The Assault on Avernus

[Anastasia]

"No more games, then," Glasya's voice is cooler now, full of pique as...

Init is Glasya (Supreme Initiative) > Alicia (40) > Donald (23) > Grandakalos (22) > Sulia (21) > Latha (15)

Donald is up.

"Yeah, you need a new one, you're losing this one pretty bad," Donald says, as he strikes and strikes again.

> roll 5#1d20 20 fishing will do the math if any come home
<Serith> Kotono roll for Serith < 2, 4, 4, 17, 9 >

As Donald brawls in vain with Glasya, going back and forth with her? The ship slowly tries to rise, more of Noir Jardin crumbling down, devils flying out from the wrecked courtyard, trying to flee the mess as...

'Sister, what happened?' Jessica sends to Alicia.

Sulia is up in the next post.

[Ebiris]

'I just threw Glasya's reinforcements at Noir Jardin,' Alicia sends back to Jessica. 'Hope it didn't cause you any trouble. We're holding ground for now - she's a tough opponent.'

[Anastasia]

Empress Sulia smiles coolly at this, "Do you see now, dear Glasya? You've lost the game rather resoundingly, have you not?"

At the same time, healing energy hits all of you, mending your wounds. No words, no prayer - just a pulse of divine will, healing your injuries completely.

Mass Heal SLA, in case she's going to drop something nasty. Latha.

Meanwhile Latha sees your weakness and weak spot, simply touching your massively oversized boot as sunlight settles in over you.

Latha's Sunmantle on you. Glasya is up.

Glasya holds her ground, eyes burning a bright orange color as Grandakalos rises up from Noir Jardin. It slowly turns towards Alicia, a pulsing orange glow coming from it, before firing right at her. Alicia can see it - the pointed prow of the ship focuses the light, gathering it up more and more before it fires, aimed right at her.

> roll 1d20+58 touch AC?
<Serith> Kotono roll for Serith < 65 > [d20=7]

Hit or miss? Mostly a break so I can do some other posts after a long one and segment this better.

[spoiler]

Donald
HP: 543/543
Spells Active:
Bonuses:
Negative Conditions:
Resources Used: 1 1st level spell, 4th 6th level spells, 2 9th level spell

Latha
HP: 505/505
Spells Active:
Bonuses:
Negative Conditions:
Resources Used: Legion's Gate, Vivacious Fire Storm, Energized Sunlance, Mass Heal, Vivacious Sunburst, Celestial Valor, Latha's Sunmantle.

Sulia
HP: 714/714
Spells Active:
Bonuses:
Negative Conditions:
Resources Used: 4 14th

Never surprised or flat-footed (Foresight)
See through everything within 120ft (True Seeing)
Immunity to death effects, energy drain and negative energy/negative levels (Mass Death Ward)
Immunity to poison and fear (Heroes's Feast)
Immunity to disease (Miracle)
Gain 20 temp hp (Greater Heroism)
Immunity to dazzled and blinded (Vision of the Omniscient Eye)
Energy Res 30 (all)
1d4+6 spell levels are turned on original caster/spells that have you as a targets/not melee touch spells (Spell Turning)
Casts Heal on you if you are killed/taken to -30 or below (Fortunate Fate)
Interplanar Telepathic Bond (Miracle)

+15 insight to any single skill check (Divine Insight)
+25 to stealth (competence, circumstance, racial)
+20 to disguise (untyped)
+10 insight bonus to Perception (Vision of the Omniscient Eye)
+10 insight to all knowledge checks (Lore of the Gods)
+4 morale to all skill checks (Greater Heroism)
+4 competence bonus to Escape Artist (Shadow Form)

+4 untyped to init (Sign)
+2 insight to AC and Reflex (Foresight)
+5 sacred to AC and Reflex if you have and are using a shield (Shield of Warding)
+5 racial to natural armor (Spiderskin)
+4 morale on attack and immunity to fear and 20 temp hp (Greater Heroism)
+2 morale to damage/ability checks (Good Hope)
+5 morale to saving throws (Conviction)

Righteous Wrath of the Faithful (extra attack like haste, +3 morale to attack/damage), CL 31
Recitation (+2 luck to attacks/saves (+3 for Alicia worshippers), CL 31
Celestial Valor on all. +8 sacred vs fear and negative emotions, +4 sacred attack rolls, weapon damage rolls, saving throws and armor class. Weapons are treated as holy, doesn't stack.

Speaking of, alter reality for ghost-touch weapon on everyone.
Ghost touch armour of course.

[Ebiris]

Touch AC is 32 so that hits, I'll use an immediate to cast greater mirror image, 8 images at my CL without rolling.

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Alicia: 864/864, 8 images
Active spells: Extended nondetection (CL 31), foresight (CL 31), true seeing (CL 31), greater heroism (CL 31), miracle (diseaseimmunity, CL 31), vision of the omniscient eye (CL 31), energy resistance x4 (CL 31), spell turning (CL 31), interplanar telepathic bond (CL 31), good hope (CL 31), dance of the unicorn (CL 30), recitation (CL 30), greater visage of the deity (CL 30), sensual blessing (CL 30), ghost touch weapon (CL 30), consecrated ward (CL 31), extended repelling shield (CL 31), assay spell resistance (CL 30), celestial valor (CL 30), latha's sunmantle (CL 30), greater mirror image (CL 30)
Defences: AC 81 (touch 32), CMD 120, spell resistance 45, energy immunity (fire, cold, negative energy), energy resistance 30 (sonic/fire/cold/elec), status immunity (polymorph, petrification, disease, poison, stunning, sleep, paralysis, disintegration, energy drain, ability damage, ability drain, mind-affection, fear, dazzled, blinded), freedom of movement, nondetection (DC 46)
Stat buffs/penalties: +2 insight AC/reflex, +4 morale attack/skills/saves, +10 insight perception, +2 morale ability checks, +3 luck attack/saves, +36 Str, -2 Dex, +20 Con, +2 Int, +4 Wis, +4 Cha, +15 natural armour, -8 size AC/attack, +25 competence perception, +8 sacred fear/emotion saves, +4 sacred attack/damage/saves/AC
Perceptions: Darkvision, scent, low-light vision, blindsight, tremorsense 1 mile, true seeing, perception +82
Sorcerer spell slots: 6/8/8/3/0/1/4/8/6/4/2/1/0/0
Duskblade spell slots: 6/12/11/8/9/3

[Anastasia]

> roll 1d9
<Serith> Kotono roll for Serith < 1 > [d9=1]

Alas. It has a gimmick with - oh never mind, it got lucky.

Despite your images, the blast flies right at the true Alicia, taking you right in the upper leg and...

> roll 30*8
<Serith> Kotono roll for Serith < 240 >

240 damage from a maximized attack. Ow.

The blast cores straight through your leg, leaving a new hole there as you stagger, bleeding. It feels warm but not painful, curiously painless as...

Alicia.

[Anastasia]

BattleWarBloodHateDestruction!

What was that?!

You feel it, throbbing in your mind and burning in your bones. Glasya whirls instantly towards Noir Jardin, turning her back on Donald entirely.

BattleWarBloodHateDestruction!

A force, a sensation, a feeling. Something, something powerful stirring. Something hateful? You feel such hate and loathing.

[Ebiris]

Alicia shrinks back down to more managable size and recasts Many Moments of Prescience.

Still colossal, just normal colossal.

"Well nevermind, your ship's just fine," she tells Glasya. "That Hag Countess had a firm spine alright."

'Someone try to dispel her? I'm going to try one last gamble to get her out of here,' she asks her allies.

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Alicia: 624/864, 8 images
Active spells: Extended nondetection (CL 31), foresight (CL 31), true seeing (CL 31), greater heroism (CL 31), miracle (diseaseimmunity, CL 31), vision of the omniscient eye (CL 31), energy resistance x4 (CL 31), spell turning (CL 31), interplanar telepathic bond (CL 31), good hope (CL 31), dance of the unicorn (CL 30), recitation (CL 30), greater visage of the deity (CL 30), sensual blessing (CL 30), ghost touch weapon (CL 30), consecrated ward (CL 31), extended repelling shield (CL 31), assay spell resistance (CL 30), celestial valor (CL 30), latha's sunmantle (CL 30), greater mirror image (CL 30)
Defences: AC 81 (touch 32), CMD 120, spell resistance 45, energy immunity (fire, cold, negative energy), energy resistance 30 (sonic/fire/cold/elec), status immunity (polymorph, petrification, disease, poison, stunning, sleep, paralysis, disintegration, energy drain, ability damage, ability drain, mind-affection, fear, dazzled, blinded), freedom of movement, nondetection (DC 46)
Stat buffs/penalties: +2 insight AC/reflex, +4 morale attack/skills/saves, +10 insight perception, +2 morale ability checks, +3 luck attack/saves, +36 Str, -2 Dex, +20 Con, +2 Int, +4 Wis, +4 Cha, +15 natural armour, -8 size AC/attack, +25 competence perception, +8 sacred fear/emotion saves, +4 sacred attack/damage/saves/AC
Perceptions: Darkvision, scent, low-light vision, blindsight, tremorsense 1 mile, true seeing, perception +82
Sorcerer spell slots: 6/8/8/3/0/1/4/8/6/4/2/0/0/0
Duskblade spell slots: 6/12/11/8/9/3

[Ebiris]

"Well either Zquujaj had the same idea as I did... or is Bel not so dead as expected?" Alicia asks Glasya on feeling that pulse of bloodlust.

[Corwin]

'Zariel's free!' Seira sends off, hoping it's not her final communique.

[Anastasia]

> roll 24#1d20+30
<Serith> Kotono roll for Serith < 43, 47, 37, 35, 49, 35, 46, 33, 45, 35, 37, 40, 33, 46, 31, 44, 35, 33, 32, 49, 46, 33, 48, 50 >

Donald chants, magic crumbling from Glasya. A few spells, jets of spellfire that twist green and white as the ground shakes. Donald brings his shield up as the sky shudders, Lixer's green hellfire clashing with white fire.

Free.

The pulse of thought hits all of you as Alicia feels it. Divinity, power, energy. It's coming from below Noir Jardin, so much that it's impossible to miss.

"We'll finish this later," Glasya glances back at all of you, the barest glimpse.

Sulia merely looks to Noir Jardin as well, as the remaining common devils collapse or flee. "What has awakened?" she murmurs, gaze on the crumbling, collapsing fortress ahead of you.

Sulia's up, chance to react.

[Ebiris]

While she could press the assault on Glasya, it wouldn't serve her that well just to kill an easily replaced avatar. "Lixer didn't have as firm a grip on Zariel as Bel did, then..." From the sounds of it Seira hadn't yet found where she was being chained so it's more like she was shaken loose.

"Fine then, go back to Malbolge or tend to your brother, there's no reason for you to get in the way of this," she tells Glasya.

[Anastasia]

Glasya gives you a look, smirking slightly. "Be grateful I have bigger problems now," she says, her ship wobbling in the air, tipping upwards and starting to free fall. She glares up at it and it rights itself, vanishing and her ship a moment later.

"Dire tidings, we have to hurry," Latha says, "If Zariel is free, haste is of the essence."

Free act, under the tone it was close as could be to a truce so Sulia took the unspoken assumption and held. Latha too. More descriptions coming in the next post due to time syncing with Seira.

[Ebiris]

"Press on to the fortress!" Alicia gestures ahead before she flies for the walls. "We'll make sure they have a clear path out!"

Unspoken assumption was correct, good coordination!

'Glasya's fled, we'll engage the fortress to keep a path out open for you,' she sends to Seira and her other allies inside.

[Anastasia]

Before you, Noir Jardin is ablaze. Green hellfire and white flames burn the stone just as readily, rapidly reducing it to sizzling magma. Blazes spread all over, burning devil and undead alike.

Empress Sulia approaches with you, "We have to stop the blaze so the others aren't consumed before they escape, or at least slow it enough," she says, "Will you join your will with mine, Alicia?" She offers you her hand with a calm, determined look.

Donald jets along as fast as he can, trying to keep pace, face all effort as Latha effortlessly keeps up. "The devils-"

That's all she gets out as the ground quakes again, a large part of the courtyard suddenly sagging downward, like an inside out crater.

Your supernatural senses can hear it below. Three gelugons, one snarling and leading the other two, wounded. "There! Take their heads for the Lord of the First!"

[Ebiris]

Alicia shrinks back down to normal human size and takes Sulia's hand in hers. "Donald, Latha? Show those idiot devils below why not to challenge the Gods," she gives the three gelugons a dismissive look before exerting her focus elsewhere. "It's not as easy as in our own realms, but lets," she agrees, working with Sulia to still the flames in the path of Seira and her allies.

Those divine senses coupled with sensual blessing are handy for knowing exactly where everything is within a mile.