Phase 2 (Jaela, Moore)

[Anastasia]

Aurora's meeting room is a bit busy, to put it lightly.

Elena pops in and around, both bodies bringing things and hurrying about. Adrian's sitting here and drinking water, helmet and sword resting nearby. Tepen's sitting as well, eyes closed and focused inwardly. "Come on in," Adrian invites, "We're just discussing our next move."

A few moments later Moore flies in, just behind Jaela.

[Nephrite]

"No rest for the wicked, I see." Moore says and waves to everyone.

[Corwin]

"The wicked are getting creamed out there," Jaela notes with a snort.

[Anastasia]

Adrian guns down the rest of his mug of water and gestures at the pitcher, "Help yourselves. In short, Elons Rapids are ours. We're preparing to execute phase two of our plan and take the other two cities. Right now we're regathering and assessing what strength we have left."

[Nephrite]

"Well, I have a feeling they were banking a lot on that stupid assassin to do most of the work." Moore says with a sour face. "I suppose we shouldn't just assume their defenses won't have been reinforced by now."

[Anastasia]

"The fact is that - oh, a moment. That's Sylvie," Tepen says, focusing inward again.

[Nephrite]

"Oh, did she go somewhere?" Moore asks.

[Corwin]

"I don't know if we can rely on myself or Mirajane for the next part," Jaela says matter of factly. "Same with Sylvie. After we got done with the dogai, I heard someone whisper about the coming of the fated hour. That's probably Taelfagn messing with me via sending magic, so I figure he'd show up at the worst time during the assault."

She shrugs, looking at Adrian. "Luckily, things worked out well with our team troubleshooting the bad spots while you, Mirima and Cresiel lead the actual forces. I'm thinking we can keep this format for the next phase as well."

To Moore, she answers, "I sent her out on an important mission, though with the understanding we'll need her for the coming fighting."

[Anastasia]

"Yeah, but the second go around's going to be tougher," Adrian says, "We'll be facing fresh forces and most of us aren't fresh. We'll need to factor that in."

Tepen murmurs, "Sylvie's working on it, but one does not simply purchase or demand spells of such magnitude lightly. She's says she's going as fast as she can but don't expect it to be immediate."

[Corwin]

Jaela nods. "Let's table that for now. How much of our forces are available, according to Balyss and Priest?"

[Nephrite]

Moore nods to Jaela then slightly tilts his head at Tepen.


He shakes it quickly afterwards, whatever it is, it must be important.

"Well, the faster we go, the less exhausted we'll be." Moore says. "At least, in theory."

[Anastasia]

"Most of them. Permanent losses are minimal, as we can heal anything short of death," Tepen says, "Overall our losses are manageable, about 2% of our forces."

[Corwin]

"In that case, now's the time to decide if we want to proceed with Brown Well and Silver Chain simultaneously, or deal with Fairwater and Liber in detail," Jaela states. "The devils must be disorganized now, which is an argument for the former. But few understand the terror of an inevitable defeat better than them, so if we crush two towns one after the other while eliminating their elite forces, the morale in the third city may well crumble."

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HP: 490+20/490
AC: 68 =65base+1AotDP(armor max dex +8)+2Foresight, 20% miss chance (airborne creatures take a -1 penalty on attack rolls and damage rolls against you).
Full Attack (Gae Bolg, GMW, HW, K:D +5, CMT +1luck, CMT +2competence, HF +1morale, SofDP +2 attack/+3 damage, DM, vs devils only): +54/+49/+44/+39 or +58 AoO, 2d8+56+8d6+4d6 last is goldenfire
Spells Active: Energy Absorption CL 26, Create Magic Tattoo x2 CL 26, Elemental Body/Air CL 26, Surraruthru's Stupendous Dragonskin CL 26, Agility of the Dragon Princess CL 26, Strength of the Dragon Princess CL 26, Mind of the Dragon Princess CL 26, Stoneskin CL 26, Spell Turning CL 26, Contingency CL32, Permanency/Greater Blindsight CL32, Permanency/Mantle of Good CL33, Foresight CL25, Conviction CL29, Longstrider CL23, Divine Insight CL28, Lore of the Gods CL28, Mind Blank (CL26), Fortunate Fate (CL13), Planar Tolerance (CL7), Greater Mage Armor (CL5), Heroes Feast (CL20), Righteous Halo CL28, Greater Heroism CL24.
Resistances and Immunities: Fire Immunity, Cold Resistance 10, Acid Resistance 20, Electricity Resistance 20, Sonic Resistance 20, Damage Reduction 25/Epic and Evil and Cold Iron (10/Adamantium from Stoneskin), Spell Resistance 35 (45 vs Evil spells/permanent Mantle of Good), Immunity to Disease (normal and supernatural/magical), Immunity to Compulsion effects, Immunity to Petrification, Immunity to Sickened/Nauseated, Immunity to fear and poison/Heroes's Feast, Never surprised or flat-footed/Foresight, Immune to poison, sleep, paralysis, and stunning, and are not subject to extra damage from critical hits or flanking/Elemental Body (Air).

Spells Left (1-9): 8/9/9/2/9/6/8/2/7
Spells Left (10-11): 6/2

Saves: Fort +57, Ref +53, Will +57 [+4 Greater Heroism]
-True Strike x3
-Turning x2
-Teleport x1
-Greater Teleport x1
-Moment of Prescience x1
-3 smite
-True Seeing component x1
-Stoneskin 120/150
MIRACLE x1 T-15min

[Anastasia]

"I agree," Adrian says, "The allure of avoiding a third battle sells it to me."

Tepen merely nods, "The logic is not unsound, if that is the path you wish to pursue."

[Nephrite]

"If we need it, are Sylica's forces able to send us any assistance for Taelfagn?" Moore asks. "I'd rather overplan for him than underplan."