024.5 Afina and the Devil Interrogation Project

[Corwin]

[21:06] <Tiny_Ko_Army> Calling out the vile names of power and invoking the nine rites, Afina calls on the devil Axbraim! The magic circle against evil glows bright as the stench of sulphur poisions your nose, the air taking on a green tint. Within the circle it appears - a great straining beast of muscle and barbs, hideous barbs covering it head to toe.
[21:11] <Tiny_Ko_Army> Crystal has her Pixielance readied, just inc ase. She stares a hole into the barbed devil before her, face tight and jaw clenched cutely.
[21:11] <Afina> Oh she can see this room becoming absolutely filthy after just a few summonings. "Axbraim. You have been summoned to answer for your crimes against Lifasa," she informs the devil, utterly calm and placid. She'll have to get used to giving this speech, after all.
[21:14] <Tiny_Ko_Army> In reply, the devil roars and surges forward! OOC: Make a caster level check, Afina?
[21:16] <Afina> roll 1d20+17
[21:16] * Hatbot --> "Afina rolls 1d20+17 and gets 24." [1d20=7]
[21:18] <Tiny_Ko_Army> A wave of sparks erupts from the devil's charge, but Axbraim is pushed back! Steam rises from its hideous body, barbs, clashing against the circle's light! In your minds you hear him whispering to you from a dozen directions, 'You dare to summon me here, child?'
[21:27] <Afina> "The one in the circle should not be posturing so," Afina retorts, firing off a green ray at him to put a dimensional anchor that isn't tied to the circle on him. Don't want him trying to sneak off while moving hi, to the dungeons, after all.
[21:27] <Afina> roll 1d20+24 ranged touch
[21:27] * Hatbot --> "Afina rolls 1d20+24 ranged touch and gets 42." [1d20=18]
[21:27] <Afina> roll 1d20+16 CL
[21:27] * Hatbot --> "Afina rolls 1d20+16 CL and gets 17." [1d20=1]
[21:29] <Tiny_Ko_Army> The beam crackles against the devil, doing nothing! 'I have nothing to fear. Even if you slay me, I will be revenged nine times over, foolish child.'
[21:33] <Afina> Rather than waste any more spells, Afina draws her blade. Hywelbane will get its first taste of devil blood now... well, not quite if she uses its flat to knock him out. Still, its a first chance to use the recently forged weapon that she's justifiably quite proud of. "Enough. Crystal, be sure not to disrupt the circle," she tells her friend before flying over it herself, whacking the barbed
[21:33] <Afina> devil twice upside the head and staying there inside the circle with him.
[21:33] <Afina> roll 1d20+34
[21:33] * Hatbot --> "Afina rolls 1d20+34 and gets 53." [1d20=19]
[21:33] <Afina> roll 1d20+29
[21:33] * Hatbot --> "Afina rolls 1d20+29 and gets 42." [1d20=13]
[21:33] <Afina> roll 1d20+34 crit check
[21:33] * Hatbot --> "Afina rolls 1d20+34 crit check and gets 49." [1d20=15]
[21:34] <Afina> roll 2d4+38+5d6+2d6+2d6+2d6
[21:34] * Hatbot --> "Afina rolls 2d4+38+5d6+2d6+2d6+2d6 and gets 79." [2d4=1, 4][5d6=3, 1, 2, 1, 2][2d6=4, 6][2d6=5, 4][2d6=2, 6]
[21:34] <Afina> roll 1d4+19+5d6+2d6+2d6+2d6
[21:34] * Hatbot --> "Afina rolls 1d4+19+5d6+2d6+2d6+2d6 and gets 60." [1d4=4][5d6=5, 3, 1, 6, 5][2d6=4, 3][2d6=5, 2][2d6=1, 2]
[21:34] <Afina> OOC: -2 on the attack rolls, sorry. Nonlethal.
[21:43] <Tiny_Ko_Army> roll 1d8+6 barbed defense on each hit.
[21:43] <Tiny_Ko_Army> roll 1d8+6 barbed defense on each hit.
[21:43] * Hatbot --> "Tiny_Ko_Army rolls 1d8+6 barbed defense on each hit. and gets 13." [1d8=7]
[21:43] * Hatbot --> "Tiny_Ko_Army rolls 1d8+6 barbed defense on each hit. and gets 7." [1d8=1]
[21:43] <Afina> OOC: sac a first level spell to negate 5 damage on that first one
[21:43] <Tiny_Ko_Army> OOC: Okay.
[21:44] <Tiny_Ko_Army> Afina charges in at the barbed devil, smashing him twice! Both blows make the creature reel, as Crystal is a step behind Afina, lance surging with holy light!
[21:45] <Tiny_Ko_Army> roll 1d20+27 +2 charge, holy surge
[21:45] * Hatbot --> "Tiny_Ko_Army rolls 1d20+27 +2 charge, holy surge and gets 43." [1d20=16]
[21:45] <Tiny_Ko_Army> roll 1d6+9+2d6+3d6
[21:45] * Hatbot --> "Tiny_Ko_Army rolls 1d6+9+2d6+3d6 and gets 31." [1d6=5][2d6=4, 4][3d6=3, 4, 2]
[21:46] <Tiny_Ko_Army> roll 1d6+8
[21:46] * Hatbot --> "Tiny_Ko_Army rolls 1d6+8 and gets 9." [1d6=1]
[21:46] <Tiny_Ko_Army> roll 1d8+6 strike that last one
[21:46] * Hatbot --> "Tiny_Ko_Army rolls 1d8+6 strike that last one and gets 11." [1d8=5]
[21:46] <Tiny_Ko_Army> A moment later Crystal's lance stabs into the devil's arm, a third hit! This one is enough to send it down and out, slammed into unawareness! The barbs of the devil scratches against the skin of the twin pixies, but neither take serious wounds! OOC: Free act.
[21:48] <Afina> "This was probably easier than getting it through a portal awake," Afina reasons, invoking a floating disc under the KO'd devil to lift it up into the air, bidding it to follow her out of the summoning annex as she heads towards the nearest portal so she can deposit it in the dungeon.
[21:48] <Tiny_Ko_Army> As you fly along, "One down," Crystal says, "How many do you expect to capture this way?"
[21:49] <Afina> "Only as many as we can fit in the dungeon. Once we find a good way of killing them permanently its effectively limitless."
[21:53] <Tiny_Ko_Army> "Outstanding," Crystal murmurs, "Is there any way they can stop it?"
[21:56] <Afina> "They can take every devil involved in the invasion of Lifasa and put them in a dimensionally locked room forever," Afina respons bluntly. "Even if not stopping it, though, they might seed misinformation to waste my time with false names, or give every devil powerful magic items to let them wreak havoc immediately after being summoned."
[22:01] <Tiny_Ko_Army> "Good," Crystal replies,as Axbraim is taken to the dungeon without incident. OOC: Going to continue on?
[22:01] <Afina> OOC: yep, time for number 2 of today
[22:03] <Tiny_Ko_Army> roll 1d20+13
[22:03] * Hatbot --> "Tiny_Ko_Army rolls 1d20+13 and gets 20." [1d20=7]
[22:04] <Tiny_Ko_Army> On the second summons, Afina calls for Calixin! Another barbed devil appears, the a great cloud of obscuring steam and cracking, burning wood stench coming with him. He stands stone still in the circle, simply staring at Afina with empty, black eyes.
[22:05] <Afina> The formalities must be adhered to. "Calixin, you have been summoned to answer for your crimes against Lifasa."
[22:08] <Tiny_Ko_Army> There is no answer immediately. Only a few moments of silence. Long silence, miserable silence. Then, amid the rustling of vermin and the stench of befouled burnt wood, 'Crimes?' It's voice is a prod into your mind, cold and surgical. It pushes thew ords into Afina's mind, like a jabbing-sharp pin. 'The only crimes is resisting Hell, and the only punishment is extermination. You are guilty,
[22:08] <Tiny_Ko_Army> aren't you?'
[22:10] <Afina> "Your laws are irrelevant here," Afina replies, drawing Hywelbane. "Same again, Crystal," she says for her friend's benefit before flying in and dilligently knocking him out!
[22:10] <Afina> roll 1d20+32 nonlethal
[22:10] * Hatbot --> "Afina rolls 1d20+32 nonlethal and gets 47." [1d20=15]
[22:10] <Afina> roll 1d20+27 nonlethal
[22:10] * Hatbot --> "Afina rolls 1d20+27 nonlethal and gets 36." [1d20=9]
[22:10] <Afina> roll 1d4+19+5d6+2d6+2d6+2d6
[22:10] * Hatbot --> "Afina rolls 1d4+19+5d6+2d6+2d6+2d6 and gets 58." [1d4=3][5d6=1, 2, 1, 4, 5][2d6=6, 5][2d6=2, 2][2d6=2, 6]
[22:10] <Afina> roll 1d4+19+5d6+2d6+2d6+2d6
[22:10] * Hatbot --> "Afina rolls 1d4+19+5d6+2d6+2d6+2d6 and gets 63." [1d4=3][5d6=6, 5, 4, 6, 1][2d6=1, 6][2d6=1, 4][2d6=6, 1]
[22:11] <Tiny_Ko_Army> roll 1d20+27 +2 charge, holy surge
[22:11] * Hatbot --> "Tiny_Ko_Army rolls 1d20+27 +2 charge, holy surge and gets 31." [1d20=4]
[22:11] <Tiny_Ko_Army> roll 1d6+9+2d6+3d6
[22:11] * Hatbot --> "Tiny_Ko_Army rolls 1d6+9+2d6+3d6 and gets 28." [1d6=5][2d6=2, 6][3d6=3, 2, 1]
[22:11] <Tiny_Ko_Army> roll 1d8+6 Afina 1
[22:11] * Hatbot --> "Tiny_Ko_Army rolls 1d8+6 Afina 1 and gets 9." [1d8=3]
[22:11] <Tiny_Ko_Army> roll 1d8+6 Afina 2
[22:11] * Hatbot --> "Tiny_Ko_Army rolls 1d8+6 Afina 2 and gets 11." [1d8=5]
[22:11] <Tiny_Ko_Army> roll 1d8+6 Crystal
[22:11] * Hatbot --> "Tiny_Ko_Army rolls 1d8+6 Crystal and gets 7." [1d8=1]
[22:12] <Tiny_Ko_Army> A pair of charges gets two blade-thwacks and a hole into the barbed devil! Thet wo ignore the barb-slashes on them as they send the fiend down and out in short order! Crystal cleans her lance and looks down, "I like this. They're all vulnerable and alone here."
[22:15] <Afina> "The vulnerability to summoming is a peculiar weakness of outsiders," Afina agrees, invoking another floating disk under Calixin to ferry him over to the dungeon. "It's important that we don't neglect lesser crimes by focusing solely on Abigor and Bel. Every devil that participated in Lifasa's downfall must have their crimes accounted and their punishment meted out, down to the lowliest
[22:15] <Afina> lemure."
[22:18] <Tiny_Ko_Army> "It's too bad we can't summon Abigor here and make him pay now," Crystal observes.
[22:20] <Afina> "No," Afina shakes her head, "Tepen could probably summon a pit fiend, but that's the upper limit. Would be useful, though, assuming we had the strength to defeat him. What do you think, since you actually saw him?"
[22:24] <Tiny_Ko_Army> "I don't know," Crystal admits, pausing as her color drains, "He's powerful as anything I've ever seen."
[22:27] <Afina> "We'll work our way up, then. We have time," Afina is unperturbed, since Abigor is a remote threat to her... for all that she can rarely get past the 'kills plants globally by existing' part. In any case, time to dump this one off then summon up lucky devil 3 for today!
[22:38] <Tiny_Ko_Army> The third devil is Dilak - but this time nothing comes. The summons go unanswered. Crystal waits a moment, "Did that one fail?"
[22:42] <Afina> "Yes," Afina nods. "It either resisted it, is in a place that can't be summoned from, has been promoted into a devil more powerful than my spell can capture, or is dead. I'll just move it to the back of the list and try again after all the others. One more for today," she says, taking the next devil down and attempting to bind it.
[22:48] <Tiny_Ko_Army> roll 1d20+10
[22:48] * Hatbot --> "Tiny_Ko_Army rolls 1d20+10 and gets 14." [1d20=4]
[22:49] <Tiny_Ko_Army> This time the creature comes forth with a great booming detonation. It is one of the bearded devils you have battled before, the smell of blood permeating the room on its arrival. It clomps one hoof down, carrying on weapon and wearying only a ragged remnant of a unicorn. No words, only a stare of all consuming hate at Afina.
[22:50] <Afina> She recites the same speech with the devil's particular name and then makes with the incapacitation. Did this one get demoted?
[22:51] <Afina> roll 1d20+32 nonlethal
[22:51] * Hatbot --> "Afina rolls 1d20+32 nonlethal and gets 37." [1d20=5]
[22:51] <Afina> roll 1d20+27 nonlethal
[22:51] * Hatbot --> "Afina rolls 1d20+27 nonlethal and gets 44." [1d20=17]
[22:51] <Afina> roll 1d4+19+5d6+2d6+2d6+2d6
[22:51] * Hatbot --> "Afina rolls 1d4+19+5d6+2d6+2d6+2d6 and gets 68." [1d4=4][5d6=1, 3, 6, 4, 6][2d6=6, 4][2d6=6, 1][2d6=6, 2]
[22:51] <Afina> roll 1d4+19+5d6+2d6+2d6+2d6
[22:51] * Hatbot --> "Afina rolls 1d4+19+5d6+2d6+2d6+2d6 and gets 69." [1d4=2][5d6=3, 5, 5, 3, 4][2d6=5, 4][2d6=2, 6][2d6=6, 5]
[22:52] <Tiny_Ko_Army> The devil barely has a chance to react before it is knocked out, Crystal not even reaching it before the deed is done! "That one was fast," she observes with a shake of her head, "This filth couldn't even last your blows."
[22:54] <Afina> "The barbed devils from before are higher ranked. These ones are just line fodder. It must have been demoted since I'd meant to summon another barbed devil," Afina comments, stripping off the unicorn remnant. "This is probably from Lifasa. The Jarl might be able to resurrect it if we try, lets see him after we put it in the dungeon," she suggests before invoking a floating disc to carry this bearded devil to its cell.