Shake the dust off your feet

[Anastasia]

It's smooth on the way out. No trouble as you reach the portal out, no sign of immediate disaster.

That is, until you peer ahead. An old, weathered hag stands before the portal. Clad in rotted black robes that do distressingly little to hide her body, a bone thin and scarred visage. She has several wounds all over her body, shimmering with what looks to be leaky green pus. She leans heavily on a staff made of the spine of some vast creature, which still twitches on occasion.

[Ebiris]

Is she anyone recognisable? Take 10 for 67 on planes or religion as appropriate.

Also belated but Marie would've popped project image on the way and gone invisible as is her habit so her (veiled) image is walking along separately from her invisible real self nearby.

[Anastasia]

It appears to be an avatar of Talona. But you don't sense the divine from her, no sense of her presence to you at all.

[Ebiris]

Well hopefully they're masking their divinity to a similar degree, it's a regular avatar jamboree around here!

Or it could be an illusion of course. Just like hers! Speaking of...

For Undeniable Illusion so that the veil on Jessica beats exotic senses and her projected image does the same...

[19:21] <@Ebiris> roll 1d20 rank check for veil
[19:21] <Kobot> Ebiris rolled 1d20 rank check for veil --> [ 1d20=1 ]{1}
[19:21] <@Ebiris> roll 1d20 rank check for project image
[19:21] <Kobot> Ebiris rolled 1d20 rank check for project image --> [ 1d20=17 ]{17}

If it's not a deity (or loses the rank check) then it has to beat Marie's bluff result of...

[19:22] <@Ebiris> roll 1d20+101 bluff check for veil
[19:22] <Kobot> Ebiris rolled 1d20+101 bluff check for veil --> [ 1d20=10 ]{111}
[19:22] <@Ebiris> roll 1d20+102 bluff check for project image
[19:22] <Kobot> Ebiris rolled 1d20+102 bluff check for project image --> [ 1d20=20 ]{122}

Also they have nondetection up from Alicia, DC 56 CL to beat for true seeing or other divinations.

Does Marie get anything on arcane sight off of her?

[19:24] <@Ebiris> roll 1d20+39 CL for greater arcane sight
[19:24] <Kobot> Ebiris rolled 1d20+39 CL for greater arcane sight --> [ 1d20=4 ]{43}

[Anastasia]

Nothing. There's either no magic or she's tightly warded beyond your power.

[Ebiris]

It often happens after all, she goes everywhere with nondetection spells too!

With Marie safely away from her projected image - 40 feet away precisely, it and she come to a stop to regard the old crone, glowing green eyes staring out of the skull-face of her fake balor visage.

"Goddess," she growls through the balor's mouth in abyssal, wary but with enough of a front as well like a demon not used to encountering anything above it in the pecking order.

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Marie HP: 722+20/722
Active spells: Many moments of prescience (CL 40), bibliotheca arcana (CL 38), extended nondetection (CL 41), greater heroism (CL 38), epic mage armour (CL 38), veil (CL 44), divine insight (CL 38), energy immunity (electricity) (CL 39), energy immunity (fire) (CL 39), energy immunity (acid) (CL 39), neutralise poison (CL 38), life's grace (CL 38)
Defences: AC 82, CMD 84, spell resistance 53, energy immunity (electricity, fire, acid, negative), status immunity (petrification, polymorph, form-altering, energy drain, ability drain, ability damage, mind-affecting, disease, poison, death effects), nondetection DC 56
Stat buffs/penalties: +4 morale attack/skills/saves, +15 insight knowledge, -1 natural armour, -1 divine armour, -1 all rolls, -1 fort, -1 domain SLA DCs
Perceptions: Greater arcane sight 120ft, perception +57
Sorcerer spell slots: 6/10/10/10/9/9/8/8/8/8/7/8/6/7/4/4
Many Moments of Prescience: 4/5

[Anastasia]

You get a cold gaze before in a old voice, "Demon."

[Ebiris]

There's a further tense moment before the balor glances at the nabassu shadowing it. "Don't just stand there, we're done with this place," she growls, sticking to abyssal and tromping forward to go around Talona to the portal, giving her a respectful berth.

The real Marie is already right by the portal, having snuck ahead during that pause, and she's checking to make sure it's parameters haven't changed since last time.

[20:00] <@Ebiris> roll 1d20+91 stealth
[20:00] <Kobot> Ebiris rolled 1d20+91 stealth --> [ 1d20=19 ]{110}

[Anastasia]

The avatar raises but one hand, "Advance and die," It warns, solemnly.

The portal's parameters have not changed, save for one thing. Anyone who goes through is known to Talona.

[Ebiris]

They stop at that, obviously.

"Or...? Are we imprisoned here now, or are you looking for something? Someone?" she asks in growly abyssal.

So is there any way to leave a demiplane other than via its set portal? What happens if you get hit with dismissal or banishment while in a demiplane?

[Anastasia]

Generally fails, exceptions exist. Death would work if you don't care about the avatar.

[Ebiris]

What about other ways? I gave dismissal/banishment as an example but do other means exist?

Anyway, that was just an aside, what does Talona say in reply if anything?

[Anastasia]

"You may leave when you tell me that you have not opposed my will here," Is her answer.

Not a lot of other ways for a typical demiplane. Part of the strengthens and weaknesses of them.

[Ebiris]

She lets out a bit of a growl before saying through her image, "I haven't done anything against your creed here."

[17:09] <@Ebiris> roll 1d20+95 bluff
[17:09] <Kobot> Ebiris rolled 1d20+95 bluff --> [ 1d20=15 ]{110}

[Anastasia]

Sense Motive result hidden as by the rules.

You get a long look before the figure steps aside, "Go," she growls.