Shadow rondo

Ebiris · January 08, 2021, 04:14:05 PM

[20:13] <@Ebiris> roll 1d20+74 not adding size bonus since this dude is actually pretty huge too I think
[20:13] <Kobot> Ebiris rolled 1d20+74 not adding size bonus since this dude is actually pretty huge too I think --> [ 1d20=20 ]{94}

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Anastasia · January 08, 2021, 04:35:13 PM

> roll 1d20+72 Antenora Intimidate
<Kobot> Kotono rolled 1d20+72 Antenora Intimidate --> [ 1d20=14 ]{86}

From the darkness a path forms. A path of shimmering force, towards something far ahead. Something out of your visual range, but that yet looms over everything.

THEN COME. SURVIVE TO THE END OF THIS ROAD AND I WILL TELL YOU EVERYTHING.

This voice is now like a vast titan, one that challenges forward.

The Abyss stirs.

You are watched.

You feel thousands of gazes on you now from every direction, yet see not a soul.

Warmth floods your chest as the gemstone of truth glows bright enough to illuminate all around you.

Souls flow here. Great streams of souls, forming before your eyes. Souls that congeal together all about, a trillion profanities mustered for each. Embryos, horrors in the first stage of birth. More than you can count, more than you can see.

Antenora looks on.

I will be at your side, Alicia. If you are ready to face this, I will be there.

Ebiris · January 08, 2021, 04:41:46 PM

"Not so placid after all, are you?" Alicia says grimly, nodding to Antenora and advancing on the path offered.

A link forms with Antenora, bolstering her further for whatever challenges will assault them on the way.

Swift to make Anty my familiar. Following benefits:

Counts as 37 hit dice for any effects that matter with those.
Hit points change to 575 if they're not already higher.
Base attack bonus changes to +37 if it's not already higher.
Base saves (before stats/feats/abilities) change to Fort +18, Ref +9, Will +18 if they're not already higher.
Gains Alicia's base skill ranks for any skills his aren't higher than. That's +40 to acrobatics, craft (landscaping), craft (painting), diplomacy, intimidate, fly, knowledge (arcana), knowledge (history), knowledge (nature), knowledge (religion), knowledge (planes), perception, perform (oratory), profession (general), sense motive, spellcraft, survival, and swim. And +16 to bluff.
Intelligence rises to 24 if it's not already higher.
Gains +19 to natural armour.
Gains improved evasion.
Gains spell resistance 42.
Can cast Limited Wish as a spell-like ability twice per day.

Plus we get an empathic link so we can feel what the other is feeling emotionally.

Anastasia · January 10, 2021, 06:50:36 PM

You take the first step forward as you establish that link.

You feel Antenora's bravery, her lack of fear. Her raw, unyielding determination. A sense of rightness, a sense of purpose that overshadows all else she feels. To face something like this is what she was meant to do, she knows that to her core.

From the horrors they come. Each is a monster you have faced before. The dreaded balors, lightning sword warlords of the Abyss. A great host of them is called from nothing, to assail you head on. Flames of acid-green crackle in their off hands, cruel whips to flay the flesh from your bones.

From below they form. Countless wretched souls. In them you see a litany - murderbetrayalmurderrapegluttonyhatredmurderblasphemy - of sins. Barely humanoid things, nude forms of flesh that as one reach up for your feet, reach up and somehow seem mere inches from bodily contact with you.

From the skies they are born. Vast flights of nalfeshnee, carried on wings of ice. Their stomachs are vast and bulging, each split open to ooze ripe yellow fluids. They seek to crowd out the land and sky completely, a challenge to stop even the two of you.

Initiative. You have supreme init so you can open.

Ebiris · January 12, 2021, 09:38:13 AM

"Advance, Antenora. I have our flanks covered," Alicia says, casting three mighty spells in an instant.

Above. Below. Beside. Giant jagged columns of dark blue crystal erupt out of the Abyss, absorbing and confining everything they touch. Leeching the life from even abyssal horrors to fuel their own arcane growth they grow and become ever deadlier with every life they take. And 666 has provided a bounty of lives to fuel their advance.

Cursed Crystal Prison and quick-cast Cursed Crystal Prison x2.

[13:33] <@Ebiris> roll 1d20+44 SR balors
[13:33] <Rei-chan> Ebiris rolled : 1d20+44 SR balors --> [ 1d20=20 ]{64}
[13:33] <@Ebiris> roll 1d20+44 SR wretches
[13:33] <Rei-chan> Ebiris rolled : 1d20+44 SR wretches --> [ 1d20=17 ]{61}
[13:33] <@Ebiris> roll 1d20+44 SR nalfeshnee
[13:33] <Rei-chan> Ebiris rolled : 1d20+44 SR nalfeshnee --> [ 1d20=17 ]{61}
[13:34] <@Ebiris> roll 20d6 balors
[13:34] <Rei-chan> Ebiris rolled : 20d6 balors --> [ 20d6=81 ]{81}
[13:34] <@Ebiris> roll 20d6 wretches
[13:34] <Rei-chan> Ebiris rolled : 20d6 wretches --> [ 20d6=71 ]{71}
[13:34] <@Ebiris> roll 20d6 nalfeshnee
[13:34] <Rei-chan> Ebiris rolled : 20d6 nalfeshnee --> [ 20d6=76 ]{76}

Reflex DC of 43 causes a victim to be flung clear rather than absorbed by the crystal. I know you tend to just roll group saves but I figure at least some are going to get caught out and as they die the spell gets worse for everyone else.

Each crystal starts as 60 feet high/20 foot radius, growing by 5 feet in both measures with every creature slain and raising the damage by 1d6 (to a maximum of 50d6). Anything caught needs to make a DC 30 strength check and a DC 50 escape artist check as a full round action to move 5 feet through the crystal.

As they form, Alicia flies onwards, not wanting to be caught in the advance of that cursed crystal herself.

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Anastasia · January 12, 2021, 12:59:22 PM

Yeah, in this sort of case I'll probably split the differences depending on how good the base saving throw is. Quick adjudication question, how long does the spell last?

Ebiris · January 12, 2021, 01:02:28 PM

38 minutes.

Also I just remembered I get a free purify/consecrate 1/day from my armour so I'll use that on the one from below hitting the wretches. That ups the damage one step vs evil outsiders and does no damage to good creatures. Handy in case that one gets out of control.

[17:02] <@Ebiris> roll 20d8
[17:02] <Rei-chan> Ebiris rolled : 20d8 --> [ 20d8=66 ]{66}

Amended damage for the wretches, funnily enough it's less! For now.

Anastasia · January 12, 2021, 01:50:06 PM

> roll 1d20+30 Balors
<Rei-chan> Kotono rolled : 1d20+30 Balors --> [ 1d20=6 ]{36}
> roll 1d20+28 nalfeshnee
<Rei-chan> Kotono rolled : 1d20+28 nalfeshnee --> [ 1d20=10 ]{38}
> roll 1d20+26 wretches
<Rei-chan> Kotono rolled : 1d20+26 wretches --> [ 1d20=17 ]{43}

Your crystals spread everywhere, entombing several demons and more by the moment. It spreads as it captures them, the crystals growing before your eyes. It's only part of the great hoards before you, but without a doubt, it's a start.

Anything else this turn?

Ebiris · January 12, 2021, 01:50:55 PM

All actions used up.

Anastasia · January 12, 2021, 02:12:28 PM

> roll 1d20+14 Antenora
<Rei-chan> Kotono rolled : 1d20+14 Antenora --> [ 1d20=9 ]{23}
> roll 1d20+24 Balors
<Rei-chan> Kotono rolled : 1d20+24 Balors --> [ 1d20=9 ]{33}
> roll 1d20+18 Nalfeshnee
<Rei-chan> Kotono rolled : 1d20+18 Nalfeshnee --> [ 1d20=15 ]{33}
> roll 1d20+12 Wretched
<Rei-chan> Kotono rolled : 1d20+12 Wretched --> [ 1d20=18 ]{30}

Init is Alicia (Supreme) > Balors = Nalfeshnee (30) > Wretched (30) > Antenora (23)

The crystal blunts the initial balor charge, acid green lashes whipping at it to no avail. Several of the demons are entombed within, struggling against their prison with the mindless rage of a berserker. Yet others stop to the sides, not checked enough, and lash out with those terrible, flaming whips. Green fire soars towards you and Antenora, a burning rebuke to both of you.

Ref saves, both. Half fire and half acid damage, so note if immune to both.

Ebiris · January 12, 2021, 02:17:54 PM

[18:17] <@Ebiris> roll 1d20+73 ref
[18:17] <Rei-chan> Ebiris rolled : 1d20+73 ref --> [ 1d20=7 ]{80}

Fire immune only.

Anastasia · January 12, 2021, 02:53:51 PM

> roll 1d20+64
<Rei-chan> Kotono rolled : 1d20+64 --> [ 1d20=16 ]{80}

> roll 36d6
<Rei-chan> Kotono rolled : 36d6 --> [ 36d6=123 ]{123}

Both made the save. Half acid, half fire. Antenora is fire immune and resistance to acid 20. So 30 damage before resistance gets through, and acid resistance eats 20 of that. 10 damage.

The acid hisses against both of you as you hold your ground longer yet. Long enough to endure, while below the wretches are held back for the moment by the crystal prison. It buys you time, yet it's not over. From the nalfeshnee lightning rains down, brutal and bitter storms of unholy wrath to slam you further.

> roll 1d20+36
<Rei-chan> Kotono rolled : 1d20+36 --> [ 1d20=8 ]{44}

Does not beat your SRs.

Yet this lightning crackles against you in vain, doing nothing as...

Antenora? HP for Alicia, that usually influences her turn if Alicia looks injured.

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Antenora
HP: 949/959
Negative Conditions:
Aura: Protective 20ft (+4 deflection/+4 resistance vs evil) Courage 10ft (+4 morale vs fear), Divine 20ft (various)
Bonuses: Attack+7 (+3 luck, +4 morale), Damage+0 AC+3 (+3 luck), Saves+7 (+3 luck, +4 morale), Skills+4 (+4 morale), Checks+0
Resources: Holy Fury 41/42 (enc) Divine Retribution 1/1 Smite Evil 10/13 Channel Energy 17/18 Lay On Hands 555/555 Remove Disease 11/11 (week), Spiritual Connection 3/3 Blinding Speed 20/25 Divine Blast 18/18
Spells Used:
SLAs Used:
Spells Active: Greater Heroism (CL37), Recitation (CL37), Many Moments of Prescience (CL39), Nondetection (CL40), Freedom Of Movement (CL37)
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: 36 for base smite damage, 72 for charging smite +2 per per level. So 108 bonus damage baseline. Raw attack plus smite is 1d8+147+2d6+2d6 (+4/+4d6 if fiendbane hits). Doesn't include other factors.
Remember everything triples and x5 on a crit when adding things.

Ebiris · January 12, 2021, 02:56:16 PM

1120/1150

Remember Anty has improved evasion since she's my familiar right now.

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Anastasia · January 13, 2021, 01:07:11 PM

HP loss retracted in that case, thank you.

Antenora obeys and flies forward, past the prison. There's a small space to advance deeper in, to surge past where it expands and thrust deeper into the lines of balors.

> roll 1d20+61 (+4 charge, +7 Alicia, +18 furious strike, +1 blinding speed, divine might used, -30 PA)
<Rei-chan> Kotono rolled : 1d20+61 (+4 charge, +7 Alicia, +18 furious strike, +1 blinding speed, divine might used, -30 PA) --> [ 1d20=15 ]{76}
> roll 148*3
<Rei-chan> Kotono rolled : 148*3 --> {444}
> roll 3d8+444+2d6+2d6+10d6+4d6
<Rei-chan> Kotono rolled : 3d8+444+2d6+2d6+10d6+4d6 --> [ 3d8=9 2d6=6 2d6=6 10d6=26 4d6=8 ]{499}
> roll 1d20+64 improved evasion
<Rei-chan> Kotono rolled : 1d20+64 improved evasion --> [ 1d20=2 ]{66}

Two balors are impaled, one and another stabbed as Antenora pushes through. Explosions erupt around her, nothing that even remotely slows her advance.

Come and face your final judgment, those who wish to never atone.

Destruction is not atonement.

I am born to destroy.

There is no atonement in death, only beauty.

It is a phantasm that forms behind you, a mere 60ft away. A broken, hawk-like body forced into the shape of a humanoid. Talons that hold a great maul, as if to crush you beneath it. A leather sack is over its head, which obscures it entirely. Iron nails secure it in place, driven into the creature's neck. Tiny rivulets of red blood trickle out from beneath the hood, which stain its chest.

Once you faced what fancied himself Death.

Are you still so brave, paladin?

Go.

Init is Alicia (Supreme) > Broken Hawk (Supreme) > Balors = Nalfeshnee (30) > Wretched (30) > Antenora (23)

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Antenora
HP: 959/959
Negative Conditions:
Aura: Protective 20ft (+4 deflection/+4 resistance vs evil) Courage 10ft (+4 morale vs fear), Divine 20ft (various)
Bonuses: Attack+7 (+3 luck, +4 morale), Damage+0 AC+3 (+3 luck), Saves+7 (+3 luck, +4 morale), Skills+4 (+4 morale), Checks+0
Resources: Holy Fury 40/42 (enc) Divine Retribution 1/1 Smite Evil 10/13 Channel Energy 16/18 Lay On Hands 555/555 Remove Disease 11/11 (week), Spiritual Connection 3/3 Blinding Speed 19/25 Divine Blast 18/18
Spells Used:
SLAs Used:
Spells Active: Greater Heroism (CL37), Recitation (CL37), Many Moments of Prescience (CL39), Nondetection (CL40), Freedom Of Movement (CL37)
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: 36 for base smite damage, 72 for charging smite +2 per per level. So 108 bonus damage baseline. Raw attack plus smite is 1d8+147+2d6+2d6 (+4/+4d6 if fiendbane hits). Doesn't include other factors.
Remember everything triples and x5 on a crit when adding things.

Ebiris · January 13, 2021, 01:16:19 PM

"I'm here, aren't I?" Alicia asks, flinging bursts of sunlight around the mobs on all sides, blinding them to the expanding doom of those crystal prisons, while a wave of fatigue washes over the newly formed demon lord as well as anything else in the vicinity, tiring him out as soon as he appears.

2x quickened sunlances above and below, and a wave of fatigue back at the hawk before Alicia flies forward to catch up with Antenora.

[17:13] <@Ebiris> roll 2#1d20+62 ranged touch on sunlances
[17:13] <Rei-chan> Ebiris rolled : 2#1d20+62 ranged touch on sunlances --> [ 1d20=2 ]{64}, [ 1d20=8 ]{70}
[17:13] <@Ebiris> roll 2#1d20+44 SR
[17:13] <Rei-chan> Ebiris rolled : 2#1d20+44 SR --> [ 1d20=8 ]{52}, [ 1d20=19 ]{63}
[17:13] <@Ebiris> roll 30d6 impact damage
[17:13] <Rei-chan> Ebiris rolled : 30d6 impact damage --> [ 30d6=91 ]{91}
[17:13] <@Ebiris> roll 6d6 splash damage
[17:13] <Rei-chan> Ebiris rolled : 6d6 splash damage --> [ 6d6=22 ]{22}

DC 39 ref or blinded by those, 160 foot radius.

[17:14] <@Ebiris> roll 1d20+42 waves of exhaustion SR
[17:15] <Rei-chan> Ebiris rolled : 1d20+42 waves of exhaustion SR --> [ 1d20=5 ]{47}

No save exhaustion for anything that beats the SR of. 60 foot cone.

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