A new sultan?

[Anastasia]

The agony is overwhelming.

> roll 1d100
<Penuche2> Kotono invokes Penuche's magic: < 6 > [d100=6]

Alas.

You are cut, slashed. Blood. Wings broken, scales torn. Each blow is an agony that echos with the agony you felt at the hands of Kesse's royal family. It echos with the pain of eyeless captives, limbs gone and bodies broken. It resonates with a pain of a thousand crying widows, of husbands lost in despair and alone. Every blade is a touch of Shar, a touch of a horror and misery so profound that your mind would break were you but mortal.

The Song of Shar becomes even louder in your ears, threatening to drown out all other noise. It is beautiful and horrible, as Shar's blade comes clean before she flows back in an instant, wounds healing fast as you can see, restored in a moment of divine will. The wave is coming faster and faster, Shar 60ft away again.

The Dark Dancer (Supreme Init) > The Chasms (60) > Seira (51) > Ranbar (48) > Dwarf > Luneli (47) > Great Wall of Shadows (44) > The Tower (38)

Chasms. Got AoOs to spend on them and do you want to?

[Corwin]

23:07 <Seira> roll 1d20+75+52+6
23:07 <Penuche2> Seira invokes Penuche's magic: < 151 > [d20=18]
23:07 <Seira> roll 1d20+75+52+6
23:07 <Penuche2> Seira invokes Penuche's magic: < 141 > [d20=8]

23:07 <Seira> roll 1d20+75+52+6
23:07 <Penuche2> Seira invokes Penuche's magic: < 152 > [d20=19]
23:08 <Seira> roll 1d20+75+52+6 crit?
23:08 <Penuche2> Seira invokes Penuche's magic: < 153 > [d20=20]
I have my armband of the spark activated, which allows me to deal critical hits and precision damage to creatures normally immune to such.

23:08 <Seira> roll 6d10+95+42+16d6+1d6+3d8+6d4
23:08 <Penuche2> Seira invokes Penuche's magic: < 277 > [d10=8,7,3,8,2,6][d6=3,6,4,3,6,4,6,3,5,1,5,4,4,5,3,6,5][d8=7,5,6][d4=2,3,1,3,3,3]
23:08 <Seira> roll 6d10+95+42+16d6+1d6+3d8+6d4
23:08 <Penuche2> Seira invokes Penuche's magic: < 266 > [d10=4,8,3,5,1,2][d6=2,4,5,3,4,6,2,1,4,5,6,6,3,5,6,6,4][d8=1,7,6][d4=3,2,4,3,4,4]

If hit:
23:08 <Seira> roll 6d10+95+42+16d6+1d6+3d8+6d4
23:08 <Penuche2> Seira invokes Penuche's magic: < 238 > [d10=5,4,2,5,5,7][d6=4,3,2,1,5,2,5,3,4,2,5,3,1,1,3,6,5][d8=2,5,3][d4=1,1,1,2,1,2]

If crit:
23:09 <Seira> roll 12d10+190+84+16d6+1d6+3d8+6d4
23:09 <Penuche2> Seira invokes Penuche's magic: < 433 > [12d10=58][16d6=66][d6=6][d8=14][d4=15]

[Anastasia]

The Chasms are cleared away again, broken by your bloodied fangs and bleeding claws, as the battle above rages. Shar faces the two, blade on hammer and blade on mace. It is simple, bloody melee combat above, as...

Go.

[Corwin]

My head is bloody, but unbowed! Seira declares to Shar, her magic lashing out even as fire consumes everything for miles!

23:15 <Seira> roll 2d6+17
23:15 <Penuche2> Seira invokes Penuche's magic: < 26 > [d6=6,3]
23:15 <Seira> roll 5d4+17 Ref DC53 half
23:15 <Penuche2> Seira invokes Penuche's magic: < 26 > [d4=1,1,3,2,2]
23:15 <Seira> roll 7#1d20+44+3+17
23:15 <Penuche2> Seira invokes Penuche's magic: < 66, 65, 68, 69, 82, 79, 67 >

To recap, Shar is 60ft away and healed up again. Luneli is dead. Is his gear still here? Ranbar and the dwarf are together. How far from me, and how far from Shar? Ranbar is still blinded. The gem that Luneli and I broke which contains souls is floating somewhere near them?

[Anastasia]

Gear is there. 30ft behind you. Ranbar is still blinded. And correct on the gem.

[Anastasia]

Another spell goes down to your magic, crumbling away as...

Finish your turn if you have anything, go  ahead.

[Corwin]

Beyond this place of wrath and tears
      Looms but the Horror of the shade,
And yet the menace of the years
      Finds and shall find me unafraid.

Shar is the worst, Seira thinks, even as she draws back to stand her ground before Ranbar and the heroic dwarf. In fact, she belongs in a cage, and Seira makes it so by calling upon an ancient spell she recalls reading in musty, crumbling texts. Let's see how Shar likes it! Meanwhile, she gathers Luneli's body and possessions, along with that cursed gem closer to her, in case they need to retreat in a hurry.

Twinned Sekhmid's Trap on Shar, Miracle to grab everything there a la Moore. Healer dwarf, please heal me back to max or we all die next round!

[spoiler]
CL 34 spells for all who wish to receive them:
Overall: Glorious Rally, Celestial Valor, Ghost Touch (Armor, Shield and Weapons)
Defensive: Shield of Warding, Foresight, Visions of the Future, Foresight
Perception Modes and Protections: True Seeing, Vision of the Omniscient Eye, Detect Scrying, Greater Arcane Sight
Movement Modes and Protections: Freedom of Movement, Pass Without Trace, Greater Anticipate Teleport
Skill Checks: Greater Heroism, Voice of the Dragon
Ability Checks: Good Hope, Sign
Immunities and Resistances: Nondetection, Mass Death Ward, Heroes's Feast, Energy Res 30 (all)
Esoteric Boosters: Fortunate Fate, Spell Turning
*Selune added +17 sacred to everything except rank checks.
*Luneli added +16 morale to attack/damage, +8 morale to saves, +8 dodge to AC, +4 competence to Str, +10 competence to attack, +8 competence to Fort save
Armbands of the Spark 0/10 rounds
Fire Devotion 2/10 rounds
Dragonfire Wrath 3/10 rounds

HP: 32/726

Numerical benefits:
AC: +35 normal/+35 touch (+2 insight Foresight, +2 dodge Visions of the Future, +17 sacred Selune, +6 morale Glorious Rally, 8 dodge via Luneli)
Attack: +52 (+17 sacred Selune, +16 morale Luneli, +10 competence Luneli, +7 fire devotion, +2 from str via Luneli)
Damage: +42 (+17 sacred Selune, +16 morale Luneli, +7 fire devotion, +2 from str via Luneli)
Fort Save: +33 (+17 sacred Selune, +8 morale via Luneli, +8 competence via Luneli)
Ref Save +27 (+17 sacred Selune, +8 morale via Luneli, +2 insight Foresight)
Will Save: +25 (+17 sacred Selune, +8 morale via Luneli)
Ability Checks: +19 (+17 sacred Selune, +2 morale from Good Hope)
Init: +19/+23 (+17 sacred Selune, +2 morale from Good Hope, +4 one-time bonus from Sign)

Also immunity to all death spells, magical death effects, energy drain, and any negative energy effects (Mass Death Ward), immunity to poison and fear (Heroes's Feast), energy resistance 30 to fire/cold/acid/elec/sonic (Energy Resistance x5), being a difficult target to divination (Nondetection), becoming impossible to track without magic, and limiting the usefulness of scent (Pass Without Trace), moving and attacking normally everywhere, as well as receiving +15 to CMD vs grapples (Freedom of Movement), being healed with 150hp once if dropped below 0 (Fortunate Fate), reflecting 1d4+6 spell levels of spells that have you as a target and aren't touch spells (Spell Turning), +10 enhancement bonus on Bluff, Diplomacy, and Intimidate checks and a really nice and deep commanding voice (Voice of the Dragon), true seeing, +10 to perception and immunity to being dazzled or blinded (Vision of the Omniscient Eye), immediate ability to analyze magic (Greater Arcane Sight) and our favorite combo of detecting when someone's scrying on you and blocking their teleport for 3 rounds any time they try to teleport within a 170ft radius of you.

Personal only spells:
Sensual Blessing, Mind Blank, Bibliotheca Arcana

Used up resources:
Soothsayer's Spite uses x2
Time Stop x1
Arcane Thesis x1
Maximized Twinned Enervation x1
Widened Greater Fireburst x2
Widened Maximized Delayed Blast Fireball x2
Widened Enhanced Maximized Delayed Blast Fireball x2
Widened Enhanced Maximized Empowered Twinned Greater Fireburst x2
Many Moments of Prescience x2
Moment of Prescience x1
Superb Dispelling x3
Twinned Sekhmid's Trap x1
Stand Fast x1 (saves)
Spellstaff: Superb Dispelling

[Corwin]

Oh, and per our discussion, can you determine whether Greater True Seeing will give Ranbar a mode of perception? If so, she should cast it since she's been holding. If not, I want her to cast mass death ward since hers got dispelled.

[Anastasia]

Greater True Seeing does not help. Nothing about it or true seeing helps with being blind, it only enhances existing sight.

The Dark Dancer (Supreme Init) > The Chasms (60) > Seira (51) > Ranbar (48) > Dwarf > Great Wall of Shadows (44) > The Tower (38)

"Moradin's power, restore!" The dwarf chants again, another pulse of pure power filling the party. At the same time, "Seira?" Ranbar cries, sounding lost, desperate. "It's so beautiful, Seira. I'm sorry. I'm so sorry."

Where is your bravado now, Seira? We've barely begun to play with this mere shadow of myself. You break so easily.

Come. I've been waiting so long to embrace you. You can sleep forever with Ranbar at your side.

You won't even miss Amaryl for long, because I'll bring her to you.

400 HP healing all. Were you going to try and direct Ranbar again this round?

[spoiler]

TODO BEFORE NEXT MEANINGFUL ROLL: FACTOR IN GREATER VISAGE AND GREATER DIVINE POWER.

Ranbar
HP:749/749 (Greater visage activated)
Negative Conditions: Blinded, Lost
Aura:
Bonuses: Attack+57, (+10 competence, +2 visage, +10 enhancement, +17 sacred, +16 morale) Damage+45 (+2 visage, +10 enhancement, +17 sacred, +16 morale) AC+28 (+1 visage, +17 sacred, +2 insight, +2 dodge, +6 morale), Saves+23 (+25 ref, +33 fort)(+17 sacred, +6 morale), Skills+23 (+17 sacred, +6 morale), Checks+19 (+17 sacred, +2 morale) +4 insight Con.
Resources: Channel Energy 12/12 Inspiration 14/24 Cunning Save 4/4
Spells Used: Factotum: Barraged Endurance of the Dragon Princess Cleric:Barraged Heal Greater Visage of the Deity, Barraged Vivacious Twinned Maximized Righteous Smitex2, Vivacious Burst of Glory, Barraged Vivacious Twinned Maximized Ranbar's Smitex2, Greater Divine Power
SLAs Used:
Spells Active: See bookmarked post until I have a few to transcribe, going to skip it for the sec to keep things moving.
Notes: Baseline cunning insight is +4 from feats, exalted adds +6, total of +10 if used in tandem with that. +2 more from higher int, reminder.

Numerical benefits:
AC: +27 normal/+27 touch (+2 insight Foresight, +2 dodge Visions of the Future, +17 sacred Selune, +6 morale Glorious Rally)
Attack: +23 (+17 sacred Selune, +6 morale Glorious Rally)
Damage: +23 (+17 sacred Selune, +6 morale Glorious Rally)
Fort and Will Saves: +23 (+17 sacred Selune, +6 morale Glorious Rally)
Ref Save +25 (+17 sacred Selune, +6 morale Glorious Rally, +2 insight Foresight)
Ability Checks: +19 (+17 sacred Selune, +2 morale from Good Hope)
Init: +19/+23 (+17 sacred Selune, +2 morale from Good Hope, +4 one-time bonus from Sign)
68 temp hp

Great visage + greater divine power, look up in a sec.

[Corwin]

I break, and I get put together again. By my friends, which I have.

And you don't. Have you ever had one?

As her body is restored with Moradin's might, Seira tells Ranbar, She is forever alone. The beauty is only skin-deep. Remember my teachings, or the dangers of not looking past the outer shell. Of my travails, when people only saw my scales and not the person I was. Of when I faced down monsters beautiful and terrible beyond belief. You know this in your very soul!

Is that an ongoing spell? She's acting weird for mere blindness. I'd like to find out all I can about it, including methods of mitigation.

[Anastasia]

Toss in an K:P check, would you?

[Corwin]

19:39 <Seira> roll 1d20+131
19:39 <Penuche> Seira invokes Penuche's magic: < 144 > [d20=13]

[Anastasia]

This reminds you of both the Song of Shar and a particular spell, Sharran Nightfall. In particular...

All living creatures within the radius (except for worshipers of Shar and servants of Shar) are permanently blinded and deafened. Those blinded forever see the unholy symbol of Shar and nothing else, while those deafened only hear a song that beckons everything towards oblivion. Creatures subjected to either of these for over a month's time inevitably turn suicidal and seek to act on those urges.

"I'm so sorry," Ranbar whispers back, "I know that...but I can't stop hearing her or seeing her, Seira. I'm sorry. It's telling me I have to sleep. Help."

Anyway, anything else there or onto the shadow's turn?

[Corwin]

We'll deal with that, Seira tells Ranbar. However Shar manages this isolation, she cannot touch the bond between a deity and her follower, and it is that link Seira uses to convey her desires. Wait for my signal. When I say so, plane shift us back to the Gates of the Moon.

[Anastasia]

You feel Ranbar's agreement more than anything else, as the shadows again attack, forever assaulting you.

> roll 1d20+99 (+38 ???, +3 ???, +10 ???, +1 ???) touch AC.
<Penuche> Kotono invokes Penuche's magic: < 118 > [d20=19]
> roll 20d6
<Penuche> Kotono invokes Penuche's magic: < 65 > [d6=1,3,4,6,1,1,2,1,1,5,5,6,5,4,3,1,3,6,4,3]

Tower is up, will do that in a separate post for the both of you.

[spoiler]

TODO BEFORE NEXT MEANINGFUL ROLL: FACTOR IN GREATER VISAGE AND GREATER DIVINE POWER.

Ranbar
HP:684/749 (Greater visage activated)
Negative Conditions: Blinded, Lost
Aura:
Bonuses: Attack+57, (+10 competence, +2 visage, +10 enhancement, +17 sacred, +16 morale) Damage+45 (+2 visage, +10 enhancement, +17 sacred, +16 morale) AC+28 (+1 visage, +17 sacred, +2 insight, +2 dodge, +6 morale), Saves+23 (+25 ref, +33 fort)(+17 sacred, +6 morale), Skills+23 (+17 sacred, +6 morale), Checks+19 (+17 sacred, +2 morale) +4 insight Con.
Resources: Channel Energy 12/12 Inspiration 14/24 Cunning Save 4/4
Spells Used: Factotum: Barraged Endurance of the Dragon Princess Cleric:Barraged Heal Greater Visage of the Deity, Barraged Vivacious Twinned Maximized Righteous Smitex2, Vivacious Burst of Glory, Barraged Vivacious Twinned Maximized Ranbar's Smitex2, Greater Divine Power
SLAs Used:
Spells Active: See bookmarked post until I have a few to transcribe, going to skip it for the sec to keep things moving.
Notes: Baseline cunning insight is +4 from feats, exalted adds +6, total of +10 if used in tandem with that. +2 more from higher int, reminder.

Numerical benefits:
AC: +27 normal/+27 touch (+2 insight Foresight, +2 dodge Visions of the Future, +17 sacred Selune, +6 morale Glorious Rally)
Attack: +23 (+17 sacred Selune, +6 morale Glorious Rally)
Damage: +23 (+17 sacred Selune, +6 morale Glorious Rally)
Fort and Will Saves: +23 (+17 sacred Selune, +6 morale Glorious Rally)
Ref Save +25 (+17 sacred Selune, +6 morale Glorious Rally, +2 insight Foresight)
Ability Checks: +19 (+17 sacred Selune, +2 morale from Good Hope)
Init: +19/+23 (+17 sacred Selune, +2 morale from Good Hope, +4 one-time bonus from Sign)
68 temp hp

Great visage + greater divine power, look up in a sec.