Burrowing ahead

[Corwin]

I used up all my actions here sans counters, but I'd like to know if there's a magical aura in place or just plain what I think he might be doing?

[Anastasia]

Your best, informed guess would be it can restore itself by consumption or otherwise draw power from what it's doing. Possibly some sort of attack as well, or the arms are an independent entity that's acting for its own reasons.

[Corwin]

Okay! If it casts I'll counter and if it attacks me I'll AoO. In fact, since I'm in melee with it, I'll AoO what I can there.

[Anastasia]

Feel free to AoO the arms then.

[Corwin]

Seira stomps on the wiggling arms like one would on a particularly nasty cockroach.

22:48 <Seira> roll 1d20+74+15
22:48 <Penuche2> Seira invokes Penuche's magic: < 92 > [d20=3]
22:48 <Seira> roll 2d8+110+10+22d6
22:48 <Penuche2> Seira invokes Penuche's magic: < 209 > [d8=3,7][d6=4,2,5,4,1,6,3,2,3,1,6,6,3,3,5,3,5,1,2,4,5,5]

[Anastasia]

One powerful stomp and the arms crack and break, no more movement. The creature lies still and slowly dissolves into black mud that seeps into the ground.

Init is Seira (Supreme) > Gathgorian (Supreme) > Bel (60) > Mage of the Spheres = The Hunger (38)

Gathgorian's expression is triumphant as he raises his blade and rushes forward, a mountain sized blur of destruction and malice.

> roll 1d20+77 (-30 PA, +2 charge)
<Penuche2> Kotono invokes Penuche's magic: < 78 > [d20=1]
> roll 8d6+318
<Penuche2> Kotono invokes Penuche's magic: < 346 > [d6=3,1,2,6,6,4,2,4]
> roll 1d20+14
<Penuche2> Kotono invokes Penuche's magic: < 15 > [d20=1]

One elf is cut in twain, while the gloom beneath is cut deeply. Yet this is not all, as a moment later another screaming tornado erupts, which sends the creature into a massive impact with the collapsing building as the ground quakes, through a wall and into the collapse directly.

> roll 5d6+20d6
<Penuche2> Kotono invokes Penuche's magic: < 95 > [d6=1,4,5,1,5,5,5,1,6,4,2,3,1,4,4,3,6,6,1,6,6,5,5,1,5]

"A pixie does better than you," Gathgorian declares coldly, his smile sharp.

As the din of collapse and the dust of ruin is thrown up, Bel regards the foe before him.

> roll 1d20+40
<Penuche2> Kotono invokes Penuche's magic: < 59 > [d20=19]

The sphere abruptly shatters, the magic around it crushed. The robed figure begins to react but Bel is there, Abyssbane coming for his throat.

> roll 1d20+101
<Penuche2> Kotono invokes Penuche's magic: < 107 > [d20=6]
> roll 4d6+282+3d6+3d6
<Penuche2> Kotono invokes Penuche's magic: < 316 > [d6=1,2,5,2,4,1,6,6,1,6]
> roll 4d6 more forgot to double that since dire charge
<Penuche2> Kotono invokes Penuche's magic: < 9 > [d6=3,2,1,3]

The hooded figure's head falls away from his body as his body erupts in helflire, burning away. If anything, your outright attack seems fortunate - your foes are scattered and slain, the entire building collapses before your eyes.

This was actually a pretty good encounter, just one of those cases where chose the right options to do well and everything went just so. Free act.

[spoiler]

Bel
HP: 1780/1780 (regeneration 17)
Negative Conditions:
Aura:
Bonuses: Attack+27 (+5 aura, +18 profane, +4 morale), Damage+18 (+18 profane) AC+18 (+18 profane), Saves+18 (+18 profane), Skills+0, Checks+0 +16 dex/init +21 damage flanking
Resources: Grant Move Action 6/6 Genocidal Rally 1/1 Smite 9/9
Spells Used:
SLAs Used:
Spells Active: Mind Blank (CL52), Nessian Reverie (CL63), Death Ward (CL35), Soul Ward (CL35), Invincible Champion (CL35)
Notes:

Gathgorian
HP: 1983/1983 (regeneration 18)
Negative Conditions:
Aura:
Bonuses: Attack+27 (+5 aura, +18 profane, +4 morale), Damage+18 (+18 profane) AC+18 (+18 profane), Saves+18 (+18 profane), Checks+0 +16 dex/init
Resources:
Spells Used:
SLAs Used:
Spells Active: Mind Blank (CL52), Nessian Reverie (CL63), Death Ward (CL35), Soul Ward (CL35), Invincible Champion (CL35)
Notes:

[Corwin]

To be fair, it's a very strong pixie, Seira muses as she dismisses the cage with the magic missiles. Getting anything worthwhile here is likely a wash, but she still checks to see if her opponents weapons were interesting or just trash before approaching the collapsed tower.

If this dude attacked me without any magical gear, mad props.

[Anastasia]

The two wands dropped are interesting, if nothing else.

Wands of Ernavor

Each of these metal wands is sharpened to function as long swords+5, keen, unholy and spell storing, but that is not their true power. When the wands are used to slay a mortal creature, the next spell with the evil descriptor cast by the creature gains a bonus dependent on the slain creature's hit dice. See the table below.



   
   
   
   

Hit Dice	Benefit
1-10	+1 caster level
11-20	+1 caster level, damage dealt by the spell is vile
21+	+2 caster level, damage dealt by the spell is vile

[Corwin]

How nasty! Maybe she'll give them to Emily as a present since Dragon's Grace isn't working out.

As she draws closer to the tower, Seira focuses on all her senses, be they blindsight, scent or tremorsense to try and spot any surviving cultists.

Perception 10 for 117

[Anastasia]

Gathgorian joins you as he looks on, no sign of his foe emerging.

But you do notice something. A single hand amid the rubble, broken and bloodied, but pointing out. Pointing out in the direction of the two of you - just in time, as suddenly spell power forms, a beam of intense purple-black forming before it launches, becoming a dozen beams that arch at the two of you.

Chance to do counterspelling, your Perception made sure you more than had the chance.

[Corwin]

Seira forms translucent unicorns that rush out to meet the beams head on, one each!

19:14 <Seira> roll 1d20+52 superb dispel
19:14 <Penuche2> Seira invokes Penuche's magic: < 60 > [d20=8]

[Anastasia]

Gathgorian whirls and brings his sword down, but you're faster. The spell crumbles away and is gone, only a few fragmented sundered by the massive fiend. The hand stays up a moment more before it goes limp, no more magic from it.

[Corwin]

Seira explodes the hand anyway with a bright fireball!

"So that was the Last Monument, huh?" she muses, peering at it. The Guardian was supposed to be within it, but since it collapsed where is he now? Underground?

[Anastasia]

Bel descends as the collapse finishes. Silence after as he places a flagpole down atop the ruin. From it flies a banner of hellfire red, with the image of a greatsword engulfed in green flames on it.

"It must be," Gathgorian concurs, and with that, sinks into the ground as the stone parts around him.

[Corwin]

Seira shrugs, and emulates xorn movement to follow him below. At least she can keep track of his whereabouts pretty well.