To cure rotting earth (Ithea, Moore)

[Nephrite]

"So then I said, 'That doesn't make any sense, you're not a mushroom!' and we had a good old t--oh, Hi Ithea!" Moore waves.

[Merc]

"In order: Earth monolith attack, ran it off, it dropped the ceiling on me, dodged into the wall, found path past cave-in, found death crystal cavern, range for dimension door ran out, came back to fetch you all," Ithea summarizes with a small smile. "When I teleport us, stay out of that cavern until the crystals are destroyed. Everyone ready to move on? Also, hi."

[Anastasia]

Dana laughs, her attention split between Moore and Ithea.

Balyss holds up a hand, "Wait. Selune's grace, run all that by me again. You mention fighting an earth monolith casually, cave ins and who knows what else like that? You can't just brush that off!"

[Nephrite]

"Um... so it sounds like we have to deal with something unpleasant after we pass through, right?" Moore says with some uncertainty. "Is that about the high and low of it?"

[Merc]

Ithea blinks, and tilts her head towards Balyss. "...why not? Seriously, after demonic Ithea plushies, haunted books of cheeses, fighting star dragons atop burning suns, and all the much crazier stuff we've seen in our lives, why on earth would that even phase me?"

Nodding to Moore, "After I teleport us, we'll be in front of a cavern filled with quartz crystals, with some enchantment to suck the life of anybody that passes near them. We basically have to shatter them all to move forward. Or do even more teleports."

[Nephrite]

"Would they suck the life out of the elementals?" Moore asks.

[Merc]

"Probably? They're still living, so I don't see why not. Undead could still pass through, so it's a safe bet that's the right path."

Ithea grimaces but doesn't say outloud that this all stinks of the delay tactics she's faced before. Hopefully there aren't even more delays further ahead, or anything they can't handle. If her gut says to pull everyone out later on, she damn well will.

"Anyway, let's move on. Everyone group up so I can teleport us."

[Nephrite]

Moore nods. "I mean, I think they know we're here either way... but we knew that from the start, right? Best get this over with." He'll fly over near Ithea, ready!

[Merc]

As soon as everyone is in position, Ithea will teleport them onward, and lead them closer towards the cavern, stopping them at a safe distance and pointing them out. "Some sonic attacks to take them out. We want to take them all out."

[Nephrite]

How far are the crystals and how many are there on each side so I have a better idea of how many spells it'd take?

[Anastasia]

Teleporting the party over is unremarkable - despite Balyss grumbling a bit, Stille patting her shoulder - and soon you're back where you were. Dana peers ahead, "Maybe they need a test?" she suggests aloud.

The crystals are of varying size. There are clusters of tiny ones, bigger ones up to a few feet wide and quite thick, to everything in between. They're 120ft from the party right now.

[Nephrite]

Okay, so Greater Shout is 60 ft, so that probably won't work.

Cacophonic Burst is Long (400ft + 920) and works in a 20ft burst. Would two of those clear the crystals out on either side, or would I need more?

[Anastasia]

Based on the cavern size, Moore thinks 5 well placed bursts would destroy the largest crystals and concentrations. There's still a lot of space, but that leaves more empty places and smaller crystals. To fully eradicate them you'd need about 12.

[Nephrite]

"I can get most of them with long-range magic." Moore says, sizing it all up by putting his thumb and index finger together on each hand to perform a picture box. "After that I can get closer. I mean, they already know we're here, right? So making a little noise shouldn't hurt anything."

Plan will be to do 2 Cacophonic Bursts on the left, then 2 on the right and then 1 more to finish anything left over. After that he'll have to get closer to use Greater Shout because he only has 5 level 5 spells!

[Anastasia]

Moore begins to position...before suddenly the ground beneath the party spikes up violently, a massive stone fist slamming through it.

Attack roll versus the party's ACs.

> roll 1d20+54
<Kobot> Kotono rolled 1d20+54 --> [ 1d20=19 ]{73}
> roll 1d20+54 crit confirm ow
<Kobot> Kotono rolled 1d20+54 crit confirm ow --> [ 1d20=16 ]{70}

I see a lack of recent stat blocks, y'all. Would one of you (Neph since you're around) check them for ACs and any relevant miss chance defenses? Though with the lowest roll being a freaking 70, odds are everyone's hit. Dana and Stille both are.

[spoiler]

Dana

HP: 313+19/313
Effects: Heroes Feast (CL20)
Boosts: Immune to fear and poison, +1 morale bonus to attack rolls and Will saves
Resources used: Power Points 239/239
Other: -

Stille

HP: 300+17/300
Effects: Heroes Feast (CL20)
Boosts: Immune to fear and poison, +1 morale bonus to attack rolls and Will saves
Resources used: -
Other: -