Rolled 15, 12, 16 = 43 (3d20)
>>5922788The paladin’s footfalls, heavy from his metal boots and loud in your ear with the weight of your own fear, draw closer and closer. You need to act fast—to do SOEMTHING. Little Veloz hovers nearby, all-but-invisible in the darkness, and you consider perhaps dictating that eh serve as a distraction… But, peculiar as he is in this biome (or on this WORLD), he would perhaps draw more specific and curious attention than you’d like. If a moon-hummingbird flits past a person, they’re bound to know SOMETHING is amiss. What you need is a more mundane distraction…
And what is more mundane than a rock?
Granted, with the royal yards being swept, trimmed, and tidied, there’s not exactly any sizeable stone in easy reach. Luckily, however, you are an adept Elementalist, even if such is not your primary specialty. It costs you a bit more of your aura…
>MP: 2/4…But you are able to <summon> a clod of Elemental Earth—the magical, extraplanar equivalent of the more mundane matter beneath your prone form. The somatic components are tricky to manage without exposing yourself, and the magic incantations must be whispered, but summoning a simple clod is much easier than materializing a whole, functional earth elemental. You think you can just about manage it… No, you KNOW you can. The question is whether you can do so quickly, quietly, and hurl the resultant material with enough accuracy to draw attention to a different lamppost several yards away before the Paladin becomes problematic…
