Temporal pixies

[Anastasia]

"We're good at that," Kaja says, "What is that barrier?"

"A field of force or some variant," Sylvie says immediately, "Is that part of it, or has something unexpected happened, Moore?"

"Unexpected. I swear, these pieces seem to allure it like a flower allures bees," Jetina grimaces. "Light and fire, this will be more trouble than it should be."

[Nephrite]

"Yes, I don't recall anything about a barrier. I imagine someone else found it and we're going to have to... well." He sighed a little bit. "Let's just see what's there first and figure out what we need to do."

[Anastasia]

You approach it - and presumably you're going to try and study it first?

[Nephrite]

You are indeed correct.

Spellcraft of 114, K:A of 119, Arcane Sight.

I'd like to know the caster of it, and then I'd like to do a Knowledge check on them - it'll be 119 for anything normal, and 101 for anything extremely limited, like... K:Local (Dis) or something.

[Anastasia]

Oh that's not too hard. The caster is merely Yan-C-Bin.

What's more, it's a heavily empowered and modified sphere of force. A tremendous working, something that will throw off most dispels and disintegrates, too. Only something tremendously powerful could break this.

[Nephrite]

"Do you all feel like challenging Yan-C-Bin today?" Moore asks.

He doesn't really need the answer, he knows they'll all say yes.

[Anastasia]

"It's a terrible idea to face him on Air where he has the advantage," Sylvie points out, "But that won't stop you, anyway, will it?"

"No," Cresiel's voice is grim. "It will not."

"Never," Kaja says, "A chance to test my swords against an archomental is too good to miss." He turns to Sylvie, "It will a battle howled of on the winds for ages to come."

"We have no choice, we will not shirk when the enemy draws close." Xandra steps forward, "Mount Celestia does not retreat in fear. We stand tall and we bring the light to the darkest corners of Creation. So it was said and so it shall be."

[Nephrite]

"Well, then we're going to take some time and prepare." He says.

Before I get started, is anything going to interrupt Buffing Time?

[Anastasia]

Most likely not, so go ahead.

[Nephrite]

It's buffing time, because... well, of course it is!

Inspire Courage, Heroics, Greatness, + Celestial Valor from Jetina. Let's also get Sublime Revelry cast on everyone. Both those spells are from Jetina, at CL36. If there are any other spells that would be suggested, now's the time.

Moore is also going to cast Inspire Excellence on everyone, for the following increases:

+16 competence bonus to Strength, Dexterity, Constitution and Charisma for everyone. Everyone also gains... I believe it's 288 HP from the +16 bonus to Con, which is really only a +8 bonus.

Added HP via 14 HD:

Moore: 126
Cresiel: 238
Xandra: 168
Kaja: 140
Jetina: 126
Sylvie: 126



In total:

Attack: +48 (
Weapon damage: +26
AC: +28 (4 sacred, 16 dodge, +8 from Dexterity)
Saving throws: +28 (4 sacred, 16 morale, +8 Charisma (Fort gets +8 too, for +36))

[Anastasia]

Are the HP bonuses covering the bard booster + Inspire Excellence in total?

[Nephrite]

Yes - well, no. 288 + the numbers listed. So everyone should gain the following HP:

Cresiel: 526
Xandra: 456
Kaja: 428
Jetina + Sylvie + Moore: 414

[Anastasia]

I'll do spoiler blocks in the morning.

Thus it's all done and the sphere of force remains as you are now powered up to your utmost. So now what?

[Nephrite]

A divine blast comes out to pierce it!

I am assuming this isn't going to miss.

[22:13] <Nephrite> roll 26d12
[22:13] <Penuche> Nephrite invokes Penuche's magic: < 163 > [d12=7,7,9,3,4,11,8,2,12,5,5,1,1,6,2,1,6,5,4,5,12,11,11,6,12,7]

[Anastasia]

The entire sphere shimmers and ripples before great chunks of it shatter, great gaps cleared away within it and passages within opened.