Anvil (Afina)

[Ebiris]

CMD is 86

[Anastasia]

It's a fast, icy blur, getting Afina right on. But somehow the whip slips off her ever so slightly, a moment that lets her explode into motion. A miniature burst of haste gets her moving fast enough to escape, the whip closing around where she was a heartbeat later.

Success, you're still free. Barely. Go.

[Ebiris]

It was actually 90, forgot to include the Afame dodge bonus

That was close, but she has the balor following her around well enough now that she can set the terms of the battle better. Two, maybe three more exchanges should decide things she thinks, based on what she's seen of his reaction to wounds so far. Continuing to play defensively for the moment she blitzes past Hupan with another twin-bladed assault, rising up a hundred feet above her foe afterwards.

Using Afame as swift for +4 dodge
[17:56] <Penuche> Kotono invokes Penuche's magic: < 85 > [d20=12]
[18:12] <@Ebiris> roll 1d20+55 4th level arcane strike
[18:12] <Penuche> Ebiris invokes Penuche's magic: < 60 > [d20=5]
[18:12] <@Ebiris> roll 1d20+50 4th level arcane strike
[18:12] <Penuche> Ebiris invokes Penuche's magic: < 53 > [d20=3]
[18:12] <@Ebiris> roll 1d4+26+2d6+2d6+5d6+2d6+4d4
[18:12] <Penuche> Ebiris invokes Penuche's magic: < 70 > [d4=1][d6=4,3,3,3,1,5,4,6,2,1,1][d4=2,1,3,4]
[18:12] <@Ebiris> roll 1d4+26+2d6+2d6+5d6+2d6+4d4
[18:12] <Penuche> Ebiris invokes Penuche's magic: < 85 > [d4=3][d6=5,5,3,2,6,4,4,6,5,1,5][d4=4,2,2,2]

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Afina: 197/208, heroes feast (CL 20), greater mage armour (CL 23), greater heroism (CL 23), shield (CL 23), moment of prescience (CL 23), fires of purity (CL 23)
AC 76, spell resistance 38, blindsense 30, freedom of movement, miss chance 50% (applies to targeted spells as well) immunity to fire, water, disease, poison, fear
Spell charges: 6/10/8/7/6/3/4/0/0/1

[Anastasia]

This time the devil brings his arms up, but it's not quite enough. She cuts deeply into his arms, making him bleed as she zips past. He lashes his whip out in retort, but Afina's already gone, much too fast for him. He bellows in fury, before pouncing after her like a furious cat.

> roll 1d10 chaos devotion
<Penuche> Kotono invokes Penuche's magic: < 2 > [d10=2]

+2 AC.

> roll 1d20+40 (+2 charge, +4 ????, +6 ????, -25 PA going for the home run out of rage)
<Penuche> Kotono invokes Penuche's magic: < 56 > [d20=16]

Overwhelming power comes. A gale precedes him that almost blows Afina back, but she moves with it. She rides the wind, dodging a massive overhead clave. For a moment it's deja-vu: Gathgorian looming over her, sword unleashing hurricane winds as she somehow dodges in time. But this balor is not Gathgorian, feral rage showing instead of eagerness and calculation.

Go.

[Ebiris]

Ahh sweet anger, what makes even the most fearsome of foes a shameful mess. Afina refrains from giving the balor any further advice, focusing simply on dodging and delivering more stabs as she maneuvers back down between the other demon champions to set up the coup de grace.

Using Afame as swift for +4 dodge
[20:38] <@Ebiris> roll 1d20+55 4th level arcane strike
[20:38] <Penuche> Ebiris invokes Penuche's magic: < 57 > [d20=2]
[20:38] <@Ebiris> roll 1d20+50 4th level arcane strike
[20:38] <Penuche> Ebiris invokes Penuche's magic: < 65 > [d20=15]
[20:38] <@Ebiris> roll 1d4+26+2d6+2d6+5d6+2d6+4d4
[20:38] <Penuche> Ebiris invokes Penuche's magic: < 74 > [d4=1][d6=2,5,3,4,6,6,3,1,5,1,4][d4=3,2,1,1]
[20:38] <@Ebiris> roll 1d4+26+2d6+2d6+5d6+2d6+4d4
[20:38] <Penuche> Ebiris invokes Penuche's magic: < 66 > [d4=2][d6=2,3,2,1,3,3,6,1,6,1,3][d4=1,4,1,1]

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Afina: 197/208, heroes feast (CL 20), greater mage armour (CL 23), greater heroism (CL 23), shield (CL 23), moment of prescience (CL 23), fires of purity (CL 23)
AC 76, spell resistance 38, blindsense 30, freedom of movement, miss chance 50% (applies to targeted spells as well) immunity to fire, water, disease, poison, fear
Spell charges: 6/10/8/7/5/3/4/0/0/1

[Anastasia]

Afina stabs him twice more in the neck, thick sprays of blood gushing out from his wounds. The balor staggers and charges - and at the same time, the two other demonic champions simply repeat what they did before, flying away in opposite directions as fast as they can. Which is fairly fast as Astral speeds go, both able to make a good retreat as the balor again charges Afina.

> roll 1d10
<Penuche> Kotono invokes Penuche's magic: < 6 > [d10=6]

+6 anarchic AC.

> roll 1d20+40 (+2 charge, +4 ????, +6 ????, -25 PA going for the home run out of rage)
<Penuche> Kotono invokes Penuche's magic: < 48 > [d20=8]

But again Afina dodges, avoiding the massive blow entirely.

Go.

[Ebiris]

Really it's more for her own amusement at this point. Still, she thinks Hupan is about done and she sees to his demise with alacrity, her blade finding his neck before she flies upwards one hundred and twenty feet before spiking a searing orb of flame straight down at him!

[20:45] <@Ebiris> roll 1d20+57 6th level arcane strike
[20:45] <Penuche> Ebiris invokes Penuche's magic: < 59 > [d20=2]
[20:45] <@Ebiris> roll 1d20+52 6th level arcane strike
[20:45] <Penuche> Ebiris invokes Penuche's magic: < 57 > [d20=5]
[20:45] <@Ebiris> roll 1d4+26+2d6+2d6+5d6+2d6+6d4
[20:45] <Penuche> Ebiris invokes Penuche's magic: < 86 > [d4=4][d6=5,1,3,2,5,6,6,5,5,3,1][d4=2,4,1,4,1,2]
[20:45] <@Ebiris> roll 1d4+26+2d6+2d6+5d6+2d6+6d4
[20:45] <Penuche> Ebiris invokes Penuche's magic: < 78 > [d4=1][d6=3,3,3,2,3,4,4,3,5,3,1][d4=4,4,4,2,2,1]
[20:46] <@Ebiris> roll 1d20+44 orb of fire ranged touch
[20:46] <Penuche> Ebiris invokes Penuche's magic: < 50 > [d20=6]
[20:46] <@Ebiris> roll 22d6
[20:46] <Penuche> Ebiris invokes Penuche's magic: < 67 > [d6=2,2,3,3,1,1,3,3,3,5,3,5,4,5,1,2,3,5,1,4,3,5]

orb of fire ignores resistance/immunity, DC 29 fort or dazed 1 round

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Afina: 197/208, heroes feast (CL 20), greater mage armour (CL 23), greater heroism (CL 23), shield (CL 23), moment of prescience (CL 23), fires of purity (CL 23)
AC 72, spell resistance 38, blindsense 30, freedom of movement, miss chance 50% (applies to targeted spells as well) immunity to fire, water, disease, poison, fear
Spell charges: 6/10/8/7/5/2/3/0/0/1

[Anastasia]

Afina manages another stab into his neck, opening it wide. As the balor thrashes in fury, Afina rockets up and shoots off a quick orb fire, right down the balor's neck and down into his chest. The entire creature swells with renewed flames for several moments, before exploding like a miniature sun. When it is clear, nothing is left of Hupan.

"First blood is ours. Afina, will you fight on?" Raziel asks.

[Ebiris]

"I think I have one more in me," Afina says. While it would be fair to let Helga and Alanna have a turn, simply conceding right now would throw away their hard won advantage.

[Anastasia]

Zani approaches next, coming to 30ft away from Afina. She stares at her, "I'm not so weak as that fool," she sneers, "En guard!"

Init.

[Ebiris]

[21:15] <@Ebiris> roll 1d20+26 init
[21:15] <Penuche> Ebiris invokes Penuche's magic: < 40 > [d20=14]

[Anastasia]

> roll 1d20+21 marilith init
<Penuche> Kotono invokes Penuche's magic: < 33 > [d20=12]

Open Afina.

[Ebiris]

Wanting to play it safe for the moment, Afina employs the same tactics she used for most of the latter part of her battle with Hupan, using Afame to steady her defences while pressing Zina with exploratory stabs as she zips straight past the marilith and then a further hundred feet beyond.

Using Afame as swift for +4 dodge
[21:53] <@Ebiris> roll 1d20+55 4th level arcane strike
[21:53] <Penuche> Ebiris invokes Penuche's magic: < 70 > [d20=15]
[21:53] <@Ebiris> roll 1d20+50 4th level arcane strike
[21:53] <Penuche> Ebiris invokes Penuche's magic: < 54 > [d20=4]
[21:53] <@Ebiris> roll 1d4+26+2d6+2d6+5d6+2d6+4d4
[21:53] <Penuche> Ebiris invokes Penuche's magic: < 83 > [d4=4][d6=5,6,2,3,5,4,3,1,6,4,1][d4=3,3,3,4]
[21:53] <@Ebiris> roll 1d4+26+2d6+2d6+5d6+2d6+4d4
[21:53] <Penuche> Ebiris invokes Penuche's magic: < 82 > [d4=3][d6=3,4,4,5,1,5,4,4,3,6,4][d4=4,3,1,2]
[21:53] <@Ebiris> roll 1d20+27 fires of purity SR
[21:53] <Penuche> Ebiris invokes Penuche's magic: < 33 > [d20=6]

If fires of purity beat SR then that's an additional 34 fire damage per strike, ignores resistance and immunity

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Afina: 197/208, heroes feast (CL 20), greater mage armour (CL 23), greater heroism (CL 23), shield (CL 23), moment of prescience (CL 23), fires of purity (CL 23)
AC 76, spell resistance 38, blindsense 30, freedom of movement, miss chance 50% (applies to targeted spells as well) immunity to fire, water, disease, poison, fear
Spell charges: 6/10/8/7/4/2/3/0/0/1

[Anastasia]

You just missed the SR check. Not your day for that.

Afina manages to strike swiftly, a slash on the marilith's arms. Three of them, landing blows as the other attack is parried. The sheer quantity of weapons it wields slows Afina down, stopping some of her assault. As Afina flies away, the creature glares at Afina. All six of its swords make patterns in the air, a complex arcane weave appearing before it. The beast cackles, "Suffer and drown in malice!" she calls, an off-green blast coming from her and enveloping Afina.

Reflex save.

[Ebiris]

[22:07] <@Ebiris> roll 1d20+39 evasion
[22:07] <Penuche> Ebiris invokes Penuche's magic: < 45 > [d20=6]