September 28th is overcast but warmer. A brisk breeze out of the west brings to you the faint scent of the sea.
"The sea, Billy!" says Valdar, a wistful note in his voice. "Let's hurry up and finish the dragons...and then go after the pirates!"
Those that have spoken up seem to want to finish off the dragons.
Occa says, "Okay, after the dragons then. We need each mage to carry a dispel magic or two. I will do so as well."
Pharian replies, "Given that the stoneskins will be cast by an archmage, you are the only one who has a decent chance of dispelling them. Is there some spell or attack that would wear out the stoneskins through multiple hits? Razmataz himself is no doubt stoneskinned, so his will be the first we need to dispell. Once we do that, an effective tactic would be to teleport Gonzo behind Raz so that he could backstab him."
Darian salutes Occa. "Would you rather I drop my fly or haste spell in favor of a dispel magic?"
"Haste probably."
Darian nods. "Okay."
"Oh, and I'm going to need a new stoneskin spell, please."
"Can we throw gravel at them?" Gilstrock asks, concerning the stoneskinned enemy. "You know, throw lots of little stones at them all at once. Hit them many times just a little. Would that work?"
"Worth a try," says Valdar thoughtfully. "It would ba a lot cheaper than a dispel magic!"
"Let's find out."
Occa replenishes his stoneskin, then he says, "Throw about 15 pebbles at me and then we can go 1 by 1 from there to test it. Otherwise, I should just learn dispel magic as well."
Gilstrock bends over, picks up a handful of small pebbles, and throws them at Occa. He keeps throwing handfuls of stones at Occa until Occa has been hit about 15 times.
Occa feels the 13th pebble...and it hurts him for 1 hit point.
"That's the ticket!" says Valdar.
"Excellent!" Gilstrock says. He promptly begins collecting together as many small stones as he can find, stuffing his pouch chock full of them. When his pouch is full, he'll start stuffing the pockets of his light blue cloak with small stones.
"Gilstrock, I have some spare pouches in my belt of many pouches. Let's load them with pebbles. When you empty your pouches, I can help replenish them. I think these things take a lot more than it seems..."
Jesse asks Occa and the others. "I have been bringing in 2 dimension door spells as my fourth order spells. Would it be better for me to carry 2 stone skin spells in so that if one of hte fighters loses his, I can put one back on him immediately?"
You spend the rest of the day preparing yourselves. You collect pebbles and small stones (plentiful around here thanks to all the construction work that the dwarves have been doing), and cast stoneskins. Please let me know who is casting stoneskin on who, as the duration of the spell will be affected. Also, let me know if there was anything else you wanted to do.