A good start but I’m with Caelin on this one. I doubt that’ll work twice, let alone tree times but I can hope. Charles is quickly becomming my favourite character. A thought though….say they do kill all three gorgons, could Gram possobly rework the Mass Shape Change potion he’s making to return the converted gorgons to human (and drow, goblin, orc etc) form?
A target arrow is precisely what you want for this stunt. It penetrates flesh much better and goes cleanly through. Any type of barbed or field point would have too much resistance to go right through, and armour piercing points aren’t necessary and don’t fly as straight as a target arrow.
Can gorgons petrify each other? In case they can, now they need only a good knife or sword or the sorts (which they should have, considering they skinned the deer), and they have a gorgon head as a weapon. And/or as a possible tool to depetrify others…
I know its a bit messy, and Caelin might would have difficulties to stomach it, but if it works…
I’m not sure if Gorgons can petrify each other, given they’d run the risk of stoning themselves whenever a mirror got involved….
Though I do remember reading somewhere that gorgon blood can reverse petrification… and they’ve now got about 8-10 pints of it to harvest.
"if Gorgons can petrify each other, given they’d run the risk of stoning themselves whenever a mirror got involved"
Not necessarily, Perseus also saw the mirror image of Medusa.
It was Perseus who beheaded Medusa using the polished interior of his shield Aegis to be able to look for the Gorgon without giving her a direct line of sight to use her Petrification ability, and stored her head in a knapsack given to him by the Hesperides.
*sings*
Someone’s on the doorstep with Dynah.
Someone’s on the doorstep, I know-oh-oh-oh
Someone’s on the doorstep with dynah
Strumming on the makeshift bow
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just a thought, do those visors work both ways? if so, things could be a lot easier from here out.
I don’t see why not
If I were Ranna they’d be cursed/enchanted to prevent anyone but a gorgon wearing them safely.
Ranna seems easily distracted. Quite possible that cursing these masks never occurred to her.
That is one incredible shot! Temple to temple with a fast moving pointy stick is one heck of an accurate shot.
Well, the plan might suck, put it has its point 🙂
A good start but I’m with Caelin on this one. I doubt that’ll work twice, let alone tree times but I can hope. Charles is quickly becomming my favourite character. A thought though….say they do kill all three gorgons, could Gram possobly rework the Mass Shape Change potion he’s making to return the converted gorgons to human (and drow, goblin, orc etc) form?
‘tree times’: My favourite typo of the day!
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Hahaha, I never even noticed that. Typed that first thing this morning when I checked, was still half asleep.
That gorgon certainly got shafted with this plan…
That’s what she gets for being such an arrow-minded gal.
last thing that went through her mind was a piece of spruce.
That plan certainly does thuk.
Someone beat me to it 🙂
Some speech therapy might clear up that problem though.
😉
An ‘arrowing experience for the Gorgon
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More like Dynah the Gor-gone!
Swear to god, my first thought was, "How’s THAT going to kill her?" on account of the arrow having hit no vital organs.
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Damn Caelin.
I know he’s an elf and such, but I didn’t think that made him Hawkeye 😛
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Nice shot, considering he apparently used a target arrow…
A target arrow is precisely what you want for this stunt. It penetrates flesh much better and goes cleanly through. Any type of barbed or field point would have too much resistance to go right through, and armour piercing points aren’t necessary and don’t fly as straight as a target arrow.
Armour-piercing might be what you want to enter a skull.
Sufficiently armour piercing sure. A target arrow might be sufficient depending on the draw weight, which we have no way to know.
It’s off to a good start, so that’s something.
Can gorgons petrify each other? In case they can, now they need only a good knife or sword or the sorts (which they should have, considering they skinned the deer), and they have a gorgon head as a weapon. And/or as a possible tool to depetrify others…
I know its a bit messy, and Caelin might would have difficulties to stomach it, but if it works…
I’m not sure if Gorgons can petrify each other, given they’d run the risk of stoning themselves whenever a mirror got involved….
Though I do remember reading somewhere that gorgon blood can reverse petrification… and they’ve now got about 8-10 pints of it to harvest.
"if Gorgons can petrify each other, given they’d run the risk of stoning themselves whenever a mirror got involved"
Not necessarily, Perseus also saw the mirror image of Medusa.
There was this guy named Jason who used a mirror, a sword and a bag. Do they still have the deer’s skin?
It was Perseus who beheaded Medusa using the polished interior of his shield Aegis to be able to look for the Gorgon without giving her a direct line of sight to use her Petrification ability, and stored her head in a knapsack given to him by the Hesperides.
yeah, Jason did the whole Argonauts, and grabbing the Golden Fleece stuff.
He has to be careful – a dead gorgon is still potent, at least it was for Pericles…
Right, that was his name, not Jason. Wrong story.
Ehm… you mean Perseus?
Clearly reading Greek Mythology isn’t high on some people’s lists.
So… arrows are the cure for snakes in your brain.
They had to give it a shot.
Maybe Charles was blind that there is always a risk 🙂
*sings*
Someone’s on the doorstep with Dynah.
Someone’s on the doorstep, I know-oh-oh-oh
Someone’s on the doorstep with dynah
Strumming on the makeshift bow
Charles is a pretty sharp kid huh? That idea completely flew over my head. Good thing they weren’t aiming at me.
Why? Are you a gorgon? o_O
That's actually a brilliant plan, to be honest.
So far so good, but IIRC gorgon eyes are still potent even after they die, so they better be careful. Better blindfold the corpses.