A Faraway Victory

[Anastasia]

They HAVE changed.

What do you want here? Malcanthet's voice is about 100 degrees colder now, surely making Auril look up and nod in approval.

[Ebiris]

"Hey do you want me to start on those guys or were you gonna sunlance it?" Marie casually asks as they approach bombardment range.

"You do it Marie," Alicia says genially, content to let her familiar show off.

Marie is going to start blasty spells assuming we hit 1600 feet range during the talky-talk. Want to roll init for it or just have her go unopposed?

Meanwhile she responds to Malcanthet. I want to destroy that which I see before me. Don't worry about your dear Jade, G'renna isn't so starved for company that I'd inflict them on each other.

Telepathically to her allies she sends. 'I misspoke earlier, it doesn't matter if Jade dies so long as one of us captures her proxy spark. That's all we need to bring back for Zariel. It's best if Syala or I strike the killing blow.'

[Anastasia]

Go ahead and go unopposed, they can't function at that range. Marie can.

Oh, you'll bleed for it then. You will bleed.

[Ebiris]

She's not here to make friends with demons!

"Watch this then!" Marie says in a chipper voice, pointing at the gates. A pair of burning rocks appears ahead of her, a dozen smaller fist-sized ones around them as they rocket off with terrifying speed, the largest ones striking square on the gate, a flanking trail of smaller meteors striking the walls stretching out on either side!

True meteor swarm, twinned.

[22:05] <@Ebiris> roll 1d20+33 twinned true meteor swarm SR
[22:05] <Kobot> Ebiris rolled 1d20+33 twinned true meteor swarm SR --> [ 1d20=8 ]{41}

[22:06] <@Ebiris> roll 15d6+15d6 fire and bludgeoning, main meteor
[22:06] <Kobot> Ebiris rolled 15d6+15d6 fire and bludgeoning, main meteor --> [ 15d6=54 15d6=47 ]{101}
[22:06] <@Ebiris> roll 5d6+5d6 fire and bludgeoning, secondary meteors
[22:06] <Kobot> Ebiris rolled 5d6+5d6 fire and bludgeoning, secondary meteors --> [ 5d6=10 5d6=21 ]{31}

So 202 damage for everything in a 60 foot radius of the gate since the two main meteors hit the same spot, then a bunch of 20 foot radius strikes doing 62 damage trailing along the walls with 3 on either side.

DC 32 ref half

"It's not magic missile but it's still pretty good, right?" the freshly promoted eladrin asks, preening as she plummets.

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Alicia: 1140+20/1140
Active spells: Extended nondetection (CL 32), many moments of prescience (CL 32), extended greater anticipate teleportation (CL 32), sensual blessing (CL 31), epic mage armour (CL 31), righteous wrath of the faithful (CL 31), recitation (CL 31), death ward (CL 32), dance of the unicorn (CL 32), spell turning (CL 32), greater visage of the deity (CL 31), foresight (CL 31), vision of the omniscient eye (CL 31), extended repelling shield (CL 32), extended ray deflection (CL 32), divine protection (CL 31), energy immunity (electricity) (CL 31)
Defences: AC 93 (touch 28), CMD 108, spell resistance 46, energy immunity (fire, cold, electricity), status immunity (polymorph, petrification, disease, poison, stunning, sleep, paralysis, death effects, disintegration, energy drain, ability damage, ability drain, mind-affecting), freedom of movement, nondetection (DC 47)
Stat buffs/penalties: +25 competence perception, +12 armour, +3 morale damage, +3 luck attack/saves, +34 Str, -2 Dex, +20 Con, +2 Int, +4 Wis, +4 Cha, +1 natural armour, +2 insight AC/reflex, +10 insight perception, +9 shield AC, +4 morale attack/saves/skills, +1 morale AC
Perceptions: Darkvision, scent, low-light vision, blindsight, tremorsense 1 mile, true seeing, perception +84
Sorcerer spell slots: 6/9/9/9/8/9/7/8/8/7/7/6/6/4
Duskblade spell slots: 6/12/12/10/10/6

Marie: 912+20/912
Active spells: Extended superior resistance (CL 31), extended mind blank (CL 31), greater arcane sight (CL 31), righteous wrath of the faithful (CL 31), recitation (CL 31), death ward (CL 31), extended repelling shield (CL 31), bibliotheca arcana (CL 31), sensual blessing (CL 31), extended ray deflection (CL 31), extended nondetection (CL 31), divine protection (CL 31), power of the huntress (CL 31)
Defences: AC 99 (touch 22), CMD 70, spell resistance 43, energy immunity (electricity, negative energy), energy resistance 10 (acid, cold), status immunity (protection, death effects, energy drain) protective aura, ray deflection, nondetection (DC 46), improved evasion
Stat buffs/penalties: +4 deflection AC vs evil, +3 morale damage, +11 shield AC, +15 insight knowledge, +25 competence perception, +3 luck attack/saves, +4 morale attack/saves/skills, +16 natural armour, +1 morale AC, +10 enhancement strength/constitution, +4 enhancement dexterity, +3 enhancement natural armour, +20 competence stealth, +6 initiative
Perceptions: Darkvision 60, blessed sight 120, see invisibility, greater arcane sight, scent, low-light vision, blindsight 60, tremorsense 60, perception +70
Sorcerer spell slots: 6/6/8/8/6/8/6/6/6/7/6/3/4
Limited SLAs available: Limited wish, radiant assault, heal, meteor swarm, time stop

[Anastasia]

> roll 1d20+14 various minions on the walls
<Rei-chan> Kotono rolled : 1d20+14 various minions on the walls --> [ 1d20=3 ]{17}

The impact is massive, caving in part of the wall, denting it deeply and cratering it. It crumbles, collapsing there. "There," Antenora says, "That's our opening and invitation."

"About time," Syala's smile turns sharp, predatory. "Limbo's stable ahead, so I can cut loose. Marie, think you can keep up with us?"

"She can and she will," Antenora answers immediately, "Marie's never let me down."

[Ebiris]

"I'm not actually a fast flier... uh, can't fly even fly at all without going into globe form and dropping all my clothes so you'll have to slow down a bit for me," Marie says, having to resort to simply shifting her personal gravity to fall in the direction she wants to go while they're on Limbo.

"Sorry for ruining your dramatic statement!" she then whispers to Antenora.

"Lets just stick together, it's fine," Alicia says. "We should be reaching the point where it interferes with flight soon anyway."

[Anastasia]

Okay, if you're going at the speed of Marie, what's her movement speeds?

[Ebiris]

She has no fly speed in her humanoid form. Going by the rules for subjective gravity in the planar handbook, we're falling at 300 feet per round but presumably the anti-flight thing around the fort will stop that at some point or another? If it doesn't we'll slow ourselves down and then land on the ground once we reach the gate/use innate flight to move around and fight.

[Anastasia]

Arrows, fire, explosions.

The four of you land before the broken wall. Atop the wall brave archers stand, raining arrows down.

Ahead is an outer courtyard, fat Bloat Mares flying along, mouted with riders. On the ground them come - a group of various colored slaad, lead by a gray slaad with a saber in hand. "Charge!" he roars in Common, "For the dinner table and tomorrow's granite, charge!"

Around you they emerge - earth elementals, vast stony things with uncaring gazes, simply rising up to challenge the party with no preamble.

Antenora's opal light illuminates the way ahead, spear brandished, "Repent or face oblivion," Antenora calls over the din of battle, the crashing of arrows, the burstings of fire coming from the slaad.

The air above glimmers, twisting oddly. Like starshine is crystallizing within, then pulled apart and braided like taffy.

"Or find out what happens when you follow that whore you call Jade!" Syala calls, as...

Init here.

[Ebiris]

[17:36] <@Ebiris> roll 1d20+21 Alicia init
[17:36] <Rei-chan> Ebiris rolled : 1d20+21 Alicia init --> [ 1d20=1 ]{22}
[17:36] <@Ebiris> roll 1d20+22 Marie init
[17:36] <Rei-chan> Ebiris rolled : 1d20+22 Marie init --> [ 1d20=1 ]{23}

Nerveskitter on both.

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Alicia: 1140+20/1140
Active spells: Extended nondetection (CL 32), many moments of prescience (CL 32), extended greater anticipate teleportation (CL 32), sensual blessing (CL 31), epic mage armour (CL 31), righteous wrath of the faithful (CL 31), recitation (CL 31), death ward (CL 32), dance of the unicorn (CL 32), spell turning (CL 32), greater visage of the deity (CL 31), foresight (CL 31), vision of the omniscient eye (CL 31), extended repelling shield (CL 32), extended ray deflection (CL 32), divine protection (CL 31), energy immunity (electricity) (CL 31)
Defences: AC 93 (touch 28), CMD 108, spell resistance 46, energy immunity (fire, cold, electricity), status immunity (polymorph, petrification, disease, poison, stunning, sleep, paralysis, death effects, disintegration, energy drain, ability damage, ability drain, mind-affecting), freedom of movement, nondetection (DC 47)
Stat buffs/penalties: +25 competence perception, +12 armour, +3 morale damage, +3 luck attack/saves, +34 Str, -2 Dex, +20 Con, +2 Int, +4 Wis, +4 Cha, +1 natural armour, +2 insight AC/reflex, +10 insight perception, +9 shield AC, +4 morale attack/saves/skills, +1 morale AC
Perceptions: Darkvision, scent, low-light vision, blindsight, tremorsense 1 mile, true seeing, perception +84
Sorcerer spell slots: 6/8/9/9/8/9/7/8/8/7/7/6/6/4
Duskblade spell slots: 6/12/12/10/10/6

Marie: 912+20/912
Active spells: Extended superior resistance (CL 31), extended mind blank (CL 31), greater arcane sight (CL 31), righteous wrath of the faithful (CL 31), recitation (CL 31), death ward (CL 31), extended repelling shield (CL 31), bibliotheca arcana (CL 31), sensual blessing (CL 31), extended ray deflection (CL 31), extended nondetection (CL 31), divine protection (CL 31), power of the huntress (CL 31)
Defences: AC 99 (touch 22), CMD 70, spell resistance 43, energy immunity (electricity, negative energy), energy resistance 10 (acid, cold), status immunity (protection, death effects, energy drain) protective aura, ray deflection, nondetection (DC 46), improved evasion
Stat buffs/penalties: +4 deflection AC vs evil, +3 morale damage, +11 shield AC, +15 insight knowledge, +25 competence perception, +3 luck attack/saves, +4 morale attack/saves/skills, +16 natural armour, +1 morale AC, +10 enhancement strength/constitution, +4 enhancement dexterity, +3 enhancement natural armour, +20 competence stealth, +6 initiative
Perceptions: Darkvision 60, blessed sight 120, see invisibility, greater arcane sight, scent, low-light vision, blindsight 60, tremorsense 60, perception +70
Sorcerer spell slots: 6/6/8/8/6/8/6/6/6/7/6/3/4
Limited SLAs available: Limited wish, radiant assault, heal, meteor swarm, time stop

[Anastasia]

> roll 1d20+11 Antenora
<Rei-chan> Kotono rolled : 1d20+11 Antenora --> [ 1d20=15 ]{26}
> roll 1d20+10 Syala
<Rei-chan> Kotono rolled : 1d20+10 Syala --> [ 1d20=1 ]{11}

> roll 1d20+7 archers
<Rei-chan> Kotono rolled : 1d20+7 archers --> [ 1d20=13 ]{20}
> roll 1d20+5 flight
<Rei-chan> Kotono rolled : 1d20+5 flight --> [ 1d20=16 ]{21}
> roll 1d20+8 slaad rush
<Rei-chan> Kotono rolled : 1d20+8 slaad rush --> [ 1d20=19 ]{27}
> roll 1d20+0 elementals
<Rei-chan> Kotono rolled : 1d20+0 elementals --> [ 1d20=4 ]{4}
> roll 1d20+25 stars
<Rei-chan> Kotono rolled : 1d20+25 stars --> [ 1d20=20 ]{45}

Init is Stars (45) > Slaad Rush (27) > Antenora (25) > Marie (23) > Alicia (22) > Flight (21) > Archers (20) > Syala (11) > Earth Elementals (4)

Stars open.

> roll 1d4 1 Alicia 2 Syala 3 Antenora 4 Marie
<Rei-chan> Kotono rolled : 1d4  Alicia 2 Syala 3 Antenora 4 Marie --> [ 1d4=3 ]{3}

The starshine above coalesces into a ragged javelin of pure star radiance, before drawing back and hurtling super-speed, right at Antenora.

> roll 1d20+51
<Rei-chan> Kotono rolled : 1d20+51 --> [ 1d20=16 ]{67}

> roll 30d4 and negated status
<Rei-chan> Kotono rolled : 30d4 and negated status --> [ 30d4=74 ]{74}

Hit.[/i]

The javelin rips through Antenora's middle, no wound - and yet she ripples, body twisting. It only lasts a moment, leaving her scowling but upright, "Careful of the light, it twists and tears!" she calls above the din of battle as the slaad close in. Fire erupts around the party as the slaad advance as...

Is anyone actually able to be damaged by non searing fire in this party?

[spoiler]

Antenora
HP: 670/744
Spells Active: Righteous Wrath of the Faithful (CL31), Recitation (CL31), Death Ward (CL31), Greater Heroism (CL31), Divine Protection (CL31), Voice of the Archon (CL31), Mass Energy Immunity (Electricity) (CL31)
Bonuses: +3 morale attack/weapon damage, bonus attack like haste, +3 luck attacks/saves, immunity to negative energy and level drain, +4 morale attacks/saves/skills, +1 morale armor class,  +10 enhancement bluff, diplo, intimidate, immunity to electricity.
Negative Conditions:
Resources Used: Divine Protection, Voice of the Archon,

Syala
HP: 589/589
Spells Active: Righteous Wrath of the Faithful (CL31), Recitation (CL31), Death Ward (CL31), Greater Heroism (CL31), Divine Protection (CL31), Mass Energy Immunity (Electricity) (CL31), Epic Mage Armor (CL31)
Bonuses: +3 morale attack/weapon damage, bonus attack like haste, +3 luck attacks/saves, immunity to negative energy and level drain, +4 morale attacks/saves/skills, +1 morale armor class, immunity to electricity, +22 armor bonus to armor class.
Negative Conditions:
Resources Used: 1 13th level spell, 1 11th level spell.

[Ebiris]

Marie only has resistance 10 to fire.

[Anastasia]

> roll 1d20+20 SR
<Rei-chan> Kotono rolled : 1d20+20 SR --> [ 1d20=20 ]{40}

Does that beat Marie's SR?

[Ebiris]

It does not.

SR 43

[Anastasia]

Yet the flames are nothing. Not a one touches you as the slaad rush forward, a chaotic charge at the four of you. "Crush them! Crush them!" The gray slaad screams, barreling into the party.

> roll 1d20+38 just a mess of slaad trying to beat yo uall down
<Rei-chan> Kotono rolled : 1d20+38 just a mess of slaad trying to beat yo uall down --> [ 1d20=2 ]{40}

Anyone hit?