A new order

[Anastasia]

150 damage maximized, you halve that.

The darkness is like burning oil on your flesh, rotting and making it run like water. You hold your ground against it as...

Init is Alicia (Supreme Init) > Nightwalker 1 (53) > Latha = Shadow Hell (43) > Antenora (42) > Nightwalker 2 (41) > Marie (37)

Shadow Hell first real quick.

AoOing them this round, Alicia? If so say so and take it.

> roll 1d20+80 (+19 ???, +3 ???, +10 ???, +1 ???) touch AC.
<Penuche> Kotono invokes Penuche's magic: < 86 > [d20=6]

> roll 10d6 and nothing else, DvR+spells block the rest
<Penuche> Kotono invokes Penuche's magic: < 27 > [d6=2,5,2,1,1,1,4,6,2,3]
> roll 1d20+30 vs repelling doesn't matter much here, honestly
<Penuche> Kotono invokes Penuche's magic: < 45 > [d20=15]
> roll 1d20+30 vs repelling doesn't matter much here, honestly
<Penuche> Kotono invokes Penuche's magic: < 39 > [d20=9]

27 damage to all.

> roll 7d6+7
<Penuche> Kotono invokes Penuche's magic: < 31 > [d6=1,6,3,6,1,6,1]

> roll 1d20+80
<Penuche> Kotono invokes Penuche's magic: < 87 > [d20=7]
> OOC: -10 sorry.

> roll 1d20+76 (+24 various, sun devotion +39 damage)
<Penuche> Kotono invokes Penuche's magic: < 87 > [d20=11]
> roll 1d8+75+3d6
<Penuche> Kotono invokes Penuche's magic: < 99 > [d8=8][d6=4,6,6]

It's a blur. The shadows strike and yet you withstand the assault and the pain, as Latha is then there. She strikes the Nightwalker's arm back, sunlight causing it to swell and boil like water. As it hisses again Antenora is in the air, as...

<Penuche> Kotono invokes Penuche's magic: < 95 > [d20=16]
> OOC: -14 since it's not a smite, grabbed the wrong one.
> roll 3d8+348+2d6+9d6
<Penuche> Kotono invokes Penuche's magic: < 403 > [d8=7,3,6][d6=1,5,2,1,6,3,3,5,4,4,5]

Opal light trails behind her, mixing with your power and the sunlight, all as the Black Horn Spear impales the Nightwalker's head. It shudders a moment before erupting like goo, dissolving into nothing as it falls, leaving behind only but one enemy.

Init is Alicia (Supreme Init) > Latha = Shadow Hell (43) > Antenora (42) > Nightwalker 2 (41) > Marie (37)

The surviving nightwalker glares at Antenora before...

> roll 1d20+81 Will Antenora
<Penuche> Kotono invokes Penuche's magic: < 97 > [d20=16]

Whatever it just tried failed, or at least did nothing obvious before...

Marie.

[spoiler]

Antenora
HP: 721/768
Negative Conditions:
Aura: Protective 20ft (+4 deflection/+4 resistance vs evil) Courage 10ft (+4 morale vs fear)
Bonuses: Attack+24 (+17 sacred, +4 morale, +3 luck), Damage+17 (+17 sacred) AC+20 (+17 sacred, +3 luck), Saves+24 (+17 sacred, +4 morale, +3 luck), Skills+21 (+17 sacred, +4 morale), Checks+17 (+17 sacred)
Resources: Holy Fury 32/36 (enc) Divine Retribution 1/1 Smite Evil 11/12 Channel Energy 17/17 Lay On Hands 448/448 Remove Disease 9/9 (week), Spiritual Connection 3/3 Blinding Speed 25/25
Spells Used:
SLAs Used:
Spells Active: Recitation (CL33), Greater Heroism (CL33), Death Ward (CL33), Life's Grace (CL33), Neutralize Poison (CL33)
Notes: Can always inflict nonlethal with attacks, spells, SLAs and abilities.
Smite Notes: +2 damage/paladin level on a charging smite. Each point of favored PA on charge is worth 9 points of damage, post charge multiplier (15 on crit).
Typical Charging Smite Baseline: 3d8+480 plus +4/+4d6 vs fiends plus 2d6 holy plus 2d6 axiomatic 19-20 x3 (base charging smite bonus damage is 64+64=128, includes favored enemy bonus)
Remember everything triples and x5 on a crit when adding things.

Latha
HP: 584/660
Negative Conditions:
Aura: Holy Light 30ft (7d6 damage vs evil/round) Protective 20ft (+4 deflection/+4 resistance vs evil)
Bonuses: Attack+24 (+17 sacred, +4 morale, +3 luck), Damage+17 (+17 sacred) AC+34 (+17 sacred, +14 armor, +3 luck), Saves+24 (+17 sacred, +4 morale, +3 luck), Skills+21 (+17 sacred, +4 morale), Checks+17 (+17 sacred)
Resources: Channel Energy 14/14 Sun Devotion 3/4
Spells Used:
SLAs Used:
Spells Active: Recitation (CL33), Greater Heroism (CL33), Death Ward (CL33), Life's Grace (CL33), Neutralize Poison (CL33), Epic Mage Armor (CL33)
Notes: Level + 7 (39) extra damage per hit vs undead during sun devotion.
Channel Energy: Multiply by 1.5 due to empower turning.

[Ebiris]

Still singing even as she takes abuse from those shadows, Marie throws out another barrage across the battlefield. Maybe it'll do more against that wall in the distance than all the shadows hiding away from brave warriors?

Standard to maintain countersong, swift for barrage with all the metamagic
[17:59] <@Ebiris> roll 1d3+31
[17:59] <Penuche> Ebiris invokes Penuche's magic: < 33 > [d3=2]

66 force damage to everything within 6800 feet, and entangled. Repeats next round.

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Alicia: 912/1014
Active spells: Many moments of prescience (CL 33), extended mind blank (CL 34), extended nondetection (CL 34), sensual blessing (CL 33), epic mage armour (CL 33), recitation (CL 33), many moments of prescience (CL 33), greater heroism (CL 33), repelling shield (CL 33), spell turning (CL 33), dance of the unicorn (CL 33), foresight (CL 33), vision of the omniscient eye (CL 33), extended ray deflection (CL 34), greater visage of the deity (CL 33), extended greater anticipate teleportation (CL 34)
Defences: AC 113, CMD 136, spell resistance 48, energy immunity (fire and cold), status immunity (polymorph, petrification, disease, poison, stunning, sleep, paralysis, death effects, disintegration, energy drain, ability damage, ability drain, mind-affecting, and fear, dazzled & blinded), nondetection (DC 49), ray deflection, freedom of movement
Stat buffs/penalties: +25 competence perception, doubled crit range, +10 armour AC, +3 luck attack/saves, +9 shield AC, +4 morale attack/saves/skills, +2 insight AC/reflex, +10 insight perception, +15 natural armour, +4 saves vs poison, +40 str, -2 dex, +20 con, +2 int, +4 wis, +4 cha, -8 size, +17 sacred all rolls
Perceptions: Darkvision, tremorsense, blindsight 3 miles, scent, arcane sight, perception +108
Sorcerer spell slots: 6/16/16/14/5/9/15/9/7/7/8/6/5/5/3
Duskblade spell slots: 6/23/21/21/10/7/7

Marie: 600/627
Active spells: Extended mind blank (CL 33), extended nondetection (CL 33), sensual blessing (CL 33), epic mage armour (CL 33), recitation (CL 33), greater heroism (CL 33), repelling shield (CL 33), extended ray deflection (CL 33), greater arcane sight (CL 33), bibliotheca arcana (CL 33)
Defences: AC 109 (CMD 105), spell resistance 48, energy immunity (electricity), status immunity (petrification, polymorph, form-altering, energy drain, ability drain, ability damage, mind-affecting), nondetection (DC 48), ray deflection, freedom of movement
Stat buffs/penalties: +25 competence perception, +3 luck attack/saves, +9 shield AC, +4 morale attack/saves/skills, +15 insight knowledge, +17  sacred all rolls
Perceptions: Darkvision, tremorsense, blindsight 60, scent, greater arcane sight, perception +94
Sorcerer spell slots: 6/9/10/9/8/8/8/8/7/8/7/4/4/4

[Anastasia]

You mean the wave in the distance or something else?

[Ebiris]

Yes, a wave is like a wall that moves!

Assuming it's within 6800 feet for her to hit anyway.

[Anastasia]

That's shown in Seira's thread, but not yours yet since you're just catching up. Does that change your action?

[Ebiris]

Oh, my bad. She's still doing the barrage anyway, there's lots of stuff to hit over a wide area, hopefully it'll help other groups with their own shadow problems.

[Anastasia]

Shadows are pushed back, beaten again, the tide seemingly inexhaustible. As Marie's magic is fired and your friends are at your side?

You resist so desperately, but nothing will change Creation's fate. Why do you resist when it's meaningless?

I love them, that's why.

40ft from you another Shadow Shar rises, blades nothing but empty shadows.

Song can stop the Song, stand against her waves and advance!

Meanwhile, you can see something on the horizon - some vast tide of shadow, stretching as far as you can see, silently gliding forward.

> roll 1d20+40
<Penuche> Kotono invokes Penuche's magic: < 49 > [d20=9]

Init is Alicia (Supreme Init) > Shadow Shar (49) > Latha = Shadow Hell (43) > Antenora (42) > Nightwalker 2 (41) > Marie (37)

Go.

[Ebiris]

"How many of your representatives must I slay, Shar?" Alicia asks, another pinch of space taking her towards that figure so she can lay into it, backswings of her blade cutting into the nightwalker at her rear after finishing the priority threat.

Free action to compress space and move into melee range with 'Shar', swift to quicken many moments of prescience, full attack.

[18:29] <@Ebiris> roll 1d20+104+30 blinding speed, channelled vivacious/maximised combust, 12th level arcane strike, many moments of prescience
[18:29] <Penuche> Ebiris invokes Penuche's magic: < 146 > [d20=12]
[18:30] <@Ebiris> roll 1d20+104+30 blinding speed, channelled vivacious/maximised combust, 12th level arcane strike, many moments of prescience
[18:30] <Penuche> Ebiris invokes Penuche's magic: < 148 > [d20=14]
[18:30] <@Ebiris> roll 1d20+104+30 blinding speed, channelled vivacious/maximised combust, 12th level arcane strike, many moments of prescience
[18:30] <Penuche> Ebiris invokes Penuche's magic: < 139 > [d20=5]
[18:30] <@Ebiris> roll 1d20+104+30 blinding speed, channelled vivacious/maximised combust, 12th level arcane strike, many moments of prescience
[18:30] <Penuche> Ebiris invokes Penuche's magic: < 148 > [d20=14]
[18:30] <@Ebiris> roll 1d20+99 blinding speed, channelled vivacious/maximised combust, 12th level arcane strike
[18:30] <Penuche> Ebiris invokes Penuche's magic: < 110 > [d20=11]
[18:30] <@Ebiris> roll 1d20+99 blinding speed, channelled vivacious/maximised combust, 12th level arcane strike
[18:30] <Penuche> Ebiris invokes Penuche's magic: < 108 > [d20=9]
[18:30] <@Ebiris> roll 1d20+94 blinding speed, channelled vivacious/maximised combust, 12th level arcane strike
[18:30] <Penuche> Ebiris invokes Penuche's magic: < 106 > [d20=12]
[18:30] <@Ebiris> roll 1d20+94 blinding speed, channelled vivacious/maximised combust, 12th level arcane strike
[18:30] <Penuche> Ebiris invokes Penuche's magic: < 98 > [d20=4]
[18:30] <@Ebiris> roll 1d20+89 blinding speed, channelled vivacious/maximised combust, 12th level arcane strike
[18:30] <Penuche> Ebiris invokes Penuche's magic: < 91 > [d20=2]
[18:30] <@Ebiris> roll 1d20+89 blinding speed, channelled vivacious/maximised combust, 12th level arcane strike
[18:30] <Penuche> Ebiris invokes Penuche's magic: < 109 > [d20=20]
[18:30] <@Ebiris> roll 1d20+89 blinding speed, channelled vivacious/maximised combust, 12th level arcane strike crit check
[18:30] <Penuche> Ebiris invokes Penuche's magic: < 97 > [d20=8]
[18:30] <@Ebiris> roll 1d20+40+17 SR for combust
[18:30] <Penuche> Ebiris invokes Penuche's magic: < 75 > [d20=18]
[18:30] <@Ebiris> roll 6d6+60+3d6+12d4+160
[18:30] <Penuche> Ebiris invokes Penuche's magic: < 273 > [d6=1,4,4,4,5,5,1,5,6][d4=1,1,1,2,1,2,1,2,1,2,3,1]
[18:31] <@Ebiris> roll 6d6+60+3d6+12d4+160
[18:31] <Penuche> Ebiris invokes Penuche's magic: < 273 > [d6=3,4,3,2,1,1,3,3,6][d4=2,4,4,1,2,4,2,1,1,2,1,3]
[18:31] <@Ebiris> roll 6d6+60+3d6+12d4+160
[18:31] <Penuche> Ebiris invokes Penuche's magic: < 274 > [d6=1,5,2,4,5,1,1,3,1][d4=2,4,4,3,2,4,2,1,1,2,2,4]
[18:31] <@Ebiris> roll 6d6+60+3d6+12d4+160
[18:31] <Penuche> Ebiris invokes Penuche's magic: < 276 > [d6=3,3,4,4,3,4,3,4,1][d4=3,2,4,1,4,3,1,1,1,1,3,3]
[18:31] <@Ebiris> roll 6d6+60+3d6+12d4+160
[18:31] <Penuche> Ebiris invokes Penuche's magic: < 288 > [d6=6,3,2,4,4,1,4,6,2][d4=3,3,4,3,3,3,3,4,1,2,4,3]
[18:31] <@Ebiris> roll 6d6+60+3d6+12d4+160
[18:31] <Penuche> Ebiris invokes Penuche's magic: < 282 > [d6=6,2,6,6,1,6,3,3,5][d4=3,1,2,2,1,1,4,1,2,2,4,1]
[18:31] <@Ebiris> roll 6d6+60+3d6+12d4+160
[18:31] <Penuche> Ebiris invokes Penuche's magic: < 277 > [d6=2,5,4,2,3,4,1,3,1][d4=1,4,4,4,3,4,2,4,1,2,2,1]
[18:31] <@Ebiris> roll 6d6+60+3d6+12d4+160
[18:31] <Penuche> Ebiris invokes Penuche's magic: < 269 > [d6=4,1,6,4,1,1,4,1,1][d4=1,2,2,2,4,1,1,2,4,2,3,2]
[18:31] <@Ebiris> roll 6d6+60+3d6+12d4+160
[18:31] <Penuche> Ebiris invokes Penuche's magic: < 280 > [d6=4,1,2,3,6,1,3,4,3][d4=3,1,4,3,2,3,4,1,1,4,3,4]
[18:31] <@Ebiris> roll 12d6+120+6d6+12d4+320 if that last one was a crit
[18:31] <Penuche> Ebiris invokes Penuche's magic: < 541 > [d6=3,4,5,4,5,6,3,2,3,6,5,5,1,3,3,5,4,1][d4=4,2,4,3,4,3,4,1,1,2,2,3]
[18:31] <@Ebiris> roll 6d6+60+3d6+12d4+160 if not
[18:31] <Penuche> Ebiris invokes Penuche's magic: < 289 > [d6=4,3,5,6,6,1,6,6,1][d4=2,1,1,3,2,4,3,4,3,4,3,1]

Any attacks left over after killing Shar go to the nightwalker, if that dies remaining attacks on the shadow swarm. Using swift afterwards to recast many moments of prescience.

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Alicia: 912/1014
Active spells: Many moments of prescience (CL 33), extended mind blank (CL 34), extended nondetection (CL 34), sensual blessing (CL 33), epic mage armour (CL 33), recitation (CL 33), many moments of prescience (CL 33), greater heroism (CL 33), repelling shield (CL 33), spell turning (CL 33), dance of the unicorn (CL 33), foresight (CL 33), vision of the omniscient eye (CL 33), extended ray deflection (CL 34), greater visage of the deity (CL 33), extended greater anticipate teleportation (CL 34)
Defences: AC 113, CMD 136, spell resistance 48, energy immunity (fire and cold), status immunity (polymorph, petrification, disease, poison, stunning, sleep, paralysis, death effects, disintegration, energy drain, ability damage, ability drain, mind-affecting, and fear, dazzled & blinded), nondetection (DC 49), ray deflection, freedom of movement
Stat buffs/penalties: +25 competence perception, doubled crit range, +10 armour AC, +3 luck attack/saves, +9 shield AC, +4 morale attack/saves/skills, +2 insight AC/reflex, +10 insight perception, +15 natural armour, +4 saves vs poison, +40 str, -2 dex, +20 con, +2 int, +4 wis, +4 cha, -8 size, +17 sacred all rolls
Perceptions: Darkvision, tremorsense, blindsight 3 miles, scent, arcane sight, perception +108
Sorcerer spell slots: 6/16/16/14/4/9/15/9/7/7/8/6/4/3/3
Duskblade spell slots: 6/23/21/21/10/7/7

Marie: 600/627
Active spells: Extended mind blank (CL 33), extended nondetection (CL 33), sensual blessing (CL 33), epic mage armour (CL 33), recitation (CL 33), greater heroism (CL 33), repelling shield (CL 33), extended ray deflection (CL 33), greater arcane sight (CL 33), bibliotheca arcana (CL 33)
Defences: AC 109 (CMD 105), spell resistance 48, energy immunity (electricity), status immunity (petrification, polymorph, form-altering, energy drain, ability drain, ability damage, mind-affecting), nondetection (DC 48), ray deflection, freedom of movement
Stat buffs/penalties: +25 competence perception, +3 luck attack/saves, +9 shield AC, +4 morale attack/saves/skills, +15 insight knowledge, +17  sacred all rolls
Perceptions: Darkvision, tremorsense, blindsight 60, scent, greater arcane sight, perception +94
Sorcerer spell slots: 6/9/10/9/8/8/8/8/7/8/7/4/4/4

[Anastasia]

Init is Alicia (Supreme Init) > Latha = Shadow Hell (43) > Antenora (42) > Marie (37)

With this it's a blur. Blow after blow cleaves through, Alicia making steady headway. Again a Shadow Shar is shattered, the second nightwalker screaming as Bonds puts it to oblivion.

Yet as you do, Shar's laugh is heard.

Play with shadows as long as you wish. You cannot win.

Meanwhile...

Selune suspects Shar may attack while we attack, and Dragodan would be a rich prize in particular. She wishes for me to protect Sylica as a favor, do you object?

[Ebiris]

Alicia is busy in combat and can't really spare time to alter reality for that sort of thing, but her avatar is able to tell Syala back in Sylica so that she can properly consent to Mystra giving them assistance, making sure to meet with whatever the Mother of Magic sends to help them.

[Anastasia]

'Do you need healing?' Latha shoots to you quickly, as there is a relative lull for the moment.

[Ebiris]

'I'm fine!' she thinks back at Latha.

[Anastasia]

With no foe at the moment, Latha flies to your side, protecting your flank - as the shadows come again, once again.

Going to AoO?

[Ebiris]

Nope, saving it for anything important that might show up.

[Anastasia]

> roll 1d20+80 (+19 ???, +3 ???, +10 ???, +1 ???) touch AC.
<Penuche> Kotono invokes Penuche's magic: < 96 > [d20=16]
> roll 10d6 all
<Penuche> Kotono invokes Penuche's magic: < 30 > [d6=2,1,4,1,4,3,6,2,5,2]

30 damage all.

"Endless," Antenora says as she dodges another touch, only for one to rake her legs, "No more slayable than the sea and tide. Nothing but endless minions." Shadows leers and attack, every one skewered merely replaced.

Amid this Antenora takes position on Alicia's other flank, ready for what comes next.

Marie.

[spoiler]

Antenora
HP: 691/768
Negative Conditions:
Aura: Protective 20ft (+4 deflection/+4 resistance vs evil) Courage 10ft (+4 morale vs fear)
Bonuses: Attack+24 (+17 sacred, +4 morale, +3 luck), Damage+17 (+17 sacred) AC+20 (+17 sacred, +3 luck), Saves+24 (+17 sacred, +4 morale, +3 luck), Skills+21 (+17 sacred, +4 morale), Checks+17 (+17 sacred)
Resources: Holy Fury 32/36 (enc) Divine Retribution 1/1 Smite Evil 11/12 Channel Energy 17/17 Lay On Hands 448/448 Remove Disease 9/9 (week), Spiritual Connection 3/3 Blinding Speed 25/25
Spells Used:
SLAs Used:
Spells Active: Recitation (CL33), Greater Heroism (CL33), Death Ward (CL33), Life's Grace (CL33), Neutralize Poison (CL33)
Notes: Can always inflict nonlethal with attacks, spells, SLAs and abilities.
Smite Notes: +2 damage/paladin level on a charging smite. Each point of favored PA on charge is worth 9 points of damage, post charge multiplier (15 on crit).
Typical Charging Smite Baseline: 3d8+480 plus +4/+4d6 vs fiends plus 2d6 holy plus 2d6 axiomatic 19-20 x3 (base charging smite bonus damage is 64+64=128, includes favored enemy bonus)
Remember everything triples and x5 on a crit when adding things.

Latha
HP: 554/660
Negative Conditions:
Aura: Holy Light 30ft (7d6 damage vs evil/round) Protective 20ft (+4 deflection/+4 resistance vs evil)
Bonuses: Attack+24 (+17 sacred, +4 morale, +3 luck), Damage+17 (+17 sacred) AC+34 (+17 sacred, +14 armor, +3 luck), Saves+24 (+17 sacred, +4 morale, +3 luck), Skills+21 (+17 sacred, +4 morale), Checks+17 (+17 sacred)
Resources: Channel Energy 14/14 Sun Devotion 3/4
Spells Used:
SLAs Used:
Spells Active: Recitation (CL33), Greater Heroism (CL33), Death Ward (CL33), Life's Grace (CL33), Neutralize Poison (CL33), Epic Mage Armor (CL33)
Notes: Level + 7 (39) extra damage per hit vs undead during sun devotion.
Channel Energy: Multiply by 1.5 due to empower turning.