[IC] The Dwarven Ruins

[Portho Nihilbuck]

"Alone and outmatched by nearly everything that cpuld possible be down here, including the  giant spiders I have already had to elude, wouldn't you? My bardic music would not have harmed you, nor could I harm you or even attempt to harm you while it was in effect. It was an attempt to allow me to escape you if you were hostile. I suppose you think I should have waited and let you walk up to within range of hitting me with that weapon before trying to elude you? What if you were a deurgar, or  a nasty derro?  How would I have known, so a non-harmful bardic song to allow me to slip away seemed prudent."