Toot was starting to wonder if it was time to take a more physically capable and intimidating form. He avoided physical combat as much as possible and preferred to let his Summon's do the fighting for him. Usually only using his Wild Shapes for transportation. But now that Toot had learnt a great deal of nature's secrets from his last encounters underground, his Wild Shapes could take on a much more menacing size and strength. The only problem was that some of his magic items were command word activated. His animal vocal cords would not be able to imitate the sounds of speech needed to call upon their magic. All the rest, except his ring (of sustenance), he could remove before the Wild Shape and put back on afterward as their magics would grow and stretch to accommodate his new size (if the form has that body part).
Glancing at the pony, Toot considers that appearing as a typical mount might fool even a dragon into believing Toot not to be a worthy target for a breath weapon. Transforming into a dire bear and pretending to be a companion to the Giant might be a good ploy too. Toot would be physically powerful and able to completely communicate with Boo! An ape would likely be a little more suspicious. How many adventuring groups had a trained ape carrying a large quarterstaff as a pet?
While considering all of this, Toot moves 40' [if Toot can see the new Mantis...] and then points his wand at the other Mantis and whispers, "Glowy." The spell's duration was only a minute (10 rounds) but the effect would last long enough for everyone to see the creatures and lure them into the light if they intended to fight them.
[OoC: Knowledge-Nature: +13 (Mantis info)= Result 20; Know-nature: +13 (mushroom info)= Result 15; Spot check: +7= Result 26!; Listen: +7 = Result 10 ]
"Me not want to kill Vermin but me also not want to become lunch for vermin if we be running away from dragon and they decide they suddenly peckish. Me considering Entangling Mantis's with new wand to impede movement so we can get few shots on them. What you all think?"
Glancing at the pony, Toot considers that appearing as a typical mount might fool even a dragon into believing Toot not to be a worthy target for a breath weapon. Transforming into a dire bear and pretending to be a companion to the Giant might be a good ploy too. Toot would be physically powerful and able to completely communicate with Boo! An ape would likely be a little more suspicious. How many adventuring groups had a trained ape carrying a large quarterstaff as a pet?
While considering all of this, Toot moves 40' [if Toot can see the new Mantis...] and then points his wand at the other Mantis and whispers, "Glowy." The spell's duration was only a minute (10 rounds) but the effect would last long enough for everyone to see the creatures and lure them into the light if they intended to fight them.
[OoC: Knowledge-Nature: +13 (Mantis info)= Result 20; Know-nature: +13 (mushroom info)= Result 15; Spot check: +7= Result 26!; Listen: +7 = Result 10 ]
"Me not want to kill Vermin but me also not want to become lunch for vermin if we be running away from dragon and they decide they suddenly peckish. Me considering Entangling Mantis's with new wand to impede movement so we can get few shots on them. What you all think?"
