give up on waiting,…
You pray to Reth for guidance, and almost immediately, inspiration strikes. What if Reth herself were to intervene? Well, you can’t make her do that. But you might be able to make it look like that’s happening. You know where the crows around here nest, so all you really need is a way to get enough of them to intrude on the argument. That would be especially humiliating for the Church representative, so it would…
For some reason, a group of musicians has picked tonight, of all nights, to hold a concert outside the shrine. As in, you’d have to walk directly through them to get to it. And they’ve drawn a fair amount of attention. Normally, Uncle Darret would be furious about this, but considering it’s interfering with Protector business, he’s considerably more subdued. Although he’s probably still frustrated by it. They probably don’t even realize the shrine is…
You’re now Chopi, and you’re not having a good day. Mostly because Uncle Darret is here. He may not be actively lecturing you like he usually does, but he’s got plenty of other ways of making his displeasure clear. The worst part, though, is that Ballow is so enthusiastic he doesn’t seem to notice. And he’s being downright friendly with your uncle. Which is just making Darret more uncomfortable, and you’re pretty sure he’s taking…
“Back to the Red Curtain. I’m going to need to renegotiate with Blackeye. And I’ll want some muscle around in case things go wrong.” “A whole ship’s worth of muscle?” the captain asks, somewhat skeptically. “In the worst case scenario, yes,” the wizard replies. “Blackeye has a lot of favors she can call in, after all.” You have no idea who this is they’re talking about. You don’t think you’ve ever even heard of the…
There are a lot of ways you could stop him, but your main concern is retaliation. Being made out of ether is not a good state to be in when facing a hostile wizard. You have worked out some defensive measures, but you’re not that experienced with any of them. So it’s best if he can be persuaded a natural phenomenon is at work. Even if it seems suspiciously convenient in its timing, he might…
The easiest way to deal with any ethereal construct is to turn it into a problem for its master. And with how quickly he created it, chances are this one is operating on the simplest possible orders – attack the seagull. So all you really need to do at this point is put the ship in the way of the seagull. The first step here is getting the gull to move to the right place.…
Tactically, you have two basic choices. Stop the eagle yourself, or protect the gull and let it stop the eagle. But you’ve already ruled out the one where you let the gull fend for itself – you’d be too disappointed in yourself if you let an innocent creature suffer when you had the power to stop it. What would be ideal is helping the gull and improving its odds against the eagle. And you have…
He’s concentrating intently on the shell. You soon realize the spell he’s using – it’s the Conflagration of Congregation. He’s setting it up with the excess of fire ether. And then it starts drawing in the ether from the boundary, which is too weak to resist the pull. Which means, once the boundary degrades enough, it will start drawing in the intense concentration of ether. Now, the spell shouldn’t be dangerous, as it really just creates…
They’ll need to focus their fire to put an appreciable hole in the ring. If you can just scatter their shots, that will delay them significantly. And it will mean less firepower to use against the Golem itself. However, the fact that they’re surrounded by a ring of stone means that any major movement in the water or wind will be viewed as an attack, possibly drawing attention to you. That’s not an issue as…