Quote Originally Posted by Elladie View Post
But we weren't immediately paralysed by an Ascian. We stood there and did nothing while she talked at us. If she had taken us by surprise and wrapped us in darkness before we could react, fine. But that isn't what happens. If we'd attempted to stop her and failed, fine. But we literally DO NOTHING. The only reason for us doing nothing is the story - Thordan needs the key - which is poor and lazy writing.
To be fair, we could just still be out of it after the fight, but I can agree having us at least dive at the key before we get paralyzed would have worked better.