Date: Nouluna 4, 1221
Time: 7:40 PM
Weather: Thunderstorm
Moon: Full
Location: Castle Ravenloft, Landing
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Vorkath and Robert approach the portrait, intent on destroying it. Vorkath raises his sword. Robert drops the end of his torch towards the painting. Suddenly, they stop, entranced by what they see in the portrait.
The colors in the portrait shift and swirl. The rather dull colors become more vivid. You find yourselves hypnotized, unable to look away from the shifting, swirling patterns.
Only Ireena and Tibbius resist the enchantment. Tibbius pushes his way forward toward the the portrait. He tries to slash it with his dagger, but finds it surprisingly difficult to hit. His blade hits only air. He slashes again, nicking the frame. An arm reaches out of the frame. In its hand, it wields a short sword. It swings wildly at Tibbius, missing him entirely, but the portrait recovers and slashes the magic-user across the chest!
(Tibbius: -3 HP). Tibbius’s riposte hits nothing but air.
Tibbius changes tactics. As the portrait barely misses with another swing, Tibbius reaches toward it and speaks the word “
Gigawatz.” The frame shimmers and shudders with an electrical shock! The frame looks badly burnt and frayed, but the pattern of swirling colors continues to captivate your attention.
The elf finds himself floating toward the ceiling. He stabs ineffectivly at the portrait as he rises. Within a minute, he is 10’ in the air and still rising.
He quickly ponders his options. The portrait is heavily damaged—one more hit might destroy it. He is out of melee range from the portrait, but could throw his dagger, hoping that a hit would destroy the painting and release everyone from its spell. He could cast a spell to fly, breaking him from the levitation, allowing him to resume attacking—or flee. But using that spell would leave him very low on magic until he was able to rest. He could attempt to dispel the magic in the portrait, although its magic is certainly powerful. Of course, there's also his wand, with its unpredictable results.
Tibbius acts...
Okay, folks, tell me what Tibbius should do. The next move may be crucial and I don't want to NPC the entire combat.
Where is Ireena in all this, you may ask? Stay tuned.
Status: Agrippo: 46/52, Vokath: 32/36, Ireena: ??/??, Tibbius: 19/22, Randolph: 4/4, Iluq: 25/34, Tumbler: 24/39, Robert: 19/27
Spells: Log of Everburning (Robert): 24 turns
then it changes to this 