Crossed swords

[Anastasia]

The party starts to fly -a nd sure enough, a barrage of arrows follows.

Ref saves all, this is so many that it's closer to a dodging hazard than a simple melee attack. If your base bonus to the save is +48 or higher no need to even roll, just say so.

[Corwin]

Yes, it's higher.

[Anastasia]

With bonuses (and inspiration for Ranbar) they all are.

Yet the party is warded and fast, a storm of arrows blocked and pushed through. It's solid wall behind the quivers to punch through - which are readying more arrows, too.

Well, they would be, but a sweep of Donald's blade tears most of them down, and a slash of Ranbar's spear does the rest.

No need for attack rolls that can't miss and the damage is sufficient.

[Corwin]

Since there's a solid wall, Seira opens it up with another disintegration!

[Anastasia]

This opens up into a larger, emptier space. About 30ft by 40ft, hollow within and nothing visible.

"Padding," Donald says aloud, "Probably to slow someone who does this down with excess space they aren't using anyway."

[Corwin]

"Except I can do this all day," Seira retorts.

And she does! She'll keep on blasting a path through, following a straight line further into the cube.

[Anastasia]

Give me a CL check on the next one? Shenanigans are in play.

[Corwin]

18:40 <Corwin> roll 1d20+37
18:40 <Penuche> Corwin invokes Penuche's magic: < 40 > [d20=3]

[Anastasia]

The next wall ripples before fields of force wink out on it and enough of it crumbles away to reveal a passage.

"We're in past the outer ring," Donald rushes ahead, "Split up or stay together?"

[Corwin]

"There is no need to split up, since we don't actually have a map," Seira responds, deciding to keep on coring all the way to the center of the cube. She tries for a spell working much like a compass pointing there and keeps on blasting!

I'm thinking it's quite possible to have a spell pointing to the center of the cube, but in case it's blocked I still have have a sense for where the opening for it is, so a bit of trial and error should allow for triangulation. Unless the cube isn't nowhere close to a cube's shape and all that, I suppose.

[Anastasia]

Or there's interior shenanigans, always a possibility.

Another blast, another hall. But this one has things in it. Great lumpy, fleshy things, as if obsidian black flesh was broken off in great chunks. It looks like shambling, bulging shadows, four of them coming from the gash you opened in the wall ahead.

[Corwin]

"Donald, you have your thirty seconds," Seira tells him cheerfully.

This is init! I'll be first with Amaryl due to Supreme Initiative, and ask her to wait on me for exciting spells!

[Anastasia]

> roll 1d20+8 Donald
<Penuche> Kotono invokes Penuche's magic: < 20 > [d20=12]
> roll 1d20+19 Ranbar
<Penuche> Kotono invokes Penuche's magic: < 36 > [d20=17]
> roll 1d20+5
<Penuche> Kotono invokes Penuche's magic: < 6 > [d20=1]
> roll 1d20+8
<Penuche> Kotono invokes Penuche's magic: < 21 > [d20=13]
> roll 1d20+5
<Penuche> Kotono invokes Penuche's magic: < 10 > [d20=5]
> roll 1d20+12
<Penuche> Kotono invokes Penuche's magic: < 23 > [d20=11]

Init is Seira > Amaryl > Ranbar (36) > Strange Black Lump 4 (23) > Strange Black Lump 2 (21) > Donald (20) > Strange Black Lump 3 (10) > Strange Black Lump 1 (6)

Amaryl holds so go for it.

[Corwin]

Seira grants glory and valor to her friends!

Celestial Valor as standard, swift Mirarcle'd Arcane Spellsurge, then Glorious Rally as swift. +10 to attack/damage/AC/saves and +2d6 more damage vs evil and 76 temp hp to all.

[Anastasia]

> roll 1d20+69
<Penuche> Kotono invokes Penuche's magic: < 86 > [d20=17]
> roll 1d20+69
<Penuche> Kotono invokes Penuche's magic: < 85 > [d20=16]
> roll 1d20+69
<Penuche> Kotono invokes Penuche's magic: < 86 > [d20=17]
> roll 1d20+69
<Penuche> Kotono invokes Penuche's magic: < 71 > [d20=2]
> roll 1d20+69
<Penuche> Kotono invokes Penuche's magic: < 70 > [d20=1]
> roll 1d20+69
<Penuche> Kotono invokes Penuche's magic: < 77 > [d20=8]
> roll 1d8+47+8d6+6d6+2d6
> roll 1d8+47+8d6+6d6+2d6
> roll 1d8+47+8d6+6d6+2d6
> roll 1d8+47+8d6+6d6+2d6
> roll 1d8+47+8d6+6d6+2d6
> roll 1d8+47+8d6+6d6+2d6
<Penuche> Kotono invokes Penuche's magic: < 95 > [d8=3][d6=3,2,1,3,6,1,5,4,1,2,1,2,5,1,2,6]
<Penuche> Kotono invokes Penuche's magic: < 125 > [d8=4][d6=4,5,6,2,5,4,6,5,5,5,5,4,6,4,2,6]
<Penuche> Kotono invokes Penuche's magic: < 109 > [d8=4][d6=1,3,5,4,5,6,2,5,2,2,4,2,3,4,4,6]
<Penuche> Kotono invokes Penuche's magic: < 108 > [d8=4][d6=5,4,1,1,2,6,6,3,6,6,1,4,6,2,1,3]
<Penuche> Kotono invokes Penuche's magic: < 85 > [d8=1][d6=3,2,2,3,5,2,1,1,5,2,2,3,1,1,1,3]
<Penuche> Kotono invokes Penuche's magic: < 126 > [d8=8][d6=6,5,5,3,2,2,4,5,5,6,6,6,3,6,1,6]


Init is Seira > Amaryl > Ranbar (36) > Strange Black Lump 2 (21) > Donald (20) > Strange Black Lump 3 (10) > Strange Black Lump 1 (6)

Amaryl steps back as her bow sings, heavenly music heard with every twang of it. As if a chorus of voices sing in glory, a song that banishes the chill and darkness of this place. In an instant half a dozen arrows pepper one of the lumps, which melts away like snow under the spring sun. It leaves behind naught at all as Amaryl sighs, "What a wonderful weapon."

Ranbar is up.

> roll 1d20+81 (+10 Seira, +22 inspiration)
<Penuche> Kotono invokes Penuche's magic: < 93 > [d20=12]
> roll 1d20+76 (+10 Seira, +22 inspiration)
<Penuche> Kotono invokes Penuche's magic: < 91 > [d20=15]
> roll 1d20+71 (+10 Seira, +22 inspiration)
<Penuche> Kotono invokes Penuche's magic: < 82 > [d20=11]
> roll 1d20+66 (+10 Seira, +22 inspiration)
<Penuche> Kotono invokes Penuche's magic: < 82 > [d20=16]
> roll 1d8+57+2d6+1d6+2d6 +22 inspiration
> roll 1d8+57+2d6+1d6+2d6 +22 inspiration
> roll 1d8+57+2d6+1d6+2d6 +22 inspiration
> roll 1d8+57+2d6+1d6+2d6 +22 inspiration
<Penuche> Kotono invokes Penuche's magic: < 78 > [d8=4][d6=6,1,1,6,3]
<Penuche> Kotono invokes Penuche's magic: < 69 > [d8=2][d6=2,1,2,2,3]
<Penuche> Kotono invokes Penuche's magic: < 74 > [d8=2][d6=6,1,5,1,2]
<Penuche> Kotono invokes Penuche's magic: < 79 > [d8=7][d6=4,1,1,4,5]

Ranbar steps in a moment later. Her eyes are closed but her spear strikes true. A four-some of lightning fast blows pierce the next one, which simply becomes inert and bloodied, flames sizzling along its body.

Init is Seira > Amaryl > Ranbar (36) > Donald (20) > Strange Black Lump 3 (10) > Strange Black Lump 1 (6)

Donald's next, but segmenting so I'm not forever on this one post. Go ahead and react.