030. "Heretics! Blasphemers!"

[Corwin]

[20:00] <Kotono> The four heroes and a dragon thus call on the magic of greater plane shift! In an instant you appear in color. Color. A rainbow kaledioscope of colors constantly flashes around you.  You stand on a dais of smooth, interlocking crystals no bigger than your thumb. This platform is big enough for the five of you with plenty of room to spare. You are in a cavernous room, great masses of crystal
[20:00] <Kotono> interlocked like lovers forever embraced. The light - the colors constantly shift, forever shading everything around you in a different blend of color.  Ahead of you a stairway goes down about 10 steps, feeding out towards a road and more open space.
[20:02] <Jaela> "You know," Jaela muses, looking about and then back at Baleruk. "I think I forgot to ask if you can shapeshift."
[20:03] * Afina flutters down over the stairwell, looking around for any locals in this subterranean city. "Do we have any leads once we're out of the city, or do we have to make them here first?"
[20:04] <Ithea> "I think we have to just look on our own, we might be here for a while," Ithea answers, moving towards the stairway as well.
[20:07] <Kotono> Baleruk snorts - a snort that makes the light dance erratically all around you, as if fleeing his air. "Then I shall MAKE A WAY, even if the crystals fear me." Fortunately, at least the path out into open space looks big enough for him to get through. As you head down and out, you find this connects to a road. Above you - far above, hundreds and hundreds of feet high - you can see a rainbow roof
[20:07] <Kotono> of colors. They cascade down like a prismatic spell, catching everything around. Besides the road tall, narrow crystals, perhaps 40ft wide at most, but easily a hundred foot tall. Each one has a door neatly carved into the front. There are occasional clearings as well - one is nearby. There, nude humanoids lie down, bodies having needle-like shards of crystal stuck into their bodies all over.
[20:07] <Kotono> It's hard to tell race with the constantly shifting colors, but at least one looks like a human male and another is a dwarven female, perhaps. Going around them is a man clad in naught but a loincloth, dozens of the same crystal needled stuck into them. He goes around and chants, tossing some sort of glittering dust over them.
[20:08] <Jaela> "Oh geez, masochists on every plane I visit," Jaela mutters, looking away from the humanoids.
[20:10] <Afina> "Perhaps the crystals are part of their body rather than some painful symbolic observance?" Afina suggests a better alternative.
[20:11] <Jaela> "Chances are better it's like Fire. But hey, wanna ask?"
[20:12] <Afina> "I'd rather not," the fairy admits, recalling those screaming heads with a look of distaste.
[20:12] <Muirfinn> Muirfinn looks around, his brown crinkling as it tries to shield his eyes from the myriad of colors. "I've not been to Fire. I imagine it's...unpleasant."
[20:13] <Kotono> Baleruk stomps forward, "The constant colors please me," he declares in a booming voice, "I believe my lair shall obtain some of these colorful crystals."
[20:13] <Jaela> With no one else expressing an interest in getting closer to the nudists, Jaela looks about for a tavern. That's always the best place to start looking for people.
[20:17] <Kotono> roll 1d100
[20:17] <Kobot> Kotono rolled 1d100 --> [ 1d100=12 ]{12}
[20:18] <Kotono> It takes a bit of wandering to find a tavern, but one you find. It is like the other buildings, save for a sign with grapes and a tankard hanging outside of it.
[20:19] * Jaela heads inside!
[20:19] <Muirfinn> "This looks like what we need." Muirfinn says, heading inside.
[20:22] * Ithea joins them inside as well, checking out what sort of people are already inside and who might look like a good source of information.
[20:24] <Kotono> "HMPH," Baleruk thunders as you walk down. He lingers outside a moment as the party heads in. Within you can see the tavern - a series of platforms embedded into the sides of the narrow, tall tower-crystal, tables there. A bar sits on the ground level, with motes of light surrounding drinks. These surrounded drinks fly up to the tables on command, bringing back glittering coins. There looks to
[20:24] <Kotono> be a total mix - you can see what looks to be an aasimar in heavy armor sitting next to a marut, the two discussing something. Another table higher up has a sahuagin, an elf and a pair of fire elementals playing at some sort of chess-like game. The barkeep is a ten foot tall figure, dressed to the nines in dark liviery. His head is bald and figure humanoid, save for his eyes - which are a piercing
[20:24] <Kotono> purple, that stays purple despite the cascading colors.
[20:25] <Afina> Since others are far more sociable than she, Afina elects to stay outside and keep Baleruk company while the others exercise their people skills.
[20:25] <Ithea> roll d20+29 K:P to recognize barkeep's race
[20:25] <Kobot> Ithea rolled d20+29 K:P to recognize barkeep's race --> [ 1d20=17 ]{46}

[Corwin]

#ed

[20:31] <Kotono> As Afina lingers outside, Baleruk looks about. Shortly, his eyes focus on something - a particularly tall crystal tower perhaps 200ft away, with a classical pointed top. Baleruk begins to approach it, gaze fully on it. The streets meanwhile have a few beings passing - a trio of fire elementals, who take one look at Baleruk and go the other way.
[20:32] <Afina> "Has something caught your eye, Baleruk?" Afina asks, ghosting along smoothly beside the enraptured wyrm.
[20:33] <Kotono> "I will claim that crystal for my hoard," he declares, "It pleases me."
[20:34] <Afina> "We're not here to make war on the locals. If it interests you that much then establishing a trade with the owner would be better," Afina suggests in measured tones.
[20:38] <Kotono> Baleruk stops. He turns his gaze on Afina, draconic head coming to be mere inches from her. "Are you saying that I should not take WHAT I DESIRE?" HIs voice rises in volume as he speaks, "THAT I DO NOT TAKE MY RIGHT AS A SUPERIOR CREATURE AND DRAGON TO ALL? THAT I WOULD BE DENIED?!"
[20:41] <Afina> "I had no idea dragons were such thieves. Perhaps there is more magpie in you than lizard?" Afina positions herself in front of his snout, unruffled by his shouting. "Such pretty trifles are meaningless unless they can provide us with the weapons and tools we need to prosecute the Crusade."
[20:44] <Kotono> Cold iron teeth glittering the rainbow light as Baleruk starts to respond - but stops. "MAGPIE?!" Baleruk sputters, "MAGPIE!?" In a voice loud enough to send bell-like resonations throughout the crystals all around you, "MAGPIE!? LIZARD? A MERE LIZARD?!"
[20:47] <Afina> Now it's tempting to back off and save her ears, but that would only encourage him. "If you wish for me to think of more noble creatures then comport yourself better. There will be treasures galore in Comolinahalas's hoard for you to loot to your heart's content. Surely you can exercise some of that famous draconic patience until then?"
[20:53] <Kotono> "Ahem." A voice cuts that off right away. Coming down the street is a tall man, cloven feet clomping on the ground. He has a full beard and mustache, walking with a gilded cane. He wears fine slacks and a tunic, face aged and severe. "I do believe it would be bad form, Sir Dragon. Before we continue, would you kindly moderate your voice? We'll have to bill all of you for repairs if there
[20:53] <Kotono> are shattered crystals."
[20:54] <Afina> "I don't think he can hit the high notes needed for that," Afina mutters dryly, half turning to regard this interloper.
[20:56] <Kotono> Baleruk whirls around, "And who are you to interfere?" he demands!
[20:58] <Kotono> The humanoid looks unruffled, clearing his throat and bowing his head before looking up and speaking. "I am Sir Nassam. Most people here call me the Constable, if you prefer that. Please, no trouble here. I'd hate to have to arrest either of you."
[20:59] <Afina> "I don't doubt that," Afina agrees, glancing sidelong at Baleruk. "We're only passing through. There won't be any trouble."
[21:04] <Kotono> Baleruk glowers down at the man, "You arrest me?" he asks, voice full of disdain and haughty superiority.
[21:05] <Kotono> "Indeed. As long a sthere isn't trouble..." he leaves it at that, unruffled still. He has a look of composed serenity as he replies to both, "There is no need for arrests. Good day."
[21:06] * Afina lets him go off, turning back to her colourful dragon companion. "I know, Baleruk," she agrees with the previously expressed sentiments, "But it would still be troublesome. We don't need the distractions."
[21:08] <Kotono> "Hmph," Baleruk mutters, flexing his wings up. He takes to the air, "I shall fly then and let these fools bask in my passing."
[21:08] <Afina> For her own part, Afina will flutter around between the tavern and Baleruk's own flight, keeping an eye on both.

[Corwin]

#d

[20:25] <Jaela> Staying clear of the marut and the fire elementals, Jaela makes her way towards the bar. "What's the special?" she asks, taking a seat.
[20:29] <Kotono> "Three drunk golems," He answers straight away, voice a velvety-smooth baritone. "One part ironblood wine, one part dwarven mead, one part liquer of stained glass."
[20:30] * Jaela blinks her visible eye. "It's part liquid glass?"
[20:32] <Kotono> "Yes," He answers, whipping out three bottles from the shelf behindh im, hands a blur. Into a single shot glass he pours thrice - three layers of drink, sparkling in the endless colors. "Drinks as smooth as pureed sand."
[20:32] * Jaela glances at Ithea. "You buying? And drinking with me?"
[20:34] <Ithea> "I think I'll pass on that drink," Ithea says, raising up a hand. "What else you have though?"
[20:35] <Jaela> "Man, that's so weak," Jaela complains, tapping the bar. "Alright, just for me, then."
[20:36] * Muirfinn moves quietly up to the bar, looking around.
[20:39] <Kotono> One drink is poured and slid to Jaela, while another is made and poured to Ithea, "This one is more to your likings, I suspect," He says to Ithea. "Ah, a tortle. I have not seen one of your kind in some time! Blurring by the shelf, "I have something you'll like, too."
[20:40] <Jaela> "Wow, for real? You saw these guys before?" Jaela glances at Muirfinn, before downing her drink. "No kidding!"
[20:41] * Muirfinn looks just as surprised. "You've seen my kind?"
[20:42] <Ithea> "Thanks," Ithea says, accepting the new drink and raising it to her lips, also gulps her own shot down.
[20:43] <Kotono> "Many years ago," The barkeep goes on, pouring Muirfinn a drink and sliding it to him. Jaela finds her drink to be...strange. Very smooth, a hint of honeyed sweetness with a sharp aftertaste. Almost literally sharp, scratching her throat harmlessly. It's quite a strong hit - not a drink for amatuers.  Ithea's tastes faintly of milk and something else she doesn't know. It makes her ears twitch
[20:43] <Kotono> and feel ever so warm, like her ears are blushing. "A traveling sage who was seeking the New Nari Cluster."
[20:45] <Ithea> "Barkeep, can I have another of this? And what's in it, out of curiosity?" Ithea asks, her ears twitching a little as she smiles at the warmth from the drink.
[20:45] * Muirfinn lifts the drink, swirling it around in the glass a bit while inhaling. "Do you know his name? And what of this New NAri Cluster? What is that?"
[20:45] <Ithea> roll d20+29 K:P to recognize stuff about this new nari cluster.
[20:45] <Kobot> Ithea rolled d20+29 K:P to recognize stuff about this new nari cluster. --> [ 1d20=2 ]{31}
[20:49] <Kotono> Another is poured, "It's a liquer made form the fermented milk of the Brighteleth Monument's inhabitants, a group of blind succubi who worship searing light that will burn and blind all. They have hearing as good as sight, having been blind for eons." Meanwhile Muirfinn finds his drink quite satisfactory - it brings to mind the ocean's saltiness.  "If there is a Lord of Radiance, it is said that
[20:49] <Kotono> it is his or her's palace."
[20:50] * Ithea eyes the shot glass after hearing what it contains, before shrugging and downing the second glass as well.
[20:50] <Jaela> "I dunno about a Lord of Radiance," Jaela muses, taking it as her cue. "But there's certainly a Lord in Radiance? Or someone acting very much like it?"
[20:53] * Muirfinn nods. "How long ago do you think it was? Did he say where he came from?"
[20:55] <Kotono> It's not an overwhelmingly strong drink, but Ithea finds her sight dims. At the same time a feeling of euphoria rushes over her, her ears growing even warmer. It's odd -s he can hear the breathing of her friends, the soft sounds of the heartbeats. It all seems so much clearer! "That is a question for the sages, not a mere barkeep," He answers, in the meanwhile nodding, "Oh, at least a thousand
[20:55] <Kotono> years as mortal creatures reckon time. He talked of his goals - he sought to consult with the Lord of Radiance."
[20:56] * Muirfinn sighs. "Ah well. My thanks anyhow. How much for the drink?"
[20:59] <Kotono> "1 gold coin," he replies. "So why have all of you come to the City of the Blind?"
[21:00] <Jaela> "Looking for a floating realm of green crystal," Jaela responds, deciding to go for directness. "We figure, this is the best place to find our way to it."
[21:02] <Kotono> "Ooooh." Clearing his throat, "A dangerous game. Just a few days ago I had a chaos-spawn inquiring over the same," he says, "Shall I refresh your drinks?" After a beat for that, "You are aware of what I speak of, yes?"
[21:03] * Muirfinn quietly boggles at the drink price as he slides the coin over.
[21:03] <Muirfinn> "I will pass on the next drink, thank you.
[21:03] <Muirfinn> "
[21:04] <Kotono> "Ah, yes. Drinks are expensive here. The natives have no need to drink." So answering, "We have to create or import everything, even water."
[21:04] <Jaela> "Sure, hit me," Jaela agrees, for her part. "Yeah, we know what it's about."
[21:05] <Ithea> "I'm good at two drinks," Ithea says, deciding the drink is strong enough that a third would probably not be a great idea if she wants to keep her wits. "At least for a bit longer."
[21:06] <Kotono> Another drink is made for Jaela in an instant, "I know the area it is in. It floats and drifts, so you'll need to close in from there. Have you heard of Fool's Home?"
[21:07] <Jaela> roll 1d20+20 did I?
[21:07] <Kobot> Jaela rolled 1d20+20 did I? --> [ 1d20=3 ]{23}
[21:07] <Ithea> roll d20+29 K:P testing my own luck
[21:07] <Kobot> Ithea rolled d20+29 K:P testing my own luck --> [ 1d20=11 ]{40}
[21:10] <Jaela> "Vaguely," Jaela allows. "So you're saying it's close by?" She eyes her refilled drink briefly before downing it.
[21:11] <Ithea> "I've heard of it," Ithea says, playing with her empty shot glass as she speaks. "I know it's a cursed place that connects to Acheron. Hasn't it been stripped of all its treasures though?"
[21:12] <Kotono> "It's in the vicinity," A nod to that, "It would be where I'd focus on and expand outward." Another ddrink, this one going down easier than the first. The burn gets Jaela - she feels scratches all over her body, nothing cutting. But like smooth glass running over her body, even as the potency of the drink hits her. Meanwhile listening to Ithea and watching her play, "Are you sure you don't want
[21:12] <Kotono> another shot, Miss?" he asks, spinning the bottle in on ehand so fast it is a complete blur. "Mmm-hmm, that's all right. IT's no secret to the natives. There's not many  landmarks in Radiance as most creatures reckon them, so that one does."
[21:14] * Ithea laughs. "I wouldn't mind another drink, but I think I'd best pass. If we pass through here again, I'll have to ask for another glass though, assuming you haven't run out, of course," Ithea replies.
[21:16] * Jaela runs the back of her head across her forehead, sagging slightly. "Guess we can start looking around those parts," she suggests, glancing at Muirfinn and Ithea. "Thanks." She might be short on funds at present, but a platinum coin is easily within her ability, and she places it on the counter.
[21:18] * Muirfinn nods, pushing away from the bar. "If you hear of any more of my people, please direct them to Ysgard? I would appreciate it, and I could make it worth your while."
[21:18] <Kotono> "That's not a problem. The Monument's inhabitants use it to trade with us," So answering after, "Good fortune and may all the colors of the Rainbo-" Here he stops a moment, a half frown showing on his face.
[21:19] <Muirfinn> "What's wrong?"
[21:20] <Jaela> "Liked the drink," Jaela voices, standing up. "First time I tried drinking the glass." With a wave at the barkeep, she starts walking out of the bar, sacrificing speed for a steady gait.
[21:21] * Ithea gets up from the bar stool after Jaela.
[21:25] <Kotono> "Nothing, I believe. Merely mistaken identity," The barkeep answers.
[21:26] * Muirfinn nods and heads out as well.
[21:26] * Ithea doesn't reply to the barkeep's words, heading out of the bar.

[Corwin]

[21:27] <Kotono> On going out you find Afina awaiting, as well as Baleruk flying high above...OOC: Goa head, you guys.
[21:28] <Afina> "Anything?" Afina asks as the others emerge.
[21:28] <Jaela> "There's a cube from a failed invasion by Acheron," Jaela fills Afina in. "It's a ways off, but that dragon apparently likes to keep his floating realm near it. As good a lead as any."
[21:29] <Afina> "Can you shift us there or are we flying?"
[21:31] <Jaela> "I was gonna say I'd shift us, but how about we try flying there and see if anyone pursues? Someone does, we catch them and find out what their angle is."
[21:31] <Afina> "Alright. Best to leave soon, I don't like how Baleruk's been eyeing the crystals around here," Afina adds softly before she flies up to collect said dragon.
[21:32] * Jaela snorts, and then follows Afina to catch up to their unstable dragon ally.
[21:39] <Kotono> OOC: So what's your plan now, precisely?
[21:40] <Jaela> OOC: We fly towards the Acheron cube and see if we are pursued/ambushed. If it's beyond say half a day's flight away, then we'll plane shift over to the cube after a couple hours of nothing happening.
[21:42] <Kotono> OOC: Okay.
[21:42] <Kotono> roll 1d100
[21:42] <Kobot> Kotono rolled 1d100 --> [ 1d100=82 ]{82}
[21:42] <Kotono> roll 1d100
[21:42] <Kobot> Kotono rolled 1d100 --> [ 1d100=12 ]{12}
[21:42] <Kotono> roll 1d100
[21:42] <Kobot> Kotono rolled 1d100 --> [ 1d100=14 ]{14}
[21:47] <Kotono> Light. All is light. All is glorious light. In this light you travel, eyes protected only by the powerful yet delicate magics weaved around the party. You fly in perfect light for a time, perhaps an hour, until...ahead 50 feet. A patch of lumination somehow more light, more bright than all of Radiance. It's approaching the party.
[21:49] <Afina> Safety first, Afina veers to the right to evade this patch of mobile light!
[21:49] <Muirfinn> "What's that up ahead?" Muirfin asks, squinting as he moves to the right as well.
[21:50] <Ithea> In case it's one of those things that happens to like dispelling magic on people, Ithea casts resist energy fire on herself and Muirfinn before also veering from the light's path.
[21:51] <Ithea> OOC: roll what to try to identify, if possible?
[21:52] <Ithea> roll d20+29 K:P
[21:52] <Kobot> Ithea rolled d20+29 K:P --> [ 1d20=10 ]{39}
[21:53] <Muirfinn> roll 1d20+18 K:P
[21:53] <Kobot> Muirfinn rolled 1d20+18 K:P --> [ 1d20=6 ]{24}
[21:53] <Jaela> roll 1d20+20
[21:53] <Kobot> Jaela rolled 1d20+20 --> [ 1d20=11 ]{31}
[21:56] <Jaela> "Fuck it, we're plane shifting," Jaela announces, grabbing hold of their little group and focusing on returning to Ysgard.
[21:59] <Kotono> Baleruk flies above, looking down at the light, "Is this little thing too much?" he asks, a hint of amusement in his words as he circles around Jaela.
[22:00] <Jaela> "Hard to kill, no reward, kills with a touch," Jaela quickly summarizes, aiming for them to emerge right outside the Aurora.
[22:00] <Ithea> "Well, you could probably survive eating it, Baleruk, but the rest of us don't want to have parts of our body replaced by living light," Ithea says to the dragon.
[22:01] * Afina defers to Jaela's judgement. "It'll save time on our journey, anyway."
[22:04] <Kotono> With a simple few words of magic, the party is back in Ysgard! The chill of the air contrasts with the dim light - all seems so dim here! As if there's barely any light to see at all.
[22:05] <Jaela> "Assimilation avoided," Jaela mutters, and then focuses her magic anew, aiming for the forsaken cube!
[22:09] <Kotono> OOC: Are you aiming for anywhere in particular on the cube?
[22:10] <Jaela> OOC: No, just randomly
[22:12] <Kotono> roll 1d100
[22:12] <Kobot> Kotono rolled 1d100 --> [ 1d100=21 ]{21}
[22:13] <Kotono> In a few moments you appear again. You stand on a vast metal plane, reaching as far as the eye can see. Above you is the endless light and heat of Radiance. The surface of the plane is pitted in places, holes dotted about here and there.
[22:14] <Afina> "Do you think the green crystal will be visible from the cube at any point?" Afina asks Jaela after looking around.
[22:14] <Jaela> "Baleruk, why don't you pick a direction?" Jaela suggest, flying up enough off the cube's surface to orient herself. "Dragons have crazy senses where it comes to hoards and expensive crystals, don't they?"
[22:15] <Jaela> To Afina, she shrugs. "If this fails, we can just try to fly in a wide arc around the whole thing?"
[22:15] <Kotono> "Of course," Baleruk retorts, "Then I shall FIND THIS TREACHEROUS DRAGON AND CLAIM IT ALL!" With that he takes to the air, starting to explore.
[22:16] <Jaela> Another shrug, and Jaela follows!
[22:17] * Muirfinn keeps pace with the others, keeping a watchul eye out.
[22:17] * Ithea also follows after Baleruk, grinning at how certain he is that he will be able to sense the rival dragon's hideout.
[22:17] * Afina takes off after Baleruk, privately impressed with his speed and maneuverability, if not his senses.
[22:20] <Kotono> OOC: So having Baleruk search about while keeping your eyes open?
[22:21] <Afina> OOC: He can play at being leader for a while
[22:21] <Jaela> OOC: Pretty much yes
[22:27] <Kotono> OOC: All of you make spot checks for reference and not any special perceptions.
[22:28] <Kotono> roll 1d20+37 Baleruk
[22:28] <Kobot> Kotono rolled 1d20+37 Baleruk --> [ 1d20=15 ]{52}
[22:28] <Afina> roll 1d20+25 low-light, blindsense 30
[22:28] <Kobot> Afina rolled 1d20+25 low-light, blindsense 30 --> [ 1d20=10 ]{35}
[22:28] <Ithea> roll d20+40 spot. Only special perceptions are darkvision/low-light vision (which I doubt matter here!)
[22:28] <Kobot> Ithea rolled d20+40 spot. Only special perceptions are darkvision/low-light vision (which I doubt matter here!) --> [ 1d20=8 ]{48}
[22:28] <Jaela> roll 1d20+7 blindsight 30
[22:28] <Kobot> Jaela rolled 1d20+7 blindsight 30 --> [ 1d20=6 ]{13}
[22:32] <Muirfinn> roll 1d20+19 spot
[22:32] <Kobot> Muirfinn rolled 1d20+19 spot --> [ 1d20=13 ]{32}
[22:37] <Kotono> You walk for a time as you explore. Baleruk is far overhead, until at last he begins to circle and take off. His voice is a roar. "THIS WAY!"
[22:37] <Muirfinn> OOC: With low-light vision, though I doubt it matters
[22:37] * Afina puts on the speed to catch up with Baleruk!
[22:37] * Muirfinn hustles to keep up wiht Baleruk!
[22:40] * Ithea also does her best to keep up, focusing her eyes in the direction Baleruk is heading, trying to spot whatever it was that he saw.

[Corwin]

[19:54] <Koaway> With this, the group flies along with Baleruk. Ahead into the great burning lights you fly...
[19:55] <Koaway> roll 1d100
[19:55] * Hatbot --> "Koaway rolls 1d100 and gets 66." [1d100=66]
[19:55] <Koaway> roll 1d100
[19:55] * Hatbot --> "Koaway rolls 1d100 and gets 89." [1d100=89]
[19:56] <Koaway> Two hours of this pass, all without incident. Ahead, you can see it burning against the brillance of Radiance. A great green shape far ahead, so far ahead as to be little but a dot against the greater Radiance.
[19:57] <Afina> "Good instincts, Baleruk," Afina commends their dragon for his efforts, flying along near his snout.
[19:57] <Jaela> "No kidding," Jaela seconds that.
[19:57] * Muirfinn peers ahead, eyes narrowed and features stoic.
[19:58] <Koaway> "They cannot hide from me," Baleruk chuckles deep, a roaring rumble as much as a laugh. "I can smell treasure a thousand miles away."
[19:58] <Koaway> It's hard to see much of anything against Radiance, save for the faraway green shape. You'll need to get closer to have a chance to observe anything about it.
[19:59] <Jaela> "And how does treasure smell?" Jaela asks curiously, Val'Finnegan out.
[19:59] <Koaway> "Like sex and violence," Baleruk replies, staring ahead and flying at a heavy, torridly fast clip.
[20:00] * Afina blinks and awkwardly wonders how many times Baleruk thought there was new treasure in Aurora only to be mistaken.
[20:00] * Muirfinn eyes Baleruk with a chuckle. "That's an incredibly accurate way of describing treasure."
[20:00] <Jaela> "Huh, and he can smell that for thousands of miles away?"
[20:00] <Ithea> "That's pretty impressive. Weird, but impressive," Ithea says with a raised eyebrow, still following behind the others, her own weapon out.
[20:03] <Koaway> On you fly! The shape ahead becomes bigger - a great crystal of green looms ahead. A smooth, unmarred crystal, shining green despite the light all around it. As if the world's biggest emerald was cut and formed into this, a deepness of color that momentarily takes your breath away. There are no signs of inhabitants or a way in.
[20:04] <Jaela> It might steal her breath away, but not her senses, and Jaela wards herself with Fortunate Fate before glancing towards Baleruk for guidance.
[20:05] <Afina> "I wonder if he can control it like your old lair on Limbo?" Afina wonders with a glance at Baleruk. "Or the entrance is hidden by illusions. We'll have to look carefully."
[20:06] <Kotono> roll 1d20+37
[20:06] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+37 and gets 52." [1d20=15]
[20:06] <Kotono> "Illusions," Baleruk declares after a single, sharp syllable of Draconic is uttered. "Dispel them."
[20:07] <Afina> "We could just go through them once they're found, yes?" the fairy confirms, her own as well as Jaela's and Baleruk's senses surely up to the task once close enough.
[20:08] <Jaela> "That I'm good at!" Jaela responds, silently adding 'now'. She then puts her training to use by focusing on the illusion Baleruk insists is hiding the entrance!
[20:08] <Kotono> OOC: Spellcraft.
[20:08] <Jaela> roll 1d20+21
[20:08] * Hatbot --> "Jaela rolls 1d20+21 and gets 26." [1d20=5]
[20:09] * Ithea also casts a spell so she can better detect the illusionary magic.
[20:09] <Ithea> roll d20+28 spellcraft with detect magic
[20:09] * Hatbot --> "Ithea rolls d20+28 spellcraft with detect magic and gets 42." [d20=14]
[20:09] <Kotono> OOC: Spellcraft, Ithea.
[20:11] <Jaela> "Going through them would be a pain since I dunno where the entrance is from all the auras." Jaela shrugs. "Guess they'll just have to get dispelled. Keep an eye out for when this happens?" And then, after counting to three, she tries to bring the illusion screen down.
[20:11] <Jaela> roll 1d20+24 dispel
[20:11] * Hatbot --> "Jaela rolls 1d20+24 dispel and gets 36." [1d20=12]
[20:11] <Ithea> "Okay," Ithea says with a nod, keeping an eye out for any effect from Jaela's dispelling.
[20:12] <Kotono> With a crack of thunder, the illusion fades away! Ahead of you is green colored stone, rough and pitted. Occasional deposits of greem gemstone can be seen, but most of it is dug out, pockmarked stone. One great, gaping hole is in the upper-center, full. Full of tall, humanoid creatures with draconic wings, made of what looks to be pure, glittering emerald. Dozens on dozens on dozens of them,
[20:12] <Kotono> each one turning to stare at the party!
[20:13] <Muirfinn> "Uh oh."
[20:13] <Jaela> "Surrender or die, bitches!"
[20:14] <Kotono> Baleruk rears back, roaring, "SURRENDER YOURSELVES TO MY MAJESTY OR BE TORN APART!"
[20:14] <Kotono> To this, the golems begin moving as one, flying out of the hole! OOC: Well, you got their attention. Let's roll initiative.

[20:15] <Ithea> roll d20+9 init
[20:15] * Hatbot --> "Ithea rolls d20+9 init and gets 23." [d20=14]
[20:15] <Jaela> roll 1d20+6 they always choose death
[20:15] * Hatbot --> "Jaela rolls 1d20+6 they always choose death and gets 14." [1d20=8]
[20:15] <Kotono> roll 1d20+9 green gemstone golem army
[20:15] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+9 green gemstone golem army and gets 22." [1d20=13]
[20:15] <Afina> roll 1d20+20
[20:15] * Hatbot --> "Afina rolls 1d20+20 and gets 33." [1d20=13]
[20:15] <Muirfinn> roll 1d20+10
[20:15] * Hatbot --> "Muirfinn rolls 1d20+10 and gets 22." [1d20=12]
[20:15] <Kotono> roll 1d20+5 Baleruk
[20:15] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+5 Baleruk and gets 22." [1d20=17]
[20:16] * Kotono changes topic to 'Ithea(23)>Green Gemstone Army(22)>Jaela(14)'
[20:16] * Kotono changes topic to 'Afina(33)>Ithea(23)>Muirfinn=Baleruk=Green Gemstone Army(22)>Jaela(14)'
[20:23] <Afina> roll 1d20+28 ranged touch
[20:23] <Afina> roll 15d6
[20:23] * Hatbot --> "Afina rolls 1d20+28 ranged touch and gets 41." [1d20=13]
[20:23] * Hatbot --> "Afina rolls 15d6 and gets 45." [15d6=1, 5, 5, 5, 3, 3, 6, 4, 2, 4, 1, 3, 1, 1, 1]
[20:23] <Afina> She only has one trick that really works on golems, but its efficient. Hasting her allies, the fairy surges forward a hundred feet before blasting the lead golem with a rust-red ray that tears through the air with a screech of shearing metal!
[21:08] <Kotono> The lead golem shudders at this beam, an arm falling off it and rusting away into white dust! OOC: Okay.Ithea.
[21:11] <Ithea> Tendrils of electricity begin dancing at Ithea's fingertips, rushing through her glaive as it charges up with power, blasting off from the blade into the middle of the army where the lightning bolt begins to dance in arcs around it's initial landing spot, smashing through others of the gemstone army.
[21:11] <Ithea> As that happens, Ithea is moving forward, charging at one of the golems near the front, and stabbing her electrically charged glaive into its chest.
[21:11] <Ithea> (OOC: quick cast chain lightning, then shocking grasp)
[21:11] <Ithea> roll 17d6
[21:11] * Hatbot --> "Ithea rolls 17d6 and gets 57." [17d6=1, 3, 5, 5, 1, 3, 3, 1, 5, 1, 3, 6, 6, 2, 5, 1, 6]
[21:12] <Kotono> OOC: They're 150ft away. Can you cover that in a charge+reach?
[21:12] <Ithea> ooc: reflex save dc 21
[21:13] <Ithea> ooc: Yes for the charge. move 140ft in charge, then 15ft reach
[21:13] <Ithea> ooc: I'm assuming I can get 16 other golems with chain lightning also because they're an army and packed together, but however many I can get
[21:13] <Ithea> ooc: waiting for chain lightning to resolve before charge+shocking grasp
[21:14] <Kotono> OOC: Okay.
[21:14] <Kotono> roll 14#1d20+9
[21:14] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 14#1d20+9 and gets 273." [14#1d20+9 = 25, 13, 25, 11, 17, 14, 23, 25, 17, 29, 15, 24, 19, 16]
[21:15] <Kotono> Lightning smashes through the golems like the wrath of God! Over a dozen are fried and zapped, emerald bursting into dust with each shock, melting into a dribbling ooze! No golem is quie taken down by it, but several are visibly damaged! OOC: Continue with shocking touch.
[21:15] <Ithea> roll d20+33 charge (+3 if they conduct electricity well, but I don't think they do)
[21:15] * Hatbot --> "Ithea rolls d20+33 charge (+3 if they conduct electricity well, but I don't think they do) and gets 49." [d20=16]
[21:16] <Ithea> roll d10+17+1.5*5d6
[21:16] * Hatbot --> "Ithea rolls d10+17+1.5*5d6 and gets 52." [d10=5][5d6=5, 2, 6, 4, 3]
[21:17] <Kotono> Ithea is quick, stabbing in as more lightning explodes out! The lead golem explodes into dust - a single, beautiful emerald falling from it, plummeing into Radiance! OOC: Muirfinn and Baleruk and Army. Go Muirfinn.
[21:17] <Muirfinn> Summoning the elements of air, Muirfinn speaks a few words in Auran and makes a downward-striking gesture as clouds form above the group! OOC: Call Lightning Storm, 1 round casting time. Go.
[21:18] <Kotono> Baleruk swoops ahead, rearing his head back! Five beams of energy erupt from Baleruk's mouth, whizzing just past Ithea and going to consume a great line of golems!
[21:19] <Kotono> roll 12d8+12d8+12d8+12d8+12d8
[21:19] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 12d8+12d8+12d8+12d8+12d8 and gets 244." [12d8=8, 2, 4, 8, 5, 1, 1, 8, 6, 4, 1, 2][12d8=3, 2, 3, 4, 3, 5, 5, 1, 4, 2, 1, 2][12d8=6, 7, 5, 2, 2, 8, 8, 1, 8, 4, 7, 5][12d8=1, 3, 4, 4, 2, 7, 8, 3, 3, 5, 5, 3][12d8=2, 5, 1, 1, 5, 8, 2, 8, 6, 2, 7, 1]
[21:19] <Kotono> roll 1d20+9 screw rolling group saves
[21:19] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+9 screw rolling group saves and gets 26." [1d20=17]
[21:21] <Kotono> A burst of elemental power erupts five-fold from Baleruk, blasting a path ahead! Fire, ice, lightning, acid and gas each erupt out, devastating the golem lines! In the aftermath a 60ft path of emeralds and dust lies ahead, the welcoming committee vaporized! Yet even as they crumble, they manage to attack forward at Ithea and Baleruk!
[21:22] <Kotono> roll 3#1d20+13 Ithea
[21:22] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 3#1d20+13 Ithea and gets 69." [3#1d20+13 = 24, 18, 27]
[21:22] <Kotono> roll 3#1d20+13 Baleruk
[21:22] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 3#1d20+13 Baleruk and gets 75." [3#1d20+13 = 33, 26, 16]
[21:22] <Kotono> roll 1d20+13 a crit got through
[21:22] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+13 a crit got through and gets 33." [1d20=20]
[21:22] <Kotono> roll 1d20+13 a crit got through snerk
[21:22] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+13 a crit got through snerk and gets 18." [1d20=5]
[21:22] <Kotono> roll 4d6+24
[21:22] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 4d6+24 and gets 42." [4d6=6, 1, 6, 5]
[21:22] <Kotono> roll 42-25
[21:22] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 42-25 and gets 17."
[21:23] <Ithea> ooc: AC 30 for me
[21:23] <Kotono> The blows are fierce, but crumbling apart before they can really strike the two. One does manage to tag Baleruk's snout, but the dragon barely even seems to notice. OOC: Well, that was overkill and reminds us that golems have hit point problems. Free act.

[21:24] <Afina> "If this is the standard of defence we should have little trouble," Afina opines before zipping around with her superior speed to collect all of the emeralds, handing them off to Jaela afterwards to go in the bag of holding.
[21:25] <Jaela> The bag of holding was made for that very purpose! And then Jaela casts Shield of Faith and switches to her lance, a Harm channeled within.
[21:25] <Ithea> "No kidding, that was a little disappointing after all we'd heard about this dragon," Ithea says as Afina flashes out and collects all the emeralds before she can even go help gather any.
[21:26] <Afina> Casting greater heroism, Afina takes the lead into the great gemstone redoubt, slowing enough to match the rest of the group and search for any traps as she goes.
[21:26] <Afina> roll 1d20+31
[21:26] * Hatbot --> "Afina rolls 1d20+31 and gets 50." [1d20=19]
[21:27] * Muirfinn keeps up as best he can, leaving the brewing lightning storm behind outside!
[21:27] * Ithea follows right behind Afina, ears and eyes open for more defenses.
[21:27] <Kotono> "Inferior," Baleruk snorts as Afina takes point. Searching ahead, just past the end of the golems she locates a trap!
[21:29] <Afina> roll 1d20+31
[21:29] * Hatbot --> "Afina rolls 1d20+31 and gets 44." [1d20=13]
[21:30] <Afina> "Jaela, can you dispel this?" Afina points at the key glyph for the trap, since despite her observation skills she never learned how to disable traps.
[21:31] <Jaela> Her magical sight and Afina's directions are more than enough for Jaela to focus on the trap in question. "Sure thing, gimme a sec."
[21:31] <Jaela> roll 1d20+24
[21:31] * Hatbot --> "Jaela rolls 1d20+24 and gets 37." [1d20=13]
[21:33] <Kotono> Calling on her magic, Jaela causes the trap to shudder and shatter, light crumbling in the air ahead of you!
[21:33] * Jaela snaps her fingers. "Fuck that weakling of a dragon. Let's go."
[21:34] * Afina advances onwards, alert for the next trap!
[21:36] <Kotono> This path proceeds on. Ahead you see the hall is covered with glowing green runes ahead. Layers and layers of them, woven over walls, floor and ceiling.
[21:36] <Jaela> roll 1d20+21 spellcraft
[21:36] * Hatbot --> "Jaela rolls 1d20+21 spellcraft and gets 39." [1d20=18]
[21:36] <Ithea> roll d20+28 spellcraft
[21:36] * Hatbot --> "Ithea rolls d20+28 spellcraft and gets 40." [d20=12]
[21:39] <Jaela> "Huh." Jaela snorts. "Yo, Muirfinn, can you summon minions?"
[21:40] * Ithea snorts at well at Jaela's suggestions. "Those poor, poor minions."
[21:40] <Ithea> ooc: at well->as well
[21:40] <Kotono> "Minions are disposable. DISPOSABLE!" Baleruk thunders, "LET THEM SUFFER FOR YOUR GLORY, UNLESS YOU LIKE T HEM."
[21:40] * Jaela shrugs. "Summons don't really die. If we get way back we'll just blast a huge hole all the way to this chickenshit dragon wannabe."
[21:40] <Muirfinn> "I can." Muirfinn creates a simple wolf with a summoning spell. OOC: Saccing 1st level spell
[21:41] * Jaela then flies way back, as she suggested herself, and takes cover!
[21:41] * Ithea pulls further away from the room, not wanting to get caught in the chain reaction of explosions that will follow.
[21:41] * Afina follows Jaela's example!
[21:41] * Muirfinn heads back as well before directing the wolf forward to certain doom!

[21:41] <Kotono> OOC: How far back, all?
[21:41] <Afina> OOC: I'll go with 35 feet
[21:42] <Kotono> OOC: 35ft for Afina. What about the rest of you?
[21:42] <Jaela> OOC: really far away
[21:42] <Muirfinn> OOC: I will hide with Jaela
[21:42] <Ithea> ooc: I'll move a good 100ft away or so.
[21:43] <Kotono> OOC: Jaela?
[21:43] <Ithea> ooc: or with Jaela if she's further, because we should stick together in times of explosive runes!
[21:43] <Jaela> OOC: I can run for 360ft right now, so for 720ft
[21:43] <Jaela> OOC: And go for cover!
[21:44] <Muirfinn> OOC: I can't really go that fast. I'll stick with 100 ft
[21:44] <Kotono> OOC: Okay then.
[21:44] <Kotono> OOC: 35ft, 100ft, 720ft, 720ft.

[21:45] <Kotono> Baleruk backs up with Afina, "I fear no trap," he declares, as the wolf steps forward. There is barely amoment before a titanic explosion erupts out and forward, shards of stone and emerald exploding outwards in a titanic fireball! Afina and Baleruk are within the near-epicenter, while Muirfinn is in the middle and the others are only in the outer ranges of explosion snad shards! OOC: Reflex
[21:45] <Kotono> saves, all.
[21:45] <Kotono> OOC: Note evasion sif you have it.
[21:46] <Muirfinn> OOC: Sonovabitch
[21:46] <Afina> roll 1d20+33 no SR? Evasion anyway
[21:46] * Hatbot --> "Afina rolls 1d20+33 no SR? Evasion anyway and gets 43." [1d20=10]
[21:46] <Ithea> roll d20+23+6 evasion+cunning
[21:46] * Hatbot --> "Ithea rolls d20+23+6 evasion+cunning and gets 47." [d20=18]
[21:46] <Jaela> roll 1d20+26
[21:46] * Hatbot --> "Jaela rolls 1d20+26 and gets 41." [1d20=15]
[21:46] <Muirfinn> roll 1d20+20+6 evasion no don't kill meeeeeee
[21:46] * Hatbot --> "Muirfinn rolls 1d20+20+6 evasion no don't kill meeeeeee and gets 30." [1d20=4]
[21:46] <Kotono> roll 1d20+20 SR doesn't negate it all since there's debris and things that aren't spell related in this, but note SR if this doesn't beat it.
[21:46] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+20 SR doesn't negate it all since there's debris and things that aren't spell related in this, but note SR if this doesn't beat it. and gets 39." [1d20=19]
[21:46] <Kotono> roll 1d28+28 Baleruk
[21:46] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d28+28 Baleruk and gets 29." [1d28=1]
[21:47] <Kotono> OOC: Strike, d28.
[21:47] <Kotono> roll 1d20+28
[21:47] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+28 and gets 47." [1d20=19]
[21:48] <Kotono> roll 40d6 full Baleruk (-50 from fire damage)
[21:48] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 40d6 full Baleruk (-50 from fire damage) and gets 130."]
[21:48] <Kotono> rOOC: Half Baleruk, excuse m.e
[21:48] <Kotono> roll 25d6 fire+bludgeoning damage (equal haves) Muirfinn full
[21:48] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 25d6 fire+bludgeoning damage (equal haves) Muirfinn full and gets 77." [25d6=3, 1, 1, 1, 6, 1, 2, 2, 1, 4, 3, 4, 6, 5, 1, 1, 6, 3, 2, 4, 6, 2, 5, 3, 4]
[21:48] <Kotono> roll 5d6 half this Jaela
[21:48] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 5d6 half this Jaela and gets 17." [5d6=3, 2, 3, 5, 4]

[21:50] <Kotono> The explosion is titanic, the gem exploding around all of you! Once it clears the party is battered and beaten - well, not Ithea or Afina, untouched. Falling away in flames is all the gemstone, save for a large circular mass. I tspins around, surrounded by bands of metal. All the rest of the stony fortress has fallen away in burning rubble, but this large sphere remains. It hums a soft white
[21:50] <Kotono> with bands of green across the surface, about the size of a castle room.
[21:51] <Jaela> Brushing green shards off her emerald armor, Jaela flies back to rejoin Baleruk, Afina and Muirfinn, calling out, "Not bad!"
[21:51] <Afina> "How utterly wasteful," Afina idly smooths down her hair where it got slightly ruffled by her speedy phasing through the compressive waves of the explosion. "Blowing up your own fortress from a single wolf?"
[21:52] <Kotono> "A fool of a dragon," Baleruk rumbles, as the sphere begins to spin faster, expanding out!
[21:52] <Ithea> "Afina, you are insane for sticking around for that," Ithea says as she goes back to join with the others.
[21:53] <Afina> "I didn't expect it to be so self-destructive," the fairy admits honestly, tensing a bit at the expanding sphere lest it suddenly balloon out and smack her in the face. "But no harm done."
[21:53] * Muirfinn picks pieces of stone out of his flesh, grumbling softly as he heals himself. OOC: Heal on me.
[21:53] * Jaela decides to gain a bit of distance once more at that expansion.
[21:54] * Muirfinn backs off as well, hoping the sphere does not also explode.
[21:55] <Muirfinn> roll 1d20+23 K:A
[21:55] * Hatbot --> "Muirfinn rolls 1d20+23 K:A and gets 30." [1d20=7]
[21:55] <Ithea> roll d20+29+6 K:A on sphere
[21:55] * Hatbot --> "Ithea rolls d20+29+6 K:A on sphere and gets 50." [d20=15]
[21:55] <Jaela> roll 1d20+23+15 I kind of want to know
[21:55] * Hatbot --> "Jaela rolls 1d20+23+15 I kind of want to know and gets 53." [1d20=15]
[21:58] * Jaela blinks, glancing over at Baleruk. "Hey, can you wish it to open up and let us in?" she asks, curing his few wounds.
[21:59] <Kotono> roll 1d20+37
[21:59] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+37 and gets 54." [1d20=17]
[22:01] <Ithea> "I'm curious if Baleruk can outright take control over it, between the practice as an anarch in limbo, and his powers. Would probably horrify Comolinahalas to lose the advantage of his own demiplane to his invaders," Ithea comments, also glancing at Baleruk at that.
[22:02] <Jaela> "Fuck that guy, he doesn't deserve it. Only a true dragon like Baleruk does!"
[22:02] <Ithea> "Oh definitely, I'm just wondering if he can get control right now or if we have to kill Comolinahalas first."
[22:03] <Kotono> Baleruk begins to respond, but the sphere continues to expand! As the party watches, it spreads out. Gravity! Ack! Ground! The air is caustic and miserable, burning your lungs and body! Before you is an acid scarred wasteland, the air foul and unbreathable. A sky of burning green hisses above you. 200ft away a single creature sits - a vast thing, a green dragon. In a booming voice, "So, Mineral
[22:03] <Kotono> finally-" he begins, before hissing, "Heretics! Blasphemers!" Rising up, the size of a city and casting a seemingly endless shadow over the party, "Perish here!"
[22:04] <Afina> "No, you," Afina replies curtly, preparing to move!
[22:04] <Kotono> OOC: Init here, things have gone sharply downhill.

[22:04] <Afina> roll 1d20+20
[22:04] * Hatbot --> "Afina rolls 1d20+20 and gets 27." [1d20=7]
[22:04] <Ithea> roll d20+9
[22:04] * Hatbot --> "Ithea rolls d20+9 and gets 21." [d20=12]
[22:04] <Muirfinn> roll 1d20+10
[22:04] * Hatbot --> "Muirfinn rolls 1d20+10 and gets 23." [1d20=13]
[22:04] <Jaela> "Fuck you and the Tiamat that spawned you!" Jaela readily agrees, growing in size.
[22:04] <Jaela> roll 1d20+6
[22:04] * Hatbot --> "Jaela rolls 1d20+6 and gets 16." [1d20=10]
[22:04] * Kotono changes topic to 'Dragon's Ego(999)>Afina(27)>Muirfinn(23)>Ithea(21)>Jaela(16)'
[22:04] <Kotono> roll 1d20+5 Baleruk
[22:04] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+5 Baleruk and gets 7." [1d20=2]
[22:05] <Kotono> roll 1d20+10 green dragon
[22:05] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+10 green dragon and gets 11." [1d20=1]
[22:05] * Kotono changes topic to 'Dragon's Ego(999)>Afina(27)>Muirfinn(23)>Ithea(21)>Jaela(16)>Green Dragon(11)>Baleruk(7)'
[22:05] <Ithea> "Okay, guess he dies first. I can work with that!" Ithea says as she twirls her glaive, ready to stab the colossal beast in front of them.
[22:06] <Kotono> The air is caustic, burning each of you! It's utterly unbreathable! OOC: No air environment, start to keep track of the rounds you have remaining before suffocation kicks in. See here: http://www.d20srd.org/srd/environment.htm#suffocation There is also acid damage incoming, fortitude saves all.
[22:06] <Afina> roll 1d20+18 fort
[22:06] * Hatbot --> "Afina rolls 1d20+18 fort and gets 20." [1d20=2]
[22:06] <Muirfinn> OOC: Does Attune Form not negate?
[22:07] <Ithea> ooc: we're in a different plane now
[22:07] <Ithea> ooc: need to recast it
[22:07] <Muirfinn> OOC: I can do that.
[22:07] <Jaela> roll 1d20+33
[22:07] * Hatbot --> "Jaela rolls 1d20+33 and gets 39." [1d20=6]
[22:07] <Ithea> roll d20+24 fort
[22:07] * Hatbot --> "Ithea rolls d20+24 fort and gets 28." [d20=4]
[22:08] <Kotono> OOC: Yeah, another spell of it would do.
[22:08] <Kotono> roll 1d20+34 Baleruk
[22:08] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+34 Baleruk and gets 54." [1d20=20]
[22:08] <Muirfinn> roll 1d20+25+6
[22:08] * Hatbot --> "Muirfinn rolls 1d20+25+6 and gets 32." [1d20=1]
[22:10] <Kotono> roll 10d6 acid damage. Jaela, Ithea and Baleruk half, Muirfinn and Afina full.
[22:10] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 10d6 acid damage. Jaela, Ithea and Baleruk half, Muirfinn and Afina full. and gets 41." [10d6=6, 1, 5, 6, 3, 5, 5, 2, 2, 6]
[22:11] <Afina> OOC: sac 6th level spell for -30 damage
[22:11] <Kotono> OOC: Go Afina.
[22:11] <Jaela> OOC: Acid Res 20, no damage
[22:17] <Afina> Her cheeks bulge and her eyes water at the lack of breathable air, but Afina has her ways to deal with that. Calling upon her magic to surge through her and granther precious time, Afina casts a pair of spells in quick succession while moving towards the dragon at impossible speeds, first warding herself against acid and then transforming herself into a creature of solid rock that stays aloft
[22:17] <Afina> nonetheless upon thin slate wings. The now earth aspected fairy rushes in with her stone sword, stabbing at Comolinahalas's muzzle before darting straight up fifty feet and out of range of easy reprisal!
[22:17] <Afina> roll 1d20+46 6th level arcane strike
[22:17] * Hatbot --> "Afina rolls 1d20+46 6th level arcane strike and gets 55." [1d20=9]
[22:17] <Afina> roll 1d20+41 6th level arcane strike
[22:17] * Hatbot --> "Afina rolls 1d20+41 6th level arcane strike and gets 51." [1d20=10]
[22:18] <Kotono> OOC: Two hits.
[22:18] <Afina> OOC: evil?
[22:18] <Kotono> OOC: Yes.
[22:18] <Afina> roll 1d4+17+5d6+2d6+2d6+6d4
[22:18] * Hatbot --> "Afina rolls 1d4+17+5d6+2d6+2d6+6d4 and gets 66." [1d4=1][5d6=4, 1, 5, 4, 3][2d6=2, 4][2d6=6, 3][6d4=4, 2, 4, 3, 1, 2]
[22:18] <Afina> roll 1d4+17+5d6+2d6+2d6+6d4
[22:18] * Hatbot --> "Afina rolls 1d4+17+5d6+2d6+2d6+6d4 and gets 75." [1d4=2][5d6=5, 4, 4, 4, 4][2d6=2, 5][2d6=4, 5][6d4=4, 4, 4, 3, 2, 2]
[22:19] <Kotono> Zipping forward, Afina slashes into the dragon! She manages to draw blood, ripping into scales all over before it can react! OOC: Muirfinn, go.
[22:19] * Muirfinn raises his hands to the sky, beseeching the planar energies for repieve! OOC: Attune Form refreshed on everyone, now set for whereverthefuckweare
[22:19] <Kotono> OOC: Okayo.
[22:19] * Kotono changes topic to 'Dragon's Ego(999; abated)>Afina(27)>Muirfinn(23)>Ithea(21)>Jaela(16)>Green Dragon(11)>Baleruk(7)'
[22:20] <Kotono> Calling on natural magic, Muirfinn ceases the acidic hell of this realm! The air becomes breathable, acid no longe reating away at the party! OOC: That it, Muirfinn?
[22:21] <Muirfinn> OOC: Nah, gonna also switch to earth elemental form just in case Mr. Ego decides to breathe
[22:21] <Kotono> OOC: Okay.
[22:21] <Kotono> OOC: Ithea, go.
[22:22] * Ithea reaches for Jaela, and attempts to teleport the two of them deep within the dragon's defenses, that they can unleash a flurry of strikes all at once. (OOC: quick casting dimension door, will act after it works or fails)
[22:24] <Kotono> OOC: Spellcraft check.
[22:24] <Ithea> roll d20+28
[22:24] * Hatbot --> "Ithea rolls d20+28 and gets 38." [d20=10]
[22:25] <Kotono> Ithea finds that the teleportation works, taking them deep within his guard! OOC: Continue.
[22:27] <Ithea> Appearing far from their original location, to the backside of the massive dragon, Ithea immediately lets go of Jaela's hand and begins striking with arcane powered strikes (OOC: arcane strike lv 5 + vampiric touch)
[22:27] <Ithea> roll d20+36
[22:27] * Hatbot --> "Ithea rolls d20+36 and gets 39." [d20=3]
[22:27] <Ithea> roll d20+36
[22:27] * Hatbot --> "Ithea rolls d20+36 and gets 52." [d20=16]
[22:27] <Ithea> roll d20+31
[22:27] * Hatbot --> "Ithea rolls d20+31 and gets 41." [d20=10]
[22:27] <Ithea> roll d20+26
[22:27] * Hatbot --> "Ithea rolls d20+26 and gets 32." [d20=6]
[22:27] <Kotono> OOC: 1 hit.
[22:28] <Ithea> roll d20+21 SR
[22:28] * Hatbot --> "Ithea rolls d20+21 SR and gets 24." [d20=3]
[22:28] <Kotono> OOC: Dragon SR Is bad, but not quite that bad. Didn't make it through, Hatebot lives.
[22:28] <Ithea> roll d10+17+5d4+2d6 (AS+holy)
[22:28] * Hatbot --> "Ithea rolls d10+17+5d4+2d6 (AS+holy) and gets 38." [d10=5][5d4=2, 1, 1, 4, 1][2d6=5, 2]
[22:29] <Kotono> Slashing and hacking, Ithea manages to cut into the blank of the enormous dragon! It's not a deep wound, but she tears her glaive long into it! OOC: Jaela, go.
[22:29] <Jaela> Gae Dioltas stabs into the dragon's knee, and a Harm spell is channeled through the joint into the dragon's body. Her trusted lance is replaced by Val'Finnegan, then, and the holy spear tries to claim the life of another evil dragon!
[22:30] <Jaela> roll 1d20+24 devotion
[22:30] * Hatbot --> "Jaela rolls 1d20+24 devotion and gets 37." [1d20=13]
[22:30] <Jaela> OOC: only +23, so 36.
[22:30] <Kotono> OOC: Okay.
[22:31] <Jaela> roll 1d20+30+1+5+10 smite, Assay SR
[22:31] * Hatbot --> "Jaela rolls 1d20+30+1+5+10 smite, Assay SR and gets 57." [1d20=11]
[22:32] <Jaela> roll 2d6+22+10+8 divine might, silver+good
[22:32] * Hatbot --> "Jaela rolls 2d6+22+10+8 divine might, silver+good and gets 47." [2d6=5, 2]
[22:32] <Jaela> roll 1d20+18+10 SR
[22:32] * Hatbot --> "Jaela rolls 1d20+18+10 SR and gets 47." [1d20=19]
[22:32] <Jaela> OOC: Harm Will26 half
[22:33] <Kotono> roll 1d20+27
[22:33] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+27 and gets 47." [1d20=20]
[22:33] <Kotono> OOC: How much is harm?
[22:33] <Jaela> OOC: halved from 150 to 75
[22:33] <Jaela> roll 1d20+32+6 Val'Finnegan, now
[22:33] * Hatbot --> "Jaela rolls 1d20+32+6 Val'Finnegan, now and gets 53." [1d20=15]
[22:33] <Jaela> roll 1d20+27+6 racial smite
[22:33] * Hatbot --> "Jaela rolls 1d20+27+6 racial smite and gets 37." [1d20=4]
[22:33] <Jaela> roll 1d20+22+6+10 smite
[22:33] * Hatbot --> "Jaela rolls 1d20+22+6+10 smite and gets 52." [1d20=14]
[22:34] <Kotono> OOC: Two htis.
[22:34] <Jaela> roll 1d20+17+6
[22:34] * Hatbot --> "Jaela rolls 1d20+17+6 and gets 37." [1d20=14]
[22:34] <Kotono> OOC: Two hits still.
[22:34] <Jaela> roll 2d6+25+5+3+10+2d6
[22:34] * Hatbot --> "Jaela rolls 2d6+25+5+3+10+2d6 and gets 59." [2d6=4, 4][2d6=3, 5]
[22:34] <Jaela> roll 2d6+25+5+3+10+2d6+8
[22:34] <Ithea> ooc: I'll use opportunist to make an AoO here as well
[22:34] * Hatbot --> "Jaela rolls 2d6+25+5+3+10+2d6+8 and gets 65." [2d6=2, 1][2d6=5, 6]
[22:35] <Kotono> OOC: Okay.
[22:35] <Ithea> roll d20+36 opportunist
[22:35] * Hatbot --> "Ithea rolls d20+36 opportunist and gets 50." [d20=14]
[22:35] <Kotono> OOC: Hit.
[22:35] <Ithea> roll d20+21 SR
[22:35] * Hatbot --> "Ithea rolls d20+21 SR and gets 36." [d20=15]
[22:35] <Kotono> OOC: Success.
[22:36] <Ithea> roll d10+17+5d4+2d6
[22:36] * Hatbot --> "Ithea rolls d10+17+5d4+2d6 and gets 41." [d10=9][5d4=4, 2, 2, 1, 3][2d6=2, 1]
[22:36] <Ithea> roll 8d6 vt
[22:36] * Hatbot --> "Ithea rolls 8d6 vt and gets 27." [8d6=4, 2, 3, 4, 2, 4, 5, 3]
[22:37] <Ithea> ooc: Everyone gets +2 circumstance bonus to melee attacks/damage for 1 round now as well
[22:37] <Kotono> Tearing into the dragon, negative energy strikes the dragon! In a split second a burst of healing energy explodes out to mend his wounds, torn right back open by Jaela and Ithea! OOC Note that in #thecauldron, too. Dragon's up.
[22:37] <Kotono> Abruptly magic gathers around the great wyrm as...OOC: If you're going to use that counter you PMed me about, now's the time, Jaela.
[22:38] <Jaela> This never worked against the cornugons, but she's trained since then! Jaela does her very best to deny the dragon whatever it is he's trying to cast!
[22:38] <Jaela> roll 1d20+24
[22:38] * Hatbot --> "Jaela rolls 1d20+24 and gets 36." [1d20=12]
[22:38] <Kotono> OOC: How does this work, exactly?
[22:39] <Jaela> OOC: http://www.d20srd.org/srd/spells/dispelMagic.htm targetted dispel, effectively
[22:39] <Jaela> OOC: I'm using greater dispel, so if his CL is 25 or less I kill his magic
[22:40] <Kotono> A spell is chanted - but crumbles away, ruined! "What?!" The dragon bellows, chanting another quick word of magic! OOC: Can yo udo it more than once per round?
[22:40] <Jaela> OOC: Sadly it takes an immediate for me
[22:40] <Kotono> roll 1d4+6 images
[22:40] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d4+6 images and gets 8." [1d4=2]
[22:41] * Kotono changes topic to 'Dragon's Ego(999; abated)>Afina(27)>Muirfinn(23)>Ithea(21)>Jaela(16)>Green Dragon(11; 8 images)>Baleruk(7)'
[22:41] <Kotono> Abruptly an entire army of green dragons now dance around the party, like giant castles on display! OOC: Baleruk.
[22:42] <Jaela> "You have gotta be fucking kidding me!" Jaela exclaims. "How did you even survive long enough to give Waukeen horny wet dreams, you fat fuck?"
[22:45] <Kotono> Baleruk flies over, almost lazy, coming to within 60ft of the beleaguered dragon. "Is that it?" he laughs, shining like rainbows and diamonds, "PATHETIC! WHAT DRAGON IS SO HANDILY DISPATCHED BY MORTALS? YOU ARE NOT WORTHY OF YOUR HOARD!" He then resumes his flight after a omment's stop, ignoring the bite that the larger dragon attempts!
[22:45] <Kotono> roll 1d20+53 (+5 GMF)
[22:45] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+53 (+5 GMF) and gets 55." [1d20=2]
[22:46] <Kotono> roll 4d6+26
[22:46] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 4d6+26 and gets 38." [4d6=2, 3, 6, 1]
[22:46] <Kotono> Ignoring the bite into his blanks, Baleruk reaches out to chomp on the green in return!
[22:47] <Kotono> roll 1d20+42 (+5 GMW, +1 haste)
[22:47] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+42 (+5 GMW, +1 haste) and gets 46." [1d20=4]
[22:47] <Kotono> roll 1d9
[22:47] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d9 and gets 3." [1d9=3]
[22:47] <Kotono> An image is torn apart, Baleruk looking on in contempt, "BOW TO ME! MY SERVANTS ARE MIGHTIER THAN YOU, DRAGON!" OOC: Dragon's Ego is up, effects negated. Afain.
[22:48] * Kotono changes topic to 'Dragon's Ego(999; abated)>Afina(27)>Muirfinn(23)>Ithea(21)>Jaela(16)>Green Dragon(11; 7 images)>Baleruk(7)'
[22:49] <Afina> Lazily floating along to place herself beside Baleruk, Afina throws down a few negligent magic missiles to strip away those images a bit. "I'll only let the servant part go since you added that mighty part," she tells him quietly.
[22:49] <Afina> roll 1d8
[22:49] * Hatbot --> "Afina rolls 1d8 and gets 7." [1d8=7]
[22:49] <Afina> roll 1d7
[22:49] * Hatbot --> "Afina rolls 1d7 and gets 3." [1d7=3]
[22:49] <Afina> roll 1d6
[22:49] * Hatbot --> "Afina rolls 1d6 and gets 3." [1d6=3]
[22:49] <Afina> roll 1d5
[22:49] * Hatbot --> "Afina rolls 1d5 and gets 1." [1d5=1]
[22:49] <Afina> roll 1d5
[22:49] * Hatbot --> "Afina rolls 1d5 and gets 4." [1d5=4]
[22:49] * Kotono changes topic to 'Dragon's Ego(999; abated)>Afina(27)>Muirfinn(23)>Ithea(21)>Jaela(16)>Green Dragon(11; 3 images)>Baleruk(7)'
[22:49] * Ithea snorts at being called a servant, but doesn't add anything more, the air tasting foul even with Muirfinn's aid.
[22:50] <Afina> roll 1d20+17 SR
[22:50] * Hatbot --> "Afina rolls 1d20+17 SR and gets 19." [1d20=2]
[22:50] <Kotono> OOC: Failure.
[22:50] <Kotono> Images sputter away and one missile hits home, fizzling away like a gnat against a mountain! OOC: Muirfinn, go.
[22:51] * Muirfinn abruptly shifts out of the saftey of his elemental form, a grim look on his face. Speaking deeply in Terran, Muirfinn crushes a gemstone in his hand while he cracks his staff on the ground three times as the stone before him begins to rumble! OOC: Summon elemental monolith, earth. 1 round casting time. Incoming massive distraction.
[22:51] <Kotono> OOC: Right-o.
[22:51] <Kotono> OOC: IThea, go.
[22:52] * Ithea channels the power of chaos as she continues to assault the dragon with draining magical attacks. (OOC: AS5, VT, and chaos devotion)
[22:52] <Ithea> roll d10 chaos devotion
[22:52] * Hatbot --> "Ithea rolls d10 chaos devotion and gets 4." [d10=4]
[22:53] <Ithea> roll d20+36
[22:53] * Hatbot --> "Ithea rolls d20+36 and gets 54." [d20=18]
[22:53] <Ithea> roll d20+36
[22:53] * Hatbot --> "Ithea rolls d20+36 and gets 49." [d20=13]
[22:53] <Ithea> roll d20+31
[22:53] * Hatbot --> "Ithea rolls d20+31 and gets 33." [d20=2]
[22:53] <Ithea> roll d20+26
[22:53] * Hatbot --> "Ithea rolls d20+26 and gets 28." [d20=2]
[22:53] <Ithea> ooc: add +2 to those
[22:53] <Kotono> OOC: roll 1d4 for the first attack.
[22:53] <Ithea> roll d4
[22:53] * Hatbot --> "Ithea rolls d4 and gets 2." [d4=2]
[22:53] * Kotono changes topic to 'Dragon's Ego(999; abated)>Afina(27)>Muirfinn(23)>Ithea(21)>Jaela(16)>Green Dragon(11; 2 images)>Baleruk(7)'
[22:53] <Kotono> OOC: d3 for the second.
[22:53] <Ithea> roll d3
[22:53] * Hatbot --> "Ithea rolls d3 and gets 1." [d3=1]
[22:54] <Ithea> roll d20+21 SR
[22:54] * Hatbot --> "Ithea rolls d20+21 SR and gets 34." [d20=13]
[22:54] <Kotono> OOC: One hit. Beat SR.
[22:54] <Ithea> roll d10+19+5d4+2d6
[22:54] * Hatbot --> "Ithea rolls d10+19+5d4+2d6 and gets 44." [d10=7][5d4=1, 4, 1, 3, 3][2d6=2, 4]
[22:54] <Ithea> roll 8d6 vt
[22:54] * Hatbot --> "Ithea rolls 8d6 vt and gets 32." [8d6=5, 2, 5, 5, 2, 1, 6, 6]
[22:55] <Kotono> Ithea lands another blow, ripping her glaive in it's back! She leaps up again and again ,tearing into the dragon! The massive thing is collecting wounds all over, images crumbling! OOC: Ow. Jaela, go.
[22:55] <Jaela> "Bow down? We're way past that!" Jaela declares. "You're already dead!"
[22:55] <Jaela> Val'Finnegan is her vessel of making that threat into reality, and it flashes out repeatedly to pulverize their enemy's kneecap!
[22:56] <Jaela> roll 1d20+32+6+2 gambit, divine might
[22:56] <Jaela> roll 1d20+32+6+2 gambit, divine might
[22:56] * Hatbot --> "Jaela rolls 1d20+32+6+2 gambit, divine might and gets 45." [1d20=5]
[22:56] * Hatbot --> "Jaela rolls 1d20+32+6+2 gambit, divine might and gets 60." [1d20=20]
[22:56] <Jaela> roll 1d20+27+6+2 gambit, divine might
[22:56] * Hatbot --> "Jaela rolls 1d20+27+6+2 gambit, divine might and gets 39." [1d20=4]
[22:56] <Jaela> roll 1d20+22+6+2+10 smite, gambit, divine might
[22:56] * Hatbot --> "Jaela rolls 1d20+22+6+2+10 smite, gambit, divine might and gets 46." [1d20=6]
[22:56] <Jaela> roll 1d20+17+6+2 gambit, divine might, one of the images
[22:56] * Hatbot --> "Jaela rolls 1d20+17+6+2 gambit, divine might, one of the images and gets 42." [1d20=17]
[22:56] <Jaela> roll 1d20+32+6+2 gambit, divine might, crit?
[22:56] * Hatbot --> "Jaela rolls 1d20+32+6+2 gambit, divine might, crit? and gets 55." [1d20=15]
[22:56] <Kotono> OOC: d3 on the first attack.
[22:57] <Kotono> OOC: Oh wait, don't you have blindsight?
[22:57] <Jaela> OOC: But I saw Ithea attack it just now and the dragon didn't have time to refresh them?
[22:57] <Jaela> OOC: And that, yes
[22:57] <Kotono> OOC: Carry on.
[22:57] <Kotono> OOC: Two hits and a crit.
[22:57] <Ithea> ooc: opportunist after Jaela's damage
[22:58] <Jaela> roll 2d6+25+2+10+5+3+2d6 hit
[22:58] * Hatbot --> "Jaela rolls 2d6+25+2+10+5+3+2d6 hit and gets 66." [2d6=6, 6][2d6=3, 6]
[22:58] <Jaela> roll 2d6+25+2+10+5+3+8+2d6 smite
[22:58] * Hatbot --> "Jaela rolls 2d6+25+2+10+5+3+8+2d6 smite and gets 67." [2d6=1, 6][2d6=2, 5]
[22:58] <Jaela> roll 3#2d6+25+2+10+5+3 crit
[22:58] * Hatbot --> "Jaela rolls 3#2d6+25+2+10+5+3 crit and gets 158." [3#2d6+25+2+10+5+3 = 50, 56, 52]
[22:58] <Jaela> roll 2d6 holy from crit
[22:58] * Hatbot --> "Jaela rolls 2d6 holy from crit and gets 7." [2d6=4, 3]
[22:58] <Jaela> roll 1d2 removing one of the images
[22:58] * Hatbot --> "Jaela rolls 1d2 removing one of the images and gets 1." [1d2=1]
[22:59] <Ithea> roll d20+42 opportunist AoO
[22:59] * Hatbot --> "Ithea rolls d20+42 opportunist AoO and gets 49." [d20=7]
[22:59] <Kotono> OOC: HIt.
[22:59] <Ithea> roll d10+19+5d4+2d6
[22:59] * Hatbot --> "Ithea rolls d10+19+5d4+2d6 and gets 47." [d10=10][5d4=2, 2, 2, 3, 1][2d6=3, 5]
[23:00] <Kotono> Stabbing into the dragon, Jaela leaps up! Driving past the images she goes to the center of it, stabbing in and flying through! She pierces through the dragon's heard and out the other side, the great green wyrm collapsing! For a moment, there is nothing...then you hear laughter. The laughter of Tiamat, as the wyrm gets up! Despite a fatal wound it rises, scales beginning to take on a pallid
[23:00] <Kotono> gray color, "I...will....not...perish!" Its eyes turn a blazing red, blood leaking out of them and boiling away in the air with great steamy hisses! OOC: DRagon's up.
[23:01] * Kotono changes topic to 'Dragon's Ego(999; abated)>Afina(27)>Muirfinn(23)>Ithea(21)>Jaela(16)>Gray Dragon(11; 2 images)>Baleruk(7)'
[23:01] <Ithea> "Oh that's just cheap! Like Jaela said, fuck you and Tiamat!" Ithea exclaims. "We'll just kill you again!"
[23:02] * Kotono changes topic to 'Dragon's Ego(999; abated)>Afina(27)>Muirfinn(23)>Ithea(21)>Jaela(16)>Gray Dragon(11)>Baleruk(7)'
[23:02] <Kotono> The dragon rises up, and with a seemingly  mindless fury assails those around it!
[23:02] <Jaela> "Bitch, please! You think we'll go down to zombies?!"
[23:03] <Kotono> roll 1d20+43 (+5 GMF, -10 PA Jaela) bite
[23:03] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+43 (+5 GMF, -10 PA Jaela) bite and gets 57." [1d20=14]
[23:03] <Jaela> OOC: My AC is 27! But I will AoO it at least 3 times
[23:04] <Kotono> roll 4d6+36 and AoO.
[23:04] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 4d6+36 and AoO. and gets 50." [4d6=5, 3, 2, 4]
[23:04] <Kotono> OOC: +4 from gambit to 54. What's your DR?
[23:05] <Jaela> roll 1d20+32+6+6 (my dr is evil+magic)
[23:05] * Hatbot --> "Jaela rolls 1d20+32+6+6 (my dr is evil+magic) and gets 64." [1d20=20]
[23:05] <Jaela> roll 1d20+32+6+6 (my dr is evil+magic) crit?
[23:05] * Hatbot --> "Jaela rolls 1d20+32+6+6 (my dr is evil+magic) crit? and gets 57." [1d20=13]
[23:05] <Kotono> OOC: Bypasses your DR. No crit now, it's undead typed. Normal hit.
[23:05] <Jaela> roll 2d6+25+2+10+5+3+2d6 hit
[23:05] * Hatbot --> "Jaela rolls 2d6+25+2+10+5+3+2d6 hit and gets 54." [2d6=1, 1][2d6=3, 4]
[23:06] <Kotono> roll 1d20+43 (+5 GMF, -10 PA Jaela) claw 1
[23:06] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+43 (+5 GMF, -10 PA Jaela) claw 1 and gets 44." [1d20=1]
[23:07] <Jaela> roll 1d20+32+6+6 Gambit AoO
[23:07] * Hatbot --> "Jaela rolls 1d20+32+6+6 Gambit AoO and gets 53." [1d20=9]
[23:07] <Jaela> roll 1d20+32+6+6 AoO from counterstrike bracers as immediate!
[23:07] * Hatbot --> "Jaela rolls 1d20+32+6+6 AoO from counterstrike bracers as immediate! and gets 62." [1d20=18]
[23:07] <Jaela> roll 2d6+25+2+10+5+3+2d6 hit
[23:07] * Hatbot --> "Jaela rolls 2d6+25+2+10+5+3+2d6 hit and gets 63." [2d6=5, 4][2d6=5, 4]
[23:07] <Jaela> roll 2d6+25+2+10+5+3+2d6 hit
[23:07] * Hatbot --> "Jaela rolls 2d6+25+2+10+5+3+2d6 hit and gets 60." [2d6=5, 2][2d6=3, 5]
[23:07] <Kotono> OOC: Two hits.
[23:08] <Kotono> roll 1d20+38 (+5 GMF, -10 PA Ithea) claw 1 Going for the less dangerous target
[23:08] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+38 (+5 GMF, -10 PA Ithea) claw 1 Going for the less dangerous target and gets 39." [1d20=1]
[23:08] <Kotono> roll 1d20+33 (+5 GMF, -10 PA Ithea) claw 1 Going for the less dangerous target
[23:08] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+33 (+5 GMF, -10 PA Ithea) claw 1 Going for the less dangerous target and gets 45." [1d20=12]
[23:08] <Ithea> ooc: AC 36, so that hits. Owie. DR 10/silver
[23:08] <Kotono> roll 2d8+12
[23:08] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 2d8+12 and gets 20." [2d8=6, 2]
[23:08] <Kotono> OOC: Doesn't beat that DR.
[23:09] <Kotono> OOC: +10 for PA.
[23:09] <Kotono> roll 1d20+28 Ithea again
[23:09] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+28 Ithea again and gets 46." [1d20=18]
[23:09] <Kotono> roll 2d8+22
[23:09] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 2d8+22 and gets 33." [2d8=4, 7]
[23:10] <Kotono> roll 1d20+43 (+5 GMF, -10 PA Ithea again) claw 2
[23:10] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+43 (+5 GMF, -10 PA Ithea again) claw 2 and gets 56." [1d20=13]
[23:10] <Kotono> roll 2d8+22
[23:10] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 2d8+22 and gets 31." [2d8=8, 1]
[23:10] <Kotono> roll 1d20+38 (+5 GMF, -10 PA Ithea again) claw 2
[23:10] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+38 (+5 GMF, -10 PA Ithea again) claw 2 and gets 41." [1d20=3]
[23:10] <Kotono> roll 2d8+22
[23:10] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 2d8+22 and gets 37." [2d8=7, 8]
[23:10] <Kotono> roll 1d20+33 (+5 GMF, -10 PA Ithea again) claw 2
[23:10] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+33 (+5 GMF, -10 PA Ithea again) claw 2 and gets 50." [1d20=17]
[23:10] <Kotono> roll 2d8+22
[23:10] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 2d8+22 and gets 32." [2d8=3, 7]
[23:10] <Kotono> roll 1d20+28 (+5 GMF, -10 PA Ithea again) claw 2
[23:10] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+28 (+5 GMF, -10 PA Ithea again) claw 2 and gets 42." [1d20=14]
[23:10] <Kotono> roll 2d8+22
[23:10] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 2d8+22 and gets 33." [2d8=3, 8]
[23:11] <Kotono> roll 1d20+43 wing 1
[23:11] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+43 wing 1 and gets 44." [1d20=1]
[23:11] <Kotono> roll 1d20+43 wing 2
[23:11] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+43 wing 2 and gets 44." [1d20=1]
[23:11] <Kotono> OOC: Both on Ithea, both comedy hour.
[23:11] <Kotono> roll 1d20+43 tail slap
[23:11] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+43 tail slap and gets 49." [1d20=6]
[23:11] <Kotono> roll 2d8+22
[23:11] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 2d8+22 and gets 29." [2d8=5, 2]
[23:12] <Kotono> The flurry of dead dragon wrath maims Ithea, cutting into her over and over and over! She gets beaten and battered around, bruised burt still up! OOC: Owwies. Baleruk.
[23:12] <Ithea> "...I will murder you!" Ithea groans out, after getting battered like that.
[23:13] <Jaela> "I already did!"
[23:13] <Ithea> "I will murder it again then!"
[23:13] <Kotono> "TIAMAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAT!" Baleruk bellows at the top of his lungs, draconic eyes going wide, "I WILL NOT ACCEPT THIS! I WILL NOT ACCEPT THIS!" With a savage fury born of pure hatred, Baleruk tears into the surrounded zombie dragon!
[23:13] <Kotono> roll 1d20+41 bite
[23:13] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+41 bite and gets 48." [1d20=7]
[23:14] <Kotono> OOC: +2.
[23:14] <Kotono> roll 1d20+36 claw 1
[23:14] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+36 claw 1 and gets 37." [1d20=1]
[23:14] <Kotono> roll 1d20+31 claw 1
[23:14] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+31 claw 1 and gets 35." [1d20=4]
[23:14] <Kotono> roll 1d20+36 claw 2
[23:14] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+36 claw 2 and gets 48." [1d20=12]
[23:14] <Kotono> roll 1d20+31 claw 2
[23:14] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+31 claw 2 and gets 43." [1d20=12]
[23:14] <Kotono> OOC: +5 to those, durred.
[23:14] <Kotono> roll 1d20+41 wing 1
[23:14] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+41 wing 1 and gets 55." [1d20=14]
[23:14] <Kotono> roll 1d20+41 wing 2
[23:14] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+41 wing 2 and gets 57." [1d20=16]
[23:14] <Kotono> roll 1d20+41 tail
[23:14] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+41 tail and gets 42." [1d20=1]
[23:15] <Kotono> roll 2d8+19+2d6+13+2d6+13+2d6+13+1d8+13+1d8+13
[23:15] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 2d8+19+2d6+13+2d6+13+2d6+13+1d8+13+1d8+13 and gets 117." [2d8=1, 2][2d6=5, 1][2d6=2, 3][2d6=1, 6][1d8=4][1d8=8]
[23:16] <Kotono> Dragon hatred is exchanged back and forth, the dying dragon savaged further! One wing hangs loose and broken, several deep gashes and holes within it! It does not stop, does not collapse, does not die! OOC: AFina, go.
[23:19] <Afina> Shaking her head at this latest and altogether unsightly development, Afina forces herself to dive inbetween the draconic melee, placing a pair of careful stabs into the much larger zombie dragon's neck to sever the vertebrae there before flying back out of range.
[23:19] <Afina> roll 1d20+46 6th level arcane strike
[23:19] * Hatbot --> "Afina rolls 1d20+46 6th level arcane strike and gets 53." [1d20=7]
[23:19] <Afina> roll 1d20+41 6th level arcane strike
[23:19] * Hatbot --> "Afina rolls 1d20+41 6th level arcane strike and gets 55." [1d20=14]
[23:19] <Afina> roll 1d4+17+2d6+2d6+6d4
[23:19] * Hatbot --> "Afina rolls 1d4+17+2d6+2d6+6d4 and gets 54." [1d4=3][2d6=3, 3][2d6=4, 5][6d4=4, 2, 4, 4, 2, 3]
[23:19] <Afina> roll 1d4+17+2d6+2d6+6d4
[23:19] * Hatbot --> "Afina rolls 1d4+17+2d6+2d6+6d4 and gets 49." [1d4=3][2d6=2, 3][2d6=1, 5][6d4=2, 4, 4, 4, 2, 2]
[23:20] <Kotono> The dragon's neck is severed! The beast yet fights on, back slouching from the severing - but still moving! OOC:  Muirfinn. Elemental appears now, doesn't it?
[23:20] * Kotono changes topic to 'Dragon's Ego(999; abated)>Afina(27)>Elemental Monolith=Muirfinn(23)>Ithea(21)>Jaela(16)>Gray Dragon(11)>Baleruk(7)'
[23:20] <Muirfinn> The earth goes quiet for a moment, then erupts, a truly massive form pulling itself free of the ground practically at the dragon's feet and lunging forward with terrible purpose! "Go! Slay the beast!" Muirfinn shouts in Terran before shifting back into elemental form! OOC: Elemental earth monolith. Bull rush, does not provoke AoO. Gargantuan makes this possible, yes?
[23:21] <Muirfinn> OOC: Or is it entangled with Baleruk?
[23:21] <Kotono> OOC: You can bull rush it, Baleruk's just attacking it. You're only one size smaller.
[23:21] <Muirfinn> roll 1d20+47+2 earth mastery hit em go
[23:21] * Hatbot --> "Muirfinn rolls 1d20+47+2 earth mastery hit em go and gets 63." [1d20=14]
[23:23] <Kotono> OOC: Success, amazingly.
[23:23] <Muirfinn> OOC: HAHA!
[23:23] <Muirfinn> OOC: I'M MEANINGFUL
[23:25] <Kotono> OOC: AoOs, everyone in range. 5ft, but it's enough to provoke 'em.
[23:25] <Jaela> roll 1d20+32+6+6
[23:25] * Hatbot --> "Jaela rolls 1d20+32+6+6 and gets 50." [1d20=6]
[23:25] <Jaela> roll 2d6+25+2+10+5+3+2d6 hit
[23:25] * Hatbot --> "Jaela rolls 2d6+25+2+10+5+3+2d6 hit and gets 68." [2d6=6, 6][2d6=5, 6]
[23:25] <Kotono> OOC: HIt.
[23:25] <Ithea> roll d20+42 I'll take what I can get
[23:25] * Hatbot --> "Ithea rolls d20+42 I'll take what I can get and gets 54." [d20=12]
[23:25] <Kotono> OOC: HIt.
[23:26] <Ithea> roll d10+19+5d4+2d6
[23:26] * Hatbot --> "Ithea rolls d10+19+5d4+2d6 and gets 43." [d10=2][5d4=2, 3, 3, 3, 2][2d6=5, 4]
[23:27] <Kotono> Knocked back, the dragon stumbles! This is enough to lower its guard - and as it flies back, Ithea and Jaela both leap up! They twin together and rip apart the dragon's skull, severing it in two directions! With gray matter falling out like w aterfall, the dragon at last collapses again! OOC: Free act. Ping-ponging finished him off. Scaaary.

[23:27] * Muirfinn hustles forward, seeing Ithea as the most injured and slaps her with a Heal!
[23:28] <Jaela> Tiamat is next, Jaela thinks to herself as she buries Val'Finnegan in the dragon's skull. Her time will come!
[23:28] <Afina> "Really, what was even the point?" Afina asks on the off chance Tiamat is still paying attention, her stony form fluttering gracefully down in defiance of physics.
[23:28] <Ithea> "Told you I'd murder you! Again!" Ithea exclaims, wincing immediately after the loud declaration. A hand holds onto her battered ribs as she tosses Muirfinn a thankful glance.
[23:29] <Kotono> Baleruk merely stares down, as the air grows clear. The nightmare green sky fades, and you stand in an inky void of black.
[23:30] <Ithea> "So...is this Baleruk's property now, or do we have to do anything to claim it?"
[23:31] <Kotono> roll 1d20+16
[23:31] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+16 and gets 17." [1d20=1]
[23:31] <Jaela> "We're taking it home. Baleruk's bound to find a use for his own domain, yeah?"
[23:31] <Kotono> Baleruk frowns and closes his eyes, seeming to concentrate.
[23:31] <Kotono> roll 1d20+16
[23:31] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+16 and gets 36." [1d20=20]
[23:33] <Kotono> Before you, Limbo appears! Endless roiling chaos in all directions for several moments - it resonates within Ithea, a feeling of contentment - before it becomes a great, massive cave. Arched pillars are about, and before you? Gold! Gold bars, gold coins, gold nuggets, piles of gold dust - gold! Gold in heaps taller than the four of you, lying about for the taking! "Now," He proclaims, "It is mine."
[23:33] <Jaela> "Great! Can you get it to plane shift to the Aurora, you think?"
[23:33] <Afina> "Excellent," Afina approves.
[23:34] <Kotono> "It will need a portal," Baleruk thunders.
[23:34] * Ithea claps in polite excitement for Baleruk.
[23:34] * Jaela ponders the conundrum briefly. "Is a Gate enough? Can it enlarge it? I'll return with Tepen in a few, if so."
[23:34] <Muirfinn> "We can probably get Tepen or...Annalise to help with that."
[23:35] <Jaela> "Radiance really hates Annalise," Jaela reminds Muirfinn. "She'd be in a lot of pain if she came."
[23:35] <Afina> "We could always bring Aurora here," Afina suggests.
[23:36] <Muirfinn> "Ah yes, of course. I forgot about her condition." Muirfinn nods.
[23:36] * Jaela snaps her fingers. "Yeah, let's do that. Wait here, I'll be right back!" And then she plane shifts back to Ysgard, just outside their fortress.

[Corwin]

[19:55] <Kozzz> Bloodied but victorious, the heroes return with great heaps of treasure and accolade. Despite all of that, the trio still has a mission - finding Galariel. He's found within the center of Aurora, awaiting. Elena sits near him in a conjured chair of glowing light. Her hair is done up in a bun and she's wearing a skirt and tunic, slender glasses resting on her face. "...and if we reorganize..."
[19:55] <Kozzz> she goes on, "Oh, you're back!" Looking up to the party, "How'd the dragon stomp go?"
[19:55] <Kozzz> Galariel nods solemnly, "They are victorious."
[19:57] <Afina> "We killed it twice," Afina declares with appropriate sollemnity, briefly giving Elena an appraising look at this new uniform. She does like to vary it up, doesn't she?
[19:58] * Jaela nods, poking at the chair of light with the butt of her spear.
[19:59] <Kotono> The light glimmers and offers no resistance, but holds form.
[20:00] <Kotono> "Excellent," Galariel intones, "Far too many dragons consider themselves invincible, treating other beings as nothing but cattle and prey."
[20:01] <Jaela> "He had a trap that blew up his own home. I think we did the universe a favor." Jaela snorts. "So did you see already what we brought with us?"
[20:01] <Ithea> "Well, he certainly wasn't that. Though Tiamat's a bitch. Still, dragon's dead, twice like Afina said, Baleruk has a new toy, and we finally have something to take to Gisfal," Ithea comments. "Nice outfit by the way, Elena."
[20:03] <Kotono> Elena smiles and preens, "Do you like it? Sylvie and Kascha called it the secretary look."
[20:04] <Kotono> "I did," Galariel replies, "A Dragon's Ego. According to Elena," A nod to the spirit, "They are tiny demiplanes connected to the will of a dragon. Medi studied them in the development of Aurora."
[20:05] <Jaela> "So, someone's gotta ask." Jaela looks about herself briefly, before venturing forth. "Do the two combine?"
[20:05] <Afina> "I would have guessed librarian," Afina offers at Elena's explanation. "Will the Dragon's Ego conflict wtih Aurora's defences if kept within?"
[20:06] <Ithea> "You make it work well, Elena," Ithea says with a smile, before focusing on the conversation about the dragon's ego.
[20:09] <Kotono> As Elena radiantly smiles, cheeks lighting up, Galariel replies, "If one demiplane is forced into another, cataclysmic destruction happens. However, Aurora is not most demiplanes. It can be absorbed - as a separate annex connected to Aurora or used to expand the courtyard, or within Aurora itself."
[20:10] <Jaela> "If the benefit is just expanding the space, then keeping it as the annex works best, I think," Jaela voices. "It'll make Baleruk happy and we could have him use it against any enemies that invade."
[20:10] <Kotono> "Oh yes, Sir Medi really worked harde on it," Elena pipes up.
[20:11] <Afina> "Agreed," Afina voices. "It could be a valuable fallback if we're overrun."
[20:12] <Kotono> "It can be done. It will take both of our attentions," Immediately Elena nods and rises, glasses tossed aside as her face becomes stern and focused, as Galariel continues on, "Where precisely is it to be located?"
[20:13] <Jaela> "Well, can the location be mutable?" Jaela voices. "Like say it's normally in the dungeons, but if we want to, we connect the main gate to it instead of having it lead to the courtyard?"
[20:14] <Afina> "If not then above the main structure would work," Afina suggests. "Baleruk's own ego would be pleased and he'd be well placed to emerge and respond to sudden threats from any direction."
[20:15] <Kotono> "It can be moved, but it takes time and effort, several hours of it. It is not a battle option," Galariel says.
[20:15] <Kotono> "You have to do all the math and magical formula for it on the fly," Elena whimpers, face falling, "It's like six hours of casting a complex spell and rewriting it every time the demiplane moves."
[20:16] <Ithea> "Above the structure sounds good to me," Ithea says.
[20:16] <Jaela> "Sure, let's pick a vacant tower and drop it on top?"
[20:17] * Jaela shrugs. "And it's actually a viable battle option. We just need to stop the Aurora for the duration to make it easier, and be the ones attacking. Then it works just fine!"
[20:18] <Afina> "Is there anything we can do to help?" Afina asks, feeling some sympathy for the work Elena says is needed.
[20:20] <Kotono> "No, not really," Elena says, "I was designed to do this. It's the best way Medi ever found. To be honest, it's a cheat." Scratching the back of her head and blushing, "Normally two demiplanes are like lighting a match in a gas clogged mine - boom. This can get around it, but you have to alter both demi planes each time it moves fully."
[20:21] <Jaela> "Afina's got a good point regardless," Jaela muses. "We're going to be aiming to restore more of the Aurora, now. Is there anything that would make your lives easier, Elena? Galariel?"
[20:24] <Kotono> Galariel shakes his head. "I need nothing. Focus on your Crusade." Meanwhile Elena blushes, playing with a lock of stray hair from her bun, "Well, there is one thing I'd like. Have you had any ideas about Sir Medi's quarters?"
[20:25] <Afina> "I was assuming they would open when Aurora was restored to Medicant's old functionality in full," Afina admits. "I hadn't given them much thought past that."
[20:25] <Jaela> "Brute forcing that shit is bad. We just saw what happens when traps get triggered, so...." Jaela shrugs. "I do have one idea. You know how Lady Chan was one of Medi's pals? Well, who were the others?"
[20:29] <Kotono> "Medi made a lot of allies," Nodding, "He was always so good at talking to people..." Elena trails off, sighing as her eyes go far away. She sits back in her chair, "When he got talking, he had this fire in his eyes. It made people believe that you could do the impossible. He always knew what to say...and beneath that was a mind that understood people and could play politics better than anyone
[20:29] <Kotono> I've ever met. Most sorcerers are all charisma and don't pack in the brains to match. Medi's mind was as strong as his force of will." Sighing again, but with a smile, "You'd get along with him, Jaela. You have the same outlook...he was better at politics, though, and not as angry as you get. More composed, like Afina or Ithea." After a moment Galariel clears his throat, which makes Elena blush,
[20:29] <Kotono> "I was not digressing! This is related!"
[20:30] * Ithea raises an eyebrow, but keeps quiet since Elena claims she's going somewhere with this.
[20:30] * Jaela rolls her eyes at the mention of politics. "So yeah. I figure, even Medi couldn't build this all on his own. We met that golem dwarf that read some of his theories and he was crazy strong, so maybe Medi was like that too? All we need to do is ask those of his old pals and inspirations who are still around."
[20:34] <Kotono> "He got along well with Lady Chan. He had a cool but functional relationship with Ben-Hadar, Prince of Elemental Good in Water. Ben-Hadar doesn't get along with most people. He got along very well with Bristis Pel...but she's gone now, from what I've heard, and Zaaman Rul rules Good in Fire. Entemoch and Sunnis got along with him too." Pausing a moment again, "You want to know about more than
[20:34] <Kotono> just those in the Elemental Planes, don't you?"
[20:35] <Jaela> "Yeah. Those are allies and political contacts. If it were me, I'd be working with sages and Mystra's own on the actual magical theory."
[20:38] <Kotono> "You'd be right," Nodding, "He made special tributes to the Mother of All Magic." Elena explains further, "He got along better with Azuth...Mystra's impersonal. She's a Goddess with a capital G, as Sir Medi put it. Azuth, despite his exterior, is a little more human in outlook. He managed to study with Azuth during the development of Aurora. A great honor...Azuth rarely takes students, even for
[20:38] <Kotono> a brief time."
[20:39] <Jaela> "How about someone more accessible?"
[20:41] <Kotono> "The Stars of Mystra, but you don't find them. They find you at Mystra's will. They're really not right," Frowning, "I'd look up High Sage Zafel first, if he's still around. If not, I'd look up Ginaai or Dweomerkeeper Resel in Dweomerheart. All three are honored servants of Mystra who long ago left behind mortality ot better serve her."
[20:42] <Jaela> "Yeah, now that's what I'm talking about!" Jaela agrees. "Highly placed enough, but not so high we have no shot at meeting one. I figure it's not top priority, but we can have Tannin look for leads on this group and see what comes up."
[20:43] <Ithea> "I'd be interested in meeting those people myself," Ithea says, finding the mention of the Stars of Mystra rather interesting. "I could probably ask the catfolk if they know anything as well that might help Tannin dig up more info."
[20:44] <Afina> "I can always try phasing through the door if we're in a hurry?" Afina offers since it hasn't come up before.
[20:44] <Jaela> "Are we?"
[20:45] <Kotono> "Doesn't work." Elena says absently, "If phasing would do it, we wouldn't be here - but you're welcome to try anyway."
[20:45] <Afina> "I'll take your word for it," Afina shakes her head. "Is it due to material thickness or something else?" May as well know in case it stops her in the future.
[20:46] <Ithea> "I'll give it a look soon, I honestly haven't focused much attention towards it in the past, maybe I'll get lucky and find a way to unlock it if I do dedicate a few days to it," Ithea offers.
[20:48] <Jaela> "I figure if we need luck to get past just the first lock, we probably shouldn't try that hard," Jaela muses with a shrug. "No one said it'd be just the one obstacle, and the locks might well be there to protect anyone from whatever's inside. I mean, would you go fight that Cornholio dragon if you had no plan or confidence of getting better of him short of relying on crazy luck?"
[20:50] <Afina> "No," Afina shrugs, uncaring. "Well, why don't we go and give Gisfal his belated visit, now?"
[20:51] <Jaela> "Sure thing." It will only take a single Wish from Tepen to ensure their green dragon heart maintains its pristine condition, and they can be off!
[20:55] * Ithea nods at Afina's suggestion. She does turn to ask Galariel a different thing though, "Going off on a bit of an unrelated note... I'd been meaning to ask you something, Galariel. Some days back I read about some special paladin blade, the First Sunrise, and it's brother shield. I don't suppose you know anything about them? The blade at least was supposed to be hidden away on some shrine in Elysium a long time ago from what I read."
[21:03] <Kotono> "They exist," Galariel says, "That I am certain of. I've heard the stories too often from too many who would know the truth of it." Here he stills, closing his eyes, "They await a champion who comes bearing the light of the sun, full of promise for another bright day. They must travel the River Oceanus from Amoria to Thalasia, and will parlay with seven angels on this path. Each angel shall bear
[21:03] <Kotono> one of the virtues. Should the way be found and the traveler found worthy, they will find the way ot the shrine in Thalasia when Lathander blesses all the headwaters of Oceanus."
[21:08] <Ithea> "I see," Ithea says, surprised that Galariel actually had a fair bit of information to say about that old story. "Hrm, well, something to keep in mind, I guess," she says, musing on the info. "Thanks."
[21:09] <Kotono> "Su-!" Elena starts to speak but stops, "A portal just opened up outside of Aurora," she reports.
[21:09] <Jaela> "See you guys later, then," Jaela says, heading towards the gates at Elena's words.
[21:10] <Ithea> "What she said," Ithea says with a nod, following after Jaela to see who's come for a visit.
[21:11] * Afina also zips away and into action!
[21:13] <Kotono> Hurrying out, you see a portal closing. By it are Drena, Adrian and Misalea. Misalea and Adrian are waving and turning from the portal, the latter carrying what look sto be a rather heavy, overstuffed sack. "Yo," Adrian calls, "We're back."
[21:13] <Jaela> "Yo!" Jaela greets him back. "So did we, just now!"
[21:14] <Ithea> "Oh, hey, how'd the trip go?" Ithea says in greeting. "A lot's happened while you were gone, so I hope everything went well for you all."
[21:14] <Kotono> Hefting his sack, "We come back bearing gifts, too." Grinning a moment, "Did you get the report about how we were ambushed by mercenaries?"
[21:15] <Jaela> "Yeah. I think I'm about the only one who didn't get ambushed by anyone. Fucking cowards, the lot of them."
[21:16] <Kotono> Misalea smiles warmly at this, "You can keep such troubles and be thankful you avoid them."
[21:16] <Afina> "Good to see you all," Afina smiles, pleased. "You'll get your turn, Jaela," she adds aside before speaking up and disabling the gate defences before saying, "We all must have a lot of catching up to do. Welcome back."
[21:17] <Kotono> "They could not hide from the truth of the winds," Drena reports, "On advice from our legal council, we tracked down who did it and promptly allowed Mechanus to punish the guilty party. Surprise; it was a devil."
[21:17] * Ithea grimaces. "I'd rather you didn't call them that, hate what it says about those of us that -did- get ambushed," Ithea notes, before focusing on the others again. "Glad that you're all alright though. So how are we with mechanus then?"
[21:17] <Afina> "And we won't be seeing any more troublesome inevitables?"
[21:18] <Jaela> "Yeah, just how did it go for you guys?"
[21:18] <Kotono> Misalea coughs, her color fading just a bit, "It's taken care of for the immediate while. There will need to be followups, but not any time soon. We're safe. Also, the devil behind it was a gelugon. Was. Mechanus assessed them 30,000 gold in damages, which we were given as compensation. Also...the pit fiend in charge of that devil...personally demoted the gelugon in front of us." Her color turns,
[21:18] <Kotono> "He won't be a threat to us anymore."
[21:19] <Kotono> "Would have cut him apart too," Adrian grunts, "But it would've undid all the diplomacy and legal wrangling we'd done."
[21:19] <Afina> "Sacrifices have to be made," Afina nods, not much liking it either herself.
[21:20] <Jaela> "Maybe that pit fiend will get demoted back home, too," Jaela muses, briefly engaging in that happy thought.
[21:20] <Kotono> Adrian rustles into the bag, "Got a souvenir," he speaks up, taking out a small wooden box. "Here."
[21:20] <Ithea> "A gelugon, eh? That was the source of my problems in Earth too. Not sure what punishment ended up hitting that guy."
[21:20] * Afina accepts the box and opens it up curiously.
[21:21] <Ithea> "Oh, speaking of...we have a souvenir for you too, Adrian! Courtesy of Selune," Ithea says with a grin.
[21:22] <Kotono> Within the silk lined box are three daggers. One is made of silver, one of cold iron and one of adamantine. Each one is sharp, with the handle being smooth, interlocking gears with a groove to hold the dagger. "A set of axiomatic weapons. They're a personal gift so I don't want to sell them, but I figure they could be useful for the Crusade rather than collecting dust on a mantle somewhere."
[21:23] <Kotono> "Really now?" Shifting his shoulders and Gaelach with it, "What sort of gift?"
[21:23] <Kotono> Meanwhile Drena listens, "In all, the entire affair was a success."
[21:23] <Jaela> "It's a ring. Selune really likes naked dancing under the moonlight."
[21:24] <Afina> "Not much help for devils," Afina murmurs, feeling a strong intent to kill from these particular daggers and closing the box. "But if we have to face demons again they could be useful. I'll have them stowed in the armoury."
[21:26] <Kotono> "Aaaah..." Misalea stretches, "I'm ready to go home now. I missed the tower while I was away."
[21:26] <Afina> "You should find a few more friendly faces there," Afina notes with a smile at the fey-blooded elf.
[21:29] <Kotono> "Oh, have we been recruiting?" Misalea smiles at that, hurrying up. Adrian smiles and watches a moment, before following. Drena lingers, "Is there anything else needed right now?"
[21:29] <Afina> "Not at this moment," Afina shakes her head, "We're just setting off to get another new recruit but should be back soon, we can fill you in on recent events then, Drena."
[21:30] <Jaela> "You more than earned a rest, I think," Jaela agrees with Afina. "Thanks for the hard work, guys!"
[21:32] <Ithea> "Before you leave, you should know that five of your people were lost in a battle with the devils," Ithea says, possibly ruining the happier mood, but figuring Drena should know before he catches up with his people.
[21:36] <Kotono> Drena nods, impassive, "Thank you for telling me." He pauses a moment, "If it's only 5 from a battle, I'm assured that I'm training them well."
[21:36] <Ithea> "Given how the devils had the initiative at the start of the fight, your elementals were a powerful force for our defense," Ithea says in agreement.
[21:37] <Afina> "It was a short but bloody battle, and your forces are the fastest we have," Afina says, the implication obvious.
[21:37] <Ithea> "We can share the report of the fight later on if you'd like, assuming you don't hear it all from the rest of your forces," Ithea also offers.
[21:39] <Kotono> "I'd like that. Thank you," Drena repeats, before proceeding along.

[Corwin]

[21:51] <Kotono> Woosh! WIth magic, you appear outside of Gisfal's abode, Filundr. The burnt tree mixed with green dragon looms above you, the sound of battles echoing from behind. The air is crisply cold, your breath a pale white mist.
[21:52] * Jaela grins at the sounds of battle, and knocks on the doorframe.
[21:54] <Kotono> There's no door, notably. Last time you came in by flying up into the upper branches of the tree ,where the green wyrm's mouth lies.
[21:55] * Afina will do just that, calling out, "Gisfal?" as she breaches the jaw.
[21:57] <Kotono> As Afina flies in, she gets her reply. Gisfal emerges, "Aurora. Afina," he calls the first and then the person before him, riding on his flying carpet. "I'd thought a dragon ate you, since I hadn't heard back."
[21:59] <Afina> "Hah," Afina chuckles and shakes her head. "The first dragon we went to kill ended up becoming a prismatic dragon and joining our Crusade. It took some time to find another one with a worthy heart," she explains, gesturing back at Jaela who has the glamorous job of carrying it.
[22:00] <Jaela> "We had really shitty luck where it comes to dragons, yeah," Jaela says with a grimace, retrieving the heart. "And it felt like bullying to just randomly pick a weakling off some Prime."
[22:00] <Kotono> Flying down to the heart Jaela has, Gisfal whistles."A fine heart. Bring it up above the dragon's maw here," he commands, "Drop it in."
[22:01] <Kotono> After a beat, "Fly out of the way of it the moment you drop it."
[22:02] * Afina maneuvers herself out of the way.
[22:02] <Jaela> "Yeah sure." Mindful of the warning, Jaela does just that!
[22:05] <Kotono> The heart is tossed into the maw! IT plummets down and for a few moments there is nothing, before a great gush of acid erupts out of the maw! It's a column wide as the mouth, rising up into the sky as if to lance it! It pierces the clouds above, turning them a distinctly acidic green. Gisfal watches with a slight nod and watches some more and more and more..."That was an old, powerful dragon
[22:05] <Kotono> full of life," he observes after about twenty seconds of this."
[22:06] <Afina> "He survived on Radiance and spent a long time plundering Mineral," Afina adds, "His hoard was the largest I've ever seen."
[22:06] <Ithea> "He was definitely the largest dragon I'd ever seen too."
[22:08] <Kotono> "This acid rain," Looking up, "It may last longer than I anticipated." As the mouth continues to spew up acid, "It'll toughen up the army a little more, then I'll muster them." Offering a hand out, "Let's kill some mountains of devils."
[22:08] <Afina> "He was full of unlife after we killed him the first time, too," the fairy smirks before she extends her tiny hand out and grasps Gisfal's.