Destiny now lies in the hands of...

[Anastasia]

44 for Antenora and Syala is immune to acid.

> roll 25d8 acid Alicia and Antenora
<Penuche> Kotono invokes Penuche's magic: < 113 > [d8=8,6,2,7,8,6,6,1,1,4,2,1,7,4,8,7,4,6,6,2,4,5,1,3,4]

Antenora does have resistance 20, so she takes 93.

Pain. Bright pain as acid gnaws at you, the orbs splashing it all over your body. Yet you grit your teeth and endure, as the muddy, scorched and acid marked ground now gets a baptism of arrows, all of them cascading down at the party.

"It's like fighting an army," Syala's smile has grown even more, "I almost wish I didn't have to break it!"

> roll 1d20+51 arrow barrage
<Penuche> Kotono invokes Penuche's magic: < 68 > [d20=17]

AC?

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Antenora
HP: 747/840
Negative Conditions:
Aura: Protective 20ft (+4 deflection/+4 resistance vs evil) Courage 10ft (+4 morale vs fear)
Bonuses: Attack+3 (+3 luck), Damage+0 AC+6 (+3 morale, +3 luck), Saves+6 (+3 morale, +3 luck), Skills+0, Checks+0
Resources: Holy Fury 38/39 (enc) Divine Retribution 1/1 Smite Evil 13/13 Channel Energy 17/17 Lay On Hands 490/490 Remove Disease 10/10 (week), Spiritual Connection 3/3 Blinding Speed 25/25 Divine Blast 17/17
Spells Used: Opal Protection
SLAs Used:
Spells Active: Mind Blank (CL36), Recitation (CL36), Opal Protection (CL36)
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 Numbers: 35 for base smite damage, 70 for charging smite +2 per per level. So 105 bonus damage baseline. Raw attack plus smite is 1d8+138+2d6+2d6 (+4/+4d6 if fiendbane hits). Doesn't include other factors.
Remember everything triples and x5 on a crit when adding things.

Syala
HP: 700/700
Negative Conditions:
Aura: Protective 20ft (+4 deflection/+4 resistance vs evil) Divine 10ft (various)
Bonuses: Attack+3 (+3 luck), Damage+0 AC+24 (+3 morale, +3 luck, +18 armor), Saves+6 (+3 morale, +3 luck), Skills+0, Checks+0
Resources: Rage 7/7 Divine Blast 14/14 Family Domain 2/2 Wrath Domain 2/2 Add Twin 7/7 (non epic only)
Spells Used: 1 10th level spell, 1 11th level spell, 1 14th level spell.
SLAs Used:
Spells Active: Mind Blank (CL36), Energy Immunity(Fire)(CL35), Epic Mage Armor (CL35), Recitation (CL36), Opal Protection (CL36)
Notes: Automatically converts vile damage to normal damage.

[Ebiris]

Fortunately all the life she stole from Heavenly Rock means Alicia isn't too bad off from that assault, still holding more stolen vigour than an ordinary vampiric touch spell would ever give her.

96.

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Alicia HP: 794+127/794
Active spells:  Many moments of prescience (CL 34), extended mind blank (CL 35), extended nondetection (CL 35), greater heroism (CL 34), repelling shield (CL 34), extended ray deflection (CL 35), epic mage armour (CL 35), dance of the unicorn (CL 36), recitation (CL 35), opal protection (CL 35)
Defences: AC 96, CMD 100, spell resistance 50, 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), nondetection (DC 49)
Stat buffs/penalties: +4 morale skills/attack/saves, +9 shield AC, +10 armour AC, +25 competence perception, +4 str, +2 dex, +4 con, +2 int, +4 wis, +4 cha, +1 natural armour AC,+8 saves vs poison, +3 luck attack/saves, +3 morale AC
Perceptions: Arcane sight, 3 mile tremorsense/blindsight/scent perception +82
Sorcerer spell slots: 6/16/16/16/9/9/14/8/8/5/6/3/4/3/4
Duskblade spell slots: 6/23/23/21/10/7/8

[Anastasia]

Init is Alicia (Supreme Init) > Fire = ????1 (34) > Ice (33) > Acid (32) > Archers (29) > Electricity (25) > Antenora (21) > Gates (20) > ????2 = ????4 (19) > Syala (13) > ????3 (10)

Antenora hit, everyone else missed.

> roll 10d8+80+20d6
<Penuche> Kotono invokes Penuche's magic: < 193 > [d8=2,7,2,3,8,8,1,2,7,6][d6=6,3,3,2,6,4,4,2,1,2,6,2,2,2,5,6,2,6,2,1]

DR applies for her so she only takes 173. Ow.

The arrows rain down as Alicia feels something. Hm? The earth is trembling below, something's moving out from the fortress through the ground, fast. Lots of things - dozens of them. As she processes this Antenora is struck several times and calls, "Bane arrows," she warns, blood coming freely from the wounds.

Meanwhile electricity come sfrom the murder holes now, great bursts of it.

> roll 1d20+30 this one hits SR at least (so did ice/fire but immunes so it didn't get that far)
<Penuche> Kotono invokes Penuche's magic: < 49 > [d20=19]

So close and yet so far.

Yet the lightning storm does nothing as it strikes all of you and...

Antenora's up, go ahead and react and I'll continue with her turn in the next post.

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Antenora
HP: 574/840
Negative Conditions:
Aura: Protective 20ft (+4 deflection/+4 resistance vs evil) Courage 10ft (+4 morale vs fear)
Bonuses: Attack+3 (+3 luck), Damage+0 AC+6 (+3 morale, +3 luck), Saves+6 (+3 morale, +3 luck), Skills+0, Checks+0
Resources: Holy Fury 38/39 (enc) Divine Retribution 1/1 Smite Evil 13/13 Channel Energy 17/17 Lay On Hands 490/490 Remove Disease 10/10 (week), Spiritual Connection 3/3 Blinding Speed 25/25 Divine Blast 17/17
Spells Used: Opal Protection
SLAs Used:
Spells Active: Mind Blank (CL36), Recitation (CL36), Opal Protection (CL36)
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 Numbers: 35 for base smite damage, 70 for charging smite +2 per per level. So 105 bonus damage baseline. Raw attack plus smite is 1d8+138+2d6+2d6 (+4/+4d6 if fiendbane hits). Doesn't include other factors.
Remember everything triples and x5 on a crit when adding things.

Syala
HP: 700/700
Negative Conditions:
Aura: Protective 20ft (+4 deflection/+4 resistance vs evil) Divine 10ft (various)
Bonuses: Attack+3 (+3 luck), Damage+0 AC+24 (+3 morale, +3 luck, +18 armor), Saves+6 (+3 morale, +3 luck), Skills+0, Checks+0
Resources: Rage 7/7 Divine Blast 14/14 Family Domain 2/2 Wrath Domain 2/2 Add Twin 7/7 (non epic only)
Spells Used: 1 10th level spell, 1 11th level spell, 1 14th level spell.
SLAs Used:
Spells Active: Mind Blank (CL36), Energy Immunity(Fire)(CL35), Epic Mage Armor (CL35), Recitation (CL36), Opal Protection (CL36)
Notes: Automatically converts vile damage to normal damage.

[Ebiris]

"More coming from below, earthquake would be good!" Alicia calls out a warning and tactical advice for Syala.

[Anastasia]

"Got it," Syala calls as Antenora rises. She comes up next to you and is ready to go, "We'll break through together," she promises, divine succor patching her up in moments, even as arrows fly.

Needed a getting closer round.

Init is Alicia (Supreme Init) > Fire = ????1 (34) > Ice (33) > Acid (32) > Archers (29) > Electricity (25) > Antenora (21) > Gates (20) > ????2 = ????4 (19) > Syala (13) > ????3 (10)

The ice around the gates begins to spread anew, starting to seal the path within off behind thick ice. Meanwhile as Alicia feels the ones below spread, Syala gestures almost lazily, the ground erupting in a massive quake.

Suddenly the ground all around begins to break. Broken shards of rock spray, a harmless (to your divine skin, anyway) barrage of it raining down. Whatever it was below, it isn't moving anymore.

Init is Alicia (Supreme Init) > Fire = ????1 (34) > Ice (33) > Acid (32) > Archers (29) > Electricity (25) > Antenora (21) > Gates (20) > ????4 (19) > Syala (13) > ????3 (10)

Go Alicia, whatever ????3 is, it isn't doing anything obvious.

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Antenora
HP: 774/840
Negative Conditions:
Aura: Protective 20ft (+4 deflection/+4 resistance vs evil) Courage 10ft (+4 morale vs fear)
Bonuses: Attack+3 (+3 luck), Damage+0 AC+6 (+3 morale, +3 luck), Saves+6 (+3 morale, +3 luck), Skills+0, Checks+0
Resources: Holy Fury 37/39 (enc) Divine Retribution 1/1 Smite Evil 13/13 Channel Energy 17/17 Lay On Hands 490/490 Remove Disease 10/10 (week), Spiritual Connection 3/3 Blinding Speed 25/25 Divine Blast 17/17
Spells Used: Opal Protection
SLAs Used:
Spells Active: Mind Blank (CL36), Recitation (CL36), Opal Protection (CL36)
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 Numbers: 35 for base smite damage, 70 for charging smite +2 per per level. So 105 bonus damage baseline. Raw attack plus smite is 1d8+138+2d6+2d6 (+4/+4d6 if fiendbane hits). Doesn't include other factors.
Remember everything triples and x5 on a crit when adding things.

Syala
HP: 700/700
Negative Conditions:
Aura: Protective 20ft (+4 deflection/+4 resistance vs evil) Divine 10ft (various)
Bonuses: Attack+3 (+3 luck), Damage+0 AC+24 (+3 morale, +3 luck, +18 armor), Saves+6 (+3 morale, +3 luck), Skills+0, Checks+0
Resources: Rage 7/7 Divine Blast 14/14 Family Domain 2/2 Wrath Domain 2/2 Add Twin 7/7 (non epic only)
Spells Used: 1 8th level spell, 1 10th level spell, 1 11th level spell, 1 14th level spell.
SLAs Used:
Spells Active: Mind Blank (CL36), Energy Immunity(Fire)(CL35), Epic Mage Armor (CL35), Recitation (CL36), Opal Protection (CL36)
Notes: Automatically converts vile damage to normal damage.

[Ebiris]

"I'll handle the ice," Alicia says to Antenora, flying right up to the gate and then sending a beam of silver fire coring a tunnel through it and anyone standing behind it! And Alicia's right behind it, surging through in a crackle of lightning!

[20:16] <@Ebiris> roll 40d10 DC 47 ref half
[20:17] <Penuche> Ebiris invokes Penuche's magic: < 219 > [40d10=219]

Quickened lightning leap to get inside after that. One swift left.

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Alicia HP: 794+127/794
Active spells:  Many moments of prescience (CL 34), extended mind blank (CL 35), extended nondetection (CL 35), greater heroism (CL 34), repelling shield (CL 34), extended ray deflection (CL 35), epic mage armour (CL 35), dance of the unicorn (CL 36), recitation (CL 35), opal protection (CL 35)
Defences: AC 96, CMD 100, spell resistance 50, 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), nondetection (DC 49)
Stat buffs/penalties: +4 morale skills/attack/saves, +9 shield AC, +10 armour AC, +25 competence perception, +4 str, +2 dex, +4 con, +2 int, +4 wis, +4 cha, +1 natural armour AC,+8 saves vs poison, +3 luck attack/saves, +3 morale AC
Perceptions: Arcane sight, 3 mile tremorsense/blindsight/scent perception +82
Sorcerer spell slots: 6/16/16/16/9/9/14/8/8/5/6/3/4/3/4
Duskblade spell slots: 6/23/23/21/10/7/8

[Anastasia]

How far in are you going? Matters here.

[Ebiris]

I'm not sure how long the gate is but assuming she can make it she'll try to get ten feet past the entrance.

[Anastasia]

A rush as you stand inside. The courtyard is large, vastly long and wide - but you have a problem. Two children of Jormugandr are on either side of you, ready for you and take up much of the courtyard's sides. 200ft ahead, just before another fortress with a gate leading within, stands a valkyrie. She has a bow and arrow ready, clad in dark red armor. You barely have a chance to react as...

Go ahead and take your last action.

[Ebiris]

A quick spell throws up a giant hand made of glowing force to hover between Alicia and that valkyrie to hopefully catch any arrows fired her way!

Quickened interposing hand to give me cover (+4 AC) vs the valkyrie.

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Alicia HP: 794+127/794
Active spells:  Many moments of prescience (CL 34), extended mind blank (CL 35), extended nondetection (CL 35), greater heroism (CL 34), repelling shield (CL 34), extended ray deflection (CL 35), epic mage armour (CL 35), dance of the unicorn (CL 36), recitation (CL 35), opal protection (CL 35)
Defences: AC 96, CMD 100, spell resistance 50, 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), nondetection (DC 49)
Stat buffs/penalties: +4 morale skills/attack/saves, +9 shield AC, +10 armour AC, +25 competence perception, +4 str, +2 dex, +4 con, +2 int, +4 wis, +4 cha, +1 natural armour AC,+8 saves vs poison, +3 luck attack/saves, +3 morale AC
Perceptions: Arcane sight, 3 mile tremorsense/blindsight/scent perception +82
Sorcerer spell slots: 6/16/16/16/9/9/14/8/8/5/6/3/4/3/4
Duskblade spell slots: 6/23/23/21/10/7/7

[Anastasia]

Children of Jormugandr and the valkyre join init.

> roll 1d20+8 child of vengeance
<Penuche> Kotono invokes Penuche's magic: < 20 > [d20=12]
> roll 1d20+23 black lightning
<Penuche> Kotono invokes Penuche's magic: < 38 > [d20=15]
> roll 1d20+20 valkyrie
<Penuche> Kotono invokes Penuche's magic: < 37 > [d20=17]

Init is Alicia (Supreme Init) > Black Lightning (38) > Valkyrie (37) > Fire = ????1 (34) > Ice (33) > Acid (32) > Archers (29) > Electricity (25) > Antenora (21) > Gates = Child of Vengeance (20) > ????4 (19) > Syala (13) > ????3 (10)

Immediately the Child of Jormugandr on the right - black, jagged lines across its scales seen - rears back and breathes on you, but nothing happens. You wade right through it untouched, your divine nature proof against it. A moment later however, a burst of lightning erupts around you.

> roll 1d20+36
<Penuche> Kotono invokes Penuche's magic: < 46 > [d20=10]

Fails to pierce your SR.

Yet the lightning cannot touch you, utterly ineffective. It cascades around you as the vakyrie sharply gestures at the hand, a heavy cutting gesture.

> roll 1d20+33 dispel check
<Penuche> Kotono invokes Penuche's magic: < 46 > [d20=13]

Caster level on the hand?

[Ebiris]

CL 35.

[Anastasia]

Got it on the dot.

Your hand crumbles away before the valkyrie glares at you, a sudden beam of screaming sound volleyed, before a blast of arrows rips into you.

> roll 1d20+58 (+3 ????, +9 ???) beam
<Penuche> Kotono invokes Penuche's magic: < 72 > [d20=14]

Touch AC on the beam?

> roll 1d20+74 (+3 ???, +9 ???)
> roll 1d20+74 (+3 ???, +9 ???)
<Penuche> Kotono invokes Penuche's magic: < 94 > [d20=20]
<Penuche> Kotono invokes Penuche's magic: < 88 > [d20=14]
> roll 1d20+74 (+3 ???, +9 ???)
<Penuche> Kotono invokes Penuche's magic: < 80 > [d20=6]
> roll 1d20+69 (+3 ???, +9 ???)
<Penuche> Kotono invokes Penuche's magic: < 88 > [d20=19]
> roll 1d20+64 (+3 ???, +9 ???)
<Penuche> Kotono invokes Penuche's magic: < 70 > [d20=6]
> roll 1d20+59 (+3 ???, +9 ???)
<Penuche> Kotono invokes Penuche's magic: < 69 > [d20=10]
> roll 1d20+74 natural 20
<Penuche> Kotono invokes Penuche's magic: < 77 > [d20=3]
> roll 1d20+69 the 19
<Penuche> Kotono invokes Penuche's magic: < 79 > [d20=10]

Regular AC?

[Ebiris]

Touch AC is 43. I have ray deflection up if that was a ray though. Regular AC is 96.

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Alicia HP: 794+127/794
Active spells:  Many moments of prescience (CL 34), extended mind blank (CL 35), extended nondetection (CL 35), greater heroism (CL 34), repelling shield (CL 34), extended ray deflection (CL 35), epic mage armour (CL 35), dance of the unicorn (CL 36), recitation (CL 35), opal protection (CL 35)
Defences: AC 96, CMD 100, spell resistance 50, 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), nondetection (DC 49)
Stat buffs/penalties: +4 morale skills/attack/saves, +9 shield AC, +10 armour AC, +25 competence perception, +4 str, +2 dex, +4 con, +2 int, +4 wis, +4 cha, +1 natural armour AC,+8 saves vs poison, +3 luck attack/saves, +3 morale AC
Perceptions: Arcane sight, 3 mile tremorsense/blindsight/scent perception +82
Sorcerer spell slots: 6/16/16/16/9/9/14/8/8/5/6/3/4/3/4
Duskblade spell slots: 6/23/23/21/10/7/7

[Anastasia]

Ray deflection works.

So one regular hit.

> roll 1d8+34+10d6
<Penuche> Kotono invokes Penuche's magic: < 70 > [d8=6][d6=3,1,2,1,6,1,3,3,5,5]

Beats your DR.

Parry. Sidestep. Deflect. A shock of pain amid that as an arrow slams home and true, jutting out of your upper arm. It cuts through your flesh truly, the scalding-cold sensation of magical silver felt. "You felt that, Queen?" the valkyrie calls, a strong and sharp voice.

Init is Alicia (Supreme Init) > Black Lightning (38) > Valkyrie (37) > Fire = ????1 (34) > Ice (33) > Acid (32) > Archers (29) > Electricity (25) > Antenora (21) > Gates = Child of Vengeance (20) > ????4 (19) > Syala (13) > ????3 (10)

Meanwhile back outside? "Fire!" Is heard again, for all the minimal good it does. Ice follows and does the same, everything going between melting and freezing, a mess on the ground below.

Then the acid comes, same as before.

> roll 1d20+40 touch AC Antenora,
<Penuche> Kotono invokes Penuche's magic: < 59 > [d20=19]

> roll 25d8 acid Antenora
<Penuche> Kotono invokes Penuche's magic: < 133 > [d8=5,5,6,6,1,3,6,7,1,6,2,8,5,8,7,5,4,8,6,8,5,4,6,5,6]

Antenora has resistance 20 so 113.

Alicia can hear the sound of acid sizzling against flesh yet Antenora makes not a sound. Instead arrows come, the twang of hundreds of bows that launch out at the heroes below.

> roll 1d20+51 arrow barrage
<Penuche> Kotono invokes Penuche's magic: < 59 > [d20=8]

Yet no sounds of arrows hitting flesh as...

Antenora's up next, breaking this up into two posts for pacing reasons. Go ahead and toss a quick reaction.

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Antenora
HP: 661/840
Negative Conditions:
Aura: Protective 20ft (+4 deflection/+4 resistance vs evil) Courage 10ft (+4 morale vs fear)
Bonuses: Attack+3 (+3 luck), Damage+0 AC+6 (+3 morale, +3 luck), Saves+6 (+3 morale, +3 luck), Skills+0, Checks+0
Resources: Holy Fury 37/39 (enc) Divine Retribution 1/1 Smite Evil 13/13 Channel Energy 17/17 Lay On Hands 490/490 Remove Disease 10/10 (week), Spiritual Connection 3/3 Blinding Speed 25/25 Divine Blast 17/17
Spells Used: Opal Protection
SLAs Used:
Spells Active: Mind Blank (CL36), Recitation (CL36), Opal Protection (CL36)
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 Numbers: 35 for base smite damage, 70 for charging smite +2 per per level. So 105 bonus damage baseline. Raw attack plus smite is 1d8+138+2d6+2d6 (+4/+4d6 if fiendbane hits). Doesn't include other factors.
Remember everything triples and x5 on a crit when adding things.

Syala
HP: 700/700
Negative Conditions:
Aura: Protective 20ft (+4 deflection/+4 resistance vs evil) Divine 10ft (various)
Bonuses: Attack+3 (+3 luck), Damage+0 AC+24 (+3 morale, +3 luck, +18 armor), Saves+6 (+3 morale, +3 luck), Skills+0, Checks+0
Resources: Rage 7/7 Divine Blast 14/14 Family Domain 2/2 Wrath Domain 2/2 Add Twin 7/7 (non epic only)
Spells Used: 1 8th level spell, 1 10th level spell, 1 11th level spell, 1 14th level spell.
SLAs Used:
Spells Active: Mind Blank (CL36), Energy Immunity(Fire)(CL35), Epic Mage Armor (CL35), Recitation (CL36), Opal Protection (CL36)
Notes: Automatically converts vile damage to normal damage.