Hammer (Ithea, Moore)

[Anastasia]

I don't follow.

[Merc]

What is a Pale Night and do I need to roll knowledge for it. Because I don't follow Ebony's warning as is.

[Anastasia]

You have the K:P to know that Pale Night is the Pale Mother, yes. She's the demon princess of madness, hidden behind an ever-shifting veil. It is said her true form is too terrible to endure. She's notable in recent times for sponsoring Zquujaj, a renegade pit fiend that besieged Avernus and nearly triumphed.

[Merc]

Okay.

"Ebony just sent a message," Ithea informs the others, passing on the message given verbatim. "Do you mind being the runner to Jaela's group again, Crystal? Ebony's probably passed the message as well, but if not, you can pass it on."

[Anastasia]

"Very well," Crystal says, "But if I may, do we not have simple and less vital soldiers to do so? Passing a message on is hardly a command position," she observes, "I would dispatch a common soldier to do so."

[Nephrite]

Moore nods. "That makes sense. In that case, then, Crystal, would you mind assigning someone to it while you handle things from behind our group?"

[Anastasia]

"It will be done," Crystal says, fluttering back off.

[Anastasia]

Messages are exchanged and things move on. As they begin to move...

> roll 1d100
<Kobot> Kotono rolled 1d100 --> [ 1d100=60 ]{60}

You've made it a little further - not even a fourth of a mile. Stille's drifted over, talking to Ithea and Moore. "Fascinating, isn't it?" he remarks, "Distance and travel are usually relative in the Astral," he says, "But it seems more solid here. I wonder that if it continues, the Astral's timelessness will begin to relent as well?"

Meanwhile, there's a strong, sudden puff of astral wind.

K:P, y'all.

[Nephrite]

[14:26] <Nephrite> roll 1d20+35 K:P
[14:26] <Kobot> Nephrite rolled 1d20+35 K:P --> [ 1d20=1 ]{36}

[Anastasia]

Uh oh. Moore can recall this is likely the first and only sign of a psychic storm. This can blow you well out of the sphere and into the open Astral, not to mention that it can have extremely hazardous effects on your mind. If one is coming, it's going to start in a matter of seconds, or maybe minutes if you're extraordinarily lucky.

[Merc]

[21:06] <Merc> roll d20+42 K:P for the storm, if it's higher result than Moore, is there a way to protect oneself (or in this case a large group) from it? Or do we just need to hope we get lucky and outfly it?
[21:06] <Kobot> Merc rolled d20+42 K:P for the storm, if it's higher result than Moore, is there a way to protect oneself (or in this case a large group) from it? Or do we just need to hope we get lucky and outfly it? --> [ 1d20=12 ]{54}

[Anastasia]

Ithea thinks some sort of large mass could shield you. Out flying a psychic storm is essentially impossible. The more cover you have the better. Alternately, an extremely strong psychic force could counter it, but it would need to be loaded for bear.

[Merc]

"Incoming psychic storm! Anybody with psychic abilities, help fortify the area! Everybody else, hold onto each other and anything that can give you a strong foothold! I'm going to try to summon cover! Anyone with any useful spells...use them!" Ithea calls out, not having better ideas for how to deal with what's coming.

All that said, Ithea focuses on shaping the environment to try and provide the best shielding she can for everyone, if not for their minds, at least physically.

[21:23] <Merc-zzz> roll d20+8+8 wisdom+anarch bonus
[21:23] <Kobot> Merc-zzz rolled d20+8+8 wisdom+anarch bonus --> [ 1d20=8 ]{24}

[21:24] <Merc-zzz> roll d20+22+6 Knowledge: Architecture & Engineering to try and support action, with inspiration
[21:24] <Kobot> Merc-zzz rolled d20+22+6 Knowledge: Architecture & Engineering to try and support action, with inspiration --> [ 1d20=11 ]{39}

[Nephrite]

Moore's not really got anything to help with this.

The Lyre of Building would, but it's still on cooldown.

[22:48] <Nephrite> roll 1d20+12+9 K:A&E to aid
[22:48] <Kobot> Nephrite rolled 1d20+12+9 K:A&E to aid --> [ 1d20=15 ]{36}

Throwing that in in case it helps.

[Anastasia]

Ithea draws on her anarch abilities, forming hunks of stone and steel to shield the strike force. It lashes out around them - but the cover holds for a moment, as you all feel Tryll's presence all around. It seems to weaken and crush the storm's power, making it blow futilely amid your defenses rather than sweeping all of you away into Astral.