A new hill

[Ebiris]

"You are carrying me," Alicia says from her perch, getting comfy as she's so often seen Marie do, though she has to adjust a bit to not get Sulia's hair caught on her armour which Marie never had to worry about. "But it's interesting to be on the other side of this equation for once."

[Anastasia]

At least Sulia's hair smells nice - like roses of all things. Like this you go and hold on, across the bog.

The ice thumps but no more.

Ahead.

A path. A winding, twisting, path that curls in on itself forever and ever, yet seems to go onward as - !

A path without end. A pattern that does not cease.

Your divine mind is sufficient to endure it an-

GETOUTGETOUTGETOUTGETOUTGETOUT

Will again, -5.

[Ebiris]

[18:21] <@Ebiris> roll 1d20+72-5 improved mettle
[18:21] <Penuche> Ebiris invokes Penuche's magic: < 87 > [d20=20]

[Anastasia]

An ocean of pain as you hold on, Sulia reaching up to soothe you. The gentle touch of healing is like a cooling balm to the inferno of pain within your skull.

"Queen, could you?" Sulia asks, "I fear Alicia may need more tender ministrations." Her focus is on you, as Queen nods. She extends her will and the path snaps, now a long and simple path ahead. The two continue on at a good clip, as Sulia reaches up to gently cup you with her hand, supporting and holdingyou.

[Ebiris]

She leans her now tiny body against Sulia's hand, squeezing her eyes shut.

Maybe should have sent Marie or Syala on this one. It's her own fault for wanting to be personally involved in everything important?

Is that a lawful or chaotic trait anyway? Probably neutral.

"I hope the guardian's realm excludes this effect even if it's inside the stone," she mutters.

[Anastasia]

Forward. Hurrying.

You are held by Sulia as the stone roars at you, pounds at you.

Pounding pain. Throbbing agony. Your mind is assailed and yet you hold just a little longer.

"To battle!" Queen's call breaks your suffering, enough to be noticed. A moment later, "Alicia," Sulia whispers, voice gentle.

[Ebiris]

She growls a little bit, marshalling her mind and soul to action, taking note of her surroundings and preparing to wage war on behalf of her friends!

[Anastasia]

At the same time you feel Sulia's will. Sacrifice, love. So much of both as she whispers in your mind, 'Because I love my friends, my family, my faithful.' The pain is gone as Sulia visibly staggers, eyes shutting as she lets out not a single protest of her agony. 'I free you to fight, Alicia.'

The end of the path is ahead, a river beyond. Yet it comes from that river - a great, twenty headed slaad. It is vastly huge and with a bloated body, two arms hundreds of feet long reaching out. It moves as fast as a skittering rodent, it's black body rippling like heat haze in the dead of night. It is 50ft away from you and reality churns around it, staying the same yet in constant flux.

Sulia suffers a -20 circumstance penalty to all rolls this fight except for rank checks.

Init. You have supreme and they don't, so open.

[Ebiris]

"Thank you Sulia. I'll make it quick," Alicia promises and then she's off Sulia's head and right next to the slaad, suddenly as large as it is. Nothing is held back as her titanic swords swing out, carving it up like a roast!

Free action to use space compression, 5 foot step into melee, free action to end permanent emanation, swift action to go colossal and full attack.

Sulia's antimagic is still up, right?

[19:10] <Penuche> Ebiris invokes Penuche's magic: < 95 > [d20=7]
[19:10] <@Ebiris> roll 1d20+88 blinding speed, 11th level arcane strike, channelled maximised/empowered vampiric touch
[19:10] <Penuche> Ebiris invokes Penuche's magic: < 92 > [d20=4]
[19:10] <@Ebiris> roll 1d20+88 blinding speed, 11th level arcane strike, channelled maximised/empowered vampiric touch
[19:10] <Penuche> Ebiris invokes Penuche's magic: < 99 > [d20=11]
[19:10] <@Ebiris> roll 1d20+88 blinding speed, 11th level arcane strike, channelled maximised/empowered vampiric touch
[19:10] <Penuche> Ebiris invokes Penuche's magic: < 101 > [d20=13]
[19:10] <@Ebiris> roll 1d20+83 blinding speed, 11th level arcane strike, channelled maximised/empowered vampiric touch
[19:10] <Penuche> Ebiris invokes Penuche's magic: < 101 > [d20=18]
[19:10] <@Ebiris> roll 1d20+83 blinding speed, 11th level arcane strike, channelled maximised/empowered vampiric touch
[19:10] <Penuche> Ebiris invokes Penuche's magic: < 92 > [d20=9]
[19:10] <@Ebiris> roll 1d20+78 blinding speed, 11th level arcane strike, channelled maximised/empowered vampiric touch
[19:10] <Penuche> Ebiris invokes Penuche's magic: < 92 > [d20=14]
[19:10] <@Ebiris> roll 1d20+78 blinding speed, 11th level arcane strike, channelled maximised/empowered vampiric touch
[19:10] <Penuche> Ebiris invokes Penuche's magic: < 95 > [d20=17]
[19:10] <@Ebiris> roll 1d20+73 blinding speed, 11th level arcane strike, channelled maximised/empowered vampiric touch
[19:10] <Penuche> Ebiris invokes Penuche's magic: < 76 > [d20=3]
[19:10] <@Ebiris> roll 1d20+73 blinding speed, 11th level arcane strike, channelled maximised/empowered vampiric touch
[19:10] <Penuche> Ebiris invokes Penuche's magic: < 88 > [d20=15]
[19:11] <@Ebiris> roll 1d20+83 crit check on 101
[19:11] <Penuche> Ebiris invokes Penuche's magic: < 92 > [d20=9]
[19:11] <@Ebiris> roll 1d20+78 crit check on 95
[19:11] <Penuche> Ebiris invokes Penuche's magic: < 80 > [d20=2]

If attack 1 misses then using many moments of prescience for +30 on attacks 2 to 5 (which includes the first crit confirmation)

[19:13] <@Ebiris> roll 1d20+46 SR on vampiric touch
[19:13] <Penuche> Ebiris invokes Penuche's magic: < 61 > [d20=15]

[19:13] <@Ebiris> roll 8d6+39+11d4+120
[19:13] <Penuche> Ebiris invokes Penuche's magic: < 213 > [d6=2,1,6,5,4,2,2,6][d4=2,4,2,3,2,3,2,1,4,1,2]
[19:13] <@Ebiris> roll 8d6+39+11d4+120
[19:13] <Penuche> Ebiris invokes Penuche's magic: < 220 > [d6=2,5,6,2,5,5,4,3][d4=3,3,4,1,2,3,2,1,3,4,3]
[19:13] <@Ebiris> roll 8d6+39+11d4+120
[19:13] <Penuche> Ebiris invokes Penuche's magic: < 213 > [d6=5,5,2,4,3,4,4,3][d4=3,1,1,1,1,1,3,3,4,3,3]
[19:13] <@Ebiris> roll 8d6+39+11d4+120
[19:13] <Penuche> Ebiris invokes Penuche's magic: < 222 > [d6=5,4,3,3,4,6,5,1][d4=4,3,1,4,4,2,2,4,4,2,2]
[19:13] <@Ebiris> roll 8d6+39+11d4+120
[19:14] <Penuche> Ebiris invokes Penuche's magic: < 203 > [d6=1,2,1,1,5,1,1,3][d4=3,4,1,3,4,4,1,1,2,4,2]
[19:14] <@Ebiris> roll 8d6+39+11d4+120
[19:14] <Penuche> Ebiris invokes Penuche's magic: < 209 > [d6=4,2,6,4,2,5,2,4][d4=1,3,1,3,1,2,3,2,1,1,3]
[19:14] <@Ebiris> roll 8d6+39+11d4+120
[19:14] <Penuche> Ebiris invokes Penuche's magic: < 213 > [d6=4,2,6,2,6,2,1,2][d4=4,3,1,4,2,2,2,1,2,4,4]
[19:14] <@Ebiris> roll 8d6+39+11d4+120
[19:14] <Penuche> Ebiris invokes Penuche's magic: < 214 > [d6=3,4,3,4,4,4,1,6][d4=3,4,1,4,3,1,4,2,1,2,1]
[19:14] <@Ebiris> roll 16d6+78+11d4+240 if 101/92 critted
[19:14] <Penuche> Ebiris invokes Penuche's magic: < 395 > [d6=1,5,3,3,5,3,1,1,2,3,4,1,6,3,6,4][d4=2,2,3,2,4,3,1,1,3,1,4]
[19:14] <@Ebiris> roll 8d6+39+11d4+120 if it didn't
[19:14] <Penuche> Ebiris invokes Penuche's magic: < 211 > [d6=2,2,4,2,5,1,5,2][d4=4,4,2,2,2,2,3,2,2,2,4]
[19:14] <@Ebiris> roll 16d6+78+11d4+240 if 95/80 critted
[19:14] <Penuche> Ebiris invokes Penuche's magic: < 393 > [d6=2,3,6,1,6,4,5,5,1,1,1,6,1,2,1,4][d4=3,2,1,3,1,3,3,3,3,3,1]
[19:14] <@Ebiris> roll 8d6+39+11d4+120 if it didn't
[19:14] <Penuche> Ebiris invokes Penuche's magic: < 211 > [d6=6,1,1,4,2,1,5,1][d4=3,3,3,4,3,4,4,3,1,1,2]

Let me know if MMoP got used and if a crit landed since that influences my temp HP. One swift left.

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Alicia HP: 1074/1074
Active spells: Many moments of prescience (CL 35), extended mind blank (CL 36), extended nondetection (CL 36), greater heroism (CL 35), extended ray deflection (CL 36), epic mage armour (CL 35), sensual blessing (CL 35), foresight (CL 35), keen edge (CL 35 on sword), dance of the unicorn (CL 36), extended greater anticipate teleportation (CL 36), haste (CL 37), repelling shield (CL 38), freedom of movement (CL 36), greater visage of the deity (CL 35), recitation (CL 35)
Defences: AC 104, CMD 146, 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 51), freedom of movement
Stat buffs/penalties: +4 morale attack/skills/saves, +10 armour AC, +25 competence perception, +2 insight AC/ref, +36 str, -2 dex, +20 con, +2 int, +4 wis, +4 cha, +15 natural AC, -8 size, +1 attack, +1 dodge AC/reflex, +9 shield AC, +3 luck AC/attack/saves
Perceptions: Arcane sight, 4 mile tremorsense/blindsight/scent perception +81
Sorcerer spell slots: 6/16/16/15/7/8/13/9/8/1/8/7/5/7/5
Duskblade spell slots: 6/23/23/20/11/7/13

[Anastasia]

Antimagic is up but it's not seeming to be affected by it. Give me a d100 on every roll of 90 or higher.

[Ebiris]

Just for reference:

This material is wood taken from the deepest roots of the Queendom. This wood is a deep, dark brown that takes well to being polished. This material naturally cuts through dimensions and can protect when other materials cannot. Armor and shields made of root wood apply their armor or shield bonus to armor class to touch attacks of all kinds, including against ethereal creatures. Against spells that teleport a creature or send them to another plane, the wearer may add the armor or shield bonus to any saving throw against them. Weapons made of root wood are treated as ghost touch weapons and ignore any miss chance from concealment. Extraplanar creatures take an extra 5d6 points of damage from a root wood weapon.

[19:31] <@Ebiris> roll 8#1d100
[19:31] <Penuche> Ebiris invokes Penuche's magic: < 2, 81, 73, 18, 66, 58, 16, 32 >

[Anastasia]

Noted. It's something funkier.

Alicia's blade strikes - and the creature wiggles about and bursts into countless tiny, fly like black slaad. For just a moment to skitter out of the way. Your second swing adjusts, slices through cleanly. You focus just so, adjusting and moving your sword faster than any can see, striking in spite of those maneuvers. You leave the bloated slaad cut in several parts. It shimmers and cries out before it suddenly falls apart into two smaller black slaad. Each one is only somewhat bloated and has ten heads each.

[Ebiris]

What actual size category are the black slaad here?

[Anastasia]

The first one was colossal. These two are only huge.

[Ebiris]

Feeling vexed at their continual survival when Sulia is enduring pain on her behalf, Alicia throws out the big guns to try and end this as fast as she can, a barrage of radiant rainbow colours erupting all over the multi-headed black slaad!

Okay, can probably position the radiant storms so that each slaad is hit by 3 bursts (two on their far corners and then one across the middle shared between them and opposite Alicia's side.

Quick cast radiant storm.

[20:08] <@Ebiris> roll 1d20+41 SR on quick cast radiant blast (48 if they still count as the monster I attacked because of spell power, also that had its SR trashed from shattermantle which maybe carries over?)
[20:08] <Penuche> Ebiris invokes Penuche's magic: < 54 > [d20=13]
[20:21] <@Ebiris> roll 2#1d20+41 each one needs a separate SR check
[20:21] <Penuche> Ebiris invokes Penuche's magic: < 45, 49 >
[20:08] <@Ebiris> roll 3#37d6 each
[20:08] <Penuche> Ebiris invokes Penuche's magic: < 102, 136, 121 >
[20:09] <@Ebiris> roll 1d6 dazed/dazzled duration, 41 will to be dazzled rather than dazed
[20:09] <Penuche> Ebiris invokes Penuche's magic: < 5 > [d6=5]
[20:22] <@Ebiris> roll 2#1d6 dazed/dazzled needs 2 more rolls as well
[20:22] <Penuche> Ebiris invokes Penuche's magic: < 1, 5 >

Save vs each assault too, so 3 saves, half damage on a successful one.

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Alicia HP: 1074+240/1074
Active spells: Many moments of prescience (CL 35), extended mind blank (CL 36), extended nondetection (CL 36), greater heroism (CL 35), extended ray deflection (CL 36), epic mage armour (CL 35), sensual blessing (CL 35), foresight (CL 35), keen edge (CL 35 on sword), dance of the unicorn (CL 36), extended greater anticipate teleportation (CL 36), haste (CL 37), repelling shield (CL 38), freedom of movement (CL 36), greater visage of the deity (CL 35), recitation (CL 35)
Defences: AC 104, CMD 146, 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 51), freedom of movement
Stat buffs/penalties: +4 morale attack/skills/saves, +10 armour AC, +25 competence perception, +2 insight AC/ref, +36 str, -2 dex, +20 con, +2 int, +4 wis, +4 cha, +15 natural AC, -8 size, +1 attack, +1 dodge AC/reflex, +9 shield AC, +3 luck AC/attack/saves
Perceptions: Arcane sight, 4 mile tremorsense/blindsight/scent perception +81
Sorcerer spell slots: 6/16/16/15/7/8/13/9/8/1/8/7/5/7/4
Duskblade spell slots: 6/23/23/20/11/7/13