227.1 Alicia and the Return to the Halls of the Vanquished

[Corwin]

[21:07] <Kotono> -------(Kokokoko)--
[21:11] <Kotono> With her own solemn, pained mood, Alicia heads under the waves. Transforming into a sea elf, she swims the green waters of the Bay of Sparkling Stars. She finds the sea elves busy and bustling, working away and friendly. A few even greet her by name as she finds Darlina. She's in her home, by Namor as floats in the water, making a few very crude, yet oddly effective, attempts to swim.
06[21:15] * Alicia calls over from the door, pleased to see Namor coming along so well - considering the elven lifespan she wasn't sure how long it'd take for him to start swimming or talking. "Darlina? Can I come in?"
[21:15] <Alicia> Since she's underwater she's forgone armour and heavy clothes, merely wearing a slightly long blue tunic that's tied tightly around her waist by her belt, all her normal gear kept inside her portable hole in case she needs it.
[21:18] <Kotono> "Alicia!" Darlina's face lights up as she waves over. "Come in! Oh, it's good to see you! How are you?"
[21:21] <Alicia> "I'm well," Alicia lies, swimming inside. No sense bringing Darlina down with her foul mood, and hopefully she'll feel better after some time with these two. "Little Namor looks energetic," she smiles, holding out a hand towards the water baby.
[21:22] <Kotono> The baby sea elf swims towards Alicia - well, not quite. It tries to, getting closer with some muss and fuss. He latches onto her hand, playing with her fingers with rapt attention. "He has been the last few days. Maybe he knew you were coming to visit, he likes your visits."
[21:24] <Alicia> "And I like him," Alicia beams, pulling the baby close and cradling him against her bosom. "Have you been a good boy while auntie's been away?" she fusses genially over Namor for a moment, ticking him with her other hand.
[21:27] <Kotono> "Goo...gah..." The baby reache sup for Alicia's face, fingers touching it. Darlina swims over, joining Alicia at her side. "He's been a very good boy."
06[21:30] * Alicia spends a few more minutes fussing over the infant before returning her attention to the older sea-elf. "I'm glad," she smiles. "It's nice here... with you two, I mean. It puts my mind at ease."
[21:32] <Kotono> "Oh Alicia..." Smiling as she puts a hand on Alicia's shoulder, "You're welcome here anytime you like. It makes me glad you said that. You're the reason Namor's here."
[21:34] <Alicia> "It was a close run thing, wasn't it?" Alicia agrees, leaning back a bit and letting Namor float just above her, relaxing in the water. "Still, we saved him..." She does her best not to picture her own son in the sea-elf's place, but it's a struggle.
[21:35] <Kotono> "We did." Namor smiles and goes for Alicia's face, laughing an innocent laugh as he looks into her eyes. "How is the world above the water, Alicia? How is Balmuria? IS it going as peacefully well as everything here?"
[21:37] <Alicia> "Balmuria's fine, yes," Alicia confirms. "I actually just got back from Pallanth, we were looking for one of the gnomish artifacts. We also found a lot of fey and spirit creatures who were bound to protect it, much like how Oolu was once confined, but they're freed now." That at least is an unassailable bright spot on the whole experience as far as she's concerned.
[21:38] <Kotono> "Oh! How lovely." Going to smile now as she watches Namor above, "Oolu will think well of that. They must be very grateful to you."
[21:40] <Alicia> "Most of them probably won't even know it was us," Alicia admits. "Still, I'm just glad they're free - many of them were powerful and generally benevolent, so I can hope they'll have be a good influence on wherever they choose to settle, now."
[21:43] <Kotono> "You sound happy about it," Namor drifts back to Alicia, pressing against her bosom and resting there again.
[21:46] <Alicia> "I am - to be honest, freeing those bound people was more important to me than the artifact we retrieved," Alicia replies as she cuddles the baby. "They were forced to protect the artifact from us, and were powerful opponents. Now that they're free they'll hopefully provide some counter against the glut of evil outsiders that seem to run nearly unchallenged across the world these days."
[21:52] <Kotono> "Good, good. You seem worried about them whenever it comes up," Going to start to rub Alicia's shoulders, "Sometimes, when you're talking...you can see it in your eyes."
[21:57] <Alicia> "Mmmm..." Alicia closes her eyes as her shoulders are massaged, "It does bother me... there was a lot that happened there to bother me, but that's something that's been nagging at me for a while."
[21:57] <Alicia> "Making the world a better place is most of my reason for living, and it just feels like this business with the gnomes only serves to open the door for greater and greater horrors... I stamp them out when I find them, but I can't be everywhere and I'm not going to live forever..."
[21:57] <Alicia> Holding the baby elf closer, she only concludes, "What sort of world am I helping to create for little Namor and all the others who'll follow?"
[22:00] <Kotono> "You're making a world where children like Namor are happy and safe, instead of murdered. You're making a world where people you help think the world of you. Don't talk like that, Alicia. MAybe you're right a little...but that's why Namor was born, wasn't it? At least part of it? If things are going to get worse, we're going to need a blessed child like him."
[22:03] <Alicia> "It's a lot to live up to..." Alicia eyes the innocent child in her arms. How old would Felix be, now? What sort of boy would he have become? "I had a chance to give it all up, too..."
[22:04] <Kotono> "What do you mean?" Gently rubbing Alicia's shoulders all the while, "Are you thinking about retiring?"
[22:07] <Alicia> "No," Alicia decides it's too hard to explain. Best to just forget about it - it surely wouldn't have been real, anyway. So she tells herself. "Trouble would just find me if I tried, and since I have the strength to oppose would-be tyrants and despoilers I need to use it."
[22:16] <Kotono> "I see...." The massage continues, gentle touched. Namor reaches up to Alicia, feeling her nose. "Alright, I won't press about it then, Alicia. But you can always come here when you need to. If you need anything here, you can have it."
06[22:20] * Alicia turns around to face Darlina. "Thank you, Darlina. I'm glad it's not an imposition, me coming here... why don't we all go for a swim outside, and then have lunch?" she suggests, wanting to just relax and hopefully take her mind off things.
[22:21] <Kotono> "Alicia," Looking her right in the eye, "You're never an imposition here." Smiling now, Darlina looks down at Namor. He's still playing with Alicia's nose, and, "Mama," he says aloud.
[22:23] <Alicia> Alicia's eyes widen and she looks down at Namor in shock. "He... he talked... Has he done that before?"
[22:24] <Kotono> "Well, unless you count that one time..." Darlina looks down to him, "Oh, Namor!"
06[22:26] * Alicia holds the baby up to Darlina. "Mama," she mimics the elven diminuitive form for mother, encouraging him to repeat it. "Say it again, sweetie."
[22:27] <Kotono> "Mama," Namor repeats, reaching out for Darlina's face. Her hand gets him halfway, as her eyes widen and water. "Oh Namor...See, Alicia," Wiping at one of her eyes, "You brought that out of him."
[22:29] <Alicia> Grinning happily, Alicia leans towards the baby, "Say 'auntie'," she encourages, her mouth forming the words in an exaggerated fashion.
[22:30] <Kotono> "Mama!" Namor says again to Alicia, staring right into her opened mouth. "Mama!"
[22:31] <Alicia> "Oh, well, one step at a time," Alicia chuckles, patting his head and then handing him to Darlina. "Say 'mama'."
[22:34] <Kotono> "Mama! MAma!" Namor repeats over and over as Darlina cradles him. She smiles down at him, "That's right, Namor! Mama!"
03[22:34] * Sierra_DeadDeadDeadsky is now known as Sierra_StillAlive
[22:35] <Alicia> "Is it normal for elves to start speaking so young?" Alicia can't help but ask, not being fully aware of the elven life-cycle.
[22:36] <Kotono> "Not this young," Darlina marvels, "But Namor's far froma n ordinary child."
[22:38] <Alicia> "He's a little prodigy," Alicia observes happily, at least for now thoroughly distracted from her issues. Leaning down, she kisses him on the top of his head, "Aren't you, sweetie?"
[22:43] <Kotono> "Mama!" Namor giggles and laughs to Alicia. "Mama! Mama! Mama!"
06[22:45] * Alicia laughs and continues to fuss over the child, encouraging his first words. He might not be hers, but it's still nice...
[22:48] <Kotono> OOC: WAnan skip ahead a bit, Alicia?
[22:48] <Alicia> OOC: by all means
[22:49] <Kotono> After lunch, Namor is put to nap. Darlina lingers over him, "Are you going to stay longer, Alicia," she asks.
[22:50] <Alicia> "I'll probably head home around nightfall," Alicia decides, content to stay under the sea where there's no responsibility for a while longer.
[22:53] <Kotono> "Alicia, I just want you to know...you're always welcome here. I worry about you when you come back with such ill tiding and heavy burdens on your heart."
[22:56] <Alicia> Appreciating the sentiment, Alicia gives the older-though-feels-like-she's-younger elf a hug. "Thank you, Darlina. I really do appreciate it... coming here helps ease my burdens, though. I won't ever see my son again, and no one could ever replace him, but... well, there's room in this old heart for another," she concludes affectionately.

[Corwin]

19:38] <Kotono> > "Mama!" Namor giggles and laughs to Alicia. "Mama! Mama! Mama!"
[19:38] <Kotono> * Alicia laughs and continues to fuss over the child, encouraging his first words. He might not be hers, but it's still nice...
[19:38] <Kotono> > OOC: WAnan skip ahead a bit, Alicia?
[19:38] <Kotono> <Alicia> OOC: by all means
[19:38] <Kotono> > After lunch, Namor is put to nap. Darlina lingers over him, "Are you going to stay longer, Alicia," she asks.
[19:38] <Kotono> <Alicia> "I'll probably head home around nightfall," Alicia decides, content to stay under the sea where there's no responsibility for a while longer.
[19:38] <Kotono> > "Alicia, I just want you to know...you're always welcome here. I worry about you when you come back with such ill tiding and heavy burdens on your heart."
[19:38] <Kotono> <Alicia> Appreciating the sentiment, Alicia gives the older-though-feels-like-she's-younger elf a hug. "Thank you, Darlina. I really do appreciate it... coming here helps ease my burdens, though. I won't ever see my son again, and no one could ever replace him, but... well, there's room in this old heart for another," she concludes affectionately.
[19:40] <Kotono> The hug lingers a few moments, "Just remember that," she asks. "For all the times you have trouble outside and above the water."
[19:46] <Kotono> OOC: Okay, what was next on your agenda, 'licia?
[19:48] <Alicia> OOC: Go to hell and try to sneak some people out of the Halls of the Vanquished
[19:52] <Kotono> OOC: Okay. Who would you take with you, if anyone?
[19:53] <Alicia> OOC: I'll go alone
[19:53] <Alicia> OOC: But I'll ask Elle if she can cast Invisibility on me just before I leave
[19:55] <Kotono> OOC: Okay, gimme a few to prepa nd prepare.

[Corwin]

[21:06] <Kotono> -------
[21:06] <Kotono> Okay, quickly refresh me on your plan, Alicia?
[21:06] <Alicia> Empty out my portable hole, buff myself, get Elle to cast invisibility on me, then plane-shift to Stygia and teleport to the Halls.
[21:08] <Kotono> roll 5d100
06[21:08] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 5d100 and gets 249." [5d100=51, 22, 73, 55, 48]
[21:09] <Kotono> roll 1d9
06[21:09] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d9 and gets 4." [1d9=4]
[21:14] <Kotono> Woosh! Invisible and unseen, Alicia appears standing on an ice floe! It floats on an oily black sea, a chilly snowstorm obscuring vision out into the ocean. The bitter cold licks and tears at Alicia, making her shiver all over. It's liek chains and whips of ice, breaking and subduing her down. The ice floe is a large, jagged chunk of ice. In the center is a rising pillar of ice 30 feet tall. In it are many figures, all frozen in, save for t
[21:14] <Kotono> In the center is a rising pillar of ice 30 feet tall. In it are many figures, all frozen in, save for their faces, which just penetrate the ice out. Each face is human, each face the crying face of a tormented soul. They speak as one and many, a legion of voices in torment. A thousand cries for mercy come from them.
[21:17] <Alicia> OOC: For reference, I've got Shield, Enlarge Person, Resist Energy (Cold), and Fly up right now. As well as Elle's invisibility.
[21:18] <Alicia> OOC: Also I plane-shifted just before noon, so the ring'll recharge in a minute
[21:18] <Kotono> OOC: Okay, I was wondering why you hadn't buffed. Just say that in the startup next time.
06[21:19] * Alicia pauses for a second to get her bearings upon arrival in Baator, idly swapping the plane shift ring for her freedom of movement one before she eyes the pillar of tormented souls. Approaching to within thirty feet, she checks it over for evil.
[21:22] <Alicia> Probably a trap, she decides... it's not what she came here for, anyway. Focusing on the exterior of the Halls of the Vanquished, she proceeds to teleport to just before where the path slopes down towards the entrance.
[21:22] <Alicia> roll 1d100 seen casually
06[21:22] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d100 seen casually and gets 15." [1d100=15]
[21:28] <Kotono> The tormented cries echo in Alicia's ears as she teleports successfully! As she appears, her throat catches. For coming out of the Hall of the Vanquished is a nightmare best forgotten. It's wings are of sulphuric bat-fire, screaming with hate. It's maw drips with sizzling green poison, it's scales as red as the brightest hellfire. Around it's neck sits a pentagram of burnt black iron. It walks as tall as it's 12 feet of height would suggest
[21:28] <Kotono> It walks as tall as it's 12 feet of height would suggest. Six orthons walk behind it, writhing with maggots and dripping rusty colored blood that congeals instantly on hitting the ground.
[21:31] <Alicia> A pit fiend! Oh, but how Alicia is sorely tempted to test her mettle against this greater fiend - but she has more important things to do than simply slaughter baatezu, as satisfying as it would be to mete out oblivion to them on their own doorstep. Floating upwards and well above the grisly procession, she lets them pass by underneath her.
[21:33] <Kotono> The vile creature below passes, heading back into STygia, body steaming in the cold. It is soon gone, not lingering in this cursed place.
[21:34] <Alicia> Chances are it'll come running once she starts causing trouble in there, just as Agares had... although if she does this right she'll be in and out without even having to swing a blade in anger. Floating downwards, she approaches the entrance itself, pulling down her blindfold a moment to check for any invisible sentries lest she bump into them.
[21:37] <Kotono> Around the outer door are two Erinyes. They have bows and arrows at the ready, eyes sweeping about constantly. On both of their foreheads, three words of law and three words of evil are enscribed. They are painful, difficult to read, yet Alicia knows of what they are on a fundamental level, the meaning transcending mere words.
[21:40] <Alicia> Hmm... a downgrade from the trio of gelugons? Alicia isn't sure... something about those words... she doesn't think these two are the run of the mill model. Still, so long as the ring of eternal celerity protects her from their searching gaze - about the only thing it's good for, lately - so much the better. Lifting her blindfold back up to use her eyes once more, she floats carefully inside.
[21:43] <Kotono> Going into the foyer, Alicia finds the trio of gelugons waiting there again. They stand in front of the door, stolidly waitinga nd keeping a watch. Past here lies the hall, and the passages that lead to the frozen statues of the brave and doomed.
[21:45] <Alicia> Slipping between the ice devils, Alicia makes her way to the halls on the right, where hopefully a few people will be relieved of their torment by the time she's finished.
[21:45] <Kotono> OOC: Make a move silently check?
[21:47] <Alicia> roll 1d20+4
06[21:47] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+4 and gets 19." [1d20=15]
[21:47] <Kotono> roll 1d20+25
06[21:47] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+25 and gets 28." [1d20=3]
[21:47] <Kotono> roll 1d20+25
[21:47] <Kotono> roll 1d20+25
06[21:47] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+25 and gets 35." [1d20=10]
06[21:47] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+25 and gets 44." [1d20=19]
[21:48] <Kotono> As Alicia slips by, the gelugons perk up! "What is that?" one says aloud, the three silent another second. "Footsteps! Unseen visitor, halt and show yourself!"
[21:49] <Alicia> OOC: I'm flying...
[21:54] <Kotono> OOC: Okay, quick and dirty. I'll call flying a +30 circumstancial bonus here since you make a lot less noise gliding than walking. Goa head and reroll your move silently check?
[21:55] <Alicia> roll 1d20+34
06[21:55] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+34 and gets 49." [1d20=15]
[21:55] <Kotono> roll 1d20+25
06[21:55] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+25 and gets 45." [1d20=20]
[21:55] <Kotono> roll 1d20+25
[21:55] <Kotono> roll 1d20+25
06[21:55] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+25 and gets 33." [1d20=8]
06[21:55] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+25 and gets 26." [1d20=1]
[21:58] <Kotono> Alicia quietly glides past the gelugons! The Grand Hall is relatively quiet here - no one is imemdiately coming or going.
06[21:58] * Alicia floats over to the passage on the right leading towards the exhibits themselves, ignoring the plight of the former caretaker.
[22:01] <Kotono> Thus Alicia goes into the hall of the chaos creatures! Here the gelugons stand guard! A few lemure stand in a corner, simpering in fear. A bearded devil is near them, examining a frozen Slaad. It taps it with it's glaive every now and again, muttering.
06[22:03] * Alicia is mostly interested in liberating the mortals, although she might try for a celestial or two if the opportunity presents itself. Carefully floating near the ceiling, she moves past the chaos creatures and the demons towards more promising prospects...
[22:05] <Kotono> The demons are busier! An erinyes(?) with bat wings glares at a frozen demon-ape creature. Past them, Alicia reaches the celestials and archons. More gelugons are about here, no respite from them at all. You can see frozen angels, archons of all ranks, eladrin and other blessed creatures.
06[22:06] * Alicia idly looks around for the coure eladrin that she released but failed to rescue the first time.
[22:08] <Kotono> She sees him next to a gelugon and a frozen eladrin with fiery red hair locked into iceshape. It's face is locked in pain and torment.
[22:09] <Alicia> OOC: her, she was a girl
06[22:10] * Alicia bites her lip. A coure would be easy enough to grab and stuff in the hole while no one was looking, but not if she's right next to one of the guards. Still, she might be able to snag a little eladrin on her way out once everyone's distracted. Moving along, she starts towards the end of the twisting passage, where the mortal heroes are kept.
[22:13] <Kotono> Here all the mortals are lined up. Dozens and dozens of hereos, all frozen fast. You note that more gelugons are here - nearly as many as heroes. They stand stolically, unmoving, waiting, watching.
[22:15] <Alicia> OOC: just to clarify, there are < 24 gelugons here?
[22:16] <Kotono> OOC: You'd have to fly around and count. There's a bunch and heavy on the ground here.
[22:16] <Alicia> OOC: is there room to walk at all? I mean, gelugons are big, and then there's the exhibits themselves... any chance I could get a map?
[22:17] <Kotono> OOC: Sure, hold on. Opening paint.
06[22:24] * Alicia blinks and shakes her head for a moment, the place seeming far larger than she remembers... Well, her plan is basically the same, although it means she's putting a considerably smaller dent into things. It should still accomplish her ultimate goal, however. Floating onwards, she makes her way to the very end of the hall.
[22:25] <Kotono> Alicia flies to the end of the hall without incident. One of the gelugons scratches at it's manible briefly as she does.
[22:26] <Alicia> Looking down, Alicia tries to get an idea based on the sizes and poses of the heroes of how many she could cram into her portable hole...
[22:28] <Kotono> Most of the heroes are human sized or not too far. Humans, elves, dwarves, ect. There's some smaller - a pixie is one, for example. There are some bigger, one Huge sized giant in particular. But she could get 8 to 10 in, perhaps?
[22:29] <Alicia> And if one were to draw an imaginary line on the far side of the ten mortals closest to the end of the hallway, how many gelugons would be between that line and the wall?
[22:31] <Kotono> On a glance, 5. Further, more would be looking right that way from the gelugons on the other side.
[22:34] <Alicia> Well, that doesn't bother Alicia, considering she's spent the past several weeks working on this plan and developing spells ideally suited towards it. Admittedly the scope is lessened, but the heart of it remains the same Now to finally put all her dedicated preparation to the test...
[22:34] <Alicia> OOC: just before I start off, what's the distance from the far wall to my imaginary line?
[22:34] <Kotono> You mean to the far wall near the entrance to here from the celestials/archons, or the far back wall?
[22:35] <Alicia> OOC: the back wall, but knowing the total length of this hallway doesn't hurt
[22:36] <Kotono> The hallway is 200 feet long in total. From that point ot the back wall is 50 feet.
[22:41] <Alicia> Now to get things started! Positioning herself 90 feet back from the rear wall and 25 feet up, Alicia incants a spell, "Snow and rain, dance and swirl at my will!" she calls, causing the rear 80 feet of the corridor to be consumed in a blinding blizzard! As soon as that's done she flies into the maelstrom before anyone can centre on her voice, advancing 60 feet!
[22:48] <Kotono> A blinding blizzard breaks out, covering everything! It howls and sounds, yet Alicia doesn't hear a speck of noise in it from the gelugons! OOC: Goa head and act? You're right in the thick of the blizzard.
[22:51] <Alicia> Likely they're all rabidly communicating via telepathy. Alicia can't help but respect their discipline, but she doesn't have time to worry about such. Now she casts a second spell, conjuring up an invisible wall of force within the blizzard to wall off the last 50 feet of the corridor from any reinforcements.
[22:51] <Alicia> That done, she floats back to far wall a further 30 feet away to avoid any area spells targetted at the sound of her spellcasting.
[22:53] <Kotono> If spells come, Alicia doesn't see them in the blizzard! It continues to rage in the meantime! OOC: Still no action that you can detect in the howling snowstorm. Go.
06[22:54] * Alicia now pulls down her blindfold and floats down so she's only fifteen feet high, so she can have a better idea of what's going on.
[22:57] <Kotono> The gelugons are standing stone still. Each touches a mortal hero, while flickering with an unholy aura around them! The statues are covered in hemispheres of ice, forming up around them as you watch, covering gelugons as well.
[22:58] <Alicia> OOC: Just to check, there's 10 mortals in this section and 5 gelugons (or at least there were when I cast sleet storm). Are all the statues so affected?
[22:58] <Kotono> OOC: Yes. They're being covered with hemispheres of ice.
[23:01] <Alicia> Well, looks like she'll have to get violent after all. She really has to give these gelugons credit for their ingenuity, these being the first ones she's ever seen to use their ice-conjuring powers with any degree of skill... not that it'll save them. Casting improved invisibility, she flies over to a random gelugon at least thirty feet away, poised within five feet of it and ready to strike...
[23:02] <Kotono> Quickly flying to one of the uncovered gelugons, Alicia positions as more hemispheres of ice spring up! OOC: Go ahead and act, it's pretty distracted.
[23:03] <Alicia> roll 1d20+20 knowledge devotion
06[23:03] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+20 knowledge devotion and gets 28." [1d20=8]
[23:06] <Alicia> The smell almost makes Alicia gag... part of her worries that she'd underestimated them further. Still, even if it is some vile poison she's almost as resistant to such as the devils themselves are, so she'll persevere until it becomes a genuine concern.
[23:06] <Alicia> For now, however, she settles for violently eviscerating the first of five gelugons - she needs them out of commission before she can start on dismantling the icy barriers and rescuing the frozen mortals.
[23:07] <Alicia> roll 1d20+31 divine might, 4th and 2nd level arcane strike, flying, invis. He's flat footed.
06[23:07] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+31 divine might, 4th and 2nd level arcane strike, flying, invis. He's flat footed. and gets 36." [1d20=5]
[23:07] <Alicia> roll 1d20+31 divine might, 4th and 2nd level arcane strike, flying, invis. He's flat footed.
06[23:07] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+31 divine might, 4th and 2nd level arcane strike, flying, invis. He's flat footed. and gets 51." [1d20=20]
[23:07] <Alicia> roll 1d20+31 divine might, 4th and 2nd level arcane strike, flying, invis. He's flat footed. crit check
06[23:07] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+31 divine might, 4th and 2nd level arcane strike, flying, invis. He's flat footed. crit check and gets 33." [1d20=2]
[23:07] <Alicia> roll 1d20+26 divine might, 4th and 2nd level arcane strike, flying, invis. He's flat footed.
06[23:07] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+26 divine might, 4th and 2nd level arcane strike, flying, invis. He's flat footed. and gets 40." [1d20=14]
[23:07] <Alicia> roll 1d20+26 divine might, 4th and 2nd level arcane strike, flying, invis. He's flat footed.
06[23:07] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+26 divine might, 4th and 2nd level arcane strike, flying, invis. He's flat footed. and gets 42." [1d20=16]
[23:07] <Alicia> roll 1d20+21 divine might, 4th and 2nd level arcane strike, flying, invis. He's flat footed.
06[23:07] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+21 divine might, 4th and 2nd level arcane strike, flying, invis. He's flat footed. and gets 34." [1d20=13]
[23:07] <Alicia> roll 1d20+21 divine might, 4th and 2nd level arcane strike, flying, invis. He's flat footed.
06[23:07] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+21 divine might, 4th and 2nd level arcane strike, flying, invis. He's flat footed. and gets 26." [1d20=5]
[23:07] <Kotono> OOC: All hits/crits except the 20.
[23:07] <Kotono> OOC: Er, 26.
[23:08] <Alicia> roll 12d6+120+10d6+30d4
06[23:08] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 12d6+120+10d6+30d4 and gets 274." [12d6=2, 3, 4, 4, 6, 6, 2, 4, 6, 2, 3, 2][10d6=6, 5, 4, 6, 2, 6, 2, 2, 6, 1][30d4=3, 2, 3, 4, 4, 3, 4, 1, 1, 1, 2, 1, 3, 3, 3, 1, 2, 1, 3, 3, 4, 4, 1, 1, 1, 3, 2, 1, 4, 1]
[23:09] <Alicia> OOC: +6, forgot the str bonus from enlarge person
[23:09] <Kotono> OOC: I forgot unholy aura but it hardly matters. That does require a fort save for each hit, though.
[23:10] <Alicia> roll 5#1d20+22
06[23:10] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 5#1d20+22 and gets 149." [5#1d20+22 = 24, 42, 23, 24, 36]
[23:10] <Kotono> OOC: One failure, a natural 1. Ouch. 1d6 str damage.
[23:10] <Kotono> roll 1d6
06[23:10] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d6 and gets 3." [1d6=3]
[23:11] <Kotono> The gelugon is torn apart, rendered into oblivion without a word said! Alicia's body buckles as it does, the touching of it's vile aura weakening her muscles and might! OOC: Go ahead and act, Alicia?
[23:12] <Alicia> OOC: Can I get a line on more than 1 gelugon to hit with whirling blade?
[23:12] <Alicia> OOC: from my current position
[23:12] <Kotono> OOC: You can get 2, sure.
[23:13] <Kotono> OOC: However, remember, hemispheres of ice are going up. You're going to have to deal with those, too.
[23:14] <Alicia> Somewhat surprised that no ice storms or cones of cold have suddenly rained on her position - they surely heard the rending of flesh even if the fiend refused to cry out - Alicia hurls her blade at two of the icy devils in a line before flying adjacent to a third, ready to mete out more punishment!
[23:14] <Alicia> roll 1d20+26 divine might
06[23:14] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+26 divine might and gets 39." [1d20=13]
[23:14] <Alicia> roll 1d20+26 divine might
06[23:14] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+26 divine might and gets 35." [1d20=9]
[23:14] <Kotono> OOC: Both hit.
[23:15] <Alicia> roll 2d6+25+2d6
06[23:15] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 2d6+25+2d6 and gets 33." [2d6=1, 1][2d6=3, 3]
[23:15] <Alicia> roll 2d6+25+2d6
06[23:15] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 2d6+25+2d6 and gets 34." [2d6=2, 2][2d6=2, 3]
[23:16] <Kotono> OOC: Make a fort save? +4 poison resist applies.
[23:17] <Alicia> roll 1d20+26
06[23:17] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+26 and gets 39." [1d20=13]
[23:19] <Kotono> The horrible, chalky smell lines Alicia's mouth and throat further! She feels momentarily drained, everything taking a black tint! But she resists it, as her blade whirls through the two gelugons! This time counterfire comes, four cones of cold coming right at her position! OOC: Make four ref saves?
[23:20] <Alicia> roll 4#1d20+16
06[23:20] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 4#1d20+16 and gets 99." [4#1d20+16 = 29, 24, 22, 24]
[23:25] <Kotono> roll 14d6 saved
06[23:25] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 14d6 saved and gets 49." [14d6=6, 3, 1, 5, 2, 1, 2, 6, 2, 4, 5, 5, 2, 5]
[23:25] <Kotono> roll 14d6 saved
06[23:25] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 14d6 saved and gets 49." [14d6=3, 5, 3, 2, 5, 5, 5, 4, 1, 5, 1, 3, 1, 6]
[23:25] <Kotono> roll 14d6 saved
06[23:25] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 14d6 saved and gets 49." [14d6=5, 5, 1, 6, 2, 4, 5, 1, 2, 3, 6, 1, 2, 6]
[23:25] <Kotono> roll 14d6 saved
06[23:25] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 14d6 saved and gets 57." [14d6=2, 5, 5, 4, 5, 2, 4, 5, 4, 4, 6, 4, 6, 1]
[23:25] <Alicia> OOC: cold resist 30
[23:25] <Kotono> OOC: No damage on any of those, I think?
[23:26] <Alicia> OOC: nope. Did they hurt each other?
[23:27] <Alicia> OOC: I don't really care that much, they'll probably SR it away anyway, lets move on?
[23:41] <Kotono> OOC: Okay.
[23:42] <Kotono> The cones of cold fly about wildly, Alicia dodging and protected against them, taking no harm in the sleet storm! OOC: Alicia?
[23:43] <Alicia> Now to kill gelugon 2 of 5 in the exact same efficient manner as the last! She could actually stand to ease up a little, perhaps, considering how easily the last one expired... then again, the weakening of her muscles and the burning in her throat tells her not to slack off if she wants to end this quickly.
[23:44] <Alicia> roll 1d20+29 divine might, 4th level arcane strike, flying, invis. He's flat footed.
[23:44] <Kotono> Alicia quickly moves into position! The gelugons stay on guard, even as the scent in the air grows fouler! OOC: You can attack.
06[23:44] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+29 divine might, 4th level arcane strike, flying, invis. He's flat footed. and gets 36." [1d20=7]
[23:44] <Alicia> roll 1d20+29 divine might, 4th level arcane strike, flying, invis. He's flat footed.
06[23:44] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+29 divine might, 4th level arcane strike, flying, invis. He's flat footed. and gets 43." [1d20=14]
[23:44] <Alicia> roll 1d20+24 divine might, 4th level arcane strike, flying, invis. He's flat footed.
06[23:44] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+24 divine might, 4th level arcane strike, flying, invis. He's flat footed. and gets 31." [1d20=7]
[23:44] <Alicia> roll 1d20+24 divine might, 4th level arcane strike, flying, invis. He's flat footed.
06[23:44] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+24 divine might, 4th level arcane strike, flying, invis. He's flat footed. and gets 26." [1d20=2]
[23:44] <Alicia> roll 1d20+19 divine might, 4th level arcane strike, flying, invis. He's flat footed.
06[23:44] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+19 divine might, 4th level arcane strike, flying, invis. He's flat footed. and gets 29." [1d20=10]
[23:45] <Alicia> roll 1d20+19 divine might, 4th level arcane strike, flying, invis. He's flat footed.
06[23:45] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+19 divine might, 4th level arcane strike, flying, invis. He's flat footed. and gets 29." [1d20=10]
[23:45] <Kotono> OOC: All but the 26 and 29 hit.
[23:46] <Alicia> roll 6d6+57+6d6+12d4
06[23:46] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 6d6+57+6d6+12d4 and gets 142." [6d6=6, 6, 1, 4, 6, 3][6d6=3, 6, 1, 3, 4, 6][12d4=3, 4, 2, 3, 4, 4, 3, 4, 2, 4, 1, 2]
[23:47] <Alicia> roll 3#1d20+22 fort saves
06[23:47] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 3#1d20+22 fort saves and gets 97." [3#1d20+22 = 32, 25, 40]
[23:47] <Kotono> This gelugon, savaged and ripped, is torn apart as well! Yet as Alicia does, returning another to oblivion? OOC: Fort again, +4 due to poison, with an unrelated -1.
[23:47] <Kotono> OOC: Passed the unholy aura ones. Make the poison one now.
[23:47] <Alicia> roll 1d20+25
06[23:47] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+25 and gets 39." [1d20=14]
[23:48] <Kotono> Alicia resists the chalky coating in her body, vision tinting darker nonetheless! Her head feels full of chalkdust, frozen chalkdust! To this, in retort, two cones of cold come at Alicia!
[23:48] <Kotono> OOC: Ref x2?
[23:49] <Alicia> roll 2#1d20+16
06[23:49] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 2#1d20+16 and gets 58." [2#1d20+16 = 22, 36]
[23:49] <Kotono> roll 14d6 saved
06[23:49] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 14d6 saved and gets 60." [14d6=3, 3, 6, 6, 1, 6, 6, 6, 4, 3, 4, 1, 6, 5]
[23:49] <Kotono> roll 14d6 saved
06[23:49] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 14d6 saved and gets 55." [14d6=6, 5, 3, 3, 4, 1, 3, 6, 3, 4, 5, 3, 4, 5]
[23:49] <Alicia> OOC: Also, I'm blinded by my blindfold, so my vision is kinda moot.
[23:52] <Kotono> Once again Alicia endures cones of cold, two gelugons now slain! As she does,
[23:52] <Kotono> OOC: Gah.
[23:53] <Kotono> Once again Alicia endures cones of cold, two gelugons now slain! As she does, "Surrender." A voice sounds from all around you. It's a cold voice, a voice that croaks slightly and chitters. "There is no escape now. Your tricks will be dispelled and you will be punished for your violation of the law. Surrender and I will take that into consideration."
[23:53] <Kotono> OOC: Go ahead and act, Alicia.
06[23:56] * Alicia doesn't dignify that with a response, not really wanting them to be able to tie this back to herself. Unfortunately the poisonous dust filling the air is starting to become a real concern, and she doesn't particularly have time to play around with killing the other three gelugons. It's not her original plan, but so few such things survive contact with the enemy...
[23:56] <Alicia> First of all, can she reach any of the exhibits, or will she have to smash down some icy walls first?
[23:57] <Kotono> All of the exhibits are covered now. Icy domes will need to be wrecked.
06[23:59] * Alicia flies over to the dome furthest from any gelugons and smashes through it with her sword!
Session Time: Wed Apr 08 00:00:00 2009
[00:00] <Alicia> roll 1d20+8 -13pa
06[00:00] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+8 -13pa and gets 20." [1d20=12]
[00:00] <Alicia> roll 2d6+35
06[00:00] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 2d6+35 and gets 45." [2d6=5, 5]
[00:01] <Kotono> With a powerful strike, Alicia dives down and hits the dome hard! THe ice shatters, an opening made into it! A cone of cold comes, but the dome stops it this time! OOC: Alicia, go.
[00:03] <Alicia> Stepping into the dome, Alicia unfurls her portable hole and drapes it over the occupant before flipping it around so that the tortured mortal soul is safely ensconced within the nondimensional space!
[00:04] <Kotono> This is done! The frozen statu is now stuck within her portable hole! As takes him in, however...OOC: Fort again, +4 poison, -2 unrelated?
[00:05] <Alicia> roll 1d20+24 unrelated my foot
06[00:05] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+24 unrelated my foot and gets 31." [1d20=7]
[00:05] <Kotono> OOC: Bad phrasing, but you still made the save.
[00:06] <Alicia> OOC: shall I go ahead and act?
[00:07] <Kotono> Alicia resists the coating, cloying feeling of the foul chalk-dust poison as she does, the feeling getting worse. "This is your last chance for leinency," the voice sounds again. "Your fate will be decided by the Most High and Right Lord Ariyan."
[00:07] <Kotono> OOC: Your'e up.
[00:07] <Alicia> roll 1d20+20 who's that? (planes)
06[00:07] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+20 who's that? (planes) and gets 36." [1d20=16]
[00:12] <Alicia> This isn't exactly how Alicia had wanted things to go, but the poison was an utterly unexpected development. Next time she'll be better prepared, and for now she'll at least have rescued one soul from hell... that's enough, isn't it? Considering how vast these Halls are, she's not so sure...
[00:12] <Alicia> But she does know that the poison will hit her sooner or later, and she has a bad feeling it won't just weaken her. It's time to leave while she still can. The question is, does she leave out the front door, or will she have to employ her trump card? First of all, she lifts up her blindfold to check she's still invisible and not covered in highly visible glitter or anything like that...
[00:15] <Kotono> The storm is still going. Alicia's still invisible on a glance.
[00:16] <Alicia> Excellent. No need for them to know about that, then... taking to the air, she dispels her wall of force and then flies out of the storm, intending to race straight past any fiends that happen to be waiting just on the other side of her perfect barrier.
[00:17] <Kotono> Alicia dispels the barrier, flying through it! A dozen gelugons there are waiting, weapons drawn and ready! OOC: Alicia?
06[00:19] * Alicia soars over their heads, content to let them think she's still playing around within the sleet storm as she actually flies full tilt through the mortal section and towards the celestials...
[00:22] <Kotono> Alicia flies like a bullet! As she does, she reaches where the celestials begin! The path ahead is completely iced over! Massive, thick walls of ice interpose itself between her and proceeding forward! OOC: Make another fort save? +4 poison, -3 otherwise. +1 total.
[00:22] <Alicia> roll 1d20+23
06[00:22] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+23 and gets 31." [1d20=8]
[00:22] <Kotono> Alicia successfully rsists again! The chalkiness is becoming palpable, but she manages to endure and continue functioning! But it feels like a cloying, dark miasma within her lungs now! OOC: Alicia?
[00:30] <Alicia> A part of Alicia idly wonders just where all this damn poison is coming from. Wouldn't a cloudkill spell be vastly cheaper and more efficient? Well, the fact is that she's becoming deeply concerned. Still, there is one option to provide yet more protection. Casting alter self, she assumes a shorter and fuller version of herself, becoming Alicia the dwarf!
[00:30] <Alicia> Now stout and possessing an innate resistance to poison, she moves up to the wall of ice, ready to carve a path through it!
[00:31] <Kotono> Alicia transforms, becoming stout and dwarven! With added resistance she hurries up to the wall, unseen still! OOC: Alicia?
06[00:32] * Alicia slices viciously through the wall and then quickly flies through, hopefully before anyone can target the breach with area spells!
[00:32] <Alicia> roll 1d20+8 -13pa
06[00:32] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+8 -13pa and gets 25." [1d20=17]
[00:33] <Alicia> roll 2d6+35
06[00:33] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 2d6+35 and gets 43." [2d6=6, 2]
[00:34] <Kotono> Alicia shatters through the icy wall quickly! AS she does, cones of cold come flying from another cluster of gelugons! While her haste avoids most of the cones, two still are far enough back to get her as she jets through!
[00:34] <Kotono> OOC: Ref 2x?
[00:34] <Alicia> roll 2#1d20+16
06[00:34] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 2#1d20+16 and gets 59." [2#1d20+16 = 32, 27]
[00:35] <Kotono> roll 14d6
[00:35] <Kotono> roll 14d6
06[00:35] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 14d6 and gets 57." [14d6=6, 6, 4, 2, 2, 6, 3, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 5, 3]
06[00:35] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 14d6 and gets 53." [14d6=6, 1, 4, 6, 6, 4, 6, 3, 3, 6, 4, 1, 1, 2]
[00:35] <Alicia> OOC: +2, dwarf bonus vs spells~
03[00:36] * ChanServ changes topic to 'Maruna > Riina > Elemental > Miruz (Ebiris)'
03[00:36] * ChanServ sets mode: -qo Kotono Kotono
03[00:36] * ChanServ sets mode: +qo Kotono Kotono
[00:37] <Kotono> Alicia quickly endures the spells, getting through the cones of cold unhurt!
[00:37] <Kotono> OOC: Go ahead?
06[00:38] * Alicia flies over this particular defence line, deciding to accept the additional few seconds to swoop down towards the coure eladrin she failed to save the first time and snag her in the portable hole before resuming her full speed race for the exit!
[00:39] <Kotono> OOC: Make a fort save? +4 and -4 cancel out, so even.
[00:39] <Alicia> roll 1d20+24
06[00:39] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+24 and gets 33." [1d20=9]
[00:41] <Kotono> Alicia feels even more coated, even more violated as she scoops up the little eladrin! But she's freed it, gotten it into her hole and resisted the poison once more!
[00:42] <Alicia> No more delays, no more side-trips, it's time to flee! Hopefully she'll be out of the poison's area of effect soon as she flies as fast as she can for the exit! She won't make the mistake of sticking around to duke it out with a... duke, this time!
[00:43] <Kotono> Alicia flies past the celestials at full speed! She zooms to the greater demons! At the juncture between the greater and lesser demons, another pure wall of ice has been erected!
[00:45] <Alicia> This time Alicia hurls her sword at the icy wall before she even reaches it, from thirty feet away. She'll fly through straight after it, but the fraction of a second should be enough for the devil's icy cones to miss her!
[00:45] <Alicia> roll 1d20+11 -13pa
06[00:45] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+11 -13pa and gets 19." [1d20=8]
[00:45] <Kotono> OOC: Damage.
[00:46] <Alicia> roll 2d6+38
06[00:46] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 2d6+38 and gets 43." [2d6=3, 2]
[00:47] <Kotono> Alicia has her sword cut through! Many cones of cold come flying, but none hit her! Hellstriker is coated in ice when it returns, hwoever!
[00:48] <Alicia> Well, it's a flaming sword, it can surely burn its way out. But not until she's escaped, since the light from the flames would give away her position invisibility or no! Anyway, she flies straight through the shattered hole she carved before anyone has the bright idea of resealing it, continuing her dash for freedom!
[00:49] <Kotono> Alicia zips through, apst more gelugons! She's racing past the lesser demons, towards the chaos beasts now! She can see the door to the ground hall, covered with even more hard, heavy ice! OOC: Fort, -1 total?
[00:50] <Alicia> roll 1d20+23
06[00:50] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+23 and gets 32." [1d20=9]
[00:50] <Kotono> Alicia zips through once more! She endures the chalk-feeling, growing steadily stronger! It's getting hard to breathe, but she endures it all! OOC: Alicia, go.
[00:51] <Alicia> Okay, she'll have to give away her position for a moment and hope she can endure... Reaching the icy wall, she ignites Hell Striker in a rush of flame, calling upon the sword's rage to bolster her flagging strength for the home stretch as she carves through this barrier!
[00:52] <Alicia> roll 1d20+10 -13pa
06[00:52] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+10 -13pa and gets 22." [1d20=12]
[00:52] <Alicia> roll 2d6+35+1d6
06[00:52] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 2d6+35+1d6 and gets 46." [2d6=3, 3][1d6=5]
[00:54] <Kotono> Channeling Hell Striker's fire, Alicia cuts through the ice around the door ot the grand hall! It cuts through well, leaving the passage ahead opened! However, cones of cold come from the new passage, spreading out at her like the icy hand of death! OOC: Ref x6, Alicia.
[00:54] <Alicia> roll 6#1d20+18
06[00:54] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 6#1d20+18 and gets 168." [6#1d20+18 = 22, 23, 27, 29, 36, 31]
[00:55] <Kotono> roll 14d6
[00:55] <Kotono> roll 14d6
06[00:55] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 14d6 and gets 56." [14d6=4, 2, 4, 2, 6, 2, 3, 6, 1, 6, 3, 6, 5, 6]
06[00:55] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 14d6 and gets 58." [14d6=4, 4, 2, 2, 2, 6, 6, 6, 5, 6, 4, 3, 3, 5]
[00:55] <Kotono> roll 14d6
[00:55] <Kotono> roll 14d6
[00:55] <Kotono> roll 14d6
06[00:55] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 14d6 and gets 58." [14d6=6, 5, 1, 5, 3, 2, 6, 2, 6, 6, 6, 2, 3, 5]
[00:55] <Kotono> roll 14d6
06[00:55] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 14d6 and gets 43." [14d6=4, 1, 3, 4, 1, 6, 5, 1, 4, 2, 3, 1, 2, 6]
06[00:55] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 14d6 and gets 51." [14d6=3, 4, 5, 2, 6, 1, 5, 6, 5, 5, 2, 2, 4, 1]
06[00:55] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 14d6 and gets 48." [14d6=4, 2, 5, 4, 1, 6, 2, 5, 5, 1, 3, 1, 5, 4]
[00:56] <Kotono> Despite the storm of frosting ice, Alicia endures all of them without harm! Ahead, she can see six gelugons blocking the way, just past the barrier of ice! Ahead, in the grand hall, all the other doors are covered with an oily black ice! Standing in front of the door to the exit is a large gelugon. It's body is bulky and muscular, waiting with a cruel scourge in hand. 
[00:57] <Kotono> roll 1d20+20 CL
06[00:57] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+20 CL and gets 30." [1d20=10]
[00:57] <Kotono> OOC: Go Alicia.
[00:59] <Alicia> The caretaker! Oh, Alicia so badly wants to kill him... but no, his punishment from his superiors for allowing this to happen will be enough. On the other hand, that black ice could be a problem... still, it's the only thing standing in her way, so she douses Hell Striker's flames and quickly flies over to it...
[01:00] <Kotono> OOC: Which door, Alicia? The one to the out?
[01:00] <Alicia> OOC: naturally
[01:01] <Kotono> With a sneer, "Do not let the unseen escape! Radius, attack for radius!" It commands as Alicia starts to fly close! OOC: Let's do initaitive here, Alicia?
[01:01] <Alicia> roll 1d20+7
06[01:01] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+7 and gets 9." [1d20=2]
[01:02] <Kotono> roll 1d20+5 six gelugons
06[01:02] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+5 six gelugons and gets 13." [1d20=8]
[01:02] <Kotono> roll 1d20+11 Caretaker
06[01:02] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+11 Caretaker and gets 26." [1d20=15]
03[01:03] * Kotono changes topic to 'The Caretaker>Gelugons>Alicia'
[01:05] <Kotono> As Alicia watches, solid fog springs up around the Caretaker! It cloaks it from view, the door covered by twenty feet of thick, cloying fog! The gelugons thereafter fire cones of cold about! OOC: The gelugons are basically guessing with the cones of cold.  90-100 that any of them catch you in one.
[01:05] <Kotono> roll 1d100
06[01:05] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d100 and gets 84." [1d100=84]
[01:05] <Kotono> roll 1d100
06[01:05] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d100 and gets 15." [1d100=15]
[01:05] <Kotono> roll 1d100
[01:05] <Kotono> roll 1d100
[01:05] <Kotono> roll 1d100
06[01:05] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d100 and gets 34." [1d100=34]
06[01:05] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d100 and gets 72." [1d100=72]
06[01:05] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d100 and gets 89." [1d100=89]
[01:05] <Kotono> roll 1d100
06[01:05] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d100 and gets 84." [1d100=84]
[01:05] <Kotono> OOC: No joy. Okay, make a fort save, -2 total?
[01:05] <Alicia> roll 1d20+22
06[01:05] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+22 and gets 42." [1d20=20]
[01:06] <Kotono> Yet all the cones miss Alicia, mercifully, as the choking dust gets even worse! Alicia's vision is getting a bit hazy around the edges! OOC: Alicai.
[01:06] <Alicia> OOC: +2 from rage as well
[01:08] <Alicia> Now to hopefully breach the final layer of defence and make her exit, Alicia flies straight into the solid fog, able to pass through it just as easily as air before she comes to a stop adjacent to the black wall, preparing to cut through it and then escape...
[01:09] <Kotono> Alicia reaches the wall successfully, flying past all! OOC: Were you charging or just setting up?
[01:09] <Alicia> OOC: just setting up so I can hit and move immediately on my next go. Can't charge what I can't see, anyway.
[01:10] <Kotono> roll 1d2
06[01:10] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d2 and gets 1." [1d2=1]
[01:10] <Kotono> Alicia passes through the wall of solid fog thanks to Freedom of Movement! She reaches the other side! The Caretaker then utters a horrible word of the utmost lawful power...but it has no effect on Alicia! More cones of cold fly!
[01:10] <Kotono> roll 1d100
[01:10] <Kotono> roll 1d100
[01:10] <Kotono> roll 1d100
06[01:10] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d100 and gets 47." [1d100=47]
[01:11] <Kotono> roll 1d100
06[01:11] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d100 and gets 8." [1d100=8]
06[01:11] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d100 and gets 87." [1d100=87]
[01:11] <Kotono> roll 1d100
06[01:11] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d100 and gets 53." [1d100=53]
[01:11] <Kotono> roll 1d100
06[01:11] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d100 and gets 26." [1d100=26]
06[01:11] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d100 and gets 70." [1d100=70]
[01:11] <Kotono> OOC: Go Alicia.
06[01:11] * Alicia hacks into the wall with all her might!
[01:11] <Alicia> roll 1d20+10 -13 pa
06[01:11] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+10 -13 pa and gets 19." [1d20=9]
[01:11] <Alicia> roll 2d6+38
06[01:11] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 2d6+38 and gets 46." [2d6=2, 6]
[01:12] <Kotono> The black ice breaks! Flecks of black, oily water go flying all over! OOC: Make a ref save, Alicia?
[01:12] <Alicia> roll 1d20+18
06[01:12] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+18 and gets 29." [1d20=11]
02[01:13] * Demedais (~ferixstad@141.218.226.88) Quit (Mrf, back later, off to class and I forgot dinner ah well.)
[01:13] <Kotono> Alicia nimbly dodges the black water! Past it are the three gelugon outside, blocking the way ahead with their bodies! The moemnt the wall breaks, three cones of cold come right at Alicia! OOC: Refx3, then take your movea ction.
[01:13] <Alicia> roll 3#1d20+18
06[01:13] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 3#1d20+18 and gets 73." [3#1d20+18 = 20, 29, 24]
[01:13] <Kotono> roll 14d6 saved
06[01:13] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 14d6 saved and gets 50." [14d6=2, 4, 5, 2, 5, 1, 5, 3, 3, 1, 6, 2, 6, 5]
[01:13] <Kotono> roll 14d6 saved
[01:13] <Kotono> roll 14d6 saved
06[01:13] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 14d6 saved and gets 42." [14d6=1, 3, 5, 2, 3, 2, 6, 3, 2, 2, 5, 2, 3, 3]
06[01:13] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 14d6 saved and gets 49." [14d6=6, 4, 2, 3, 4, 3, 6, 2, 1, 1, 4, 6, 1, 6]
[01:13] <Kotono> Alicia again endures three blizzards of pure chill, surviving unscathed! OOC: Alicai?
[01:14] <Alicia> OOC: Can I fly above the 3 ice devils?
[01:14] <Kotono> OOC: You'd have to clear away some more ice to do so. You cut a hole into it but they're large creatures so it evens out.
[01:15] <Alicia> OOC: oh, you mean they're adjacent to the wall?
[01:16] <Alicia> OOC: in any case, I'll ust move adjacent to one of them
[01:17] <Kotono> OOC: How. You blew a hole in the ice to escape out, right, to get to the door. The three gelugons are in the way. It's not like you can move left to right with the wall and ice.
[01:18] <Alicia> OOC: well, I move through the hole? So I'm next to the one blocking my way? Or am I already next to it? If I am I'll just continue my full attack.
[01:18] <Alicia> roll 1d20+10 (+3 from knowledge +2 from invis, he's flat footed)
06[01:18] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+10 (+3 from knowledge +2 from invis, he's flat footed) and gets 26." [1d20=16]
[01:18] <Alicia> roll 1d20+5 (+3 from knowledge +2 from invis, he's flat footed)
06[01:18] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+5 (+3 from knowledge +2 from invis, he's flat footed) and gets 8." [1d20=3]
[01:19] <Kotono> OOC: Oh, I see. I misread your line in the first place. Attakc on then, yeah.
[01:19] <Kotono> OOC: No dice on the ihts, though.
[01:19] <Alicia> OOC: lets move on, then?
03[01:19] * Kotono changes topic to 'The Caretaker>Gelugons>Alicia=3 gelugons'
[01:20] <Kotono> Alicia steps forward and swings, but can't land any hits! Behind her, she can hear the caretaker utter a horrible, profane word of the darkest evil now! OOC: Will save, -2.
[01:20] <Alicia> roll 1d20+24
06[01:20] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+24 and gets 25." [1d20=1]
[01:21] <Kotono> roll 2d6 str damage for 2d4 rounds
06[01:21] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 2d6 str damage for 2d4 rounds and gets 4." [2d6=2, 2]
[01:21] <Kotono> roll 2d5
06[01:21] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 2d5 and gets 4." [2d5=2, 2]
[01:21] <Kotono> roll 2d4
06[01:21] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 2d4 and gets 6." [2d4=2, 4]
[01:21] <Kotono> OOC: That and dazed for one round.
[01:21] <Alicia> OOC: lets move on, then?
[01:22] <Kotono> The word's raw savage WRONGNESS dazes Alicia, stunting her strenght! As Alicia is dazed...OOC: Make a fort save, -3?
[01:23] <Alicia> roll 1d20+23
06[01:23] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+23 and gets 24." [1d20=1]
[01:24] <Kotono> roll 1d6 int damage
06[01:24] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d6 int damage and gets 1." [1d6=1]
[01:24] <Kotono> roll 1d6 wis damage
06[01:24] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d6 wis damage and gets 1." [1d6=1]
[01:25] <Kotono> Alicia's very will and wisdom is eroded by the chalk clinging to her! Somewhere her dazed mind, Alicia knows that this poisoning is running deep in her veins! She can feel her very blood slowing down and choking with it! Meanwhile, the gelugon she attacked guesses at her location and returns the favor!
[01:25] <Kotono> roll 1d20+20
06[01:25] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+20 and gets 23." [1d20=3]
[01:25] <Kotono> roll 1d20+15
06[01:25] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+15 and gets 19." [1d20=4]
[01:25] <Kotono> roll 1d20+10
06[01:25] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+10 and gets 29." [1d20=19]
[01:25] <Kotono> roll 1d20+14
06[01:25] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+14 and gets 26." [1d20=12]
[01:25] <Alicia> OOC: AC 30, 50% concealment
[01:26] <Kotono> OOC" So no hits.
[01:26] <Kotono> Even stunned, Alicia withstands the storm, as more cones of cold come at her, two more!
[01:26] <Kotono> OOC: refx2.
[01:26] <Alicia> roll 2#1d20+18
06[01:26] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 2#1d20+18 and gets 61." [2#1d20+18 = 26, 35]
[01:26] <Kotono> roll 14d6 saved
[01:26] <Kotono> roll 14d6 saved
06[01:26] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 14d6 saved and gets 48." [14d6=3, 4, 2, 4, 3, 4, 1, 6, 6, 3, 3, 3, 5, 1]
06[01:26] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 14d6 saved and gets 47." [14d6=4, 4, 1, 1, 5, 6, 4, 3, 2, 2, 4, 2, 4, 5]
[01:27] <Kotono> Despite that chill, Alicia endures! If the Caretaker or others do something obvious, Alicia can't make heads or tails of it in her state! As she recovers, ready to strike back...OOC: Alicia, your'e up. Another 1 point of int and wis damage.
[01:28] <Kotono> "Surrender!" The cAretaker's voice demands, "There's no saving you now!"
[01:29] <Alicia> She tried being nice, she really did... but that's over now, she absolutely cannot delay for one second longer. "DROWN IN THE STYX!" she screams in Infernal as she suddenly *explodes* in a massive nova of pure magical energy! The pure white energy screames out in a sphere 120 feet wide all around Alicia, ravaging fiends and utterly disintegrating the icy structure all around them!
[01:29] <Alicia> roll 18d8 DC 26 reflex half, they'll fall down anyway
06[01:29] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 18d8 DC 26 reflex half, they'll fall down anyway and gets 92." [18d8=8, 7, 6, 6, 1, 1, 7, 7, 8, 6, 1, 8, 5, 5, 7, 4, 4, 1]
[01:30] <Kotono> roll 1d20+14 ref gelugon 1
[01:30] <Kotono> roll 1d20+14 ref gelugon 2
06[01:30] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+14 ref gelugon 1 and gets 23." [1d20=9]
[01:30] <Kotono> roll 1d20+14 ref gelugon 3
06[01:30] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+14 ref gelugon 2 and gets 29." [1d20=15]
06[01:30] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+14 ref gelugon 3 and gets 32." [1d20=18]
[01:30] <Kotono> roll 1d20+19 caretaker
06[01:30] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+19 caretaker and gets 39." [1d20=20]
[01:31] <Kotono> Around Alicia is calm! Splashes of black Styx-water dominate as everything is demolished. The path out is clear, no obsticles left. Only the Caretaker behind her stands, floating in the air, mere inches above the Styx!
[01:31] <Kotono> OOC: You still have your move action, Alicia.
[01:32] <Kotono> "What..." The Caretaker hisses at that, "That fire...how?!"
[01:33] <Alicia> So tempted to kill him, so very tempted. But if she stays the poison will kill her just as surely as any blade. So Alicia flies straight out of the ruined Halls, hoping to clear the dimensional anchor that prevents her true escape.
[01:34] <Kotono> Alicia flies out and away! The Caretaker makes no offensive action at her as she is freed, out in the chilly air and out of the Hall's grasp! OOC: Your'e up. Another -1 int/wis. Go.
[01:34] <Alicia> Quickly, she swaps her freedom of movement ring for her plane-shift one and attempts to return to Balmuria!
[01:34] <Alicia> roll 5d100
06[01:34] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 5d100 and gets 285." [5d100=52, 72, 87, 38, 36]
[01:34] <Alicia> roll 1d9
06[01:34] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d9 and gets 1." [1d9=1]
[01:35] <Kotono> Thus Alicia appears! She floating just over the water, in the stormy ocean! Thunder and lighting crackle, but it's not Hell, not by a long shot!
[01:37] <Alicia> Now she focuses on Rosamund's grove, knowing that the unicorn or her mate would be able to cure her of the vile poison that continues to ravage her mind and body. Hopefully the coure will have been released from her bindings within the portable hole, while the mortal will already have passed to his proper afterlife, but she has to get healed now before it's too late. "Teleport!"
[01:37] <Alicia> roll 1d100 studied carefully
06[01:37] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d100 studied carefully and gets 26." [1d100=26]
[01:37] <Kotono> OOC: -1 more to both.
[01:38] <Kotono> Thus Alicia appears in Rosamund's grove! It's serene here. So serene...Alicia's vision is blurring, but she can see unicorns...two big ones and a small one.
[01:40] <Alicia> So she's given birth now... not the first meeting Alicia wanted with the little one, but her need is dire. Dropping her portable hole and letting it flutter open on the ground so that anyone within can escape, or at least get fresh air,
[01:40] <Alicia> she dispels her invisibility and staggers towards the unicorns, looking like a stout giant rather than her normal self thanks to the various other spells she has on. "Rosamund," she gasps out, throat raw and scratchy, "Poisoned! I need help!" she gets out with an economy of words.
[01:42] <Kotono> Alicia wobbles as she walks forward, Rosamund coming. Her vision is starting to go black entirely. Her ears feel clogged with chalky dust, the words muffled of, "Who are..." sound distant and patched. But the unicorn's horn touches Alicia's hand! Alicia's vision clears somewhat, coughs coming. Coughs that feel like it expels the dust making it so hard to breathe. OOC: -1 more, poison is now negated.
06[01:45] * Alicia coughs and retches, returning to her normal proportions (albeit scaled up) as she cancels her transformation into a dwarf, then shrinking as she ends the enlarge spell. "Oooohhh," she moans, clutching her head and blinking away the instinctual tears as her eyes attempt to flush out the vile poison. "Thankyou," she gets out amidst her difficulties, having so much trouble focusing...
[01:47] <Kotono> You feel soft fur against you, supporting you. "Oh Alicia! Rest, rest!" Rosamund's voice comes out of the haze. But despite all of this, Alicia's focus slips a little more. Sleep. Sleep comes like a visitor saving her from an abyss best not pondered.OOC: We'll pick up from there next time?
[01:48] <Alicia> OOC: I'd fight to stay awake and make sure I wasn't leaving anyone to suffocate in my portable hole, but ok

[Corwin]

[20:21] <Kotono> <Alicia> she dispels her invisibility and staggers towards the unicorns, looking like a stout giant rather than her normal self thanks to the various other spells she has on. "Rosamund," she gasps out, throat raw and scratchy, "Poisoned! I need help!" she gets out with an economy of words.
[20:21] <Kotono> > Alicia wobbles as she walks forward, Rosamund coming. Her vision is starting to go black entirely. Her ears feel clogged with chalky dust, the words muffled of, "Who are..." sound distant and patched. But the unicorn's horn touches Alicia's hand! Alicia's vision clears somewhat, coughs coming. Coughs that feel like it expels the dust making it so hard to breathe. OOC: -1 more, poison is now negated.
[20:21] <Kotono> * Alicia coughs and retches, returning to her normal proportions (albeit scaled up) as she cancels her transformation into a dwarf, then shrinking as she ends the enlarge spell. "Oooohhh," she moans, clutching her head and blinking away the instinctual tears as her eyes attempt to flush out the vile poison. "Thankyou," she gets out amidst her difficulties, having so much trouble focusing...
[20:21] <Kotono> > You feel soft fur against you, supporting you. "Oh Alicia! Rest, rest!" Rosamund's voice comes out of the haze. But despite all of this, Alicia's focus slips a little more. Sleep. Sleep comes like a visitor saving her from an abyss best not pondered.OOC: We'll pick up from there next time?
[20:22] <Kotono> <Alicia> OOC: I'd fight to stay awake and make sure I wasn't leaving anyone to suffocate in my portable hole, but ok
[20:23] <Kotono> OOC: Go ahead and split the difference by making a fort save, then, say?
[20:23] <Alicia> OOC: any penalties?
[20:24] <Kotono> OOC: No, just a straight fort save.
[20:24] <Alicia> roll 1d20+22
06[20:24] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+22 and gets 39." [1d20=17]
[20:28] <Kotono> Alicia feels dim, tired, drained. Yet her vision does clear somewhat, resisting an urge to close her eyes and surrender to encroaching oblivion. Rosamund licks Alicia's face a few times, horn brushing away dirt and sweat. "The poison has taken much out of you. You're safe here."
[20:29] <Alicia> "Can't... can't think right," Alicia moans, her mind feeling as though it's been swathed in cotton wool. "Need to see if others safe... are safe..." she corrects her poor grammar with a somewhat confused look, turning around to look in her portable hole.
[20:30] <Kotono> The portable hole lies ont he ground. You see a tiny arm reach out of it, feeling about.  The other big unicorn goes to it, looking down into the hole, while the little one stays close to Rosamund's flank.
06[20:32] * Alicia reaches down to help the eladrin out. "I rescued them from bad- from Hell," Alicia explains shortly, rubbing her eyes with her free hand and still seeming terribly out of sorts. "Poison was big surprise."
[20:36] <Kotono> The little coure eladrin comes out and looks around, blinking. "Sunlight, warm...I'm not in Stygia anymore?" As the eladrin blurts that out, "You're not talking right. You need more rest, Alicia," Rosamund warns. "The poison may have already done serious damage."
[20:38] <Alicia> "Okays..." Alicia nods slowly, assuming the mortal - she has no idea who he or she even was - is now in their appropriate afterlife. "I take you home later," she promises the eladrin before frowning deeply and hitting the side of her head. "I *will* take you home later."
[20:40] <Kotono> "You don't look so good," The eladrin eyes Alicia, "Fuddled, I say. But unicorns, sunlight...aaah, I'm free!" Plopping back onto the grass, "Thank the light!"
[20:42] <Alicia> "Bad poison," Alicia nods emphatically. "If okay I lie down here a bit?" she starts to struggle out of her armour, seeming to have a great deal of trouble with one of the straps before she gives up and just snaps it - albeit with considerably more effort than she'd like. Ah well, she can fix it later.
[20:45] <Kotono> The armor clatters down and away, "So I'm on the Prime, or somewhere else," The eladrin looks to Rosamund, who nods after a moment. "I'll have to do something ot make this up to you," the eladrin goes on. "You can tell mea bout it when you feel better?"
[20:46] <Alicia> "S'fine, you relax for now," Alicia agrees, deciding to just lay down where she is on the soft grass.
02[20:49] * Nao (~carthrat@c122-107-246-130.eburwd9.vic.optusnet.com.au) Quit (Ping timeout)
[20:49] <Kotono> Alicia feels rest come over her, the eladrin rubbing her hand. "Don't worry, I'll protect you," it says with a grin. Meanwhile, Rosamund says to Alicia, "I'll go make sure your friends know you're here, so they can come get you and get you more help. Is that okay, Alicia?"
06[20:51] * Alicia murmurs something incoherent, half burying her face in the soil. She just can't *think*! It's maddenning, and she doesn't want to think about her inability to think... just sleeping sounds best right now.
[20:52] <Kotono> OOC: Skip along a bit then?
[20:53] <Alicia> OOC: sure