Relief

[Nephrite]

Inspire Excellence - Charsima +16 competence bonus to Charisma for everyone
Inspire Excellence - Constitution +16 competence bonus to Constitution for everyone
Inspire Courage - Immunity to charm and fear, and a +22 morale bonus on attack and weapon damage rolls

[Anastasia]

You walk into the chamber where you first faced the warden of this dark place. There is no sign of it, but here are several. The creature in liquid, metallic armor stands here. Behind it is an elven woman, nude and her entire body riddled with metal piercings. It's almost enough to maintain her decency, hundreds of metallic barbs, hooks and pins riddling her body. She is 10ft up, sitting on a broom that floats. She has no hair, just a mockery of it of steel spikes that rise from her head.

The bristles of that broom regularly twist into a face-like visage, leering down at the party.

Ahead, further ahead in the darkness stands a four armed, green skinned creature almost as large as Cresiel. A nycaloth you recall, a type of daemon. Each hand has a hand axe at the ready, and as you look at it. Every few moments a flicker, as an exact copy of it is joined at its back, momentarily illuminated. It wears full armor, covering its green body.

At that creature's feet sits a dog-like creature ready to pounce. Large as the largest hound you've ever seen, it is clad in armor and has no face, only a  maw with teeth and a long, whip-like and barbed tongue. A canoloth, another type of daemon.

"This is ours," The nycaloth declares, and spits to the side, "We'll not give it up, not to anyone, not even scum deities like you."

"Good," Cresiel declares, readying his sword. "Defeat beckons you forward, daemon."

Sylvie takes 10 on a bunch of checks.

Sylvie rolls her neck slowly, pointing. First to the elven woman, "Rillea the Bloody. Last seen, oh, more years than I care t ocount when your wretched soul was finally dragged the Lower Planes. Of course, talent rises back up, one way or another. Not at names, but not everyone can have a title that isn't used endlessly across the planes."

Then to the nycaloth, "Gyme, formerly in the service of the previous Oinoloth. Vanished, left, who can say with the daemons, but you've turned up again. One of countless thralls of a daemon lord and hardly the first to try going rogue. Remember the Graceful Blow? Some of the same tricks as Mirima has, Moore."

"Sylvie, newly risen power of Hope's Landing," Gyme declares, his voice harsh. Like stones grating against one another. "You're known to our master."

"Good," Sylvie smiles thinly, "He'll know why all of you got beaten within an inch of your life, mortal." Slowly cracking her knuckles, "Few daemons are so stupid as to fight the divine."

Rillea leers over - eyes with metallic rings sunk into them, bands around the whites of them and within them. "Always wanted to hear the screams of a so called deity as I flay them." She licks her lips slowly - and Xandra steps forward.

"Keep wondering. I see no futures in which you get your wish," Xandra declares.

[spoiler]

Inspire Courage and Inspire Heroics as we go on.

Courage Immunity to charm and fear effects and a +22 morale bonus on attack and weapon damage rolls (Swift)
Heroics - 12x Aliies +18 morale bonus to saves and +18 dodge to AC

Celestial Valor, CL25.

+8 sacred vs fear and emotion effects that would sap the will to fight, +4 sacred to attack rolls, weapon damage rolls, armor class and saving throws, weapons count as holy

Inspire Excellence - Charsima +16 competence bonus to Charisma for everyone
Inspire Excellence - Constitution +16 competence bonus to Constitution for everyone
Inspire Courage - Immunity to charm and fear, and a +22 morale bonus on attack and weapon damage rolls

Cresiel
HP: 1018/1018 (regeneration 21)
Negative Conditions:
Aura: Protective 20ft (+4 deflection/+4 resistance vs evil), Divine 10ft (various)
Bonuses: Attack+0, Damage+0 AC+0, Saves+0, Skills+0, Checks+0
Resources: Holy Fury 40/40 (enc) Channel Energy 18/18 Divine Retribution 1/1 Blinding Speed 25/25 Knight's Challenge 15/15 Smite 1/1 Endurance Domain 1/1 Protection Domain 1/1 Renewal Domain 1/1
Spells Used:
SLAs Used:
Spells Active: Detect Evil (CL36), Detect Snares and Pits (CL36), Discern Lies (CL36), True Seeing (CL36)
Notes: Adjacent allies gain a shield bonus equal to Cresiel's shield bonus. Use divine shield as a swift action.

Xandra
HP: 756/756
Negative Conditions:
Aura: Menace 20ft (-2 attacks, AC, saves; DC 37), Divine 10ft (various)
Bonuses: Attack+0, Damage+0 AC+0, Saves+0, Skills+0, Checks+0
Resources: Smite Evil 10/10 Domain Smite Evil 1/1 Lay On Hands 28/28 Servant of the Heavens 1/1 Sudden Empower 1/1 Sudden Enlarge 1/1 Mysticism Domain 1/1
Spells Used:
SLAs Used:
Spells Active: True Seeing (CL36)
Notes: Has bardic music in the rare event Moore can't cover something.

Sylvie
HP: 798/798
Negative Conditions:
Aura: Divine 10ft (various)
Bonuses: Attack+0, Damage+0 AC+0, Saves+0, Skills+0, Checks+0
Resources: Inspiration 30/30 (enc) Opportunistic Piety 17/17 Mimic Class Feature 8/8 Mentalism Domain 1/1
Spells Used:
SLAs Used:
Spells Active: Bibliotheca Arcana (CL37), Lore of the Gods (CL37), Superior Mighty Wallop (CL36), Sylvie's Mental Peak (CL36)
Notes:

[Nephrite]

Moore speaks one word.

Leave.

I'm sure they have mind blank and whatever, but he'll go for it anyway. Take 10 on Intimidate for 130.

[Anastasia]

Any particular function or just a straight Intimidate check?

[Nephrite]

flat scary

[Anastasia]

The creature with the liquid armor visibly recoils from that. Rillea does not, only leers given to you. The nycaloth masters himself while the canoloth at his feet whimpers and scrabbles back.

"Don't be afraid, you assholes!" he demands, "The so called divine are nothing but adventurers with more power! They bleed like any other!"

[Nephrite]

"Your only warning." Moore says. He glances at Sylvie. "Should we just take them all back to Celestia, or send them home?" His voice is dispassionate - neutral.

[Anastasia]

"Up to you," Sylvie says, but the nycaloth does not yield.

"Kill them!" he calls, as...

It's just about the magical, special initiative time.

[Nephrite]

Moore's got Supreme, so that's easy.

[11:45] <Nephrite> roll 1d20+28 Xandra
[11:45] <Rei-chan> Nephrite rolled : 1d20+28 Xandra --> [ 1d20=8 ]{36}
[11:45] <Nephrite> roll 1d20+40 Cresiel
[11:45] <Rei-chan> Nephrite rolled : 1d20+40 Cresiel --> [ 1d20=5 ]{45}
[11:45] <Nephrite> roll 1d20+55 Sylbie
[11:45] <Rei-chan> Nephrite rolled : 1d20+55 Sylbie --> [ 1d20=10 ]{65}

[Anastasia]

> roll 1d20+16 liquid armor
<Rei-chan> Kotono rolled : 1d20+16 liquid armor --> [ 1d20=17 ]{33}
> roll 1d20+21 (+5 nerveskitter) Rillea
<Rei-chan> Kotono rolled : 1d20+21 (+5 nerveskitter) Rillea --> [ 1d20=11 ]{32}
> roll 1d20+18 Broom
<Rei-chan> Kotono rolled : 1d20+18 Broom --> [ 1d20=9 ]{27}
> OOC: Gyme has something that puts him at top of init, though Supreme Init trumps.
> roll 1d20+17 Canoloth
<Rei-chan> Kotono rolled : 1d20+17 Canoloth --> [ 1d20=4 ]{21}
> roll 1d20+43 ????
<Rei-chan> Kotono rolled : 1d20+43 ???? --> [ 1d20=19 ]{62}

Init is Moore (Supreme) > Gyme (First Strike) > Sylvie (65) > ???? (62) > Cresiel (45) > Xandra (36) > Liquid Armor (33) > Rillea (32) > Broom (27) > Canoloth (21)

Open Moore.

[Nephrite]

"If you value your lives, you will stay put. I won't harm you if you don't harm us." Moore says, glancing at the individual in liquid armor.

Moore makes a gesture as a beam of energy flies from his hand at Gyme!

Divine Blast.

[12:29] <Nephrite> roll 1d20+71 touch
[12:29] <Rei-chan> Nephrite rolled : 1d20+71 touch --> [ 1d20=2 ]{73}

[12:30] <Nephrite> roll 29d12
[12:30] <Rei-chan> Nephrite rolled : 29d12 --> [ 29d12=188 ]{188}

'Disable them if you can. I'd rather not kill them if we can help it.' Moore says to the others privately, as another song bolsters their fighting power!

Destined Strike - +6 to attack and damage rolls, Improved Critical Feat, +25 to threat confirmation rolls.

[Anastasia]

d100, he has miss chance, unless something in divine blast overcomes it.

[Nephrite]

[12:42] <Nephrite> roll 1d100
[12:42] <Rei-chan> Nephrite rolled : 1d100 --> [ 1d100=68 ]{68}

I don't think it does, but hey, that'd be a good SDA to tack onto it!

[Anastasia]

Your blast hits Gyme dead on - right in the chest, slamming him back. It's enough to make him stagger, "Hit good," he grins darkly, before pouncing ahead, all his axes swinging as he closes in on Cresiel at the front. A word of dark magic is uttered as he does, his pounce intensifying as he swings away.

> roll 1d20+98 (+4 charge, +24 favored enemy, +4 ???, +3 ???, +4 ???)
> roll 1d20+98 (+4 charge, +24 favored enemy, +4 ???, +3 ???, +4 ???)
> roll 1d20+98 (+4 charge, +24 favored enemy, +4 ???, +3 ???, +4 ???)
> roll 1d20+98 (+4 charge, +24 favored enemy, +4 ???, +3 ???, +4 ???)
<Rei-chan> Kotono rolled : 1d20+98 (+4 charge, +24 favored enemy, +4 ???, +3 ???, +4 ???) --> [ 1d20=5 ]{103}
<Rei-chan> Kotono rolled : 1d20+98 (+4 charge, +24 favored enemy, +4 ???, +3 ???, +4 ???) --> [ 1d20=12 ]{110}
<Rei-chan> Kotono rolled : 1d20+98 (+4 charge, +24 favored enemy, +4 ???, +3 ???, +4 ???) --> [ 1d20=19 ]{117}
<Rei-chan> Kotono rolled : 1d20+98 (+4 charge, +24 favored enemy, +4 ???, +3 ???, +4 ???) --> [ 1d20=16 ]{114}

Yet Cresiel is a rock. Not a single axe can get him as he holds his ground, armor unyielding in the face of four wild, deadly slashes.

At the same time the daemon glares at Cresiel, his assault stopped.

Sylvie.

Sylvie steps in, smooth as poured milk as she attacks his left side. No great strategy, only deadly blows that rain down one after another.

Okay, go ahead and react but I'm going to focus on you tonight and pause you now, since this is a ton of combat work.

[Nephrite]

"You had your chance." Moore says with a small sigh.

No problem.