All That Glitters

[Nephrite]

Moore continues to fly forward!

Yep, just moving 180 again.

[Anastasia]

240ft away.

> roll 1d20+41 touch AC Moore
<Serith> Kotono roll for Serith < 60 > [d20=19]
> roll 1d20+30 vs SR
<Serith> Kotono roll for Serith < 45 > [d20=15]

That get through?

[Nephrite]

It did not! Hit the SR right on the nose, too.

[Anastasia]

> roll 1d20+41 touch AC Cresiel
<Serith> Kotono roll for Serith < 56 > [d20=15]
> roll 1d20+30 vs SR
<Serith> Kotono roll for Serith < 44 > [d20=14]
> roll 1d20+41 touch AC Xandra
<Serith> Kotono roll for Serith < 46 > [d20=5]
> roll 1d20+30 vs SR
<Serith> Kotono roll for Serith < 34 > [d20=4]

Cresiel is hit.

240 damage to Cresiel.

The beams fly again - and this time Cresiel is hit just as he reaches the front. He shudders as one of his wings is simply gone, as well as ahunk of his back. Blood flows and hisses when it touches the ground, wailing spirits erupting out from the ground and fading away as it does, tiny shadows howling in distraught fury. There is a gate ahead, a grand entrance closed. Cresiel charges in, warhammer raised and...

> roll 1d20 max PA, it's a door so it's basically a 1 check here
<Serith> Kotono roll for Serith < 8 > [d20=8]

> roll 2d6+44
<Serith> Kotono roll for Serith < 47 > [d6=1,2]

67 total after bonuses are added.

Cresiel strikes the wall mightily as his wounds suddenly heal in part, his back no longer bleeding as...

Xandra, who simply keeps pace with you.

Cresiel used divine succor as a swift for 70 points of healing.  29/30 holy fury points left.

Go Moore.

[spoiler]

Cresiel
HP: 500/680
Spells Active: Tyche's Touch (CL30),
Bonuses:
Negative Conditions:
Resources Used: Mass Death Ward, Burst of Glory, 29/30 holy fury.

Xandra
HP: 510/510
Spells Active: Tyche's Touch (CL30),
Bonuses:
Negative Conditions:
Resources Used: 1 12th level charge.

Mass Conviction (+4 morale bonus to saving throws) (CL19) (190m)
Mass Surefooted Stride (can move through difficult terrain with no penalty. What??? they might run into it) (CL30, 30m)
Surge of Hope (CL30) (30m) (+4 morale bonus on attack rolls, ability checks, skill checks, and weapon damage rolls) (it does saving throws too but that's really pointless with conviction)
Life's Grace (CL19)x2 (Cresiel, Xandra) (19m) (protects against ability drain and all that jazz, armor is treated as ghost touch)

[23:32] <Nephrite> roll 18d4 nonlethal
[23:32] <Serith> Nephrite roll for Serith < 44 > [d4=2,4,2,2,2,4,1,4,1,3,3,3,2,3,1,4,2,1]

He'll bolster the three of them with Inspire Heroics for +12 morale bonus to save (doesn't stack with conviction but it's only temporary) and a +12 dodge bonus to AC. This lasts a total of 60 rounds, i.e. 10 minutes.

Right before they leave he'll also cast Haste.

Cresiel will drop Mass Death Ward, CL 27th. He'll drop Shield of Warding on himself for +5 sacred Reflex and AC.

Moore will also toss in a Superior Resistance to both Xandra and Cresiel. (+6 resist bonus to saves) (CL30)

+16 morale bonus on saving throws against charm and fear effects and a +16 morale bonus on attack and weapon damage rolls

[Nephrite]

Moore continues to move ahead! If that thing keeps firing at them even when they get out of line of sight of it, he'll have to do something, but for now he just keeps on moving!

180 more.

[Anastasia]

> roll 1d20+43 touch AC Moore
<Kobot> Kotono rolled 1d20+43 touch AC Moore --> [ 1d20=13 ]{56}
> roll 1d20+32 vs SR
<Kobot> Kotono rolled 1d20+32 vs SR --> [ 1d20=12 ]{44}

You fly on swiftly, now only 60ft from the doors. You fly above another blast as the Eye of Shar continues firing on all of you. Hunks of precious wealth and metal disintegrate below you, hardly noticed as...

> roll 1d20+43 touch AC Cresiel
<Kobot> Kotono rolled 1d20+43 touch AC Cresiel --> [ 1d20=18 ]{61}
> roll 1d20+32 vs SR
<Kobot> Kotono rolled 1d20+32 vs SR --> [ 1d20=5 ]{37}

SR held.

Cresiel ignores another blast as he hefts his warhammer, striking again and again, a savage flurry as...

> roll 1d20 max PA, it's a door so it's basically a 1 check here
> roll 1d20 max PA, it's a door so it's basically a 1 check here
> roll 1d20 max PA, it's a door so it's basically a 1 check here
> roll 1d20 max PA, it's a door so it's basically a 1 check here
<Kobot> Kotono rolled 1d20 max PA, it's a door so it's basically a 1 check here --> [ 1d20=8 ]{8}
<Kobot> Kotono rolled 1d20 max PA, it's a door so it's basically a 1 check here --> [ 1d20=17 ]{17}
<Kobot> Kotono rolled 1d20 max PA, it's a door so it's basically a 1 check here --> [ 1d20=15 ]{15}
<Kobot> Kotono rolled 1d20 max PA, it's a door so it's basically a 1 check here --> [ 1d20=9 ]{9}
> roll 1d20 max PA, it's a door so it's basically a 1 check here haste bonus
<Kobot> Kotono rolled 1d20 max PA, it's a door so it's basically a 1 check here haste bonus --> [ 1d20=13 ]{13}
> roll 2d6+64
> roll 2d6+64
> roll 2d6+64
<Kobot> Kotono rolled 2d6+64 --> [ 2d6=5 ]{69}
<Kobot> Kotono rolled 2d6+64 --> [ 2d6=5 ]{69}
> roll 2d6+64
<Kobot> Kotono rolled 2d6+64 --> [ 2d6=4 ]{68}
> roll 2d6+64
<Kobot> Kotono rolled 2d6+64 --> [ 2d6=3 ]{67}
<Kobot> Kotono rolled 2d6+64 --> [ 2d6=7 ]{71}

Blow after blow hits, the great gate within shuddering under the impacts, solid stone starting to crack as...

70 points of healing from divine succor, 28/30 holy fury left. Xandra just keeps pace with you.

> roll 1d20+43 touch AC Xandra
<Kobot> Kotono rolled 1d20+43 touch AC Xandra --> [ 1d20=3 ]{46}
> roll 1d20+32 vs SR
<Kobot> Kotono rolled 1d20+32 vs SR --> [ 1d20=7 ]{39}

Whiff. Go Moore.

[spoiler]

Cresiel
HP: 570/680
Spells Active: Tyche's Touch (CL30),
Bonuses:
Negative Conditions:
Resources Used: Mass Death Ward, Burst of Glory, 28/30 holy fury.

Xandra
HP: 510/510
Spells Active: Tyche's Touch (CL30),
Bonuses:
Negative Conditions:
Resources Used: 1 12th level charge.

Mass Conviction (+4 morale bonus to saving throws) (CL19) (190m)
Mass Surefooted Stride (can move through difficult terrain with no penalty. What??? they might run into it) (CL30, 30m)
Surge of Hope (CL30) (30m) (+4 morale bonus on attack rolls, ability checks, skill checks, and weapon damage rolls) (it does saving throws too but that's really pointless with conviction)
Life's Grace (CL19)x2 (Cresiel, Xandra) (19m) (protects against ability drain and all that jazz, armor is treated as ghost touch)

[23:32] <Nephrite> roll 18d4 nonlethal
[23:32] <Serith> Nephrite roll for Serith < 44 > [d4=2,4,2,2,2,4,1,4,1,3,3,3,2,3,1,4,2,1]

He'll bolster the three of them with Inspire Heroics for +12 morale bonus to save (doesn't stack with conviction but it's only temporary) and a +12 dodge bonus to AC. This lasts a total of 60 rounds, i.e. 10 minutes.

Right before they leave he'll also cast Haste.

Cresiel will drop Mass Death Ward, CL 27th. He'll drop Shield of Warding on himself for +5 sacred Reflex and AC.

Moore will also toss in a Superior Resistance to both Xandra and Cresiel. (+6 resist bonus to saves) (CL30)

+16 morale bonus on saving throws against charm and fear effects and a +16 morale bonus on attack and weapon damage rolls
[/quote]

[Nephrite]

Moore flies in next to Cresiel. Whew!

Since he doesn't have to spend so much time moving, he casts a quick spell to help bolster everyone.

Recitation, (+2 luck bonus to AC, attack rolls and saves. I doubt either of them have Erathaol as their deity, but maybe??

[Anastasia]

> roll 1d20+45 touch AC Moore
<Kobot> Kotono rolled 1d20+45 touch AC Moore --> [ 1d20=6 ]{51}
> roll 1d20+34 vs SR
<Kobot> Kotono rolled 1d20+34 vs SR --> [ 1d20=8 ]{42}

Yet your defenses hold. You dodge another blast as you make it there, Cresiel calling, "Forward! We have to breach the gates!" At the same time more of Shar's hatred flies forward, corkscrewing towards Cresiel.

> roll 1d20+45 touch AC Cresiel
<Kobot> Kotono rolled 1d20+45 touch AC Cresiel --> [ 1d20=18 ]{63}
> roll 1d20+34 vs SR
<Kobot> Kotono rolled 1d20+34 vs SR --> [ 1d20=15 ]{49}

240 damage.

Again Cresiel is hit, much of his side simply gone, blood pouring. The spirits in the ground arise and howl in fury as they are banished, Cresiel's wound scabbing over nigh instantly. Undeterred, he raises his hammer and calls, "This deals lethal wounds to me, such is the taint of its evil! Do not treat it lightly!"

> roll 1d20 max PA, it's a door so it's basically a 1 check here
> roll 1d20 max PA, it's a door so it's basically a 1 check here
> roll 1d20 max PA, it's a door so it's basically a 1 check here
> roll 1d20 max PA, it's a door so it's basically a 1 check here
> roll 1d20 max PA, it's a door so it's basically a 1 check here
<Kobot> Kotono rolled 1d20 max PA, it's a door so it's basically a 1 check here --> [ 1d20=17 ]{17}
<Kobot> Kotono rolled 1d20 max PA, it's a door so it's basically a 1 check here --> [ 1d20=16 ]{16}
<Kobot> Kotono rolled 1d20 max PA, it's a door so it's basically a 1 check here --> [ 1d20=12 ]{12}
<Kobot> Kotono rolled 1d20 max PA, it's a door so it's basically a 1 check here --> [ 1d20=19 ]{19}
<Kobot> Kotono rolled 1d20 max PA, it's a door so it's basically a 1 check here --> [ 1d20=11 ]{11}
> roll 2d6+64
> roll 2d6+64
<Kobot> Kotono rolled 2d6+64 --> [ 2d6=7 ]{71}
> roll 2d6+64
<Kobot> Kotono rolled 2d6+64 --> [ 2d6=9 ]{73}
> roll 2d6+64
<Kobot> Kotono rolled 2d6+64 --> [ 2d6=9 ]{73}
<Kobot> Kotono rolled 2d6+64 --> [ 2d6=11 ]{75}
> roll 2d6+64
<Kobot> Kotono rolled 2d6+64 --> [ 2d6=7 ]{71}

Divine succor, 27/30 holy fury.

Again, again, again, again. The great gates shudder with each hammer blow, quaking. Rains of pebbles and hunks of stone follow, cascading down around the furious solar. He raises his hammer up and with a final blow crushes straight through the door. A great hunk of falls backwards, a space to proceed inward through. Within is a great, shadowy thing, a shadow that is yet more. Its face begins to twist as behind it you see half a dozen robed Sharran cultists. One has a wicked, curved dagger out and at the throat of a barely conscious human woman. Her eyes are gone, pure black emptiness lined by purple. Her arms are merely stumps at the shoulders, legs skewered partially through by chakram halves in several places.

Beyond this you can see a little antechamber - that's all ti is, perhaps 15ft deep and not wide. Little slits in the wall can be seen - murder holes.

"Surrender of the woman finds oblivion," The cultist warns, face hiding their face but the voice decidedly feminine.

Init is Moore = Cresiel (45) > Xandra (28) > Face of Loss (27) > Cultists (25) > Murder Holes (23) > Eye of Shar (0)

Xandra is up but a chance for you to react Moore. This is a long post so I'll be back to it in a few.

[spoiler]

Cresiel
HP: 400/680
Spells Active: Tyche's Touch (CL30),
Bonuses:
Negative Conditions:
Resources Used: Mass Death Ward, Burst of Glory, 28/30 holy fury.

Xandra
HP: 510/510
Spells Active: Tyche's Touch (CL30),
Bonuses:
Negative Conditions:
Resources Used: 1 12th level charge.

Mass Conviction (+4 morale bonus to saving throws) (CL19) (190m)
Mass Surefooted Stride (can move through difficult terrain with no penalty. What??? they might run into it) (CL30, 30m)
Surge of Hope (CL30) (30m) (+4 morale bonus on attack rolls, ability checks, skill checks, and weapon damage rolls) (it does saving throws too but that's really pointless with conviction)
Life's Grace (CL19)x2 (Cresiel, Xandra) (19m) (protects against ability drain and all that jazz, armor is treated as ghost touch)

[23:32] <Nephrite> roll 18d4 nonlethal
[23:32] <Serith> Nephrite roll for Serith < 44 > [d4=2,4,2,2,2,4,1,4,1,3,3,3,2,3,1,4,2,1]

He'll bolster the three of them with Inspire Heroics for +12 morale bonus to save (doesn't stack with conviction but it's only temporary) and a +12 dodge bonus to AC. This lasts a total of 60 rounds, i.e. 10 minutes.

Right before they leave he'll also cast Haste.

Cresiel will drop Mass Death Ward, CL 27th. He'll drop Shield of Warding on himself for +5 sacred Reflex and AC.

Moore will also toss in a Superior Resistance to both Xandra and Cresiel. (+6 resist bonus to saves) (CL30)

+16 morale bonus on saving throws against charm and fear effects and a +16 morale bonus on attack and weapon damage rolls

Recitation, (+2 luck bonus to AC, attack rolls and saves.

[Nephrite]

"I'm going to make this really easy for you." Moore says, the light of the halo around him burning brightly against the darkness.

"Lay down your arms and give up your perverted pursuits or you'll all find yourselves seeing the light of Celestia in a way you never thought possible." He warns them.

[Anastasia]

You can use that to try an Intimidate check on your turn if you like. If you want Xandra to hold on that and a reply, say so.

[Nephrite]

Xandra should do what she feels (or hears) is the best thing to do, Moore trusts her.

[Anastasia]

> roll 1d20+45 touch AC Xandra
<Kobot> Kotono rolled 1d20+45 touch AC Xandra --> [ 1d20=3 ]{48}
> roll 1d20+34 vs SR
<Kobot> Kotono rolled 1d20+34 vs SR --> [ 1d20=9 ]{43}

Xandra reaches the doors as well, gazing ahead. She holds just a moment at this, letting you take the forefront.

Init is Moore = Cresiel (45) > Xandra (28) > Face of Loss (27) > Cultists (25) > Murder Holes (23) > Eye of Shar (0)

Are you protected against mind-affecting magic, Moore?

[Nephrite]

I am! I have mind blank, for reference.

[Anastasia]

The face shifts and shifts, yet it does not settle on anything as...

"Surrender!" The cultist demands again.

They're holding. Go Moore.

[Nephrite]

"You have one chance to lay down your arms now before we remove you from Creation permanently." Moore says, voice carrying a surprising amount of authority in it for once.

He's going for Scary Pixie here.