053. "Abigor, it is your existence at stake."

[Corwin]

[20:10] <Kotono> Afina, Jaela, Ithea, Muirfinn, Adrian and Elder Magic Tepen gather at Aurora's gates. Awaiting them just outside is Lady Lura, arms crossed as you approach...OOC: Set yourselves up and note any buffs in #thecauldron.
[20:13] <Kotono> Adrian is dressed warm, thick clothes over his normal armor. Elder Magi Tepen is dressed as always, save for a thick fur cape big enough to wrap around himself.
[20:14] <Afina> Afina is dressed as always, confident Afame will keep her temperate and insulated. Resist energy cold is just a precaution against anything 'special' they're greeted with.
[20:15] * Jaela will end up relying on magic alone to keep her comfortable. She stands ready in her usual armor, resisting the urge to wrap her cloak about herself. It wouldn't do much good for her even if she did, after all.
[20:15] * Ithea is, like Adrian, dressed with some warm clothing over her usual outfit, although most protection will surely come from her cloak and her resistance against cold.
[20:16] * Muirfinn chooses instead to take on the form of a water elemental. He shoos Chok off into the fields, thinking better of taking him into a realm of cold.
[20:18] <Kotono> Lady Lura gestures, chanting a single word of freezing power! In the open air veins of ice appear, spreading about into a frigid portal! A wave of cold batters against all of you, snow beginning to fall below it. "To Winter's Hall," she says, stepping through.
[20:19] * Jaela silently steps through after her.
[20:19] * Muirfinn flows in, ignoring the cold!
[20:19] <Kotono> "For Lifasa," Adrian murmurs, following.
[20:20] <Afina> Fluttering through afterwards, Afina thinks back to her training with Sanzha to mentally prepare herself for the cold even with her protections.
[20:22] * Ithea just steps in without hesitation. At least there won't be vacuuming gaping maws here...
[20:23] <Kotono> Absolute numbness. A cold so absolute that it severs the warmth of your bodies into coldness. It is as dark as a snowstorm night, with a pale snowy etherealness to everything. You stand in a hall, several inches of snow about in drifts, with ice patches atop it in many places. It is two slabs of snow and ice covered stone - one the floor and one the ceiling above, stretching forward and behind
[20:23] <Kotono> seemingly forever. Occasionally pillars at the edges of the hall to the left and right provide no comfort from the wind that blows through. It is like a knife into your chest, sucking all warmth away.  Outside the hall on either side a massive blizzard blows, howling winds and torrents of snow raging in a night time emptiness. There is no ground outside or no ceiling, only endless whirling snows.
[20:23] <Kotono> Within the hall the wind is only a strong breeze. As you watch the snowy outside, indistinct shadows can be glimpsed moving in the storm.
[20:25] * Afina so badly wants to control the temperature upwards, or better yet make a planar bubble to fire around herself just for some escape from the oppressiveness. But even she knows that would be insulting to their host. She does drift behind Lura to use the giant as a windbreak, though.
[20:25] <Jaela> Being prepared for it and actually experiencing it are two different things. But even then, Jaela forces herself to focus on the task ahead. It wouldn't do to shiver pointlessly here. Instead, she retrieves their gift from their bag of holding, ready to present it to their hostess when the time comes.
[20:27] <Kotono> Adrian looks about, his breath misting out like a fog cloud around his head. He squares his shoulders and begins to walk, the crinkle-crunch of snow beneath his feet the only sound he makes.
[20:27] <Kotono> Elder Magi Tepen shivers and leans on the Staff of Vithos, before resolutely continuing on.
[20:28] * Muirfinn moves quietly with the rest of the group, tiny spots on his body frosting over before sloughing off, replaced again and again by endless pure water.
[20:32] <Kotono> Lady Lura does not even look bothered. She takes several steps forward, not even sparing the party a glance as she continues along. OOC: Make listen checks, all?
[20:32] <Kotono> roll 1d20+30 Tepen
[20:32] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+30 Tepen and gets 48." [1d20=18]
[20:32] <Kotono> roll 1d20+31 Adrian
[20:32] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+31 Adrian and gets 46." [1d20=15]
[20:32] <Afina> roll 1d20+33
[20:33] * Hatbot --> "Afina rolls 1d20+33 and gets 52." [1d20=19]
[20:33] <Muirfinn> roll 1d20+28
[20:33] * Hatbot --> "Muirfinn rolls 1d20+28 and gets 30." [1d20=2]
[20:33] <Jaela> roll 1d20+11
[20:33] * Hatbot --> "Jaela rolls 1d20+11 and gets 13." [1d20=2]
[20:35] <Ithea> roll d20+42
[20:35] * Hatbot --> "Ithea rolls d20+42 and gets 55." [d20=13]
[20:36] <Kotono> As you walk along this endless hall, the winds outside the hall forever howl in fury. As if a great snowstorm rages, unknowing of anything but its freezing fury.
[20:37] <Ithea> roll d20+32 K:N
[20:37] * Hatbot --> "Ithea rolls d20+32 K:N and gets 49." [d20=17]
[20:37] <Afina> roll 1d20+35 nature
[20:37] * Hatbot --> "Afina rolls 1d20+35 nature and gets 51." [1d20=16]
[20:40] <Afina> Afina's eyes track outside and her ears twitch. "There are fey here?" she asks Lura, feeling vaguely offended at fey serving a goddess.
[20:40] <Muirfinn> roll 1d20+34 K:N because I guess everuyone else is rolling too?
[20:40] * Hatbot --> "Muirfinn rolls 1d20+34 K:N because I guess everuyone else is rolling too? and gets 36." [1d20=2]
[20:40] <Kotono> OOC: It was PM prodding only.
[20:41] <Ithea> "I think so. That sounded like the singing of one. Frostwind Virago, if I had to make a guess," Ithea adds.
[20:43] <Kotono> This gets Lady Lura to glance over her shoulder at Afina and then Ithea, "Good ears," she admits, grudgingly. "Frostwind Virago sing the songs of the blizzards outside. An archcoven of them challenged Auril long ago. Eternal slavery is the price they paid for failure."
[20:45] <Afina> At least they're not here willingly, Afina thinks, mollified.
[20:48] <Kotono> On you walk. Each step surrounds you in the mists of your breath and further numbs your bodies. It's like moving without moving, feeling nothing as you progress ahead. After a time of this you see something ahead. Statues of ice - of demons high and low, hundreds of them stretching on ahead. Dretches to balors and things in between, and some demons that seem to constantly shift and yet have no
[20:48] <Kotono> form. An entire field of them, nothing but statues of ice. Here Lady Lura pauses momentarily, "These are the demons who ignored the commands of Auril to leave Abigor be." She reaches out and flicks the nose of a frozen nalfeshnee, causing the entire thing to shatter into tiny shards of ice.
[20:50] * Jaela isn't sure how to feel about all of this, aside from everyone here bringing their fates upon themselves. She decides not to think about it altogether while she needs to be professional about this.
[20:51] <Kotono> Adrian looks at them with a tightly schooled expression, shaking his head as he continues on.
[20:51] * Afina curiously looks to see if there's anything bigger and badder than a balor here.
[20:51] * Ithea says nothing, merely letting their guide continue leading them onward.
[20:51] * Muirfinn flows on, idly wondering if any of them might hold a secret relating o the Father.
[20:53] <Kotono> Afina spots one thing - a great statue of ice, larger than a balor by an order of magnitude. It has goat's legs and a powerful, hairless muscled upper body. It holds a great scythe over head, bringing it down. Of note, it has no head at all.
[20:54] <Afina> "Who was that?" Afina asks, pointing to said statue. She'd hoped a demon lord might have taken exception, but she'd more hoped it would succeed...
[20:56] <Kotono> "A unique demon. It hardly matters, for it is trash now," Going on through the field, "The penalty for disobeying the Frostmaiden is death by being turned to ice, then eternity within the blizzard. It will do naught else but lament its foolishness."
[20:57] <Afina> Oh well, it was just idle curiousity.
[21:02] <Kotono> On you walk. On and on and on - and ahead, there are no doors. Yet there is a distinct sense of passing, of heading onwards. After that, you see it ahead. The roof ceases, the floor going out perhaps 50ft into the howling blizzard. Despite the torrent of unearthly cold snow, you can see something beyond it. Here a great throne of blue ice hovers above, surrounded by air so cold that to look onto
[21:02] <Kotono> it causes numb explosions of frigid pain to travel into your braini. There is...something there. Something with a presence that overwhelms you the moment you look to that throne, filling you with a nigh overwhelming need to bow, nay, to prostrate yourself before it. A sense of absolute being and authority from what sits on that throne. A woman of blue, hidden in the endless blizzard winds.
[21:02] <Kotono> Lady Lura advances out into the howling blizzard, silently prostrating herself face down on the ground towards the throne of blue ice.
[21:03] <Afina> Afina willingly obeys that compulsion, as it's only proper before royalty and they desire Auril's good will. Thus she stops behind Lura and kneels humbly to the throne.
[21:03] * Jaela kneels before that throne, presenting their gift ahead of her.
[21:04] <Muirfinn> Lacking legs, Muirfinn simply lowers his body.
[21:04] <Kotono> Adrian follows suite, his teeth clattering together in the intense cold. Elder Magi Tepen winces and looks away, joining Adrian as much as averting his gaze.
[21:04] * Ithea kneels on one knee, bowing her upper body as she balances against one arm braced on the bent knee, while leaving the talking to the others for the momemnt.
[21:07] <Kotono> The statue hovers up and towards the throne. It is in the hand of the Goddess before you. She speaks in a void sweet and yet devoid of anything but frigid scorn, "An acceptable offering."
[21:08] <Kotono> *voice
[21:11] <Afina> "A pale reflection of your beauty, Queen Auril," Afina speaks putting her talent at coloured speech to use in hopes it'll buy some extra approval along with the flattery, "But we hope it demonstrates our good intentions towards you."
[21:15] <Kotono> "It is an acceptable start. Abigor, come forth and join us."
[21:16] * Afina tenses, she didn't expect this so soon!
[21:16] <Kotono> Adrian's hands ball into fists, teeth chattering ceases as they grind into one another.
[21:16] * Ithea tightens her grip on her glaive, and raises her head, as she tries to hold back a scowl. The hairs on her fur all seem on edge, however, and it's not something she can hold back.
[21:16] * Jaela was hoping that she was wrong about her expectations here for a change. Still, looking upset over it wouldn't help at all.
[21:18] * Muirfinn merely raises his head, awaiting Abigor's arrival.
[21:19] <Kotono> The sound of boots in snow is heard behind you, followed by the metallic clang of armor. It is the sound of a snowcovered battlefield, ethereal and faint sounds of warfare as he approaches. The figure that walks past the party is clad in full plate armor and helm, all made of black iron. Despite gashes and warscars all over, the armor somehow appears absolutely immaculate. He goes precisely nine
[21:19] <Kotono> steps past the kneeling party, sweeping into a deep, courtly bow before the throne. His voice is cultured and stirringly powerful, an orator's tones, "My Queen," Abigor says, "As you have summoned, I answer." Thereafter he kneels before her.
[21:21] <Afina> By all rights he should spontaneously combust from the sheer force of hatred in the glares sent at him.
[21:23] <Kotono> From the snow cloaked throne comes the following decree, "Aurora, speak your offer."
[21:23] * Muirfinn watches him pass, blank aquamarine stare following the devil as he strides toward the goddess. Though it takes much patience and control, Muirfinn restrains himself from knocking the devil over. He is no longer their true enemy.
[21:23] <Afina> This one's on Jaela! Hopefully she'll sell it well.
[21:23] <Kotono> "Bastard," Adrian mouths silently, knuckles tightly together enough to turn pure white.
[21:30] <Jaela> Jaela can't really talk in any strange way, so she will have to hope that keeping her calm and presenting their offer properly will do the trick. "Queen Auril," she begins respectfully, ignoring Abigor entirely, "we seek a future where we can work together. A future where we Lifasans retake our world from the devils and work together with your servants to make it prosper. We want to abandon the sectarianism of the past, one of the very things that caused so much trouble to your maidens upon our world before, for it was surely one of the reasons that our world fell to the Hells. It is our belief and hope, Your Majesty, that it is a vision of the future you might find acceptable."
[21:42] <Kotono> "Elaborate." A single word is all that Jaela is given.
[21:46] <Jaela> "We will be taking our world back, Majesty," Jaela asserts. Her eyes flicker over to Abigor briefly. "The very proof rests with your guest here. The one who conquered our world for the Hells is now on the run from them, while others involved are sitting in our dungeons. They might have succeeded with a surprise attack, but fighting a proper army is too much for the already overextended Bel, who after all has other duties to execute before he, too, is disposed of by his superiors. Therefore, it is only a matter of time before this happens, so our offer has to do with what follows. It is our wish that we, able to learn from the mistakes of the past, welcome you to Lifasa properly as we should have from the start. That, we sincerely hope, is a proposal worth considering over the allegience of a discredited traitor."
[21:48] <Kotono> OOC: Make a diplomacy check here?
[21:48] <Jaela> roll 1d20+52
[21:48] * Hatbot --> "Jaela rolls 1d20+52 and gets 59." [1d20=7]
[21:51] <Kotono> "They speak with some wisdom," Abigor smoothly adds after, "They imitate the diabolical truth that unity is power. But they are ultimately misguided. They have won a few victories and think with emotion, not with cold consideration. But at worst, what of your maidens? They are just mortals. You need no tribute to strike fear when winter comes. They presume to give leave to dictate your inevitable,
[21:51] <Kotono> inexorable presence in a world!"
[21:52] <Kotono> roll 1d20+51
[21:52] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+51 and gets 56." [1d20=5]
[21:54] <Kotono> The chill sound - a chuckle, perhaps - that comes from the throne freezes your blood. "Speak not if you have any greater position than the begging supplicants, Abigor. You came to my throne, begging for protection as much as they beg for your life." Abigor is abruptly pushed back by a howling blizzard wind, knocked to kneeling next to the rest of the party.
[21:54] <Afina> Afina doesn't snicker, it could just as easily be them next time her mood changes.
[21:56] * Muirfinn watches the casual display of power placidly, waiting to either be called upon or to witness the Frostmaiden's decision.
[21:56] <Kotono> After that, "You all will speak when spoken to. The offer is not without merit." The Goddess's gaze - seen a moment as the howling winds pause, a gaze of pure ice blue - settles on Muirfinn, "Your kind has not given the proper fear to winter in centuries. State why I should not collect your overdue tribute instead of listening to your offer further."
[21:57] <Kotono> Abigor stays kneeling, saying not a word. Adrian's lips curl upwards in an ice lined smirk, just for a moment. Elder Magi Tepen stays kneeling, silent and respectful.
[21:57] * Jaela has been about to speak, but this is clearly on Muirfinn's part. She'll keep quiet unless he needs her to follow up on something.
[22:06] * Muirfinn flows into a standing position, regarding the goddess with all the calmness of an undisturbed lake. He thinks for a moment. "Collecting such is well within your right. My kind has feared you and your maidens for over a thousand years. Understand that my people are not conducive to your worship. Our very nature demands warmer climates and the cold can swiftly kill namy of us if we are
[22:06] * Muirfinn not prepared. We have long feared winter, which is why we strive to escape it. However, I have come to believe that part of the reason for Lifasa's fall is that we lacked a certain balance. The scales wre tipped too far, and the powers of goodness and warmth reigned at nearly every corner of the earth. Our world fell because it lacked that...necessary evil. It lacked that which would have made
[22:06] * Muirfinn us wary and watchful. We did not have a reason to fear the dark, or the cold. We could have perhaps averted or prevented the fall as it is now."
[22:06] <Muirfinn> OOC: More
[22:11] <Muirfinn> "Our world stands now a shadow of its former self. Seasons interrupted, land corrupted, and life lost. Winter is a beautiful thing, I have seen that now. It is not an end, merely a different beginning. Snows fall, and temperatures drop. Snowbirds fly and snow hares nibble at dead bark. Great white bears roam equally white wastes on the coldest parts of worlds, seeking flightless birds and undersea
[22:11] <Muirfinn> creatures to feast on. I have come to understand now that we need winter as much as summer. Each brings the other into sharper focus, so that they last in memory longer. How can one appreciate a warm summer breeze if one cannot compare it to a crisply-cold winter gust, blowing snow all around? For the sake of my people, I can only offer that I will present you to them, and they will make their
[22:12] <Muirfinn> own choices when we remake our world."
[22:12] <Muirfinn> roll 1d20+38 diplo
[22:12] * Hatbot --> "Muirfinn rolls 1d20+38 diplo and gets 40." [1d20=2]
[22:15] <Kotono> "Abigor, it is your existence at stake. Reply." The voice of the Goddess is cold and indifferent, seeming to be uncaring of it all.
[23:06] <Kotono> Abigor pauses ever so momentarily at that, staying kneeling the entire time. "My Queen," Fist over his heart as he replies, "The tortle is a fool. What good is summer? What good is appreciating winter? What good is this craven, cowardly pandering that speaks of summer as important as winter?  He speaks as if summer holds value!"
[23:09] <Jaela> Judging by the pattern this far, they will get a chance to respond when Auril grants it to them. Thus, Jaela patiently awaits it.
[23:09] <Kotono> There is a moment of silence as...OOC: Make a quick will save, Muirfinn?
[23:10] <Muirfinn> roll 1d20+36+6
[23:10] * Hatbot --> "Muirfinn rolls 1d20+36+6 and gets 50." [1d20=8]
[23:14] <Kotono> Muirfinn's watery form goes rigid! In an instant he is frozen solid, flowing waters locked into an icy form! "Summer has no place here. Speak not that filthy word."
[23:14] <Kotono> Around you the blizzard winds pick up louder, howling as if an animal in pain!
[23:19] <Jaela> "You Majesty," Jaela decides to speak up, remaining as respectful as she had been. "As mortals, however long-lived some of us might be compared to humans, we are quite flawed. For that, we beg your forgivance. Yet among us is a creature that had existed longer than all of us put together. His appearance on our world made the ancient trees spontaneously combust into ash. It caused the rivers to overflow with lava. Please allow me to ask this question, Queen Auril. Has Abigor truly changed that very core of himself since he came into your service? Has he truly changed that nature? Or has he merely hidden it by deflecting any criticism of it onto others whose offenses, in comparison, may well be lighter?"
[23:19] * Muirfinn struggles on, even as his watery form freezes solid. "Wiiithouuutt thhhe c-c-connnntrasssst...crrrreaaatuuuures beeeeeecoooommme iiinnnnnnurrreed...thhhhheyyyy nnnnooooo llllooooooongerrrr fffeeeaaaarrr th-th-theee coollllld."
[23:20] <Kotono> OOC: I'm gonna call for diplo checks for both of you there. +3 for Muirfinn's since he hit on something relevant and +4 for Jaela's.
[23:21] <Jaela> roll 1d20+56
[23:21] * Hatbot --> "Jaela rolls 1d20+56 and gets 68." [1d20=12]
[23:21] <Muirfinn> roll 1d20+38+3
[23:21] * Hatbot --> "Muirfinn rolls 1d20+38+3 and gets 50." [1d20=9]
[23:23] <Kotono> There is silence after that, and in a whisper that makes your hearts freeze and yet is perfectly audible over the howling winds, "You will learn to fear, tortle." (More)
[23:24] <Kotono> Yet instead of further pronouncement her attention seems to shift to Abigor. "An interesting question, Abigor. Speak of it."
[23:29] <Kotono> "My Queen," Again keeping low and respectful, "I have lead my forces against forces from Heaven to the Abyss. I have seen things that would break the mind of these fearing mortals. I have waged battles with more casualities than entire mortal worlds. My heard is as ice - hard, cold and mastered. Long ago I was born in the Lake of Fire and Brimstone, but my heart has been cold forged. That is my
[23:29] <Kotono> nature, and it is a nature suited to serving you!"
[23:29] <Kotono> roll 1d20+54 (+3)
[23:29] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+54 (+3) and gets 66." [1d20=12]
[23:33] <Kotono> There is a long silence at this, save for the howling of the winds. You can see Abigor's fists ever so slightly clench as it drags on, "Your heart is frozen, but your body is not. Should you survive this, you will be remade. Quenching the hellfire within you will be...splendid." That last word is the first, bare hint of real emotion - a hint of anticipation. It's not hard to miss Abigor's
[23:33] <Kotono> body tensing, the slightest sharp intake of breath from beneath his helmet.
[23:34] * Jaela tenses slightly herself, before she forces her muscles to relax. These negotiations are going into a strange direction, but it's not an unfavorable one so far.
[23:35] <Kotono> "M-my Queen." Again Abigor replies, "That would not be needed. The pain would hinder my effectiveness for a long time."
[23:36] <Afina> Considering how difficult and how much work was needed to make safe for Afina to absorb and acclimitise to both fire and water... yes, she doesn't fancy Abigor's chances at all. "It is not hard. Despite having to bear fire, I allowed water to quench me and survive. Can you not do the same?" she challenges, rather goading.
[23:38] <Kotono> Quietly adding in, "If he is a worthy knight for you, should this not be simple?" Adrian raises his head, "If he fails...was he worth your attention at all? I-I cannot imagine a weak creature who would fail at that would be worth your attention."
[23:40] <Kotono> "Survival is trivial," Abigor replies, a hint of heat in his voice. A hint of heat cracking that smooth tone, "I speak only to advise My Queen on how best to utilize my talents."
[23:41] <Jaela> "You speak," Jaela says quietly, "and presume to advise a divinity on the best way to act, and in her very palace at that. In this short time, this is the third time you have presumed this much, Abigor."
[23:43] <Kotono> "He presumes himself divinity," Auril speaks with cold disinterest, as Abigor gasps and then sputters. Over it does the Frostmaiden's voice calls, "You think I did not know, shivering worm? Do you think your empty words sweeten my ears and blind me to the fact of the spark you nurture? How even now you scramble to perserve those lies and mockeries that feed it?"
[23:44] <Jaela> Just how unfair does the world have to be for that scum to have a spark of the divine?!
[23:45] <Kotono> "I-I-" Abigor's sputters are incoherent, as he stares forward at the throne.
23:47] <Kotono> "Dear Abigor," Auril's words have a tone of cold mockery, "Did you think I would let you keep that in my service? You will serve me - even if to amuse me momentarily and then be consumed in the blizzard. I have no need for an overgrown fiend that has delusions of divinity. Does a deity run and hide when his plans are ruined?"
[23:48] <Jaela> Things are going in an even stranger direction now, and Jaela keeps silent once more to see how this particular matter resolves itself. If Abigor has that spark and gives it up, that would work in their favor.
[23:48] <Ithea> This is all pretty fascinating to watch, but Ithea turns to look at Muirfinn, curious to see how he's doing.
[23:49] * Afina wonders if this is why the devils had Abigor up for execution and replacement. "He'd have done better serving our plans and staying to fight his peers. He might have even made something of himself for a time," she observes, speaking to Auril for all that her words are pointed harshly at Abigor.
[23:51] * Muirfinn is frozen in place, silently swirling within the ice as he tests his prison.
[23:52] <Kotono> "How?" Abigor's voice cracks, "How? How?" He repeats it thrice, yet the reply ignores it. "Yes. I like that idea. Fear not, Abigor, for you still have a chance to win my favor. You are a coward who hides behind armies while they commit what mortals call atrocities." Around you, the blizzard becomes solid! It becomes a dome around you, the hall behind you gone! The dome of an arena, empty
[23:52] <Kotono> chairs save for one ornate throne where the blizzard still blows. "If you are as powerful as you claim, smiting these mortals should be simple. They are just mortals. They hold meaningless hope in them - nothing against divinity."
[23:53] <Kotono> Muirfinn finds he can move - slowly but he can move.
[23:54] * Afina instantly springs up and attacks Abigor!

[Corwin]

[19:11] <Kotono> Adrian rises at the same time, Gaelach brandished out in a sweeping arc, "This is for Lifasa!" Elder Magi Tepen is slower to respond, but his hand instinctively begin to trace arcane patterns in the air! At the same time Abigor turns, "You think-" He begins, but is cut off as Afina darts towards him! OOC: Init here. Abigor is 10ft from Afina, 15ft from Jaela, 20ft from Muirfinn, 25ft from Adrian,
[19:11] <Kotono> 30ft from Tepen and 35ft from Ithea. Went with in order that you knelt since it isn't elaborated on elsewhere.
[19:11] <Jaela> roll 1d20+12
[19:11] * Hatbot --> "Jaela rolls 1d20+12 and gets 26." [1d20=14]
[19:11] <Afina> roll 1d20+25
[19:11] * Hatbot --> "Afina rolls 1d20+25 and gets 35." [1d20=10]
[19:11] <Kotono> roll 1d20+6 Tepen
[19:11] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+6 Tepen and gets 26." [1d20=20]
[19:11] <Muirfinn> roll 1d20+12
[19:12] * Hatbot --> "Muirfinn rolls 1d20+12 and gets 31." [1d20=19]
[19:12] <Kotono> OOC: +3 init from Adrian.
[19:12] <Kotono> roll 1d20+12 Adrian
[19:12] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+12 Adrian and gets 23." [1d20=11]
[19:12] <Jaela> OOC: 29 for me, then
[19:12] <Ithea> roll d20+19
[19:12] * Hatbot --> "Ithea rolls d20+19 and gets 39." [d20=20]
[19:12] <Kotono> roll 1d20+16 Abigor
[19:12] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+16 Abigor and gets 24." [1d20=8]
[19:13] * Kotono changes topic to 'Ithea(39)>Jaela(29)>Abigor(24)>Adrian(23)'
[19:13] * Kotono changes topic to 'Ithea(39)>Afina(38)>Muirfinn(34; iced)>Jaela=Tepen(29)>Abigor(24)>Adrian(23)'
[19:14] <Kotono> OOC: Open Ithea.
[19:18] <Ithea> roll d20+42 K:P for KD
[19:18] * Hatbot --> "Ithea rolls d20+42 K:P for KD and gets 57." [d20=15]
[19:18] <Jaela> roll 1d20+40 K:P for KD
[19:18] * Hatbot --> "Jaela rolls 1d20+40 K:P for KD and gets 58." [1d20=18]
[19:21] * Ithea moves immediately as Afina gives her war cry, and somehow beats her to their foe as she slashes at the back of the still kneeling Abigor's neck, her glaive pumped with arcane might and chaos power. (OOC: chaos devotion, AS4, vampiric touch)
[19:21] <Ithea> roll d10 CD
[19:21] * Hatbot --> "Ithea rolls d10 CD and gets 1." [d10=1]
[19:21] <Kotono> OOC: How far back?
[19:21] <Ithea> ooc: how far back what?
[19:22] <Kotono> OOC: How far are yo uaway from him? How far did yo umove?
[19:22] <Ithea> I was at 35ft, I'd want to move within reach so 10ft away?
[19:22] <Ithea> ooc: 15ft away rather
[19:22] <Ithea> so I'd move 20ft
[19:22] <Kotono> OOC: Okay. Go for it.
[19:22] <Ithea> roll d20+46
[19:22] * Hatbot --> "Ithea rolls d20+46 and gets 56." [d20=10]
[19:23] <Kotono> OOC: Hit.
[19:23] <Ithea> roll d20+29 CL
[19:23] * Hatbot --> "Ithea rolls d20+29 CL and gets 30." [d20=1]
[19:23] <Ithea> ooc: bah
[19:23] <Kotono> OOC: No joy on the VT, got resisted.
[19:23] <Ithea> roll d10+25+4d4+2d6 (4d4 is AS, 2d6 holy)
[19:23] * Hatbot --> "Ithea rolls d10+25+4d4+2d6 (4d4 is AS, 2d6 holy) and gets 50." [d10=8][4d4=4, 3, 4, 2][2d6=3, 1]
[19:24] * Ithea also fires a ray at Abigor right after her slash! (OOC: ennervation quick cast)
[19:24] <Ithea> roll d20+37 ranged touch
[19:24] * Hatbot --> "Ithea rolls d20+37 ranged touch and gets 54." [d20=17]
[19:25] <Kotono> OOC: HIt. SR.
[19:25] <Ithea> roll d20+29 CL
[19:25] * Hatbot --> "Ithea rolls d20+29 CL and gets 30." [d20=1]
[19:25] <Kotono> OOC: What does your weapon count as?
[19:26] <Ithea> ooc: silver+good. Not sure about it counting as epic probably not.
[19:27] <Kotono> Ithea moves fast, blade and arcane fire striking! It cuts ever so shallowly into his neck, barely bleeding in the least! The magics invoked crumble before him, as...OOC: Afina.
[19:27] <Afina> Surprised that someone got there before she did, Afina is just a bare fraction behind Ithea. Hasting her companions in an instant, she doesn't spare time on other spells that would only give Abigor time to adapt, instead she flies at him with Hywelbane leading the way, driving the holy blade in to puncture his armour with all her strength, then ripping it out and kicking off of him to fly back
[19:27] <Afina> and up, buying herself some room. "This time surprise is on our side?" she taunts him for letting himself be caught flat-footed.
[19:27] <Afina> roll 1d20+50 7th level arcane strike
[19:27] * Hatbot --> "Afina rolls 1d20+50 7th level arcane strike and gets 60." [1d20=10]
[19:27] <Afina> roll 1d20+45 7th level arcane strike
[19:27] * Hatbot --> "Afina rolls 1d20+45 7th level arcane strike and gets 63." [1d20=18]
[19:27] <Afina> roll 1d20+50 7th level arcane strike skirmish boots
[19:27] * Hatbot --> "Afina rolls 1d20+50 7th level arcane strike skirmish boots and gets 52." [1d20=2]
[19:28] <Kotono> OOC: Two hits.
[19:28] <Afina> roll 1d4+22+2d6+2d6+5d6+2d6+7d4 good/epic/silver
[19:28] * Hatbot --> "Afina rolls 1d4+22+2d6+2d6+5d6+2d6+7d4 good/epic/silver and gets 74." [1d4=2][2d6=2, 2][2d6=3, 3][5d6=3, 5, 4, 6, 2][2d6=5, 1][7d4=4, 3, 1, 1, 2, 1, 2]
[19:28] <Afina> roll 1d4+22+2d6+2d6+5d6+2d6+7d4 good/epic/silver
[19:28] * Hatbot --> "Afina rolls 1d4+22+2d6+2d6+5d6+2d6+7d4 good/epic/silver and gets 89." [1d4=4][2d6=4, 6][2d6=4, 5][5d6=1, 1, 4, 4, 3][2d6=5, 5][7d4=4, 3, 1, 4, 1, 4, 4]
[19:29] <Afina> OOC: +4 damage from shiftsilver
[19:30] <Kotono> Afina is fast as lightning, slashing into him twice! It finds gaps in his armor as it thrusts in, the blade lightly stained with bright red blood! OOC: Muirfinn, go. Remember 1/4th move speed due to being iced.
[19:30] <Ithea> ooc: I'd like to use opportunist
[19:30] <Kotono> OOC: Go for it.
[19:30] * Ithea slashes at Abigor again following Afina's strikes!
[19:30] <Kotono> OOC: Also, skirmish is precision damage?
[19:30] <Ithea> roll d20+50
[19:30] * Hatbot --> "Ithea rolls d20+50 and gets 52." [d20=2]
[19:30] * Muirfinn rises into a standing position, makes a 5 foot step, and proceeds to smash Abigor in the face! OOC: 15 foot reach YEAHHHH
[19:30] <Afina> OOC: yes
[19:31] <Kotono> OOC: Miss and no precision damage on him.
[19:31] <Muirfinn> roll 1d20+37 Stunning fist because why the fuck not
[19:31] * Hatbot --> "Muirfinn rolls 1d20+37 Stunning fist because why the fuck not and gets 53." [1d20=16]
[19:31] <Afina> OOC: -33 damage then
[19:32] <Kotono> OOC: Hit. Damage and DC?
[19:32] <Muirfinn> roll 4d10+4+14+2d6 holy damage, plus 1 Con damage each hit. Counts as magic/good/bludgeoning/silver, SF DC 30
[19:32] * Hatbot --> "Muirfinn rolls 4d10+4+14+2d6 holy damage, plus 1 Con damage each hit. Counts as magic/good/bludgeoning/silver, SF DC 30 and gets 44." [4d10=1, 6, 6, 7][2d6=3, 3]
[19:32] <Kotono> roll 1d20+34 does not fail on 1 due to steadfast determination. Also bare hit then, Ithea. Start counting your buffs in #thecauldron or you won't get them.
[19:33] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+34 does not fail on 1 due to steadfast determination. Also bare hit then, Ithea. Start counting your buffs in #thecauldron or you won't get them. and gets 54." [1d20=20]
[19:33] <Ithea> roll d10+25+4d4+2d6 strike
[19:33] * Hatbot --> "Ithea rolls d10+25+4d4+2d6 strike and gets 55." [d10=10][4d4=4, 3, 3, 3][2d6=5, 2]
[19:33] <Ithea> roll d20+29 CL
[19:33] * Hatbot --> "Ithea rolls d20+29 CL and gets 43." [d20=14]
[19:34] <Kotono> OOC: Pretty sure you use the same CL check for the same hit on a round.
[19:35] <Kotono> A smash and a slash catch Abigor again, opening up bruises and shallow wounds on him! He begins to stay something, but the blows momentarily knock the words out of his mouth! OOC: Go Jaela.
[19:35] * Jaela rises to her feet, still facing Auril. Gae Bolg is summoned into her hand, and Jaela salutes the Frostmaiden's throne with it before she disappears from view. When she can be seen again, Jaela is her mother's size, her hair and wings silver, and on Abigor's other flank from Ithea. Rather than give Abigor a chance to react to that new threat, however, she strikes at once!
[19:35] <Jaela> OOC: Accelerated Boots> (1) Chain Dispel -> Gae Bolg/move action, Holy Transformation/standard, Righteous Might/contingency, quickened Divine Favor/swift, (2) Greater Heroism/standard, Holy Warrior/swift, move to flank with Ithea.
[19:35] <Kotono> OOC: Okay.
[19:36] <Jaela> roll 1d20+60+2-5 (5pa)
[19:36] <Jaela> roll 1d20+60+2-5 (5pa)
[19:36] * Hatbot --> "Jaela rolls 1d20+60+2-5 (5pa) and gets 60." [1d20=3]
[19:36] * Hatbot --> "Jaela rolls 1d20+60+2-5 (5pa) and gets 65." [1d20=8]
[19:36] <Jaela> roll 1d20+55+2-5 (5pa)
[19:36] * Hatbot --> "Jaela rolls 1d20+55+2-5 (5pa) and gets 69." [1d20=17]
[19:36] <Jaela> roll 1d20+50+2-5+13 (5pa) smite1
[19:36] * Hatbot --> "Jaela rolls 1d20+50+2-5+13 (5pa) smite1 and gets 73." [1d20=13]
[19:36] <Jaela> roll 1d20+45+2-5+13 (5pa) smite2
[19:36] * Hatbot --> "Jaela rolls 1d20+45+2-5+13 (5pa) smite2 and gets 73." [1d20=18]
[19:37] <Kotono> OOC: All hit. Damage.
[19:37] <Jaela> roll 1d20+22 chain dispel
[19:37] * Hatbot --> "Jaela rolls 1d20+22 chain dispel and gets 29." [1d20=7]
[19:38] <Jaela> roll 2d6+62+2+10+8d6 silver+holy+anarchic+epic
[19:38] <Jaela> roll 2d6+62+2+10+8d6 silver+holy+anarchic+epic
[19:38] <Jaela> roll 2d6+62+2+10+8d6 silver+holy+anarchic+epic
[19:38] * Hatbot --> "Jaela rolls 2d6+62+2+10+8d6 silver+holy+anarchic+epic and gets 119." [2d6=5, 3][8d6=3, 6, 6, 6, 6, 2, 6, 2]
[19:38] * Hatbot --> "Jaela rolls 2d6+62+2+10+8d6 silver+holy+anarchic+epic and gets 109." [2d6=3, 1][8d6=6, 4, 2, 4, 1, 5, 5, 4]
[19:38] * Hatbot --> "Jaela rolls 2d6+62+2+10+8d6 silver+holy+anarchic+epic and gets 101." [2d6=1, 1][8d6=5, 2, 3, 6, 2, 1, 1, 5]
[19:38] <Kotono> OOC: Three more dispel checks.
[19:39] <Jaela> roll 2d6+62+2+10+8d6+10 silver+holy+anarchic+epic
[19:39] <Jaela> roll 2d6+62+2+10+8d6+10 silver+holy+anarchic+epic
[19:39] * Hatbot --> "Jaela rolls 2d6+62+2+10+8d6+10 silver+holy+anarchic+epic and gets 109." [2d6=2, 2][8d6=1, 5, 1, 2, 4, 2, 2, 4]
[19:39] * Hatbot --> "Jaela rolls 2d6+62+2+10+8d6+10 silver+holy+anarchic+epic and gets 123." [2d6=6, 4][8d6=2, 4, 3, 2, 3, 4, 6, 5]
[19:39] <Jaela> roll 1d20+22 CL2
[19:39] * Hatbot --> "Jaela rolls 1d20+22 CL2 and gets 24." [1d20=2]
[19:39] <Jaela> roll 1d20+22 CL3
[19:39] * Hatbot --> "Jaela rolls 1d20+22 CL3 and gets 40." [1d20=18]
[19:39] <Kotono> roll 119+109+101+109+123
[19:39] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 119+109+101+109+123 and gets 561."
[19:40] <Kotono> Jaela strikes and strikes! Each blow is worse and more, but yet Abigor stands there unbroken and unbowed! Magic crackles around him, unbroken by Jaela's incantations! He's bloodied but no decisive wounds have been dealt! OOC: Tepen's up.
[19:41] <Kotono> OOC: Tepen'll hold and have a Wish ready for emergency cleanup while you guys melee him. Abigor's up.
[19:42] <Jaela> OOC: +10 more damage
[19:46] <Kotono> With a smooth move Abigor stands, bloodied but still unbroken! A blade is in his hand, a blade of clanging war and the neigh of charging horses! In his other hand is a slab of pure steel, as low in his throat, "You think that you can defeat me? I am eternal! You are nothing but mortals! This is the difference between us!" First, magic begins to shatter around Jaela! OOC: Going to try your
[19:46] <Kotono> counterspell?
[19:46] <Jaela> OOC: Is it greater dispel?
[19:46] <Kotono> OOC: No.
[19:47] <Jaela> roll 1d20+30
[19:47] * Hatbot --> "Jaela rolls 1d20+30 and gets 37." [1d20=7]
[19:48] <Jaela> Grimacing, Jaela decides to try and dodge this particular bullet after all.
[19:48] <Jaela> roll 1d20+27 chain dispel to try and counter
[19:48] * Hatbot --> "Jaela rolls 1d20+27 chain dispel to try and counter and gets 46." [1d20=19]
[19:48] <Kotono> OOC: What level of spell does that hit?
[19:49] <Jaela> OOC: It's vs CL+11, so it beats CL35 and below
[19:50] <Kotono> OOC: No joy. List spells.
[19:51] <Jaela> OOC: Righteous Halo, Holy Transformation, Righteous Might, Greater Heroism, Divine Favor, Divine  Insight, Longstrider, Permanency1, Permanency2
[19:51] <Kotono> OOC: Okay, mod is +40 so that gets all of them unless your CL is jacked.
[19:52] <Kotono> The magic around Jaela is shredded like tissue paper, torn asunder into nothing! As she resumes her proper size, he steps in and strikes into her!
[19:52] <Kotono> roll 1d20+60 (-10 PA)
[19:52] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+60 (-10 PA) and gets 74." [1d20=14]
[19:52] <Kotono> roll 1d20+60 (-10 PA)
[19:52] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+60 (-10 PA) and gets 63." [1d20=3]
[19:52] <Kotono> OOC: We'll go one at a time. Or two since I did that before realizing you're in gambit. First one hit?
[19:53] <Kotono> OOC: +4 to it, since you're gambit.
[19:53] <Jaela> OOC: Of course they all will hit! Let's go one at a time, yes. Roll damage, I'll counter?
[19:53] <Kotono> roll 2d6+30+2d6+3d6 and 1 negative level and 1 con if not protected
[19:53] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 2d6+30+2d6+3d6 and 1 negative level and 1 con if not protected and gets 52." [2d6=2, 1][2d6=2, 2][3d6=6, 5, 4]
[19:54] <Kotono> OOC: +4 damage from gambit. Must remmeb erthat.
[19:55] <Jaela> roll 1d20+55+2+2-5+13 (counter, 5pa, smite3)
[19:55] * Hatbot --> "Jaela rolls 1d20+55+2+2-5+13 (counter, 5pa, smite3) and gets 76." [1d20=9]
[19:56] <Jaela> roll 1d8+53+10+2+8d6+10 silver/holy/anarchic/epic
[19:56] * Hatbot --> "Jaela rolls 1d8+53+10+2+8d6+10 silver/holy/anarchic/epic and gets 108." [1d8=7][8d6=3, 2, 6, 5, 1, 1, 5, 3]
[19:56] <Kotono> roll 2d6+30+2d6+3d6 and 1 negative level and 1 con if not protected second hit
[19:56] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 2d6+30+2d6+3d6 and 1 negative level and 1 con if not protected second hit and gets 52." [2d6=1, 2][2d6=5, 1][3d6=3, 6, 4]
[19:57] <Jaela> roll 1d20+55+2+2-5+13 (counter, 5pa, smite4)
[19:57] * Hatbot --> "Jaela rolls 1d20+55+2+2-5+13 (counter, 5pa, smite4) and gets 83." [1d20=16]
[19:57] <Jaela> OOC: Sorry, -2 to that
[19:58] <Jaela> roll 1d8+53+10+2+8d6+10 silver/holy/anarchic/epic
[19:58] * Hatbot --> "Jaela rolls 1d8+53+10+2+8d6+10 silver/holy/anarchic/epic and gets 99." [1d8=2][8d6=1, 2, 4, 1, 6, 3, 3, 2]
[19:58] <Kotono> roll 1d20+55 (-10 PA)
[19:58] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+55 (-10 PA) and gets 65." [1d20=10]
[19:59] <Kotono> roll 2d6+30+2d6+3d6 and 1 negative level and 1 con if not protected third hit +4 to hit on that one and +8 damage from this and last's gambit damage.
[19:59] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 2d6+30+2d6+3d6 and 1 negative level and 1 con if not protected third hit +4 to hit on that one and +8 damage from this and last's gambit damage. and gets 56." [2d6=4, 6][2d6=5, 3][3d6=5, 2, 1]
[19:59] <Jaela> roll 1d20+55+2+2-5+13-3 (counter, 5pa, last smite, 3nl)
[19:59] * Hatbot --> "Jaela rolls 1d20+55+2+2-5+13-3 (counter, 5pa, last smite, 3nl) and gets 76." [1d20=12]
[20:00] <Jaela> roll 1d8+53+10+2+8d6+10 silver/holy/anarchic/epic
[20:00] * Hatbot --> "Jaela rolls 1d8+53+10+2+8d6+10 silver/holy/anarchic/epic and gets 103." [1d8=3][8d6=2, 6, 1, 4, 3, 1, 6, 2]
[20:00] <Kotono> OOC: Hit.
[20:00] <Kotono> roll 1d20+50 (-10 PA)
[20:00] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+50 (-10 PA) and gets 64." [1d20=14]
[20:00] <Kotono> roll 2d6+30+2d6+3d6+4 and 1 negative level and 1 con if not protected fourth hit remembered the damn gambit damage this time, +4 to the attack roll though.
[20:00] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 2d6+30+2d6+3d6+4 and 1 negative level and 1 con if not protected fourth hit remembered the damn gambit damage this time, +4 to the attack roll though. and gets 57." [2d6=2, 6][2d6=5, 3][3d6=1, 1, 5]
[20:05] <Kotono> "NO!" Tepen's voice interjects as he rushes around the battlefield! Arcane patterns draw themselves in the air around him as he goes, managing to lay a hand on Jaela's bloodied shoulder! OOC: Wish mimicks Heal, +150 HP and con damage is gone. Negative levels remain since they're not restored by Heal. Counter and then Abigor has one more attack.
[20:06] * Kotono changes topic to 'Ithea(39)>Afina(38)>Muirfinn(34; iced)>Jaela(29)>Tepen=Abigor(24)>Adrian(23)'
[20:07] <Jaela> "Die already, you motherless bastard!" Jaela yells as she strikes back, doing her very best to hold out long enough to see the devil die alongside her!
[20:07] <Jaela> roll 1d20+55+2+2-5 (counter, 5pa)
[20:07] * Hatbot --> "Jaela rolls 1d20+55+2+2-5 (counter, 5pa) and gets 57." [1d20=3]
[20:07] <Kotono> OOC: Whiff.
[20:07] <Kotono> roll 1d20+45 (-10 PA)
[20:07] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+45 (-10 PA) and gets 59." [1d20=14]
[20:07] <Kotono> roll 2d6+30+2d6+3d6+4 and 1 negative level and 1 con final attack
[20:07] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 2d6+30+2d6+3d6+4 and 1 negative level and 1 con final attack and gets 63." [2d6=6, 1][2d6=6, 5][3d6=5, 5, 1]
[20:08] <Jaela> roll 1d20+55+2+2-5-5 (counter, 5pa)
[20:08] * Hatbot --> "Jaela rolls 1d20+55+2+2-5-5 (counter, 5pa) and gets 50." [1d20=1]
[20:09] <Kotono> The exchange leaves Jaela a body of blood and gore, ripped over several times! Abigor is in a similar state, yet his body holds together! It seems to be a mesh of pure, seething hatred! You can feel an dsee the hatred that holds him together as he draws his blade back, "You're just mortals! Trash! Your lives mean nothing to us! You have no right to resist!" OOC: Adrian.
[20:09] <Jaela> "I'll put that on your fucking tombstone!"
[20:09] <Kotono> Adrian charges right into the battlefield, gritting his teeth as Abigor strikes at him on the charge!
[20:09] <Kotono> roll 1d20+60 (-10 PA) can't get around taking an AoO from him
[20:09] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+60 (-10 PA) can't get around taking an AoO from him and gets 63." [1d20=3]
[20:10] <Kotono> roll 2d6+30+2d6+3d6+4 and 1 negative level and 1 con
[20:10] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 2d6+30+2d6+3d6+4 and 1 negative level and 1 con and gets 70." [2d6=5, 6][2d6=5, 4][3d6=5, 5, 6]
[20:10] <Kotono> OOC: Strike 25 damage and the negative level from that since Adrian's neutral.
[20:11] <Kotono> roll 1d20+43 (+2 charge, +2 flanking)
[20:11] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+43 (+2 charge, +2 flanking) and gets 47." [1d20=4]
[20:11] <Kotono> But Adrian's blow is deflected away by Abigor, as he gets slashed deep in his shoulder! OOC: Ow. Ithea, go.
[20:13] <Kotono> "Be silent!" Adrian snaps, as blood stains his shoulder, "YOU have no right to resist! You've killed millions of souls!" Adrian spits at him, splattering on his armor, "Rot in the Abyss, you self important bastard!"
[20:14] * Ithea keeps trying to slash into Abigor while he's focused on Jaela, again channeling powerful magic into her glaive, this time supercharging it with the power of the blue dragon her glaive used to be. (OOC: AS4, vampiric touch, and channeling electric effect from glaive into VT).
[20:14] <Ithea> roll d10 CD
[20:14] * Hatbot --> "Ithea rolls d10 CD and gets 6." [d10=6]
[20:14] <Ithea> roll d20+50
[20:14] * Hatbot --> "Ithea rolls d20+50 and gets 60." [d20=10]
[20:14] <Ithea> roll d20+50
[20:14] * Hatbot --> "Ithea rolls d20+50 and gets 66." [d20=16]
[20:14] <Ithea> roll d20+45
[20:14] * Hatbot --> "Ithea rolls d20+45 and gets 64." [d20=19]
[20:15] <Ithea> roll d20+45 crit?
[20:15] * Hatbot --> "Ithea rolls d20+45 crit? and gets 50." [d20=5]
[20:15] <Ithea> roll d20+40
[20:15] * Hatbot --> "Ithea rolls d20+40 and gets 54." [d20=14]
[20:15] <Kotono> OOC: Two hits. No crit, he's immune.
[20:15] <Ithea> roll d20+35
[20:15] * Hatbot --> "Ithea rolls d20+35 and gets 41." [d20=6]
[20:15] <Ithea> roll d20+30 CL
[20:15] * Hatbot --> "Ithea rolls d20+30 CL and gets 40." [d20=10]
[20:15] <Kotono> OOC: No joy on the CL.
[20:15] <Ithea> roll 2#d10+25+4d4+2d6
[20:15] * Hatbot --> "Ithea rolls 2#d10+25+4d4+2d6 and gets 88." [2#d10+25+4d4+2d6 = 39, 49]
[20:16] * Ithea also tries to ennervate him again!
[20:16] <Ithea> roll d20+39 ranged touch
[20:16] * Hatbot --> "Ithea rolls d20+39 ranged touch and gets 45." [d20=6]
[20:17] <Kotono> OOC: Hit.
[20:17] <Ithea> roll d20+29 CL
[20:17] * Hatbot --> "Ithea rolls d20+29 CL and gets 30." [d20=1]
[20:19] <Kotono> Ithea slashes into him again! Another shallow wound - and his body radiates hate! Pure, overwhelming hate on a scale that staggers you! Images of blood and atrocities flood your mind - a village put to the sword, children burning in an inferno, brutalities that constant assail you! OOC: Fort saves, all. If you're immune to sickened say so and no save needed.
[20:20] <Afina> roll 1d20+45 dropping moment of prescience on this
[20:20] * Hatbot --> "Afina rolls 1d20+45 dropping moment of prescience on this and gets 49." [1d20=4]
[20:20] <Ithea> roll d20+31+9 inspiration
[20:20] * Hatbot --> "Ithea rolls d20+31+9 inspiration and gets 45." [d20=5]
[20:20] <Kotono> roll 1d20+29 Adrian does not autofail on 1
[20:20] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+29 Adrian does not autofail on 1 and gets 33." [1d20=4]
[20:20] <Jaela> roll 1d20+46-5-2
[20:20] * Hatbot --> "Jaela rolls 1d20+46-5-2 and gets 50." [1d20=11]
[20:20] <Muirfinn> roll 1d20+38+6
[20:20] * Hatbot --> "Muirfinn rolls 1d20+38+6 and gets 51." [1d20=7]
[20:20] <Kotono> roll 1d20+15 Tepen
[20:20] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+15 Tepen and gets 34." [1d20=19]
[20:21] * Kotono changes topic to 'Ithea(39)>Afina(38)>Muirfinn(34; iced)>Jaela(29)>Tepen(sickened)=Abigor(24)>Adrian(23, sickened)'
[20:22] <Kotono> The images batter you - you live through the crimes, watching as they happen on his (your) orders. The cries of the children burning, the ignored pleads for mercy from an entire village, the looks of terror as you turn your back, devils following your orders...but you resist, ignoring the constant onslaught! OOC: Afina.
[20:23] <Afina> Drawing in on herself for a moment, Afina acclerates herself madly, enough so to cast greater heroism and shield on herself for a bit more combat effectiveness, as well as recasting the moment of prescience she just expended. Then she's on Abigor, stabbing him furiously over and over before pulling safely back - she has no illusions about her ability to endure a pitched battle like Jaela did.
[20:23] <Afina> roll 1d20+57 8th level arcane strike, flanking with whoever I can manage
[20:23] * Hatbot --> "Afina rolls 1d20+57 8th level arcane strike, flanking with whoever I can manage and gets 74." [1d20=17]
[20:23] <Afina> roll 1d20+52 8th level arcane strike, flanking with whoever I can manage
[20:23] * Hatbot --> "Afina rolls 1d20+52 8th level arcane strike, flanking with whoever I can manage and gets 67." [1d20=15]
[20:23] <Afina> roll 1d20+57 8th level arcane strike, flanking with whoever I can manage skirmish shoes
[20:23] * Hatbot --> "Afina rolls 1d20+57 8th level arcane strike, flanking with whoever I can manage skirmish shoes and gets 63." [1d20=6]
[20:23] <Kotono> OOC: Three hits.
[20:24] <Afina> roll 1d4+24+2d6+2d6+2d6+8d4 good/epic/silver
[20:24] * Hatbot --> "Afina rolls 1d4+24+2d6+2d6+2d6+8d4 good/epic/silver and gets 62." [1d4=2][2d6=6, 2][2d6=4, 2][2d6=2, 2][8d4=3, 3, 3, 3, 1, 1, 3, 1]
[20:24] <Afina> roll 1d4+24+2d6+2d6+2d6+8d4 good/epic/silver
[20:24] * Hatbot --> "Afina rolls 1d4+24+2d6+2d6+2d6+8d4 good/epic/silver and gets 70." [1d4=3][2d6=6, 2][2d6=3, 3][2d6=6, 6][8d4=3, 3, 3, 1, 3, 2, 1, 1]
[20:24] <Afina> roll 1d4+24+2d6+2d6+2d6+8d4 good/epic/silver
[20:24] * Hatbot --> "Afina rolls 1d4+24+2d6+2d6+2d6+8d4 good/epic/silver and gets 64." [1d4=3][2d6=4, 6][2d6=2, 2][2d6=4, 2][8d4=4, 1, 2, 2, 2, 1, 4, 1]
[20:24] <Kotono> roll 62+70+64
[20:24] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 62+70+64 and gets 196."
[20:26] <Kotono> Afina strikes and strikes! Horrors roll off him instead of blood - Afina sees herself standing over a shattered, broken knight. He pleads for mercy, even as his body crumbles to ash and his soul plunges screaming into an endless lake of burning fire and despair! OOC: Muirfinn.
[20:26] * Muirfinn sees that now that he is upright, Abigor is more of a challenge than expected. He takes a 5 foot step back out of combat, shifts back into his natural form and stops time! OOC: Time Stop SLA. Out at 20 ft.
[20:27] <Kotono> OOC: Okay. Roll your rounds and go for it.
[20:27] <Muirfinn> roll 1d4+1 time stopped rounds
[20:27] * Hatbot --> "Muirfinn rolls 1d4+1 time stopped rounds and gets 3." [1d4=2]
[20:31] * Muirfinn retreats 30 feet, casts Resist Energy on himself to protect him from the cold. He concentrates for a few moments, and a wide set of stormy elementals appear around the melee! OOC: Burning 2xNature's Avatar for 2 SNA 9's
[20:31] <Muirfinn> roll 2#1d3
[20:31] * Hatbot --> "Muirfinn rolls 2#1d3 and gets 2." [2#1d3 = 1, 1]
[20:31] <Muirfinn> OOC: Bummer dude
[20:32] <Muirfinn> OOC: 2 Greater storm elementals
[20:32] <Kotono> OOC: Okay, describre them appearing and then attacking once the time stop finishes. Also PM first.
[20:35] * Muirfinn puts a bit more distance between him and the melee as the spell fades. The party can see that they are now joined by two massive elementals, angry whirling clouds of ice chunks, snow, thunder and lightning. They are both within 10 feet of Abigor, behind him. They let out twin bellows of thunder, arcs of lightning bouncing between them as thick bolts lance out at Abigor!
[20:36] <Muirfinn> roll 10d4 nonlethal. Supernatural, ignores SR. Fort 28 halves
[20:36] <Muirfinn> roll 10d4 nonlethal. Supernatural, ignores SR. Fort 28 halves
[20:36] * Hatbot --> "Muirfinn rolls 10d4 nonlethal. Supernatural, ignores SR. Fort 28 halves and gets 28." [10d4=3, 3, 3, 3, 4, 2, 1, 4, 3, 2]
[20:36] * Hatbot --> "Muirfinn rolls 10d4 nonlethal. Supernatural, ignores SR. Fort 28 halves and gets 23." [10d4=1, 3, 2, 1, 2, 2, 4, 1, 3, 4]
[20:36] <Kotono> OOC: Doesn't fail on one and autopasses those.
[20:37] <Kotono> OOC: That it for them?
[20:37] * NeremWorld (~Nerem@71-37-12-176.tukw.qwest.net) Quit (Quit: )
[20:37] <Muirfinn> OOC: Unless you rule that Thunder and Lightning won't hit everyone else in melee, yeah.
[20:37] <Kotono> OOC: It would. Okay.
[20:38] <Kotono> The snow and thunder elementals appear, howing like a winter storm! Yet Abigor endures the barrage easily, as...OOC: Jaela.
[20:38] <Jaela> Jaela's shove back at Tepen lacks any of the niceness of his previous tap of her shoulder, yet it is surely as life-saving! He will survive for a while longer, she is certain, and as she continues pushing the disoriented mage out of the immediate threat of battle Jaela can only hope that Abigor doesn't strike her down during their tactical retreat.
[20:39] <Kotono> OOC: Taking the AoO for it?
[20:39] <Jaela> OOC: Yes, hoping for gambit! I'll use an immediate if he crits me or something.
[20:39] <Kotono> roll 1d20+60 (-10 PA)
[20:39] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+60 (-10 PA) and gets 72." [1d20=12]
[20:40] <Kotono> roll 2d6+30+2d6+3d6+4 and 1 negative level and 1 con
[20:40] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 2d6+30+2d6+3d6+4 and 1 negative level and 1 con and gets 62." [2d6=3, 5][2d6=6, 3][3d6=6, 1, 4]
[20:40] <Jaela> roll 1d20+48+2-6 (flanking, 6nl, counter)
[20:40] * Hatbot --> "Jaela rolls 1d20+48+2-6 (flanking, 6nl, counter) and gets 64." [1d20=20]
[20:40] <Jaela> roll 1d20+48+2-6 (flanking, 6nl, counter)
[20:40] * Hatbot --> "Jaela rolls 1d20+48+2-6 (flanking, 6nl, counter) and gets 59." [1d20=15]
[20:40] <Kotono> OOC: Normal hit, immuen to crit.
[20:41] <Jaela> roll 1d8+45+8d6 silver/holy/anarchic/epic
[20:41] * Hatbot --> "Jaela rolls 1d8+45+8d6 silver/holy/anarchic/epic and gets 75." [1d8=4][8d6=2, 1, 4, 6, 5, 3, 2, 3]
[20:41] <Ithea> ooc: opportunist on Jaela's gambit strike.
[20:41] <Kotono> OOC: Go for it.
[20:41] <Jaela> OOC: Can you please roll 1d100 for miss chance?
[20:41] <Ithea> roll d20+54
[20:41] * Hatbot --> "Ithea rolls d20+54 and gets 67." [d20=13]
[20:41] <Kotono> OOC: Hit.
[20:41] <Kotono> roll 1d100
[20:41] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d100 and gets 38." [1d100=38]
[20:41] <Ithea> roll d10+27+4d4+2d6
[20:41] * Hatbot --> "Ithea rolls d10+27+4d4+2d6 and gets 55." [d10=6][4d4=4, 4, 4, 1][2d6=3, 6]
[20:42] <Kotono> More blows are exchanged - Jaela is ripped terrifically and Abigor gets two more wounds! Images assail you again - this of great, endless battlefields of blood and horror, assailing you afresh! OOC: Ow. Tepen and Abigor.
[20:43] <Kotono> OOC: Tepen'll hold in case he can do something to save someone again. Abigor's up.
[20:44] <Ithea> ooc: reminder that I wanted to use immediate
[20:44] <Kotono> OOC: Okay. Now or when?
[20:44] <Ithea> As Abigor prepares to strike at them again, Ithea's hand swipes by her belt, swishing the contents of gold and chaos within a small bottle in one of her pouches. With a few words of chanting, she twirls her glaive, as every 40 degrees a black orb forms at the tip of Seiryu's blade, until she slams the bottom of the polearm against the ground, nine orbs exploding into swirling portals of darkness,
[20:44] <Ithea> circling randomly around the battlefield, seemingly with no purpose. (OOC: immediate action, casting Misery Bottle)
[20:44] <Ithea> ooc: now~
[20:44] <Kotono> OOC: Lemme review it real quick.
[20:45] <Kotono> OOC: Okay, who does it cover?
[20:45] <Ithea> ooc: I'll just try to intercept Abigor's attacks that the spell can intercept.
[20:46] <Kotono> OOC: Who preciseyl does it cover? Need to know. You or others or what? Want to be clear on this.
[20:47] <Kotono> OOC: Everyone in melee or what?
[20:47] <Ithea> ooc: me and Adrian right now I think (anybody within my reach). Forgot that Jaela/Tepen are on other side so it won't cover them.
[20:47] <Kotono> OOC: Okay.
[20:47] <Ithea> ooc: everyone within 15ft of me
[20:47] <Kotono> Ignoring the elementals for the moment, Abigor turns his attention on another target - Adrian! No words - you can hear him grunting as he swings his blade! OOC: What's the DC on Misery Bottle?
[20:47] <Ithea> ooc: 34
[20:48] <Kotono> OOC: Then you just PM it to me, okay.
[20:48] <Ithea> ooc: reflex
[20:48] <Kotono> roll 1d20+60 (-10 PA)
[20:48] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+60 (-10 PA) and gets 72." [1d20=12]
[20:48] <Kotono> roll 1d20+39 ref ironically this is his best save
[20:48] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+39 ref ironically this is his best save and gets 54." [1d20=15]
[20:48] <Ithea> ooc: alas
[20:48] <Kotono> roll 2d6+30 and 1 con
[20:48] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 2d6+30 and 1 con and gets 34." [2d6=3, 1]
[20:48] <Kotono> roll 1d20+60 (-10 PA)
[20:48] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+60 (-10 PA) and gets 62." [1d20=2]
[20:48] <Kotono> roll 2d6+30 and 1 con
[20:48] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 2d6+30 and 1 con and gets 39." [2d6=4, 5]
[20:49] <Kotono> roll 1d20+55 (-10 PA)
[20:49] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+55 (-10 PA) and gets 66." [1d20=11]
[20:49] <Kotono> roll 2d6+30 and 1 con
[20:49] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 2d6+30 and 1 con and gets 38." [2d6=6, 2]
[20:49] <Kotono> roll 1d20+50 (-10 PA)
[20:49] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+50 (-10 PA) and gets 62." [1d20=12]
[20:49] <Kotono> roll 2d6+30 and 1 con
[20:49] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 2d6+30 and 1 con and gets 38." [2d6=3, 5]
[20:49] <Kotono> roll 1d20+39 roll 2
[20:49] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+39 roll 2 and gets 46." [1d20=7]
[20:49] <Kotono> roll 1d20+39 roll 3
[20:49] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+39 roll 3 and gets 58." [1d20=19]
[20:49] <Kotono> roll 1d20+39 roll 4
[20:49] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+39 roll 4 and gets 56." [1d20=17]
[20:49] <Kotono> roll 1d20+45 (-10 PA)
[20:49] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+45 (-10 PA) and gets 56." [1d20=11]
[20:49] <Kotono> roll 1d20+39 roll 5
[20:49] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+39 roll 5 and gets 51." [1d20=12]
[20:49] <Kotono> roll 2d6+30 and 1 con
[20:49] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 2d6+30 and 1 con and gets 37." [2d6=3, 4]
[20:52] <Kotono> roll 34+39+38+38+37 and -5 con
[20:52] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 34+39+38+38+37 and -5 con and gets 186."
[20:58] <Kotono> Adrian tries to parry, but the general's greater skill leaves Adrian in tatters! His body is shredded, armor torn apart down the middle and chest gushing blood! ADrian pushes in despite it, clashings words with him! As blood ruins out of his mouth, "Fuck...you..." Adrian growls, before bringing his own blade around! OOC: +1 haste, +2 Ithea, any others? He's up.
[20:59] <Ithea> ooc: nope
[20:59] <Kotono> roll 1d20+44 (+1 haste, +2 Ithea, +2 flank, -19 PA since he can barely scrape against his AC, may as well go for a power shot)
[20:59] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+44 (+1 haste, +2 Ithea, +2 flank, -19 PA since he can barely scrape against his AC, may as well go for a power shot) and gets 59." [1d20=15]
[20:59] <Kotono> OOC -20 from that one.
[20:59] <Kotono> roll 1d20+24
[20:59] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+24 and gets 39." [1d20=15]
[21:00] <Kotono> roll 1d20+19
[21:00] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+19 and gets 36." [1d20=17]
[21:00] <Kotono> roll 1d20+14
[21:00] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+14 and gets 33." [1d20=19]
[21:00] <Kotono> roll 1d20+9
[21:00] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+9 and gets 28." [1d20=19]
[21:02] <Kotono> Adrian fights with all he has, panting and bleeding -b ut Abigor deflects each and every one, pushing him back! As you fight, the chill sound of the Goddess's chuckles are heard from above! "You smite feebly, Abigor. They're still alive!" The sound of her voice turns the images of horror into flash frozen terror within you! OOC: Ithea.
[21:04] * Ithea continues her assault, annoyed that her previous spell seemed so easy to overcome by Abigor, and instead continues to whittle at his defenses with what she's got. (OOC: AS5+VT)
[21:04] <Ithea> roll d10 CD
[21:04] * Hatbot --> "Ithea rolls d10 CD and gets 5." [d10=5]
[21:04] <Ithea> roll d20+56
[21:04] * Hatbot --> "Ithea rolls d20+56 and gets 74." [d20=18]
[21:04] <Ithea> roll d20+56
[21:04] * Hatbot --> "Ithea rolls d20+56 and gets 69." [d20=13]
[21:04] <Ithea> roll d20+51
[21:04] * Hatbot --> "Ithea rolls d20+51 and gets 58." [d20=7]
[21:04] <Ithea> roll d20+46
[21:04] * Hatbot --> "Ithea rolls d20+46 and gets 53." [d20=7]
[21:04] <Ithea> roll d20+41
[21:04] * Hatbot --> "Ithea rolls d20+41 and gets 61." [d20=20]
[21:04] <Kotono> OOC: Three hits.
[21:04] <Ithea> roll d20+29 CL
[21:04] * Hatbot --> "Ithea rolls d20+29 CL and gets 46." [d20=17]
[21:04] <Ithea> roll 3#d10+27+5d4+2d6
[21:04] * Hatbot --> "Ithea rolls 3#d10+27+5d4+2d6 and gets 160." [3#d10+27+5d4+2d6 = 57, 51, 52]
[21:05] <Ithea> ooc: +6 damage, forgot my own tactician buff, d'oh
[21:06] <Kotono> On that blow cutting in, Abigor stumbles back! He falls to his knees, leaning heavily on his blade, both hands on the hilt! He pants as suddenly a barrage of images overwhelms the party! The images from before become more vivid - alive and rapid, constantly pushing into your mind like an ocean poured into a thimble! Countless eons of existance, pushing into each of your minds! OOC: Will save.
[21:06] <Kotono> Mind-affecting. Immunity does not protect but grants a +9 bonus against it.
[21:07] <Afina> roll 1d20+54 moment of prescience again
[21:07] * Hatbot --> "Afina rolls 1d20+54 moment of prescience again and gets 60." [1d20=6]
[21:07] <Kotono> roll 1d20+21 Tepen
[21:07] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+21 Tepen and gets 28." [1d20=7]
[21:07] <Kotono> roll 1d20+23 Adrian
[21:07] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+23 Adrian and gets 42." [1d20=19]
[21:07] <Ithea> roll d20+28+9 inspiration (+4 to that if it's a fear effect)
[21:08] * Hatbot --> "Ithea rolls d20+28+9 inspiration (+4 to that if it's a fear effect) and gets 55." [d20=18]
[21:08] <Jaela> roll 1d20+47-2-6+9
[21:08] * Hatbot --> "Jaela rolls 1d20+47-2-6+9 and gets 62." [1d20=14]
[21:09] <Muirfinn> roll 1d20+6+36 not sure if affected, not in melee
[21:09] * Hatbot --> "Muirfinn rolls 1d20+6+36 not sure if affected, not in melee and gets 55." [1d20=13]
[21:11] <Kotono> The images are powerful - but ultimately they fade! Abigor kneels there, panting and bleeding! Tepen is down - eyes wide and in a rictus of terror! But your attention is PULLED to the Goddess before you. She speaks with cold disdain, "Is that it, Abigor?"
[21:11] <Afina> Starting to build herself up to accelerate into battle again, Afina abruptly stops as Auril drags her attention over.
[21:13] <Jaela> Even now, on the verge of death, Jaela keeps in mind that they are fighting their longtime enemy at the sufferance of a goddess in her very realm. As soon as Auril's verdict is pronounced, however, she will do her best to heal Tepen and Adrian.
[21:13] <Kotono> "My Queen..." Panting and managing to shakily rise, "My strength is in planning these battles! There is no proof in this ambush! I would never allow these mortals to fight me without being exhausted and having faced my champions!"
[21:13] <Afina> "What champions?" Afina asks, ice in her own voice, "The ones back in Hell who even now hunt you as a traitor?"
[21:13] <Ithea> "You didn't think to plan for this eventuality at all? Some planner!" Ithea snorts back.
[21:13] * Jaela winces. That's just... weak. And pathetic.
[21:16] <Kotono> "I grow tired of this. These mortals are tiny things of no power, and they are still more than you. They engineered your fall. They pushed you to hide here." "The blizzard whirls, yet a cold, uncaring smirk is seen for a moment within it. "This is not the first time Aurora has defeated you. It is the last."
[21:17] <Kotono> "They did not!" Abigor quickly protests, "They are gnats! It was the fault of the Dark Ministry, Bel and Gathgorian!"
[21:17] <Afina> That's all the permission Afina needs. Again she accelerates herself into a realm which perhaps only the goddess present can percieve. And in that state she drops a ball lightning's on top of Abigor - for all that she'd prefer searing fire, she's not going to risk Auril's ire by bringing fire before the Goddess of Winter - and then recasts Moment of Prescience. As lightning crackles furiously
[21:17] <Afina> over him, she herself positions herself above him and stabs down furiously with everything she has, risking it all on ending him here and now!
[21:17] <Afina> roll 1d20+20 SR on ball lightning
[21:17] * Hatbot --> "Afina rolls 1d20+20 SR on ball lightning and gets 40." [1d20=20]
[21:17] <Afina> roll 15d6 DC 28 reflex half
[21:17] * Hatbot --> "Afina rolls 15d6 DC 28 reflex half and gets 52." [15d6=3, 5, 6, 3, 3, 6, 1, 1, 6, 1, 6, 1, 5, 3, 2]
[21:18] <Afina> roll 1d20+55 7th level arcane strike, flanking
[21:18] * Hatbot --> "Afina rolls 1d20+55 7th level arcane strike, flanking and gets 72." [1d20=17]
[21:18] <Afina> roll 1d20+55 7th level arcane strike, flanking
[21:18] * Hatbot --> "Afina rolls 1d20+55 7th level arcane strike, flanking and gets 67." [1d20=12]
[21:18] <Afina> roll 1d20+50 7th level arcane strike, flanking
[21:18] * Hatbot --> "Afina rolls 1d20+50 7th level arcane strike, flanking and gets 51." [1d20=1]
[21:18] <Afina> roll 1d20+45 7th level arcane strike, flanking
[21:18] * Hatbot --> "Afina rolls 1d20+45 7th level arcane strike, flanking and gets 59." [1d20=14]
[21:18] <Afina> roll 1d20+60 7th level arcane strike, flanking moment of prescience
[21:18] * Hatbot --> "Afina rolls 1d20+60 7th level arcane strike, flanking moment of prescience and gets 77." [1d20=17]
[21:18] <Kotono> OOC: Hold those attacks as ec.
[21:21] <Kotono> This time there is no resistance. As if his resistance is simply not, the lightning striking Abigor! He convulses all over as Auril watches, "They are victorious. I accept Aurora's offer. Each of you - kill him."
[21:22] <Afina> roll 4#1d4+11+2d6+2d6+7d4
[21:22] * Hatbot --> "Afina rolls 4#1d4+11+2d6+2d6+7d4 and gets 176." [4#1d4+11+2d6+2d6+7d4 = 39, 47, 46, 44]
[21:22] <Jaela> She hesitates just long enough to use Mass Heal -- out of concern for Tepen than her own or Adrian's wounds. But then Jaela can no longer delay and she strikes Abigor down before he manages to somehow escape their grasp yet again!
[21:23] * Ithea doesn't need more of an invitation as she slashes away at the downed Abigor, without any thought of mercy in mind.
[21:23] <Ithea> roll d20+56
[21:23] * Hatbot --> "Ithea rolls d20+56 and gets 69." [d20=13]
[21:23] <Ithea> roll d20+56
[21:23] * Hatbot --> "Ithea rolls d20+56 and gets 63." [d20=7]
[21:23] <Ithea> roll d20+51
[21:23] * Hatbot --> "Ithea rolls d20+51 and gets 66." [d20=15]
[21:23] <Ithea> roll d20+46
[21:23] * Hatbot --> "Ithea rolls d20+46 and gets 64." [d20=18]
[21:23] <Ithea> roll d20+41
[21:23] * Hatbot --> "Ithea rolls d20+41 and gets 45." [d20=4]
[21:24] * Muirfinn allows the elementals to do his work for him, content to walk up toward the melee.
[21:24] <Jaela> roll 1d20+50-6
[21:24] * Hatbot --> "Jaela rolls 1d20+50-6 and gets 50." [1d20=6]
[21:24] <Ithea> roll 4#d10+29+5d4+2d6
[21:24] * Hatbot --> "Ithea rolls 4#d10+29+5d4+2d6 and gets 216." [4#d10+29+5d4+2d6 = 50, 59, 61, 46]
[21:24] <Jaela> roll 1d8+45+8d6
[21:24] * Hatbot --> "Jaela rolls 1d8+45+8d6 and gets 79." [1d8=2][8d6=5, 3, 6, 3, 1, 4, 5, 5]
[21:25] <Muirfinn> roll 4#1d20+29 slamz
[21:25] * Hatbot --> "Muirfinn rolls 4#1d20+29 slamz and gets 181." [4#1d20+29 = 48, 46, 43, 44]
[21:25] <Ithea> roll d20+60 sneaking in the opportunist while everyone's smacking him about.
[21:25] * Hatbot --> "Ithea rolls d20+60 sneaking in the opportunist while everyone's smacking him about. and gets 72." [d20=12]
[21:25] <Ithea> roll d10+29+5d4+2d6
[21:25] * Hatbot --> "Ithea rolls d10+29+5d4+2d6 and gets 60." [d10=7][5d4=2, 3, 4, 4, 4][2d6=1, 6]
[21:26] <Kotono> Adrian shakes as his wounds heal, Gaelach going down into Abigor's stomach, plunging through and into the ground! Blows rain down on him - blade and icy storm first and glaive and spear and short sword! Abigor screams - and his body simply dissolves out! Dark miasma flows out in all directions, a scream from each blob! It flows into the blizzard out, a thousand times calls, "MY QUEEEEEEEN!" In
[21:26] <Kotono> the blizzard the miasma is torn asunder, followed by the wet, meaty sound of chewing.
[21:27] <Kotono> Tepen still lies there, wide eyed and lost in horror.
[21:27] <Jaela> No head on a pike to present their army. Jaela frowns slightly. But then she notices Tepen's condition and hurries back to him!
[21:28] <Kotono> roll 1d20+21
[21:28] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+21 and gets 27." [1d20=6]
[21:29] <Afina> Trusting Jaela to look after Tepen, Afina lands before Auril's throne and kneels. "Thank you for this opportunity, Majesty, it has been a long time coming. What will you do with his soul, if I may ask?" She really hopes destroyed but she'll settle for eternal torture.
[21:30] <Jaela> Grimacing, Jaela tries Dispel Evil. If that doesn't work, then analyzing any magic covering Tepen may well do.
[21:32] <Kotono> OOC: Hold that a sec, Jaela.
[21:32] <Kotono> "He desired divinity. He shall be part of it. Our business is done now. Leave or join the eternal winter."
[21:34] <Jaela> Well then. A dismissal. Jaela pauses as she hears that. "May I plane shift us back from here, Queen Auril?" she asks the goddess.
[21:34] <Muirfinn> A beat, and Muirfinn dismisses the elementals he had summoned.
[21:34] <Afina> "Farewell," Afina rises and flutters over to Jaela.
[21:36] * Ithea also moves near Jaela as Auril dismisses them.
[21:36] <Kotono> Adrians tumbles over, shaky but upright. He smiles - exhausted, but he smiles. To Jaela's question she simply gets a, "Yes".
[21:36] * Jaela picks Tepen and gives the throne a respectful bow, before invoking her magic. Once everyone's gathered around her, of course.
[21:39] <Kotono> With that magic the party returns to before Aurora. Warmth - warmth you didn't realize, warmth! As you stand here your minds feel like they are thawing. Adrian slumps to floating, and in a drained whisper, "We did it."
[21:40] * Muirfinn nods tiredly.
[21:40] <Afina> "Revenge is sweet," Afina sighs before looking worriedly at the member of their group not talking. "What about Tepen?"
[21:40] <Jaela> "It was close," Jaela agrees. Glancing down at Tepen, she winces. "Closer still for some. Let me see what I can do for him at our temple." Nodding at the others, she proceeds to the Triune's abode in Aurora.
[21:41] <Muirfinn> "We are far from finished." Muirfinn says, eyeing Tepen. "I will go get Priest, if you like."
[21:41] <Jaela> Priest is going to be at her destination, and Jaela says as much as she takes off.
[21:41] <Kotono> The purposes dovetail - Priest is found at the temple of the Triune. He looks over Tepen, "What happened?"
[21:43] <Jaela> "We killed Abigor in Auril's domain, and he had a touch of the divine in him. Somehow." Jaela shudders, casting detect magic to take a closer look at Tepen. "But it was near the end so we took him out. Now all that's left is nursing Tepen back to health."
[21:43] <Kotono> There is strong magic around Tepen. OOC: Spellcraft.
[21:43] <Kotono> Adrian meanwhile slumps against a wall, closing his eyes.
[21:44] <Jaela> roll 1d20+30+15-6
[21:44] * Hatbot --> "Jaela rolls 1d20+30+15-6 and gets 44." [1d20=5]
[21:45] <Jaela> "I'm making out some sort of curse...." Jaela shakes her head. "Elena! Bring Vul'lath here!" To Priest, she says, "Can you confirm those findings?" Letting her tiredness overwhelm her at this point would be inconceivable, and her wounds often ache even if they are healed.
[21:46] <Kotono> Priest kneels, "Contact with such entities could do many things to mortal minds. A divination would be wise. Specialized treatment may be required." Checking over Tepen slowly, "It does seem like a curse, but at the same time it isn't quite a curse."
[21:47] <Jaela> "Please handle the divination," Jaela requests. "I'll take a second look with Vul'lath. And once you're done, check to see if something affected the rest of us too."
[21:48] <Kotono> "I will," Priest says, as...
[21:51] <Kotono> It takes a little time, but soon Priest has returned, "I have been granted guidance. Tepen's mind has been overwhelmed by the malicious essence of Abigor." Adrian sits in the meanwhile, rubbing his shoulder.
[21:52] <Jaela> "Is he going to become Abigor or something?"
[21:52] <Afina> "We killed Abigor, I hope we can kill his essence," Afina remarks, hovering nearby.
[21:53] <Ithea> "Is there anything we can do to help?" Ithea also asks.
[21:54] <Kotono> "Abigor is countless years of warfare and bloodshed. A proverbial droplet of his essence is more horrors than a mortal could accomplish in a dedicated lifetime." So Priest explains, "I believe the beds within the infirmary will help, but this is a battle Tepen has to win himself. He has seen the depths of horror from Hell and he must find the strength to overcome it."
[21:54] <Jaela> "Didn't you go help someone win a battle like that before?" Jaela asks Afina. There was that one report she recalls reading....
[21:57] <Afina> "Yes, but he was possessed. We actually went into his head and killed the dream-devil," Afina says, "I'm not sure this is the same. It could be a more potent form of the nightmares Gathgarion's presence caused."
[21:57] <Jaela> "I figure we can go into Tepen's head and hold his hand, if nothing else. But let's figure it out after we get him to the infirmary?"