Warming back up (Afina)

[Anastasia]

Afina dives into the fray, blade slicing at the first. This one is unnaturally fast, bringing up his scimitar to block the blow. But the second isn't nearly so skilled, stomach slashed wide open by the blow. Moments later, holy power explodes in rays of light throughout its body, causing it to cry out as it collapses into a heap of burning charcoal.

The various genies stop cold at that decisive strike. All eyes turn to Afina, the laughter gone. Some point at Afina, others gesture. But several things happen at once. Beams of fire slam into and around her, but they have no effect on her. Dull red light surrounds her, lulling her eyes slowly shut...

> roll 1d20+13 SR check vs Afina's SR
<Serith> Kotono roll for Serith < 19 > [d20=6]

But this magic crumbles before her, little more than a mild annoyance. As they stay and gawk, Crystal is not idle. She spurs on Hope and they charge at the one Afina missed, plunging right at it with a wordless battle cry.

> roll 1d20+20 Efreet AoO
<Serith> Kotono roll for Serith < 22 > [d20=2]
> roll 1d20+52 (+2 inner beauty, +13 smite, +2 charge)
<Serith> Kotono roll for Serith < 68 > [d20=16]

Also Rhino's Rush. I'd normally not allow it since I forgot to include it in the roll, but as this is the first time using her in awhile, I'll give her a pass on it this time.

> roll 3d6+93
<Serith> Kotono roll for Serith < 106 > [d6=2,6,5]

The efreet swings at her as she closes in, but Crystal is too fast. She zips by, blade out. A flash as flesh is cut, a starburst of pure white light exploding from the efreet's shoulder. It spreads rapidly, consuming the genie in one fell swoop.

Hope holds since he's part of Crystal's routine right now. Simmer's up in the next post, sec since this one is getting long + chance to react.

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Simmer: 278/278 - Shield (+4 AC). 1 cantrip, 1st level and 1 7th level charge spent. CHANGED STATS: AC 44.
Crystal: 223+50/223 - Energy Immunity (Fire), CL 22, Barkskin (+5 natural AC), CL 18th. Righteous Fury (+50 temp HP/+4 sacred Strength), CL 18th. Inner Beauty (+4 sacred Dexterity and Charisma), CL 18th. 1 2nd level ranger spell spent. 1 st level paladin spent, 1 3rd level paladin spell spent, 1 5th level paladin spell spent. 1 smite used. CHANGED STATS: AC 36, Hit+37, damage +2 more. +2 fort/will, +4 ref.
Hope: 484+50/484 - Energy Immunity (Fire), CL 22. Barkskin (+5 natural AC), CL 18th. Righteous Fury (+50 temp HP/+4 sacred Strength), CL 18th. Inner Beauty (+4 sacred Dexterity and Charisma), CL 18th. Buffs: +5 AC, +4 Strength/Dexterity/Charisma. CHANGED STATS: AC 58, Hit+39, damage+2, ref+2.

[Ebiris]

Realistically she knows, no matter how skilled you are not every hit is going to land. It's just a simple matter of luck in the end. Even so she feels irritated at missing that first one, thinking she must have spent too much time making weapons lately and no enough time wielding them. At least Crystal's there to spare her blushes by cleaning up afterwards!

[Anastasia]

Simmer stays where she is, merely gesturing as 4 of your foes suddenly...

Casting Horrid Wilting. Using greater maximize rod to maximize. She applies empower to make it a 9th level spell and also makes it a battle spell. She wants them rather dead, you see.

Damage is 120+60+60 for a total of 240 base damage.

> roll 1d20+12
<Serith> Kotono roll for Serith < 17 > [d20=5]

The four simply shrivel up like an old sponge. They become bunched up and crumble away into dust in mere seconds. As alarm raises even higher...

Afina, you're up. Go.

[Ebiris]

"I think that was a little bit excessive, Simmer," Afina laughs, seeing the sheer magical potency that the pyrodryad put into that one spell. "Save some for whoever's in charge around here!" She briefly debates trying some fancy aiming so she can take out more than two with a fireball or something, but deems it more trouble than it's worth to do so without hurting Crystal, so she satisfies herself with blitzing through another pair of efreeti with lethal stabs before moving further towards the house.


[22:11] <@Ebiris> roll 1d20+50 bounding assault #1
[22:11] <Serith> Ebiris roll for Serith < 58 > [d20=8]
[22:11] <@Ebiris> roll 1d20+45 bounding assault #1
[22:11] <Serith> Ebiris roll for Serith < 47 > [d20=2]
[22:11] <@Ebiris> roll 1d4+22+22+2d6+2d6+5d6+2d6 fire/holy/bane/skirmish/swift (fire ignores fire res/immunity)
[22:11] <Serith> Ebiris roll for Serith < 89 > [d4=2][d6=3,1,2,6,4,1,5,5,5,6,5]
[22:11] <@Ebiris> roll 1d4+22+22+2d6+2d6+5d6+2d6 fire/holy/bane/skirmish/swift (fire ignores fire res/immunity)
[22:11] <Serith> Ebiris roll for Serith < 79 > [d4=1][d6=4,5,1,2,4,1,3,5,3,5,1]

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Afina 208+20/208, greater mage armour (CL 23), moment of prescience (CL 23), shield (CL 23), greater heroism (CL 23), fires of purity (CL 23), haste (CL 23).
AC 65 (touch 47, flat footed 65), 50% miss chance (applies to attacks and single target spells), spell resistance 38, immunity to fear, fire, disease, and water
Spell charges remaining: 4/8/9/7/9/8/7/6/6/7

[Anastasia]

With a flash of speed, Afina decapitates one after the other. Two more fall, little more than brunt charcoal on the ground. As the slaves silently watch the proceedings, the remainder vanishes away, each one blurring before they vanish entirely.

Free act for the moment, the survivors beat a hasty retreat.

[Ebiris]

Well she can't begrudge them wanting to flee in the face of such an overwhelming assault. Killing these guys doesn't give her the same satisfaction as she'd get from killing devils anyway. "Come on, lets hit the main building," she tells Simmer and Crystal, ignoring the slaves in their pens for the moment as she flies towards the big house.

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Afina 208+20/208, greater mage armour (CL 23), moment of prescience (CL 23), shield (CL 23), greater heroism (CL 23), fires of purity (CL 23), haste (CL 23).
AC 65 (touch 47, flat footed 65), 50% miss chance (applies to attacks and single target spells), spell resistance 38, immunity to fear, fire, disease, and water
Spell charges remaining: 4/8/9/7/9/8/7/6/6/7

[Anastasia]

"Onward!" Crystal cries, Simmer following more sedately. You fly to the farmhouse. It's two stories with windows, if one cares to go that way. There's also a fancy front door if you'd rather try that. No one seems to be around except slaves, at least for now.

[spoiler]
Simmer: 278/278 - Shield (+4 AC). 1 cantrip, 1st level and 1 7th level charge spent. CHANGED STATS: AC 44.
Crystal: 223+50/223 - Energy Immunity (Fire), CL 22, Barkskin (+5 natural AC), CL 18th. Righteous Fury (+50 temp HP/+4 sacred Strength), CL 18th. Inner Beauty (+4 sacred Dexterity and Charisma), CL 18th. 1 2nd level ranger spell spent. 1 st level paladin spent, 1 3rd level paladin spell spent, 1 5th level paladin spell spent. 1 smite used. CHANGED STATS: AC 36, Hit+37, damage +2 more. +2 fort/will, +4 ref.
Hope: 484+50/484 - Energy Immunity (Fire), CL 22. Barkskin (+5 natural AC), CL 18th. Righteous Fury (+50 temp HP/+4 sacred Strength), CL 18th. Inner Beauty (+4 sacred Dexterity and Charisma), CL 18th. Buffs: +5 AC, +4 Strength/Dexterity/Charisma. CHANGED STATS: AC 58, Hit+39, damage+2, ref+2.

[Ebiris]

While destroying the house would destroy the treasure they're hoping to steal, Afina has no qualms about doing a little selective destruction rather than wasting time with possibly trapped doors. So she points a hand at the wall of the building above the front door and launches a green beam of disintegrating power to vaporise a huge chunk of the house's front wall away!

disintegrate kills as much as a 10 foot cube, which depending on wall thickness could strip away a pretty huge section. Restraint is not being practiced.

[23:05] <@Ebiris> roll 1d20+43 ranged touch
[23:05] <Serith> Ebiris roll for Serith < 59 > [d20=16]

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Afina 208+20/208, greater mage armour (CL 23), moment of prescience (CL 23), shield (CL 23), greater heroism (CL 23), fires of purity (CL 23), haste (CL 23).
AC 65 (touch 47, flat footed 65), 50% miss chance (applies to attacks and single target spells), spell resistance 38, immunity to fear, fire, disease, and water
Spell charges remaining: 4/8/9/7/9/8/6/6/6/7

[Anastasia]

With a large part of the door now gone, the remainder hits the ground with a loud clatter. Ahead is a nice, fancy sitting room. There's a huge stone fireplace with a roaring fire, plenty of nice furniture and a golden tint to the walls. Gold and amber decorate tastefully, making the firelight all the richer. Standing a mere 15ft away, right before an overstuffed chair, is an efreet. This one wears bracers, a loose white tunic and red pants.

The efreet smiles. A smile that shows lots of teeth as he claps, slow and regular. "So is this how fey commit suicide?" He asks. "Do you have any idea who you're crossing here?" He speaks in crisp, perfect Sylvan. There isn't a hint of an accent at all.

[Ebiris]

"Please, do you think this was happenstance?" Afina retorts, not sullying her native language to banter words with this one. "Your commerce with Baator has been noted and marked you as our enemy. Your fate will stand as a warning to others who stand by devilkind," she says, keeping up with the terrible and ominous language at odds with her natural tone of voice. "My name is Afina Devilsbane. I stood against Tiamat. I killed Abigor. And I am not concerned with the threats of an arrogant genie collaborator. En guarde!"


[23:20] <@Ebiris> roll 1d20+26 init
[23:20] <Serith> Ebiris roll for Serith < 45 > [d20=19]

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Afina 208+20/208, greater mage armour (CL 23), moment of prescience (CL 23), shield (CL 23), greater heroism (CL 23), fires of purity (CL 23), haste (CL 23).
AC 65 (touch 47, flat footed 65), 50% miss chance (applies to attacks and single target spells), spell resistance 38, immunity to fear, fire, disease, and water
Spell charges remaining: 4/8/9/7/9/8/6/6/6/7

[Anastasia]

"No, it's how self entitled, arrogant pigs face justice." Pointing her sword at the genie, "It's high past time to bring it to you, slaver." Crystal's eyes narrow as she says that, "How many lives sit outside, interrupted for coin?"

"Too many," Simmer adds on, "I don't care who your boss is and how offended he'll be. Time to burn." She tosses a little fireball from hand to hand, "You ready?

> roll 1d20+10 Simmer
<Serith> Kotono roll for Serith < 29 > [d20=19]
> roll 1d20+13 Crystal
<Serith> Kotono roll for Serith < 20 > [d20=7]
> roll 1d20+16 Hope
<Serith> Kotono roll for Serith < 36 > [d20=20]
> roll 1d20+12 Efreet
<Serith> Kotono roll for Serith < 15 > [d20=3]

Init order is: Afina (45) > Simmer (29) > Crystal (20) > Efreet (15)

Not listing Hope since he'll just hold on Crystal anyway. Open Afina.

[Ebiris]

Vul'lath did say there was a portal to Avernus here, and if Afina were a gambling pixie she'd... well she'd be in Brightwater trying to make money that way. But she'd also be willing to bet that the portal's in that white and red building off to the side. And much as she'd enjoy the prospect of slaughtering any devils that try to poke their noses through, she knows that with her name dropped it would only be a matter of time before Nessian Pit Fiends or worse showed up to make things altogether more complicated. Thus before dealing with the efreet she makes time to deal with the suspected portal, channelling her natural affinity for speed magic into a tremendous burst that accelerates her beyond perception - and firing off another disintegrating ray at the stable to expose whatever it hides! And whatever it is, she'll deal with it.

Sacrificing a 7th level slot for 2 rounds of time stop, using the first to fire a disintegrate at the stable...
[07:41] <@Ebiris> roll 1d20+43 ranged touch
[07:42] <Serith> Ebiris roll for Serith < 55 > [d20=12]
Will determine what actions to take on the second once this resolves.

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Afina 208+20/208, greater mage armour (CL 23), moment of prescience (CL 23), shield (CL 23), greater heroism (CL 23), fires of purity (CL 23), haste (CL 23).
AC 65 (touch 47, flat footed 65), blindsense 30, 50% miss chance (applies to attacks and single target spells), spell resistance 38, immunity to fear, fire, disease, and water
Spell charges remaining: 4/8/9/7/9/8/5/5/6/7

[Anastasia]

Where exactly at the stables are you aiming for?

[Ebiris]

The wall facing me from where I am at the front of the house

[Anastasia]

The beam hits the side of the barn, a cube-hole made in the wall. Inside you can indeed see a barn, down to bales of hay and some horses. But in the middle, you can glmpse a swirling red portal, flames occasionally poking out from it.