The lost fortress (Afina, Jaela; 85 days left)

[Ebiris]

I'll bug Ilsenine into handling the Dominate Monster bit so Apasa (and Mala if she's coherent) have to answer truthfully and fully, and I'll ask them stuff.

There may be a smidge of tasteful gloating involved.

[Anastasia]

Ilsenine smiles.

It is not a kind smile.

Ilsenine's gaze is on two cells, two traitors within. She slowly claps, "Excellent work, Afina. We will dominate their minds?"

[Ebiris]

"Yes, just to make them pliant enough to avoid prevarication," Afina agrees. "Though their usefulness as an intelligence resource has been diminishing ever since we captured Yian. Less and less gets trusted to the traitors by their masters."

[Anastasia]

"Distressingly logical," Ilsenine says, "Which one is first?"

[Ebiris]

"I think Mala's rested long enough," Afina says, looking to see how coherent the wizard pit fiend is.

[Anastasia]

She's up and staring death at you, silent in her cage.

[Ebiris]

Then that means she's fair game for being subjected to dominate monster!

[Anastasia]

> roll 1d20
<Serith> Kotono roll for Serith < 9 > [d20=9]
> roll 1d20
<Serith> Kotono roll for Serith < 9 > [d20=9]
> roll 1d20
<Serith> Kotono roll for Serith < 18 > [d20=18]
> roll 1d20
<Serith> Kotono roll for Serith < 20 > [d20=20]
> roll 1d20
<Serith> Kotono roll for Serith < 20 > [d20=20]
> roll 1d20
<Serith> Kotono roll for Serith < 19 > [d20=19]
> roll 1d20
<Serith> Kotono roll for Serith < 10 > [d20=10]

Repeated castings, but Mala endures.

"Her mind is strong," Ilsenine says calmly, "She resists. We will need more potent measures."

[Ebiris]

How lucky for Mala that she had time to sleep off all that energy drain Afina inflicted on her before. But that's a thing that can be given to her as many times as necessary. "One moment, your Majesty," she asks, stopping time long enough for her to enter Mala's cage and close the door behind her, then when it restarts she's floating above the pit fiend and proceeds to smack her around the head with her sword a few times.

[20:21] <@Ebiris> roll 1d20+59 nonlethal
[20:21] <Serith> Ebiris roll for Serith < 70 > [d20=11]
[20:21] <@Ebiris> roll 1d20+59 nonlethal
[20:21] <Serith> Ebiris roll for Serith < 69 > [d20=10]
[20:22] <@Ebiris> roll 1d20+54 nonlethal
[20:22] <Serith> Ebiris roll for Serith < 70 > [d20=16]
[20:22] <@Ebiris> roll 1d20+49 nonlethal
[20:22] <Serith> Ebiris roll for Serith < 50 > [d20=1]
[20:22] <@Ebiris> roll 1d20+44 nonlethal
[20:22] <Serith> Ebiris roll for Serith < 53 > [d20=9]
[20:22] <@Ebiris> roll 1d4+32+3d6+3d6+4d6 and 2 negative levels
[20:22] <Serith> Ebiris roll for Serith < 77 > [d4=1][d6=5,5,3,6,6,4,4,1,5,5]
[20:22] <@Ebiris> roll 1d4+32+3d6+3d6+4d6 and 2 negative levels
[20:22] <Serith> Ebiris roll for Serith < 73 > [d4=4][d6=6,4,1,5,1,5,5,2,3,5]
[20:22] <@Ebiris> roll 1d4+32+3d6+3d6+4d6 and 2 negative levels
[20:22] <Serith> Ebiris roll for Serith < 76 > [d4=3][d6=5,2,4,3,5,4,2,5,5,6]
[20:22] <@Ebiris> roll 1d4+32+3d6+3d6+4d6 and 2 negative levels
[20:22] <Serith> Ebiris roll for Serith < 60 > [d4=1][d6=3,3,2,1,4,1,2,5,1,5]
[20:22] <@Ebiris> roll 1d20+30 init if she's conscious and cares to make a fight of it after that
[20:23] <Serith> Ebiris roll for Serith < 47 > [d20=17]

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Afina 329+4/329
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), greater heroism (CL 25), afina's perfect vision (CL 27), shield (CL 27), recitation (CL 30), sublime revelry (CL 31), death ward (CL 30), good hope (CL 30), interplanar telepathic bond (CL 26), haste (CL 27), ferocity of sanguine rage (CL 27), many moments of prescience (CL 29)
defences: AC 99 (touch 63), spell resistance 42, immunity to fire, water, earth, cold, disease, poison, fear, mind-affecting, critical hits, negative energy, death effects, half damage from melee/ranged attacks, 50% miss chance, freedom of movement
perceptions: blindsight 200, low-light vision, darkvision 60, all-around vision, see invisible/ethereal, spot +70, listen +70
spell slots: 5/9/10/7/6/0/3/7/6/7/4/1/0
1 moment of prescience left

[Anastasia]

For Mala's it's enough. The blows knock her down, the caged fiend unable to resist and battered into unawareness.

Ilsenine looks on coolly, "That will suffice for the moment. Well done, Afina."

[Ebiris]

Afina sees herself out. "We'll have to wait for her to wake up again, but she'll be sufficiently debilitated for another day that further attempts should go more smoothly. Do you wish to focus on Apasa for the moment or save him till after?" she asks rather than just asking if she has enough spell slots, not wanting the Queen to have to show any weakness in front of the prisoners.

[Anastasia]

"Focus on Apasa," Ilsenine says after a moment's consideration.

[Ebiris]

Thus they shift over to Apasa's cell so Ilsenine can try dominating his mind instead!

[Anastasia]

Lemme strike that, I misunderstood the intent of your questions there.

Ilsenine shakes her head, "We'll save him until after," she says.

[Ebiris]

"Very well, they can stew a while longer," Afina nods, escorting Ilsenine out of the dungeons. Disappointing, but Mala had already been kept a day, and as she said their value as an intelligence resource isn't so great as it once was.