Afina and Jaela's planning session (Afina, Jaela)

[Anastasia]

> roll 1d10 some luck here
<Rei-chan> Space_Cat rolled : 1d10 some luck here --> [ 1d10=10 ]{10}

You get all the spells up and have a bit of time to spare before a shadow begins to fall over the crevice.

[Corwin]

Well then. Recitation and Divine Power make their return as Jaela looks up!

Recitation covers the two of us, Divine Power is swift and only on me.

[Anastasia]

The figure in the sky stands on a chariot pulled by four burning nightmares. A pit fiend, clad in fire-charred steel plate armor, most of his scaly red hide covered in metal. He carries no visible weapon, though a large shield is kept at the ready. His armor has a design on it, some sort of writing, but it is hidden by the fire-charring. His shield has an upthrust sword burning with green fire on the front, undamaged.

Flying behind him is a slender, beautiful and feminine pit fiend. No, not a pit fiend. A paeliryon, clad in nothing but green war paint that crackles with flames. Her body is too easy to look at, alluring, demanding.

They are 200ft above you and 50ft away, descending in your direction.

"Your resistance ends here," The pit fiend calls, a loud and powerful voice. It carries through the silence like a blast of thunder, "I am Inquisitor Thalez. Surrender or face judgment for your heresy, celestial!"

[Corwin]

"We both know that's not going to happen. You've forfeited your lives when you came out here to face me~" Jaela responds in a playful tone of voice, not appearing to take the opposition seriously. "Want to beg for your lives? I might be in a forgiving mood!"

[Anastasia]

"Oh, this one has spirit," The paeliryon advances, body hellfire red and pulsing with the green flames of her body paint. "Mmm, the last one who had spirit took longer to break. A joy for the pain devils as they had to resort all sorts of punishment to purge the heresy out." She smiles and beckons you closer, "I'll break you until you crave the lash and confessing your sins more than a lover, Jaela."

[Corwin]

Jaela just laughs, in no hurry to approach them. She would be doing a poor job guarding the paths for the others, after all. "Isn't it a nice contrast, how you know my name but had to introduce yourselves to me? By all means, posture while you still can, you poor deluded things."

[Anastasia]

"Enough talk!" The pit fiend bellows, "Capture and burn the heretic!"

That as enough to start init, so roll 'em.

[Corwin]

[20:36] <@Annerose> roll 1d20+17
[20:36] <Rei-chan> Annerose rolled : 1d20+17 --> [ 1d20=15 ]{32}

[Anastasia]

> roll 1d20+14 pit fiend
<Rei-chan> Space_Cat rolled : 1d20+14 pit fiend --> [ 1d20=18 ]{32}
> roll 1d20+18 paeliryon
<Rei-chan> Space_Cat rolled : 1d20+18 paeliryon --> [ 1d20=7 ]{25}
> roll 1d20+11
<Rei-chan> Space_Cat rolled : 1d20+11 --> [ 1d20=3 ]{14}

Nightmares act under the pit fiend's init.

Init is Jaela = Pit Fiend (32) > Paeliryon (25) > 27 (14)

Open Jaela.

[Corwin]

Jaela adopts her signature stance inviting retaliation, while she and 27 are bolstered with sufficient might to take the pit fiends down!

Celestial Valor CL34 on the two of us, quickened Brilliant Aura CL33 on the two of us. Gambit with Gae Bolg.

Spells Active: Spell Turning CL 24, Contingency CL32, Permanency/Greater Blindsight CL32, Permanency/Mantle of Good CL33, Foresight CL25, Moment of Prescience CL23, Lore of the Gods CL28, Invisibility Purge CL28, Fortunate Fate CL15, Mind Blank CL17, Greater Mage Armor CL7, Planar Tolerance CL7, Heroes Feast CL20, Righteous Halo CL28, Vision of the Omniscient Eye CL28, Greater Heroism CL28, Good Hope CL28, Mass Death Ward CL28, Sublime Revelry CL29, Divine Power CL25, Jaela's DDoS CL29, Shield of Warding CL34, Conviction CL34, Crown of Flame CL33, Freedom of Movement CL23, Celestial Valor CL34, Brilliant Aura CL33.

[Anastasia]

The pit fiend looks unimpressed and merely waits a moment. It only takes a moment for a spell to gather in the paeliryon's finely manicured claws, strange bands of purple and black light gathering into a sphere there. You begin to feel weak, dizzy.

It's a spell that will attack you indirectly. Damage the air around you with negative energy, causing an explosion when it reacts to the ambient positive energy. Going to counter?

[Corwin]

[21:17] <@Annerose> roll 1d20+35 countering
[21:17] <Rei-chan> Annerose rolled : 1d20+35 countering --> [ 1d20=7 ]{42}

[Anastasia]

Your counter-spell flies true, the weave of magic in the paeliryon's hands inverting on itself. It shrinks and vanishes with a pop of displaced air, enough to make the pit fiend growl.

"Fine," he says, staying where he is and gesturing at you. A lance of fire appears at his side, then another and another and another yet. Four of them in total, all of them flying right towards you.

Countering is once per round due to using an immediate, isn't it?

[Corwin]

Yes, he can shoot me with fire with impunity. I'm immune to it.

[Anastasia]

In fairness, I should note your K:P, K:A and general devil knowledge knows hellfire when it sees it. Aka goes right through immunity and resistance.