[IC] New Crobuzon & the World Beyond

[Betimi]

[OoC3: @Betimi It depends when you normally refresh your abilities.  I believe Selina said she regains spells at midnight.  If you regain abilities at dawn then I guess technically you could squeeze in learning spells or setting up vestiges as long as it takes 15min or less.  The pirates aren't going to wait an hour for you to set up your abilities for the day.    ]

[OoC Soul binding doesn't work the same.. as per Tome of Magic page 10...
"Whether the binding check succeeds
or fails, you gain the powers
granted by the vestige for 24 hours.
During that time, you cannot rid
yourself of the vestige unless you possess
the Expel Vestige feat. Success or
failure does, however, determine other
aspects of the pact."...

And yes, it does take time to bind a new vestige. At least one minute to draw the seal and a full round action to perform the ritual.

What I really  needed to know was  since she bound Leraje the morning before, just before going above for breakfast.. has Leraje left her already or still around for an hour or two..  if Leraje has left I am not expecting the pirates to wait the time it takes her to bind a new vestige.  As a result I am hoping the pirates are attacking earlier rather than later  ]

Selina frowns at the information.  “Necromancy?  That is not good to hear.  The undead revile me, but perhaps it is associated with something else from that branch...” She trails off in thought.  At the mention of the blade not liking the kobold Selina quirks an eyebrow.  “That sounds very much like a quality specifically crafted against your kind.  Or perhaps...dragonkind in general?  And cold iron means it would be crafted against the fey, yesss?  Strange...strange indeed.  I would very much like to know that the weapon I shall be wielding will not endanger the lives of myself or my allies.”

Nang replies, "Though I don't have any way of detecting evil today, I didn't sense any malevolence just a sort of... I'm not sure how to describe it.  You know when you meet someone and you're expecting the meeting to go a certain way but when you're finished you feel, 'meh'?  Well that's how I felt."  Nang returns the sword to its scabbard and hands it back to Selina.  "Did you feel anything when you wielded the blade?"  

As day yields to night, she takes a well-earned rest...only to be roused in the morning by the cry of alarm.  She is awake and alert, reaching for her weapons and armor, but knows it will take some time for her to don her full plate.

“Have we been boarded?”

The guard who has been stationed outside, replies through the door, "Not yet.  They were spotted in the distance."

Already clad in The Hide of Unreth (light armour), Betimi grabs her weapons and scrambles outside, readying her longbow as she moves [Edit to readying light crossbow if Leraje is no longer bound]