A taste of the southern wind (Jaela, 89 days left)

[Corwin]

"As I said, the information suggests a teleport block of at least nine hundred feet so having the ability is not as important as overall mobility and power," Jaela voices. "We'll also need to be sure to stay connected via telepathy. What about 27? Want to bring him along? So long as we avoid listening to him when he tells us to split up and just keep him for early warning against serious threats like Bel it could work for us."

[Ebiris]

"Teleport blocks can be dispelled," Afina mentions, since if they couldn't she'd currently be a guest of Taelfagn! "Anyway, I'm fine with 27 coming along."

[Corwin]

"Fair enough," Jaela concedes. "Let's go with two person teams for each tower, then. A mage for the teleportation and ranged damage, and a solid fighter for the rest. Candy and the Master, Mom and Ram, Mirajane and Finnegan, Ebony and Dana. If it comes to that, each pair could either support the others or evacuate on their own."

Frowning, she adds, "Not sure if I should call for Mountainous Fire. He's huge, so it'd be instantly obvious I'm there, and for a decent distance. Any preference for that?"

[Ebiris]

"Does calling on him put you further into debt or make him less likely to respond in future?" Afina asks, not sure how it works to have a friendly primal elemental on call like that.

[Corwin]

"No, so long as it's within the terms of agreement it works fine. So devils and slavers should be covered. He'll just eventually ask me to fight Cryonax to uphold my end of it, but I figure it'll wait until after we save Lifasa."

[Ebiris]

"Up to you then. Personally I wouldn't, or at least not initially. Keep it in reserve for emergencies."

[Corwin]

"Works," Jaela agrees. "We might as well get right to it, so let's stop by Balyss to see if Selune left her with some insights specific to this while Elena gathers the manpower we need?"

Selune in Balyss's body seemed to suggest we should come to Balyss before venturing to Lifasa for info relating to the traitors, so might as well. NPCs desired for this mission are the following four pairs: Candy and the Master, Mom and Ram, Mirajane and Finnegan, Ebony and Dana.

[Anastasia]

Should be fine. Any prep?

[Corwin]

If Balyss doesn't say anything of use, we'll use the cafeteria and the readiness arc. Then I'll precast the following spells on the entire group and we all gate in a thousand feet directly above the main fortress.

Spells: Sublime Revelry CL31, Mass Death Ward CL30, Good Hope CL30, Holy Aura CL27. Someone will also cast Interplanar Telepathic Bond between all of us and Tepen.

In case one or more of the eight we selected to take the towers or 27 (who is coming with us) can't fly, we'll ensure Fly or Overland Flight is cast upon them by our local mages, whichever is feasible. Once we appear, the four pairs will take the towers starting from the NE one clockwise all the way to the NW one.

[Anastasia]

Balyss is praying before the alter of Selune, head bowed and attention focused on that. When you disturb her, "Harkin will likely not be there, but strike swiftly," Balyss warns. "Your advantage is speed, use it and triumph quickly."

[Corwin]

"We planned on that much," Jaela agrees. "Any last minute adjustments, Afina?" she asks her fellow general.

[Ebiris]

"I think we're as prepared as we need to be," Afina agrees. "We all gate in together, split apart to attack our individual targets, then regroup to gate back out or else flee by whatever means available of opposition proves too much."

[Anastasia]

"One final piece of advice," Balyss says, "Be wary of aberrations."

[Corwin]

Jaela nods, speaking to the air, "Get all that, Elena? Make sure the team is gathered by the gates after the outlined preparations."

And she heads off to meet them!

[Ebiris]

[18:21] <@Ebiris> roll 1d8+10 heroes feast
[18:21] <Rei-chan> Ebiris rolled : 1d8+10 heroes feast --> [ 1d8=6 ]{16}

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Afina 329+20/329
active spells: glaciante's spiteful ward (CL 29 attached to epic mage armour), heroes feast (CL 20), mind blank (CL 17), fortunate fate (CL 15), planar tolerance (CL 7), epic mage armour (CL 27), many moments of prescience (CL 27), greater heroism (CL 25), afina's perfect vision (CL 27), shield (CL 27)
defences: AC 96 (touch 60), spell resistance 42, immunity to fire, water, earth, cold, disease, poison, fear
perceptions: blindsight 200, low-light vision, darkvision 60, all-around vision, see invisible/ethereal, spot +70, listen +70
spell slots: 6/9/10/10/9/9/8/8/8/8/7/4/3