217.2 Alicia, Demedais and the Demon Ambush

[Corwin]

[20:25] <Kotono> -------
05[20:25] -atarians.dejatoons.net:@#dunes- Alicia invited Hatbot into the channel.
03[20:25] * Hatbot (~Hatbot@cpe-66-25-141-28.austin.res.rr.com) has joined #dunes
03[20:25] * Alicia sets mode: +v Hatbot
03[20:25] * Alicia sets mode: +o Demedais
[20:26] <Kotono> The five gather inside of the garrison: Alicia, Antenora, Demedais, Pollyanna and Eudard. Each are girded up for battle and travel as they await. "Where are we going first?" Pollyanna asks Demedais.
[20:28] <Demedais> "Southwestern Baronies. That's our latest lead into the vrocks, as dated as it may be." Demedais replies. "Unless we've heard of anything else?"
[20:31] <Alicia> Marie is there, too! Looking especially sharp in her plainswalker's robes, to boot. "Only what you told us about Helm saying we had plenty of time before they became a threat," the eladrin pipes up.
[20:31] <Alicia> "Well, we'll start at Linton - it's a village on the Baronies side near the edge of the desert to the South. I passed through it when I first arrived here, so I should be able to get us there easily enough, and we can work from there," Alicia speaks up, concentrating on her mental image of the town square where she spent a sunny afternoon chatting up the locals on the latest gossip. "Everyone ready?"
06[20:31] * Demedais nods. "Ready."
[20:32] <Alicia> Assuming no other objections, Alicia has everyone join hands (except Marie who sits on her head), and teleports the group away!
[20:32] <Alicia> roll 1d100 lets say its seen casually
06[20:32] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d100 lets say its seen casually and gets 88." [1d100=88]
[20:32] <Kotono> "Ready," Eudard says, Antenora nodding as well. Pollyanna adds her consent and takes Demedais and Antenora's hands as the group vanishes!
[20:35] <Kotono> The town of Linton is a quiet place. The ground is soft and every so slightly dusty-sandy. Sun comes down in intensely warm beams, no moderating sea here to soothe the wrath of Lathander's icon. About you a few people come and go - it's really just a little farming settlement with a few main buildings.
06[20:37] * Alicia nods in satisfaction that her teleport went off correctly before looking around. "I doubt anyone here has actually seen a vrock, but they might have heard rumours from travellers - lets ask around?"
[20:38] <Kotono> As Pollyanna looks about, "Hopefully they've heard of the guard here, it'll make things easier," she says.
[20:39] <Kotono> OOC - Are you guys planning on just GIing here
[20:39] <Kotono> ?
[20:40] <Alicia> OOC: yeah, pretty much
[20:41] <Kotono> OOC: Go ahead and make relevant rolls then, people?
[20:41] <Alicia> roll 1d20+15
06[20:41] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+15 and gets 26." [1d20=11]
[20:43] <Kotono> roll 1d20+6 Antenora chooses to aid Aliciahere
06[20:43] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+6 Antenora chooses to aid Aliciahere and gets 9." [1d20=3]
[20:44] <Demedais> roll 1d20+6 Helping Alicia since seriously my mod sucks
06[20:44] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+6 Helping Alicia since seriously my mod sucks and gets 12." [1d20=6]
[20:44] <Alicia> roll 1d20+10 Marie if we're doing the aid another thing
06[20:44] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+10 Marie if we're doing the aid another thing and gets 15." [1d20=5]
[20:45] <Kotono> roll 1d20+1 Ditto with Pollyanna
06[20:45] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+1 Ditto with Pollyanna and gets 18." [1d20=17]
[20:45] <Kotono> roll 1d20+3 same with Eudard GI is scace for you guys
06[20:45] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+3 same with Eudard GI is scace for you guys and gets 22." [1d20=19]
[20:47] <Kotono> As the party asks around, Antenora gets side tracked. The last Demedais happens tos ee of her, she's listening to a farmhand talk about these riveting ways to plant seed. Meanwhile, the rest of the party talks and chats around. The mayor of the town, a middle aged woman with a missing arm, is eventually talked to. "Welcome," she offers a bow, "The real Crimson Guard from the frontlines of Balmuria and the last war. You're asking about those rum
[20:47] <Kotono> You're asking about those rumors from the south and the bird-men?"
[20:48] <Alicia> "So you have heard of them?" Alicia pounces on that, since bird-men is an accurate enough description of a vrock.
[20:49] <Kotono> "Please, if you can tell us anything about them, we'd be very grateful," Pollyanna says respectfully, even as her eyes drift towards the woman's arm should be and isn't.
[20:50] <Kotono> "Yeah, there's a settlement several days south from ehre, right on the edge of the badlands," she explains, "Durst isn't much of a place unless you want hard, unforgiving living, but some travelers head there anyway. The last few have mentioned things about bird-men being whispered about in town."
06[20:51] * Demedais nods slightly to this. "This sounds like our best lead. Is there a name for the settlement?"
[20:53] <Alicia> "Durst," Alicia tells Demedais before offering her hand to the mayor - the matching one to her remaining limb. "Thank you, this is helpful - we'll head for Durst now and see if we can get a lead from there."
[20:54] <Kotono> The hand is shaken, "Good luck." As the hand is shaken, Eudard smiles to her, "Thank you for this."
06[20:55] * Demedais nods and bows. "Thank you, ma'am."
[20:55] <Kotono> Eudard gets odd looks from the woman, focusing on his unnatural back additions. "It's the Crimson Guard..." she murmurs, "It's my duty to my country."
[20:57] <Alicia> "And your country thanks you," Alicia smiles gratefully. "Now, if you'll excuse us, we'll make ready to depart." Heading outside, Alicia instructs Marie to fly high into the sky until she can see the village a few days South of this one, while sending Pollyanna to go and rescue Antenora from her current conversation.
[20:59] <Kotono> Flying up, Marie can see much of the terrain. It gets quite dot-like as she risesup, but she can glimpse a village at the edge of what looks like an endless desert meeting an dendless wasteland to the west/southwest.
[21:01] <Alicia> Once Marie returns, Alicia has everyone link hands again while she focuses on her familiar's image of the village. "This should save us a few days," she grins before teleporting to Durst.
[21:01] <Alicia> roll 1d100 viewed once
06[21:01] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d100 viewed once and gets 50." [1d100=50]
[21:07] <Kotono> Woosh! It's hot here - really hot, the sun pounding down. It's constrasted almost immediately with a faint, chilly wind from the west. The ground here is sand and cracked soil. Several houses are here and there, as well as af ew sickly looking fields. The people here are in those fields, working hard away at the plants that barely seem to be alive at all.
[21:08] <Alicia> "Phew. What a difference a few miles make," Alicia marvels at the change in climate as she takes a look around. "At least the wind helps."
06[21:12] * Demedais nods. "A bit disconcerting, but the wasteland always was. Any preferred mode of operation from here?"
[21:13] <Kotono> Antenora looks about, "At least this village is intact. I was worried we might come and find a charred ruin."
[21:13] <Alicia> "Looks like everyone is out in the fields, so lets see if we can distract them a bit from their work with a few questions?" Alicia suggests, pointing to the fields before she starts walking over to them.
[21:13] <Alicia> "Helm's probably had some of his goons keeping the vrocks busy until we got here or something," Marie nods sagely in response to Antenora.
06[21:14] * Demedais raises a slight eyebrow at this, but nods to Alicia as he follows.
[21:16] <Kotono> "Goons?" Pollyanna bristles there, "Don't you think a more respectful word shoudl be used?"
[21:16] <Kotono> Eudard stays quiet for the moment, taking in the small village.
[21:16] <Kotono> "As long as it's not about seed," Antenora mutters in tones of utter resigned boredom.
[21:17] <Alicia> "It's all in good fun," Marie replies breezily. "Seriously though, if you ever met an Arcadian Avenger... brrr!" she mock shivers before giggling.
[21:18] <Kotono> "Arcandian Avenger," Pollyanna asks, "What are they?"
[21:18] <Kotono> OOC - Roll GI checks if you're going to as well?
[21:19] <Alicia> roll 1d20+15
06[21:19] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+15 and gets 17." [1d20=2]
[21:19] <Alicia> roll 1d20+10 lets have Marie roll seperately rather than aiding
06[21:19] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+10 lets have Marie roll seperately rather than aiding and gets 30." [1d20=20]
[21:20] <Kotono> roll 1d20+6 Antenora aids the leadrin since Alicia's likely talking about wheat trading again.
06[21:20] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+6 Antenora aids the leadrin since Alicia's likely talking about wheat trading again. and gets 16." [1d20=10]
[21:20] <Kotono> roll 1d20+3 Eudard since why not?
06[21:20] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+3 Eudard since why not? and gets 10." [1d20=7]
[21:20] <Kotono> roll 1d20+1 Polly
06[21:20] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+1 Polly and gets 3." [1d20=2]
[21:21] <Alicia> "Imagine an angel crossed with a golem," Marie suggests to her fellow archer. "They're nice, just... they're really not very personable. At all. And they don't really like eladrin. At all." She titters weakly in conclusion.
[21:22] <Kotono> "I'll have to meet a few," Antenora says lightly as they walk about, talking and chatting! One of the farmhands is a lean man with an arm in a slung. "The bird-men?" he asks, "I'm part of the town patrol and we saw one."
[21:23] <Alicia> "Did it give you that?" Alicia looks to the sling he wears. If that's all he got from a vrock then he got off terribly lightly, though...
06[21:24] * Demedais glances at the wound, before looking to the man to listen to his story.
[21:28] <Kotono> "I got it from falling on a rock as we ran. A few nights back we were on patrol ou tof the city." He stops, putting the bag he was carrying down. "We saw it  in the distance. We fired some arrows at it and it screeched at us. Froze us solid, so we, uh, ran when we got a hold of ourselves. I tripped as we ran, but fortunately it didn't pursue. It looked like a mix of a bird and a human and all ugly."
[21:29] <Alicia> "That's a vrock alright," Alicia nods. "You were lucky to be able to flee - here, let me do something for that," she offers, gently reaching out for his arm so she can heal it. "Where did you encounter it, specifically?" she asks as she channels positive energy into his wounded flesh and bone.
[21:29] <Alicia> OOC: lay on hands as much as needed, max of 17
[21:31] <Kotono> OOC: 4 points.
[21:31] <Kotono> "Southeast of the city, about an hour out," He answers. "Aaah!" He looks at his arm, "Thank you!"
[21:33] <Alicia> "Think nothing of it," Alicia smiles as she withdraws her hand. "We'll probably head that way, then, but before we do do you know if anyone else has heard of or encountered any of the bird-men?"
06[21:34] * Demedais nods to this, before tacking on his own question. "Did it seem to be heading in any particular direction before you fired at it?"
[21:34] <Kotono> "A fair bit of the patrol. I can point you to them. It was heading northwest in our direction, since we were heading southeast. It was more or less heading in the direction of Durst."
[21:35] <Alicia> "Hopefully we'll find them before they actually reach Durst or any other towns. Everyone ready to head off?" Alicia looks to the assembled group.
[21:40] <Kotono> Antenora nods, "Ready to go hunt vrocks," she agrees.
06[21:41] * Demedais nods. "Ready as usual."
[21:42] <Alicia> And so the brave adventurers head to the Southeast in search of demons!
[21:43] <Kotono> OOC - You guys are going to head out of town and...travel to dark? Travel through the night? Set camp? Search and return to town to rest?
[21:43] <Alicia> OOC: we'll travel during the day and camp at night
[21:44] <Kotono> OOC: Formation and watch schedules?
[21:45] <Alicia> Deme takes the lead, Anty takes the rear (we'll be close together anyway)? Marie can watch indefinitely and we have 3 people that only need 2 hours of sleep, so Deme, Anty, and Eudard can take turns watching while me and Polly sleep throughout.
[21:48] <Demedais> OOC: Sounds good.
[21:54] <Kotono> A half day passes and then camp is made. The ground is harsh here, the night losing much of it's daytime warmth to the cold westerly winds that drift from the waste. That evening as Demedais and Antenora and Eudard stand guard, with Marie fluttering about and the other two women resting..."You've fought vrocks before?" Eudard breaks the quiet around the camp.
[21:55] <Alicia> "There were a bunch of them at that slimy fortress on the astral plane," Marie nods. "I didn't really focus too much on them myself since there were lots of bigger demons around to worry about, though."
[21:56] <Demedais> "I have." Demedais nods. "Their screech is qute surprising, but alone they are not a great threat. I have not fought a set that worked as a group, however."
[21:57] <Kotono> "Same. Demons are usually uncontrolled unless a stronger demon forces them into line," Antenora looks out over the plains. "If this is so and they're using rudimentary tactics, it will be a hard battle."
[21:57] <Alicia> "Esthan said it was just vrocks, but I'm not sure how much we can trust that," Marie opines thoughtfully.
[21:58] <Kotono> "Plus, even if it is just vrocks, they could be stronger than a basic vrock, or they could have found reinforcements," Antenora nods agreeably, "In other words, we have a serious battle ahead of us."
06[21:58] * Demedais nods to this, staying quiet otherwise.
[22:00] <Kotono> "We will triumph," Eudard says quietly, "In the name of Helm and all that is good, we will triumph."
[22:00] <Demedais> roll 1d20+25
06[22:00] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+25 and gets 32." [1d20=7]
[22:03] <Alicia> "Mystra is surely watching over us," Marie bobs her head up and down with a bright smile. "So lets not disappoint her!"
[22:07] <Kotono> Night passes by. Antenora rests as then does Eudard and Demedais last. Dawn rises without incident, the party proceeding. After a few hours, they find the ground also becoming somewhat rocky as they travel eastwards. Ever so slightly creeping towards the Galkass Mountains, they find sevearl small and large rocks littering the semi-wasted ground. As they go, "It's quite awhile to the mountains, though I believe they widen as you go southward?" P
[22:08] <Kotono> As they go, "It's quite awhile to the mountains, though I believe they widen as you go southward?" Pollyanna says quietly. "They're thinnest at the end near Balmuria. If I recall we're still quite awhiles away, though I wasn't aware there's stone deposits this far west of them."
[22:09] <Demedais> "Surprising, yes." Demedais replies. "Keep a level eye out. We don't know where our opposition will be coming from."
[22:09] <Alicia> "I'd be worried about overshooting them, to be honest," Alicia muses. "There's a lot of empty ground out here."
[22:11] <Demedais> "Indeed." Demedais replies, following his own advice as he looks out over the terrain.
[22:16] <Kotono> "I'll be less worried once we find them," Pollyanna speaks up as she looks about. OOC - All of you can make spot checks if you like, if you're looking over the terrain.
[22:18] <Alicia> roll 1d20+7 A
06[22:18] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+7 A and gets 23." [1d20=16]
[22:18] <Alicia> roll 1d20+6 M
06[22:18] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+6 M and gets 11." [1d20=5]
[22:18] <Kotono> roll 1d20+18 Antenora why not?
06[22:18] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+18 Antenora why not? and gets 24." [1d20=6]
[22:18] <Demedais> roll 1d20+25
06[22:18] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+25 and gets 40." [1d20=15]
[22:18] <Kotono> roll 1d20+11 Polly now has spot envy on Demedais
06[22:18] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+11 Polly now has spot envy on Demedais and gets 13." [1d20=2]
06[22:23] * Demedais stops the group, turning toward the boulder so noted and drawing his sword. With a slight nod to Alicia, "One's behind that rock. Should we let it follow us and see if it attracts its friends, or flush it out now and try to find the others?"
[22:24] <Alicia> "I say we play dumb," Alicia suggests. "If we can get them all at once so much the better. Keep moving so it doesn't suspect we've spotted it?"
06[22:25] * Demedais nods to this and turns around, continuing to walk in the direction previously chosen, sparing glances back to make sure the bait follows.
06[22:26] * Alicia doesn't look back so as to avoid tipping it off. Marie on the other hand looks right at the boulder, but as she's an incorporeal ball of light she could be looking any way without anyone knowing.
[22:28] <Kotono> Pollyanna speaks in a very low tone, "Did we pass it...or has it been following us?"
[22:29] <Demedais> "I'd guess the latter." Demedais replies just as softly, continuing his stride forward. "Let's not hesitate. Alicia, keep Marie above us and focused behind so she can track them, if you would.
[22:29] <Alicia> "Do as he says Marie," Alicia tells her familiar who would stick her tongue out if she currently had one but nonetheless obliges.
[22:30] <Kotono> Flying up, Marie gets a head of the situation! As the rest of the party walks along, she can spy the creature! It is a vrock shaded black, moving with inhuman agility from large rock to large rock. It's movement is deathly silent, keeping a very loose watch on the party.
[22:32] <Alicia> Not wanting to tip their pursuer off by casting any spells, Alicia settles for channelling an enervation spell into her sword as they walk along, seemingly oblivious...
[22:35] <Kotono> The party continues to walk! Ten minutes of this pass before they come to a stretch of a few hundred feet without any large rocks. At this point Marie can see the vrock linger back, waiting as the party gets two hundred feet away, then three hundred.
[22:36] <Alicia> "It's not following us anymore," Marie whispers.
06[22:37] * Demedais grimaces. "Keep moving for now. Best to not give the game up yet."
[22:38] <Kotono> "It might know the terrain well enough to cut around or anticipate us," Antenora mouths. "Keep Marie on it."
[22:38] <Demedais> "Right." Demedais nods.
[22:39] <Alicia> "It'll probably resume once we reach more cover it can use," Alicia hazards.
[22:41] <Kotono> The party advances on! As they reach more big rocks, Marie meanwhile sees the vrock circling around. It moves more openly once the party is out of sight, flying just above the ground to zip along. It's circling the long way around, or so it looks to her.
[22:42] <Alicia> "Still on us, circling around," Marie reports. "Pretty fast when it wants to be."
06[22:43] * Demedais nods slightly to this, continuing on while still looking around carefully for any additional vrocks.
[22:43] <Kotono> "Are we just going to let it follow us then," Eudard asks, his hand staying close to his sword's hilt. "Until it gets bored of it?"
[22:43] <Kotono> OOC - Spot, Deme?
[22:43] <Demedais> roll 1d20+25
06[22:43] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+25 and gets 36." [1d20=11]
06[22:43] * Alicia looks for any cover the party could use while they're out of direct sight of the vrock. "I have an idea."
[22:44] <Kotono> There's plenty of boulders and the like the party could use. Demedais also doesn'ts ee anything of note around.
[22:44] <Kotono> Like say, other vrocks that he was looking for.
[22:46] <Alicia> "Marie, time to show off your new trick - put up an illusion of us settling down for lunch along with a big boulder we can hide inside," Alicia speaks quickly so they can set this up before the vrock gets back in sight. "Then when it settles in to spy on us camping, we jump it from hiding - try to take it alive for questioning."
[22:49] <Demedais> "Very well." Demedais nods.
[22:50] <Alicia> Marie readily obliges and quickly spins her illusion from ethereal light, setting up a scene of the group sitting down and starting to break out rations, along with a decently large boulder half-buried in the sand about fifteen feet from them. Alicia quickly ushers everyone inside said boulder so they won't be seen from the outside.

[Corwin]

[19:43] <ZombieDune> <Demedais> roll 1d20+25
[19:43] <ZombieDune> * Alicia looks for any cover the party could use while they're out of direct sight of the vrock. "I have an idea."
[19:43] <ZombieDune> * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+25 and gets 36." [1d20=11]
[19:43] <ZombieDune> > There's plenty of boulders and the like the party could use. Demedais also doesn'ts ee anything of note around.
[19:43] <ZombieDune> > Like say, other vrocks that he was looking for.
[19:43] <ZombieDune> <Alicia> "Marie, time to show off your new trick - put up an illusion of us settling down for lunch along with a big boulder we can hide inside," Alicia speaks quickly so they can set this up before the vrock gets back in sight. "Then when it settles in to spy on us camping, we jump it from hiding - try to take it alive for questioning."
[19:43] <ZombieDune> <Demedais> "Very well." Demedais nods.
[19:43] <ZombieDune> <Alicia> Marie readily obliges and quickly spins her illusion from ethereal light, setting up a scene of the group sitting down and starting to break out rations, along with a decently large boulder half-buried in the sand about fifteen feet from them. Alicia quickly ushers everyone inside said boulder so they won't be seen from the outside.
03[19:44] * ChanServ sets mode: +ao Alicia Alicia
[19:44] <ZombieDune> Marie spins the illusion! The party looks to be at lunch now, setting up for it! "I remember when I could do that," Antenora murmurs under her breath.
[19:45] <Alicia> "You should give me some tips, some time!" Marie whispers back cheerily as illusory Pollyanna sits on illusory Demedais's lap and starts daintily hand-feeding him.
[19:46] <ZombieDune> Eudard eyes the illusion, "Come on, let's set up to ambush it," he says.
[19:46] <Alicia> "Lets wait for the vrock to get close then try to take it down before it can react?" Alicia suggests, keeping an eye out and tensing for action.
03[19:47] * ZombieDune sets mode: +o Demedais
06[19:48] * Demedais doesn't even spare a glance to the illusion, positioning himself to keep an eagle eye on the vrock as it approaches.
[19:50] <ZombieDune> "At least no one's on my lap," Antenora rolls her eyes, "Subtle, Marie, subtle." As they settle into wait, Demedais can see the vrock! It's coming from around the northern side nowm, very slowly approaching the camping party.
[19:53] <Alicia> "It's so it looks like we have our guard down," Marie insists quietly as the fake eladrin settles on the fake erinyes lap and is warmly received there.
[19:54] <Demedais> "He comes from the northern side." Demedais hisses, before pausing. "Does the illusion have sound?"
[19:54] <Alicia> "Sorry," Marie replies. "It's just a trick of the light."
[19:56] <ZombieDune> The vrock comes to within one hundred feet...
[19:57] <ZombieDune> roll 1d20+24
06[19:57] * Hatbot --> "ZombieDune rolls 1d20+24 and gets 27." [1d20=3]
[19:58] <ZombieDune> It doesn't come much closer. It peers ahead at the illusion, before Demedais can see it look about.
[20:00] <Demedais> "It figured out the illusion." Demedais hisses. "Doesn't seem to know we're here, though... A second option. We wait and let Marie track them back to their lair, or kill this one now and keep searching."
[20:01] <Alicia> "Or we incapacitate it and question it?" Alicia suggests.
06[20:02] * Demedais cocks his head. "Implying we can get a reliable response from it, but that's one alternative."
[20:02] <ZombieDune> "It didn'ts eem to be able to detect Marie," Pollyanna glances out briefly as well. "If it can't find her, she could follow it without risk."
[20:03] <ZombieDune> Demedais sees the vrock starting to retreat backwards as the party talks, circling back around the way it came.
[20:03] <Alicia> "I could give it a shot," Marie offers. "Alicia can just teleport to wherever I am come night-time, after all."
[20:04] <Demedais> "It's beginning to retreat back the way it came..." Demedais curses, before nodding to Marie. "Very well. We'll try this, and if it seems to just be acting as sentinel we'll kill it and move on."
[20:05] <Alicia> "Okay," Marie nods. "Illusion will vanish by itself in a little bit. You guys be careful!" With that she flies up into the sky so she can track the vrock from above, trying to position herself so that the sun is behind her so that she'll be hard to spot.
[20:05] <Alicia> "Take care, Marie," Alicia wishes her familiar luck as she departs.
[20:09] <ZombieDune> OOC - Make a hide check? +10 circumstance bonus since you're danged hard to notice.
[20:09] <Alicia> roll 1d20+34
06[20:09] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+34 and gets 45." [1d20=11]
[20:09] <ZombieDune> roll 1d20+24
06[20:09] * Hatbot --> "ZombieDune rolls 1d20+24 and gets 38." [1d20=14]
[20:12] <ZombieDune> Marie thus follows along as the others wait! The vrock doesn't seem to see her as time passes...three hours of this. The vrock weaves southward some more, eventually coming to wha tlooks like another stretch of plains. However, it simply walks right down through the solid ground as if it were nothing.
[20:14] <Alicia> Marie flies down so she's forty feet above where the vrock vanished and then looks straight down for both magic and evil.
[20:16] <ZombieDune> With such easy evidence it doesn't take a rocket scientist to see throgh the illusion once magic is detected. There's a cave path leading sharply into the earth here, fairly wide. Looks pretty natural.
[20:17] <Alicia> Marie starts to follow, although she stays alert for any other magical auras that might indicate defences, as well as evil auras, since she doesn't want to get too close to any inhabitants. Erring on the side of caution, she does her best to avoid being seen just in case something happens to surprise her.
[20:19] <ZombieDune> Going inside, Marie goes about fourty feet down. It look sto be leading into a deeper cavern, but an evil aura - an overwhelming one - can be glimpsed ahead in the darkness. Another vrock stands on guard here, looking sublimely bored and restless. The stone walls bear many a talon and claw mark.
[20:20] <Alicia> Being incorporeal is nice, so Marie simply flies into the surface of the cave until she's past the guard and emerges back out behind a convenient rocky outcropping. She has a few hours before Alicia teleports everyone on top of her so she might as well do as much scouting as she can in that time.
[20:23] <ZombieDune> Marie comes down in a large natural cave. Here, amid dripping stalagmites and stalagtites she can see them. Four vrocks, a grotesque creature with four arms and a pair of bows and a single succubus all seem to be waiting. The succubus is passing the time by doing unspeakably degenerate things to one of the vrocks, while the bow-creature and the vrocks often exchange withering glances. Overseeing all of this is a horrible creature - a dread
[20:23] <ZombieDune> Overseeing all of this is a horrible creature - a dread Marilith, something Marie has seen firsthand.  On the floor around it a large map of the area has been carved out, littered with stragetic markings.
[20:24] <Alicia> Hah! Just a band of vrocks indeed! That wacky Esthan and his misinformation! They're probably all talking via telepathy so she can't even eavesdrop. Stupid demons. Is the black-skinned vrock here, at least?
[20:26] <ZombieDune> It is. It's one of the vrocks watching the succubus.
[20:27] <Alicia> Marie is open-minded, but watching demons get their jollies on each other really isn't her idea of fun. She looks around for any other passages while she's here, at least.
[20:28] <ZombieDune> It looks to be a dead end here - this cavern, while large, is about it.
[20:29] <Alicia> There's no need to tempt fate and risk discovery, and there's not really anything she can learn right now, so Marie sneaks back out and spends a few minutes scouring the area surrounding the concealed entrance for any lookouts before she camps out on the ground about four hundred feet away from it.
[20:29] <ZombieDune> OOC - Spot check, Marie?
[20:30] <Alicia> roll 1d20+6 detect evil/magic should pick up the slack
06[20:30] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+6 detect evil/magic should pick up the slack and gets 13." [1d20=7]
[20:31] <ZombieDune> Marie doesn't find much of note and settles into wait. Meanwhile...
[20:31] <ZombieDune> The time passes, the party having a chance to prepare for the teleport...OOC - If you're going to set up any buffs or whatever, say so?
[20:32] <Alicia> OOC: Alicia and Marie have greater magic weapon on by default. It gets offered to everyone else if they want it. Alicia also benefits from shield/mirror image/enlarge person since she doesn't know if Marie's right in their midst or not.
[20:32] <Alicia> roll 1d4+4
06[20:32] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d4+4 and gets 8." [1d4=4]
[20:34] <ZombieDune> OOC: Alicia and Eudard would take Alicia up on that.
[20:34] <ZombieDune> OOC: By Alicia I mean Antenora.
[20:35] <Demedais> OOC: Demedais will also accept.
[20:36] <ZombieDune> OOC: Okay. That it then?
[20:37] <Demedais> OOC: Just for the record, Shield Other on Eudard/Pollyanna, MC against Evil on self.
[20:37] <Alicia> roll 1d100 wherever Marie is is studied carefully
06[20:37] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d100 wherever Marie is is studied carefully and gets 39." [1d100=39]
[20:40] <ZombieDune> OOC: Oh yes late, but Polly would take the weapon booster as well. Sorry, mistake in my sorting. That still good, Eb?
[20:40] <Alicia> OOC: that's cool
[20:40] <Demedais> OOC: Final addition: Deme uses Comprehend Languages on self.
[20:42] <Demedais> OOC: Strike that last addition.
[20:47] <ZombieDune> Woosh! The party appears outside of the demon hideaway without incident!
[20:48] <Alicia> "Hi guys!" Marie is as chipper as ever, while Alicia looks around in a rather nonplussed fashion.
[20:48] <Alicia> "Where are they?" she asks, having expected more fiends.
[20:49] <Alicia> "Down in a cave past an illusory floor," Marie reports. "There's five vrocks - one guarding the corridor and the other in the big cave with everyone else. One arrow demon, one marilith, and one succubus."
[20:50] <ZombieDune> "Really?" Antenora stretches out now, readying her spear, "Good. Enough to where we can hopefully overwhelm them before they can strike back hard."
[20:51] <Alicia> "Can you get back in there easily?" Alicia gives her familiar a contemplative look, and after receiving a nod in return she asks how long it would take.
[20:52] <Alicia> "Less than a minute!" Marie assures her brightly.
06[20:52] * Demedais blinks at this report, before nodding. "Alright. Plan of action, then?"
[20:53] <ZombieDune> "Marie as a distraction, funnel them out and smash them?" Antenora proposes. "We could use this as a bottleneck to hit them with overwhelming force as they emerge."
[20:54] <Alicia> "I was going to teleport in for a surprise attack, but I like Antenora's plan more," Alicia smiles at the erinyes. "Think you're up for it, Marie?"
06[20:55] * Demedais grins, drawing his sword. "Let's do it, if you're capable of it, Marie."
[20:56] <Alicia> "Either Antenora has a lot of faith in me, or just wants me out of the picture..." the eladrin muses, before nodding. "Well I can be plenty distracting, anyway! Just let me get to work." Pointing out exactly where the entrance is, Marie then turns incorporeal and retraces her path back inside.
[20:57] <Alicia> Meanwhile Alicia casts Fly and positions herself twenty feet to the side and twenty feet up from the entrance.
[20:58] <Alicia> And another enervation goes into her sword to match the first.
06[20:59] * Demedais positions himself to the other side of the entrance, ready to charge in, motioning Pollyanna to the entrance's top/back for sniping and nodding to Eudard to have him prepare where he chooses.
[20:59] <ZombieDune> Antenor apositions herself twenty feet up and away in the opposite direction of Alicia, spear ready. Pollyanna follows Demedais positioning advice, while Eudard joins Demedais with his shield ready., bow at the ready and at teh side of the illusiory plain entrance!
[20:59] <ZombieDune> OOC - Just heading back inside, Marie?
[20:59] <Alicia> OOC: stealthily!
[21:00] <Alicia> OOC: and making more use of hiding within the rock
[21:01] <ZombieDune> Marie slinks back inside! She peeks just out of the rock, looking down at the chasm! All of the demons, save one vrock who likely still guards the entrance, are clustered around the Marilith. She's gesturing at the carvings on the floor.
[21:04] <Alicia> Marie finds a good position just above where the cavern opens up and hides herself before reverting to corporeal form...
[21:06] <ZombieDune> Marie does so! The demons seem to be paying attention to the Marilith as it gestures with many of it's hands, sword clattering as they touch points. In Abyssal, "Tomorrow night we will smash the village come devils or angels or stupid mortals. The mortals there should prove little threat as long as you follow commands," She locks eyes with one of the vrocks, who looks back without fear.
[21:09] <Alicia> Drawing forth her last banishing arrow (sadly silver since they expected more devils than demons when purchasing the batch), Marie carefully takes aim and then fires at the unaware marilith, hoping she'll get lucky. As soon as she has fired, she flies down and retreats back up the tunnel to the surface.
[21:09] <Alicia> roll 1d20+23
06[21:09] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+23 and gets 38." [1d20=15]
[21:09] <Alicia> roll 1d4+3+1d4 not rolling electric damage, DC 22 will save or banished
06[21:09] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d4+3+1d4 not rolling electric damage, DC 22 will save or banished and gets 10." [1d4=3][1d4=4]
[21:10] <ZombieDune> roll 1d20+14 will
06[21:10] * Hatbot --> "ZombieDune rolls 1d20+14 will and gets 29." [1d20=15]
[21:12] <ZombieDune> The arrow hits the Marilith as Marie retreats back! The party, even as this happens, can hear a female scream of utter, incomprehensible fury echoing out from the cave!
[21:13] <Alicia> "Good job, Marie..." Alicia murmurs, tensing in anticipation for all the horrors of the Abyss to come boiling out of that cave.
06[21:13] * Demedais has a large grin on his face. "Whatever she did..." he whispers.
[21:14] <ZombieDune> "It was good," Antenora chuckles as the party braces and prepares! (More)
[21:21] <ZombieDune> The roar is soon joined by others! You can hear a din like the entire Abyss is coming out of the cave, roaring rapidly! It's coming at you like a tidal wave! Thirty feet away, the party can see a pair of vrocks racing up the front, hurling themselves forward to reach outside in one heck of a hurry! B ehind three more vrocks are coming! OOC - Let's start initiative here for easy organization.
[21:21] <Demedais> roll 1d20+1 woo.
06[21:21] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+1 woo. and gets 19." [1d20=18]
[21:21] <Alicia> roll 1d20+7 M
06[21:21] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+7 M and gets 17." [1d20=10]
[21:21] <Alicia> roll 1d20+7 A
06[21:21] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+7 A and gets 15." [1d20=8]
[21:22] <ZombieDune> roll 1d20+5 Antenora
06[21:22] * Hatbot --> "ZombieDune rolls 1d20+5 Antenora and gets 6." [1d20=1]
[21:23] <ZombieDune> roll 1d20+7 Polly
06[21:23] * Hatbot --> "ZombieDune rolls 1d20+7 Polly and gets 24." [1d20=17]
[21:23] <ZombieDune> roll 1d20+6 Eudard
06[21:23] * Hatbot --> "ZombieDune rolls 1d20+6 Eudard and gets 8." [1d20=2]
[21:23] <ZombieDune> roll 1d20+5 vrock 1 front
06[21:23] * Hatbot --> "ZombieDune rolls 1d20+5 vrock 1 front and gets 19." [1d20=14]
[21:23] <ZombieDune> roll 1d20+5 vrock 2 front
06[21:23] * Hatbot --> "ZombieDune rolls 1d20+5 vrock 2 front and gets 23." [1d20=18]
[21:23] <ZombieDune> roll 1d20 vrock 3 back
06[21:23] * Hatbot --> "ZombieDune rolls 1d20 vrock 3 back and gets 12." [1d20=12]
[21:23] <ZombieDune> roll 1d20 vrock 4 back
06[21:23] * Hatbot --> "ZombieDune rolls 1d20 vrock 4 back and gets 10." [1d20=10]
[21:23] <ZombieDune> OOC +5 to those two rolls for a total of 17 and 15.
[21:23] <ZombieDune> roll 1d20+5 vrock 5
06[21:23] * Hatbot --> "ZombieDune rolls 1d20+5 vrock 5 and gets 24." [1d20=19]
[21:24] <ZombieDune> roll 1d20+2 succubus
06[21:24] * Hatbot --> "ZombieDune rolls 1d20+2 succubus and gets 20." [1d20=18]
[21:24] <ZombieDune> roll 1d20+4 Marilith
06[21:24] * Hatbot --> "ZombieDune rolls 1d20+4 Marilith and gets 12." [1d20=8]
[21:24] <ZombieDune> roll 1d20+6 arrow demon
06[21:24] * Hatbot --> "ZombieDune rolls 1d20+6 arrow demon and gets 21." [1d20=15]
03[21:26] * ZombieDune changes topic to 'Pollyanna(24)>Vrock2(23)>Arrow Demon(21)>Succubus(20)>Demedais(19)=Vrock1>Marie(17)=Vrock3>Alicia(15)=Vrock4>Marilith(12)>Eudard(8)>Antenora(6)'
[21:28] <ZombieDune> Pollyanna holds a moment as the demons rush forth, the second vrock bursting out! As it does, Pollyanna quickly fires her prepared arrows at it from behind!
[21:28] <ZombieDune> roll 1d20+15 (+2 weapon, +1 point blank)
[21:28] <ZombieDune> roll 1d20+15 (+2 weapon, +1 point blank)
06[21:28] * Hatbot --> "ZombieDune rolls 1d20+15 (+2 weapon, +1 point blank) and gets 25." [1d20=10]
06[21:28] * Hatbot --> "ZombieDune rolls 1d20+15 (+2 weapon, +1 point blank) and gets 27." [1d20=12]
[21:28] <ZombieDune> roll 1d20+10 (+2 weapon, +1 point blank)
06[21:28] * Hatbot --> "ZombieDune rolls 1d20+10 (+2 weapon, +1 point blank) and gets 21." [1d20=11]
[21:29] <ZombieDune> roll 3d8+12+6d6 (Not rolling fire damage, moot.)
06[21:29] * Hatbot --> "ZombieDune rolls 3d8+12+6d6 (Not rolling fire damage, moot.) and gets 41." [3d8=2, 3, 4][6d6=2, 6, 3, 1, 6, 2]
[21:30] <ZombieDune> The vrock's back is riddled with arrows, burrowing into it's tough skin even as it goes headlong at Demedais!
[21:31] <ZombieDune> roll 1d20+20 claw
06[21:31] * Hatbot --> "ZombieDune rolls 1d20+20 claw and gets 34." [1d20=14]
[21:31] <ZombieDune> OOC - AC Deme?
[21:32] <Demedais> OOC: Is Eudard's aura up?
[21:32] <ZombieDune> OOC: Yes.
[21:33] <Demedais> OOC: Then 32+his aura.
[21:33] <ZombieDune> The vrock charges forward, claw meeting Demedais' royal armor! It's stopped from getting his skin, bouncing off the supra-toughened steel! Meanwhile, other demons perhaps advance...OOC - Deme, you're up.
06[21:35] * Demedais grins. "Hullo, fiend! And... goodbye!" With a moment's pause, Demedais begins quickly dicing up the vrock! OOC: Boots +haste, Law Devotion +AB.
[21:36] <ZombieDune> OOC: Okay, roll away.
[21:36] <Demedais> roll 1d20+20 (+1 Haste +4 LD -4 PA -2 CE)
[21:36] <ZombieDune> OOC: AB?
06[21:36] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+20 (+1 Haste +4 LD -4 PA -2 CE) and gets 30." [1d20=10]
[21:36] <Demedais> roll 1d20+20 (+1 Haste +4 LD -4 PA -2 CE)
06[21:36] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+20 (+1 Haste +4 LD -4 PA -2 CE) and gets 26." [1d20=6]
[21:36] <Demedais> roll 1d20+15 (+1 Haste +4 LD -4 PA -2 CE)
06[21:36] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+15 (+1 Haste +4 LD -4 PA -2 CE) and gets 20." [1d20=5]
[21:36] <Demedais> roll 1d20+10 (+1 Haste +4 LD -4 PA -2 CE)
06[21:36] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+10 (+1 Haste +4 LD -4 PA -2 CE) and gets 19." [1d20=9]
[21:36] <ZombieDune> OOC - Two hits.
[21:38] <Demedais> roll 4d6+36 Uh.
06[21:38] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 4d6+36 Uh. and gets 51." [4d6=6, 1, 2, 6]
[21:39] <ZombieDune> Demedais tears into the fiend head on, cutting away part of it's wing and hobbling it! Even as he does, the other one at front races forward, clawing out at him as well!
[21:39] <ZombieDune> roll 1d20+20
06[21:39] * Hatbot --> "ZombieDune rolls 1d20+20 and gets 34." [1d20=14]
[21:39] <ZombieDune> But again, Demedais whirls and blocks it, the Fifth Resort coming forth to push the fiendish vulture away from his body as well! OOC - Marie and another vrock are up.
[21:41] <Alicia> Marie flies up above Alicia, close enough for her aura to protect her mistress, and then fires a barrage of magic missiles at the vrock Demedais just cut up!
[21:41] <Alicia> roll 1d20+15 SR
06[21:41] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+15 SR and gets 16." [1d20=1]
[21:41] <ZombieDune> Marie fires...and the magic missiles fizzle out against it's form, doing nothing! Meanwhile a third vrock comes and flies out, unable to do much more than emerge five feet off the ground! OOC- Aliciea nd yet another vrock.
[21:41] <Alicia> roll 1d20+17 knowledge devotion
06[21:41] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+17 knowledge devotion and gets 30." [1d20=13]
06[21:42] * Alicia is holding off for the marilith to arrive, wanting to take it down quickly...
[21:42] <Alicia> OOC: holding my action
[21:44] <ZombieDune> The fourth vrock flies out righ tnext to the third, screetching, "You want a fight, stupid humans," it demands in Abyssal, "We'll rip you apart inthe name of Seira the soul seller!" Meanwhile...
[21:44] <ZombieDune> roll 1d100
06[21:44] * Hatbot --> "ZombieDune rolls 1d100 and gets 52." [1d100=52]
[21:44] <ZombieDune> Eudard stands besides Demedais, slashing at the one he wounded, "In the name of the True God, begone from this world, creatures of vile chaos!"
[21:46] <ZombieDune> roll 1d20+19 (+2 weapon)
06[21:46] * Hatbot --> "ZombieDune rolls 1d20+19 (+2 weapon) and gets 23." [1d20=4]
[21:46] <ZombieDune> roll 1d20+16 (+2 weapon, +3 smite)
06[21:46] * Hatbot --> "ZombieDune rolls 1d20+16 (+2 weapon, +3 smite) and gets 26." [1d20=10]
[21:47] <ZombieDune> roll 2d8+23 and -2 con
06[21:47] * Hatbot --> "ZombieDune rolls 2d8+23 and -2 con and gets 39." [2d8=8, 8]
[21:48] <ZombieDune> The bird creature has more of it's blood spilled, it's body torn in the sides! Antenora meanwhile takes this chance to plummet down at the fourth vrock that has emerged, as if to smite it from existance instantly!
[21:49] <ZombieDune> roll 1d20+20 (+2 charge, +2 FS 7/8, +6 smite, +2 weapon, -12 PA)
06[21:49] * Hatbot --> "ZombieDune rolls 1d20+20 (+2 charge, +2 FS 7/8, +6 smite, +2 weapon, -12 PA) and gets 37." [1d20=17]
[21:50] <ZombieDune> roll 2d8+1d6+2d6+78
06[21:50] * Hatbot --> "ZombieDune rolls 2d8+1d6+2d6+78 and gets 89." [2d8=2, 2][1d6=2][2d6=3, 2]
[21:52] <ZombieDune> The vrock is ran through directly, it's stomach pieced! Antenora rips the spear out ven as the vile abomination survives, fighting on! Pollyanna meanwhile takes a slight step back for distance, before rattling off more arrows at the on Demedais!
[21:52] <Alicia> OOC: I'll act after Polly since snakewoman is a no-show
[21:52] <ZombieDune> OOC: Okay then, go.
[21:52] <ZombieDune> OOC: Er wait. Hur.
[21:53] <ZombieDune> roll 1d20+15 (+2 weapon, +1 point blank)
06[21:53] * Hatbot --> "ZombieDune rolls 1d20+15 (+2 weapon, +1 point blank) and gets 17." [1d20=2]
[21:53] <ZombieDune> roll 1d20+15 (+2 weapon, +1 point blank)
06[21:53] * Hatbot --> "ZombieDune rolls 1d20+15 (+2 weapon, +1 point blank) and gets 16." [1d20=1]
[21:53] <ZombieDune> roll 1d20+10
06[21:53] * Hatbot --> "ZombieDune rolls 1d20+10 and gets 16." [1d20=6]
[21:53] <ZombieDune> A hail of arrows comes, but none of them hit at all, whizzing by everyone! OOC - Alicia?
03[21:53] * ZombieDune changes topic to 'Pollyanna(24)>Alicia>Vrock2(23)>Arrow Demon(21)>Succubus(20)>Demedais(19)=Vrock1>Marie(17)=Vrock3>Vrock4>Marilith(12)>Eudard(8)>Antenora(6)'
[21:53] <Alicia> OOC: how many vrocks can I hit in one go with a line of spellfire?
[21:54] <ZombieDune> OOC: The two flying could be gotten easily eough. You get get the two on Deme with some manuvering as well. You can't get three since the bottom ones are so close to Deme/Eudard.
[21:55] <ZombieDune> "Damn!" Pollyanna steps back further, "Tough as trolls!"
06[21:56] * Alicia positions herself so she can blast a line of spellfire through the vrocks wounded by Antenora and the Demedais/Eudard double-team, wanting them out of the picture before they can retaliate further!
[21:56] <Alicia> roll 12d8 DC 24 reflex half
06[21:56] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 12d8 DC 24 reflex half and gets 63." [12d8=2, 7, 7, 7, 8, 8, 7, 4, 7, 1, 3, 2]
[21:56] <ZombieDune> roll 1d20+9
[21:56] <ZombieDune> roll 1d20+9
06[21:56] * Hatbot --> "ZombieDune rolls 1d20+9 and gets 16." [1d20=7]
06[21:56] * Hatbot --> "ZombieDune rolls 1d20+9 and gets 25." [1d20=16]
03[21:56] * ZombieDune changes topic to 'Pollyanna(24)>Alicia>Arrow Demon(21)>Succubus(20)>Demedais(19)=Vrock1>Marie(17)=Vrock3>Vrock4>Marilith(12)>Eudard(8)>Antenora(6)'
[21:57] <ZombieDune> Alicia's spellfire passes through both of them like a lance from the heavens! The one wounded by Demedais and company staggers and explodes into a cloud of feathers, while the other staggers from the hole in it's right arm-torso-left arm!  OOC - Arrow Demon is up.
[21:58] <ZombieDune> roll 1d20+22
06[21:58] * Hatbot --> "ZombieDune rolls 1d20+22 and gets 40." [1d20=18]
[21:58] <ZombieDune> roll 1d20+22
06[21:58] * Hatbot --> "ZombieDune rolls 1d20+22 and gets 26." [1d20=4]
[21:58] <ZombieDune> roll 1d20+17
[21:58] <ZombieDune> roll 1d20+17
06[21:58] * Hatbot --> "ZombieDune rolls 1d20+17 and gets 36." [1d20=19]
06[21:58] * Hatbot --> "ZombieDune rolls 1d20+17 and gets 37." [1d20=20]
[21:58] <ZombieDune> roll 1d20+12
06[21:58] * Hatbot --> "ZombieDune rolls 1d20+12 and gets 17." [1d20=5]
[21:58] <ZombieDune> roll 1d20+12
06[21:58] * Hatbot --> "ZombieDune rolls 1d20+12 and gets 22." [1d20=10]
[21:58] <ZombieDune> roll 1d20+17 crit?
06[21:58] * Hatbot --> "ZombieDune rolls 1d20+17 crit? and gets 26." [1d20=9]
[21:59] <ZombieDune> OOC - ACs, Alicia and Deme? Also sec.
[21:59] <Alicia> OOC: 32, image 15
[22:00] <Demedais> OOC: AC 34+4 from Eudard = 38.
[22:04] <ZombieDune> roll 2d6+8 Polly arrow 1
06[22:04] * Hatbot --> "ZombieDune rolls 2d6+8 Polly arrow 1 and gets 17." [2d6=5, 4]
[22:04] <ZombieDune> roll 1d9 Alicia image arrow 2
06[22:04] * Hatbot --> "ZombieDune rolls 1d9 Alicia image arrow 2 and gets 4." [1d9=4]
[22:04] <ZombieDune> roll 2d6+8 Marie arrow 4
06[22:04] * Hatbot --> "ZombieDune rolls 2d6+8 Marie arrow 4 and gets 12." [2d6=3, 1]
[22:05] <ZombieDune> From behind the party, a storm of arrows come forth! The hail leaves one in Pollyanna and one in Marie! A storm of wood comes from about 120 feet away, glancing back showing the form of the arrow demoning firing like mad! OOC - Succubus is up.
[22:05] <ZombieDune> roll 1d100
06[22:05] * Hatbot --> "ZombieDune rolls 1d100 and gets 84." [1d100=84]
[22:05] <ZombieDune> OOc - Deme, you're up.
06[22:06] * Demedais aims to finish the current vrock off, before cleaving into the next one with all the might he has!
[22:06] <Demedais> OOC: Strike, idioTai
06[22:07] * Demedais steps forward just a bit, aiming to completely ravage the other vrock that attacked him and give the rest of the squad breathing room to deal with the archer behind them!
[22:07] <Demedais> roll 1d20+20 (+1 Haste +4 LD -6 PA)
06[22:07] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+20 (+1 Haste +4 LD -6 PA) and gets 21." [1d20=1]
[22:07] <Demedais> roll 1d20+20 (+1 Haste +4 LD -6 PA)
06[22:07] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+20 (+1 Haste +4 LD -6 PA) and gets 27." [1d20=7]
[22:07] <Demedais> roll 1d20+15 (+1 Haste +4 LD -6 PA)
06[22:07] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+15 (+1 Haste +4 LD -6 PA) and gets 34." [1d20=19]
[22:07] <Demedais> roll 1d20+10 (+1 Haste +4 LD -6 PA)
06[22:07] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+10 (+1 Haste +4 LD -6 PA) and gets 20." [1d20=10]
[22:08] <ZombieDune> OOC - Crit confirm?
[22:08] <Demedais> roll 1d20+15 (+1 Haste +4 LD -6 PA) crit check
06[22:08] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+15 (+1 Haste +4 LD -6 PA) crit check and gets 26." [1d20=11]
[22:08] <ZombieDune> OOC - One hit and a c-c-c-rit.
[22:08] <Demedais> roll 6d6+66
06[22:08] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 6d6+66 and gets 93." [6d6=5, 2, 6, 5, 5, 4]
03[22:10] * ZombieDune changes topic to 'Pollyanna(24)>Alicia>Arrow Demon(21)>Succubus(20)>Demedais>Marie(17)=Vrock3>Vrock4>Marilith(12)>Eudard(8)>Antenora(6)'
[22:10] <ZombieDune> Demedais decapitates the vrock with a savage 1-2! Even as it does, it's fading body assails Demedais with all it has! OOC - It acts and the same time and gets an action as you kill it, basically.
[22:10] <ZombieDune> roll 1d20+18 claw
[22:10] <ZombieDune> roll 1d20+18 claw
06[22:10] * Hatbot --> "ZombieDune rolls 1d20+18 claw and gets 34." [1d20=16]
06[22:10] * Hatbot --> "ZombieDune rolls 1d20+18 claw and gets 31." [1d20=13]
[22:11] <ZombieDune> roll 1d20+16 bite
06[22:11] * Hatbot --> "ZombieDune rolls 1d20+16 bite and gets 23." [1d20=7]
[22:11] <ZombieDune> roll 1d20+16 talon
[22:11] <ZombieDune> roll 1d20+16 talon
06[22:11] * Hatbot --> "ZombieDune rolls 1d20+16 talon and gets 36." [1d20=20]
06[22:11] * Hatbot --> "ZombieDune rolls 1d20+16 talon and gets 22." [1d20=6]
[22:11] <ZombieDune> roll 1d20+16 talon crit?
06[22:11] * Hatbot --> "ZombieDune rolls 1d20+16 talon crit? and gets 26." [1d20=10]
[22:11] <ZombieDune> roll 1d6+4
06[22:11] * Hatbot --> "ZombieDune rolls 1d6+4 and gets 7." [1d6=3]
[22:12] <ZombieDune> Even as it dies it scratches lightly across Deme's knuckle, drawing a few droplets of blood! OOC -Marie.
[22:13] <Alicia> Marie doesn't really want to get shot up, so she turns incorporeal and flies after Alicia, contributing to the battle in a defensive role.
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03[22:15] * Ko-SupersJeepHatesMe is now known as Kotono
03[22:15] * ChanServ sets mode: +qo Kotono Kotono
[22:15] <Alicia> [20:16] <ZombieDune> Even as it dies it scratches lightly across Deme's knuckle, drawing a few droplets of blood! OOC -Marie.
[22:15] <Kotono> The third vrock, unwounded, whirls down towards Eudard, screetching like all the Abyssal fury!
[22:15] <Alicia> [20:17] <Alicia> Marie doesn't really want to get shot up, so she turns incorporeal and flies after Alicia, contributing to the battle in a defensive role.
[22:15] <Kotono> roll 1d20+20 chaaaarge
06[22:15] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+20 chaaaarge and gets 30." [1d20=10]
[22:16] <Kotono> roll 2d6+8
06[22:16] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 2d6+8 and gets 14." [2d6=5, 1]
[22:18] <Kotono> The claw gets him in the shoulder, a light wound tha tonly seems to faintly injure Eudard, while Demedais gets a bleeding cut on his own armored shoulder! The fourth vrock, staggered, slugs back at Antenora!
[22:18] <Kotono> roll 1d20+18
06[22:18] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+18 and gets 31." [1d20=13]
[22:18] <Kotono> roll 1d20+18
06[22:18] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+18 and gets 22." [1d20=4]
[22:18] <Kotono> roll 1d20+16
06[22:18] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+16 and gets 31." [1d20=15]
[22:18] <Kotono> roll 1d20+16
06[22:18] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+16 and gets 21." [1d20=5]
[22:18] <Kotono> roll 1d20+16
06[22:18] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+16 and gets 36." [1d20=20]
02[22:18] * ZombieDune (~dunefar@ip68-99-109-25.hr.hr.cox.net) Quit (Ping timeout)
[22:18] <Kotono> roll 1d20+16 crit?
06[22:18] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+16 crit? and gets 33." [1d20=17]
[22:19] <Kotono> roll 1d6+4
06[22:19] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d6+4 and gets 9." [1d6=5]
[22:19] <Kotono> OOC - Wait, it did just crit. HUR.
[22:19] <Kotono> roll 1d6+4 more
06[22:19] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d6+4 more and gets 6." [1d6=2]
[22:21] <Kotono> Antenora is lightly wounded, pushed back as a cut across her breast is made! The din of battle rages around you,a s the Marilith appears! She appears twenty feet behind Demedais, armed to th teeth with swords! "You dare assault us, puny mortals?" OOC - Eudard is up.
[22:21] <Kotono> Eudard glances back a moment, all while turning towards it! He hangs back a moment, even as wild shield of energy forms around his body!  OOC - Entropic shield. Antenora is up.
[22:23] <Kotono> Antenora is locked in combat with the wounded vrock, counter attacking!
[22:23] <Kotono> roll 1d20+22 (+2 weapon, +2 bane, +2 FS 6/8, -4 PA)
06[22:23] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+22 (+2 weapon, +2 bane, +2 FS 6/8, -4 PA) and gets 32." [1d20=10]
[22:23] <Kotono> roll 1d20+15 (+2 weapon, +2 bane, -4 PA)
06[22:24] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+15 (+2 weapon, +2 bane, -4 PA) and gets 32." [1d20=17]
[22:24] <Kotono> roll 1d20+10 (+2 weapon, +2 bane, -4 PA)
06[22:24] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+10 (+2 weapon, +2 bane, -4 PA) and gets 15." [1d20=5]
[22:24] <Kotono> roll 2d8+42+1d6+4d6
06[22:24] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 2d8+42+1d6+4d6 and gets 73." [2d8=8, 7][1d6=6][4d6=2, 1, 5, 2]
03[22:24] * Kotono changes topic to 'Pollyanna(24)>Alicia>Arrow Demon(21)>Succubus(20)>Demedais>Marie(17)=Vrock3>Marilith(12)>Eudard(8)>Antenora(6)'
[22:25] <Kotono> The fourth vrock is shattered into dust, turning into a howling black wind of feathers that fades into oblivion! OOC - Polly and Alicia. Go ahead and act, Alicia, I have to sec.
[22:25] <Alicia> Finally the star of the show appears! Alicia goes to float down close enough for the non-flying marilith to hit her if it approaches (though certainly not in full attack range), and begins to glow with the radiance of the heavens. "I hope you're not just a freshly promoted succubus like the last marilith I fought!" she taunts, adding a crackling ray of negative energy fired right at her face to ensure she gets the thing's attention.
[22:25] <Alicia> roll 1d20+20
06[22:25] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+20 and gets 28." [1d20=8]
[22:25] <Alicia> roll 1d20+15 SR
06[22:25] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+15 SR and gets 17." [1d20=2]
[22:30] <Kotono> The spell fizzles around it! The marilith looks up, even as Pollyanna fires a three set of arrows at the Marilith! "Is that it," it glances at Alicia, "Your light will fade adn die here to my brilliant plans!"
[22:30] <Kotono> roll 1d20+15
[22:30] <Kotono> roll 1d20+15
06[22:30] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+15 and gets 34." [1d20=19]
06[22:30] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+15 and gets 34." [1d20=19]
[22:30] <Kotono> roll 1d20+10
06[22:30] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+10 and gets 13." [1d20=3]
[22:31] <Kotono> roll 1d8+4
[22:31] <Kotono> roll 1d8+4
06[22:31] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d8+4 and gets 12." [1d8=8]
06[22:31] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d8+4 and gets 7." [1d8=3]
[22:34] <Kotono> The arrows hardly seem to bother the vile creature at all! Meanwhile, the arrow demon focuses it's fire quite narrowly now, half of it's arrows at Alicia and the other half at Demedais!
[22:34] <Kotono> roll 1d20+22 A
06[22:34] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+22 A and gets 41." [1d20=19]
[22:34] <Kotono> roll 1d20+22 D
06[22:34] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+22 D and gets 28." [1d20=6]
[22:34] <Kotono> roll 1d20+17 A
06[22:34] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+17 A and gets 30." [1d20=13]
[22:34] <Kotono> roll 1d20+17 D
06[22:34] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+17 D and gets 37." [1d20=20]
[22:34] <Kotono> roll 1d20+17 D crit?
06[22:34] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+17 D crit? and gets 29." [1d20=12]
[22:34] <Kotono> roll 1d20+12 A
06[22:34] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+12 A and gets 16." [1d20=4]
[22:34] <Kotono> roll 1d20+12 D
06[22:34] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+12 D and gets 26." [1d20=14]
[22:34] <Kotono> roll 1d8 arrow 1 Alicia
06[22:34] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d8 arrow 1 Alicia and gets 4." [1d8=4]
[22:34] <Kotono> roll 1d7 arrow 2
06[22:34] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d7 arrow 2 and gets 2." [1d7=2]
[22:35] <Kotono> roll 2d6+8 Deme
06[22:35] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 2d6+8 Deme and gets 18." [2d6=5, 5]
[22:37] <Kotono> More arrows fly, cutting down images and grazing Demedais! OOC - No sign of lover-girl. Deme?
06[22:40] * Demedais grimaces at the marilith/arrow demon combo, but focuses on the final vrock instead to try and finish the frontal threat!
[22:43] <Demedais> roll 1d20+17 (+1 Haste +4 LD +2 charge -11 PA)
06[22:43] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+17 (+1 Haste +4 LD +2 charge -11 PA) and gets 37." [1d20=20]
[22:43] <Demedais> roll 1d20+17 (+1 Haste +4 LD +2 charge -11 PA) crit check
06[22:43] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+17 (+1 Haste +4 LD +2 charge -11 PA) crit check and gets 18." [1d20=1]
[22:44] <Kotono> OOC - Normal hit. Comedy.
[22:44] <Demedais> roll 2d6+32
06[22:44] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 2d6+32 and gets 34." [2d6=1, 1]
[22:45] <Kotono> Demedais rushes, cutting into the vrock's side with a skillful, quick flick of his wrist! OOC - Marie.
[22:45] <Kotono> "We're winning," Eudard calls, "Surrender and accept your return to the Abyss!"
[22:45] <Demedais> "Focus on the remainder!" Demedais calls!
[22:46] <Alicia> Marie fires some magic missiles over at the arrow demon so it can no longer shoot at them with impunity, while still hovering above and behind Alicia to shelter her with her protective aura.
[22:46] <Alicia> roll 1d20+15 SR
06[22:46] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+15 SR and gets 25." [1d20=10]
[22:46] <Alicia> roll 5d4+5
06[22:46] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 5d4+5 and gets 18." [5d4=4, 1, 3, 4, 1]
[22:47] <Kotono> The arrows hit as Eudard goes to help with the vrock as well!
[22:48] <Kotono> roll 1d20+19 (+2 weapon)
06[22:48] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+19 (+2 weapon) and gets 36." [1d20=17]
[22:48] <Kotono> roll 1d8+7 and -1 con
06[22:48] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d8+7 and -1 con and gets 12." [1d8=5]
[22:48] <Kotono> It's a shallow wound on it, but it's a bleeder! The vrock screams as they tend to do, tearing into Demedais and Eudard in revenge!
[22:48] <Kotono> roll 1d20+18 claw Deme
06[22:48] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+18 claw Deme and gets 26." [1d20=8]
[22:48] <Kotono> roll 1d20+18 claw Eudard
06[22:48] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+18 claw Eudard and gets 20." [1d20=2]
[22:48] <Kotono> roll 1d20+16 bite Deme
06[22:48] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+16 bite Deme and gets 21." [1d20=5]
[22:48] <Kotono> roll 1d20+16 bite talon Eudard
06[22:48] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+16 bite talon Eudard and gets 25." [1d20=9]
[22:48] <Kotono> roll 1d20+16 bite talon Eudard
06[22:48] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+16 bite talon Eudard and gets 22." [1d20=6]
[22:49] <Kotono> But each and every attack is stopped, shield and armor and sword rendering it's primal power a failure! OOC - Marilith is up.
[22:50] <Kotono> An array and wall of blades appear around Alicia and Marie! They are of pure force, looking to chop the duo up! OOC - Ref saves you two.
[22:51] <Alicia> roll 1d20+15 A
06[22:51] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+15 A and gets 30." [1d20=15]
[22:51] <Alicia> roll 1d20+11 M
06[22:51] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+11 M and gets 15." [1d20=4]
[22:52] <Kotono> roll 15d6 halve this for Marie then, lucky her. Alicia takes no damage.
06[22:52] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 15d6 halve this for Marie then, lucky her. Alicia takes no damage. and gets 45." [15d6=1, 3, 1, 3, 4, 4, 2, 4, 4, 2, 4, 2, 3, 6, 2]
[22:53] <Kotono> The chopping, cutting blades are nothing for Alicia, flying back and avoiding the embrace of death! Marie isn't so plucky, dodging and weaving and still bloodied! OOC- Antenora's up, since Eudard somehow got bumped ahead in intiative by mistake.
[22:53] <Kotono> 'Arrow demon or the MArilith,' Antenora asks Alicia quickly in the vaults of her mind.
[22:54] <Alicia> 'Arrow demon. You do not want to get in melee with the marilith, trust me,' Alicia responds.
[22:55] <Kotono> Antenora flies towards the arrow demon, coming quite close to it! Pollyanna meanwhile focuses, shooting at the vrock on Demedais!
[22:55] <Kotono> roll 1d20+15
[22:55] <Kotono> roll 1d20+15
[22:55] <Kotono> roll 1d20+10
06[22:55] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+15 and gets 20." [1d20=5]
06[22:55] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+15 and gets 22." [1d20=7]
06[22:55] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+10 and gets 29." [1d20=19]
[22:55] <Kotono> roll 2d8+8
06[22:55] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 2d8+8 and gets 17." [2d8=7, 2]
[22:55] <Kotono> The arrows have trouble breaking it's demonic form, only doing grazing damage! OOC - Alicia.
06[22:57] * Alicia lands before the marilith, lining herself up along an axis with it and the arrow demon, thankfully beneath the flying Antenora. Gesturing forward, she issues forth a cacaphonous blast of spellfire that surges away through the marilith and arrow demon both!
[22:57] <Alicia> roll 18d8 DC 24 reflex half
06[22:57] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 18d8 DC 24 reflex half and gets 86." [18d8=6, 7, 5, 4, 1, 8, 3, 5, 5, 4, 8, 6, 3, 6, 5, 2, 3, 5]
[22:59] <Kotono> roll 1d20+14 ref
06[22:59] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+14 ref and gets 16." [1d20=2]
[22:59] <Kotono> roll 1d20+13 arrow demon
06[22:59] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+13 arrow demon and gets 18." [1d20=5]

[Corwin]

[19:16] <Kotono> * Alicia lands before the marilith, lining herself up along an axis with it and the arrow demon, thankfully beneath the flying Antenora. Gesturing forward, she issues forth a cacaphonous blast of spellfire that surges away through the marilith and arrow demon both!
[19:16] <Kotono> <Alicia> roll 18d8 DC 24 reflex half
[19:16] <Kotono> * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 18d8 DC 24 reflex half and gets 86." [18d8=6, 7, 5, 4, 1, 8, 3, 5, 5, 4, 8, 6, 3, 6, 5, 2, 3, 5]
[19:16] <Kotono> > roll 1d20+14 ref
[19:16] <Kotono> * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+14 ref and gets 16." [1d20=2]
[19:16] <Kotono> > roll 1d20+13 arrow demon
[19:16] <Kotono> * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+13 arrow demon and gets 18." [1d20=5]
03[19:19] * Utsuhotoro is now known as Demedais
[19:21] <Kotono> The great line of Mystra's spellfire rocks through the two demons in a massive line! The marilith's stomach is half gone after that, able to see through her! Through that you can see the arrow demon, left side of it's torso nothing but airy dust now! Yet both cling to unholy life!
[19:21] <Kotono> OOC - Arrow Demon is up.
[19:22] <Kotono> The arrow demons walks a step backwards, vanishing into a twisting gate of dimensions! Meanwhile, still no sign of a mateiral succubus girl! OOC - Demedais.
06[19:26] * Demedais continues his focus on the vrock, hoping to off it soon.
[19:27] <Demedais> roll 1d20+19 (+1 Haste +4 LD -7 PA)
06[19:27] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+19 (+1 Haste +4 LD -7 PA) and gets 39." [1d20=20]
[19:27] <Demedais> roll 1d20+19 (+1 Haste +4 LD -7 PA)
06[19:27] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+19 (+1 Haste +4 LD -7 PA) and gets 37." [1d20=18]
[19:27] <Demedais> roll 1d20+14 (+1 Haste +4 LD -7 PA)
06[19:27] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+14 (+1 Haste +4 LD -7 PA) and gets 25." [1d20=11]
[19:27] <Demedais> roll 1d20+9 (+1 Haste +4 LD -7 PA)
06[19:27] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+9 (+1 Haste +4 LD -7 PA) and gets 26." [1d20=17]
[19:27] <Kotono> OOC - Start comfirming your crits?
[19:28] <Demedais> roll 1d20+19 (+1 Haste +4 LD -7 PA) crit check 1
06[19:28] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+19 (+1 Haste +4 LD -7 PA) crit check 1 and gets 22." [1d20=3]
[19:28] <Demedais> roll 1d20+19 (+1 Haste +4 LD -7 PA) crit check 2
06[19:28] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+19 (+1 Haste +4 LD -7 PA) crit check 2 and gets 36." [1d20=17]
[19:28] <Demedais> roll 1d20+9 (+1 Haste +4 LD -7 PA) crit check 3
06[19:28] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+9 (+1 Haste +4 LD -7 PA) crit check 3 and gets 10." [1d20=1]
[19:28] <Kotono> OOC - Two crits and two normal hits.
[19:28] <Kotono> OOC - Kersplattery incoming.
[19:29] <Demedais> roll 12d6+144
06[19:29] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 12d6+144 and gets 180." [12d6=2, 2, 5, 4, 5, 3, 3, 1, 4, 3, 3, 1]
[19:30] <Kotono> What follows is an utter massacre! The vrock is torn from wing to wing, chunks of it's body tosses dozens of feet in each direction! Demedais is relentless, shredding this incarnation of hateful chaos! As it fades, what little left of it returning to the Abyssal home it hails from...OOC - Marie up.
03[19:30] * Kotono changes topic to 'Pollyanna(24)>Alicia>Arrow Demon(21)>Succubus(20)>Demedais>Marie(17)>Marilith(12)>Eudard(8)>Antenora(6)'
07[19:32] * Ginrai is on IRC (Ginrai)
[19:32] <Alicia> Marie flies up sixty feet and looks around to see where that arrow demon went to, if it was somewhere on the surface. If not then clearly he'll be down in the cave.
[19:33] <Kotono> OOC - Spot check?
[19:33] <Alicia> roll 1d20+6
06[19:33] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+6 and gets 21." [1d20=15]
[19:37] <Kotono> It's hundreds and hundreds of feet away, glimpsed distantly. As Marie can see him, the Marilith snarls! "My glorious plans of carnage, you've ruined them!" her wail is a mourning one of anger, "I swear that you'll bleed for this!" With that, it closes into the paladin and takes a hack at her!
[19:37] <Kotono> OOC - STrike.
[19:37] <Kotono> It's hundreds and hundreds of feet away, glimpsed distantly. As Marie can see him, the Marilith snarls! "My glorious plans of carnage, you've ruined them!" her wail is a mourning one of anger, "I swear that you'll bleed for this!" With that, it glares at Alicia, a curtain of blades wrapping around her again! OOC - Ref.
[19:38] <Alicia> roll 1d20+15
06[19:38] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+15 and gets 21." [1d20=6]
[19:38] <Kotono> roll 15d6
06[19:38] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 15d6 and gets 53." [15d6=2, 5, 1, 6, 6, 1, 1, 1, 6, 5, 6, 1, 5, 3, 4]
[19:40] <Kotono> The blades wrap around Alciia, forceful barriers ripping at her sacred body! Eudard meanwhile creeps around to the side and around of the Marilith! Antenora looks around, scowling at the vanished spot where the ARrow Demon was, before largely flying back towards the battle! Pollyanna takes this chance to fire some arrows!
[19:40] <Kotono> roll 1d20+15
[19:40] <Kotono> roll 1d20+15
06[19:40] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+15 and gets 16." [1d20=1]
06[19:40] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+15 and gets 33." [1d20=18]
[19:40] <Kotono> roll 1d20+10
06[19:40] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+10 and gets 30." [1d20=20]
[19:40] <Kotono> roll 1d20+10 crit?
06[19:40] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+10 crit? and gets 22." [1d20=12]
[19:40] <Kotono> roll 1d8+4
[19:40] <Kotono> roll 1d8+4
06[19:40] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d8+4 and gets 7." [1d8=3]
06[19:40] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d8+4 and gets 10." [1d8=6]
[19:40] <Kotono> The arrows again have trouble penetrating the marilith, firing away nonetheless! OOC - Alicia.
06[19:43] * Alicia grits her teeth as she's painted with blades of force, stepping out of the field and towards the marilith, although not yet in melee range yet. "Worthless!" she spits. "Your tactics were inept, your leadership insipid! And those blades you carry are mere decoration!"
[19:43] <Alicia> Levelling her flaming sword at the snake-woman, she dispels her mirror image, standing alone bloodied but unbowed. "Come at me if you have an ounce of courage in your blackened heart!"
[19:44] <Kotono> Meanwhile, Marie can see the arrow demon repeat the teleport, vanishing entirely from her sight this time! "Then you'll have it!" The Marilith snaps! OOC - Demedais.
06[19:47] * Demedais advances to the edge of the blade barrier quickly, before uttering a prayer to Helm for victory in battle for his friends! OOC: Prayer. +1 luck bonus to attack/damage/saves/skill checks, -1 for the Marilith if she enters range (SR check applies).
[19:48] <Kotono> OOC - CL check.
[19:49] <Demedais> roll 1d20+6 right
06[19:49] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+6 right and gets 23." [1d20=17]
[19:50] <Kotono> The Marilith's unnatural form seems to resist the prayer, even as Demedais' allies are bolstered! OOC - MArie.
[19:52] <Alicia> "The arrow demon just teleport away, don't know where it is!" Marie calls down, deciding to make herself useful and protect Alicia from the attack she so unwisely provoked by flying down behind her mistress, sheltering inside the ground beneath her feet while her aura extends above.
[19:53] <Kotono> The Marilith unleashes it's fury on Alicia with a primal scream, attacking her full out now, head to head!
[19:54] <Kotono> roll 1d20+22 (-3 PA)
06[19:54] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+22 (-3 PA) and gets 25." [1d20=3]
[19:55] <Kotono> Alicia is fortunate, as the swordblow is fueled more by anger than accuracy! She deflects it aside, whizzing by her head harmlessly! Eudard approaches, supporting Alicia as well! Antenora, meanwhile, charges by, doing a fly-by attack and stabbing the Marilith with all she has!
[19:57] <Kotono> roll 1d20+25 (+2 weapon, +2 FS 5/8, +2 charge, +6 smite, +1 flying, +2 bane, -10 PA)
06[19:57] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+25 (+2 weapon, +2 FS 5/8, +2 charge, +6 smite, +1 flying, +2 bane, -10 PA) and gets 41." [1d20=16]
[19:58] <Kotono> roll 2d8+1d6+2d6+68
06[19:58] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 2d8+1d6+2d6+68 and gets 92." [2d8=3, 8][1d6=5][2d6=6, 2]
[19:58] <Kotono> Flying by, the Marilith is raked by Antenora's spear, it's back torn open! As it staggers under this, Antenora ending up about twenty feet away from her, Pollyanna continues to fire arrows patiently, this time trying a single precise shot!
[19:59] <Kotono> roll 1d20+15
06[19:59] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+15 and gets 35." [1d20=20]
[19:59] <Kotono> roll 1d20+15 crit?
06[19:59] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+15 crit? and gets 33." [1d20=18]
[19:59] <Kotono> roll 3d8+12+1d8
06[19:59] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 3d8+12+1d8 and gets 30." [3d8=4, 2, 6][1d8=6]
[20:00] <Kotono> The arrow goes right into the back of the marilith's neck, a perfect shot! Alicia can see the tip of it jutting out of the creature's front-throat, as trickles of blood come out from it! The Marilith's voice cries out, impossibly garbled by this wound! OOC - Alicia.
[20:02] <Alicia> "Also you lack discipline," Alicia concludes coldly as she parries the strike before leveraging it into a vicious slap with the flat of her blade at the demon's wounded midsection, pivoting on her heel before striking with the reverse on its tail. She follows this up as much as necessary to incapacitate her foe.
[20:03] <Alicia> OOC: using bracers, channeling 1 5th level slot, divine might
[20:03] <Alicia> roll 1d20+25
06[20:03] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+25 and gets 30." [1d20=5]
[20:03] <Alicia> OOC: also nonlethal
[20:04] <Alicia> 2d6+21+2d6+1d6+5d4
06[20:04] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 2d6+21+2d6+1d6+5d4 and gets 53." [2d6=2, 5][2d6=4, 6][1d6=5][5d4=2, 1, 2, 1, 4]
[20:10] <Kotono> The Marilith is knocked out cold by this, crumpling down onto the floor from that savage beating! OOC - No visible foes, free act.
06[20:10] * Demedais muses. "Was this all, then? We lost the arrow demon, it seems..."
06[20:10] * Alicia proceeds to cast Message to link everyone together. "That succubus could be hiding nearby - Demedais, check the cave, Pollyanna you guard the snake. Everyone else fan out," she instructs quickly as she and Marie proceed to move off and scan the surrounding area for evil auras.
[20:13] <Demedais> "Right." Demedais nods, opening his eyes up for chaos as he heads down into the cave.
[20:14] <Kotono> As they start to spread out, "It wasn't as hard a battle as I expected..." Eudard observes.
[20:14] <Kotono> Pollyanna goes to guard the snake, while the party fans out! (More)
[20:15] <Alicia> "They were stupid," Alicia replies through message. "Only the marilith bothered to use her special abilities, and she was still easily goaded into a melee."
[20:18] <Alicia> roll 1d20+15 belated SR for channeled enervation
06[20:18] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+15 belated SR for channeled enervation and gets 28." [1d20=13]
[20:18] <Alicia> roll 1d4 negative levels
06[20:18] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d4 negative levels and gets 2." [1d4=2]
[20:20] <Kotono> Hesitating a moment, "The arrow demon fought well," she observes, "Fortunately it didn't have a chance to turn the tide." As you fan out, no sign of the succubus. Demedais checks out the cave! No sign of the succubus in there, either. However, there's some scattered papers littered around as well as a clear crystal prism, with a few bits of splotchy red-purple blood floating in it.
06[20:25] * Demedais looks it over for magic.
[20:26] <Alicia> After a moment of searching the surface Alicia calls a halt. "It could be anywhere by now. We'll have to ask our captive." And so she returns to the snake-woman and sees about seperating her from her swords.
[20:26] <Kotono> It radiates faint magic.
[20:26] <Kotono> The swords are seperated. Pollyanna smiles a little to that, "Good. The damned thing rather disturbed me. What creature needs all those arms?
[20:26] <Kotono> "
06[20:27] * Demedais tries to identify the magic based on what Alicia and Seira have taught him.
[20:27] <Kotono> "Promoted whores of the Abyss?" With a glance to Alicia, "Was that about that battle on the Astral?"
[20:27] <Kotono> OOC - Spellcraft
[20:27] <Demedais> roll 1d20+5 support!
06[20:27] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+5 support! and gets 16." [1d20=11]
[20:28] <Alicia> "And yet still has no legs," Alicia agrees as she the sword of the sealed gate after putting the demon's blades away twenty feet from her fallen form. "They're very short tempered. After I accused one of having slept her way to her current form she all but admitted it."
[20:28] <Kotono> Faint divination.
06[20:29] * Demedais looks over the rest of the room for magic, before gingerly picking up the crystal and papers.
[20:29] <Kotono> "They're creatures of chaos. Higher f unctions like intellect and patience are scarce," Antenora kneels down, helping remove the swords as well. There's no other magic about the cave that Demedais sees.
[20:30] <Alicia> "Yeah, like law really values independent free thinking," Marie replies indignantly.
[20:31] <Alicia> "Everything okay down there, Demedais?" Alicia asks through the message spell, ignoring the ethical debate springing up nearby.
[20:31] <Kotono> "Within the confines of acceptable rules, yes." Antenora glances back at Marie. "It's called structure, not slavery."
[20:31] <Alicia> "So you admit that it's limited," Marie nods, having reverted to physical form, seemingly satisfied to call this one a win.
[20:32] <Demedais> "No sign of anyone down here." he whispers back, giving one more sweep around the room normally before carrying the papers and crystal up.
[20:32] <Alicia> "What'cha got there?" Marie scoots over to Demedais as he climbs back up with his haul.
[20:33] <Kotono> Antenora starts to say something, but cuts herself off. Instead, Eudard approahces Demedais. "Papers? Arcane scrolls, perhpas?"
[20:33] <Kotono> Pollyanna goes to Demedais' side, "We should get that wound of yours patched up," she says quietly to him.
[20:33] <Demedais> "Some papers and this prism." Demedais replies. "I don't think they're scrolls?"
[20:34] <Alicia> "What do they say?" Marie angles to try and get a look at the scrolls, conjuring up some dancing lights for everyone else. Alicia's glowiness might be nice but you'd still strain your eyes if you read by it.
[20:36] <Kotono> OOc - What languages can you read, Marie?
[20:36] <Alicia> OOC: All of them~
[20:38] <Kotono> The writing is in Abyssal. It looks to be apprasals of the human lands here from a scout. It's judging which would be best for a first massacre in the name of Seira.
[20:39] <Alicia> roll 1d20+17 planes, does Marie know of any demons called Seira?
06[20:39] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+17 planes, does Marie know of any demons called Seira? and gets 35." [1d20=18]
[20:40] <Kotono> Marie doesn't recalla nything relevant to that. The only person she knows of named Seira is, well, Seira.
[20:40] <Alicia> "Um... it looks like these demons are working for someone called Seira," Marie observes as she fidgets uncomfortably. "I don't suppose anyone's heard of any other Seiras, no?"
[20:41] <Alicia> "It's... not a common name," Alicia admits with a frown. "Well, perhaps our captive can shed some light on it..."
06[20:42] * Demedais seemingly blanches for a moment, before recovering and turning steel-faced. "...Yes, this is likely the case."
06[20:43] * Alicia holds up the sword of the sealed gate above the marilith before she pauses, glancing towards Antenora with a speculative look. After a moment of hesitation, she channels an alter self spell into it and then gently whaps the demon enough to both employ the dimensional anchor and channel her spell to transform the giant multi-armed snake into a far less threatening tiefling.
[20:43] <Kotono> "We'll get the information from it, oh yes," Antenora glances back at the Marilith in the young night, "There's surely a good story behind this, I just know it.
[20:43] <Kotono> "
[20:47] <Kotono> The Marilith shrinks down to the form of a tiefling on command, anchored away!
[20:48] <Alicia> "Antenora and Marie, you two stand ready to hit her if she acts up - she can still use that blade wall even now that I've done this to her," Alicia instructs, finally casting voice of the archon to bolster her persuasiveness before she begins to heal the transformed demon.
[20:48] <Alicia> OOC: lay on hands up to 17hp, will stop when she wakes up
[20:52] <Kotono> As Eudard positions back safely, Antenora positions to hit the transformed Marilith! 15 HP get it back to awareness, eyes snapping open! It starts to sit up, before glancing down at it's mere two arms!
[20:53] <Alicia> "Stay down," Alicia suggests, her tone not entirely hostile but not friendly either. "We'd like to ask you a few questions."
[20:57] <Kotono> The marilith look up at Alicia, glaring - and then blades start to appear around Alicia! Then...
[20:57] <Kotono> roll 1d20+16 (-4 nonlethal)
06[20:57] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+16 (-4 nonlethal) and gets 36." [1d20=20]
[20:57] <Kotono> roll 1d20+16 (-4 nonlethal) crit?
06[20:57] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+16 (-4 nonlethal) crit? and gets 18." [1d20=2]
[20:58] <Kotono> roll 3d8+27+2d6+3d10
06[20:58] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 3d8+27+2d6+3d10 and gets 67." [3d8=3, 6, 5][2d6=1, 6][3d10=7, 2, 10]
[20:58] <Kotono> WHAM! Right back down she goes, the butt of Antenora's spear sending her back to dreamland.
06[20:58] * Alicia sighs. "We could be in for a long evening," she rubs her temple in irritation.
[20:58] <Kotono> "Did you expect anything else from a failure of a marilith," Antenora sighs.
[20:59] <Kotono> "We can't really drag it back to Balmuria, though, can we?" Pollyanna shrugs, "If we're safe, we can at least camp for the evening if this takes awhile?"
[20:59] <Alicia> "I nearly tapped myself out there. Can someone else wake her up this time?" Alicia asks.
06[21:00] * Demedais nods and comes forward. "I'd second camping here. This being said..."
[21:00] <Demedais> First Demedais uses his lay on hands!
[21:01] <Demedais> OOC: 28.
[21:01] <Kotono> That heals the marilith, but not quite enough to waken it!
[21:01] <Demedais> "Hmph." Demedais grunts, before focusing more energy on her. "How bad -did- you hit her?"
[21:02] <Demedais> roll 3d8+6 (sac Magic Circle against Chaos)
06[21:02] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 3d8+6 (sac Magic Circle against Chaos) and gets 16." [3d8=2, 6, 2]
[21:02] <Kotono> "Hard," Antenora says, "I saw how Marie and Alicia got cut up by that wall."
[21:02] <Kotono> THat does it. The Marilith snaps awake again!
06[21:02] * Demedais nods in reply to this.
[21:03] <Alicia> "Don't make us do that again," Alicia sternly tells the transformed fiend as she looks down.
[21:03] <Kotono> "What do you want," The fiend snaps. "You won, finish the battle."
[21:03] <Alicia> "Two of yours retreated - the succubus and the arrow demon. I want to know where they went," Alicia replies.
[21:08] <Kotono> "What are you going to do, cry until I tell you?" Glaring up at Alicia, "You don't have the heart to make me talk."
06[21:08] * Alicia nods to her familiar, who chirps out a cheery, "Talk!"
[21:08] <Alicia> roll 1d20+15 SR
06[21:08] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+15 SR and gets 19." [1d20=4]
[21:09] <Alicia> "Oh, I hate spell resistance," Alicia sighs. "Well, I can scertainly try again. Tell us everything we want to know," she instructs after Marie's suggestion fails.
[21:09] <Alicia> roll 1d20+15 SR
06[21:09] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+15 SR and gets 20." [1d20=5]
[21:10] <Kotono> The Marilith smirks, "Your magic is nothing to us." Crossing her arms, "I'm not going to tell a stinking paladin"
[21:10] <Kotono> The Marilith smirks, "Your magic is nothing to us." Crossing her arms, "I'm not going to tell a stinking paladin anything!"
[21:11] <Kotono> Antenora smiles a little at that, "She'll make yout alk and make you her friend, one way or another." Almost cheery at that, although ominous, "Save yourself a lot of pain."
[21:11] <Alicia> "I admit I prefer swordplay over magic, unlike yourself," Alicia concedes. "But I have a lot of spells nonetheless." Casting it again she has Marie go first, although her familiar looks a bit put out at having to do a repeat.
[21:12] <Alicia> "Tell us because they abandoned you to your fate and it'll be fun to think about what we'll do to them when we find them?" she suggests breezily.
[21:12] <Alicia> roll 1d20+15 c'mon
06[21:12] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+15 c'mon and gets 32." [1d20=17]
[21:12] <Alicia> OOC: DC 21 will save, perhaps modded since it's so reasonable?
[21:13] <Kotono> roll 1d20+14
06[21:13] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+14 and gets 29." [1d20=15]
[21:14] <Kotono> OOC - You're not getting a -9 or better, so it's moot.
[21:14] <Kotono> "Go to Hell." Rolling her eyes at them again, "Kill me and be done with it.
[21:14] <Kotono> "
[21:14] <Kotono> "
[21:15] <Alicia> "The sooner you answer our questions the sooner we send you back where you came from," Alicia suggests with a frown.
[21:15] <Alicia> roll 1d20+15 SR
06[21:15] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+15 SR and gets 23." [1d20=8]
[21:15] <Alicia> OOC: DC 21 yadda yadda
[21:15] <Kotono> roll 1d20+12
06[21:15] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+12 and gets 32." [1d20=20]
[21:16] <Kotono> "And give you the satistifaction of knowledge? You don't deserve it!"
06[21:17] * Alicia decides to just forgo the spells for the moment since they're more trouble than they're worth. "We beat you," she replies, leaning towards the fiend. "You, a supposed general of the Abyss and tactical genius? Perhaps if you're helpful enough I could even reward you with some knowledge by explaining just how badly you handled that battle?"
[21:19] <Kotono> "Why should I trust you?" Looking back, "You're trying to use me."
[21:20] <Alicia> "Because I'm a paladin, as you so astutely pointed out a moment ago?" Alicia asks in return. "One of those stupid do-gooders who keep their word and have silly weaknesses like compassion and honour?"
[21:21] <Kotono> OOC - Make a diplo check? +2 bonus.
[21:21] <Alicia> roll 1d20+30
06[21:21] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+30 and gets 36." [1d20=6]
[21:23] <Kotono> "The succubus fled. Stupid bitch was more interested in going to seduce and corrupt mortals than knowing her place." With utter hatred and disdain, "The archer demon willr eturn to the wastes to regroup and try to find others as planned."
[21:23] <Alicia> "Alright, where would it regroup? Are there any others besides the ones with you today?" Alicia asks, pleased they're getting somewhere.
[21:25] <Kotono> "A few stragglers securing our rear. Babau, far in the waste."
[21:25] <Alicia> "Is there a specific location they operate from, like this one?" Alicia gestures to the concealed cave entrance. The wastes are awfully big, after all.
[21:26] <Kotono> "No, they can find each other," she answers.
[21:26] <Alicia> Probably best to just try scrying on the arrow demon, in that case. "Okay, did the succubus mention any locations or mortals in particular it would be interested in?"
[21:29] <Kotono> "Big cities. The bigger the better," With a look of disdain, "She mighte ven go to your city. She's daring enough to be that reckless."
03[21:30] * Ebiris (WinNT@user-5443d6e5.lns6-c8.dsl.pol.co.uk) has joined #dunes
03[21:30] * ChanServ sets mode: +ao Ebiris Ebiris
[21:31] <Ebiris> "I look forward to meeting her, in that case. Alright, one more thing - your notes made reference to serving someone called Seira," she gestures towards Demedais and the scrolls he holds. "Care to elaborate?"
02[21:31] * Alicia (WinNT@user-5443d6e5.lns6-c8.dsl.pol.co.uk) Quit (NickServ (GHOST command used by Ebiris))
03[21:31] * Ebiris is now known as Alicia
[21:33] <Kotono> "Why, Captain Seira of the Crimson Guard," With a narrow, vicious look, "She likes to bend her knees to the strong."
[21:34] <Alicia> roll 1d20+10 sense motive, say it ain't so
06[21:34] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+10 sense motive, say it ain't so and gets 29." [1d20=19]
[21:35] <Kotono> roll 1d20+24 these things have good social skills
06[21:35] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+24 these things have good social skills and gets 28." [1d20=4]
06[21:35] * Demedais eyes the demon at this.
[21:35] <Demedais> roll 1d20+18 uh-huh, really?
06[21:35] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+18 uh-huh, really? and gets 23." [1d20=5]
[21:35] <Kotono> "How casually impudent!" Pollyanna exclaims. "Do you really want to die that badly by insulting us?"
06[21:36] * Alicia narrows her eyes. "You say she bends her knees to the strong, yet you claim to serve her yourself? I'll need you to better explain how this all works."
[21:37] <Kotono> "She took the mark of Gurlan, the balor lord of the Green Castle." Answering that with a vicious little smirk, "Her heart isa s dark as any demon's."
[21:37] <Alicia> "She's done a pretty good job of hiding it," Marie marvels. "I never suspected a thing!"
[21:39] <Alicia> "Green Castle? I even remember her mentioning that, back before the war with Malmuth..." Alicia looks somewhat shocked by this. "So... if she's a servant of this balor, what's your connection to her?"
06[21:39] * Demedais raises an eyebrow. "Oh, that's what this is about."
[21:39] <Kotono> Antenora glares down at the tiefling, but says nothing for the moment.
06[21:39] * Alicia looks towards Demedais in surprise.
[21:40] <Demedais> "Tell me. Has she been giving you orders, then?" Demedais asks, voice neutral.
[21:41] <Kotono> "Yes." The Marilith smirks at that, "To burn down and kill."
[21:42] <Demedais> roll 1d20+18 has she, now?
06[21:42] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+18 has she, now? and gets 37." [1d20=19]
[21:42] <Kotono> roll 1d20+24 these things have good social skills
06[21:42] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+24 these things have good social skills and gets 27." [1d20=3]
[21:43] <Alicia> roll 1d20+10 me too
06[21:43] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+10 me too and gets 12." [1d20=2]
[21:45] <Alicia> "Okay, this is far too important to risk the chance that you're lying," Alicia declares, casting her spell of persuasion once more before clearly intoning. "Tell me everything about Seira's relationship with Gurlan."
[21:45] <Alicia> roll 1d20+15 SR
06[21:45] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+15 SR and gets 27." [1d20=12]
[21:45] <Kotono> roll 1d20+12
[21:45] <Alicia> OOC: DC 21, please roll low
06[21:45] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+12 and gets 15." [1d20=3]
[21:45] <Demedais> "Huh. How fascinating." Demedais says, carefully pocketing the items and papers before looking to Alicia with a startled, somewhat frustrated expression..
[21:47] <Alicia> OOC: strike my bit
[21:48] <Demedais> OOC: strike my line as well, rephrasing
[21:48] <Kotono> OOC: Right-o.
[21:51] <Demedais> "Huh. How fascinating." Demedais says with a deep frown, turning around to put the papers in his backpack. As he does so, he whispers through Message, "Complete bull. I know what's going on and will explain it later. Would like to trick her into believing we swallowed it. Don't ham it up." With that, he turns back around, a stiff expression on his face. "Once we're done here, you can begin looking into this more, Alicia. For
[21:51] <Demedais>  "Once we're done here, you can begin looking into this more, Alicia. For now, however, I think we may as well finish up here."
06[21:53] * Alicia does not have to act at all to seem upset right now. "That's enough," she raises her blade before intoning, "Return to the Abyss, fiend," as she brings it down.
[21:54] <Kotono> Stabbing the demon, it return sto the abyss in a howl of stinking sulphur wind! Once it's gone, "...its' not true, is it?" Eudard asks quietly.
[21:55] <Alicia> "Explain. Quickly, please" Alicia insists as she turns towards Demedais.
[21:59] <Demedais> "She's on our side even more strongly than she was before, if such a thing is possible." Demedais shakes his head in reply. "My knowledge of the situation was as follows; she fell into a trap within Irenes' castle, and was cursed by said Gurlan - this did have the effect of cursing her to the heart. However, the curse was removed by the same golden dragon that gave us the dragon to defeat Malmuth." Demedais shakes his head.
[22:00] <Demedais> Demedais shakes his head. (More)
[22:03] <Demedais> "The dragon gave his word that Seira was cleansed, and Seira herself has passed my scrutiny since then." Demedais pauses. "I would not have accepted or allowed her assistance since then. This being said, I wasn't aware this hadn't been disclosed fully."
[22:04] <Alicia> "No. Neither of you felt the need to mention it after returning from Irenes' lair, though I can't imagine why," Alicia replies in frustration. "Clearly it's better for all concerned that I get to hear it from the lips of a demon claiming to be acting in her name."
[22:06] <Kotono> "Ask Seira why..." Rubbing her temple a moment, "Seira's incredibly lucky that she got out of that so easily, too."
[22:07] <Demedais> "Partially because it was completely resolved by that time, and because it's not my business to be the bard for every single trial she gets herself in?" Demedais replies with about equal frustration. "I'm not disagreeing with her luck. But the issue was, from my impression, finished." Demedais says, shaking his head.
[22:08] <Alicia> "Why would a demon just curse her and let her go like that?" Alicia still seems dubious. "Bah. I will ask her myself - pack up everyone, we're going home. Marie, see if you can get anything from where I hit that arrow demon that could help in scrying on it."
[22:08] <Alicia> Marie dutifully flies over to where the arrow demon was standing when it took a spellfire blast, searching for blood-spatter or dismembered body parts without complaint. Better than being around Alicia right now, as far as she's concerned.
[22:09] <Kotono> There are several swords left behind, as well as a bit of jewelry. One bangle looks to be made of silver, with a design of a snake eating a vulture.
[22:10] <Demedais> "Because the curse did, for that time, make her probably about as blackhearted as them." Demedais replies wearily. "I'd guess the demon was leaping at a chance to corrupt someone with... the potential Seira has."
[22:12] <Kotono> There's not much left - just a little bit of blood soaking into the grond.
[22:12] <Kotono> Ground.
[22:12] <Alicia> "You don't corrupt someone with a magic spell that can be removed by the first dragon she bumps into," Alicia scowls as she gathers up the jewellery while Marie scrapes some blood onto a small stone and flies back. "There's more to this."
[22:13] <Demedais> "The dragon was a bloody godlike great wyrm ghost on his way to enlightenment, and likely the mount for one of Torm's friends during the time period where he was still virtuous."
[22:14] <Alicia> roll 1d100 for the garrison
06[22:14] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d100 for the garrison and gets 47." [1d100=47]
[22:20] <Kotono> roll 1d2 1 Alicia 2 Demedais
06[22:20] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d2 1 Alicia 2 Demedais and gets 1." [1d2=1]
[22:22] <Kotono> That evening, as Alicia prepares to lie down in her bed, 'Seira in Kesse, captured, could be dying. Sharrans hold her in cathedral. Kort, Armanda, Albert of royality. Coming in morning. Celebrimbor.'
[22:23] <Alicia> "What? Oh Mystra..." Alicia is caught off guard enough to waste words in replying, "Okay, will let everyone know. We'll wait for you at the garrison." Turns out she didn't need that many, anyway.
06[22:25] * Alicia gets up and gets dressed again, going to tell Antenora and Marie first of all before she goes to inform Obureth, Demedais, Elle, and Donald. In that order.
[22:27] <Kotono> The next morning is a bleary eyed one for many. With sleep being interrupted, many gather in the garrison. Antenora sits besides Alicia, almost definately untired. Donald paces besides a wall, wearing his full armor and muttering. Elle has even come, sitting primly, though her eyes are slightly red. Commander Oberuth leads Celebrimbor in. The old elf has a staff with a dragon's head, using it to help him walk. He wears a deep red cloak, hints o
[22:27] <Kotono> using it to help him walk. He wears a deep red cloak, hints of scrolls seen rolled up in his belt.
[22:28] <Alicia> Marie stands on the table between Alicia and Antenora while the former gets up as the elf enters. "Good morning, Lord Celebrimbor."
[22:28] <Kotono> Getting a seat out for Celebrimbor before he goes to sit, "If you ahven't met him face to face, this is Lord Celebrimbor Drake, scion of the House Drake." Oberuth says, "But onto business.
[22:28] <Kotono> "
[22:30] <Kotono> "I wish I could say this was a good morning," Celebrimbor's tone is solemnly graven. "Yesterday I cast Sending to contact Seira, as she was a few days late in returning the teleportation ring she borrowed from Pallanth."
[22:30] <Kotono> "Yeah, she's in Kesse. She took those mercenaries home. The group with the big guy, the blind guy and the bitchy girl," Donald adds, looking up briefly.
[22:31] <Alicia> "Did she go after Albert herself or did they come after her?" Alicia asks, wondering.
[22:32] <Kotono> "The reply I got was highly disturbing. To quote, 'I'm sorry, They caught me. Land of Kesse. Alicia knows. Held in cathedral. Sharrans, local royal family. Albert, Kort, Armanda. Help. I'm on borrowed time.'"
[22:32] <Alicia> "Have you had any further communications?" Alicia asks, wanting to have an up to date situation before she commits to any planning.
[22:32] <Kotono> "I don't know." Celebrimbor sighs there, "Our exchange of information was very limited. I intend to try Sending her once I commit this information to you."
[22:33] <Alicia> "Can you do so now?" Alicia asks. "It'd be best to know exactly what her situation is before we start making plans."
[22:33] <Alicia> "And how she got into it."
06[22:33] * Demedais rubs his head. "I can try to perform a divination as well. It may prove useful."
[22:34] <Kotono> "Very well." As Celebrimbor begins to cast, minutes slipping by, "By all means," Commander Oberuth says. "If Seira's gotten into trouble...losing her would be a blow to the guard. Further, anything that can do that to her is a threat. Further.." Starting to narrow his eyes, "Weren't they the ones behind the Erenholm massacre?"
[22:34] <Alicia> "Yes," Alicia nods grimly. "It sounds like the entire rulership are followers of Shar - we can't count on having any friends over there."
[22:35] <Kotono> Antenora crosses her arms, glancing back at Alicia. Mentally, 'Seira's popular today,' she observes, though her voice grows more chilly as Oberuth speaks. 'Oh yes, Erenholm. I'm coming. They need to be stopped by any means we have.'
06[22:35] * Demedais nods slightly, before going to a side to perform the divination, beginning his prayers to Helm to get something out of Seira.
[22:36] <Alicia> 'This is more important than the demon's innuendo,' Alicia replies mentally. 'I don't really believe she's working with them anyway, but even if she is we can't leave her in the hands of Sharrans. If she's still alive.'
[22:39] <Demedais> A slight sigh, before a prayer of thanks, then, "She's escaped the evil..." Demedais begins as he finishes his divination, "but it sounds like there's something in Kesse we need to address nonetheless. It sounds like she's not on this plane anymore, either."
[22:40] <Alicia> "She's alive then," Alicia nods. "Lets see what she tells Celebrimbor."
[22:40] <Demedais> A pause, before Demedais recites the divination in its whole. "'Seira has gone afar from the world to escape the evil, but the greatest danger lies in what she left behind in her flight.'"
06[22:40] * Demedais nods to this and sits down.
[22:40] <Kotono> Celebrimbor continues to chant! As he does, "What she left behind?" Oberuth asks.
[22:40] <Alicia> "Psychotic evil worshippers of the goddess of loss?" Alicia hazards in reply. "Who happen to rule an entire kingdom?"
[22:41] <Kotono> "Ah." Shaking his head, "Nevermind then."
[22:41] <Demedais> "If she was taken capture?" Demedais' face is dark. "While it might mean that, it likely also refers to the items she had with her and couldn't recover before her escape."
06[22:42] * Alicia winces. "We're in trouble in that case. Bad enough when they could shadow walk here, but her ring of teleport and the elves' greater teleport ring? To say nothing of the Second Resort..." she shakes her head, "We may be in for reprisals."
[22:42] <Kotono> "Ah shit," Donald's face goes colorless there, "I think she carries almost everything with her. It's in that bag of holding of hers."
[22:43] <Alicia> "They could pop up anywhere," Marie shivers and looks around worriedly.
[22:43] <Kotono> "Wonderful," Celebrimbor winces, "This presents another problem. The ring was lent to Seira as a special gift by His Majesty Lorthan. If it's lost, it will cause deep strain between the Baronies and Pallanth."
[22:43] <Demedais> "We'll likely need Seira to help catch anyone using those rings." Demedais replies. "But we can try and figure out a way to reclaim the rest of it."
[22:44] <Kotono> On finishing the spell, Celebrimbor scowls darkly. "No response. However, if she is afar on the planes, the sending could have failed for that reason."
[22:45] <Alicia> "Okay," Alicia takes a deep breath and spreads her palms on the table. "Kesse is deeply hostile territory further than any of us have travelled. Further, we'd be remiss not to expect them to attack us if they caught Seira attacking them - which they can do with impunity using that ring." (more)
[22:46] <Alicia> "That means if we all went racing over to Kesse we'd be leaving Balmuria defenceless. So I propose that Marie and I attempt to first find a path there by long distance teleporting through the jungle. Once there we'll take note of the situation and try to lay some groundwork for taking down the royal family, then come back to collect others. How does that sound?"
[22:47] <Kotono> "I can manage greater teleport," Celebrimbor speaks up here, "However, I've never been to Kesse and I need at least a reliable description of a place there to teleport."
[22:48] <Demedais> "I can describe the temple in the jungle that Eudard and I were in. That might be close enough for a short leap for you three?" Demedais hazards.
[22:48] <Alicia> "And the only people who could provide that went away with Seira," Alicia frowns. "Where was this temple, Demedais?"
[22:50] <Kotono> ""I don't care as long as I can kick their royal asses," Donald calls, "Just take me along when it's time. "
[22:50] <Demedais> "Within the jungle." Demedais shakes his head. "I would guess it was about in the middle; that was about the impression I received." A thought, before: "Maybe someone in the bar they frequented heard enough stories of Kesse that they can give an accounting of the situation."
[22:51] <Kotono> "They talked to a few regulars when they were at Seira's, but they weren't there all tha tlong," Donald speaks up, "I know where they were staying before, though."
[22:51] <Demedais> "That may be our best option, then." Demedais nods.
[22:51] <Alicia> "I really need to know where it is in relation to a place I've been - like 400 miles northwest of Kelara or something like that," Alicia explains. "Otherwise I can't really target it. Still, the jungle can't be that big - one or two teleports could surely get me clear across it then I could get better directions from a town on the other side."
06[22:53] * Demedais nods slightly. "I can't help much more unless we have a map of the jungle, which is unlikely."
[22:53] <Demedais> "So our best bet is finding someone who can tell us all about it,
[22:53] <Kotono> "We don't." Oberuth adds here. "Our farthest maps are of Kelara and around that. The jungle's a large dead end, from what I recall hearing."
[22:53] <Alicia> "Even back home no one had ever crossed it completely that I ever heard of," Alicia agrees. "Or at least, crossed it and come back."
[22:57] <Alicia> "Alright," Alicia takes a deep breath after that silence. "Besides that, they'll clearly be on guard for further visitors from our part of the world, so we'd need to be very careful about being inconspicuous." She takes out a Baronies minted gold coin and presses it on the table.
[22:57] <Alicia> "I'll need to change my money for jewels or something then sell them on the other side for local coins. And probably travel in disguise - according to that monk they've heard of me over there."
[22:58] <Alicia> "Better not wear your distinctive armour as well," Marie points out.
[22:59] <Kotono> "Yes, wearing Mystra's holy symbol would be a death warrant," Antenora agrees, "I could loan you mine if you want?"
[22:59] <Kotono> "I'll come with you," Celebrimbor says, "So two of us can manage the teleporting if something happens to require that."
06[23:00] * Demedais nods. "Indeed. That's likely a good idea."
[23:00] <Kotono> "For that matter," Donald starts to grin, "Hey Demedais, you should wear a wig if you go over there."
[23:00] <Alicia> "I'll probably just take a chain shirt from the armoury, but thank you Antenora," Alicia nods to the erinyes. "Mithral by itself is distinctive, and I want to do everything I can to avoid notice. Do you have spells for disguising yourself, Lord Drake?"
[23:02] <Kotono> "Naturally, I can memorize as such," Celebrimbor says before he leans back. "My spellbooks are extremely well stocked."
[23:03] <Alicia> "Okay then, lets go see if we can buy some jewels first of all then get stocked up for our trip. Anyone have any suggestions before that?" Alicia looks around the others present.
06[23:04] * Demedais thinks for a few moments. "I'll give you all some advice just in case your time in the jungle is longer than expected. There are some quite dangerous animals in there."
[23:04] <Alicia> "Just animals or anything fantastic?" Alicia asks.
[23:04] <Kotono> "Demedais, are there any other divinations you can use to help?" Oberuth asks, "Our priorities are rescuing Seira, recovering the lost treasures and capturing or killing those accursed royals. As far as your orders go, they're dead men walking."
[23:05] <Demedais> "My only other thought... Her message seems to point out the three royals specifcally guilty - Albert, Kort, Armanda..." A pause, before Demedais thinks on Oberuth's questions.
06[23:05] * Alicia nods to the Commander. "For now I just want to gather information and establish some groundwork for when we come over in force. I don't want to get in over my head like Seira did - they can hardly be amateurs to have captured her, after all."
[23:05] <Kotono> "The entire royal house is infested," Antenora nearly spits at that, "We had wondered if it was just one deviant prince before."
[23:06] <Kotono> "Yes, absolutely," Oberuth agrees, "If you get into any trouble, retreat. Don't make a stand."
[23:06] <Alicia> "Looks like we'll be following in David's footsteps," Alicia comments with a dry smile at Antenora. "Hopefully we'll do better than he did."
[23:07] <Demedais> "There still may be innocents amongst them." Demedais replies to Antenora, before saying to Oberuth, "It is possible that a priest at the temple will be able to commune with Helm, but I cannot myself as of yet. That could provide more information on what they plan to do with Seira's items."
[23:08] <Kotono> "Heh, heh," Antenora smiles right back, leaning a ltitle more than Alicia. "While Demedais is right, it's imperitive to not let the Sharrans hold onto an entire country. It'll infect and rot into a hell all it's own."
[23:08] <Alicia> "We might be able to get some informants in the palace while we're there - I intend to try at any rate," Alicia nods. "Like I said, I'll see what I can do to lay some groundwork so that when we do hit them it'll be when they're at their weakest."
[23:10] <Kotono> "There's another point. This royal family...is it normal for them to worship Shar, or is this a new deviation? If it's new, who started it?" Celebrimbor stops here, tapping his forehead, "Think. Things happen for a reason and not out of the sky-blue. They mentioned a cathedral - this isnt' just a little cult, it speaks of being established."
[23:12] <Alicia> "From what Serge and the others said, Shar wasn't publicly popular over there, at least. But there's no telling what's beneath the surface," Alicia muses. "The fact of the matter, though, is that no matter what people believe in, the royal family is in charge and can count on levels of support we simply won't have over there."
[23:15] <Kotono> "At best, we may have three friends over there," Antenora says. "Even if we tell them the truth, who will believe us over there?"
[23:16] <Alicia> "I can be pretty persuasive," Alicia smiles grimly. "But if Seira was captured we can't really count on Serge and the others. If they're captured as well we'll help them, but if they're not... it would be a risk."