To cure rotting earth (Ithea, Moore)

[Nephrite]

Moore rubs his chin. "Do we go the other way? They seem to be trying to delay us from something..."

[Anastasia]

Dana's comment is filthy and frankly disgusting, Stille shaking his head in the meantime.

"Cautious if nothing else. Perhaps they are not bound to Lixer as much as hired assistance? If his patron here on Earth is providing them, they are unlikely to wish to risk death against us." Stille remarks.

[Merc]

"I didn't want to say it while they were still here, and maybe Dana's and Stille's earlier comments make them think we're leaving for good now that Balyss demolished the castle," Ithea says, turning towards Balyss briefly. "Nice job there by the way. Anyway yeah, we took care of things down here, but there might still be something up the other way. I doubt we'll find any treasure to bring back unfortunately, but I still want to see if we can free those slain elementals Silver was talking about. I suppose they might have been used to make that puppet, but I honestly don't know. And really, I don't feel like we've gotten a win out of this one so far."

[Nephrite]

Moore nods. "I agree." He takes a moment to heal himself of the rather bad thrashing he received. Maybe Dana didn't see it?

Casting Heal on himself.

Moore

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HP: 245/245 (Haste)
AC: 40 (+1)

11/23 bardic music left

Bard: 7/6/7/4/6/6/0/3
FS: 9/9/9/8/8/7/3

[Anastasia]

Balyss nods to that, "It's not that I think we need to withdraw, but that I wonder what they're stalling for. It may not be something here - after all, they clearly had time to pull out already."

[Nephrite]

"Could it have something to do with Aurora?" Moore asks.

[Anastasia]

"Perhaps," Stille allows, "After all, they  may be able to communicate, and if all three forces are attacking at once..." He trails off, deep in thought.

[Merc]

Ithea pulls out one of her Sending scrolls to contact Morniel. "Any thoughts on what to ask? We can get a quick status update and decide if we should continue here, return or regroup with another group assuming they've even made contact themselves."

I forgot to heal Ithea the 65 HP from Crystal's LoH. I'll have Ithea use two of her Opportunistic Piety charges to heal Crystal for 46, so everyone should be topped off.

Common Effects:
Heroes' Feast, Moore's +3 to Atk

"Ithea": ShowHide

HP: 346+37/346
AC/Touch/Flat-Footed: 56/39/56
Effects: GMW (CL 25)
Qualities: DR 10/silver, SR 34, Darkvision, Low-Light Vision, +4 CMD vs Trip/Overrun/Bullrush, Evasion, Uncanny Dodge, Immunity to Frightful Presence, +4 vs Fear, Spellwarped

Inspiration: 0/6

Abilities:
Racial: Healing Touch 1/1
Rogue: Mimic 0/1
Factotum: Inspiration 0/6, Nerveskitter 0/1, Heroics 0/1, Piety 5/9
Duskblade: Attunement 0/14, Quick Cast 3/4
Feats: Chaos Devotion 1/1
Gear: Counterstrike 0/2, Greatreach 0/3, Reciprocate 0/2, Haste 0/10 (rounds), Daylight 0/1, See Invis 0/1, +2d6 electric damage 0/3, Gate 2/3

Spells:
Lv 0 - 0/6
Lv 1 - 0/23
Lv 2 - 2/23
Lv 3 - 3/23
Lv 4 - 5/18
Lv 5 - 9/12 (Note: Lost 2 spells from NL, counted already)

"Balyss": ShowHide

HP: 228/228
AC/Touch/Flat-Footed: 51/39/48
Effects: See above
Qualities: Darkvision, low-light vision, RE(Fire) 20, RE(cold) 15, RE(sonic) 10, RE(acid/electricity) 5, prophet's sight 3/day, Evasion, trap sense+2,  uncanny dodge, DR 10/cold iron and evil, Regen 1/cold iron and evil.

Spells Used:
9 - Gate (x1), Mass Heal, Undeath's Eternal Foe, Quickened Life's Grace, Miracle (x2)
8 - Earthquake
6 - Greater Dispel Magic (x6)

Spells Lost due to NL:
10 - Energy Immunity, Mass Freedom of Movement, Curse of Inadequacy, Moonrise


TU's Used: 1

http://www.soulriders.net/forum/index.php/topic,102879.msg1046029.html#msg1046029

"Crystal/Hope": ShowHide

Crystal
HP: 223/223
AC/Touch/Flat-Footed: 43 / 39 / 31
Effects: See above
Qualities: Low-light vision, DR 10/cold iron, greater invisibility, SR 36, evasion

Used:
3x Smite Evil
1x Righteous Fury
1x Righteous Might
1x Greater Mirror Image
65 HP out of LoH

Spells Lost:
Divine Agility/Inner Beauty

http://www.soulriders.net/forum/index.php/topic,102879.msg1059605.html#msg1059605

Hope
HP: 484/484
AC/Touch/Flat-Footed: 51 / 21 / 41
Effects: See above
Qualities: Improved Evasion, +4 will vs enchantment, DR 15/epic, SR 32, immunity to sleep and paralysis, RE(acid/cold/electricity) 20, darkvision, low-light vision, water breathing, fast healing 3.

http://www.soulriders.net/forum/index.php/topic,102879.msg1059616.html#msg1059616

[Anastasia]

Do recall Sending's 10 minute casting time. Just a reminder.

[Merc]

Ah yes, I'd forgotten that. Have someone bring it up in-game. We'll chalk it up to Ithea forgetting for real.

[Anastasia]

Stille clears his throat, "Ithea," Stille says gently, "I don't think we have ten minutes of leisure."

[Merc]

Ithea winces and puts away the scroll. "Right, the cast time. Fuck."

Sighing, Ithea asks the others, "Do you think we should head back or keep going? My vote is to keep going, but if the rest of you have concerns, I'm not going to give the order."

[Nephrite]

"Let me try something, it'll just take a moment." Moore says, casting Augury with the question "What will happen if we do not return to Aurora in the next hour?" in his mind.

Chance is 82%.

[Anastasia]

Moore gets the following answer, "Woe."

[Nephrite]

Moore frowns. "We need to go back. We can come back here, now that we know where it is. Even if they've taken everything, we might be able to find some clues. Actually... I know I can. But we need to go back." He affirms.