"Oh, I'm always eager to take time out of my schedule to assist with the needs of the city!" 

The sarcasm in his voice is thick.

"I've gone monster hunting at the prelate's request before..."

He leaves the statement open as if setting up a joke.

"And...?"

"And he had wanted proof of my expedition.  But the monster's hide was tough, and the easiest part to cut away, that would serve as the definitive proof he wanted-" his voice gets serious, in a mock imitation of the prelate's voice "-happened to be the monsters phallus."

"The belief that consuming such things can enhance one's own virility is reasonably common across primitive cultures. They would account it a kingly gift."

That gets a chuckle from one of the nearby crusaders (they had heard a variation of that story before, but not that exact rationale for the Count's actions).

Dearan gives a small chuckle as well  "I don't think he appreciated that benefit of it, no..."

He gives a dramatic bored sigh.

"Do you think if you fired off some lightning into the air it would draw in more demons?  Watching you dismember them is quite preferable to this boredom."

"I doubt many remain who would wish to challenge the Wardstone by now. Were I a demon, at this point I would be either fled or hidden with easier prey."

The Wizard Aquilia address Darth Occlus.  "If you would like, I could resume my summary on the basics of magic?  I had already listed a decent number of more common and more illustrative spells, but even just a touch of basic theory and concepts can really help with understanding practical interactions between spells and effects!"

"I am not opposed, though I suspect the good count will not find this nearly so entertaining."

He waves his hand nonchalantly.  "We can't have you throwing lightning at someone with a protection from energy up again.  Or... what was that slamming effect you use?  Some kind of telekinesis?  Without this wizard's lectures, how would you know that the latest innovations from Absalom's academies include a 1st circle telekinesis immunity!"

Aquilia laughs at the joke.  "I think the only immunity to telekinesis is spell resistance... do you know if your abilities are subject to spell resistance, Darth Occlus?"  He thinks a moment "-telekinesis immunity is a joke right?  I mean, greater spell immunity could block it, but the principle of Spell Immunity shouldn't generalize down to lower circle, at least not lower circle than the telekinesis itself, which would normally be 5th circle, except for some specialized variants... anyway that was a joke, yes?"

He just stares back.  Do you really think he keeps up with the latest innovation in magic?

"I should think so. Though your magic really bears very little resemblance to the Force, so I would not assume that one defense will apply smoothly to the other."

He thinks to himself a moment, then thinks out loud. 

"I think the easiest way to test your abilities interaction with spell resistance would be with a summon monster spell to summon an Outsider wit spell resistance, except we might have the problem you are so powerful we can't tell the difference between your abilities not allowing any spell resistance and you easily overpowering the spell resistance.  Can you deliberately cast your abilities at a lower caster level?  Or whatever the equivalent is with uh, 'the Force'."

"I can act with more or less power as I choose."

"Then it should be doable if you can create a tiny amount of lightning or telekinesis... so I just need to figure out the lowest circle summon monster spell that gets something with spell resistance.  And I can summon it myself if it is possible 2nd circle, but that might be too low.  Otherwise we need to find someone that knows the spell."

He starts to lose himself in thought over possible creatures to summon then realizes he should clarify.

"Oh, I don't know if Anevia mentioned when she mentioned the summon monster spells, I think I skipped over it.  Summon spells create a temporary magical body for the original creature, which remains on its original plane and is unharmed by whatever happens to the body created for it by the summon spell."

"Such a test should wait for a later time, in any case. This is hardly the best testing ground."

Now it is Aquilia's turn to sigh dramatically.  "Of course, sometime later.  Hopefully we can figure it out, before you face a demon with some hope of resisting your 'Force' effect."

"So terrible, having to wait for magical experimentation..."

The swordmage is back!  He announces to everyone.  "Between them, the cultists had two potions of cure light wounds, a scroll of cure light wounds, and a scroll of inflict light wounds (for some reason).  A few weapons were cold iron, I laid them out separately, and then I did a first pass at laying out the other weapons by quality."

Ah, the spoils of battle. "My interest in the potions and scrolls would be primarily academic, and I do not care for the weapons." She pauses. "Though if any have significant monetary value, I would entertain offers of selling them."

"Does the Force do 'healing' also?  And even if it does, if there are ever any cases were you could manage to swallow something but couldn't Force-cure yourself a potion is a good backup option."

"I will take that under advisement." And perhaps even act upon said advice, depending on what her studies reveal.