Shadow rondo

[Ebiris]

Oh, important other point, I have greater anticipate teleportation up, so that would give us 3 rounds warning before they appear.

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Alicia HP: 632/854
Active spells: Many moments of prescience (CL 39), extended mind blank (CL 40), extended nondetection (CL 40), greater heroism (CL 37), extended ray deflection (CL 40), epic mage armour (CL 37), sensual blessing (CL 37), greater foresight (CL 39), keen edge (CL 37 on sword), dance of the unicorn (CL 37), extended greater anticipate teleportation (CL 39), repelling shield (CL 39), freedom of movement (CL 37), greater visage of the deity (CL 37), recitation (CL 37), good hope (CL 37), Latha's sunmantle (CL 40)
Defences: AC 126, CMD 110, spell resistance 52, 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 55), freedom of movement
Stat buffs/penalties: +4 morale attack/skills/saves, +10 armour AC, +25 competence perception, +7 insight AC/ref, -6 str, +10 dex, +2 con, +2 int, +4 wis, +4 cha, +1 natural armour AC, +7 size AC/attack, +9 shield AC, +3 luck AC/attack/saves, +2 morale ability checksPerceptions: Arcane sight, 5 mile tremorsense/blindsight/scent perception +88
Perceptions: Arcane sight, 5 mile tremorsense/blindsight/scent perception +88
Sorcerer spell slots: 6/16/16/12/9/9/14/4/9/0/5/3/5/2/2/0
Duskblade spell slots: 6/23/23/21/11/6/1/3
Moments of prescience left: 4
Quick-casts left: 0

[Anastasia]

In that case...

As you fly, you get sudden warning of portals. So many portals.

[Ebiris]

"Best pick up the pace," Alicia warns Antenora, compressing the space ahead of her out to her maximum range so she can make tracks towards where all that purple's gathering.

[Anastasia]

You fly on. The purple is before you, a great mass of energy expanding by the moment. It's concentrating, but you're there, at least.

[Ebiris]

Okay, can I actually figure anything out from looking at it now we're up close? Is it a spell? A god? A magic item? A creature? All of the above?

Take 10 for spellcraft for 86 with a divine insight I'll have alter-realitied while Anty was flying us here.

[Anastasia]

Gimme K:P as well.

[Ebiris]

Take 10 for 71 on that one too.

[Anastasia]

As near as you can tell on the fly, it's raw, destructive energy. It's a supernatural ability of vast power, not an actual spell. The only way to endure it is to not be hit in the first place.

[Ebiris]

Well, going here was a bad call!

Still, this basically worked when Lixer pulled out something similar, so Alicia zaps it with a big beam of silver fire.

Worth a try, right?

[19:26] <@Ebiris> roll 40d10
[19:26] <Kobot> Ebiris rolled 40d10 --> [ 40d10=226 ]{226}

[Anastasia]

Level check real quick.

[Ebiris]

[19:46] <@Ebiris> roll 1d20+42
[19:46] <Kobot> Ebiris rolled 1d20+42 --> [ 1d20=11 ]{53}

[Anastasia]

Your silver fire crashes into the energy. A good part of it dissipates, crumbled away, but some remains. This energy slowly begins to disperse as only darkness surrounds you.

"That worked?" Antenora murmurs softly.

[Ebiris]

"For now," Alicia says, trying to get her bearings.

Have those portals appeared back where they were earlier? What about the purple that was coalescing back where they first got hit?

[Anastasia]

Yes and you don't see the latter anymore, respectively.

Otherwise it's nothing. No path, no light, nothing. Only what you provide along with Antenora.

[Ebiris]

"Maybe the plan is to have us wander around in the dark until we get bored and go home?"

As plans go it's not a bad one!