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==Encounter by the Mountain Pass== | |||
===Without [[Lae'zel]] & Non-[[Githyanki]] character=== | |||
{{Dialogue start}} | {{Dialogue start}} | ||
'''Kith'rak Voss:''' What easy prey you make, walking right within my blade's embrace. | '''Kith'rak Voss:''' What easy prey you make, walking right within my blade's embrace. | ||
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'''Sarth Baretha:''' Forgiveness, Kith'rak. | '''Sarth Baretha:''' Forgiveness, Kith'rak. | ||
'''Kith'rak Voss:''' And as for you, tell me - why shouldn't I run you through this instant? | {{anchor|threat}}'''Kith'rak Voss:''' And as for you, tell me - why shouldn't I run you through this instant? | ||
* | *{{dopt|'''Player:''' {{Ability check|Sleight of Hand|15}} - ''Silently hold his stare and discreetly prepare to attack}} | ||
**{{dcond|If you pass the check}} | **{{dcond|If you pass the check}} | ||
***'''Kith'rak Voss:''' Hmm. You make good use of silence. Too many think hot air will save them... | ***'''Kith'rak Voss:''' Hmm. You make good use of silence. Too many think hot air will save them... | ||
***'''Kith'rak Voss:''' If I have no use for you alive, I'll have your death, slow and sweet. Understand? | ***'''Kith'rak Voss:''' If I have no use for you alive, I'll have your death, slow and sweet. Understand? | ||
***{{anchor|precious}}'''Kith'rak Voss:''' A vessel fell from the sky. We seek a precious weapon that was taken from it. | ***{{anchor|precious}}'''Kith'rak Voss:''' A vessel fell from the sky. We seek a precious weapon that was taken from it. | ||
***{{anchor|artefact}}'''Narrator:''' *You suddenly feel a strange anxiety take hold - not your own, but that of the artefact you carry. Somehow, ''it's afraid''...* | ****{{anchor|artefact}}'''Narrator:''' *You suddenly feel a strange anxiety take hold - not your own, but that of the artefact you carry. Somehow, ''it's afraid''...* | ||
***'''Narrator:''' *You attune your mind to it. The artefact does not want to fall into the gith raiders' hands any more than it does the Absolute followers'.* | ****'''Narrator:''' *You attune your mind to it. The artefact does not want to fall into the gith raiders' hands any more than it does the Absolute followers'.* | ||
***'''Kithrak Voss:''' Help us find it and I will leave your blood beneath your skin, unspilled. | ****'''Kithrak Voss:''' Help us find it and I will leave your blood beneath your skin, unspilled. | ||
****{{dopt|'''Player:''' I'll help if I can.}} | *****{{dopt|'''Player:''' I'll help if I can.}} | ||
*****'''Kith'rak Voss:''' Of course. Obedience is your only hope. Now stand still... | ******'''Kith'rak Voss:''' Of course. Obedience is your only hope. Now stand still... | ||
*****{{anchor|detect}}'''Narrator''': *He begins to move his hand in a quick flurry of gestures.* | ******{{anchor|detect}}'''Narrator''': *He begins to move his hand in a quick flurry of gestures.* | ||
******{{dopt|'''Player''': ''Do nothing''}} | *******{{dopt|'''Player''': ''Do nothing''}} | ||
*******{{anchor|detectfail}}'''Kith'rak Voss''': What's this...? | ********{{anchor|detectfail}}'''Kith'rak Voss''': What's this...? | ||
*******'''Kith'rak Voss''': ''Ts'kva!'' You carry a ''ghaik'' parasite in your head! Death will be a kindness to you... | ********'''Kith'rak Voss''': ''Ts'kva!'' You carry a ''ghaik'' parasite in your head! Death will be a kindness to you... | ||
********{{anchor|failcase}}'''Kith'rak Voss:''' Baretha! Rid us of this worm. I need to continue the hunt for the weapon. | *********{{anchor|failcase}}'''Kith'rak Voss:''' Baretha! Rid us of this worm. I need to continue the hunt for the weapon. | ||
******** | *********'''Sarth Baretha:''' At once... ''Htak'a!'' | ||
********'''''[[ | **********'''''(Dialogue ends, resulting in combat)''''' | ||
******{{dopt|'''Player:''' {{Ability check| | *******{{dopt|'''Player:''' {{Saving Throw|Wisdom|5}} - ''He is casting [[Detect Thoughts]] - steel your mind to resist it}}<ref>This chain is available only to [[Sorcerer]], [[Wizard]], [[Warlock]] | ||
*******{{dcond|If you pass the check}} | ********{{dcond|If you pass the check}} | ||
********''' | *********{{anchor|detectpass}}'''Kith'rak Voss:''' Bah! Nothing even approaching a useful thought in that skull. I ought to just kill you... | ||
*********{{dopt|'''Player:''' {{ | **********{{dopt|'''Player:'''{{Ability check|Persuasion|15}} - I could help if you let me live - search for this weapon, perhaps.}} | ||
***********{{dcond|If you pass the check}} | |||
************'''Kith'rak Voss:''' Unlikely you'd be successful... but it costs me nothing to spare your sorry life. | |||
************{{anchor|recruited}}'''Kith'rak Voss:''' Very well, ''istik''. Seek out survivors from the ship that crashed on this wretched world. | |||
************'''Kith'rak Voss:''' Bring me their heads. Bring me the ''weapon''. If you succeed, the reward will be great. | |||
************'''Kith'rak Voss:''' Now go. | |||
*************{{anchor|passcase}}'''''(Dialogue ends in peace. The party gains experience for each opponent defeated by your words. {{Approval|Gale|+1}}. [[Charlatan]] backgrounds are [[Inspiration|inspired]].)''''' | |||
***********{{dcond|If you fail the check}} | |||
************'''Kith'rak Voss:''' Help? Absurd. You're already a hindrance, wasting my time. | |||
************{{dact|seeabove|failcase}} | |||
**********{{dopt|'''Player:'''{{Ability check|Intimidation|15}} - Why are you hesitating, then? Try it, I dare you.}} | |||
***********{{dcond|If you pass the check}} | |||
************'''Kith'rak Voss:''' So bold in the face of death... Perhaps you may live after all. | |||
************'''Kith'rak Voss:''' Better to let stronger blood thrive. It can give rise to worthier foes and hardier slaves. Don't disappoint me. | |||
************{{dact|seeabove|passcase}} | |||
***********{{dcond|If you fail the check}} | |||
************'''Kith'rak Voss:''' Killing vermin requires no daring. | |||
************{{dact|seeabove|failcase}} | |||
**********{{dopt|'''Player:'''{{Ability check|Persuasion|15}} You ought to just ''leave.'' You've no right to decide my fate.}} | |||
***********{{dcond|If you pass the check}} | |||
************'''Kith'rak Voss:''' My blade is my right. If I can take your life, it is ''mine''. But perhaps you have other uses... | |||
************{{dact|seeabove|recruited}} | |||
***********{{dcond|If you fail the check}} | |||
************'''Kith'rak Voss:''' I have every right. I am strong, you are weak. | |||
************{{dact|seeabove|failcase}} | |||
**********{{dopt|'''Player:''' ''Attack''}} | |||
***********{{dact|You chose violence.|failcase}} | |||
*******{{dopt|'''Player:''' {{Ability check|Arcana|10}} ''Silently interpret the meaning of the gestures.''}}<ref>This chain will not appear for Wizards or Sorcerers.</ref> | |||
*********{{dopt|'''Player:''' ''Do nothing.''}} | |||
**********{{dact|seeabove|detectfail}} | |||
*********{{dopt|'''Player:''' ''Resist the probing into your mind.''}} | |||
**********{{dcond|If you pass the check}} | **********{{dcond|If you pass the check}} | ||
***********{{dact|seeabove|detectpass}} | |||
**********{{dcond|If you fail the check}} | |||
***********{{dcond|seeabove|detectfail}} | |||
*********{{dopt|'''Player:''' ''Attack.''}} | |||
**********{{dact|You chose violence.|failcase}} | |||
*******{{dopt|'''Player:''' ''Attack.''}} | |||
*********{{dact|You chose violence.|failcase}} | |||
*****{{dopt|'''Player:''' You'll need to start from the beginning - what is this weapon you're after?}} | |||
******'''Kith'rak Voss:''' Do not speak. Your bleating offends me ears. Just stand still... | |||
******{{dact|seeabove|detect}}} | |||
*****{{dopt|'''Player:''' ''Produce the artefact. Ask if this is what he seeks.''}} | |||
*****{{dopt|'''Player:''' I might know something. But it'll cost you.}} | |||
*****{{dopt|'''Player:''' ''Say nothing.''}} | |||
* | |||
******{{dopt|'''Player:''' ''Attack.''}} | |||
*******{{dact|You chose violence.|failcase}} | |||
****{{dopt|'''Player:''' You'll need to start from the beginning - what is this weapon you're after?}} | |||
*****'''Kith'rak Voss:''' Do not speak. Your bleating offends | |||
*****{{dact|seeabove|detect}}} | |||
****{{dopt|'''Player:''' ''Produce the artefact. Ask if this is what he seeks.''}} | |||
* | |||
****{{dopt|'''Player:''' I might know something. But it'll cost you.}} | |||
*****''' | |||
**{{dcond|If you fail the check}} | **{{dcond|If you fail the check}} | ||
***'''Kith'rak Voss:''' You think I don't see that pathetic fumbling? | ***'''Kith'rak Voss:''' You think I don't see that pathetic fumbling? | ||
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**{{dcond|If you fail the check}} | **{{dcond|If you fail the check}} | ||
***'''Kith'rak Voss:''' I gave you a chance to save your hide. Instead you chose empty bluster. | ***'''Kith'rak Voss:''' I gave you a chance to save your hide. Instead you chose empty bluster. | ||
*** | ***'''Kith'rak Voss:''' You are a waste of flesh. Perhaps the worms will have use for you. | ||
***{{dact|seeabove|failcase}} | ***{{dact|seeabove|failcase}} | ||
*{{dopt|'''Player:''' {{Ability check|Persuasion|15}} I don't know you, I pose no threat.}} | *{{dopt|'''Player:''' {{Ability check|Persuasion|15}} I don't know you, I pose no threat.}} | ||
**'''Kith'rak Voss:''' Of course you are not a threat! You are ''nothing'' until I tell you otherwise. | |||
**'''Kith'rak Voss:''' For you to keep sucking air, it is necessary for you to tell me something of worth. | |||
**{{dact|seeabove|precious}} | |||
*{{dopt|'''Player:''' [[Fighter|[FIGHTER]]] Try it - let's see who walks away alive.}}<ref>Available only to [[Fighter]], [[Ranger]], [[Barbarian]] | |||
*{{dopt|'''Player:''' [[Fighter|[FIGHTER | |||
**{{dact|seeabove|bravery}} | **{{dact|seeabove|bravery}} | ||
== Footnotes == | == Footnotes == | ||
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