4: The Lord Giveth

[Sierra]

<El-Cideon> And so battle is joined in the chapel! As stained glass images look down on you, the outside light filtering dimly through renditions of winged demons inflicting heinous acts of carnage and carnality upon hapless mortals, a suited figure at the organ in the corner launches into a cataclysmic cacaphony of a tune.
<El-Cideon> Any astute eyes not fixed with hatred upon the fallen priest might also note stray details such as a trapdoor in the northeast corner of the chapel, rows of small, trumpeted apertures lining either wall at floor level--but alas, no one looked up in time to see a quartet of rocky, winged humanoid beasts descending from the rafters to land with a thud ten feet in front of you, blocking off the aisle. "You did not think I stood alone in this place, did you?" Father Randolf calls out from the altar. A command rings out for the gargoyles: "Tear them to pieces! Fresh blood to consecrate this land for His Grace!"
<El-Cideon> (OOC: gargoyles descending was a surprise round for ?!?!? since they outstealthed you. As far as the dimensions of the room go, it's 60 feet wide--5-ft aisles on either side, next to 20 ft long pews broken up by the occasional stone column, 10-ft aisle in between the pews. Two of the gargoyles are standing just in that aisle, the other two  just to either side outside of it--they're basically in an inverted U formation. The closer ones are 10 ft from you. There's a dozen rows of seats, with the altar being 15 ft past the last of them, so Randolf's 90 ft down the other end of the church. And now it's his turn.)
<El-Cideon> Randolf holds his position behind the altar, one hand raised in a circular gesture before his chest as the air around him begins to shimmer in a sickly haze. (OOC: Cat)
<El-Cideon> The girl in black dashes forward to the far side of the rightmost gargoyle and stabs at it from behind!
<El-Cideon> roll 1d20+14
* Hatbot --> "El-Cideon rolls 1d20+14 and gets 31."12 [1d20=17]
<El-Cideon> roll 1d6+2 no flatfooted to abuse, sadly
* Hatbot --> "El-Cideon rolls 1d6+2 no flatfooted to abuse, sadly and gets 3."12 [1d6=1]
<El-Cideon> OOC: E
<Eliaphas> Moving around to the left side as Cat goes to the right, filling himself with resolve and firing a single bolt across the church at Randolf!
<Eliaphas> OOC: Justice and Purity judgements, +3 saves/damage
<Eliaphas> roll 1d20+22 attack
* Hatbot --> "Eliaphas rolls 1d20+22 attack and gets 39."12 [1d20=17]
<El-Cideon> OOC; hit, but roll 1d100
<Eliaphas> roll 1d100
* Hatbot --> "Eliaphas rolls 1d100 and gets 85."12 [1d100=85]
<El-Cideon> OOC: carry on
<Eliaphas> roll 2d10+6+1d6+1d6 fire/electricity
* Hatbot --> "Eliaphas rolls 2d10+6+1d6+1d6 fire/electricity and gets 32."12 [2d10=10, 8][1d6=4][1d6=4]
<El-Cideon> OOC: C
<El-Cideon> Randolf takes a bolt in the shoulder with good grace, smiling all the while. "The dead reign over the living here. You should realize your place in the natural order!"
* Corben takes the simplest option! The gargoyle but ten feet away from him is an eyesore, and he tries to crush it with all his strength!
<Corben> roll 1d20+16 rage, surprise accuracy, pa12
* Hatbot --> "Corben rolls 1d20+16 rage, surprise accuracy, pa12 and gets 26."12 [1d20=10]
<El-Cideon> OOC: hit
<Corben> roll 2d4+16+24 do they bleed?
* Hatbot --> "Corben rolls 2d4+16+24 do they bleed? and gets 43."12 [2d4=2, 1]
<El-Cideon> OOC: they do. Bleed damage occurs on enemy turns, mind
<El-Cideon> OOC: for reference, how much is it?
<Corben> OOC: Just curious!
<El-Cideon> Stony skin flies in chips as Corben's blade tears into the monster to the raw flesh beneath, crimson blood and meat gouged out onto the floor below. The monster staggers under the assault, but remains standing with enough strength to strike back!
<El-Cideon> roll 1d20+12 claw
* Hatbot --> "El-Cideon rolls 1d20+12 claw and gets 19."12 [1d20=7]
<El-Cideon> roll 1d20+12 claw
* Hatbot --> "El-Cideon rolls 1d20+12 claw and gets 17."12 [1d20=5]
<El-Cideon> roll 1d20+12 bite
* Hatbot --> "El-Cideon rolls 1d20+12 bite and gets 23."12 [1d20=11]
<El-Cideon> roll 1d20+12 gore
* Hatbot --> "El-Cideon rolls 1d20+12 gore and gets 21."12 [1d20=9]
<Corben> OOC: AC24
<El-Cideon> But wounded as it is, it can hardly focus! Cat's opponent lashes out at her while the other two trundle forward to slash at the archer duo!
<El-Cideon> roll 4#1d20+12 FA against Cat
* Hatbot --> "El-Cideon rolls 4#1d20+12 FA against Cat and gets 90."12 [4#1d20+12 = 17, 29, 23, 21]
<El-Cideon> roll 1d4+4 claw
* Hatbot --> "El-Cideon rolls 1d4+4 claw and gets 8."12 [1d4=4]
<El-Cideon> roll 1d6+4 bite
* Hatbot --> "El-Cideon rolls 1d6+4 bite and gets 5."12 [1d6=1]
<El-Cideon> roll 1d20+12 vs E
* Hatbot --> "El-Cideon rolls 1d20+12 vs E and gets 25."12 [1d20=13]
<El-Cideon> roll 1d20+12 vs M
* Hatbot --> "El-Cideon rolls 1d20+12 vs M and gets 26."12 [1d20=14]
<El-Cideon> OOC: AC, you two?
<Madeline> OOC: 27
<Madeline> OOC: 28, actually
<Eliaphas> OOC: 26
<Madeline> OOC: No, I'm wrong, it hits me
<Madeline> OOC: My FF ac is way lower
<El-Cideon> roll 1d4+4, then!
* Hatbot --> "El-Cideon rolls 1d4+4 formatting! and gets 6."12 [1d4=2]
<El-Cideon> As the party is lightly gouged, the vampires by the altar are not inactive--the comely nun shakes with unholy fervor and cries out, "My lord! Grant me strength to remind these mortals of their proper station!" A dark aura surrounds the two of them, then the woman strides forward thirty paces down the aisle.
<El-Cideon> OOC: M and V
<Madeline> roll 1d20+18 let's spellcraft this stuff
* Hatbot --> "Madeline rolls 1d20+18 let's spellcraft this stuff and gets 26."12 [1d20=8]
* Eliaphas changes topic to '6Corben: 124/137, Eliaphas: 102+12/102, Madeline: 78/96| 4FlameArrowCount: 34 Father Randolf > Cat > Eliaphas > Corben > ?!?!? > Sister Antonia > Madeline/Viola'
<Madeline> The cut hurts, but hundreds upon hundreds of training sessions have stressed upon Madeline the need to ignore her own injuries, as happily infrequent as they may be, and focus upon destroying the greatest enemy threat above all else. As such, she steps back to fire over the gargoyle's head and onto the gloating Father behind them!
<Madeline> roll 1d20+19 rapid,many,deadlyaim,haste
<Madeline> roll 1d20+19 rapid,many,deadlyaim,haste
* Hatbot --> "Madeline rolls 1d20+19 rapid,many,deadlyaim,haste and gets 34."12 [1d20=15]
* Hatbot --> "Madeline rolls 1d20+19 rapid,many,deadlyaim,haste and gets 38."12 [1d20=19]
<Madeline> roll 1d20+19 rapid,many,deadlyaim,haste
* Hatbot --> "Madeline rolls 1d20+19 rapid,many,deadlyaim,haste and gets 24."12 [1d20=5]
<Madeline> roll 1d20+14
* Hatbot --> "Madeline rolls 1d20+14 and gets 23."12 [1d20=9]
<Madeline> roll 1d20+9
* Hatbot --> "Madeline rolls 1d20+9 and gets 18."12 [1d20=9]
<El-Cideon> OOC: first two hit, roll 1d100 for each of them, hit on 21-100
<Madeline> OOC: Such puny concealment means nothing to me
<Madeline> roll 1d8+12+2d6+1d6+1d6 fire/frost/shock
<Madeline> roll 1d8+12+2d6+1d6+1d6 fire/frost/shock
* Hatbot --> "Madeline rolls 1d8+12+2d6+1d6+1d6 fire/frost/shock and gets 32."12 [1d8=5][2d6=5, 2][1d6=5][1d6=3]
<Madeline> roll 1d8+12+2d6+1d6+1d6 fire/frost/shock
* Hatbot --> "Madeline rolls 1d8+12+2d6+1d6+1d6 fire/frost/shock and gets 29."12 [1d8=3][2d6=2, 3][1d6=6][1d6=3]
* Hatbot --> "Madeline rolls 1d8+12+2d6+1d6+1d6 fire/frost/shock and gets 28."12 [1d8=4][2d6=2, 4][1d6=3][1d6=3]
<El-Cideon> OOC: It's not concealment in this case
<Madeline> roll 1d100 foiled
* Hatbot --> "Madeline rolls 1d100 foiled and gets 16."12 [1d100=16]
<Madeline> roll 1d100 foiled
<Madeline> roll 1d100 foiled
* Hatbot --> "Madeline rolls 1d100 foiled and gets 16."12 [1d100=16]
* Hatbot --> "Madeline rolls 1d100 foiled and gets 26."12 [1d100=26]
<El-Cideon> A single arrow finds the priest, and he shakes his head with dismay at the foolishness of these poor, misguided mortals! Meanwhile, Viola sinks into the ground and reappears on the other side of the enemy line, attacking Cat's enemy from behind.
<El-Cideon> roll 1d20+11
* Hatbot --> "El-Cideon rolls 1d20+11 and gets 20."12 [1d20=9]
<El-Cideon> roll 1d6 STR
* Hatbot --> "El-Cideon rolls 1d6 STR and gets 3."12 [1d6=3]
<El-Cideon> "I can see I'll just have to reeducate you all personally," Randolf says as he steps around the altar and walks calmly down the aisle. Another gesture, and a faintly visible bubble of force surrounds him.
<Madeline> roll 1d20+18 i'm on this stuff
* Hatbot --> "Madeline rolls 1d20+18 i'm on this stuff and gets 20."12 [1d20=2]
<El-Cideon> With her shadow helping to keep her foe off balance, Cat lays into the gargoyle with a blur of attacks!
<El-Cideon> roll 3#1d20+15 SA spamming
* Hatbot --> "El-Cideon rolls 3#1d20+15 SA spamming and gets 60."12 [3#1d20+15 = 22, 16, 22]
<El-Cideon> roll 2#1d20+10 SA spamming
* Hatbot --> "El-Cideon rolls 2#1d20+10 SA spamming and gets 43."12 [2#1d20+10 = 26, 17]
<El-Cideon> roll 3#1d6+2+3d6
* Hatbot --> "El-Cideon rolls 3#1d6+2+3d6 and gets 45."12 [3#1d6+2+3d6 = 21, 12, 12]
<El-Cideon> OOC: E
<El-Cideon> More stone chips litter the floor as Cat's foe howls in pain. "Get out of my way, dammit!"
<Eliaphas> Making his bolts into a bane for the vile undead, Eliaphas keeps his aim on Randolf. "Unless you pray for forgiveness I would have you silent," he hisses, unloading all of his remaining ammo into the vampiric priest!
<Eliaphas> roll 1d20+22 rapid shot, greater bane
* Hatbot --> "Eliaphas rolls 1d20+22 rapid shot, greater bane and gets 40."12 [1d20=18]
<Eliaphas> roll 1d20+22 rapid shot, greater bane
* Hatbot --> "Eliaphas rolls 1d20+22 rapid shot, greater bane and gets 40."12 [1d20=18]
<Eliaphas> roll 1d20+22 rapid shot, greater bane
* Hatbot --> "Eliaphas rolls 1d20+22 rapid shot, greater bane and gets 39."12 [1d20=17]
<Eliaphas> roll 1d20+17 rapid shot, greater bane
* Hatbot --> "Eliaphas rolls 1d20+17 rapid shot, greater bane and gets 19."12 [1d20=2]
<El-Cideon> OOC: first three hit, roll 1d100s
<Eliaphas> roll 3#1d100
* Hatbot --> "Eliaphas rolls 3#1d100 and gets 137."12 [3#1d100 = 33, 79, 25]
<El-Cideon> OOC: damage it up!
<Eliaphas> roll 3d10+15+3d6+3d6+12d6 fire/electric/bane, silver bolts
* Hatbot --> "Eliaphas rolls 3d10+15+3d6+3d6+12d6 fire/electric/bane, silver bolts and gets 118."12 [3d10=9, 4, 7][3d6=6, 4, 4][3d6=6, 5, 4][12d6=3, 5, 2, 5, 5, 3, 6, 6, 3, 6, 4, 6]
<Eliaphas> OOC: wait!
<Eliaphas> OOC: I threaten on 17-20!
<Eliaphas> roll 3#1d20+22 crit checks
* Hatbot --> "Eliaphas rolls 3#1d20+22 crit checks and gets 113."12 [3#1d20+22 = 34, 39, 40]
<El-Cideon> OOC: waugh, how much of that is electric? Vamps resist it in PF. Although it likely doesn't matter because jesus those are all crits
<Eliaphas> OOC: I'll just reroll each seperately
<Eliaphas> roll 2d10+16+1d6+1d6+4d6 fire/electric bane, silver bolts, also forgot my justice judgement earlier
* Hatbot --> "Eliaphas rolls 2d10+16+1d6+1d6+4d6 fire/electric bane, silver bolts, also forgot my justice judgement earlier and gets 51."12 [2d10=6, 10][1d6=2][1d6=3][4d6=3, 4, 3, 4]
<Eliaphas> roll 2d10+16+1d6+1d6+4d6 fire/electric bane, silver bolts, also forgot my justice judgement earlier
* Hatbot --> "Eliaphas rolls 2d10+16+1d6+1d6+4d6 fire/electric bane, silver bolts, also forgot my justice judgement earlier and gets 53."12 [2d10=6, 8][1d6=1][1d6=2][4d6=3, 6, 5, 6]
<Eliaphas> roll 2d10+16+1d6+1d6+4d6 fire/electric bane, silver bolts, also forgot my justice judgement earlier
* Hatbot --> "Eliaphas rolls 2d10+16+1d6+1d6+4d6 fire/electric bane, silver bolts, also forgot my justice judgement earlier and gets 55."12 [2d10=8, 4][1d6=6][1d6=6][4d6=3, 6, 3, 3]
<El-Cideon> Too arrogant perhaps to take a priest of Norusk seriously, Randolf must have had his eyes elsewhere--each of those bolts hammers home with deadly force, and with an anguished shriek the vampire disintegrates into dust, leaving only his vestments and possessions behind!
<El-Cideon> OOC: C
* Retrieving #mistvalken modes...
* El-Cideon changes topic to '6Corben: 124/137, Eliaphas: 102+12/102, Madeline: 78/96| 4FlameArrowCount: 34  Cat > Eliaphas > Corben > gargoyle x4 > Sister Antonia > Madeline/Viola'
<Corben> With the fell priest eradicated, Corben can take his time destroying the gargoyle before him, sparing a moment to nod at Eliaphas in appreciation.
<Corben> roll 1d20+25
<Corben> roll 1d20+25
* Hatbot --> "Corben rolls 1d20+25 and gets 37."12 [1d20=12]
* Hatbot --> "Corben rolls 1d20+25 and gets 32."12 [1d20=7]
<Corben> roll 1d20+20
* Hatbot --> "Corben rolls 1d20+20 and gets 26."12 [1d20=6]
<Corben> roll 1d20+15
* Hatbot --> "Corben rolls 1d20+15 and gets 17."12 [1d20=2]
<El-Cideon> OOC 3x hit
<Corben> roll 3#2d4+16
* Hatbot --> "Corben rolls 3#2d4+16 and gets 63."12 [3#2d4+16 = 21, 19, 23]
* El-Cideon changes topic to '6Corben: 124/137, Eliaphas: 102+12/102, Madeline: 78/96| 4FlameArrowCount: 34  Cat > Eliaphas > Corben > gargoyle x3 > Sister Antonia > Madeline/Viola'
<El-Cideon> Corben turns his foe into shreds of gristle and bone on the floor, as the other three gargoyles pursue each of their targets and flail away!
<El-Cideon> roll 4#1d20+12 FA vs E
* Hatbot --> "El-Cideon rolls 4#1d20+12 FA vs E and gets 101."12 [4#1d20+12 = 21, 22, 32, 26]
<El-Cideon> roll 4#1d20+12 FA vs M
* Hatbot --> "El-Cideon rolls 4#1d20+12 FA vs M and gets 85."12 [4#1d20+12 = 22, 29, 21, 13]
<El-Cideon> roll 4#1d20+11 FA vs Cat
* Hatbot --> "El-Cideon rolls 4#1d20+11 FA vs Cat and gets 93."12 [4#1d20+11 = 25, 28, 19, 21]
<El-Cideon> roll 1d20+12 also crit vs E?
* Hatbot --> "El-Cideon rolls 1d20+12 also crit vs E? and gets 29."12 [1d20=17]
<Eliaphas> OOC: AC 26 still
<El-Cideon> roll 2#1d4+3 Cat damage
* Hatbot --> "El-Cideon rolls 2#1d4+3 Cat damage and gets 9."12 [2#1d4+3 = 5, 4]
<El-Cideon> roll 2d6+8 critical biting
* Hatbot --> "El-Cideon rolls 2d6+8 critical biting and gets 13."12 [2d6=4, 1]
<El-Cideon> roll 1d6+4 normal goring
* Hatbot --> "El-Cideon rolls 1d6+4 normal goring and gets 5."12 [1d6=1]
<El-Cideon> OOC: 18 to E. AC, Madeline?
<Madeline> OOC: 28
<El-Cideon> roll 1d4+4 claw to M
* Hatbot --> "El-Cideon rolls 1d4+4 claw to M and gets 7."12 [1d4=3]
* Eliaphas changes topic to '6Corben: 124/137, Eliaphas: 96/102, Madeline: 71/96| 4FlameArrowCount: 34  Cat > Eliaphas > Corben > gargoyle x3 > Sister Antonia > Madeline/Viola'
<El-Cideon> More light wounds for the heroes. The nun howls in grief and rage as she stalks down the aisle. "Your honor! H-how dare you, mortals! We might've gifted you with our ascended state before. Now--now I'll tear you to pieces!" As she strides forward, a bolt of dark energy crackles towards Corben!
<El-Cideon> roll 1d20+15 ranged touch
* Hatbot --> "El-Cideon rolls 1d20+15 ranged touch and gets 21."12 [1d20=6]
<El-Cideon> OOC: touch AC?
<Corben> OOC: Not that.
<El-Cideon> roll 1d4 negative levels
* Hatbot --> "El-Cideon rolls 1d4 negative levels and gets 3."12 [1d4=3]
<Eliaphas> OOC: Death Ward!
<El-Cideon> OOC: Death Ward hits level drain? Man, these two = so hosed.
<El-Cideon> But the holy aura granted by Eliaphas disperses the dark energy before it strikes! OOC: M and V time
<Madeline> Madeline's retort to the woman comes in the form of bright, blazing lights that shred through the bolt's dark trail and pierce towards the creature's heart!
<Madeline> roll 1d20+19 rapid,many,deadlyaim,haste, 5ft step implied
* Hatbot --> "Madeline rolls 1d20+19 rapid,many,deadlyaim,haste, 5ft step implied and gets 32."12 [1d20=13]
<Madeline> roll 1d20+19 rapid,many,deadlyaim,haste, 5ft step implied
<Madeline> roll 1d20+19 rapid,many,deadlyaim,haste, 5ft step implied
* Hatbot --> "Madeline rolls 1d20+19 rapid,many,deadlyaim,haste, 5ft step implied and gets 30."12 [1d20=11]
* Hatbot --> "Madeline rolls 1d20+19 rapid,many,deadlyaim,haste, 5ft step implied and gets 21."12 [1d20=2]
<Madeline> roll 1d20+14
* Hatbot --> "Madeline rolls 1d20+14 and gets 30."12 [1d20=16]
<Madeline> roll 1d20+9
* Hatbot --> "Madeline rolls 1d20+9 and gets 21."12 [1d20=12]
<El-Cideon> OOC: 30s and 32 hit
<Madeline> roll 1d8+12+2d6+1d6+1d6 fire/frost/shock
<Madeline> roll 1d8+12+2d6+1d6+1d6 fire/frost/shock
<Madeline> roll 1d8+12+2d6+1d6+1d6 fire/frost/shock
<Madeline> roll 1d8+12+2d6+1d6+1d6 fire/frost/shock
* Hatbot --> "Madeline rolls 1d8+12+2d6+1d6+1d6 fire/frost/shock and gets 24."12 [1d8=3][2d6=3, 2][1d6=2][1d6=2]
* Hatbot --> "Madeline rolls 1d8+12+2d6+1d6+1d6 fire/frost/shock and gets 35."12 [1d8=6][2d6=5, 2][1d6=5][1d6=5]
* Hatbot --> "Madeline rolls 1d8+12+2d6+1d6+1d6 fire/frost/shock and gets 25."12 [1d8=3][2d6=3, 1][1d6=5][1d6=1]
* Hatbot --> "Madeline rolls 1d8+12+2d6+1d6+1d6 fire/frost/shock and gets 23."12 [1d8=2][2d6=2, 1][1d6=3][1d6=3]
* Madeline changes topic to '6Corben: 124/137, Eliaphas: 96/102, Madeline: 71/96| 4FlameArrowCount: 24  Cat > Eliaphas > Corben > gargoyle x3 > Sister Antonia > Madeline/Viola'
<El-Cideon> The arrows find many parts of the enraged nun but, alas, not her heart, and she staggers on with black blood steaming from her wounds! Meanwhile, Viola continues to slash away at the enemy besieging her companion!
<El-Cideon> roll 1d20+11 touch
* Hatbot --> "El-Cideon rolls 1d20+11 touch and gets 28."12 [1d20=17]
<El-Cideon> roll 1d20+11 touch mk 2 haste yay
* Hatbot --> "El-Cideon rolls 1d20+11 touch mk 2 haste yay and gets 22."12 [1d20=11]
<El-Cideon> roll 2d6 STR
* Hatbot --> "El-Cideon rolls 2d6 STR and gets 10."12 [2d6=6, 4]
<El-Cideon> roll 3#1d20+15 Cat SA spam continues
* Hatbot --> "El-Cideon rolls 3#1d20+15 Cat SA spam continues and gets 55."12 [3#1d20+15 = 16, 19, 20]
<El-Cideon> roll 2#1d20+10 Cat SA spam continues
* Hatbot --> "El-Cideon rolls 2#1d20+10 Cat SA spam continues and gets 33."12 [2#1d20+10 = 17, 16]
<El-Cideon> roll 2#1d6+2+3d6
* Hatbot --> "El-Cideon rolls 2#1d6+2+3d6 and gets 40."12 [2#1d6+2+3d6 = 20, 20]
* El-Cideon changes topic to '6Corben: 124/137, Eliaphas: 96/102, Madeline: 71/96| 4FlameArrowCount: 24  Cat > Eliaphas > Corben > gargoyle x2 > Sister Antonia > Madeline/Viola'
<El-Cideon> OOC: E
<El-Cideon> Cat hacks at her foe until it's prone on the floor, a helpless, bleeding mess!
<Eliaphas> Nodding in grim satisfaction at dispatching the main threat, Eliaphas turns his bayonet now upon the gargoyle menacing him!
<Eliaphas> OOC: using monstrous humanoid bane, does it hit these guys?
<El-Cideon> OOC: yep
<Eliaphas> roll 1d20+23 switching off defending to go full attack
* Hatbot --> "Eliaphas rolls 1d20+23 switching off defending to go full attack and gets 31."12 [1d20=8]
<Eliaphas> roll 1d20+23 switching off defending to go full attack
* Hatbot --> "Eliaphas rolls 1d20+23 switching off defending to go full attack and gets 30."12 [1d20=7]
<Eliaphas> roll 1d20+18 switching off defending to go full attack
* Hatbot --> "Eliaphas rolls 1d20+18 switching off defending to go full attack and gets 30."12 [1d20=12]
<El-Cideon> OOC: all hit
<Eliaphas> roll 3d6+27+12d6
* Hatbot --> "Eliaphas rolls 3d6+27+12d6 and gets 71."12 [3d6=2, 1, 2][12d6=5, 4, 3, 4, 3, 4, 3, 2, 3, 1, 2, 5]
<El-Cideon> Eliaphas's mad stabbing brings his foe to its rocky knees--but not to the floor!
<El-Cideon> OOC: C
<Corben> "You witch!" Corben cries out as the nun's foul magicks fail her, and then he charges at her, falcion held high overhead!
<Corben> roll 1d20+23 12pa, charging, reckless abandon
* Hatbot --> "Corben rolls 1d20+23 12pa, charging, reckless abandon and gets 34."12 [1d20=11]
<El-Cideon> OOC: hit
<Corben> roll 2d4+16+24+3+2d6 finally, undead!
* Hatbot --> "Corben rolls 2d4+16+24+3+2d6 finally, undead! and gets 58."12 [2d4=4, 4][2d6=5, 2]
* El-Cideon changes topic to '6Corben: 124/137, Eliaphas: 96/102, Madeline: 71/96| 4FlameArrowCount: 24  Cat > Eliaphas > Corben > gargoyle x2 > Madeline/Viola'
<El-Cideon> Corben neatly bisects the nun--she has just a moment for disbelief to crowd her lovely face before she turns to dust like her superior! The last two gargoyles, seemingly unphased by the death of their companions, make desparate attacks against their opponents.
<El-Cideon> roll 4#1d20+12 vs E
* Hatbot --> "El-Cideon rolls 4#1d20+12 vs E and gets 85."12 [4#1d20+12 = 25, 27, 15, 18]
<El-Cideon> roll 4#1d20+12 vs M
* Hatbot --> "El-Cideon rolls 4#1d20+12 vs M and gets 101."12 [4#1d20+12 = 20, 22, 29, 30]
<El-Cideon> OOC: hits?
<Eliaphas> OOC: AC 23 now
<El-Cideon> roll 2#1d4+4
* Hatbot --> "El-Cideon rolls 2#1d4+4 and gets 13."12 [2#1d4+4 = 7, 6]
<El-Cideon> roll 2#1d6+4 I believe the latter two attacks hit M
* Hatbot --> "El-Cideon rolls 2#1d6+4 I believe the latter two attacks hit M and gets 17."12 [2#1d6+4 = 9, 8]
<Madeline> OOC: 28, still
* Eliaphas changes topic to '6Corben: 124/137, Eliaphas: 83/102, Madeline: 54/96| 4FlameArrowCount: 24  Cat > Eliaphas > Corben > gargoyle x2 > Madeline/Viola'
<El-Cideon> OOC: M and V
<Madeline> Madeline backs off yet another step, edging further and further from the door! Another array of arrows flashes only briefly before embedding themselves in the gargoyle's chest!
<Madeline> roll 1d20+19 rapid,many,deadlyaim,haste, 5ft step implied
<Madeline> roll 1d20+19 rapid,many,deadlyaim,haste, 5ft step implied
<Madeline> roll 1d20+19 rapid,many,deadlyaim,haste, 5ft step implied
* Hatbot --> "Madeline rolls 1d20+19 rapid,many,deadlyaim,haste, 5ft step implied and gets 34."12 [1d20=15]
* Hatbot --> "Madeline rolls 1d20+19 rapid,many,deadlyaim,haste, 5ft step implied and gets 20."12 [1d20=1]
* Hatbot --> "Madeline rolls 1d20+19 rapid,many,deadlyaim,haste, 5ft step implied and gets 20."12 [1d20=1]
<Madeline> roll 1d20+14
* Hatbot --> "Madeline rolls 1d20+14 and gets 20."12 [1d20=6]
<Madeline> roll 1d20+9
* Hatbot --> "Madeline rolls 1d20+9 and gets 18."12 [1d20=9]
<El-Cideon> OOC: all but those natural 1s hit
<Madeline> roll 1d8+12+2d6+1d6+1d6 fire/frost/shock
<Madeline> roll 1d8+12+2d6+1d6+1d6 fire/frost/shock
<Madeline> roll 1d8+12+2d6+1d6+1d6 fire/frost/shock
* Hatbot --> "Madeline rolls 1d8+12+2d6+1d6+1d6 fire/frost/shock and gets 31."12 [1d8=5][2d6=2, 6][1d6=5][1d6=1]
* Hatbot --> "Madeline rolls 1d8+12+2d6+1d6+1d6 fire/frost/shock and gets 33."12 [1d8=8][2d6=6, 2][1d6=4][1d6=1]
<Madeline> roll 1d8+12+2d6+1d6+1d6 fire/frost/shock
* Hatbot --> "Madeline rolls 1d8+12+2d6+1d6+1d6 fire/frost/shock and gets 31."12 [1d8=4][2d6=1, 2][1d6=6][1d6=6]
* Hatbot --> "Madeline rolls 1d8+12+2d6+1d6+1d6 fire/frost/shock and gets 36."12 [1d8=5][2d6=5, 5][1d6=5][1d6=4]
* El-Cideon changes topic to '6Corben: 124/137, Eliaphas: 83/102, Madeline: 54/96| 4FlameArrowCount: 24  Cat > Eliaphas > Corben > gargoyle > Madeline/Viola'
<El-Cideon> The monster collapses backwards onto the floor with a thud, knock flat by the deadly force of those arrows. Cat and her shadow close in on the last remaining enemy to finish it off!
<El-Cideon> roll 1d20+11 V first
* Hatbot --> "El-Cideon rolls 1d20+11 V first and gets 20."12 [1d20=9]
<El-Cideon> roll 1d6 STR
* Hatbot --> "El-Cideon rolls 1d6 STR and gets 4."12 [1d6=4]
<El-Cideon> roll 1d20+17 man I forgot flanking bonuses this whole time
* Hatbot --> "El-Cideon rolls 1d20+17 man I forgot flanking bonuses this whole time and gets 31."12 [1d20=14]
<El-Cideon> roll 1d6+2+3d6 yeah, dead
* Hatbot --> "El-Cideon rolls 1d6+2+3d6 yeah, dead and gets 16."12 [1d6=1][3d6=1, 6, 6]
<El-Cideon> The last enemy's head tumbles across the floor, leaving the church smelling of blood and ashes. The song still echoes around the chapel, as no one's told the organist to stop. (OOC: free act)
* Eliaphas busies himself with locking in another clip of crossbow bolts, steel-tipped this time. "Corben, would you exorcise the organist while I beseech the Lord's intercession on Madeline and I?" he asks the barbarian since he's closest.
<El-Cideon> Cat walks forward, trailed as ever by Viola, and toes through the remains of Father Randolf. "There, you bastard! Got what you deserved!" She sighs, tension visibly draining away from her. "There's probably some fitting church line about reaping and sowing I should say here, but I never paid much attention..."
<Madeline> Madeline leans against the doorframe and shoulder her bow again, glancing at the wounds inflicted on her torso. "Ow..."
<Corben> Even though it's a mindless zombie, it is still undead and must be slain. Crom flashes out to part the zombie's head from its shoulders.
<Eliaphas> "The wages of sin are paid in full," Eliaphas suggests to Cat with a grim smile, going now to heal Madeline.
<Eliaphas> roll 2d8+10 2x cure light wounds
* Hatbot --> "Eliaphas rolls 2d8+10 2x cure light wounds and gets 13."12 [2d8=1, 2]
<Eliaphas> roll 1d8+5 one more
* Hatbot --> "Eliaphas rolls 1d8+5 one more and gets 9."12 [1d8=4]
* Eliaphas changes topic to '6Corben: 124/137, Eliaphas: 83/102, Madeline: 76/96| 4FlameArrowCount: 24  Cat > Eliaphas > Corben > gargoyle > Madeline/Viola'
<El-Cideon> The zombie offers no resistance, and in fact doesn't even seem aware of the attack until it parts with its head. The hands pound away a few a bars and then the body tumbles to the floor.
<El-Cideon> "Yeah, that!" Cat agrees.
<Madeline> "Thank you, Eliaphas. It is good that we can engage in these battles with confidence," notes Madeline, scouring the room for mystical energies.
<Madeline> Madeline sets out to inspect each magical object left behind by their defeated foes, reasoning that such beings may indeed possess useful hardware.
* Eliaphas helps Madeline out by looking for anything hidden. Churches often hold secrets to preserve the faith in times of trouble, though he has no idea how that may have been perverted here.
<Eliaphas> roll 1d20+21 perception
* Hatbot --> "Eliaphas rolls 1d20+21 perception and gets 28."12 [1d20=7]
<El-Cideon> Madeline finds a ring next to Antonia's robe, each of which radiates magic. Randolf's remains contain the same as well as a fluted shaft of bone on a string, and a gnarled metal rod forged to resemble a leg bone with a screaming face at one end.
* Corben returns to Cat in the meantime, and retrieves a wand much like the one he had before. "How about this one?" he asks, offering it to her,
<Madeline> roll 6#1d20+18 identifies; order is randolph's robe, randolph's ring, antonia's robe, antonia's ring, bone on a string, and the rod
* Hatbot --> "Madeline rolls 6#1d20+18 identifies; order is randolph's robe, randolph's ring, antonia's robe, antonia's ring, bone on a string, and the rod and gets 168."12 [6#1d20+18 = 20, 23, 28, 31, 34, 32]
<Madeline> "The altar holds some sort of energy," she notes, glancing up at Eliaphas. "I cannot imagine it to be anything good."
<El-Cideon> The strange apertures lining the lower walls seethe lightly with cold air. Based on their shape, Eliaphas thinks they were probably meant to convey sound from one location to another. He can also notice that the altar has channels carved into it--which were obviously used to capture draining blood and pour it into amphora surrounding the altar.
<Eliaphas> "Many lives were ended here..." Eliaphas approaches the altar. While it's been many years since he consecrated an altar, and no longer holds that sort of position in the church, he does have some brute force magic that should help excise any foul blasphemous taints. Murmuring a prayer and waving his hand over the altar, he does what he can to cleanse it with the Lord's Blessing.
<El-Cideon> "Alright, let's see if you got robbed twice," Cat says, waving the wand at Corben.
<Eliaphas> OOC: I'll use Remove Curse on it, dunno if it's exactly right but it's the best I've got
<El-Cideon> roll 1d20+10 UMD
* Hatbot --> "El-Cideon rolls 1d20+10 UMD and gets 27."12 [1d20=17]
<El-Cideon> OOC: success! CLW, was it?
<Corben> OOC: Yes
<El-Cideon> roll 1d8+1 healz
* Hatbot --> "El-Cideon rolls 1d8+1 healz and gets 4."12 [1d8=3]
<El-Cideon> Despite Eliaphas's best efforts, the unnerving aura around the altar remains unchanged! You feel less at ease just standing around it.
<Eliaphas> roll 1d20+16 knowledge religion, anything I can do short of casting spells I don't know?
* Hatbot --> "Eliaphas rolls 1d20+16 knowledge religion, anything I can do short of casting spells I don't know? and gets 28."12 [1d20=12]
<Madeline> "Most of this is not useful to us," notes Madeline. "The rod is a weapon that would sap your opponent's strength and vigor, but it is a slow route to victory. These rings are minor charms of protection, and the robes..."
* Eliaphas lowers his head in shame and retreats from the altar. "I am no longer qualified to cleanse it, I am afraid."
* Corben changes topic to '6Corben: 128/137, Eliaphas: 83/102, Madeline: 76/96| 4FlameArrowCount: 24  Cat > Eliaphas > Corben > gargoyle > Madeline/Viola'
* Madeline shakes her head. "They only bolster the power of dead things. They should be destroyed."
<Corben> "Destroyed?" Corben repeats, perking up.
<El-Cideon> Cat stares at the altar. Viola kneels next to her, hands over the shadow's face. Cat shudders, turns away. "Prolly where I would've wound up if he'd got his mind control working on me. Are we just gonna, uh, leave her there like that, or...I guess I don't know what else we could with a body here."
<Madeline> "We must press onwards- we can't leave the castle, and nowhere here is truly safe," replies Madeline. "But that is just us."
<El-Cideon> "Yeah, uh, as to that, I have to go--I need to get Viola outside. She can't rest here, it's..." Viola gestures at Cat; there's the suggestion of a sibilant whisper in no recognizable language. Cat nods and speaks again. "Spirits cut loose here get dragged down or something. I'm not sure what she means, but she has to leave."
<Madeline> "They would likely be turned to the will of the castle's lord," replies Madeline. "Yes, that would seem a way for him to build his forces."
<Eliaphas> "I dislike leaving her alone," Eliaphas gives the shadow a measuring look. "But I cannot risk leaving myself and having Mistvalken vanish for another decade. I will not leave unless the Duke is dead."
<Corben> "So he's hiding in the basement?"
<El-Cideon> "I dunno exactly," Cat says to Corben. "There's something down there pulls at souls, she says. I don't get it really and I'm not real sure she understands either. I just need to get her out of here so she can move on. Look, uh, do you want to check on the girl in the tower right now? Maybe she's free now we killed the priest."
<Corben> "If she is, take her with you when you go?"
<Madeline> "Yes. I would ask you to escort her out, if she is lucid and able," replies Madeline. "Afterwards, perhaps we will try to head down. Even if he does not lurk there, something potent lies beneath that must be ended."
<El-Cideon> "Yeah, I'll try," Cat says.
<Eliaphas> "That suits me," Eliaphas agrees, starting back for the door.
<El-Cideon> Cat follows alongside Eliaphas, turning back towards the priest's tower.
<Madeline> None of the equipment is really usable, but Madeline would rather not leave behind equipment for the enemy. Each offending article is thus passed to Corben for prompt disposal.
* Corben destroys them all with swift strikes from his falcion!
<El-Cideon> Puny rings and cloth are no match for Corben's sword! These meager foes are easily disposed of.
<El-Cideon> The group finds the young woman in the tower more cogent this time--or at least obviously awake. She's huddled in a corner with her arms wrapped around her legs, shivering. She looks up with an expression of open fear that fades somewhat momentarily. "Are you...who are you?" she stammers. "Where is he? Did you kill him?"
<Corben> "He died for his crimes," Corben asserts. Of being undead, and other terrible things.
<Eliaphas> "Do not fear, you are among servants of the true Lord. The false cleric has been burned by Norusk's judgement," Eliaphas seconds in his gravelly voice.
<Madeline> "Your chance to escape is now," notes Madeline. "Cat shall escort you to safer ground. But before you go, you must tell us anything you know. Of the castle's master, of his forces, or of Elswith."
<El-Cideon> She stands up, walks--at least long enough to fall on her knees at Eliaphas's feet. "Oh, thank you--thank you!" she cries. "It was like a dream or a nightmare and I couldn't wake up from it, and he--" She sits up, wiping tears from her face. "What about the others?"
<Corben> "Others?"
<Eliaphas> "You are the first human we have found," Eliaphas admits, kneeling down and placing a hand on her shoulder. "Do you know where others are kept?"
<El-Cideon> "From my village! They took all of us, those who didn't run in time--the winged monsters, they only killed a few of the men who fought back, they wanted us all alive...They're all at the prison, that's where I was kept before the horrible priest came and took me away for his horrible ritual or whatever it was he went on about."
<Corben> "We'll break them out!" Corben swears. "Show us where this prison is!"
<Madeline> Elswith would want her to help innocent people, that is certain. Even if it takes her further away. "Any details about it are fine. The guards, the conditions."
<El-Cideon> Viola whispers to Cat again. Cat nods, speaks up. "Yeah, uh, Viola was there too. Doesn't rememeber it well--just remembers being afraid of everything and dying, mostly--but it sounds like they keep everyone they take before, uh, distributing them."
* Eliaphas grimaces faintly, knowing his flock, his wife, must have once been held there. "Then that is where we will go next," he declares sternly.
<El-Cideon> "It isn't far from the bridge," the woman says, standing up, still wiping her face with her sleeve. "The monsters, they took us by air, landing in a courtyard, then led us through some sort of mess hall and across a narrow bridge to a building all on its own. Everyone's there--they packed us into these small cells and barely gave us enough to eat and this horrible woman there's always taunting everyone and sometimes she'd take someone downstairs and they wouldn't come back or they would come back and that was even worse because they were all pieces and--" She stops, breathing heavy. "I'm sorry."
<Eliaphas> "Do not apologise," the inquisitor reassures her, "You have suffered much. Are you well enough to go with Cat to safety, now?"
<El-Cideon> "I...if you can take me away, I'll not refuse. But there are guards," she continues. "At the prison, I mean. Big heavy things like men but not men, you know? All meat and muscle with these dead yellow eyes, and something else that hid in the dark...and Wilfrid, that bastard, helping them cage us in."
<El-Cideon> "There were others that took prisoners away," she adds. "Not only the priest."